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riversedge

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Sun Jul 31, 2016, 03:34 PM Jul 2016

Clinton, Kaine pledge help for businesses during Johnstown PA visit

Local press coverage from yesterday..............



http://www.dailyitem.com/the_danville_news/news/clinton-kaine-pledge-help-for-businesses-during-johnstown-visit/article_2c8b21f9-bed9-59f4-8581-1e8b03e6ebc0.html


JOHNSTOWN — For hours, on a rainy Saturday morning and afternoon, dozens of prot…


Clinton, Kaine pledge help for businesses during Johnstown visit

http://www.dailyitem.com/the_danville_news/news/clinton-kaine-pledge-help-for-businesses-during-johnstown-visit/article_2c8b21f9-bed9-59f4-8581-1e8b03e6ebc0.html

By Dave Sutor The (Johnstown) Tribune-Democrat 18 hrs ago
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On Saturday, during a visit to Johnstown Wire Technologies, Kaine recalled bygone days spent in his father's ironworking shop. Clinton told stories about helping her father screen-print draperies.

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Then, in a broader sense, both talked about manufacturing and job creation in Pennsylvania and throughout the country. “I know the deep importance of manufacturing, the deep importance of cooperation between management and union labor,” Kaine said. “That's why I'm so glad to come here today.”
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Clinton and Kaine stopped in Johnstown as part of a three-day bus tour through Pennsylvania and Ohio that started after the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. They spoke to an audience of about 200 people, including many local influential Democrats.

“I think it's very important for all presidential candidates, especially Hillary, to visit Johnstown to get a firsthand view of the issues that cities like Johnstown are having and the help we need to make the factories like this – the productivity – improve throughout these areas,” Johnstown Mayor Frank Janakovic said.......

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