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1 Pile the kids IBoDSODOgse am The area's largest marketplace The Times classified to- in a new minivan Inside Firms am 13 A. 'it, st i A i It affle By KEITH BRADSHER N.Y. Times News Service WASHINGTON American steelmakers, stunned by a federal commission's ruling last week that eliminated many tariffs on imported steel and knocked $1.1 billion off the value of their stocks in 90 minutes, began a broad campaign this week to reverse the decision. Led by major steelmakers Bethlehem Steel LTV Steel Co. Inc.

and USX U.S. Steel Group, the domestic industry is putting pressure on Congress, the White House and the International Trade Commission. It wants the commission to vote again on its tariff decisions, is AP Laserphoto In a pickle Jarrod Anderson peers through a pile of Heinz pickle pins in his Mt. Lebanon, home. For 100 years, H.J.

Heinz Co. has been giving away tiny green pins to promote its most humorous and holiest product the pickle. The pickle-shaped pins, covered with warts and imprinted with the Heinz name, have proven as enduring and endearing as the Cracker Jack prize. BETH PEU1CIOTTI ftkcdi Management by technology speeds results -Technology dramatically impacts the way we work. Commonplace electronic tools challenge our assumptions about time, work location and speed of communication.

More people carry electronic calendars. One model called Mr. Wizard fits into a shirt pocket or purse, produces calendar dates and appointment times, produces phone numbers at the flip of a key and provides space for meeting notes and to-do lists. 'What used to be office or secretarial duties have shifted to managers. One way to realize this shift is to envision some of the paper tools this electronic calendar has replaced or in some cases duplicated: monthly calendar, rolodex, hies of meeting minutes.

Time commitments can be made quickly by the key person involved. However, managers now need to be accessible and skilled in tracking their time. They need to assemble and review notes before meetings, and secure vital phone numbers. In other words, Mr. Wizard is a productivity tool for well-organized people.

Work locations have become moving targets. With sophisticated pagers and beepers, answering machines with daily updates on the owner's last known spotting, and portable and lightweight computers, work follows managers. The office location may still be: home base, but the trappings of office work the phone calls, reports, memos, presentations and meetings can occur anywhere. Sea TECHNOLOGY, Page E-4 Stocks finish day mixed after bond, budget woes 'ilNEW YORK (AP) Uncertainty over the fate of President Clinton's budget package and higher interest rates dampened enthusiasm for stocks on Tuesday and the market ended mixed. Small stocks, however, performed well, led by strength in technology shares.

The Nasdaq index reached a record high. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 9.22 points to 3,552.05. Advancing issues narrowly outnumbered declines on the New York Stock nuuse to replace a commissioner who voted against the American steelmakers, and is urging Congress to review the rulings soon. Steel industry lawyers are also prepar LTV crew eyes showdown Hot-strip mill mairitenance at center of dispute By NANCY PIETERS Times Business Writer ing to appeal the rulings to the Court of International Trade, a federal court in New York City. A dozen American steel companies filed a petition Tuesday night with the International Trade Commission, asking that it vote again next Monday because the companies' stocks have tumbled so dramatically.

Late last month, the commission ruled that in 42 of 72 cases the domestic industry had not been hurt significantly by imports and therefore was not entitled to continued protection from a broad range of imported steel used for construction and machinery. See TRADE, Page E-2 that time frame if they take the proper safety precautions. Those precautions include a procedure called locking out, which means putting a lock on equipment so it can't be operated while maintenance work is being performed. In some cases, 58 locks would be needed to properly lock out equipment, union officials said. Lockout standards are determined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

"They're not telling me not to lock out," Kelderman said of LTV. "But we say we can't do that work in eight hours and still do all the lockouts, and they haven't come up with any other plan." See LTV, Page E-2 EAST CHICAGO Maintenance workers at the 84-inch hot-strip mill at LTV Steel Indiana Harbor Works are preparing for a weekend showdown with managers, union officials said Wednesday. Leadership at United Steehtorkers of America Local 1011 said maintenance workers at the hot-strip mill -which rolls steel slabs into coils are being told that when the equipment is shut down for weekly routine maintenance this weekend, they must finish the job in an eight-hour period or they will be fired. Don Kelderman, assistant griever at the hot-strip mill, said the maintenance workers can't do the work in Economists: Plan painful, necessary By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer If-' than 8 million new jobs will be created in the next four years." The administration made the same claim in a booklet it has been distributing to members of Congress claiming that 8.3 million jobs will be created under Clinton's program from 1993 to 1996. It even provided a state-by-state breakdown of where those jobs will be.

It said it had arrived at the 8.3 million job prediction by averaging the employment forecasts from three prominent private fore-See PLAN, Page E-3 casting models show that it will likely reduce the economy's total output by about a half percentage point each year and cost up to 1 million jobs that otherwise would have been created through 1996. This gloomy assessment is coming from economists who generally support the president's program, but say die effort won't be without pain. "Washington is doing the right thing for the long-run future of our economy, but we will pay a price for getting our financial house in order in the form of some lost growth and lost jobs," said Allen Sinai, chief economist of Economic Advisers Inc. of Boston. Private economists argue that the federal government can't raise taxes by $241 billion and cut spending by $255 billion without it acting as a drag on the economy.

But the administration, intent on keeping its shaky congressional coalition together, has downplayed any adverse effects from the program. In his address to the country Tuesday night, Clinton said, "With this plan in place, the economy will grow, and more If WASHINGTON Many private economists agree with President Clinton that his tax increases and spending cuts are necessary for America's economic health. But, unlike the president, they say it's a bitter pill that actually will result in slower growth and cost jobs over the short haul. These analysts, examining the fine print of the program that emerged from the House-Senate conference committee, said Wednesday that their fore CLINTON CVisp. Target sets sights on more workers By KRIS FALZONE Times Business Writer HOBART Target Greatland day Inn-Alsip, to staff its Crest-wood store.

The area locations are part of Target's nationwide, 50-store expansion plan for 1993. Machine offers cards in a hurry By SHARON PORTA Times Correspondent HAMMOND The company that made automatic photo machines a fixture in the nation's shopping mall now hopes to do the same with cards. Auto Photo Systems has brought its Express Card Machine to Woodmar Mall, where patrons can create instant business cards, invitations and announcements. In just minutes, the quick-printing machine prints customized business cards in 16 different formats, and announcements or invitations in a choice of eight designs. In addition to English, the orders can be I Hinted in French and Spanish.

Different ayouts and type styles are available. "There are usually layout and typesetting charges involved with business cards and invitations, and often the minimum order is for 1,000 cards," said Garry Green, Auto Photo's regional manager. "We offer the same high-quality printing. See CARDS, Page E-3 KJ s. expects 1,500 to 2,000 applicants for 250 positions at its job festival today and Friday at the Radisson Star Plaza.

Minneapolis-based Target Stores Inc. plans to open the store in South-lake Plaza, just east of Southlake Mall, on Oct. 6. The job fair is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

at the Star Plaza in Auto sales rise 9.4 percent, but analysts begin to worry DETROIT (AP) Auto sales continued to outpace year-ago levels, ing'a 9.4 percent increase in July, but sbmS analysts worry whether the industry can continue to shine as the rest of the economy stagnates. Automakers reported their full month and sales of domestically built cars and light trucks for late July on Wednesday. Though domestic vehicle sales rose 6.9 percent for the period, the annualized selling rates fell below most estimates. So far this summer, the pent-up demand for new cars, low interest rates and high trade-in values have provided enough impetus to boost sales rate above most early year estimates. But analysts say the prospect of higher taxes and less disposable income under President Clinton's deficit reduction plan, continued worries about unemployment and lackluster, economic indicators may combine to slow the momentum in auto sales.

Beth Robinson, store team leader of the Hobart site, said the job fests include a one-hour presentation introducing applicants to Target's philosophy, the history of the chain, and the job opportunities available. "We want people to be as familiar with it as possible when they come in," Robinson said. Most of the positions available are for part-time Job fairs will be In Alsip, Matteson and Merrlllvllle today and tomorrow. Target also is holding job festivals today and Friday at the Holiday Inn-Mat-teson, to staff its soon-to-open Matteson store, and at the Holi- Times photo by John J. Watkins The Express Card Machine at Woodmar Mall makes business and other cards while the customer waits.

cashiers, stockpersons, sales floor, restaurant or security See TARGET, Page E-4 1 fcifc ifc fin flu, flu JFi..