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Despite billions of dollars in federal help throughout his career, Jim Lamon insists government should “get the hell out of the way” of American businesses.

At least 375 major corporations have suspended operations in Russia, but one American conglomerate is continuing to monitor the situation at this time.

A former Dunkirk resident is celebrating a significant birthday today. Mary Lynch Cummings was born at Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk on April 26, 1921, to James and Helena Lynch. She graduated from Dunkirk High School in 1938 and received her teaching degree from New York State University. She then moved to Buffalo were she worked at Bell Aircraft. In 1944, she contacted Florence Erikson, her physical education teacher in high school, about how she could become an officer in the Navy duri...

A former Dunkirk resident is celebrating a significant birthday today. Mary Lynch Cummings was born at Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk on April 26, 1921, to James and Helena Lynch. She graduated from Dunkirk High School in 1938 and received her teaching degree from New York State University. She then moved to Buffalo were she worked at Bell Aircraft. In 1944, she contacted Florence Erikson, her physical education teacher in high school, about how she could become an officer in the Navy duri...

We dont want that. >> what does the inability to admit mistakes tell you? >> they dont have humility or probably integrity. thats impossible. if you try to do anything, you make mistakes. thats how you learn. >> dont you want all the hot shot mbas from harvard and elsewhere? >> we find we do better from community colleges, rural colleges. like our, after i was president of koch industries, our next presidents were -- one didnt graduate from college. went a couple of years to, lets see, murray st...

Back and work for the company. i kept turning him down. finally, he called me and said, son, my health is not good. i dont have that long to live. either you come back to run the company or im going to have to sell it. and we have a separate company called koch engineering, which makes process equipment. and it has sales of like $2 million and it is break even. its a mess. you can come back and run it and ill let you run it any way you want. the only thing you need to get my permission for is to...

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We dont want that. >> what does the inability to admit mistakes tell you? >> they dont have humility or probably integrity. thats impossible. if you try to do anything, you make mistakes. thats how you learn. >> dont you want all the hot shot mbas from harvard and elsewhere? >> we find we do better from community colleges, rural colleges. like our, after i was president of koch industries, our next presidents were -- one didnt graduate from college. went a couple of years to, lets see, murray st...

Boston trying to get me to come back and work for the company. i kept turning him down. finally, he called me and said, son, my health is not good. i dont have that long to live. either you come back to run the company or im going to have to sell it. and we have a separate company called koch engineering, which makes process equipment. and it has sales of like $2 million and it is break even. its a mess. you can come back and run it and ill let you run it any way you want. the only thing you nee...

We dont want that. >> what does the inability to admit mistakes tell you? >> they dont have humility or probably integrity. thats impossible. if you try to do anything, you make mistakes. thats how you learn. >> dont you want all the hot shot mbas from harvard and elsewhere? >> we find we do better from community colleges, rural colleges. like our, after i was president of koch industries, our next presidents were -- one didnt graduate from college. went a couple of years to, lets see, murray st...