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Wire Hangers Caught In Twists Of Trade Dispute By KATHERINE REYNOLDS LEWIS   Customers at Westwood Cleaners in Westfield, N.J., are asked to return hangers for reuse. (Photo by Joe Epstein)     In Westfield, N.J., Suho Chae urges customers to return used hangers to his dry cleaning shop. He's paying $50 for a box of 500 pants hangers, up from $24 six months ago. "Every time I order a new supply," Chae said, "the price goes up."In Leeds, Ala., M&B Hangers, the only major hanger maker left in the U.S., has doubled its work force and still can't keep...