Senior Achievement keeps older workers active in Chicago
Walt Wilhelm, 68, leads Senior Achievement, a Chicago non profit that hires no one under 60 for assembling and manufacturing for firms like General Motors and Sears. Founded by Dr. David Sonquist, the program aims to give work and purpose to retirees, with a 1954 payroll near 107000 dollars and many workers earning about 100 dollars monthly to preserve Social Security.
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Senior Achievement
Chicago
David Sonquist
General Motors
Sears Roebuck Co
Teletype Corp
Sonquist
The More Paris Changes Baltimore AP
The Maryland State Roads Commission first met on April 30 1908 with the goal of rehabilitating and rebuilding the state's highway system as roads policy evolved over time.
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Baltimore
Maryland
State Roads Commission
Voter participation by Union soldiers in Lincoln election
During the Civil War era about 2,000,000 men in federal service were eligible to vote in the federal election ring in the United States. Of these, 150,635 soldiers cast ballots and 116,887 supported the re election of Abraham Lincoln.
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Union States
United
Abraham Lincoln
Edison’s Laboratory at West Orange to Open for View
The West Orange New Jersey site of Thomas A. Edison’s second laboratory founded in 1877 houses many of his writings, awards and inventions for public viewing.
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Thomas A. Edison
West Orange
N. J
Driving Safety and Auto Care on the Fourth of July
The piece urges safe holiday road use on Independence Day, touting Cadillac and Oldsmobile for their guardian features while stressing that ultimate safety relies on a careful driver. It warns that careless hands can ruin the best vehicle safety tech.
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