150 Year Journey of J P Stevens & Co Voice of Textile Growth
The article traces J P Stevens & Co in North Andover and Kingsport, noting its 150th anniversary, growth to 35 000 employees, and output of 9 yards of fabric yearly. It highlights Kingsport Borden plant details, including 750 workers, six days work, 71 million yards weekly, and 230 looms. It covers company history, leadership, and a 350th anniversary quote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Allgood
United States
Nathaniel Stevens
North Andover
Mass
J.P. Stevens & Co
America
LP. Stevens
Borden
Kingsport
P. W. Nipper
J. P. Stevens
Stevens
Nipper
Holliston Mills
Kingsport Press
Eisenhower
Skybolt project cancellation triggers mass layoffs
Douglas Aircraft will lay off about 600 of its 4,000 workers today as the Skybolt missile program is scrapped. Fourteen Southern California aerospace firms, the California State Employment Service, and NASA arranged interviews for potential hires. NASA cited openings at Marshall Spaceflight Center and Manned Spacecraft Center. In Utica, GE Light Military Electronics Division warned of immediate layoffs and over 1,000 total jobs affected as Skybolt cancellation spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Calif
APT
Douglas Aircraft Co
Huntsville
Ala
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Utica
N.Y
General Electric Co
Light Military Electronics Division
LMED
G.T. Garbec
ADA presses for $10 million federal tax cut and education funding
Americans for Democratic Action calls for a $10 million federal tax cut and increased spending for education and urban issues. The group urges President Kennedy to join efforts to end the Senate filibuster and to challenge the House Rules Committee. John P. Roche and Edward D. Hollander outlined the program for the 87th Congress at a news conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
LPI
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Kennedy
Senate
House Rules Committee
Congress
John P. Roche
Edward D. Hollander
Fire damages Johnson home area in Tennessee blaze
Five fire units battled a three story apartment fire near the former Johnson home in Greeneville. The interior suffered major damage, no injuries were reported, and an overnight guard was posted as fears of rekindling lingered. The Johnson residence is about four doors away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeneville
Andrew Johnson
Johnson
Tennessee
Kefauver urges CAB to guard against eliminating competition
Senator Estes Kefauver told the Civil Aeronautics Board that competition among airlines must be preserved where possible and urged clearer legislative intent. He plans to introduce legislation this year to strengthen preservation in airline and railroad fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kefauver
CAB
Dock strike widens gulf as negotiators stand firm
In New York the Atlantic and Gulf Coast dock strike enters its 13th day with 60 000 workers out. The New York Shipping Association says no optimism while the ILWU demands wage packages, and Harvard economist James Healy acts as fact finder with Labor Secretary Wirtz returning to mediation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atlantic
Gulf
Alexander P. Chapin
New York Shipping Association
Thomas Gleason
Afl-Cio International Longshoremen's Association
Maine
Texas
James Healy
Harvard University
W. Willard Wirtz
Chamber of Commerce backs right to work and oppose shorter week
Washington UPI report says the U5 Chamber of Commerce announced a tax reform program with a campaign for right to work laws and opposition to a shorter work week. President Ladd Plumley urged states to enact laws against compulsory unionism and warned the shorter week would weaken the economy by reducing production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Chamber of Commerce
Ladd Plumley
Chamber
Plumiey
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J. P. Steven
Cotton Fabrics Division
Greene
John P. Stevens
J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc
New York Stock Exchange
Robert T. Stevens
Army
Skybolt
News OF Tennessee
Memphis
APS
U.S. District Court
George H. Fetweel
Abilene
W. A. Lewis
Denton
Marion S. Boyd
Securities and Exchange Commission
Comanche County
Tex
Nashville
Crossville
Joe Gunter
W. F. Moss
Joh Dooley
U.S. Supreme Court
Moore
U.S
J. Washington Moore
William Miller
Miller
Cookeville
Stata
Bill Bilyeu
Tennessee Bureau of Criminal Identification
Jackson
UPT
Ick Norton
Armed Forces Center
Holston Ordnance
Donald F. Broome
Sanders
Adjutant General’s Office
Marcus Jones
P. Chesser
Adjutant General’s
By Steven Gerstel
JIMES
Clinchfield Supply
Market and Wexler
Pita
Moore & Walker
Boeblixation
Benjamin Moore
Kingsport Paint & Wallpaper CO
E. Center St
E. C, Simmons
Furniture Discounts, Inc
Malin
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