When middle age hits the job market
Charley Thompson, a 54 year old senior vice president in advertising, loses his $50,000 post and faces a harsh market. He struggles to find new work as employers deem him over qualified, selling the family station wagon and cutting allowances while his wife and son adjust finances. The piece notes a wider trend of affluent professionals facing layoffs amid recession and shifting corporate tides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Shompson
Charley Thompson
Watts
Harlem
Appalachia
Scarsdale
Shaker Heights
Lake Forest
Beverly Hills
PTA Pillars
Bigelow
Come
Darien
Conn
Flour'smag
Dong Well
Yacht Club
New York Athletic Club
Cafe Chauveron
Abercrombie
Brooks and
Bonnts
Dor
Grand Central
Thompsons
Charley Thomps
Memories in His Satchel King of the Hobos in North Platte
Bigtown Gorman, 78, once crowned king of hobos, travels the rails with a worn satchel and a life of itinerant work. He claims the title three times and recalls a vanished era of trains, neighborhoods, and harsh judgments. He lives without marriage, bank accounts, or pensions, surviving on small meals and odd jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Platte
Neb
Bigtown Gorman
Bigtown
Britt
Iowa
St. Louis
Alaska
Hawaii
Gorman
New Lebanon
William
Elam
Richard Morn
Singstar
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Oxford State Road
Transportation Department
Slow
Cg&e
Motion Shorty Parker
Morningstar
Hill Ave
Pennsylvania
Scoopshovel
Electric Scotty
King David
Business Brief highlights local executives and industry figures
Daniel E. Salley former Middletown resident elected vice president of Home Federal Savings in Cincinnati. Theodore Vradelis of Shell Oil earned advanced Altair degree. Edward Eyink of Commonwealth Life qualified for Go Getter Club. Local remarks reflect changing times as older workers recall past jobs and hippie influence on hobos, with CG&E veterans Slow Motion and Morningstar noted amid aging industry memories.
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Daniel E. Salley
Middletown
Home Federal Savings Loan Association
Cincinnati
Salley
Everett Salley
Poppy Drive
Middletown High School
Wilmington
Theodore Vradelis
Ross St
Galaxy
Shell Oil Co
Vradelis
Shell Oil
Edward Eyink
Commonwealth Life Insurance Co
Eyink
Commonwealth
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Saul Pett
New York
Vietnam
Pearl Harbor
Dallas
Corri
Paradise Lost
Athletic Club
Short Hills
N.J
America
King of
the Hobos
Business In Brief
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University OF Dayton
Office For Graduate Studies University
Dayton
Ohio
Chevrolet
Douglas
Joe Eagle Service
Dave Lamme
Jim Smith
FBI
Sohio Credit Card
Denzil Lawson
Bankamericard
Howe
N. Verity Parkway
Sears
South Main Middle Town
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