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Major Industrial Power; Payroll Tops $33 MillionFri., June 28, 1963 The Daily Jeffersonian Page 7-RCambridge, Ohio$25,100,000 worth of materials, Ohio from about 432 suppliers.installs, services and maintains apparatus and equipment forannually, these suppliers home entertainment, indust-y, are small businesses, and ac- theaters and the military, count for $8,837,000 purchases rca has 8.362 shareholder* in by RCA. OhioIn recent years, the Radio Corporation of America has been extending its operations in Ohio to a degree that now makes it one of the state's major industrial organizations.The Cambridge plant, heart of the program to provide the communications and controls for the Minuteman missile — basic ground-based ICBM in the nation’s arsenal—is the biggest of RCA’s Ohio operations.Since 1961, RCA’s statewise employment has more than doubled, increasing from 3.385 to almost 7,000 And so has RCA’s annual payroll in Ohio, rising in the same period from $15,363,174 to $33.094 444. RCA has been a corporate citizen of Ohio for many years Cleveland was selected for RCA’s first regional office in 1945, reflecting the importance of commercial operations in this state. Facilities in Dayton for national defense engineering activities date hack to 1950 RCA opened its modern Cincinnati plant in 1951, and soon add-d the Cambridge and Findlay plants to its manufacturing and engineering facilities in the state.Today, expanding RCA missions in Ohio presage new fields of growth through basic activities bearing on space and computer electronicsSom Significant Karts RCA has operations at 21 sepaate locations in 12 counties of the State of Ohio.RCA employs nearly 7,000 people in Ohio.The RCA-Ohio payroll is now approximately $33,000,000 annu-ly.RCA pays about $926,000 in state and local taxes in Ohio each year.RCA purchases more thanRCA plants, offices, labora tories and warehouses in Ohio occupy 721,000 square feet of loor space on 113 acres of land RCA has manufacturing and engineering facilities in Cincin nati (electron tubes); Cam bridge (defense electronic proc-ductors).RCA Service Company has 21 separate activities in several locations in Ohio, from which itRCA maintains undergraduate scholarships at the University of Cincinnati and Oberlin Col lege, in addition to other RCA scholarships awarded to Ohio citizens.RCA prides itself on being a good citizen and neighbor, and also encourages its people to support and participate in local charitable, recreational, civic and religious activities.Pick Up the Phone Tell Your FriendsTO ATTENDOPEN HOUSESaturday June 29th 10:00 A. M. to 8:00 P. M.WE WISH TO EXPRESS OUR BEST WISHES
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Cambridge Daily Jeffersonian
Cambridge, Ohio, US
Fri, Jun 28, 1963
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