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LOCAL DIGNITARIES HELP LITTON INDUSTRIES BREAK GROUNDFor Fable AssemblyLitton Announces PlantConstruction In AlvintAVO • the IMBER!INS ON A AND V 1979DS AT:SILLAGEIM585-9527One of the biggest business news items of the year in Alvin was Litton Industries’ decision to build a cable assembly plant at FM 517 and SH % bypass.Litton officials said the 153,000 square foot marine cable assembly plant would be the largest of its kind in the world. Litton public relations executive Rhonda Boone said the plant will initially employ 100.‘ ‘We hope to be expanding in about two years to a payroll of about 250,” she said.While the facility will initially Aianufacture marine cable, pfans call for expansion into geophysical instrumentation and equipment.Construction is expected to be complete by mid-summer, 1979.Groundbreaking ceremonies, sponsored by the Alvin Chamber, featured several Litton and local dignataries. Heading the list was Alvin Mayor Allen Gray, instrumental in recruiting the plant with other city council members.Booth B. Strange, president of Western Geophysical and corporate vice president of Litton Industries, was the top Litton official attending.Other corporate brass attending were Litton Resources System president Jim Porter and the Alvinfacility’s general manager Joe Shivers.J.C. Thedford of Evans Construction Company, which will build the facility, also attended.The facility will be built with concrete tilt-wall construction. “The building will be white concrete with a lot of dark glass,” Boone said. “We hope it will be aesthetically pleasing.”SAF Encourages Shop At HomeALVIN aOF COMME A JOB 1 DONE IN GOOD LUiFins I603 N.
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Alvin Sun
Alvin, Texas, US
Sun, Feb 04, 1979
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