Retired Pioneers aid convention message center
Nineteen retired New York Telephone employees volunteered to handle thousands of incoming calls at Madison Square Garden during the Democratic National Convention. They record and file messages for delegates and press, with urgent items rushed by convention pages. The Volunteers are members of the Telephone Pioneers of America, the world’s largest service group.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Telephone Pioneers of
America
Noiseless network lights the Democratic National Convention
New York telecommunication setup for the Democratic National Convention uses color coded phones and flashing lights on the floor. The system includes 400 floor phones and 3,000 inside Madison Square Garden plus 1,500 in the Statler Hilton. Crews laid 40 thousand miles of copper wire downtown and prepared 10,000 to 12,000 orders before opening ceremonies. Joint AT&T Long Lines Western Union and New York Telephone coordination enables 780 audio and video circuits serving 400 TV stations 2,600 radio outlets and 2,000 publications nationwide. Dismantling will take a week after the event and costs total about 4.1 million dollars with 2.7 million billed to convention customers.
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New York
UPI
Ohio
Buckeye
Madison Square Garden
Martin J. Hughes
Cleveland
Carter
Teddy
Jimmy
Ted Marr
Statler-Hilton Hotel
Democratic National Committee
Convention Hall
Statler-Hilton
At&t
Long Lines
Western Union
New York Telephone
United States
Biggests abound at state fair opens in Ohio
The 127th Ohio State Fair begins a 13 day run featuring the largest state fair fine arts exhibit and grandstand acts from Pat Boone to Sha Na Na. Attendance promises more than 65 000 exhibits, the world s largest junior fair boxing tournament, and the longest skyride. A China exhibition is included with Ambassador Chai Zemin touring the livestock displays with Gov. James Rhodes.
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Columbus
UPI
Pat Boone
China
Elyria City Solicitor Rules Layoff Procedures Legal
City Solicitor George Ferguson ruled the administration followed proper state and local civil service laws in laying off 72 employees by classification on August 1. Seven affected workers disputed the process claiming seniority rules should apply under Elyria civil service rules.
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George Ferguson
Ferguson
Elyria Civil Service Commission
Elyria
Stanley Wojdyla
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Michael Keys
Lakewood couple wed at Wellington pagoda in park
Lakewood residents Patrick and Mrs Ferguson married Saturday at the Pagoda in the Park in Wellington. Mayor Rody Neumann officiated a simple 1 pm ceremony after the couple secured Chamber of Commerce permission. The pagoda, built by Tom Shinsky for the chamber, aims for a permanent spot in the Spirit of ’76 Museum as a future honor to the group’s annual dinner.
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Wellington
Clare Mar
Patrick Ferguson
Chamber of Commerce
Rody Neumann
Tom Shinsky
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Dias
John White
Julie Mosconi
Chronicle-Telegram
Ceil Shea
Pioneers
Frank King
Hubert Humphrey
George McGovern
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
Hughes
United Auto Workers
Ronald Reagan
Carter-Mondale
Tim Hagan
Hagan
Reagan
Mary Silverman
Vic Silverman
Berea
Monica Nolan
Cincinnati
Sheraton Center
People's Republic of China
Chai Zemin
James Rhodes
Colombes
Elyria City
Wojdyla
Lakewood
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