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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1958
Page
9
The Labor Scene notes rumors of a strike in the auto industry touching Elyria's Brown-Lipe-Chapin Division. Several rumors have circulated over the past weeks, but none have been confirmed.
The piece surveys looming strike possibilities among UAW, IAM, IBEW, and other unions amid a slow economy and model year changes. It notes Local 101 UAW Western Auto and Local 509 IBEW Ohio Edison as frequent strike talk targets, with Chrysler Ford GM tensions and cautious union rhetoric shaping near-term actions. It cites Walter Lake and unions from Erie District, carpenters, bricklayers, and food workers as influential voices while stressing the need for restraint during recession and ongoing industry shifts.
Army Pvt. Lawrence M. Fogel son of Lawrence D. Fogel and Mrs J d Stone recently finished an eight week cooking course under the Reserve Forces Act program at Ft Knox Ky The 23 year old soldier is a 1953 Lorain High School graduate and a 1957 Miami University graduate He was employed by A Nabakowski Co Amherst before entering active duty.
Elyria native Donald Hensman has been named a sales engineer for Strong Carlisle and Hammond Machine Tool Division in Cleveland serving Northern Ohio. He rejoins the firm’s staff after working 1947 to 1931 training era. educated at Fenn College in tool die and plastics, associate member of the Research Institute of America. he and his wife live in Cleveland.
Albert C. Vietzen of 967 Gull Rd. named district manager for Seaboard Finance Co. He previously led the Broad St. office and now oversees all Ohio. Vietzen, a nine-year employee, is Elyria native, Marine veteran of World War II, married to Helen Novak of South Amherst with two children Susan and Jeff. Wyoming holds a unique place among state territories in U.S. land history.
A project describes rotating a life support and crew quarters module to form a simulated celestial health dome. Equipment includes a crane and control station with a pressurized lab area, designed to maintain a stable solar energy environment and support simulated astronomical operations.
Lear Inc the parent of Lear Romeo plans an outer space project to study manned space flight requirements. The Wright Development Center awarded a contract to Lear to support the Air Force Instrumentation Integration Program. The effort aims to design a crew capsule and cockpit concepts with advanced instrumentation for launch and recovery from an orbiting station.
Roy J. Benecchi was elected senior vice president of Lear Inc. Grand Rapids. James L. Anast James P. Brown K. Robert Hahn and Joseph M. Walsh were elected vice presidents of Lear divisions in Elyria Santa Monica and Grand Rapids respectively.
Lorain residents Mrs. Rose A. Perichak and Mrs. Kathie Restivo were among 1,055 winners in a nationwide Write a Cartoon Contest. Sponsored by Edison Electric Institute and Ohio Edison, the prize drawings rewarded cartoons urging modernization of home wiring.
The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo makes its Puerto Rico debut in San Juan on October 3, opening a series of seven programs. The company will present the world premiere of Brahms Variations based on Brahms Variations on a Theme of Handel.
Lorain County sales tax receipts for the week ended Aug 9 fell about 19 percent from the previous year with $44 228 collected versus $55 121 a year ago. Since July 1 the fiscal year totals show $69 616 against $348 405 in 1957. statewide weekly drop was 14.8 percent with $2 991 699 versus $3 513 470 and year to date $22 893 416 against $26 511 785.
Ohio Department of Industrial Relations reports fewer work stoppages from labor disputes in the April to June period than a year earlier. Total stoppages reached 123 affecting about 55 000 workers with time lost near one million man days. The Cleveland building strike boosted totals, peaking at about 30 000 workers out of work for six weeks.
John Kilbane Terry Wacker and Bud Moore were elected trustees of the Lealth land Welfare Committee of Local 1830 Lorain County Plumbers and Steamfitters Union. The three men assumed duties this week.
Lorain County Planning Commission president Marshall L. Maden will depart Oct 1 for a one year assignment with B. F. Goodrich Co. in Mexico City to assist in refurbishing vinyl resin production facilities. He has served since December 113 at Avon Lake Development Center and will be replaced temporarily by T. O. Murphy of Oberlin.
John P. Hanley of 144 Lakewood Dr has been honored for 35 years with Cleland Electric M lumination Co. as an electrical operator. He is married with a daughter Janine Schacter and her husband also works for the company. Hanley belongs to Mid Century Lodge 275 Masonic organization.
An advertisement touts Johnston's No Roach as a long lasting, sanitary solution for roaches and ants. The product is applied as a colorless coating on tables, cabinets, sills, and other surfaces and is sold at The May Co and several stores.
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