Computers direct materials handling in industry
The article outlines how computers transform materials handling from simple storage to integrated warehousing. It cites SK Towson and Milton L. Aitken on cost savings, notes a $287 million first quarter 1968 equipment booking, and describes logic like storing motors in pairs and directing operations with multi-story warehouse computer systems in Euclid, Ohio.
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Pittsburgh
SK. Towson
Elwell-Parker Electric Co
Cleveland
Milton L. Aitken
Materials Handling Institute
Georgia Tech
Purdue
Aitken
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Buffalo
Westinghouse
Fisher Body
General Motors
Euclid
Ohio
Westinghouse Beaver plant runs 48 thousand sq ft warehouse
A Westinghouse facility in Beaver Pennsylvania uses a 48000 square foot automated storage system for 4200 types of components. Six stacker picker cranes move along aisles at 250 feet per minute with vertical reach of 36 feet. It handles up to a thousand shipments daily, replacing weeks of manual labor.
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Westinghouse
Beaver
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Buffalo
N.Y
Forrest Swart Signs of the Times Ad Claim
Forrest Swart promotes Swart Signs with emphasis on quality and value. The ad urges customers to check with Swart, compare prices, and seek the best quality signs for the price paid while noting the staff at Swart Signs is...
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Forrest Swart
Swart
Swart Signs
Easy Way to Kill Roaches and Ants
Control roaches and ants the modern way with Johnston's No-Roach a colorless coating effective for months and harmless to pets. Available at Gray's Marshall's and local drug stores distributed by Harris Drug. Swart Signs offers signs and lettering services including banners real estate signs and neon with Forrest Swart guiding orders. Remember a business without a sign is a sign of no business.
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Johnston
Gray's
Marshall's
Harris Drug
Swart
Forrest Swart
Commerce Ct
Perry Fay Co honors four thousand hour screw machine operators
The Perry-Fay Co awarded certificates of achievement to three employees John R. Delara Ronald L. Schnur and John Manzo for completing four thousand hours of automatic screw machine operator training. Each received classroom and hands on production instruction. Prestige Realty reports May real estate sales exceed one million two hundred fifty thousand with offices in multiple Ohio cities and thirty seven full time sales staff.
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Perry-Fay Co
Perry Ct
John R. Delara
Bainbridge Rd
Ronald L. Schnur
Pasadena Ave
John Manzo
Third St
Prestige Realty Inc
Westbrook
Elyria
Prestige
Avon Lake
Vermilion
Huron
Sandusky
Port Clinton
Ohioans' income up 1 percent for April
Ohio personal income rose to 35.8 billion dollars in April from 35.6 billion in March, a 1 percent monthly gain and 10 percent above April 1967. In the eight largest cities, increases ranged from 6 percent in Youngstown to small gains in Akron and Cleveland, with Dayton 2 percent, Toledo 3 percent, and Cincinnati Columbus and Canton at 1 percent.
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Columbus
UPL
Ohio
Ohio State University Bureau of Business Research
Youngstown
Akron
Cleveland
Dayton
Toledo
Cincinnati
Canton
Ohio April prime military contracts total 62.6 million
Ohio firms received 62.6 million dollars in prime military contracts during April, the state Development Department announced. The year to date total reached 330.4 million, up from 229.2 million in the same period of 1967.
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Ohio
Columbus
UPI
State Development Department
Management club to meet in Lorain YMCA session
The Industrial Management Club Lorain County chapter will hold an executive committee meeting open to all members on Tuesday at 5 30 p m at the Lorain YMCA 1769 East 28th Street.
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Industrial Management Club
Lorain County
Lorain
East 28Th St
Oberlin man joins Erie Employment as operations head
Norman Heldt, 36, named by Robert L. Kurtz president of Erie Employment, to run Elyria Oberlin Wellington and nearby areas. Heldt, Northwestern business grad, has newspaper, chamber, and Boy Scouts background. Erie emphasizes certified counselors, straight percentage fees, and national listings as it expands from six staff.
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Robert L. Kurtz
Erie Employment
Norman Heldt
Heldt
Elyria
Oberlin
Wellington
Northwestern University
Chamber of Commerce
Elyria Elks
Elyria Toastmasters
AF & AM
Round Table
Boy Scouts of America
Evelyn
Mary Jane Smith
Kurtz
Elvira
Sandusky
Erie
Inmates pursue better education at Walla Walla college
Forty percent of the spring graduating class at Walla Walla Community College came from the Washington State Penitentiary. Gov Dan Evans announced the figure noting some inmates attended class without supervision and returned to prison at night. Thirty one prisoners earned associate degrees in applied arts and sciences, with college instructors teaching some inside the penitentiary.
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Walla Walla
Walla Walla Community
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