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10923
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The Western Electric Company is the fifth largest employer in North Carolina and the eighth largest in the nation. In 1969, the company observes its one hundredth anniversary. It is an integral part of the Bell System and serves as its manufacturing and supply unit. Western Electric has operated manufacturing facilities in Burlington since 1946 and in Winston-Salem since 1950.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 27 Issue 11, Nov 1969, p110-112, il, por
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12756
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Although opposed to the idea, Western Electric employee Hank Snyder came to North Carolina to open several plants for the company. Along with other industrialists, he believed Southerners were slow and not adapted to factory work. Snyder was later astonished when North Carolina workers not only equaled production in the northern plants, but exceeded it.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 29 Issue 18, Feb 1962, p11, por
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13073
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Western Electric, manufacturers of civilian telephones, opened their third plant in North Carolina. Located in Winston-Salem, Burlington, and Greensboro, Western Electric employs 11,800 North Carolinians. The first electronic plant in the state, Western Electric procures materials and services locally, adding $9.2 million to the state economy in 1956.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 24 Issue 20, Feb 1957, p10-12, 14, il
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30416
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The first of what is known as the North Carolina works of the Western Electric Company was established in the state in 1946. Today, Western Electric, part of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, is expanding operations in Winston-Salem, Burlington, and Greensboro. More than 10,000 people will produce important electronic equipment for the armed services.
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30520
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Emblematic of the state of North Carolina's electrical industries, Western Electric, which began in 1946, now has five plants in the state in Winston-Salem, Burlington, and Greensboro. With extensive facilities, Western Electric employs over 11,000 employees who produce parts for systems such as the Nike guided missile system.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 13 Issue 6, November 1955, p28-30, 32, 35, 106, por
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31045
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By the end of 1962, at least two Project Telstar experimental satellites, part of the Bell Telephone system repearter satellite program, will have been spun into orbit as a result of recent development in space technology. for more than 20,000 Bell System employees in North Carolina under Western Electric, the experiments highlight a year of space exploration as the first orbit of the earth by an American is scheduled as well.
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