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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER 3'COMPANY » AKRON EDITION
Vol. 54 Akron, Ohio 4100*••• Thursday, June 10,1965 No. 23
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, Company s New Shoe Line
i YOU AND
i Debuts At Industry Exhibit
i YOUR INCOME '- Seven completely new offered. universal Vulcabond unit sole
3 shoe products are being ex- The Atlantic City show is the ( sole and heel molded into a
- How·many of us dream of getting two 66pays" . hibit•ad by Goodyear's Shoe one big exhibit of the year in single unit), the exhibit includes
- every payday? Although we don't actually see • Products Division at the which the division can meet with two machines used in adapting
• much of the second one, each Goodyearite is com- - four-day North American all shoe manufacturers, display the unit soles to shoes.
• • pensenated on such a 66double pay" basis. --- Shoe Factory Management its entire line of products and Heading the list of new prod-
. For an Akron rubber plant hourly employe, = Conference this week in demonstrate the superior quali- ucts is a Neolite Flex sculptured
• for instance, that second 66Pay" amounts to $2,400 • Atlantic City, N. J. terials. Kerr, represents the first really
ties of all Goodyear shoe ma- golf sole which, according to
- a year. lIt may be a little more or a little less in •
• -your particular case, depending on years of ser- George G. Kerr, general The Goodyear exhibit at Con- new idea in golf soles in the
manager, said the new prod- vention Hall in Atlantic City is past decade.
• vice, where you work and what you earn. But it'EN
= ucts make Goodyear's shoe manned by the division's sales The bottoms of the new soles
- is a valid figure that you can add to your annual 2 materials line one of the best force from across the country are sculptured to reduce weight,
• wage to see how much your job is really worth. I and most complete in the indus- and by engineers, chemists and improve the stance of the golfer
• Some of this second 66pay" comes to you in - try- and that plans call for technicians from the shoe prod- and provide a firmer bite in
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• cash. Other portions of it represent protection - continuing additions to and inno- ucts plant in Windsor, Vt. To the turf. The center spike, to
- against such misfortunes as disability or illness. • vations in materials presently help demonstrate the division's (Continued on Page 5)
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- All of it is part of your income. It is money spent = _
- for you on items which may be worth many times I, Speed Car Now Chicago Museum Piece
- their dollar value. Many of these items free you •I
• and your family from worry. -
The 64Spirit of America," the
- What kind of items am I referring to? They • first car to travel more than
• are hospital, hospital-medical and surgical insur--iM 500 miles per hour on land, be-
• ance. accident and sickness benefits, life ingurance, • 32 I , came a permanent fixture at the
, , Chicago Museum of Science and
- accidental death and dismemberment insurance, - ,f:'i , e
- workmen's compensation, pensions and service • Industry last week.
- awards, Social Security, vacation and holiday pay, 3
Driver Craig Breedlove was
joined in presentation ceremo-
-- funeral leave, jury duty and military make-up -
nies at the museum by Goodyear
- pay, overtime and premium time pay, unemploy- •
President Victor Holt Jr. and
• ment compensation and Supplemental Unemploy- •
.:I . Shell Oil Vice President Charles
I ment Benefits. =SE A. Foster. Goodyear and Shell = :. tv: -
= These items are sometimes called fringe bene- •
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sponsored Breedlove in his quest
• fits, but the word 66fringe" is a misnomer. These 3 for the land speed record.
- benefits represent a significant part of our cost 5 Both firms have agreed to co.
• of doing business. Last year, domestic hourly rub- • operate with Breedlove in fur--
ber emploves alon-6 received $44.5 million in reim- • a ther attempts to develop an even
faster jet vehicle, which, Breed-
- bursements beyond their regular pay. = ...
love said, will be a four-wheeled = So that you will have a better understanding •
- • . model, as opposed to the three-
S of these 66extras" and their value to you and your =
wheeled Spirit of America.
• family, Th-e Wingfoot Clan. beginning June 17, s A
• will publish a series of informative articles on B 1 In accepting the vehicle for
display in the Museum's East
• 66¥ou and Your Income." g••• 6-SPIRIT OF AMERICA," the first vehicle to exceed 500 Court, Museum President Lenox
= • miles per hour on land, now is an exhibit at the Chicago Museum Lohr said that the exhibit will
5 • of Science and Industry. Shown opening the exhibit are (front include a film presentation of
2 CZ_.,e_ Le.-%-G - E left ): Lenox Lohr, president of the Museum, and Craig Breedlove, the record-breaking ride Breed-
• builder and driver of the car. Looking on are Charles Foster love male on the salt flats at
E (left) vice president of Shell Oil Co., and Victor Holt, Jr., presi- Bonneville, Utah, late in 1964.
im Chairman of the Board • dent of Goodyear. For a view of speed in a bygone era, see the In this ride, Breedlove piloted
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