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For the machines, the day begins just before dawn, when much of Milwaukee's human population is still asleep. All night, orders have been flowing to the IBM from Allen-Bradley distributors in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Caracas, - Melbourne and 400 locations in the U.S. From the IBM, they travel...
The tragedy shocked Boeing's employees. But it also seemed to redouble their determination to build the best and safest possible planes. Just ask workers like young Ellis Clark's dad Stanley, who installs 737 flight-control cables. Says he: "I watch something come in one door as thousands of...
Nevertheless, the wiring of America proceeds apace. Some local phone companies are testing systems that will divide standard voice telephone lines into three digital channels, allowing telephone customers to plug terminals directly into their wall sockets, without benefit of modem, and to program their phones like computers. Networking firms, such...
Both Brown, a 42-year AT&T veteran, and Olson, with 43 years of service, are classic company men. Brown's first job was digging ditches for phone cables; Olson began by cleaning underground manholes. Neither executive has worked for any company other than AT&T. Over the years, the...
Back in the early 1970s, Navy Communications Watch Officer John Walker took a hard look at his best friend Jerry Whitworth and, as he later testified, sized him up as "a possible recruit in the spying business." After more than a decade in the Navy, Walker wanted to retire from...