Word: supervisor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Because Smith served for almost six years as a plant supervisor with Kerr-McGee, he was briefly last month the main event in Oklahoma City's federal courthouse. Neither accused nor accuser, he was required to tell the truth about subjects he would rather not have discussed. Now the witness is finding that day in court still intrudes on his life, even at the Old Paris Flea Market...
Smith learned. He soon switched to the production staff as a helper. Over the next 17 years he worked up to foreman and finally supervisor. He was present as scientific knowledge of plutonium grew from infancy, and he remembers these as his golden days. Smith worked at purifying plutonium and mixing it with other elements. He changed it from liquid to powder to metal and molded it into the workings of atomic weapons. Like most Americans, but in a more immediate way, he has made concessions to the nuclear hazard. "There's no way to get that plutonium...
...said the building supervisor has taken steps to reduce energy consumption considerably. "Lighting has been cut back substantially and we are working on ways to regulate heat in empty rooms," he added...
Richard J. Montville, Holcombe's supervisor, had said he suspended Holcombe because Holcombe cooked the cauliflower au gratin for dinner in the North House dining hall too soon...
...connection with The Citizen, as well as its role in other secret projects. All the officials concerned have denied this allegation, but the scandal has already led to the resignation of one ranking Cabinet member: former Minister of Information Cornelius P. Mulder, who was Rhoodie's supervisor. Some observers believe Vorster must surely have known about the slush fund; there are also suspicions that his awareness of the impending scandal may have been an important reason behind his sudden retirement as Prime Minister last September...