Word: sylvania
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...Cunard liner Sylvania lay alongside Southampton's Ocean Ter minal ready to sail for New York. Jus before sailing time, 200 members of her 440-man crew walked off the gangplank in a wildcat strike for higher wages. Cap tain William Law called the passenger together in the tourist lounge. "Do you want to sail?" he asked. Yes, shouted th passengers. "All right," said Captain Law "I'm woefully short of catering people Working hours are from 7 in the morning until 9:30 at night. You'll make abou $22 a week. There...
...Sylvania's passengers quickly volunteered; 65, many of them students off to tour Canada, were hired as stewards, stewardesses, waiters and kitchen hands. Among them was the Rev. Alan Greene, 70, a master mariner who used to pilot his own Anglican missionary ship along Canada's west coast. As he reported for work, towel over his arm, he quipped: "What a life! From ship's captain to dumb waiter...
...Kennedy forces in his delegation; still, stubborn Bob Meyner refused to make any public endorsements. In California, Kennedy advance men helped fan reports that Governor Edmund ("Pat") Brown was now "leaning" Kennedyward, but Brown was not yet talked out of his 81 first-ballot favorite-son votes. Penn sylvania's Governor David Lawrence (81 votes) kept his silence. Kennedy-minded Lawrence watchers thought that they read a new Kennedy gleam in his eye, but Lyndon Johnson's forces began claiming 27 Pennsylvania votes...
...Power pulled his biggest coup by arranging a merger with Sylvania Electric Products Inc. Sylvania's stock had a higher book value than General's, but Power picked it up in a bargain share-for-share trade, took over the helm of the merged companies. The acquisition not only gave General Telephone the scientists and engineers (3,000) that it needed for basic research, but a big manufacturing business...
...HMSC Members' Gymkhana, Sylvania Electric Company parking lot, Waltham...