1984-01 January IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

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This ncw yur makt It a pOint 10 buy AmclIctm
The job you savc may b., your own. Thanks 10
everyon~ who picked up and di,phyed the "B"y
American" bumper sticken thai we.e ayal lable II
Ihe hall
EOOIE CoH, V P.lP.5
Rescue Site
Sh,wnn Tug BOil, manned Ind npril led by mem­
Mrs of Local 1)47, Clncinuti, Ohio, Loca.ed al
. he Miami FO ri SUlion, Nonh hnd, Ohio.
Special Cable
Members Rescue Worker;
Install Special Cable
L U. 1)47 (u), CINCINNAT I, OIIIO-Foul memben
of Local \)47 wo.klOl: at the Miami Fort
5,auon assisted a bllen wOlker, from another
company, when he fell Into a barge and sustained
hud, shoulder, and ankle InJUrlU. S,olhcu lohn
W.lhams, Paul [ngersoll, Daye Clihon, and Terry
(kh, adm.msle. ed firS! aid and asslsled Ihe inJuled
man frnm barge 10 sho.e. The pilot 01 Ihe Shawnee
summond the hie squad and the WOlke. was latu
transponed to a locaL hospital where he was Llsled
10 sau$lactory COndlllOn. We commend the fut
thinking and couugeous cflons 01 these individuals.
A 138·KVA underground cable, fir51 01 '" kind
in .he United Starn, .. be",1!. ",.,,,II~d ILl C,ne.lnnail,
OhiO, by memben of Local 1341. More thin
140,000 conductor feel 01 cabk Will be ms'alled.
It will occupy an underground duci sysu:m that
lormNly held I 69,000 voir cable.
BrO'hers L. Franzen, T. Ha.dln, I. Hill, F. Lit·
kenhau" .nd R. lohnson were scm to HelSinki,
Fmland, for speCial hands·on uammg to develop
nrr,~su ry skllb n~rd~d III ~('Illce and Install IbiS
cable. They hJve comple'ed 44 $pllce! QUI of a
101a1 01 126. Every splice fr om start to finish will
take aboul twO days because of the unique proce·
dure and prec.u\lons ,hal hav".o be taken dunng
• he sphClng pIOCU'.
These brothelS ~re ,he only men In the Unued
SIJleS that arc experienced in this pfllCCSS, We ale
untmdy proud of thue find urllon Bro'hers
RAY JAY, PS
Scribe Reports On
Retired Brothers
L.U. iJ61 (u), PEKI N, ILL.-Il.o,hcr Hank lIeh·
tends, selllot "A" mcchanlCal malrllenanec man
Irom Km cilid Gene,atlng St~tlon, achievd the goal
thot most wo.klrlg people dream of Hank look
r~rly Ir.!Ir~mcnt in pc.ktl health and LS enjoying
eyery minute 01 it. lhnk stalled wllh the CompJny
in Noyember 01 1954 In the neKt 12 years, Hank
climbed the laddc. to aUKiha ry turbmc room op·
clatol [n 1966 Hank kft Powetlon 101 Kin caid
S,.rlon as an cquipmcnl a"cndant Ik thcn ttans·
lured Into meehnicJI maLntenance III 1 !ll1i8 GO,hen Can
do, Plr~' ~lId mos, Impl)lIan, 1)1 all is '0 YOle Other
thin~ ' Ihat call he donc arc \