Masonry Magazine February 1977 Page. 16
People & Events...
Building Materials Group of Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp., Toledo, Ohio... J. A. Carr, general manager of the Davis Manufacturing Division of JI Case Co., Racine, Wis., has been elected a vice president of Case.
Five top level appointments have been announced by JI Case Co., Racine, Wis. Edward J. Campbell and Jerome K. Green have been promoted to the newly created positions of executive vice president, and Donald H. Campbell, Ralph C. Wagner and Carl E. Whitman have been elevated to senior vice president. Arthur H. Bentley has been named marketing communications supervisor, Safety Products Division, and Charlene O'Brien has been appointed manager of organizational development, Coated Abrasive Division of Norton Company, Worcester, Mass.
John C. Telander, president of Telander Bros. Contractors, Inc., has been reelected president of the Builders' Association of Chicago... Joseph Anthony Wintz III, P.E., has been appointed structural engineer in the engineering and research division of the Brick Institute of America, McLean, Va... Joseph Sansone, president, Facilities Painting Corp., Mt. Vernon, N.Y., has been elected chairman of the board of the Council of Construction Employers, James W. Liddell, president of A C and S, Inc., Lancaster, Pa., has been elected vice chairman.
Job-related Injuries, Deaths, Illnesses Drop
A decline in job-related deaths, injuries and illnesses in 1975 is a "positive indication of the success of national efforts to reduce such tragedies," according to a top Labor Department official.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor Bert Concklin of the Department's Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), said: "While we make no claim that OSHA alone has been responsible for the dramatic reductions we have experienced in 1975, I am confident that the climate of awareness of job safety and health hazards prompted by OSHA's activities, coupled with energetic efforts by labor and management, have combined to produce these reductions."
Data released by the Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics comparing 1975 and 1974 show a 10 percent drop in job related fatalities and a 16 percent decline in occupational injuries. Recognized occupational illnesses dropped from 200,400 in 1974 to 163,300 in 1975.
Court Reverses Gypsum Price-fixing Verdict
A federal appeals court in Philadelphia has reversed price-fixing convictions against four gypsum board manufacturers and three executives. The split decision by the third U.S. Court of Appeals overturned the July, 1975 convictions of United States Gypsum Co.: National Gypsum Co.; Georgia-Pacific Corp. and Celotex Corp.
Writing for the majority in the 59-page opinion, Judge James Hunter III said the companies actually may have been complying with the Robinson-Patman Act, instead of trying to fix prices. The act prohibits sellers from discriminating in prices between different purchases of the same product.
Fruehauf and Koehring Discuss Possible Merger
Fruehauf Corp., Detroit, Mich., and Koehring Co., Milwaukee, Wis., have jointly announced that preliminary discussions are being held to explore the possibility of the acquisition by Fruehauf of the outstanding shares of Koehring. If consummated, Koehring would be operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fruehauf under the present Koehring management.
Fruehauf is the world's largest manufacturer of truck trailers with reported annual sales in excess of $1 billion. Koehring, a multinational machinery manufacturer serving the construction, hydraulic components, farm, woodlands and water well drilling markets, reported sales of more than $342 million in 1976.
BIA Elects Officers
Vernon H. Fobes, vice president of Can-Tex Industries, was elected president of the Brick Institute of America at the group's 42nd annual convention in Las Vegas, Nev.
Elected vice president was James A. Skinner, Jr., president of W. G. Bush & Co., Inc., Nashville, Tenn. Charles T. Richards, president, Richard Brick Co., Edwardsville, III., was elected treasurer.