75 years ago
July 16, 1943
Approximately 900 applications for jobs in the new Boeing sub-assembly plant to open this month, far in excess of the estimated payroll of 750 which the company will have at full operating capacity, have been filed at the U.S. employment office according to G.P. Branson, manager.
However, Branson pointed out that any surplus labor will be diverted to other industries. “Within the next 60 to 90 days there will be a marked upswing in the industrial employment opportunities for women on the Harbor,” he said.
50 years ago
July 16, 1968
SEX and SIN are frowned upon in several quarters, among them the vehicle licenses division of the Department of Motor Vehicles.
These two words belong to a group of more than 450 three-letter combinations that are avoided by Washington State license plate makers.
ZOO is banned and so are many of its three-letter inmates, including APE, BAT, DOG, FOX, HEN, HOG, PIG, RAT and YAK.
The drinking man’s vocabulary is also seriously jeopardized. Not only are ALE, GIN, RUM, RYE and KEG permanently banned, as well as BAR, HIC and URP.
There are some inconsistencies. FBI and SPY are both out, but CIA is apparently okay. MOM is banned but DAD is allowed. POT is out, but LSD hasn’t made the list yet.
25 years ago
July 16, 1993
They may not have sleeping bags or s’mores but the kids say “Camp Keyboard” is lots of fun.
Each morning, Monday through Thursday for three weeks this month, about 130 grade schoolers from five Harbor-area districts are gathering at Stevens Elementary to learn about computers.
The younger ones work on MacIntosh computers, maneuvering a “mouse” around, carefully following directions to create shapes, color and draw.
The older students have extra time at Apple computers learning how to “keyboard” — what used to be called typing. They copy sentences like “Rona rode in a national rodeo” and “Billy rides his battered bike” as they learn the proper positioning of their fingers and abandon the “hunt and peck” method.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
