Masonry Magazine April 1974 Page. 31
Welcome to the Worlds Greatest MASONRY market place
One of the events that helped to make MCAA's 1974 Annual Convention last February the largest in the association's history was the Educational Trade Show in the Convention Center of the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel. Literally hundreds of mason contractors and special guests toured the exhibits that were sponsored by many of the nation's leading suppliers to the construction industry.
Hertz Expands in N.W.
In a move to expand service for the growing Northwest region, Hertz Equipment Rental Corp. of New York City is opening a new construction equipment yard in Everett, Wash. The facility will have 1,800 square feet of shop and storage space plus a 600 square foot office.
Slide Program Boosts
Power Tool Safety
The Power Tool Institute, Mt. Prospect, III., is circulating a 25-minute slide presentation as the latest part of its program to promote on-the-job safety with power tools.
The 41-slide set is available complete with an illustrated script covering most safety situations and hazards encountered with power tools on the job site. The program utilizes photographs and cartoons to dramatically, and sometimes humorously, demonstrate hazards and safety procedures.
The slide program with accompanying script is available at $14 per set from the Power Tool Institute, Dept. C., 1803 S. Busse Rd., Mt. Prospect, III. 60056.
Ideal's Earnings Rise
In its annual report to shareholders, Ideal Basic Industries, Inc. of Denver, the nation's largest producer of portland cement and potash, announced record revenues of $227 million, up 11%, and net income of $25.5 million, up 17.5% over 1972. The report indicated that return on shareholders' equity increased from 11.2% in 1972 to 12.6% in 1973.
Books...
"Major Labor-Law Principles Established by the NLRE and the Courts (December 1964-December 1973)." By Howard J. Anderson. 160 pp. $15.00. BNA Books, 1231 25th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037.
Prepared by Howard J. Anderson, senior editor for labor services of the BNA organization, for use by labor attorneys, industrial relations executives, union officials and arbitrators, this handbook presents in convenient, quick-reference, tabular form the issues and holdings in NLRB and court cases decided between December, 1964 and December, 1973.
Cases covered are those which established major principles in the areas of antitrust law, arbitration enforcement, equal employment opportunity, and representation and unfair labor practice under the Taft-Hartley Act. Editorial comment indicates the background, history and significance of each case and provides extensive references to earlier court and Board findings on the various issues. A complete table of cases cited is included in the handbook.
Lone Star Sales Rise
Lone Star Industries, Inc., Greenwich, Conn., has reported record sales and earnings in 1973. Sales and other revenues increased to $685.8 million, compared with $481 million in 1972. Net income rose 17% to $28.3 million in 1972. Earnings per common share increased 19% to $2.57 from $2.16 in 1972.
Grace Builds New Plant
The Construction Products Division of W. R. Grace & Co., Cambridge, Mass., has announced plans to erect a $2.5 million plant in the upper Midwest for producing paper-laminated polystyrene foam board.
Scheduled for completion in 1975, the new facility will serve customers in the north and northeastern areas of the United States. Sales are expected to be mostly in the construction field.