A Main Employer of Waco

ID: 1525 ~ Source: Cintron, Margie Lopez, interviewed by Elinore Mazé, Novmeber 11, 2006, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview
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Margie Lopez Cintron explains the popularity of working for General Tire and the salary the company paid its employers in the 1950s and 60s.

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By Geoff Hunt
General Tire & Rubber Company came to Waco in late 1944, the company’s second plant after its Akron, Ohio, headquarters. The company originally constructed the plant in order to supply equipment for the US Armed Forces during World War II. By…