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…