News Clippings

 

Aero Digest
August 1946 – The ROHR M. O.-1 CANARD 

 

Arlington Times
July 23, 1959 – All-Stars Prepare For Farm League Play-offs
August 20, 1959 – Arlington Fair Starts Tuesday, August 25
Christmas Season – 1959 – Greetings
February 18, 1960 – Rohr Rumors Squelched by Local Head
March 24, 1960 – Rohr Aircraft Has Follow-On Orders
December 22, 1960 – …Good will To Men
November 29, 1961 – Rohr Plans Marketing Subsidiary Products Here In Early Spring
Vol. LIV — No. 17, Wednesday, January 3, 1962 – New Industry Seen in Rohr Pioneering

 

Aviation Week
March 21, 1960 – Tunner Outlines MATS Plans, Endorses National Guard Airlift

 

BART TODAY
February 1972 – Rohr Resumes Delivery of Bart Cars ⋅ New Techniques – new!

 

Boeing News
October 22, 1959 – Transport Introduces New Hinge-Tailed 735 Cargo Jet
Date unknown – ‘Twas The Jet Before Christmas: 100th Boeing Jet Airliner Rolls Out Of Renton Factory

Chula Vista Star News
December 16, 1954 – Rohr Workers Paid Off Friday With $345,000 (12 Ton) of US Cartwheels
December 16, 1954 – Five Rohr Aircraft Officials Quit City Posts

Daily Enterprise

March 15, 1961 – Annexing Arlanza Wins Nod
April 25, 1961 – Rohr Official Elected to Board
April 26, 1961– Arlanza Annex Advances
May 5, 1961– Rohr Earnings At Record High
May 9, 1961– Rohr Annexing On Council List
June 2, 1961– Rohr Predicts Bright Outlook
January 9, 1962 – Rohr awarded $2 million satellite job

 

Factory Magazine
September 1956 – Got Odd-Shaped Parts?

 

Los Angeles Examiner
November 28, 1961 – Rohr Aircraft Reports 30% Rise in Sales 

 

Los Angeles Industrial News
October 19, 1959 – By Telecomputing: Monrovia Aviation Corp. Acquired For $2,000,000
November 9, 1959 – AF to Sell 50 Aircraft Plants: Douglas, Santa Monica, Northrup, Hawthorne, Figure

 

Los Angeles Times
date unknown. Top Machinists Union Official Being Demoted
December 8, 1959 – Rohr Aircraft Sales Up but Net Declines
February 11, 1960 – Douglas Plans to Sell French Jetliner in U.S.
March 15, 1960 – Rohr Aircraft Votes Usual
April 4, 1960 – Rohr Aircraft Net Off to 36c
March 17, 1961  – Local Factories Seek Part of Plane Contract
May 31, 1961 – Pro-Union Sentiment Lowered by Strikes
October 20, 1961 – Pentagon Still Studying Issue of Bomber Funds
September 13, 1970 – Wide Area of Southland Jolted by Series of Sharp Tremblers

Motori
circa 1972, page 77 – Il Futuro Non E Ancora Incominciato

The Press
August 2, 1960 – Rohr-Union Contract Provisions Disclosed
August 3, 1960  – Arlington Post Office Merges & New Rohr Contract In Effect
December 14, 1961 – Rohr drops ‘aircraft’ from name
December 23, 1961 – Santa’s helpers
December 27, 1961 page D-9 – Playpool solves problem
September 14, 1970 – Mild quake shakes LA area

 

The Press-Enterprise
Date unknown – Vice President Richard Nixon…
December 27, 1959 – page C-1 – More Speed Seen
January 23, 1971 – Rohr’s Mexicali plant irks union leaders here
1974 – Four elected to fill vacancies on Democratic Central Committee
August 1978 – ‘They want to see old Joe produce more’: Firms call happy, rewarded workers good for business
December 27, 2006 – Rohr Retirees Reunite

 

Riverside Daily Enterprise
October 9, 1961 – Riverside United Fund Drive To Be Intensified This Week

Riverside Daily Press
July 23, 1954 – Special Supplement: Rohr in Riverside
September 28, 1961 – Rohr Plans World’s Fair
October 2, 1961 – Jet Contract Goes to Rohr

 

Riverside Enterprise 
July 24, 1954 – Special Supplement: Rohr in Riverside 
July 8, 1959 – Sandwich Panel Process Speeded
July 15, 1959 – Gift Pushes Scout Fund Nearer Goal
July 16, 1959 – Council Seeks Answer on Rohr Rail Line
July 22, 1959 – Van Buren Widening Approved
July 23, 1959 – Crest Haven School Fits Need For Training of Handicapped
July 30, 1959  – City Acts to Acquire Land
August 5, 1959 – More Teachers Needed for Fall & Rohr Employe Hurt in Freak Car Accident
August 7, 1959 – Late Trading Firms Coast Stock Market
August 8, 1959 – Growth Unnecessary: Rohr Will Stay Same Size, But Looks to Prosperity
August 13, 1959 – Stock Market Gains Ground on West Coast
August 14, 1959 – Rohr Hikes Lead In Special Field 
August 20, 1959 – Coast Stock Prices Ease, Rally Late
September 7, 1959 – Tool Engineers To Meet Tuesday
September 10, 1959 – Rohr Plant Will Hold Open House
September 22, 1959 – New Jet Coming; Faster, Quieter
September 1959 – AFL-CIO Leaders Agree to Submit All Inter-Union Disputes to Arbitration
September 23, 1959 – Open House: Rohr Expects Big Turnout
September 25, 1959 – Helped Sell Bonds
September 26, 1959 – You Are Invited & Rohr Displays Jet Age Output At Open House
October 2, 1959 – Acres of Parking
October 8, 1959 – U.C.R.
October 22, 1959 – March Visit
October 28, 1959 – Rohr’s Net Sales Hit Record High
November 12, 1959 – Rohr Plant Manager Tells of Growth
November 13, 1959 – Coast Follows NY Market Downward
December 17, 1959 – Skipper Frank To Be at Party
January 20, 1960 – Riversiders Will Be On Panel
January 23, 1960 – United Fund Pushes Past $461,560 Goal
February 11, 1960 – Employment At Rohr Declines
February 23, 1960 – The Soaring Sixties: A Special Supplement: Reviewing the Industrial Progress of the Riverside Area and Looking Ahead at the Prospects for Rapid Rapid Growth in the Immediate Future
February 25, 1960 – Rohr Wins Approval For Railroad Spur
February 27, 1960 – For Families: Rohr Employes to Stage Show
March 3, 1960 – Arlington C of C Names 12 Board Candidates
March 4, 1960  – La Sierra Baseball Program Opens With Parade on May 15
March 8, 1960 – Expressway Divider Prompts Protests
March 10, 1960 – The Big Drop
March 24, 1960 – Industry Aids Polio Shot Clinic & Management Trainee Plays Game at Rohr
April 4, 1960 – Rohr Earnings Drop 62%
May 12, 1960 – City Won’t Pay For Rohr Spur
May 17, 1960 – Rohr Tells New Rocket Jobs
May 24, 1960 – Rohr Winds Case Before High Court
May 25, 1960 – Arlington PO Shift Said Near
May 26, 1960 – Prices of Western Stocks Make Gains
May 27, 1960 – Joining Up: C of C Report Due
May 31, 1960 – Twirlers Go Hawaiian
June 1, 1960 – Strike Vote Set Saturday & Friden, Jumping 7 1/2, Leads Coast Gainers
June 2, 1960 – Rohr Talks Set Tuesday
June 7, 1960 – Rohr Strike Threat Grows
June 20, 1960 – Union Calls Claim By Lockheed False
July 1, 1960 – Locals Get Authority For Strike
July 6, 1960 – Union Prepares for Rohr Strike
July 8, 1960 – Rohr Union Sets Up Picket Plan
July 11, 1960 – Negotiators Win Ten-Day Extension in Rohr Talks
August 27, 1960 – PO Official Says: Change in Arlington Mail Service Draws Approval
October 12, 1960 – Rohr Rail Alternate Still Sought
October 14, 1960 – Topping United Fund Goal
October 26, 1960 – Coast Market Still Down
November 8, 1960  – Aircrafts Active on Coast
November 10, 1960 – City, Industry Men To Exchange Views & Planes Strong on Coast & Rohr Manager Will Address Exchange Club
November 11, 1960 – Stocks Advance on Coast
November 13, 1960 – Riverside’s UF Drive Nearly 8% Behind 1959
November 18, 1960 – Rohr-N-Twirlers To ‘Trot’ & Stock Prices Down On Pacific Coast
November 29, 1960 – Rohr Aircraft Earnings Double
January 12, 1961 – Chula Vista’s Rohr Gets Huge Jet Order & 133-Acre Area: Rohr Asks Action To Join Riverside
January 19, 1961 – City Fills 2 Board Vacancies
January 20, 1961 – Arlanza Group Forms On Rohr Annexation & Hughes Lands Moon Craft Contract & Annexing Rohr Area Hits Delay & Council Cautious in Arlanza
January 25, 1961 – Time for Study: Riverside Council Delays Action on Arlanza Annex & Arlanza Committee Favors Annexation
January 27, 1961 – Will Rohr Annex Expand?: Wider Area Could Come Into Riverside
February 2, 1961 – Rohr Gets Big Contract
February 9, 1961 – Aircraft, Oil Stocks Lead Coast
February 12, 1961 – New Aircraft- To Fly In Area
February 17, 1961 – $122 Toilet Seats: Airlines Weary of ‘Unrealistic’ Prices of New Jet Plane Parts & Map Shows Arlanza Annexation Area
February 22, 1961 – Study Approved: Arlanza Annex Move Advances
February 23, 1961 – Chamber Supports Annexing Arlanza
September 28, 1961 – 23,881 Tour Rohr’s Riverside Plant at Open House Event
October 9, 1961 – Worker Gets Rohr Job Restored
November 28, 1961 – Rohr Aircraft reports increase
December 20, 1961 – James Rheim, former Rohr chief, dies

 

Riverside Press
July 3, 1959 – Rohr Guests To Attend Circus
July 15, 1959 – Gift Pushes Scout Fund Nearer Goal
July 16, 1959 – Rohr President Announces Executive Personnel Shifts
July 17, 1959 – Rohr Definitely Interested in Railroad Spur
July 18, 1959 – Rohr Definitely Interested in Railroad Spur
July 30, 1959 – Workers Have Own Play Areas Courtesy of Boss
August 1, 1959 – Ed O’Neill to Take New Job at Rohr Plant
August 7, 1959 – Donald Starr, Rohr Aircraft Official, Dies
September 12, 1959 – Drive Begins Thursday: United Fund Division Chairmen Will Make Final Preparations for Annual Campaign
October 5, 1959 – United Fund Helps Him
October 10, 1959 – Hears Problems, Hopes: Saund Tours Area’s Industry
October, 1959  – Going Next Year: ‘Real Thrilled,’ Says Couple Who Won Press Trip to Hawaii
October 19, 1959 – To Visit Hawaii: Riverside Pair Win Press Trip
October 30, 1959 – Best Proof of Progress
November 5, 1959 – Business-Education Day
November 8, 1959 – Rohr Plant Manager Gives Talk
November 14, 1959 – Over the Top
December 1, 1959 – Cancellation Of B70 Felt by Local Sources
January 14, 1960 – Hospital Gets New Directors
January 15, 1960 – Industry Aids Bureau
January 19, 1960 – Inspection
January 28, 1960 – Society Elects Rohr Engineer
March 21, 1960 – Rohr Gets Huge New Parts Order
April 1, 1960 – Early Start
April 25, 1960 – Bargaining Starts at Rohr Corp
May 24, 1960 – Hobbyist Halts Killer
May 25, 1960 – Letter Tells Reasons For Decision on PO
May 26, 1960 – Rohr Isn’t Bolstering Work Force
July 5, 1960 – Rohr: Talks Resume as Deadline Nears
July 8, 1960 – Rohr, Union Argue Points
July 9, 1960 – Rohr Man Says Work to Go On: Strike Deadline Monday & Rohr Talks Continue As Strike Day Nears
July 11, 1960 – Accord Near In Rohr Talks & Rohr Strike Delayed; Sides Resume Talking
July 29, 1960 – Aircraft Workers to Vote Sunday
July 31, 1960 – Riverside United Fund Goal Rises Only 6%
August 10, 1960 – Ex-Chicago Man Increases City’s List of Novelists
August 20, 1960 – Rice Will Head UF Division
September 10, 1960 – Rohr Puts Losses Behind It
September 22, 1960 – Chamber Workshop: Secretaries To Meet Here
November 9, 1960 – Rohr Manager Will Address Exchange Club
November 12, 1960 – Service Pin
November 15, 1960 – Outside Help
December 7, 1960 – Plant Goes To Fontana & B70 to Require Better Pilots & MAFB Tops in UF
December 11, 1960 – Rohr’s Workers Get Holiday
January 11, 1961 – 133-Acre Area: Rohr Asks Action To Join Riverside
January 12, 1961 – An Annexation Policy Is Past Due
January 16, 1961 – Arlanza Sets Talks On Rohr Annexation
 

Riverside Press-Enterprise
July 19, 1959 – Plane Lands Safely
July 26, 1959 – Wheels Up – Emergency Repairs
September 13, 1959 – Rohr ‘N’ Twirlers To Dance
September 20, 1959 – Wheels Up – Switch to Turbofans
November 8, 1959 – Pages A-13 & A-16 – New Labor Law Goes Into Effect Friday
Christmas Season – 1959 – Peace on Earth in 1960
March 27, 1960 – Area’s Unemployment Near Recession Mark & Rash of Rohr Rumors Denied
April 1, 1960 – Aerojet Finds Huge Pot of Gold As Pioneer in Rocket Propellants & The B58 Program
June 5, 1960 – Rohr Strike Approval Said ‘In the Cards’: Depends on Chula Vista Vote Today
June 12, 1960 – Wheels Up: Back Where They Started
July 18, 1960 – Rohr-Union Talks Succeed Negotiators in Contract Agreement
October 16, 1960 – Riverside United Fund Drive At $143,671—30% of Goal
December 24, 1960 – Season’s Greetings
January 15, 1961 – Japanese Tools: Rohr Purchase Draws Protest

Riverside Press & Enterprise
September 1, 1961 page C-1 – Lockeed Buys Rocket Firm
March 9, 1960, beginning – Attention All Employers & Ex-Rohr Personnel

 

SAC Missileer, Lompoc, California
October 2, 1960 – Major Components: For the World’s Leading Airplanes

 

San Diego Evening Tribune
April 3, 1960, week of  – Crosstown with Neil Morgan

 

San Diego Union
July 5, 1959 – Local Firms Among ‘500’
October 25, 1959 – San Diego County News: Tidelands Bond Vote Set Tuesday
November 1, 1959 – Rohr Layoffs Slated In Readjustment Plan & Aircraft Industry Has Oddities
January 3, 1960 – 4 Aircraft Firms Face Challenges
January 17, 1960 – Rohr Strengthens Honeycomb Position
February 6, 1960, weekend of – Aircraft Issues May Be Oversold
April 17, 1960 – Rohr Looks For Better 1961 Profits
June 18, 1961 – Rohr Expects Record ’61 Earnings; Very Promising Future is Forecast
Date unknown. – Rohr Holds Huge Backlog: 226 Million Reported in Unified Orders
Date unknown. – Rohr Is Confident Of Aircraft Future

The San Diego Union-Tribune
August 24, 1993 – Rohr still pays for heyday’s decisions – added 10/8/23
August 24, 1993 – Rohr, shareholders reach settlement – added 10/8/23
March 26, 1994 pg. C-1 – Rohr pays 11.7 million to settle – added 9/2/2019
 March 29, 1994 – Business Briefing – added 10/8/2018
 April 14, 1994 pg. C-1 – After two-year vacancy, Rohr fills CFO position – added on 9/2/2019
April 25, 1994  – Rohr gets a thumb-down, thumbs up – added 10/8/2018
September 12, 1997  – Rohr close to deal on billion dollar buyout. Buyer is not identified; takeover rumors lift stock – added 9/23/18
September 13, 1997  – Rohr employees abuzz over an uncertain future – added 10/08/2018
 September 23, 1997 – ‘Dead’ deal resurrected; Rohr sold for $1.3 billion – added 9-9-18
September 23, 1997 pg. C1  – What did Rohr mean by ‘terminated’ a week ago? – added 9/23/2018
 September 27, 1997 – Holders of Rohr shares files suit: Claim aerospace firm didn’t land best price – added 9/9/18
 September 28, 1997 – Rohr saga raises eyebrows: Many still are puzzled by deal’s resurrection – added 9/19/2018

 
Santa Ana Register
 November 15, 1959 – The Changing U.S. Air Force
 March 27, 1960 – Bomarc Spending Slashed

 

Seattle Sunday Times
April 17, 1960 – 707-720 Jet Work Expected to Run to 1970: Boeing Plans to Build 400 Or More Craft

Skyways
November 1946 – Midnight Oiler … tips for the AMATEUR – added 6/11/2024

 

The Flying A
August 1951 – Power by the Package 

 

Wall Street Journal

Date Unknown – Steel Talks Resume as Both Sides Show Slight Reaction to Eisenhower’s Demands
 February 11, 1960 – Douglas Aircraft and Sud Aviation to Join Forces to Make, Sell Short-Range Jets
 February 15, 1960, week of – Douglas Lays Off Engineers
 September 8, 1960 – Rohr Aircraft Says It Had Loss in Fiscal ’60
 September 23, 1960 – Air Force Official Says It Wants to Spend $1.5 Billion on B-70
October 31, 1960 – Rohr Aircraft sells honeycomb”sandwich of steel” to biggest all-business audience

Wings
 January 1945 – Automatic Wiredentification

 

other newspaper clippings
 Date and Publisher unknown – Mysterious Flashes Just Part of Show
 August 14 – Rohr To Get Jet Contract
 Date and Publisher unknown – Engine Canceled
 Weekend of February 6, 1960 – Rohr Leader Stricken
 week of April 3, 1960 – publication unknown – Court Studies Rohr Tax Plea
week of April 3, 1960 – publication unknown – High Court Calls Rohr Tax Case
May 1960 – Rohr to Build Space Harness
May 1960  – Rohr Awarded Two Space Subcontracts
 January 25, 1961 – Internal Rift Disclosed in Machinists Union

 

 

 

 

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