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The last post is the WINNER!

John53

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Yes, it once served as the headquarters of the mighty Maytag Corporation, home of the lonely Maytag repairman.



In the 20th century, Newton was a manufacturing community, much of its growth derived from the washing machine industry. Its most distinctive landmark, the Jasper County Courthouse, was built in 1911.

Newton entered the national stage in 1938 when martial law was declared during a strike at the Maytag Washing Machine Company. Iowa governor Nelson Kraschel ordered the Iowa National Guard to protect the company with tanks and machine guns ready against the workers. With the backing of four troops (companies) of the 113th Cavalry Regiment,[8] Maytag company beat the strike and forced workers to return to work with a 10% pay cut.


I guess Iowa doesn't mess around when it comes to crushing the working classes on behalf of the pin-striped bosses. Our own governor did the same thing in Arizona with the copper strikers back in the 1980s.

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Wu Wei

ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
That's because you were drawing birds in geography class...
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