New Apparatus Maker

New Apparatus Maker

Ward ’79 has purchased the machinery and equipment of the bankrupt Ward LaFrance Truck Corp. and has begun production at the plant in Elmira Heights, N.Y., which had been idle for more than a year.

Henry Kaeser, president of Ward 79, said the start-up work force of 40-50 employees last October is expected to increase to about 140 by midyear.

The company will produce and assemble fire apparatus and off-highway equipment.

Kaeser, formerly president of American LaFrance’s Domestic and International Development Division and previously vice president of operations at Ward LaFrance, said Ward ’79 is locally owned and managed.

Fire Destroys Historic North Philadelphia Church

Fire tore through the United Missionary Baptist Church Monday night as frigid temperatures hindered the efforts to put it out.
tacoma (wa) firing range

One Killed, Another Injured in Fire at Indoor Shooting Range in Tacoma (WA)

One person was killed and another injured after fire broke out at an indoor shooting range in Tacoma on Sunday.