[ARC5] taxes

[Geoff]

>    Virginia used tohave a personal property/inventory tax that was counted 
> on January 1st. There was a Bell system warehouse in Alexandria that in 
> December would literally junk everything possible including new, 
> still-packed Teletype Model 35 machines. Then in January they would ship 
> in replacement stuff from the Western Electricfactory in Skokie, Illinois.
>
>     Western Electric was an industrial company, allowed to make a 15% 
> profit. Bell was a utility, allowed a 7% return. Go figure.
>
>  - Gordon White
>

Teletype Corp was headquartered in Skokie and Kleinschmidt was close by in 
Deerfield when I was living in the Chicago area and working for Sanders 
Associates. Went to both those plants fairly often 1970-73

Carl