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  1. Western Union

    Other uses Use mdy dates date October 2011 Infobox company company name The Western Union Company company logo File Western Union money transfer.png 250px company type Public company Public traded as NYSE ... Form 10 K, The Western Union Company publisher United States Securities and Exchange Commission ref ... December 2010 small ref name 10K homepage http www.westernunion.com WesternUnion.com The Western Union ... States. Its North American headquarters is in Englewood, Colorado . Up until 2006, Western Union ... 2012 Western Union has several divisions, with products such as person to person money transfer, money order s, business payments and commercial services. Western Union, as an industrialized monopoly ... companies and renamed it the New York & Western Union Telegraph Company. Originally fierce competitors .... The merged company was named The Western Union Telegraph Company at Cornell s insistence, and Western ... January 21, 2010 ref Western Union bought out smaller companies rapidly, and by 1860 its lines ... it formed the Russian American Telegraph in an attempt to link America to Europe, Western Union Telegraph ... isbn 978 0 8018 5771 3 url ref rp 196 201 In 1881 Gould took control of Western Union. ref cite ... Wilbur Bold, a 12 year old Western Union messenger boy, Tampa Bay, Florida , 1911. It introduced ... telegraph network. In 1879, Western Union left the telephone business, having lost a Elisha Gray and Alexander ... in 1884, Western Union was one of the original eleven all American companies tracked. By 1900 Western Union operated a million miles of telegraph lines and two international cable s. 20th century ... was almost complete in 1943 when it bought Postal Telegraph, Inc., its chief rival. File Western Union ..., in the early and middle 20th century In 1914 Western Union offered the first charge card for consumers ... in New York , Western Union Technical Review, April 1959 47 figure 4 ref Western Union introduced ... with the rotund Don Wilson announcer Don Wilson . In 1964, Western Union initiated a transcontinental ...   more details



  1. Western Union (disambiguation)

    Western Union is a communications company synonymous with the telegraph in the United States that, with the decline of demand, turned to providing financial services. The title may also refer to Western Union film Western Union film , a 1941 western about the company s early days Western Union schooner , a historic schooner in Key West, Florida, United States Western Union , a 1967 song by the Five Americans See also Western European Union , a European defence and security organization formed in 1948 disambig ru Western Union ...   more details



  1. Flag of the Western European Union

    Infobox flag Name Western European Union Article the Image Western European Union Flag.svg Use 001001 Symbol FIAV historical Proportion 2 3 Adoption 1993 Design A semicircle of 10 5 pointed gold stars on a blue field with white initials WEU and UEO in the centre. Type Designer Type International Nickname Morenicks The flag of the Western European Union WEU was dark blue with a semicircle of ten yellow five pointed stars, broken at the top, with the organisation s initials in the centre. Although it is the flag of a military organisation, it has rarely been flown in military situations. Design File Flag of the Assembly of the Western European Union.svg thumb left Flag of the Assembly of the Western European Union The flag is dark blue with a semicircle of ten yellow five pointed stars, broken at the top, with the white letters WEU horizontally across the centre and UEO vertically across the centre sharing the letter E with the former set of initials. UEO is the French language French abbreviations for Western European Union. The flag s blue colour with yellow stars is taken from the Flag of Europe flag of the Council of Europe and European Union , however the number of stars is ten due to the WEU membership being of that number. Use The flag was rarely used, with the WEU being largely dormant before it was succeeded by the European Union s EU European Security and Defence Policy ... by June 2011, so no further use of the flag is foreseeable. Previous designs File Flag of the Western European Union 1949 onwards, reconstruction .svg thumb File FIAV historical.svg 23px Reconstruction of the rarely used 1949 version. File Flag of the Western European Union until 1993 .svg thumb File ... Flag of the Western European Union , Flags of the World. Western European Union DEFAULTSORT Flag Of The Western European Union Category Western European Union Category International flags Western European Union Category Flags of organizations Western European Union es Bandera de la Uni n Europea ...   more details



  1. Western Rugby Football Union

    The Western Rugby Football Union WRFU is the Territorial Area Union TAU for rugby union teams playing in the Western United States . It is one of seven TAU s that govern specific regions of USA Rugby . It was established in 1975 and is a Founding Member of USA Rugby . ref http www.usarugby.org USA Rugby ref Local Area Unions LAU s The WRFU is responsible for governing six Local Area Unions LAU s . They are listed as follows Eastern Rockies Rugby Football Union ERRFU http www.errfu.org official site ERRFU encompasses Colorado , Wyoming and the westernmost part of Nebraska . Great Plains Rugby Football Union GPRFU http www.greatplainsrugby.com official site Founded in 1981, GPRFU encompasses South Dakota and Nebraska . Heart of America Rugby Football Union HOARFU http www.hoarfu.com official site Founded in 1967, the HOARFU has member clubs located in Missouri , Kansas , Arkansas and Oklahoma . Missouri Rugby Football Union MRFU http www.morugby.org official site MRFU encompases Missouri and parts of Illinois . Rio Grande Rugby Football Union RGRFU http www.riogranderugby.com official site RGRFU encompasses New Mexico and parts of Texas . Texas Rugby Union TRU http www.texasrugbyunion.com official site Founded in 1971, TRU encompasses Texas and parts of Louisiana and Oklahoma . External links http www.wrfu.org Western Rugby Football Union Official Site http www.usarugby.org USA Rugby Official Site http www.irb.com IRB Official Site References reflist Rugby union in the United States Category Rugby union governing bodies in the United States Rugbyunion stub ...   more details



  1. Western Union splice

    File Western Union splice.jpg thumb Figures A through D show how to make a short tie Western Union splice. Figures E and F show long tie variations. The Western Union or Lineman splice was developed during the introduction of the telegraph to mechanically and electrically terminate aerial conductors that were subject to loading stress. The wrapping pattern is designed to cause the termination to tighten as the conductors pull against each other. This type of Electrical wiring splice is more suited to solid, rather than stranded wire stranded conductors , and is fairly difficult to complete. ref name NASA cite web url http workmanship.nasa.gov guidadv recmeth wusplice.jsp title Western Union Lineman Splice accessdate 2009 06 05 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref The Western Union Splice is made by twisting two ends of a wire together counter clockwise 3 4 of a turn each, finger tight. Then, using needle nose pliers , twist each end at least five more turns, tightly. Cut off the ends and push them close to the center wire. Short tie and long tie variations exist, mainly for purposes of coating the connection with solder. The longer version may aid in solder flow. ref cite book last Sharp first John MacLaren title Practical Electric Wiring url http books.google.com books?id i41RAAAAMAAJ&pg PA13 year 1916 publisher D. Appleton and Company location New York and London pages 13 14 ref NASA tests on 22 and 16 AWG wire showed that the Western Union Splice is very strong and, if done properly, is stronger than the wire alone. ref name NASA See also T splice Rat tail Splice References Include NASA reflist External links http nepp.nasa.gov index.cfm 5544 NASA interconnection standards including NASA STD 8739.4 http www.hq.nasa.gov office codeq doctree 87394.pdf Direct link to NASA STD 8739.4 Category Telecommunications equipment Category Electrical wiring tech stub ...   more details



  1. Western Union (schooner)

    Infobox nrhp name Western Union schooner nrhp type image Westernunion.jpg caption The Western Union schooner as docked in Key West harbor, 2006. location Key West, Florida Key West , Florida , United States USA lat degrees 24 lat minutes 33 lat seconds 30 lat direction N long degrees 81 long minutes 48 long seconds 27 long direction W locmapin Florida built 1938 39 added May 16, 1984 visitation num visitation year governing body architecture refnum 84000930 The Western Union is a historic schooner in Key West, Florida Key West , Florida , United States . It is located in the Key West Bight at 202 William Street. On May 16, 1984, it was added to the United States U.S. National Register of Historic Places . Built in 1939 by Thompson Enterprises, it was the last large sailing vessel built in Key West. It was leased to the Western Union Western Union Telegraph Co. and used to check and repair the signal cable from Key West to Cuba , as well as lay undersea telegraph cable throughout the Caribbean Sea Caribbean . ref A Chronological History of Key West A Tropical Island City, Stephen Nichols, 2000 ref It sails twice per day giving guests a glimpse of Key West s historic maritime past. It is the official flagship of the State of Florida and the flagship of the city of Key West. See also List of schooners References reflist http www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com FL Monroe state.html ... Category Two masted ships Category 1939 ships Florida protected area stub MonroeFL geo stub de Western Union Schiff fr Western Union schooner ... Places http www.flheritage.com services sites fht record t.cfm?ID 598&type c&index 44 Western Union Schooner at http www.flheritage.com Florida s Office of Cultural and Historical Programs http www.caymannetnews.com Archive Archive 20Articles August 202002 Issue 20227 Western 20Union.html Western Union of George Town & Key West at http www.caymannetnews.com Cayman Net News Online Category History ...   more details



  1. Western Union (film)

    Infobox film name Western Union image Western union 1941.jpg director Fritz Lang writer Robert Carson ... February 21, 1941 runtime 90 min language English Western Union is a 1941 Western genre western feature film directed by Fritz Lang . Filmed in Technicolor on location in Arizona and Utah, Western Union tells the story of a reformed outlaw named Vance Shaw who tries to make good by joining the team ... The movie is based on the Western Union novel novel of the same name by Zane Grey , although there are significant differences between the two plots. sup 2 sup Western Union was only the second western ..., there to lead the installation of telegraph lines. Another man in the Western Union company is an easterner ... States of America Confederates to disrupt Western Union because they believe the telegraph service will help the Union American Civil War Union . Shaw rides away. The Western Union men are again ... equipment. The Indian is shot and wounded by Richard Blake. The Western Union men get word that their main ... s men. Slade says his group is going to burn down the Western Union camp and they don t want Shaw ... late to prevent the fire. He helps rescue some of the Western Union men from the flames and burns his ... dies from his wounds. The Western Union men celebrate the completion of the telegraph line installation ... Any way you take it, Western Union is spectacular screen entertainment... sup 3 sup So, too, are the actors ... DEFAULTSORT Western Union Film Category 1941 films Category American films Category 20th Century Fox ... Category 1940s Western films de berfall der Ogalalla es Esp ritu de conquista eu Western Union filma fr Les Pionniers de la Western Union gl Western Union filme it Fred il ribelle pt Western ... by some breathless suspense. sup 5 sup External links Imdb title id 0034384 title Western Union tcmdb title id 95377 amg movie id 1 53913 References sup 1 sup Everson, William K. The Hollywood Western . Citadel Press, 1992. ISBN 0 8065 1256 3 sup 2 sup Armour, Robert A. Fritz Lang . Twayne ...   more details



  1. Western European Union

    distinguish European Union Infobox Former Country conventional long name Western European Union br Union ... s1 European Union flag s1 Flag of Europe.svg flag Flag of the Western European Union image flag Western European Union Flag.svg image map WEU Map.svg image map caption span style color e82020 Members ... pre Treaty of Brussels 1948 Treaty of Brussels date pre 17 March 1948 today flag European Union footnotes EU history The Western European Union WEU French Union de l Europe occidentale , UEO was an international ... Europe. ref http www.ena.lu?lang 2&doc 343 the Western European Union ena.lu ref A Assembly of WEU ... 1998 as a task force of the Western European Union. ref http www.eurofor.it Eurofor eurofor.it ref Participating states The Western European Union had 10 member countries, 6 associate member countries ... of the organisation s rarely used 1949 flag. File Flag of the Western European Union until 1993 .svg ... Treaty took form as the Western Union Defence Organisation see below . The Brussels Pact had ... timeline Western Union Defence Organization main Western Union Defence Organization Transfers ... western european union en.htm Western European Union WEU europa.eu ref However the defence commitment ... , are replacements to the Western European Union Institute for Security Studies and the Western ... to withdraw from the Western European Union within a year. ref http www.fco.gov.uk en news latest ... of Secretaries General of the Western European Union List of military alliances Collective defense Collective defence Collective security Exercise Verity Flag of the Western European Union Franco ... weu.eu Assembly of the Western European Union http assembly.weu.int Assembly of the Western ... site http www.ena.lu?lang 2&doc 343 the Western European Union European NAvigator http paginas.pavconhecimento.pt ... concept at the European Parliament in June 2003 Western European Union Category Western European ... simple Western European Union sk Z padoeur pska nia sl Zahodnoevropska unija sr ...   more details



  1. Western Labor Union

    labor The Western Labor Union WLU was a labor federation created by the Western Federation of Miners WFM after the disastrous Leadville Colorado, Miners Strike Leadville strike of 1896 97. The WLU was conceived in November, 1897 in a November 1897 proclamation proclamation of the State Trades and Labor Council of Montana , and gained support from the WFM s executive board in December 1897. ref Eric Arnesen,Encyclopedia of U.S. Labor and Working class History, 2006, page 92. ref The WLU was formed in 1898 at a convention in Salt Lake City, Utah Salt Lake City which was attended mostly by former members of the Knights of Labor . ref A History of American Labor, Joseph G. Rayback, 1966, page 237. ref The new federation was formed Labor federation competition in the U.S. Western Federation of Miners forms the Western Labor Union as a response to the conservatism of the American Federation of Labor . The hardrock miners of the WFM had become well organized, but apart from the miners, mining ... workers, western hotel and restaurant workers, carpenters, typographers, ref A History of American ..., hack drivers, and mattress makers. ref David Brundage, The Making of Western Labor Radicalism Denver s Organized Workers, 1878 1905, 1994, page 143. ref blockquote After the transfer of the Western ... of Western Labor Radicalism Denver s Organized Workers, 1878 1905, 1994, page 143. ref blockquote One Denver WLU affiliate was the powerful Butchers Protective Union, with nearly fifteen hundred ... of Western Labor Radicalism Denver s Organized Workers, 1878 1905, 1994, page 143. ref In 1902 ... labor movement, the WLU changed its name to the American Labor Union . ref A History of American Labor, Joseph G. Rayback, 1966, page 237. ref See also American Labor Union Labor federation competition in the U.S. Leadville Colorado, Miners Strike Western Federation of Miners References Reflist Portal Organized labour Category National trade union centers of the United States Category National ...   more details



  1. Western Union FC

    Football club infobox clubname WD United image fullname WD United nickname founded 1996 ground The Annex br George Town, Cayman Islands George Town , Cayman Islands capacity 2,500 chairman manager league Cayman Islands League season 2006 position Expelled pattern la1 pattern b1 pattern ra1 leftarm1 000000 body1 FFFF00 rightarm1 000000 shorts1 000000 socks1 000000 WD United was a Cayman Islands Cayman Islander football soccer football club based in George Town, Cayman Islands George Town , which formerly played in Cayman Islands s first division. The club was founded in 1996 and played as Western Union FC before changing its name in 2005 06 to Money Express. ref cite web url http www.rsssf.com tablesc cayman06.html title Cayman Islands 2005 06 work rsssf.com accessdate 23 April 2012 ref During the 2006 07 season the club changed its name from Money Express to WD United. The club was expelled from league for not showing for a match for a second time during the season. All their results were annulled and as a sanction they were permitted to re register to CIFA until the end of the 2007 08 season. ref cite web url http www.rsssf.com tablesc cayman07.html title Cayman Islands 2006 07 work rsssf.com accessdate 23 April 2012 ref Achievements Cayman Islands League 2 1999 2000, 2004 05 ref name CI2004 05 cite web url http www.rsssf.com tablesc cayman05.html title Cayman Islands 2004 05 work rsssf.com accessdate 23 April 2012 ref Cayman Islands FA Cup 1 2004 05 ref name CI2004 05 References reflist DEFAULTSORT Western Union Fc Category Football clubs in the Cayman Islands Caymans footyclub stub de Western Union FC ...   more details



  1. Western Union Boy

    Infobox short story name Western Union Boy title orig translator author Nathanael West country USA language English series genre Short story published in Nathanael West Novels & Other Writings publication type Collection publisher Library of America media type Print pub date 1997 written in early 1930 s english pub date preceded by followed by Western Union Boy is a short story written by Nathanael West in the early 1930 s it was not published in West s lifetime and appears only in the Library of America edition of his collected work Novels & Other Writings . Plot summary The story deals with a certain type of people, not defined by occupation but by an added burden they carry blockquote All Western Union boys do not deliver messages. Some of them are lawyers, writers and so forth. But all of them are busy doing something under their regular occupations, and it is this something that makes them Western Union boys. What they are doing is failing, mechanically, yet desperately and seriously, they are failing. The mechanical part of it is very important. ref West, Nathanael. Novels & Other Writings . Ed. Sacvan Bercovitch . New York The Library of America, 1997. 425 ref blockquote Other characteristics of this specific group of people include eagerness, a desire to please and an awareness of their own failure, which at times leads them to laugh at themselves. The central incident of this story concerns F. Winslow, a middle aged Western Union boy who feels that he has failed in life. The story ends with his drunken recollection of an early boyhood failure a failure that haunts him still, in the form of recurring nightmares. As a boy he fumbled an easy fly ball at a crucial point ..., Western Union boys have everything working against them. In baseball games they are always in right ... ref West, 427. ref . The position of Western Union Boy could be seen as West s particular version ... Million . In Western Union Boy , as in his novels, West keeps an ironic distance from his protagonists ...   more details



  1. Western Front (Soviet Union)

    in World War II Category Veterans of the Western Front Soviet Union Category Soviet fronts Western ... Front at the beginning of Operation Barbarossa The Western Front was a Front Soviet Army Front of the Red ... area in wartime, although a Soviet Front usually operates within designated boundaries. The Western Front was created on June 22, 1941 from the Western Special Military District which before ... 1940 . The western boundary of the Front in June 1941 was 470  km long, from the southern border of Lithuania to the Pripyat River and the town of W odawa . It connected with the adjacent North Western ... of Poland according to the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact established a new western border with no permanent defense installations, and the army deployment within the Front created weak flanks. The Western ... . At the outbreak of war with Germany, the front included the 3rd Army Soviet Union 3rd Army , Soviet 4th Army Soviet Union 4th Army , and 10th Army Soviet Union 10th Army along the frontier. The 13th Army Soviet Union 13th Army initially existed as a headquarters unit only, with no assigned forces. The major forces of the Soviet Western Front were concentrated in the Battle of Bia ystok Minsk Bia ystok salient . The front fielded 10th Army Soviet Union 10th Army , supported by the 6th Mechanized Corps Soviet Union 6th Mechanized Corps and 13th Mechanised Corps which defended the Bia ystok salient and the 4th Army Soviet Union 4th Army supported by the 14th Mechanised Corps to its left anchored on the Brest, Belarus Brest Litovsk fortress with the 3rd Army Soviet Union 3rd Army supported by the 11th Mechanized Corps to the right at the Grodno fortified region. 13th Army Soviet Union ... VIII s close support aircraft were able to break the backbone of Western Front s counter attack at Grodno ... containing the 10th Army Soviet Union 10th Army and a smaller Navahrudak pocket. Ultimately, in 17 days the Soviet Western Front lost 420,000 personnel from a total of 625,000. The Front commander ...   more details



  1. Assembly of the Western European Union

    website http www.assembly weu.org en index.php Western European Union DEFAULTSORT Assembly Of The Western European Union Category Parliamentary assemblies Category Western European Union fr Assembl e de l Union de l Europe occidentale ... cooperation between the national parliaments of the European Union . ref http www.defensenews.com ... of the WEU on behalf of the High Contracting Parties to the Modified Brussels Treaty Western European Union, Brussels, 31 March 2010 ref ref http www.google.com hostednews afp article ALeqM5iRZcGACxd8lowThy3M ... has absorbed the functions of the Western European Armaments Group WEAG and the Western European Armaments ...   more details



  1. Western Union Defence Organization

    Infobox military unit unit name Western Union Defence Organization WUDO dates 28 September 1948 20 December 1951 ref cite web title Multinational Commands url http www.rafweb.org NATO.htm work Air of Authority A History of RAF Organisation publisher RAFWeb.org date 6 November 2007 accessdate 2010 11 27 ref country allegiance Western European Union Western Union WU branch type role size Command military formation Multi lateral Military Command command structure garrison Fontainebleau, France garrison label motto colors colors label march equipment equipment label battles Cold War 1947 1953 anniversaries ... of Alamein Field Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein , British Army The Western Union Defence Organization WUDO was the defence arm of the Western Union, the precursor to the Western European Union WEU . The WUDO was also a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization North Atlantic ... Pact decided to create a military agency under the name of the Western Union Defence Organization ... of Biscay during July 1949. ref name TIME cite web title WESTERN UNION Exercise Verity url ... the creation of the WEU Western European Union Category Cold War organizations Category Western European Union Category 20th century military alliances Category 1948 in military history Category 1948 .... Mark A. Cichock, University of Texas at Arlington. ref Command structure WUDO consisted of a Western Union WU Defence Committee at the Prime Ministerial level, and a WU Combined Chiefs of Staff committee ... Squadron Vice Admiral Vice Admiral Robert Jaujard , French Navy Flag Officer, Western Europe FOWE ..., the threat of the USSR became much more important than concerns over German rearmament. Western ... over responsibility for the defence of Western Europe. ref name ElusiveQuest ref name DYK ref name ... accesdate 2010 11 27 ref See also Portal Cold War North Atlantic Treaty Organization Western European Union Notes Footnotes Reflist group Note Citations Reflist 2 External links http www.ena.lu?lang ...   more details



  1. Hey, Western Union Man

    Hey, Western Union Man is a 1968 soul single by Jerry Butler singer Jerry Butler written by Butler with Kenny Gamble , and Leon Huff . The single became Jerry Butler s second number one R&B hit on the Billboard magazine Billboard chart, where it stayed for a week. Hey, Western Union Man was also part of a string of Top 40 crossover hit that Jerry Butler had during the late 1960s. ref cite book title Top R&B Hip Hop Singles 1942 2004 last Whitburn first Joel authorlink Joel Whitburn year 2004 publisher Record Research page 95 ref Al Kooper covered this track on his 1968 album I Stand Alone Al Kooper album I Stand Alone . In 1970, Grant Green covered this track on the live album Alive Grant Green album Alive , recorded at the Cliche Lounge in Newark, New Jersey . Chart positions class wikitable sortable Chart 1968 Peak br position U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 align center 16 U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Hip Hop Songs Hot Black Singles align center 1 start box succession box before Say It Loud I m Black and I m Proud by James Brown title Billboard Hot R&B Hip Hop Songs Hot R&B Singles R&B number one hits of 1968 USA number one single years November 16, 1968 after Who s Making Love by Johnnie Taylor end box References reflist Category 1968 singles Category Jerry Butler songs Category Songs written by Jerry Butler Category Songs written by Gamble and Huff Category Billboard Hot R&B Hip Hop Songs number one singles ...   more details



  1. State School Teachers Union of Western Australia

    The State School Teachers Union of Western Australia is an Australia n trade union. It represents teachers working in the Western Australian state school system, and is affiliated with the federal Australian Education Union . It has been in continuous existence since the 1890s. Category Trade unions in Australia Category Education trade unions Australia trade union stub ...   more details



  1. Western Province Rugby Football Union

    The Western Province Rugby Football Union WPRFU is the governing body for rugby union in Western Province, Sri Lanka Western Province , Sri Lanka . See also Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union References Reflist External links http www.srilankarugby.com index.html Official website http www.srilankarugby.com provicial unions.html Provincial Unions Rugby union in Sri Lanka Category Rugby union in Sri Lanka Category Sri Lankan rugby union governing bodies Category Sports governing bodies in Sri Lanka Rugby Rugbyunion stub SriLanka sport stub Sport org stub ...   more details



  1. List of Secretaries General of the Western European Union

    The Secretary General of the Western European Union was the head of the Western European Union WEU , a Cold War era Europe an defence and collective security organisation, which was dissolved in 2011. ref http www.weu.int Declaration E.pdf ref In 1999, it was agreed that the holder of newly created post of High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union should also be the Secretary General of the WEU. This was then Javier Solana however since a reconfiguration of the High Representative post, Solana s successor Catherine Asthon was however never appointed Secretary General and an acting secretary general fulfilled the role until the WEU s dissolvement in 2011. List of Secretaries General class wikitable Name Country Years Louis Goffin Flag Belgium 1955 1962 Maurice Iweins d Eeckhoutte Flag Belgium 1962 1970 Georges Heisbourg Flag Luxembourg 1971 1974 Friedrich Karl von Plehwe Flag West Germany 1974 1977 Edouard Longerstaey Flag Belgium 1977 1985 Alfred Cahen Flag Belgium 1985 1989 Wim van Eekelen Flag Netherlands 1989 1994 Jos Cutileiro Flag Portugal 1994 1999 Javier Solana Flag Spain 1999 2009 Arnaud Jacomet Flag France 2009 2011 References Reflist Western European Union DEFAULTSORT List Of Secretaries General Of The Western European Union Category Western European Union Int org stub Europe mil stub fr Liste des secr taires g n raux de l Union de l Europe occidentale ...   more details



  1. Western Bridge Corporate Federal Credit Union

    Infobox Company company name Western Bridge Corporate Federal Credit Union logo File Western Bridge.png 180px company type Credit union foundation 1969 location 924 Overland Ct San Dimas, California San ... services homepage http www.wescorp.org wescorp.org Western Bridge Corporate Federal Credit Union , or WesCorp ... million in assets. United Resources Federal Credit Union In 2011 Western Bridge Corporate Federal Credit Union sought to capitalize a new corporate credit union for the western states called United Resources Federal Credit Union. ref cite news last McGarvey first Robert title United Resources FCU ... . As a corporate credit union , WesCorp provides services to natural person consumer credit union s. WesCorp serves America s credit union industry as an aggregator of financial products and services ... . ref cite press release title NCUA Conserves U.S. Central and Western Corporate Credit Unions url http www.ncua.gov news press releases 2009 MR09 0320.htm publisher National Credit Union ... Credit Union In 1969, the leaders of California s credit union movement collectively recognized the need ... Credit Union was chartered. The nation s first federally chartered central credit union, California Central FCU was originally created to serve the liquidity needs of credit unions and credit union ... unions and credit union associations in National Credit Union Administration Region VI, becoming the nation s first regional corporate. In 1977 the credit union changed its name to Western Corporate Federal Credit Union WesCorp to reflect a desire to serve organizational needs within the parameters ... charter application t accessdate June 14, 2011 newspaper Credit Union Times date June 14, 2011 ref This effort failed to obtain sufficient funds and Catalyst Corporate Federal Credit Union was approved ... Catalyst Corporate Wins Remnants Of WesCorp journal Credit Union Journal date December 14, 2011 url ... http www.wescorp.org WesCorp.org Homepage http www.catalystcorp.org westernbridge.aspx Western Bridge ...   more details



  1. Western Australian Prison Officers Union of Workers

    Infobox Union Please include all unused fields for future use. See template talk Infobox Union for usage. name WAPOU country Australia affiliation Australian Council of Trade Unions ACTU members full name Western Australian Prison Officers Union of Workers native name image Image WAPOU logo.png founded 1934 current head dissolved date dissolved state merged into office 63 Railway Parade, Mount Lawley, Perth, Western Australia people Ken Brown President, Mike Cromb Vice President John Welch Secretary website http www.wapou.asn.au www.wapou.asn.au footnotes The Western Australian Prison Officers Union of Workers WAPOU is a trade union that represents prison officers in Western Australia . It is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions and the ALP Australian Labor Party . It currently has over 1800 members throughout the public prison service. It is part of the Prison Officers of Australasia organisation which represents Prison Offciers throughout the region. External links http www.wapou.asn.au WAPOU official site. Portal Organized labour Category Trade unions in Australia PerthAU stub Australia trade union stub ...   more details



  1. Western Union Telegraph Building (New York)

    Infobox building name Western Union Building completion date 1875 building type Office location 195 Broadway city New York City roof 230 feet floor count 10 architect George B. Post The Western Union Building in New York City was built by George B. Post , and was completed in 1875. ref http www.picturehistory.com product id 1843. Picture History Western Union Building. ref This building was located at 195 Broadway, and served as a headquarters for the Western Union telegraph company from 1875 until its destruction in 1914. It was 230 feet high, and had ten floors ref http www.westernunionalumni.com wuhq.htm. Western Union Headquarters Buildings History. ref , where 100 telegraphy telegraph operators worked 24 hours a day. The building was topped by a clock tower , and some claim that this building was the first skyscraper in New York City New York . ref http www.jstor.org pss 987622. New York and the problem of the first skyscraper. ref Beginning in 1877, a ball was dropped from the top of the building at exactly noon, triggered by a telegraph from the United States Naval Observatory National Observatory in Washington, D.C. This system, invented by George May Phelps , was later used as the initial reference for Railway time North America Standard railway time in 1883, and would stay in use until 1912. ref http www.telegraph history.org george m phelps . George M. Phelps. ref The building was razed in 1914 to make way for the new, taller, AT&T Headquarters at 195 Broadway . References reflist NewYork struct stub coord missing New York Category Skyscrapers in New York City ...   more details



  1. Western Union Junction Railroad Museum

    Infobox SG rail railroad name Western Union Junction Railroad Museum, Inc. marks locale Wisconsin start year 1992 end year Present old gauge hq city Sturtevant, Wisconsin The Western Union Junction Railroad Museum, Inc. is a railway museum railroad museum in Sturtevant, Wisconsin . It is located across the street from the original location Sturtevant Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Milwaukee Road Station, and near the trackage of the Canadian Pacific Railway . The equipment owned by the museum includes three Milwaukee Road Boxcar s, a Milwaukee Road Caboose , a MT14 Fairmont Speeder work train, and several old railway signals. Hours Open Sundays May Oct. 11 AM to 3 PM weather permitting Special Events July 3rd Fireworks open before and after village fire works Santa Special Usually first two Sundays In December Caboose Rails Slide Show TBT It is run by the Western Union Junction Railroad Museum, Inc. External links coord missing Wisconsin Category Railroad museums in Wisconsin Category Museums in Racine County, Wisconsin US rail museum stub ...   more details



  1. Western Federation of Miners union hall

    DEFAULTSORT Western Federation Of Miners Union Hall Category Colorado Mining Boom Category Miners ...Infobox building name Miners Union Hall native name former names alternate names image MUWestern Federation of Miners union hall 1903.jpg alt Western Federation of Miners union hall in 1903 caption The union hall in 1903 map type map alt map caption altitude building type architectural style structural system cost client owner current tenants landlord location address 110 North 4th Street location town Victor, Colorado location country United States iso region coordinates display yes latitude longitude latd 38 latm 42 lats 38 latNS N longd 105 longm 8 longs 27 longEW W coordinates start date completion date 1901 inauguration date renovation date demolition date destruction date height diameter floor count floor area main contractor architect architecture firm structural engineer services engineer civil engineer awards url http www.wfmhall.org wfmhall.org references The Western Federation of Miners Union Hall is a historic building in danger of collapse in the Victor Downtown Historic District of Victor, Colorado . The building was a meeting place for the members of Western Federation of Miners Local No. 32. In June 1904, the Colorado National Guard shot at miners taking refuge in the union hall during the Colorado Labor Wars . ref Cite journal title SHOTS FIRED FROM WINDOWS. Miners Hoisted White Flag When Troops Stormed Building. journal The New York Times date June 6, 1904 url http query.nytimes.com gst abstract.html?res 9D00E2DB153EE033A25754C0A9609C946597D6CF archiveurl http www.rebelgraphics.org wfmhall NYT Article 4 26 1904.html archivedate 2010 01 01 ref The building bears at least nine bullet holes from the attack. The union deeded the hall to the Victor School District in the 1920s. It was abandoned in the 1970s and used briefly in the 1980s as a restaurant. As of 2005, two of the five beams supporting the roof have broken and the group applied for a grant from ...   more details



  1. Western Bohemian Fraternal Union Hall

    Infobox NRHP name Western Bohemian Fraternal Union Hall NRHP type image caption location Co. Hwy. 29, Meadowlands, Minnesota Meadowlands , Minnesota , United States lat degrees 47 lat minutes 2 lat seconds 53 lat direction N long degrees 92 long minutes 44 long seconds 44 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin Minnesota built 1925 architecture architect added July 31, 1986 area governing body Private refnum 86002123 The Western Bohemian Fraternal Union Hall is an historic building located in Meadowlands, Minnesota Meadowlands , Minnesota that was built in 1925. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 31, 1986. The building historically served as a meeting hall for the Czech American Czech community and hosted a ZCBJ lodge. The lodge also served as a host for Sokol events ref cite web url http nrhp.mnhs.org NRDetails.cfm?NPSNum 86002123 title Western Bohemian Fraternal Union Hall publisher Minnesota Historical Society accessdate 2011 12 01 ref See also ZCBJ Zapandi Czechoslovakia Brakaska Jednota Czech Slovak Protective Society References reflist National Register of Historic Places Category ZCBJ Category Czechs in Minnesota Category Buildings and structures in St. Louis County, Minnesota Category Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota Category National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota Category Buildings and structures completed in 1925 Category Sokol in the United States US stub ...   more details



  1. Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway

    and Great Western Union Railway RDT Includes stations opened by the Great Western Railway 1843 1947 and BR 1948 Swindon railway station Swindon 1840, Great Western Railway Purton railway station Purton ... England rail transport stub de Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway ... to Cirencester 1843 Railway company sold to Great Western Railway 1845 Railway opened from Kemble ... no platforms facing the C&GWUR Great Western tracks. References cite journal last Fenton ... of the Great Western Railway, volume I 1833 1863 publisher Great Western Railway date 1927 location ... Category Rail transport in Wiltshire Category Great Western Railway constituents Category 7ft gauge ...   more details




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