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  1. Western Union

    Other uses Infobox company company name The Western Union Company company logo File Western Union money transfer.png 250px Western Union logo company type Public NYSE WU company slogan The Fastest Way ... US 5.08 Billion small FY 2009 small ref name 09IncomeStatement wikinvest stock Western Union Company WU Data Income Statement Western Union Company WU annual SEC income statement filing via Wikinvest ... wikinvest stock Western Union Company WU Data Balance Sheet Western Union Company WU annual ... zenobank.com index.php?symbol WU&page quotesearch title Company Profile for The Western Union Co WU accessdate 3 October 2008 ref homepage http www.westernunion.com westernunion.com The Western Union ... Montvale , New Jersey . Until it discontinued the service, Western Union was the best known US company in the business of exchanging telegram s. Western Union has a number of divisions, with products ..., the company has more than 410,000 Western Union agent locations in over 240 countries and territories ... had bought back one of his bankrupt companies and renamed it the New York & Western Union Telegraph ... was their only alternative for progress. The merged company was named The Western Union Telegraph Company at Cornell s insistence and Western Union was born. ref name history cite book title Not Just ... Press location isbn page pages url accessdate 2010 01 21 ref Western Union bought out smaller companies ... Gould took control of Western Union. ref Edward Renehan, Dark Genius of Wall Street The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons 2006 ref Western Union briefly operated local telephone ... the Russian American Telegraph in an attempt to link America to Europe, Western Union Telegraph Expedition via Alaska , into Siberia, to Moscow. The telegraph was dominated by Western Union, an industrialized ... thumb left Wilbur Bold, a 12 year old Western Union messenger boy, Tampa Bay, Florida, 1911 ... on its extensive telegraph network. In 1879, Western Union left the telephone business, having lost ...   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 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. 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 (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 flagship of the city of Key West. See also List of schooners References reflist http www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com FL Monroe state.html Monroe County listings at http www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com National Register of Historic 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 of Key West, Florida Category Landmarks in Key ... Florida protected area stub MonroeFL geo stub de Western Union Schiff fr Western Union schooner ...   more details



  1. Western union splice

    The Western Union or Lineman splice was developed during the introduction of the telegraph to mechanically 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 Procedure 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 three more turns, tightly. Cut off the ends. Strength 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 itself, and the spliced wire is nearly as strong as an unspliced wire. ref name NASA ref See also T splice Rat tail Splice References references External links http nepp.nasa.gov index.cfm 5544 NASA on splices see NASA STD 8739.4 tech stub Category Telecommunications equipment Category Electrical wiring ...   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 organisations initials in the centre. Although it is the flag of a military organisation, it has rarely been flown in military situations. Design 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 , Portuguese language Portuguese and Spanish language Spanish 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 military activities . It was once flown on board an operational United States Navy warship, the USS John Rodgers DD 983 USS John Rodgers , when it was used as the flagship of an Italy Italian general with a WEU crew commanding WEU relief operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina ... links http www.crwflags.com fotw flags eu 5Eweu.html 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 Occidental pt Bandeira da Uni o da Europa Ocidental ...   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 ... Participating states The Western European Union had 10 member countries, 6 associate member countries ... from the Brussels Treaty took form as the Western Union Defense Organisation see below . The Brussels ... and Paris Conferences on 23 October 1954, which added West Germany and Italy to the Western Union. On this occasion it was renamed the Western European Union. EU evolution timeline Western Union Defence Organization main Western Union Defence Organization Transfers to the EU Originally, under the Amsterdam ... scadplus glossary western european union en.htm Western European Union WEU europa.eu ref However the defence ... Union pillar , are replacements to the Western European Union Institute for Security Studies and the Western Union Satellite Centre which had been established to function in connection to the WEU ... intended to withdraw from the Western European Union within a year. ref http www.fco.gov.uk ... Europe. ref http www.ena.lu?lang 2&doc 343 the Western European Union ena.lu ref A Assembly of WEU ... force of the Western European Union. ref http www.eurofor.it Eurofor eurofor.it ref See also portal European Union List of Secretaries General of the Western European Union List of military alliances ... web site http www.assembly weu.eu Assembly of the Western European Union http assembly.weu.int Assembly of the Western European Union http www.direct.gov.uk Gtgl1 GuideToGovernment InternationalBodies ... UK Government site http www.ena.lu?lang 2&doc 343 the Western European Union European NAvigator http ... Foreign Legion concept at the European Parliament in June 2003 Western European Union Category Western European Union Category 1954 establishments Category 2011 disestablishments ar ...   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 pt Western Union fi He olivat urheita miehi ... 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 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 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)

    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 ... Front had just been disbanded and its forces incorporated into Western Front, but given the pounding ...   more details



  1. Western Union Defence Organization

    Infobox military unit unit name Western Union Defence Organization WUDO image File Western European Union Flag.svg center 175px caption WEU Flag. 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 06 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 decorations battle honours disbanded Commanders commander1 commander1 label commander2 commander2 label commander3 commander3 label notable commanders Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery 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 Treaty Organization NATO , and its headquarters, personnel, and plans provided the nucleus for NATO s military command structure ... a military agency under the name of the Western Union Defence Organization. The WUDO was formally ... of Texas at Arlington. ref Command structure WUDO consisted of a Western Union WU Defence Committee ... WESTERN UNION Exercise Verity url http www.time.com time magazine article 0,9171,794817,00.html ... of the WEU Western European Union Category Cold War Category Western European Union Category ... Navy Flag Officer, Western Europe FOWE The overall command structure was patterned after the wartime ... concerns over German rearmament. Western European governments sought a new mutual defence pact involving ... took over responsibility for the defence of Western Europe. ref name ElusiveQuest ref name DYK ref ...   more details



  1. Western Union FC

    Unreferenced date November 2006 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 Joscelyn Morgan league Cayman Islands League season 2006 position pattern la1 pattern b1 pattern ra1 leftarm1 000000 body1 FFFF00 rightarm1 000000 shorts1 000000 socks1 000000 WD United is a Cayman Islands Cayman Islander football soccer football club based in George Town, Cayman Islands George Town , which currently play in Cayman Ialands s first division. Achievements Cayman Islands League 2 1999 2000, 2004 05 Cayman Islands FA Cup 1 2004 05 Current roster Fs start Fs player no nat pos name Rodolfo Amador Fs player no nat pos name Christopher Bailey Fs player no nat pos name Pietro Campbell Fs player no nat pos name Cecil Davis Fs player no nat pos name Marlon Elwin Fs player no nat pos name Dwight Graham Fs player no nat pos name Ainsley Hall Fs player no nat pos name Vinton Hardy Fs mid Fs player no nat pos name Dean Hinds Fs player no nat pos name Horace Hoppins Fs player no nat pos name Sheldon Hoppins Fs player no nat pos name Lovane Joven Fs player no nat pos name Javier Moreno Fs player no nat pos name Patrick Morrison Fs player no nat pos name Timmy Myles Fs player no nat pos name Kenneth Nicholas Fs end Cayman Islands League DEFAULTSORT Western Union Fc Category Cayman Islands football clubs Caymans footyclub stub de Western Union FC ...   more details



  1. Assembly of the Western European Union

    . 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 ... between the national parliaments of the European Union . ref http www.defensenews.com story.php ... of the Western European Armaments Group WEAG and the Western European Armaments Organisation WEAO ...   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 In 1970, Grant Green covered this track on the live album Alive Grant Green album , 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 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 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 stub ...   more details



  1. File:Western Union money transfer.png

    Summary Logo of The Western Union Company, http www.westernunion.com index consumer.asp?country US&origination global used to identify the company and its services in the article Western Union . Replaces JPEG image File Westernunionlogoac.jpg . The words money transfer are present for historical reasons, as they were cropped out of an older version of this image. Licensing The logo consists of the text WESTERN UNION in a sans serif font and two pipe characters and is probably even less original in a copyright sense than the File Best Western logo.svg logo of Best Western hotels . PD textlogo trademark svg mtc ...   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 Perth stub Australia trade union stub ...   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 Dimas , California br USA key people Philip Perkins, small CEO small industry Financial services homepage http www.wescorp.org wescorp.org Western Bridge Corporate Federal Credit Union , or WesCorp , is a financial services cooperative headquartered in San Dimas, California San Dimas , California . 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 for the purpose of delivering cost savings and greater efficiencies to more than 950 member owner credit unions throughout the United States . On March 20, 2009, NCUA placed WesCorp into conservatorship . 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 Administration date 2009 03 21 accessdate 2009 03 21 ref Corporate history California Central Federal Credit Union In 1969 , the leaders of California s credit union movement collectively recognized the need for a non competitive service provider. From this common vision, the California Central Federal 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 organizations in California. In 1975, CCFCU expanded its field of membership to include all credit unions and credit union associations in NCUA 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 of a regional charter. Natural person members ...   more details



  1. Western Union Junction Railroad Museum

    Infobox SG rail railroad name Western Union Junction Railroad Museum marks locale Wisconsin start year 1992 end year Present old gauge hq city Sturtevant, Wisconsin The Western Union Junction Railroad Museum is a railway museum railroad museum in Sturtevant, Wisconsin . It is located across the street from the original 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 two Milwaukee Road Boxcar s, a Milwaukee Road Caboose , and several old railway signals. It is run by the Western Union Junction Railroad Club. External links http www.angelfire.com wi WUJRRC WUJRR Club Home Page coord missing Wisconsin Category Railroad museums in Wisconsin Category Museums in Racine County, Wisconsin US rail museum 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 2010. 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 currently fulfilled the role. 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 2010 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 Federation of Miners union hall

    DEFAULTSORT Western Federation Of Miners Union Hall Category Buildings and structures in Colorado ...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. Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway

    1843 Railway company sold to Great Western Railway 1845 Railway opened from Kemble, Gloucestershire ... transferred back to Cheltenham Lansdown now Cheltenham Spa . Stations Cheltenham 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 1841 Minety ... facing the C&GWUR Great Western tracks. References cite journal last Fenton first Mike title ... Western Railway, volume I 1833 1863 publisher Great Western Railway date 1927 location London Cite ... in Wiltshire Category Great Western Railway constituents Category Seven foot gauge railways Category ... companies disestablished in 1843 Category Stroud district UK rail stub de Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway ...   more details



  1. Kansas City, Missouri Western Union Telegraph Building

    Infobox nrhp name Kansas City, Missouri Western Union Telegraph Building nrhp type image caption location 100 114 E. 7th St., Kansas City, Missouri lat degrees 39 lat minutes 6 lat seconds 27 lat direction N long degrees 94 long minutes 34 long seconds 53 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin Missouri built 1920 architect Smith, Charles A. Van Sant, J.R., Construction Co. architecture Early Commercial added February 12, 2003 area less than one acre governing body Private refnum 03000010 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref The Kansas City, Missouri Western Union Telegraph Building in Kansas City, Missouri is a building from 1920. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. ref name nris References reflist National Register of Historic Places Category National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Category Jackson County, Missouri Missouri NRHP stub ...   more details




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