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Old 11-12-2007, 08:39 AM
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So, GE was still making tubes in Kentucky in 1984?? Wow! My aunt worked for Ken-Rad (Kentucky Radio) in the 1930's and '40's in Owenboro. Womder if it was the same plant...Things that make you go hmmmm.
A-yep. Owensboro also was home to their replacement semiconductor line, but was merely a marking and packaging operation. Any one remember their "PRO-LINE" promotions with the little colored GE stickers?

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