The birth of the Hoover sweeper
Canton Repository (subscription) - Canton,OH,USA
Sweeping the dust and dirt aggravated Spangler's asthma, and he got an idea while watching a rotary street sweeper . He mounted a sewing machine motor on to ...
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Saturday, July 19, 2008
Schools and libraries closed as council staff strike in dispute ...
Express & Echo - Exeter,England,UK
Street cleaner Pete Saunders joined the picket line outside the Civic Centre. The 44-year-old, of Alford Crescent, in Whipton, said: "My job involves hard, ...
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Friday, July 18, 2008
City to buy low-polluting street sweeper
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - Ontario,CA,USA
UPLAND - The city will soon add a street sweeper to the list of vehicles it owns. On Aug. 1, Upland will be the proud new owner of a low-polluting street ...
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Calgary launches project for a cleaner downtown
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
... encouraging people to phone The city is also adding 40 pilot recycling bins in the area and changing street cleaner schedules so that more are working ...
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Chiswick sweeper's brush with stardom
Hounslow Chronicle - London,England,UK
Self-named Ziggy Dust is a Polish migrant who is regularly seen dancing while he goes about his daily work as a street sweeper on Chiswick High Road. ...
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Lincoln Park Clean Street Sweep
Northland's NewsCenter - Duluth,MN,USA
The volunteers swept debris into the streets in preparation for a street sweeper. The Business Group plans to place cigarette butt receptacles throughout ...
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TAKE A walk Around Winthrop Much to see, learn, while strollin'
Kennebec Journal - Augusta,ME,USA
Local youngsters have even participated in a naming contest to christen the town's street sweeper, which is at least partially credited for Winthrop's ...
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Workers form picket line
Watford Observer - Watford,England,UK
He said: "I have been a street cleaner for almost ten years and have two young kids. "Everything has gone up due to inflation and I cannot afford to live on ...
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100 council protesters take to streets
Plymouth Evening Herald - Plymouth,England,UK
Noz Islam, who works as a road sweeper, said: "Our pay offer is ridiculous, especially with the cost of fuel and other expenses rising. ...
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Thousands in two-day strike
WalesOnline - United Kingdom
Road sweeper Terry Burnett, of Llanedeyrn, Cardiff, said: "We have had a below-inflation pay rise for the last 10 years. "They have got management on the ...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Man nearly gets swept up by a giant broom
Bakersfield Now - Bakersfield,CA,USA
Bakersfield Police want to find out if a man was passed out drunk or asleep when he got cleaned up by a city street sweeper last night just after 11 o'clock ...
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State surplus-property auction set for Saturday
Charleston Gazette - WV, USA
... a Tennant street sweeper; a Toro pro-line walk-behind mower; a Ford tractor with a brush hog; assorted kitchen equipment; computer equipment; ...
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Monday, July 14, 2008
WORDS without SOUNDS : Missouri church not afraid to share its ...
Northwest Arkansas Times - Fayetteville,AR,USA
Ralph Scott, an 80-yearold retired teacher who has lived in Monett for 67 years, mentioned that his town bought a street sweeper in 1955 and has used the ...
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