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The J-M News Pictorial, later News/Pic, was Johns-Manville's picture magazine for its employees, retirees and their families. These are the 9 issues from 1962 in Johns-Manville's own archive, each free to read online or download. The index below lists their articles by topic; each entry opens the issue at its page.
- Series
- J-M News Pictorial
- Date
- 1962
- Rights
- From the Johns-Manville corporate archive. Republished under fair use for research and historical study.
The issues
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January
16 pp. · PDF, 1.4 MB
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February
16 pp. · PDF, 1.6 MB
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March
16 pp. · PDF, 1.4 MB
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April
16 pp. · PDF, 1.5 MB
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May
17 pp. · PDF, 1.6 MB
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June
16 pp. · PDF, 2.0 MB
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July–Aug.
24 pp. · PDF, 2.7 MB
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Oct.–Nov.
16 pp. · PDF, 1.5 MB
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Nov.–Dec.
16 pp. · PDF, 1.4 MB
Index of articles
Neither the magazine nor Johns-Manville made an index of these issues. AsbestosClaims.Law compiled this one from each issue's headlines and contents, under topic headings like those of the Asbestos Magazine indexes. Page numbers are the ones printed in the issue; where a page carries none, it is counted from the cover.
No articles match.
Asbestos Mines & Fiber
- What's for Sale? Asbestos Fibre Jan. 1962, p. 2
- J-M directors tour Asbestos July 1962, p. 2
Company History
- News Pictorial reaches 25th anniversary July 1962, p. 16
- Manville plant passes half-century mark Nov. 1962, p. 13
Dust, Health & Safety
- Quarries and Mines Receives 9th Safety Award from Bureau (Lompoc) Feb. 1962, p. 14
- Johns-Manville is always on display: '62 is up to you in good housekeeping Apr. 1962, p. 8
- Manville Pipe Division No. 2 machine A crew: no accidents in 1961 Apr. 1962, p. 11
- Dept. sets safety record of 17 years and a million hours May 1962, p. 11
- Fort Worth road truck drivers set safety record May 1962, p. 13
- About your vacation: off-the-job safety June 1962, p. 2
- Denison Plant works a quarter of a million safe hours June 1962, p. 9
- Chicago Dutch Brand slitting department wins safety banner; a J-Mer you should know June 1962, p. 11
- Waterville J-Mers get chest X-rays July 1962, p. 15
- Marrero roofing earns safety awards July 1962, p. 23
- Asbestos Canadian Products plant earns safety awards July 1962, p. 24
- Waterville employees earn safety award; "Operation Safety Shoes" held at Nashua Oct. 1962, p. 5
- Safety round up Nov. 1962, p. 7
Employee Life
- Couples Marry: two all-J-M weddings; Heliarc welding course Jan. 1962, p. 10
- QCC Inductions at Joliet; Parkersburg Men Shoot for Fowls Jan. 1962, p. 12
- Defiance Man Spends Weekend on Maneuvers Jan. 1962, p. 14
- C. J-M Gets Wooden Check, Cashes It; hole-in-one Jan. 1962, p. 15
- Bowlers Chip Away at Records During First Half of Season; Old Timers Parade During Pioneer Days (Lompoc) Feb. 1962, p. 6
- You Are Insured When You Travel for J-M Feb. 1962, p. 12
- J-Mers Jazz It Up (Waukegan) Feb. 1962, p. 14
- Children visit Santa at Johns-Manville parties Mar. 1962, p. 15
- Farmers welcome these hunters May 1962, p. 5
- Waukegan wife leads Girl Scouts in their 50th year May 1962, p. 6
- Girl Guides of Canada: J-M daughters at Asbestos May 1962, p. 7
- Alaskan show opens J-M Camera Club season Oct. 1962, p. 9
- Hunters on the cover, and J-M hunters' trophies Nov. 1962, p. 2
- George Petters, Atlanta, drums on "Sorta 40" band Nov. 1962, p. 16
Government & Public Affairs
- J-Mers in community affairs Apr. 1962, p. 10
- Transite pipe patent upheld as J-M meets foreign competition May 1962, p. 9
- J-Mers in community affairs June 1962, p. 12
- Johns-Manville will vigorously contest monopoly claims in federal court July 1962, p. 3
- J-M International receives President Kennedy's "E" award July 1962, p. 6
- How do you score as a citizen? Oct. 1962, p. 2
- J-Mers in community affairs Oct. 1962, p. 14
Management & Finance
- C. B. Burnett Discusses a Vital Subject (losses from rejects, over $10 million a year) Jan. 1962, p. 9
- 1961: J-M highlights, President Burnett's letter to stockholders Mar. 1962, p. 2
- 1961 income and expenses Mar. 1962, p. 3
- J-M comes to town: 350 attend J-M's 1962 stockholders' meeting in Toledo May 1962, p. 14
- We are all managers July 1962, p. 4
- What others are saying about J-M July 1962, p. 12
People
- Recent J-M Assignments (Francis H. May, Vice President for Finance, and others) Jan. 1962, p. 4
- Chicago, San Francisco Hold QCC Inductions; Japanese Industrialists Tour Denison Jan. 1962, p. 6
- NSIA Elects Simmons Honorary Member Jan. 1962, p. 11
- Recent J-M Assignments (Research Center reorganization, Packings & Friction Materials sales) Feb. 1962, p. 4
- Joe Thompson's Son Stars at Rutgers; Anne E. Richards Leads New Jersey Women Accountants Feb. 1962, p. 7
- Manville Chapter Elects 1962 Quarter Century Officers Feb. 1962, p. 12
- Cleveland District J-Mers Inducted at Detroit; J-Mers in Community Affairs Feb. 1962, p. 15
- Recent J-M assignments Mar. 1962, p. 4
- Women behind the J-M men Mar. 1962, p. 10
- All out for J-M and John Glenn; recent J-M assignments, Government Department Apr. 1962, p. 5
- Fiber Glass recognizes attendance records May 1962, p. 4
- Women behind the J-M men; a J-Mer you should know May 1962, p. 13
- Recent J-M assignments June 1962, p. 4
- Recent J-M assignments July 1962, p. 8
- J-M men behind the women July 1962, p. 10
- A J-Mer you should know; Panamanian learns about pipe at Research; J-Mers in community affairs July 1962, p. 18
- Newly elected vice presidents; recent J-M assignments Oct. 1962, p. 10
- Zerolite team; your Social Security tax will increase January 1, 1963 Nov. 1962, p. 5
- Quarter Century Club inductions at many locations Nov. 1962, p. 8
- Recent J-M assignments Nov. 1962, p. 12
- ...Johnny comes marching home again: J-Mers back from military duty Nov. 1962, p. 14
Plants & Operations
- Indian Officials Visit Johns-Manville (Zelienople Industrial Insulations plant) Jan. 1962, p. 3
- Display Shows What Happens to Order (Manville Industrial Insulations, Thermobestos Department) Jan. 1962, p. 5
- New Equipment Improves Quality and Reduces Costs at Dutch Brand Jan. 1962, p. 8
- Thermobestos raw material testing (Gel Comparator test of lime and Celite used with asbestos fibre) Feb. 1962, p. 12
- Waging War on Rejects (quality control) Feb. 1962, p. 16
- Philadelphia J-Mers take look at Manville; skill development sessions Mar. 1962, p. 11
- A deep freeze hits the deep South, and other plant notes from Natchez, Klamath Falls and Jarratt Mar. 1962, p. 12
- Madison takes action to reduce rejects Mar. 1962, p. 13
- Communication display boards at Nashua and Billerica Apr. 1962, p. 7
- Method-change nets three-fold improvement at Chicago Dutch Brand Plant Apr. 1962, p. 12
- Asbestos Shingle Dept. cuts rejects at Asbestos (Que.) Canadian Products Plant Apr. 1962, p. 14
- Industrial Insulations visits Zelienople; J-M Italian plant improves warehouses May 1962, p. 10
- Operations discontinued at Klamath Falls Plant June 1962, p. 15
- Thermobestos: weekly cost of your rejects July 1962, p. 5
- Slappers designed to de-water filter cake and reduce rejects at Lompoc July 1962, p. 14
- North Bay plant routinely tests incoming raw materials July 1962, p. 15
- Plant news: Waukegan salutes graduates; bulk system reduces costs July 1962, p. 22
- Lompoc men develop water cleaning device Oct. 1962, p. 5
- Parkersburg impresses fire buffs; shingle wrapper saves $33,000; Defiance plants' first family day Oct. 1962, p. 13
- Record production run at Denison: 2,502 lengths without a reject Nov. 1962, p. 11
Products & Applications
- Parkersburg Bowling Alley Finds Uses for J-M Products Jan. 1962, p. 16
- J-Mers Find Products Useful on Their Farms Feb. 1962, p. 3
- Pipe Shipped in Unit Packages (Manville Transite heating and cooling duct) Feb. 1962, p. 7
- What's for Sale? Rubber Products (packings, sealings and gaskets) Feb. 1962, p. 10
- What's for sale? J-M movable walls Mar. 1962, p. 14
- J-M insulations protect astronaut in Project Mercury orbital flight Apr. 1962, p. 2
- B/P Division unveils new products for homes Apr. 1962, p. 12
- What's for sale? Pipe Apr. 1962, p. 15
- J-M finds asbestos toughens asphalt surfacing mixtures May 1962, p. 3
- Seattle World's Fair: J-M materials in the Space Needle and science pavilion May 1962, p. 8
- What's for sale? Celite May 1962, p. 12
- Insulations for the electrically heated home; Pot o' Gold contest June 1962, p. 7
- J-M shows off new brake lining "baby"; use of Celite should delight gourmets June 1962, p. 8
- What's for sale? Fiber glass textiles June 1962, p. 13
- Marinite protects passengers on sleek new luxury liner S.S. France June 1962, p. 16
- Swimming pool maker uses J-M Flexboard for sidewalls July 1962, p. 16
- Min-K and Thermoflex in Mercury space capsules; fiber glass vaulting pole given to local high school July 1962, p. 19
- What's for sale? Brake linings and other friction materials, and packings and gaskets July 1962, p. 20
- Unusual uses for J-M products Oct. 1962, p. 4
- Huge gasket paraded through New Brunswick Oct. 1962, p. 8
- What's for sale? Acoustical products Oct. 1962, p. 15
- Now on sale: J-M Zerolite Nov. 1962, p. 4
- Schirra orbits put J-M on TV: Dr. Sid Speil shows how Min-K protects astronauts Nov. 1962, p. 6
Research & Development
- Pole vaulting: Research Center tests fiber glass poles May 1962, p. 16
Sales & Marketing
- Discuss French Sales Jan. 1962, p. 13
- Mrs. Illinois Wins Design Contest (J-M Floor Design Award) Feb. 1962, p. 2
- J-M Cracks European Market (cover story) Feb. 1962, p. 8
- Quality Work by Marrero Mechanic Sells Floor Tile; Government Clerk Sells Gypsum Board Products Feb. 1962, p. 11
- Toledo Area J-Mers Honored; European distributor Schneider; French affiliate Roclaine Feb. 1962, p. 13
- International managers attend meetings Mar. 1962, p. 6
- Paris office launches Celite sales campaign; Metal-On featured in Canadian show Mar. 1962, p. 7
- Building Products holds largest J-M sales convention Mar. 1962, p. 8
- New arrangements for contracting acoustical products are announced Apr. 1962, p. 4
- Workshop held for P&FM district managers Apr. 1962, p. 10
- Celite exhibit judged tops in swimming pool show Apr. 1962, p. 16
- J-M insulations exhibited at Electric Heating Exposition; Corona makes headway June 1962, p. 6
- Dutch Brand exhibits products at national packaging exposition June 1962, p. 9
- J-M products delivered by "piggy back"; students tour Waterville plant office June 1962, p. 14
- Some of our customers . . . : J-M's new national advertising July 1962, p. 2
- Training a professional sales force: Industrial Insulations Sales Training School Oct. 1962, p. 6
- How you can increase your company's sales without seeing a customer Nov. 1962, p. 3
Special Features
- Women Behind the J-M Men Jan. 1962, p. 7
- New Mrs. America Mar. 1962, p. 16
- Mike, the North Bay forester's dog Apr. 1962, p. 6
- Swiss church named best 1961 News Pictorial cover Apr. 1962, p. 11
- Toledo women arrange open house May 1962, p. 2
- Defiance science day; a picture for Manville June 1962, p. 10
- Introducing your correspondents: the eyes and ears of your job Oct. 1962, p. 3
- Chillicothe J-Mers find prehistoric flint tools Oct. 1962, p. 12
- U.S. Capitol flag now flies over Lompoc Oct. 1962, p. 16
In the Library
Pages on this site about the products, places and people these issues name:
- Jeffrey Mine: What's for Sale? Asbestos Fibre (Jan. 1962, p. 2)
- Coalinga District: What's for Sale? Asbestos Fibre (Jan. 1962, p. 2)
- Asbestos Insulation, Pipe Covering, Block & Spray Fireproofing: Display Shows What Happens to Order (Manville Industrial Insulations, Thermobestos Department) (Jan. 1962, p. 5)
- Transite: Pipe Shipped in Unit Packages (Manville Transite heating and cooling duct) (Feb. 1962, p. 7)
- Asbestos in Brakes, Clutches, and Friction Materials: J-M shows off new brake lining "baby"; use of Celite should delight gourmets (June 1962, p. 8)
- Marinite: Marinite protects passengers on sleek new luxury liner S.S. France (June 1962, p. 16)
- Asbestos Gaskets & Packing Exposure: Huge gasket paraded through New Brunswick (Oct. 1962, p. 8)
- Asbestos in Floor Tile, Vinyl-Asbestos Tile, and Black Mastic: Quality Work by Marrero Mechanic Sells Floor Tile; Government Clerk Sells Gypsum Board Products (Feb. 1962, p. 11)
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