Floyd Paxton
Floyd Paxton | |
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| Born | Floyd Greg Paxton March 17, 1918 Redlands,California,U.S. |
| Died | December 10, 1975(aged 57) Yakima,Washington,U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Engineer, inventor, businessman |
Floyd Greg Paxton(March 17, 1918 – December 10, 1975[1]) was a manufacturer ofballbearingsduringWorld War II,[2]and later inventor of thebread clip,a notched plastic tag used for sealing bags of bread worldwide.[3]
Bread clip
[edit]Paxton conceived the notion of thebread clipwhen he was flying in 1952; this resulted later in him founding the company Kwik Lok, inYakima, Washington.[4]
Other pursuits
[edit]Paxton was best known in the state of Washington for his very conservative political views. During the 1960s he was on the national board of directors of theJohn Birch Society.[2]He made four unsuccessful runs for Congress. He founded a conservative newspaper, TheYakima Eagle,which did not attract a subscriber base and soon folded. Paxton and his wife, Grace, had a running battle with theInternal Revenue Serviceover afamily trustset up to avoid taxation, resulting in years of litigation and appeals with the IRS—with the Paxtons ultimately losing. [5]He died of a heart attack in December 1975 at the age of 57.[2]He left a son,Jerre Paxton,who became a leading figure in the state'shorse-racingcommunity.[6]
References
[edit]- ^"John Birch Society, on the national board of directors".Washington Post.1975-12-13. p. A20.
- ^abc"Birch Society Figure Floyd Paxton is Dead".Spokane Daily Chronicle.11 December 1975. p. 2.Retrieved2016-03-30.
- ^Kwik Lok History
- ^Lukas, Paul (13 March 2013)."Twist-Ties vs. Plastic Clips: Tiny Titans Battle for the Bakery Aisle".Bloomberg.com.Retrieved2016-03-30.
- ^Seagrave, Peggy; Seagrave, Sterling (2003).Gold Warriors: The Covert History of Yamashita's Treasure.Verso Books.pp. 175–177.ISBN1-85984-542-8.
- ^Scheinman, John (October 26, 2007)."Trainer Defies Odds for Run at Breeders'".The Washington Post.Retrieved2022-07-02.
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