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| 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 the ].<ref name=obit>{{ |
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 the ].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ddB7do2jUx8C&dat=19751211&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |page=2|date=11 December 1975|title=Birch Society Figure Floyd Paxton is Dead|access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref> He made four unsuccessful runs for Congress. He founded a conservative newspaper, The ''Yakima Eagle'', which did not attract a subscriber base and soon folded. Paxton and his wife, Grace, had a running battle with the ] over a ] set up to avoid taxation, resulting in years of litigation and appeals with the IRS—with the Paxtons ultimately losing. | ||
| <ref name=Seagrave>{{cite book | title=Gold Warriors: The Covert History of Yamashita's Treasure | pages=175–177 | url={{google books|n3c_gKdOXAcC|page=175|plainurl=y}}|author1=Seagrave, Peggy |author2=Seagrave, Sterling|publisher=]|year=2003|isbn=1-85984-542-8}}</ref> He died of a heart attack in December 1975 at the age of 57.<ref name=obit/> He left a son, ], who became a leading figure in the state's ] community.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/25/AR2007102502417.html</ref> | <ref name=Seagrave>{{cite book | title=Gold Warriors: The Covert History of Yamashita's Treasure | pages=175–177 | url={{google books|n3c_gKdOXAcC|page=175|plainurl=y}}|author1=Seagrave, Peggy |author2=Seagrave, Sterling|publisher=]|year=2003|isbn=1-85984-542-8}}</ref> He died of a heart attack in December 1975 at the age of 57.<ref name=obit/> He left a son, ], who became a leading figure in the state's ] community.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/25/AR2007102502417.html |title=Trainer Defies Odds for Run at Breeders' |first=John |last=Scheinman |date=October 26, 2007 |newspaper=] |accessdate=2022-07-02}}</ref> | ||
| == References == | == References == | ||
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| Floyd Paxton | |
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| Born | Floyd Greg Paxton (1918-03-17)March 17, 1918 Redlands, California, U.S. |
| Died | December 10, 1975(1975-12-10) (aged 57) Yakima, Washington, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Engineer, inventor, businessman |
Floyd Greg Paxton (March 17, 1918 – December 10, 1975) was a manufacturer of ballbearings during World War II, and later inventor of the bread clip, a notched plastic tag used for sealing bags of bread worldwide.
Bread clip
Paxton conceived the notion of the bread clip when he was flying in 1952; this resulted later in him founding the company Kwik Lok, in Yakima, Washington.
Other pursuits
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 the John Birch Society. He made four unsuccessful runs for Congress. He founded a conservative newspaper, The Yakima Eagle, which did not attract a subscriber base and soon folded. Paxton and his wife, Grace, had a running battle with the Internal Revenue Service over a family trust set up to avoid taxation, resulting in years of litigation and appeals with the IRS—with the Paxtons ultimately losing. He died of a heart attack in December 1975 at the age of 57. He left a son, Jerre Paxton, who became a leading figure in the state's horse-racing community.
References
- "John Birch Society, on the national board of directors". Washington Post. 1975-12-13. p. A20.
- ^ "Birch Society Figure Floyd Paxton is Dead". Spokane Daily Chronicle. 11 December 1975. p. 2. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
- Kwik Lok History
- Lukas, Paul (13 March 2013). "Twist-Ties vs. Plastic Clips: Tiny Titans Battle for the Bakery Aisle". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
- Seagrave, Peggy; Seagrave, Sterling (2003). Gold Warriors: The Covert History of Yamashita's Treasure. Verso Books. pp. 175–177. ISBN 1-85984-542-8.
- Scheinman, John (October 26, 2007). "Trainer Defies Odds for Run at Breeders'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
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