Automation reshapes jobs and society in a changing economy
Forbes statistics show 25 percent higher industrial production but 2.5 percent lower employment over five years among 65 large firms. AT&T cut payroll 76 thousand as sales rose 42 percent. Standard Oil of New Jersey cut 20 percent. Swift & Co. cut 25 percent while sales fell slightly. Automation shifts demand to skilled labor and higher education, signaling a period where mediocrity loses value and training pays.
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Forbes Magazine
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Swift & Co
Statis
Call for Reform of Electoral College in Presidential Elections
A congressional committee reviews the presidential election procedure as the current electoral college is seen as obsolete. The proposal favors proportionally splitting electoral votes to reflect ballot counts, arguing the national result would better represent voters while noting that real change remains unlikely.
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Minnesota
Mental Health Bill Aims for National Aid and Modern Care
The piece argues for an $840 million mental health bill approved by the Senate, backed by medical groups, to shift from distant state hospitals to community hospitals. It claims 800,000 in institutions and 5 to 6 million mentally retarded nationwide, stressing active treatment reduces costs and supports humane, practical care.
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Senate
The
American Medical Associa
Tion
American Psychiatric Association
Rent control debate spurs decontrol calls in New York
In an editorial chain from New York to Minnesota and Chicago, call for decontrolling rent controlled housing grows. NY remains price fixed with half the population under control while others urge phasing out controls to fix housing shortages and avoid discriminations.
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NEW York Times
Oleo trade shifts as Minnesota law changes liquor sales
North Iowa dealers expect revenue loss as Minnesota ends oleo trade due to its colored oleo law while both states move to boost home sales liquor by the glass. Separate data shows median family income implications and a rise in high earners affecting consumer power.
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Iowa
Minnesota
North
Midwest
Austin
Arsenals Face Costly Delay Over Sterilizer Piping
A southwest arsenal's secret sterilizer lab with 32 sterilizers may be sabotaged by plumbers and pipefitters who want to remove piping and reuse parts. The labor dispute, echoed at Air Force bases and hospitals, risks higher defense costs and public health expenses while unions blame and costs rise for the public.
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Washington, D. C
U.S. Arsenal
American Sterilizer Co
Erie
Air Force
West Coast
San Diego County
California
Edmund Brown
State Industrial Relations Dept
International Assn
American Sterilizer Industrial Mon
Afl-Cio
Allen Thiemich Criticizes Transfer Over Parents' Complaints
In St Paul Minnesota MEA reports Allen Thiemich a former Austin High School journalism instructor says a superintendent should not transfer a teacher solely due to parents complaints. The editor notes Thiemich statements as part of the surrounding commentary.
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Allen Thiemich
Austin
ST. Paul, Minn
Mea
Minnesota Education Association
Ethics Committee
Ethics Commission
Thiemich
Board of Education
World Food Congress Aims to End Hunger by 1980 and 2000
Washington reports from the World Food Congress with 1,200 delegates from 100 nations outlining goals to prevent a world food shortage by 1980 and to ensure universal access by 2000. It warns of rising malnutrition and undernourishment despite rising global production and urges self-sufficiency through improved farming in developing countries.
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Bikini Atoll
Rossano Brazzi
Italy
Formosa
Strasburg
Washington
NEA
V. T. Krishnaswamy
India
World Food Congress
North America
Europe
Australia - New Zealand
Argentina
Uruguay
Latin America
Africa
Asia
Red China
Burma
Food Congress
Today in History highlights and World Food Congress notes
A nostalgic list marks historical events from 1861 Uncle Tom’s Cabin debut to 1946 La Salle Hotel fire and 1960s diplomacy. It also outlines the World Food Congress under FAO starting June 4 with speeches by Kennedy and U Thant and warnings on global food policy.
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Associated Press
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Washington
John Fitch
Philadelphia
Trenton
N.J
la Salle
Chicago
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
R. B. Sen
India
Kennedy
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
U. S
U Thant
Orville Freeman
Arnold Toynbee
Great Britain
Gunnar Myrdal
Sweden
M. J. Candau
Canada
World Health Organization
Kansas Cattle Population Hits Record 103.5 Million
Kansas State University reports cattle and calf inventory at an all-time high of 103.5 million at the start of 1963, up 4 percent from 1962. Cattle on feed in Kansas have risen 117 percent since 1958, per a joint school year release.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas State University
Quotation From Today on Doing Good and Generosity
A brief quotation prompts daily virtue with I Timothy 6 18 urging good deeds and riches of kindness. Cicero adds that true godliness appears in acts of benevolence toward others.
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I Timothy
Doctor Answers on Weight Gain and Lice Remedies
Dr Brandstadt explains weight gain requires higher calorie intake and gives example needs from 2000 to 3800 calories daily plus 400 to 600 extra for gain. He also covers head lice treatment with 10 percent DDT and safer options like hexachlorocyclohexane shampoo and combing, plus bedding laundry. He notes aspirin uses and cautions as non universal medicine.
Verona outdoor opera in ancient Roman amphitheater
Summer visitors to Verona can attend evening operas in a Roman amphitheater built by Diocletian in 290 A D for gladiator games. It holds 25 000 people.
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Verona
Italy
Diocletian
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