Men Past 45 Face Job Barriers Across Industry
A New York Times styled report notes older workers around 45 and above face employment discrimination as life expectancy rises. It cites the New York State Employment Service data, noting many jobs favor younger applicants and that clerical and semi skilled roles skew toward the young.
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Robert Zimmerman
WEW
York
Jan
New York State Employment Service
New York
U.S. Bureau of Employment Security
Columbus
Ohio
America
Houston
Joe Friday to wed in Chicago before Hollywood return
TV detective actor Jack Webb and his fiancée Dorothy Towne arrived in Chicago to apply for a marriage license. They plan to wed after the three day waiting period, aiming for a Thursday ceremony at the Ambassador East Hotel with writer Richard Breen and his wife as witnesses. Webb’s prior marriage to Julie London ended in 1953.
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Chicago
Joe Friday
Jack Webb
City Hall
Mar ‘Riage
Friday
Webb
Dorothy Towne
Miss Towne
Hollywood
Ambassador East Hotel
Richard Breen
Mrs. Brean
Prison System Faces Tough Time Paying Own Way
Texas prison system leaders warned of new financial strain as tighter federal crop controls and a growing inmate population threaten to curtail self support. Board chairman French Robertson cited a 7,600 acre loss under acreage allotments and urged lawmakers for a 284000 annual budget increase, with projected earnings of about 2.522 million yearly.
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Austin
Jal
Texas
French Robertson
C. B. Ellis
Robertson
Funds Raised For Major On Treason Trial
Merril Wisconsin January AUP The head of a defense fund drive for Maj Amhrose Nugent a Merrill man charged with treason said he will canvass factories to raise more money Frank Johnston commander of the local American Legion post said only 2400 has been collected with 1108 more needed He sent 1000 of the total to Nugent earlier He planned to visit three or four Merrill area factories Monday The Army is holding up 8000 in back pay until Nugent s trial ends and two Legion meetings were scheduled for Monday night to discuss the situation
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Merrill
Wis
Maj
Amhhrose Nugent
Frank Johnston
American Legion Post
Johnson
Nugent
Army
Korea
Legion Post
Letters to late Ward heir sought
CHICAGO Jan 11 A lawyer for the mother of mail order heir Montgomery Ward Thorne said he would seek a court order to compel 18 year old Maureen Ragen to produce letters she wrote him The order would also require Ragen to turn over a diary detailing their friendship Thorne left most of his 1 2 million estate to her as his beneficiary Thorne was found dead last June in his north side apartment with the coroner ruling natural causes
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward Thorne
Maureen Ragen
Max Wildman
Miss Ragen
Young Thorne
Thorne
Marian Thorne
North Side
Denton Sweepstakes Speech Meet Draws 100 Teams
More than 100 debate teams from 27 high schools in Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana converge for the Denton Sweepstakes Speech tournament slated January 14 and 15. Awards include boys and girls debate trophies medals in 11 events and a sweepstakes trophy for top overall school. Participating Texas schools include six from Dallas and others from Houston and cities such as Wichita Falls Lubbock and Waco.
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Denton
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Dallas
South Oak Cliff
North Ixillas
Crozier Tech
Sunset
Truck Drivers Vote To Strike In Texas
Fort Worth members of the AFL Yeamsters Union join Houston and Dallas drivers in voting to strike at midnight Jan. BLosing a five cent an hour wage boost. About 40 Fort Worth road drivers involved. In Wichita Falls area about the same number voted 95 percent for strike a week earlier. 19,006 ATL truck drivers in the Southwest taking part in balloting. The aim is to equalize pay with northern drivers before contracts expire.
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AFL Yeamsters Union
Houston
Dallas
Glenn Bailey
Wichita Falls
Loreal
Bailey
M. W. Miter
Southern Conference
ATL Teamsters
Chicago
Central States
Texas
ATL
Southwest
Dallas Union
Five Bethlehem Beath Baare Manufacting Co. workers gain ownership
Five longtime employees of the Beth Baare Manufacturing Co. in St. Louis learned they inherited the firm from founder Fitzwin H. Baare. Baare died Oct. 23 leaving 51 percent to his widow Wilhelmina Baare, who died 16 days later. An estate inventory showed 5,499 shares split among Charles James Jr Vernon J Ambach Otto F N Grosse Robert Renkel and George Hogh.
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St, Louis
Jan
Beth Baare Manufacting Co
Fitwin H. Baare
Wilhelmina Baare
Charles James Jr
Vernon J. Ambach
Otto F. N. Grosse
Robert Renkel
George Hogh
Texas Lawmaker Sees FPC Seizing Oil Industry
Rep. Frank Thard of Texas warns that federal regulation could extend to oil as the Federal Power Commission already regulates natural gas. He cites the Phillips Petroleum case and proposes amending the natural gas act to clarify Congress’s jurisdiction. Some kangaroos live in trees and can jump as far as 50 feet.
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Washington
Frank Skardo
D-Tex
Federal Power Commission
Thard
Federal Power Commissio
Nat. Wal Gas
Supreme ‘Court
Phillips “Petroleum. Co
Commission
Congress
Inflation Hits Pasadena Drill Tower Bid Raise
Pasadena officials fault inflation after bids for a new drill tower reached 34 000 dollars, far above Baytown’s 12 000 price. They suspect bundled costs for water lines and roads in Baytown’s total, while Pasadena ponders if higher specifications or contractor misunderstandings inflated the bid.
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Bighed
Pasadena
Ralph Davis
Baytown
Davis
State Insurance Commission
Tate
Jail Escapee Steigerwalt Faces Trial in Lubbock
Albert Steigerwalt, 37, recaptured in New Mexico after a third Fort Worth jail escape, will be prosecuted in Lubbock on burglary charges. He admitted stealing a car in Frederick, Oklahoma, and was brought to Lubbock by FBI agents after a November escape with fellow inmate Donald East who seized the jailer’s gun. East was later arrested in Oklahoma City. Kast was recaptured in California. Steigerwalt had escaped twice before, including a hospital escape and a later recapture in Houston.
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Lubbock
Albert Steigerwalt
New Mexico
Fort Worth
Steigerwalt
Roswell
Frederick
Okla
Federal Bureau of ‘Investigation
Dallas
Donald’ East
Trusty
Kast
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Jan
California
Sheriff's Office
Houston
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