Hold the Phone Male Operators By Dick Kleiner
In Los Angeles General Telephone Co experiments by hiring college men for odd shifts raise morale and productivity at West Los Angeles traffic office. Seventeen men hired, several remain after some join the service. Ronald Hunter seeks full time while studying UCLA. Paul DeLonge, UCLA senior, works 5 days weekly and plans executive training after graduation. Morale up, some skepticism persists from other cities.
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Los Angeles
NEA
General Telephone Co
California
Mary Jane Pavlik
Ronald Lee Hunter
UCLA
Paul DeLonge
DeLonge
IBM
Phone Company
Mexico City
Nice Weather to 20 in Moscow
Moscow residents endure a hard winter with temperatures near five to twenty degrees and heavy snowfall. Despite the cold, life continues with central heating, bustling streets, and active snow removal. Prices and living costs are noted, including meat at a dollar a pound and bread at fifteen cents, with monthly income around a hundred dollars.
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Moscow
Swiss Neutral Yet Ready for Fight Aims and Armaments
Swiss defense posture blends immense mobilization with strict neutrality. Hans Kurz notes potential to field 20 divisions in hours, with 750,000 more in reserve, while maintaining a vast home weaponry and living a peacetime high standard of living. The army emphasizes defensive strategy, Alpine terrain, and civilian involvement.
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Bern
Switzerland
Tokyo
West
Hans Kurz
Ual
Henri Guisan
Germany
Hitler
France
Guisan
Fuehrer
Parliament
Kurz
Austria
Europe
Kruz
Obesity Control Needs Lifelong Change Says Expert
New York UPI reports Dr. S K Fineberg calls obesity a disease requiring lifelong treatment. He warns drugs alone cannot sustain weight loss and emphasizes education in diet and caloric management for lasting control. Obesity linked to heart disease and shortened life, urged permanent lifestyle adjustment.
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America
Fineberg
Technical Journal of the
American Geriatrics Society
Finberg
United Nations contest entry deadline set in Iowa
The 41st annual high school United Nations contest in Iowa opens registrations led by Lyle Alberts of State College of Iowa. About 600 Iowa high schools receive invitations as Massey Ferguson funds raise top prizes of 200 for first, 100 for second, and 50 for third with Feb 1 cutoff for registration and March 8 exams in participating schools.
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Cedar Falls
United Nations
United Nations Assn
UNA
Lyle K. Alberts
State College of Iowa
Iowa
Massey-Ferguson, Inc
Des Moines
Massey-Ferguson
Richard W. Taylor
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
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Pacific Area Travel Assn. Photo
Kyoto
Japan
By Dick Kleiner
By John Weyland
Bnelcte
Napoleon
Gorki Park
Lenin Hills
Khrushchev
Pushkin Museum
Southern California
Geoffrey Atkins
NATO
New York
S K. Fineberg
Masons
Gavette Postville
Masonic Lodge
ELEC
Katz Jewelry
First Street
Post Office
Iowa Una
Morgan
B. W. Joseph
B. W Joseph
JNO
1St Avenue
Imperial
Chrysler Leasing System
U.S
Second Avenue
Eighth Street
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