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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1958
Page
7
Washington based AP report details CIA hiring hurdles including lie detectors and invasive questions. It notes only about one in fifteen applicants succeed and highlights the agency's Ivy League dominance, high salaries, and emphasis on competence over social background.
Japan aims to start producing atom powered merchant ships soon with nuclear vessels for cargo and passenger use. Designs include a 40000 ton tanker capable of underwater cruising at 26 miles per hour and 10000 ton passenger ships for emigrants to Latin America. Construction costs and reactor sourcing remain the major hurdles.
Government department heads dodge rules while salaries for new CIA employees run low. Recruits quit early for wealth in private industry, but many stay for the cloak and dagger allure and patriotism, sustaining a deadly undercover war with the Kremlin year after year.
Public library boosts summer reading with adult and children selections. Bookmobile reaches 12 city neighborhoods weekly, offering titles by Cushman Grinthoff O Daniel Michener Fisher Humphrey Graham Roark Malverm Fitch Haliiwell Christie DeJong Dodge Archibald Forster Baker tashko Houston and more. Returns accepted at any library location. call EM 5-5257 for full Bookmobile schedule.
In a mock interview with Alonzo Quagmire of the Acting Tiddlywinks Co, a fictional boss reflects on the pressures of executive life. The piece skewers stockholders, labor, and government meddling while highlighting the loneliness, vanity, and irony of power and the endless demand for more staff and dividends.
In Memphis a small black dog Eight Ball saved Norman Moore and family after leaping on the bed and waking him when a gas jet had been left open. The dog had been saved years earlier by three brothers who revived him after finding him in snow and sleet.
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