U S Firms Chalk Up Abroad Earnings in Engineering and Construction
U S engineering and construction firms report large earnings from foreign projects in 1960, with Stone & Webster citing extensive overseas staff and travel. Industry groups estimate $2.5 billion in foreign construction work and $1 billion in exports over five years, while military cargo debates surface in labor disputes.
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U.S
United States
Construction Industry International Committee
Sure Ways to Tell If Interest Is Serious
HAL BOYLE lists playful gauges of a woman's disinterest in a long running relationship. The tips range from eye contact during goodbyes to dinner choices and gift timing, highlighting patterns that suggest indifference.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Pavement Plate
Going Rough In Sea Strike
In New York AP reports unions in the national maritime strike face rough relations despite stalled negotiations with company reps. Military cargoes appear as a dividing element while the walkout grips shipping and industrial sectors. over 100 ships, about one tenth of the fleet, idle in 30 ports along the Atlantic Gulf and Pacific coasts as the strike enters its fifth day.
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Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Curran
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Engineers’ Union
Military Sea Transport Service
United States Lines
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Atlantic
Gulf
Pacific
Arms Talks Enter Second Day With Dispute Over Invitees
The United States and the Soviet Union begin the second round of disarmament talks. John H. McCloy and Valeria A. Zorin clash over who should attend the conference opening July 31. Moscow seeks broader substance and veto power, while the U.S. favors two neutral nations.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
John H. McCloy
Kennedy
Valeria A. Zorin
McCloy
Zorin
U.S
Moscow
Coffeyville Engineer Appointed Kansas City Sewer Commissioner
Frederick L. Kramer of Coffeyville Kan is named sewer commissioner for Kansas City and will start August 1. The city engineer and water superintendent since 1956 has held jobs in Newton Neodesha and Great Bend and taught at Kansas State University after graduating in 1948. He is a native of Topeka.
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Kansas City
Frederick L. Kramer
Coffeyville
Kan
Kramer
Newton
Neodesha
Great Bend
Kansas State University
Topeka
Friday Deadline In Tractor Swap
Cuba must accept 500 farm-type tractors as full ransom for 1 214 prisoners by Friday noon or the deal ends. The Tractors for Freedom Committee says only tractors will be shipped for humanitarian aims and Castro’s revised $28 million demand remains.
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Detroit
Mich
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Castro
Eleanor Roosevelt
Walter P.reuther
Ihe
Tractors-for-Freedom
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Ed Swanson family reunion fills Friends Home Lutheran church
The annual Ed Swanson family reunion was held at the Friends Home Lutheran church with many relatives from Chanute Iola Elk City Topeka and Girard in attendance including Royal Cox Stephen Martin Sandra Karen Janice James McFadden Jamie April Kirk Jack William Ball Penny Sally Billie and others. Guests included Rev Bertil Gustafson Mrs David Gustafson Elaine Gustafson and Kansas City visitors. Several local families hosted and attended picnics and gatherings over the weekend.
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Ludlum
Bonnie
Grace Ludlum
Madeline Moreland
Seminole
Okla
Elsmore
Don Wolfe
Jane
Virginia
Kansas City
George Wolfe
Lavenburg
Elmer Heisler
Beverly
Stella Setterstrom
Sedan
Charley Nelson
Earl Ericson
Raymond Ericson
Jill
Kendall
David
Ernest Baker
Howard Baker
Linda
Gregory
John
Billie Lee Moreland
Dean Johnson
Roy Johnson
Fred Cunningham Sr
Everett Wrestler
Sandra
Humboldt
Robert Cunningham
Lynn
Iola
Fred Cunningham
Merrill Rosann
Randall
Alva Brooks
Allen-Bourbon County
Ed Swanson
Friends Home Lutheran
Royal Cox
Stephen
Martin
Karen
Janice
James McFadden
Jamie
April
Kirk
Jack
William Ball
Penny
Sally
Billie
Jola
L. E. Moore
Elk City
James Hartzell
Topeka
Della Jackson
Money Finder's Son Lands Mail Clerk Job at Studio
Hollywood AP Richard Johnson 17, son of a janitor, who found and returned 240000 dollars lost from a Brink's Inc. armored car, starts as a mail clerk at Allied Artists Studio. He earns 72.50 a week and aims for an acting career. His father Douglas W. Johnson received a 10000 dollar reward. The studio had promised the job earlier.
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Hollywood
Allied Artists Studio
Richard Johnson
Douglas W. Johnson
Brink's Inc
Richard
Columnist Lindley Named Special Assistant to State
Washington AP Ernest K Lindley veteran Washington correspondent and Newsweek columnist was appointed a special assistant to the secretary of state and a member of the policy planning council. He will participate in projects evaluating foreign policy and long range policy. Lindley is a University of Idaho graduate and Rhodes scholar at Oxford. He won Overseas Press Club awards in 1948 for best reporting on foreign affairs on television. He has covered Washington for 28 years. His father was chancellor of the University of Kansas.
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Washington
Ernest K. Lindley
Newsweek Magazine
Secretary of State
Department
State Department
Lindley
University of Idaho
Oxford
Overseas Press Club of America
University of Kansas
Shangri-La Returns to Port After Routine Ops at Sea
The aircraft carrier Shangri-la pulled into Jacksonville Florida after routine operations off the Florida coast. The ship had recently departed from nearby Mayport in a surprise move before resuming port calls.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Shangri-la
Florida
Mayport
Dominican Republic After Trujillo Slaying Early This Month
Early this month in the Dominican Republic, following the assassination of dictator Rafael Trujillo, authorities faced upheaval and questions about power, amid rapid political shifts and public unrest.
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Rafael Trujillo Iin
Dominican Republic
Fisherman crafts rod from driftwood and wire on North Platte
Bill Joines joins Tom Cooper on a river trip in Casper Wyoming. Joines builds a makeshift rod from driftwood and baling wire. He lands four large trout while Cooper uses modern gear and catches nothing.
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Casper, Wyo
Bill Joines
Tom Cooper
North Platte River
Joines
Cooper
Kansan Named to Agriculture Advisory Committee
Lud W. Strand of Brewster Kansas was named to the 17 member Agriculture Advisory Committee which advises the President and the secretary of agriculture on farm policy.
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Washington
Lud W. Strand
Brewster, Kan
Agriculture Advisory Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
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Home Savings Association
Lincoln & Walnut
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Milton Eisenhower
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David Kern
Gene Dunaway
Dukie Myers
Cindy
Johnny Baker
Wichita
Duke Myers
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Ruben Jackson
Arlene Johnson
Lawrence Johnson
Conrad Erickson
Roy Sanden
Kay Price
Wilber Johnson
Allen-Bourbon County Lake
Delmer Ludlum
Ardell
Roger Babcock
Blue Springs
Mark Lindsey
Floyd Everts
Carol Fountain
Hillis Krokstrom
D. A. Ludlum
Bonnie Dean Ludlum
Russell Ludlum
Dean Ludlum
Don Bauer
Judy
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WM. E. Hampton
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W. Main
Beltone
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Maico
Acousticon OF
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WALL
Joplin, MO
Kansan
Allen Monument Company
S. Central
Chanate
Fedders
Independent Research Organization
B.T.U
H. P. Models
H.P
Durham & Jordan
Galaxie
Ford
Pansion Joma Meyer Company
Helard-Hill
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North Evergreen
Chanute, Kansas
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