West German Workers Use Co Determination Power
West Germany’s six million organized workers gain a 50 percent influence on major policy bodies and a 30 percent stake in industries beyond coal and steel. The labor movement pushes to extend co determination to all industry, aiming for parity on boards and a federal economic council.
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Germany
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America
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Mice Ride to Aid Science in Search for New Insecticides
Washington reports on a long running project where mice on a merry go round are sprayed with various chemical mixtures to test their killing power against flies and mosquitoes. Researchers seek a super killer after resistance to DDT emerged though no combination has outperformed existing solutions.
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Robert EE. Geiger
Washington
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J. Edward F. Kripling
Agriculture Department
Port Free Of Reds Port Free Of Reds
An American port official commends Singapore authorities for keeping the wharves free of Communist dominated unions and pilferage. Tom Maddox of the Los Angeles harbor department, touring Far Eastern ports after attending the International Harbor Conference at Kobe, cites Red dominated unions as a cause of waterfront troubles on U. S. west coast ports.
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Singapore
Tom Maddox
Los Angeles Harbor
International Harbor
Kobe
Japan
U. S. West Coast
Duke Builds Gothic West Campus With Hillsboro Stone
Duke near completion of the Classroom Administration Building, a 1 758 000 structure that crowns the Gothic West Campus. The project uses Hillsboro volcanic stone and Indiana limestone trim, reflecting Duke’s postwar growth from 3500 to 5000 students and the 1920s campus vision. Construction began in 1950 under J A Jones Construction, with Horace Trumbauer as designer, and is expected to open in fall next year.
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North Carolina
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Tames B. Duke
Trinity Co
James Duke
Frank C. Brown
University
Hillsboro
Bedford
Ind
Horace Trumbauer
Philadelphia
J. A. Jones Construction Company
Charlotte
Ocraftsman
Lucius Jeter
Duke University
Deaf Mute Defendant Receives Temporary Jail Sentence
In Butte Montana a 24 year old deaf mute vagrant defendant faced Judge John Selon a police magistrate in police court. The judge used sign language to explain the case and obtained the defendant's consent to a temporary jail sentence while the investigation and aid efforts proceeded.
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Butte
Mont
John Selon
Fire marshal halts mobile blaze as truck driver watches
Cincinnati Fire Marshal William Telscher spotted smoke from a pile of furniture in a passing truck. He flagged the vehicle, jumped into his car, and used a hand extinguisher to extinguish the fire. He blamed the blaze on a careless smoker.
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Cincinnati
William Telscher
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