Battle Lines Forming Between Unions and Business Interests
Washington report outlines a growing clash as business groups push for tighter federal and state controls on unions, supporting right-to-work laws and a potential union shop ban. NAM President Henry G. Riter warns merger of AFL and CIO risks labor monopoly. unions counter that right-to-work laws threaten worker choice. A tense stalemate persists with no peace in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Whitehead
Washington
National Assay of
Manufacturers
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
NAM
AFL
CIO
Afl-Cio
Henry G. Riter TI
The
AFI
Riter
Thomas A. Edison, Inc
West Orange
N. J
Voice of Business
Junion Shop
Dove of Peace
Water scientists push for more water with costs in mind
Dr. Harold Thomas of the U S Geological Survey told the Kansas Academy of Science at KU that progress in supplying enough water is hampered by time and money costs. He noted water use alters the hydrologic cycle and stressed modifying it to minimize detriment, describing measurement, data analysis, and funding challenges. Thomas, with a PhD from Chicago, has led USGS work across Utah to New Mexico since 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Academy of Science
Harold Thomas
United States Geological Survey
Salt Lake City
Utah
Kansas
Academy
Kansas University
Thomas
Frank Foley
State Geological Survey
K. U
Governor's Commission On
Kansas Water Resources
Chicago University
U. S. Geological Survey
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Imprisoned bank bandit sues over TV reenactment
William Roy Miller, 50, imprisoned in Leavenworth for a 1953 Tucson toy gun holdup, sues NBCs Big Story sponsor American Tobacco Co for 10000 dollars claiming the February broadcast invaded his privacy. He says the program cast him as a heavy villain and framed the robbery as a comic opera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Roy Miller
Leavenworth
Kas
Tucson
Ariz
Miller
NBC
American Tobacco Co
Newsmen Protest Formosa Censorship
Ten foreign correspondents in Taipei protest de facto censorship in Formosa. They accuse Nationalist and U S officials of withholding information, noting government press communication has become brief, vague, and insufficient for understanding government actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
P--Ten
U. S
Wu Nan
Government Information Bureau
State Hospital Staff Member to Be Speaker At Nash Clinic Dinner
Kathleen Zurbucken chief social worker at Topeka State Hospital will speak at the Bert Nash Mental Health Clinic annual meeting in the Eldridge Crystal Room following a dinner for about 100 attendees. Her talk titled Community and State Action in Mental Health outlines local and state efforts in care and rehabilitation through 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Zurbucken
Topeka State Hospital
Bert Nash
Eldridge Crystal Room
Zurbucken
Chicago University
Park College
Parkville
Kansas
J. Miller
J. Rhoden
Menninger Clinic
Topeka
Robert Edwards
K. U
C. 8S. McMichael
Russ Could Well Be First Real Birdman
A Russian engineer may be the first to fly like a bird using a flapping wing glider named Kashuk by A A Manozkov of Kiev. The craft is a single seat monoplane with a cantilever wing and a pneumatic flapping mechanism driving wing motion.
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Russ
Washington W
Aero Digest
A. A. Manozkov
Kiev
U.S
Europe
Agency Requests Studies on Kansas Drought Areas
Washington reports the Agriculture Department is studying a request to investigate drought conditions in seven Kansas counties to determine eligibility for an emergency feed program. Governor Fred Hall and Representative Hope urged a review of Cowley Sumner Barber Harper Comanche Clark and Mead counties.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Kansas
Fred Hall
Hope
R-Kas
Cowley
Sumner
Barber
Harper
Comanche
Clark
Mead
Lone Star Church to Host Dr Desmond Bittinger Talk
Dr Desmond W Bittinger president of McPherson College and sociologist will speak at Lone Star Church of the Brethren at 11 pm Sunday on Making the Home Christian He earned recognition in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the Western Hemisphere and has written Black and White in the Sudan and Sudan's Second Sunup A covered dish dinner will follow the service The public is invited to attend
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Lone Star
Desmond W. Bittinger
McPherson College
Lone Star Church of the Brethren
America
Western Hemisphere
Two Men and Woman Held for Buckner Bank Robbery
Two men John William Farr and Charles Posey and a woman, Mrs. Mary Faye Rossen Dowell, were held after waiving preliminary hearings on robbery charges involving the First State Bank of Buckner Missouri and the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Eureka. Bonds were set at 50 000 for the men and 25 000 for Dowell. About 12 000 and 15 500 were taken in the Buckner and Eureka robberies respectively. all three face arraignment in U.S. district court next Friday.
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Kansas City
Charles Posey
St. Louis
Mary Faye Rossen Dowell
Farr
Buckner
Eureka Bank
U.S. District Court
Hostilities Harm Child, School Official Asserts
A Columbia University official says hostility between teachers and parents harms children. Dr. Ernest Osborne of Columbia University's Teachers College told the Nursery Education Association of Ontario that parents today attend different schools, noting teachers were less friendly and activities less engaging.
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Toronto
Columbia University
Ernest
Osborne
Teachers’ College
Nursery Education Assnyee Ontario
Truman Begins 71st Birthday With Groundbreaking For Library
In Independence Truman plans to break ground for the $1,750,000 Harry S. Truman library as part of his 71st birthday events. The project aims to house papers from his administration and will be gifted to the United States. Two thirds of funds are raised and a ceremony will include former Cabinet members and scholars. Truman says he feels well after a recent gall bladder operation and quips that something always turns up, including another presidential run.
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Kansas City
Harry
Truman
Independence
Harry S. Truman
United States
City Officials Named by Oskaloosa Mayor
Mayor R. C. Chance of Oskaloosa announced the city officers for his term with council approval. Appointments include Dan Luster, Harvey Rash, Max Engle, Melvin Herbert, Jean McAdam, Elmer Edmonds, C. G. Long, William C. Leech, Joe Stoop, Gus Kern, Beverly Keeling, John Hoskinson Sr, John Robbins, Max Mountain, Walter Bleil, Robert Cox, Joe Sloop, C. L. Kempton, Andy Kern, Max Melton, and George Killinger. E. A. St. John
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Chance
Oskaloosa
Dan Luster
Harvey Rash
Max Engle
Melvin Herbert
Jean McAdam
Elmer Edmonds
C. G. Long
William C. Leech
Street
Wemner
Joe Stoop
Gus Kern
Beverly Keeling
John Hoskinson Sr
John Robbins
Max Mountain
Walter Bleil
Robert Cox
Joe Sloop
C. L. Kempton
Andy Kern
Max Melton
George Killinger
E. A. St. John
Batista Signs Amnesty In Havana Cuba
President Fulgencio Batista signed a bill granting political amnesty to political offenders. In city affairs a police judge was named in the election. Library committee members listed include Mrs Lois Reynolds Mrs Vernita Rahs Mrs Edith Morris Mrs Doris Mountain Mrs Mary Hoskinson Miss Kathleen Henshaw Wilma Reiling Mrs Ruth Finley and Mrs Esther Hundley.
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Lois Reynolds
Vernita Rahs
Edith Morris
Doris. Mountain
Mary Hoskinson
Kathleen Henshaw
Wilma Reiling
Ruth Finley
Esther Hundley
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