Absenteeism Haunts Prague's Peoples' Democracies
AP dispatch from Prague cites Antonin Zapotocky and Soviet and Hungarian officials warning that absenteeism and job jumping plague Czechoslovakia's industrial sectors. They note a 37.4 percent rise in 1949 versus 1947 and say lax discipline, political mischief, and worker turnover threaten mining and heavy metals, with limited remedies available.
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Prague
Antonin Zapotocky
Alexander Osipov
Czechoslovakia
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Duffy May Rule On Traffic Law
In Columbus a dispute over Ohio school bus laws persists as changes take effect Friday. The attorney general may interpret the legislature’s intent while the State Highway Patrol remains split, with some officials saying four lane highways need not stop for loading or unloading buses and others insisting motorists traveling in the same direction must stop.
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Ohio
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Frederick Moritz
Attorney General's Office
Czech union drive overabsenteeism in war like setting
Western observers report Czech efforts to curb absenteeism in mines and heavy industry with bonuses and rewards, while the government also threatens reprisals for continued absence. Communists have not yet used a mass mobilization law. observers doubt a broad sabotage campaign. The text shifts to explain how a television gun emits electrons instead of bullets.
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