Inside Red China It Counts What Workers Buy With Wages
Peking report details Chinese wages at Wuhao Iron and Steel with apprentices at $15 and skilled workers at $50 monthly. After rent and utilities, the average worker has about $20 left for food, clothing, and leisure, with radios and bicycles common but cars rare. The piece notes showpiece housing for some, crowded old dwellings for millions, and limited medical costs offset by family charges. An American report follows on a Japanese voyage and a U S Soviet magnetic field mapping pact.
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Richard P. Lister
Peking
Wuhao Iron and Steel Company
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Travelers Meet Osaka as Solo Sailors Spark Interest
A short dispatch from Osaka reports travelers John H. Glenn Jr and Kenichi Horie meeting in the Japanese port. The encounter highlights cross cultural curiosity and offers a glimpse into early oceanic voyage ambitions shared by the two men.
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Perkins Is Carried From Baltimore Court
Melvin C. Perkins a 38 year old merchant seaman and frequent Maryland legislature visitor was carried kicking from Municipal Court on an assault charge. Judge Jerome Robinson set bail at 5000 and men in police uniforms removed him to a cell after Perkins objected to a postponement until June 3.
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