Truman and Johnson brief Kennedy allies on world tangle
Former President Harry S Truman pledged support to President Kennedy after a briefing on global trouble spots. Vice President Lyndon Johnson traveled from Washington to Independence and then New York to discuss actions with Truman, stressing unity and full disclosure to leaders of both parties.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Washington
Truman
Johnson
Independence
New York
Union Loaned Eaton Money in Coal Firm Deal
Cy rus Eaton, Cleveland industrialist, testifies in federal court that the United Mine Workers Union lent him funds to buy an interest in Kansas City Power and Light Co. and Union Electric Co. of St. Louis. He says he put up large stock as collateral and denies UMW control over the companies. The $300,000 suit by Phillips Brothers Coal Co. accuses the union of conspiring with big firms to monopolize the coal industry. Eaton, chairman of West Kentucky Coal Co., says the union had idle funds and sought a safe investment.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Cyrus Eaton
Cleveland
United Mine Workers Union
Kansas City Power and Light Co
Union Electric Co
St. Louis
Eaton
Phillips Brothers Coal Co
East Tennessee
Union
Phillips
UMW
West Kentucky Coal Co
Eyesore to Park in Pittsburg Business District
The Globe building site in Pittsburg’s core was razed and not rebuilt. Jaycees with women volunteers fill the 60 foot lot, plant Lombardy poplars and shrubs, seed grass, irrigate, add winding walks and plan benches to create a inviting park. The city provides a water connection for irrigation.
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Pittsburg
Jaycees
Broadway
Fourth Street
Harold Spencer
Arthur Scott
Yoshiko Iwabe
Globe Building
Career Women Grapple With Remarks At Work
A Hal Boyle piece satirizes the persistent sexist jibes faced by professional women. It exposes attitudes from the casual bar heckling to hiring biases and assumes familiarity with Nell Grapple, a pioneering female executive, highlighting industry stereotypes and the pressure to choose between career and romance.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Nell Grapple
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Kansas
Jim Chandler
Elaine Anderson
Billy Tyson
Mary Anne Wantland
Franklin County
Kansas Centennial
Ottawa
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Julia Trigg
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Bob Clogston
Ralph Hanes
Harold Letchworth
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