Nixon Warns GOP Workers Reuther Is the Man to Beat
Vice President Nixon privately tells Republican organizers that Walter Reuther is the strongest foe to Nixon’s 1954 bid, praising his clever grass roots strategy and forecasting trouble for Republicans if they ignore the union strength. He cites Michigan and Oregon defeats as evidence and warns against a straight union grab for power.
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Reuther
Nixon
Colorado Springs
Colo
Nana
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Adlai Stevenson
America
GOP
Michigan
Oregon
Maine
Homer Ferguson
Richard Neuberger
Guy Cordon
Eisenhower
Penvidone Srence
Aflcio
George Meany
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Indianapolis
Dakotas
Iowa
Minnesota
Cotar
Im Arena
Naxon
Competioe
Hog prices shape farm belt vote factor in 11-to-1 ratio
The piece explains the corn hog ratio as the key political barometer for farmers. It notes Iowa, Indiana and Illinois debates over ratios around 11-to-1 and 11.2-to-1, with corn at $1.45 and hogs at $16.20 per hundredweight, affecting farm support for the administration.
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Washington
Midwest
Iowa
Indiana
Illinois
Army Seeks Ways To Combat Shock
Army researchers at Walter Reed Hospital explain strategies to reduce battlefield shock in wounded soldiers. Experiments on rats show two methods to build resistance: gradual exposure to injuries and a regimen of daily electric shocks. If proven safe, tests may extend to human trials, aiming to lower death from shock rather than the initial wound.
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Atlantic City
N. J
NANA
Army Medical Center
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
American Chemical Society
Robert L. Griswold
Griswold
Kids Hear Uncle Ho Broadcast to North Vietnamese Children
A Hanoi broadcast from the Vietminh radio addressed North Vietnamese children during the mid autumn festival. It extolled emulation for rapid production and praised Ho Chi Minh as president, urging learning and good health.
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Hong Kong
Vietminh Radio
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Vietnam
iHo Chi Minh
Automation's Dead Jobs Feared in Two Plants
University of Michigan researchers Hoffman and Mann report automation can boost job interest and satisfaction if managers redesign work to use worker skills. Simply adding responsibility or reducing dirty tasks does not guarantee more satisfaction. Employee self expression and skill use emerge as key factors in the new plant.
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Chicago
University of Michigan Survey Research Center
Richard Hoffman
Floyd Mann
Survey Center
Hoffman and Mann
Canadian Farmers Declare War on European Starlings
The article reports Western Canadian farmers considering drastic methods to curb European starlings invading British Columbia and beyond. It notes that shotgun and poison efforts failed and cites a controversial Egyptian use of blasting to control pests as a potential model for a bomb and blast counteroffensive.
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Vancouver
Nana
Canada
Prairies
Rocky Mountain
Pacific
British Columbia
Britain
United States
Canadian
Great Lakes
Niles
Egypt
Sudan
Adenauer urged to soften pro American line in CDU revolt
Bonn reports reveal CDU leaders push Chancellor Konrad Adenauer toward an independent stance to avoid defeat in 1957 elections. They favor balancing with the Soviet Union and the United States, supporting a 12 month conscription plan and a larger Bundeswehr, while seeking Moscow outreach and a Bundestag delegation to visit the Soviet Union.
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Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democratic Party
Adenauer
West Germany
United States
Russia
European: Coal and Steel Community
Unnion
Richard Jaeger
Atomi- Energy
Franz Josef Strauss
Adenauer Party
Bundeswehr
Germany
U. S
Moscow
Christian Democratic
Bundestag
Social Democrats
State Leads Fight Against Chiselers Who Bisk Aged
New York officials spotlight schemes aimed at seniors who are sold health cures and bogus insurance. The New York Legislature reports sharpers exploit the elderly through disease cures and gimmicked products, aided by Social Security funds and aging population.
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New York
Nana
Brooklyn Bridge
North Pole Shift Redefines Magnetic Pole Position
The North Magnetic Pole is redefined as the Dip Pole near Ellesmere Land. The true magnetic needle points downward at Resolute Bay and shifts over a wide area, contradicting earlier single-point theory. Dr. Alvin G. McNish notes the region’s apparent pole is not the true magnetic pole.
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Washington
Thule
Greenland
Ellesmere Land
Resolute Bay
Earth
Alvin G. McNish
U. S. Bureau of Standards
Deer Hunt Tips Given
Madison Wis. UP C W Lemke game biologist urges deer hunters to move away from roads as cars drive deer back into woods. While checking in Oconto County he asked a hunter if he had seen any deer and the man replied he had seen two but could not shoot either because cars scared them off.
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Madison
Wis
C. W. Lemke
Lemke
Oconto County
Communists Backing in Labor Politics Rebuffed by AFL-CIO Leaders
New York leaders of the AFL-CIO denounce Communist involvement in labor political activities. Morris Sushewitz and Gus Tyler vow to block any Communist influence while George Charney says Reds quietly urge support for the Stevenson Kefauver ticket but will not endorse the party.
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New York
Afl-Cio
New York City
CIO Council
Morris Sushewitz
Gus Tyler
International Ladies Garment Workers
Sushewitz
Tyler
Henry Zon
Committee On Political Education
COPE
New York State
George Charney
Red
Stevenson Kefauver
Charney
Democratic Party
Washington
Winnie Gets Souvenir of Frozen Past
A Lon don Bystander page from Feb 5, 1908 shows Churchill photographed on an African safari with a rhinoceros carcass. Capt. Richard M. Black of the U S Navy found the torn sheet at Hut Point near McMurdo Sound among Shackleton and Scott camps.
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Washington
England
Sir Winston Churchill
Antarctic
London
Churchill
Winston
Winston Churchill
Richard M. Black
U. S. Navy
McMurdon Point
Ross Sea
Sir Robert F. Scott
South Pole
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Hut Point
Black
Far South
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