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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1963
Page
4
The Washington Evening Journal argues against government overreach in broadcasting. It warns that FCC controls on ad time or aired editorials threaten free speech and editorial independence. The piece notes Iowa and Mississippi municipal bond schemes, musing on a city run racing track to finance taxes.
Wives of Iowa sheriffs and deputies in counties with staff shortages are moving to legislate pay for those who man the county communications center when officers are away. The plan targets to compensate the sheriff’s wife or deputy wife who handles radio and telephone duties during off hours.
A 1963 Science Service look at automation warns jobs will shift as computerized lines grow. Labor leaders worry about displaced clerks and the need for new skilled roles in computing, programming, and systems analysis. Drucker cautions that every job will change and education must adapt.
The abacus, used by the Chinese centuries before Christ, enabled rapid calculation. Modern operators still achieve speedy addition with its clicking beads as a pun on digital meaning operated by fingers.
Washington Manufacturing Co uses an IBM 632 unit with keyboard, reader, sorter, typewriter, printer and calculator to automate daily production reports payroll and inventory. Under office manager Robert Choate and Mary Reitzler, the line reduces needed staff while producing bank check sorting devices with magnetic ink figures.
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