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Decision in Detroit President Walter Reuther of the C.I.O. United Automobile Workers won last week what he called-with good reason-a "very historic" victory. For the first time, a large unit of U.S. heavy industry, Ford Motor Co.. accepted at the bargaining table direct responsibility for the partial support of its workmen during layoffs. It was a long stride toward Reuther's goal, the guaranteed annual wage, which would give industrial labor job security and status like that enjoyed by salaried employees...
...partial solution to this housing problem that the Administration not long ago proposed to lease out the historic old Shady Hill estate to an insurance company for the construction of a large apartment building. In exchange for taxes on the land, Harvard would give up rights to this property for a half century or more, and the insurance company would use the rents from the apartments to pay off its investment. First options on the apartments would go to junior members of the Faculty...
...impossible to create G-free conditions within the pull of earth's gravity, but military pilots have found a way to get a partial sub-gravity effect, says Major Simons. By flying in a shallow outside loop, they are lifted lightly out of their seats and can get the effect of fractional gravity for periods of 15 to 20 seconds...
...Partial answers can be found by examining the effect of cutbacks made since the end of the Korean war. From the peak of the Korean buildup to the post-Korea low last fall, the annual rate of Defense Department military spending dropped from $46 billion to $32.8 billion; it is now running at a rate of $36 billion, and will probably drop to $34 billion in fiscal 1956. Yet despite the $13.2 billion drop...
...ozone lights were still burning along the walls of the Freshman Union last night, three days after the chemical bombing at the Jubilee Dance. Fans, open windows, deodorants, ammonia, and other basics have also been used in an attempt to eradicate the odor, but freshman dinner-goers reported only partial success...