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Importing Men. Some companies are taking advantage of the Government's liberal rules for admitting immigrants who have needed skills. Faced with a dearth of pipe fitters and carpenters, Pittsburgh's Dravo Corp. has been importing European employees through Canada. Kaynar Manufacturing Co. of Fullerton, Calif., is seeking to bring in Japanese workers to meet its demand for machine-tool operators. New York City social-service agencies have begun referring welfare recipients to taxi companies, whose shortage of 2,500 drivers has aggravated the chronic scarcity of cabs on city streets. Brokerage houses offer as much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Labor: A Good Paper Shuffler Is Hard to Find | 5/9/1969 | See Source »

...point in the third period, which Harvard dominated more than any other period, the Crimson had the ball around the Williams cage for a full four minutes without losing it. Several shots bounced off the pipe, and Munro termed it "a really wonderful exhibition of power." The first midfield was in at the time...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Stickmen Crush Williams by 15-9 | 4/28/1969 | See Source »

...stadium. Mel Hein recalls the days when, as an all-pro center for the New York Giants, he was knocking down all of $150 for a game. "1938 was my big year. I got $150 for endorsing Mayflower Doughnuts. When I won the Most Valuable Player award, some pipe company sent me a set of pipes. Free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Playing the Money Game | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

...done a lot of thinking," Nathan said," "when I wasn't Working. This peaceful center the movement talks about as Nirvana, love, egolessness and ecetera is possibly more than just a pipe dream. In fact I'm sure...

Author: By William L. Ripley, | Title: Choosing Fruit | 3/17/1969 | See Source »

...example, when he turned out 40 books in one year. Simenon's yearly harvest is now four, and he uses an IBM electric typewriter in place of the pencils that once lasted only three lines each before they became blunted and were tossed away. Puffing constantly on a pipe (like Maigret), Simenon begins a book by christening its characters (from a slew of international telephone books he keeps on hand for the purpose) and providing each with detailed dossiers. Maigret, for instance, is heavyset, patient as Job and frequently compassionate toward the murderers he catches. Then, in what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: A Happy 200th to Simenon | 3/14/1969 | See Source »

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