Word: rubberized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Lesser labor disputes flared across the nation. Contracts covering 75,000 rubber workers at Goodyear, Firestone, Goodrich and Uniroyal run out April 20. Although Washington observers were optimistic that a strike would be avoided, an industry leader has already hinted that rubber prices are likely to go up as a result of expected increased labor costs of as much as 6%. More than 12,000 members of the Communications Workers of America have voted strike authorization to their negotiators with Western Electric Co., Inc., where their contract expired March 25. Talks have been held under day-to-day extensions...
...week, Dr. Richard S. Morse, head of a Commerce Department team studying motor vehicles, said that the Government was interested in "any possible means of moving people and goods around," including "fuel cells, batteries, turbines and steam engines." In fact, said Morse, "we're looking at everything from rubber bands...
...expected to be rubber-stamped by Parliament before July, and the country is already appealing for partnerships, particularly in chemicals, electronics and plastics...
Despite the treaty's limited scope, it clearly represents an improvement in U.S.-Soviet relations. The Russian Presidium is expected to rubber-stamp it shortly, thereby completing action on the first bilateral treaty ever entered into by the two countries. A pact to prohibit nuclear weapons in space may also be ratified shortly. But agreement on the thorniest issue-anti-ballistic missiles-is a remoter prospect, though talks on the subject are scheduled to begin in Moscow soon. In the meantime, Russia is thought to be going ahead with plans to deploy an ABM system...
Severe Damage. The first task of the New Order is to clean up the incredible economic mess that Sukarno has made of Indonesia. As a Dutch colony before World War II, Indonesia supplied one-fifth of the world's tea, one-third of its rubber and palm oil, two-fifths of its kapok and four-fifths of its pepper. Scattered throughout Indonesia's 3,000 verdant islands are rich mineral deposits -gold, tin, bauxite, tungsten-and oil reserves. "Indonesia is rich in natural resources," says Suharto, "but the damage done to our country's economy has been...