Word: workers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...country of 7,000,000 is in itself a hazard to Sweden's future. Fully 10% of the babies are illegitimate. One of every two unmarried women who conceive a child has a legal abortion. All a woman need do to have one is to convince a social worker that the birth is "unsuitable." About 5,000 women, married and unmarried, are admitted to hospitals each year for legal abortions. A professor at Stockholm's largest women's clinic was reported for "cruelty" because he told a patient that the abortion she was about to have...
...each other when they were done appraising the ponies. Their husbands, in Saville Row suits, lifted black bowlers when they passed near their Queen. But there was one extraordinary note in the picture, more jarring than a peer in jeans: the ladies and gentlemen were all clutching the Daily Worker. Deprived by the newspaper strike (TIME, April 18) of Sporting Life and all the London dailies, British racing fans were taking their tips from the columns of London's Communist daily (circ. 83,376). The paper was so in demand that on the black market it fetched 1 shilling...
...problem. President Eisenhower has set up a top-level committee to promote the hiring of physically or mentally handicapped. The Office of Vocational Rehabilitation is doling out $30 million in Government aid to state agencies to help put the handicapped in jobs. Overall, some 60,000 disabled workers found jobs in industry in 1954, and the U.S. Government estimates that the number will jump 200% by 1959. But this will tap only a fraction of the potential manpower. Many businessmen are frankly reluctant to hire the handicapped because they fear that such workers are prone to injury, will hurt themselves...
...Palace. The door opened and an office worker popped out. Everyone laughed from sheer nervousness. At 4:25 the door opened once more and out stepped Winston Churchill, in striped pants, frock coat and topper. There was a sparse cheer or two, then suddenly the street rocked with three huge, earsplitting cheers of acclaim. A slight, sad smile crinkled the Churchillian features for a moment. Then, clamping firmly on his cigar, the Prime Minister climbed into his car and headed for Buckingham Palace...
Little progress was made in trying to settle the strike, called by maintenance and electrical workers. The 700 strikers, who earn $34.37 a week for nightwork and $29.33 for daywork, rejected a $2 wage increase from the publishers. Last week one paper settled the strike in its own shop: the Communist Daily Worker (circ. 83,376). Meanwhile, the other newspapers were losing an estimated $5.7 million a week...