GM and UAW sign five year labor pact stabilizing industry
General Motors and the CIO United Auto Workers sealed a five year contract hailed by both sides as stabilizing. It contains a four cent hourly raise, $100 pensions for retirees, and a cost of living formula. Walter Reuther called it the most significant development in labor relations since mass production began.
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General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Uaw-Cio
Harry Anderson
Washington
Tobin
Spy capture and draft extension loom in United States
The attorney general announced the capture of spy Harry Gold of Philadelphia who admitted contacts with Dr. Klaus Fuchs and passing top atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. The House approved a two year extension of the selective service act, creating a stand by draft with registration but no immediate conscription unless a national emergency is declared.
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Harry Gold
Philadelphia
United States
Russia
Gold
Goldnitsky
Klaus Fuchs
Soviet Union
Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics
House
Senate
Congress
Vinson
Armed Services Committee
International tensions and farcical plots dominate early Cold War news
Western powers protest a 50 000 strong East German force described as a military nucleus. The Soviet plan to spread potato bugs over Berlin provokes disbelief and mockery. Rumors swirl about Kuzma Derevyanko's Japan mission and clashes with General MacArthur over occupation policy.
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East Germany
Occupied
Berlin
Kansas
Japan
Kuzma Derevyanko
Kremlin
Gen. MacArthur
Central City Revival Brings Opera Season Back to Colorado Ghost Town
Revival of Central City opera festival opens July 1 with Madame Butterfly and Don Pasquale as stars from the Metropolitan Opera. The Teller House hosts crowds as enthusiasts chase the era of theater, glamour, and gold that once made Central City the richest square mile on earth.
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Colorado
Ghost Town
John H. Gregory
Denver
Central City
Mississippi
Gregory
San Francisco
New York
New Orleans
Keane
Boothe
Menchen
Sarah
the Divine
Bernhardt
Teller House
President Grant
Baby Dee Tabor
Don Pasquale
Metropolitan Opera
National Theater and Music
Opera House
Entertainment World
Burns Mantel
Hedda Hopper
Howard Taubman
Saul Caston
James Michener
Virgil Thompson
Gypsy Rose Lee
Eleanor Steber
Jerome Hines
Hanya Holm
Emil Cooper
Continental Divide
Salzburg
Edinburgh
United States
Gish
Menchin
Red China Near Entry to United Nations as Nations Debate
The British labor government backs admission of Communist China to the United Nations and observers see it as imminent. France is not expected to block, the U.S. may consent to a majority decision, and Trygve Lie hints at cooling the Cold War through negotiation. Critics question how Russia would behave to suit expediency.
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China
United Nations
France
U.S
Ernest Bevins
Britain
House of Commons
U.N
Trygve Lie
London
United States
Russia
Serenades Feature Adds Nighttime Festival Song Requests
A new festival feature brings Central City serenades on Sunday nights with informal audience requested songs from various stars. Also planned are Dr. Lloyd Shaw's Cheyenne mountain folk dancers performing in the gardens between the Opera House and the Teller House.
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Central City
Lloyd Shaw
Cheyenne Mountain
Opera House
Teller House
Sandals of Tutankhamen Found Preserved with Gold Embossing
A pair of leather sandals with gold paint and embossing was discovered in Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt. The inner soles display figures of traditional enemies, Syrians and Libyans, upon whom the king trod, highlighting ancient symbolic imagery.
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Tutankhamen
Egypt
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University of Chicago
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Meriden
Conn
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Connecticut
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