Wage Pacts Upset by New BLS Index
Washington reports sweeping changes in the Labor Department cost of living price index will trigger renegotiation of wage contracts for about 3.5 million workers. The BLS will publish a modernized index with new items and a shifted base, affecting escalator agreements across industries.
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Big Business Approach Noted By Chapman
Secretary Oscar Chapman said on CBS on Sunday that the incoming Republican administration seems to adopt a big business approach to government. He noted President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower’s cabinet picks as evidence but would offer no further predictions. Chapman urged Democrats to express themselves individually and through party leaders, supporting liberal and progressive issues.
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Jet bomber explosion near Lockbourne kills airman
A four engined jet recon bomber from Lockbourne Air Force Base exploded in the air Sunday four minutes after takeoff. One airman, 1st Lt. John Brace, 23, of Columbus, was killed. The other two crew members parachuted to safety about five miles south of the base. Maj. John E. Dougherty of Los Angeles and Capt. Eugene F. Snyder Jr. suffered burns and cuts and were treated at the base hospital in serious but not critical condition.
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Closer British U S Ties Urged At Oxford Service
U S Air Force chaplain Maj. G. C. Patterson urged a truce in the carping attitude damaging British American friendship at St. Aldate's Church in Oxford. He noted many servicemen from both nations present and said leaders deem it necessary for safety of both countries. He called for closer fellowship and cautioned that hostility blights brotherhood.
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Two Die in Dubuque Hotel Fire
In Dubuque Iowa two elderly men perished in a four story Bell Marr Hotel blaze downtown. Twenty other guests escaped the flames as firefighters battled the inferno Saturday night.
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