How G. M. Raise Is Tied to Living Cost Index
Washington May 26 The cost of living used to base the General Motors wage agreement is 69 percent higher than in 1940. A dollar today buys what 50 cents did in 1940, meaning a 1948 dollar has the buying power of 5 cents in 1946. The Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics issues the monthly cost of living index tracking prices families buy. GM and the CIO agreed to use 1940 as the base year, marking boom-time costs and rising living costs since then.
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Washington
General Motors
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
United
Texans Seek Funds for Rio Grande Valley Irrigation Project
Rio Grande Valley Texans pressed for a 129,000 irrigation project funding in Washington. The group cited rising living costs since 1946 and urged quick action within three months to allow wage talks while a bi state Snake River water compact move advances.
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Rio Grande Valley
A. L. Cram- Opa
Elsa
W. Raymond Smith
Lannow
Benito
Alfred Tamm
Lingen
Ria
Grande
Giaie
Con
Senate
House
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Idaholeyas
Sheba
Wyoming
Texas
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Trut
Junion
Alman
River Pact Seeks Water Supply Bill for Rio Grande Valley
A proposed river pact seeks approval of a bill to exempt the Rio Grande Valley from 160 acre farm size limits for federal water projects. The plan asks Congress to raise the nonreimbursable share and have water users pay over a long period. The project envisions taking water at Falcon Dam and delivering it through a valley canal.
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Yeau
Rio ‘Grande Valley
Bureau
Congress
Falcon Dam
Hearing Stated on House Moving Protests
Protests against moving two houses will be heard at the regular City Council meeting on June 8. One protest challenges relocation from 810 E Market St to 1730 Lewis Ave, and another concerns moving from 6201 B Ocean Blvd to 18 Termino Ave.
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Gooh
Market St
Lewis Ave
B. Ocean Blvd
Termino Ave
Head of Investing Companies Resigns
George M. Gillies Jr. resigns as president of Adams Express Co. and American International Corp. to focus on West Coast business interests. George E. Clark, executive vice president, is elected to succeed him.
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New York
George M. Gillies Jr
Adams Express Co
American International Corp
George E. Clark
Gilles
Store Manager Sentenced to Prison in Martinsburg
Martinsburg West Virginia May 26 VP Allen J Guizke a 24 year old veteran from New Ulm Minnesota was sentenced to one to ten years for taking 4888 dollars from the chain store he managed He and his bride of a few days disappeared around February 1 when auditors began a routine check of the accounts
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Allen J. Guizke
New Ulm
Minn
Sudan Conflict Statement Says No Recognition of Israel
An official Khartoum note states Sudan, jointly ruled by Egypt and Britain, has not recognized Israel and expects no Palestinian guerrilla alliance under war law. The May 26 dispatch notes continued tension in the region.
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Sudan
Law of Nations
Khartoum
Egypt
Israel
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