GM CIO sign unprecedented five year labor pact
An unprecedented five year contract between General Motors and the CIO United Auto Workers yields a four cent per hour wage rise plus $100 pensions and a cost of living formula. The deal, praised by leaders on both sides as stabilizing and historic, secures five years of uninterrupted production and is seen as a model for industry wide labor relations.
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CIO
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Uaw-Cio
Harry Anderson
Washington
Tobin
Job prospects rise for 1950 graduates amid cautious optimism
A Northwestern National Life survey of 128 colleges finds four of five June graduates expect employment by October 1 with 1949 salary levels and better than prewar norms. Engineering and sciences pay $225 to $350 monthly while some top seniors reach $400. Women’s prospects favor secretarial roles. employers remain cautiously optimistic about near-term business. Air force budget talks seek 200 million for new planes and modernization to support 1956 goals.
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Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Defense Johnson
Air Force
Army Air Force
Red China Near U N Admission Shifts Global Stance
Britain backs Communist China entry to the United Nations signaling a shift in Cold War diplomacy. Observers foresee a majority-supported move despite U S ambivalence while Trygve Lie remarks on potential negotiations to ease tensions amid possible shifts in Russia’s UN status.
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United Nations
France
U.S
Ernest Bevins
Britain
House of Commons
U.N
Trygve Lie
London
United States
Russia
Three-Power Protest Over Soviet Eastern German Militia
The United States France and Britain protested to the Soviet Union about a 50 000 man force in eastern Germany described as a police unit but possessing machine guns mortars tanks and artillery. Observers say the issue is a potential nucleus for a new German army or internal security force to sustain Communist control.
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United States
France
Britain
Soviet Union
Germany
Potato bug conspiracy tugs international nerves
East German authorities claimed American planes spread potato bugs over East Germany and found insects in baskets after flights. The story circulated by radio echoed by Soviet dominated outlets. Americans dismissed the tale as a joke while Kremlin run commentary noted tensions over Japan and MacArthur.
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East Germany
Occupied
Berlin
Kansas
Flying Saucers and a National Defense Controversy
The government protested the publication of the book Flying Saucers Are Real claiming it revealed information vital to national defense. The dispute sparked wide concern and drew public scrutiny over secrecy and public access to information.
Classified department offers Victor's V and Topper Vending machines
Breaux Bridge Louisiana based LeBlanc Vending Co advertises authorized distributorships for Victor's Model V and Topper vending machines with forwarding address Box 324. The ad notes a going business season start and a health reason for selling plus a Dairy Treet Frozen Custard franchise option with a $2500 investment. Also lists various tractors and farm equipment for sale from Crosby Equipment Co in Crosby Texas along with help wanted for fundraising midget Bibles and a weed puller with full instructions for 50 cents.
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Business & Invest
OPPOR
Victor
Leblanc Vending CO
P.O
Breaux Bridge
Alamo
Texas
Leonard Miller
Brereeee Drive
Houston
Candles Helped Man Survive Two Weeks in Boxcar
Seattle reports Frank Zehnder a Houston resident aged 48 survived two weeks in a sealed boxcar on wax candies after his companion left him and kept the doors unlatched. Zehnder suffered frozen feet and was found by railroad workers in critical condition.
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Seattle
Wash
Frank Zehnder
Houston
Tex
Zehnder
Electric brain stimulation recovers faded dreams in surgery
Baltimore physicians describe a method to trigger memories and dreams during brain surgery using a fine electrical wire. A 14 year old patient reported visions such as two men in chairs and a man fighting when the electrode touched specific brain areas.
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Wilder G. Penfield
Johns Hopkins
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