Auto Workers Nail Down GM Pay Guarantee
The CIO United Auto Workers reach a three year guaranteed wage contract with General Motors matching Ford terms. The deal tops pay, pensions, vacations, and a union shop for 375,000 workers plus 35,000 in electrical workers. Benefits begin after June 1, 1956 with a 60 to 65 percent take home pay for laid off workers.
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UAW
American Motors Corp
Chrysler
Studebaker
Packard
Detroit
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Walter Reuther
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GM Auto
Harry W. Anderson
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George Raps Benson on Farm Profits
ATLANTA Senator Walter F. George accused Secretary of Agriculture Benson of misrepresenting farm profits and urged that farmers are not profiting from high food costs. He argued farmers receive only 42 cents of the food dollar, down from 52 cents in 1946, and condemned proposed cuts to farm benefits as risking bankruptcy for farmers. He implied Benson promotes a price theory that pits farm against farmer.
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Walter F. George
Benson
Georgia
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Merchants Call Special Meeting On Tuesday
A called meeting of the Retail Merchants Association Executive Committee will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Police Courtroom. President John Hicks said plans will be worked out for the annual Merchants Night Baseball Game and the opening of the local tobacco market.
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Retail Merchants Association
John Hicks
Score Of GM Plants Shut Down By Strikes
The Associated Press reports more than a score of General Motors plants closed as CIO UAW strikes unsettled local issues in a new company union contract. About 50,000 workers idle. 29,500 off at three Flint, Michigan plants. 10,600 idled in Chicago area. 7,100 at two Kansas City plants. walkouts at Westry town West Islip and other locations. Seniority and higher pay disputes cited.
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West Islin
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Cleveland
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Columbus
Dayton
Ohio
Trenton
430 Argentine Catholics Held
Federal police raided the Episcopal Palace in Buenos Aires and arrested 430 men who had sought refuge after clashes between Catholic worshippers and Peron supporters outside the cathedral. Police recorded pistols found nearby. many prisoners were taken to central police headquarters while priests remained free. The incident comes amid Argentina's political crisis as Peron and the church feud escalates and Vatican officials warn of possible severed ties.
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Juan D. Peron
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Santiago Luis Cardinal Capello
San Isidro
Carlos A. Gentile
Gentile
Manuel Tato
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Democracia
Peon
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Christ the King
Senate OKs U S Share in Highway
The Senate Public Works Committee unanimously approved a bill to authorize the full U S share of completing the Inter American Highway in three years. The measure would allow Congress to appropriate 74 980 000 at once to finish the road from Laredo Texas to the Panama Canal. President Eisenhower urged the full 74 980 000 be made available.
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Mexico
Panama Canal
Eisenhower
Georgia and Northwest Florida Weather Outlook
Georgia shows mostly fair skies with mild conditions this afternoon and a bit warmer Tuesday. Tonight remains fair and cool. Northwest Florida enjoys clear to partly cloudy weather this afternoon, tonight, and Tuesday with slightly warmer afternoon temperatures.
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Florida
Singapore Strike Stirred by Arrests
Five Chinese union leaders were arrested in Singapore triggering a Communist backed general strike. British officials estimated 17,000 workers did not show up, with 2,000 buses halted. The call went to 70,000 union members across 36 unions yesterday.
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Methodists End Conference Read Pastoral Assignments
The South Georgia Methodist Conference finishes its 90th convention with new ministers and elders ordained and pastoral assignments read by Bishop Arthur J. Moore. Transfers to new posts set for June 22 to 24.
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Savannah
South Georgia Methodist Conference
Arthur J. Moore
John R. Blackwell
Byron Cabot Davis
West. Green
Harold A. Kanes, Jr
Albany
Vaaries C. Stud
Taxes Edge Toward Expanded State Revenue Agenda
Atlanta AP reports Georgia lawmakers push a broad tax package with a five cent cigarette tax and a general sales tax plan. The Senate trims corporate income tax and doubles a minor tax, while debate continues on services tax and highway funding amid opposition from tobacco counties and calls for education funding. Governor Griffin aims to pass the full package before adjournment despite doubts about service taxes and road funds.
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Walter A. Blasingame
Atlanta Constitution
Gilbert Peacock
Dodge County
Baldwin
Mac Pickard
Muscogee
John Sheffield
Brooks
Salk Praises Stricter Standards for Polio Vaccine
Dr. Jonas Salk says the Public Health Service new manufacturing standards will prevent deviation from original procedures. He notes earlier troubles with commercial vaccine lots may stem from how minimum requirements were worded. Salk issued a telegram to Surgeon General Scheele, agreeing in part and disagreeing in part with the service white paper on the vaccine program.
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Jonas E. Salk
U.S. Public Health Service
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Salk
Leonard A. Scheele
Pittsburgh
The
Health Service
Talbot and Butler Clash Over Air Force Move
Secretary Talbott and Senator Butler spar at a Senate hearing over relocating the Air Force research and development command from Baltimore to Dayton Ohio. Butler accuses politics of influence while Talbott defends his two decades of service amid sharp exchanges.
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Washington
Alr
Radford Urges Military Aid as Self Interest
Adm. Arthur W. Radford told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that military aid to free nations is self interest because the United States cannot match Communist manpower alone. He supported Eisenhower's request for 3.14 billion dollars in foreign aid and outlined a projected 1.4 billion in military support next year. He warned the U S cannot indefinitely sustain the forces needed to counter global aggression and noted concerns over Yugoslavia economic aid and other regional allocations.
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Arthur W. Radford
America
Oh Radford
House Foreign Affairs
Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Foreign Affairs Committee
Yugoslavia
Tito
Kremlin
India
Near East
Weeks Bonanzagram Puzzle Exposed with Double Prize
A notice explains Week's Bonanzagram Puzzle No 1 from the paper, showing how to fill letters and solve for the double prize money of 60 dollars. Inspector Black reveals the boxed repro and the solution path, noting a misfit in one letter and confirming a caller’s correct entry details.
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Bonanza gram No 2 hopes to crown a winner this week
Grey bonanza gram fans are urged to submit solutions for a $60 cash prize this week. Nearly 1000 entries were received last week with 759 compliant but no correct solution found. Rules stress punctuation and multiple winners split prizes. extra $5 for Times Enterprise subscribers.
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Times- Enterprise
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Bainbridge
California
Fragmentary notes hint at a weight reference and later stool use
The text debates an elliptic reference to weight and compares terms like FLESHY and FLASHY while discounting STOOL for a definite later purpose.
Hidden Hiding Place Described Behind Door Curtain
A fragment describes a dressing room in a new stadium with doors and rear wall details. The observer notes a possible hiding place behind a rear pay slit over a window and references a stool, indicating uncertainty about the location.
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