Wheat Referendum Looms As Farmers Face Marketing Controls
A Kansas City expert notes speculation farmers will vote against wheat marketing controls in the August 14 referendum. The piece argues the system pressures growers to accept quotas with price supports at 90 percent parity, while a no vote would yield no quotas and 50 percent parity. It cites a Texas Panhandle grower noting pressure from PMA committees and questions the fairness of the human factor in quotas. The column also suggests basing allotments on bushels, not acres.
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Kansas City
Department of Agriculture
East Panhandle
PMA
Speculation on American POWs in foreign labor camps spurs debate
The United Press radio wire reports rising Army chatter about American prisoners possibly in slave labor camps in China or Russia. Other notes cite Americans sent to Russia to assist harbor work and to Communist satellites like Poland and Czechoslovakia, amid Eisenhower’s Seattle pledge on state government.
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United Press Radio Wire
Washington
China
Russia
Siberian
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Longtime couple at Primrose Party marked by brief marriage
J C Wicker aged 70 and his wife aged 60 were noted as the couple married the least time at yesterday's Primrose Party. Centered on Effie E Hymes with a sweet smile, and in the evening Laura Tomlinson from Elizabeth Jane Bivins Home observed Bill Goforth at 6 ft 3 in, among the tallest men and shortest women at the event.
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J. C. Wicker
Wicker
Mrs. Wicker
Effie E. Hymes
van Buren
Laura Tomlinson
Elizabeth Jane Bivins
Bill Goforth
Carolina
Tomlinson
Primrose Party Lists 300 Guests in Ellwood Park
The Primrose Party held in Ellwood Park drew 300 attendees with 70-plus age eligibility. Mason King hosted as the event featured gifts from Amarillo churches and honors for longtime residents and families including Ada Braswell and Effie Hymes. George Hayden claimed the oldest Amarilloan title as Bill Moore was noted as the oldest gentleman present.
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Mary Louise Natho
Ellwood Park
Mason King
Council of Church Women
C. Throwe
Claude Curb
Amarillo
Ada Braswell
North Taylor
Braswell
Story Hour and Dance at Local Library and USO
Two community events are listed: a Story Hour at the Public Library at 11:00 AM and a Swingsters Dance at the USO on Second and Polk at 8:00 PM.
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Public
Second
Polk
Ball of Light Seen Over Amarillo Skies
At least five Amarillo residents report a bright ball with a long tail flashing across the sky around 10:30 PM. Witnesses describe a whitish blue color, a long tail, and a brief arc, with one hearing a winglike whir. Weather officials offered jet plane or distant comet alternatives.
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Amarillo
W. B. Amacker
Parker
van Allen
Canyon Highway
Wv. A. Duck
Dallas
Frank B. Smith
West 15Th
Alpha Smith
Neches
Weather Bureau
North Korean officials execute 10 in revolt plot purge
London reports Moscow radio says North Korea’s military court sentenced 10 top officials to death for armed rebellion and spying for the United States. Former Justice Minister Lee Sung Yop led the group. six others face death or long terms as 12 accused confessed.
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London
Moscow Radio Today
United States
North Korean
Supreme Court
Lee Sung Yop
Cho Yun Nyong
Pak Hong Wong
Rhee Won Cho
Korean Communist Party
Red
Tokyo
Justice
U. S
Rhee
South Korea
Noble
Kim Il Sung
Lavrenty Beria
Kim
Red China
Russia
Pyongyang
Pak
Nam Il
Red Truce
90 Americans in 3rd POW Exchange Group
90 Americans led the fourth day of the post armistice exchange at Panmunjom with 256 South Koreans 35 Turks and 25 British. The group included 25 Americans all Negroes from the 25th Division 24th Regiment. Some captives kept their humor despite captivity while others described harsh conditions in the camps. Red POWs returning home sang openly as discarded gear littered the road.
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Panmunjom
Red
Dulles and Rhee Sign Mutual Security Pact
Secretary of State Dulles and President Syng man Rhee initiated a mutual security pact to base U.S. troops in South Korea and warned the Communists that the UN Command would meet any new armistice violation. They pledged to walk out of a postwar political conference after 90 days if the Reds exploit it, aiming for a unified free Korea.
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Seoul
U. S
South Dulles
Syngman Rhee
United Nations Command
South Korea
U.S
United States
Reds
Korea
Rhee
Oil truck crashes into New Mexico seminary killing no one
A tank truck loaded with 10 000 gallons of oil rolled down Organ Mountain Pass at 120 mph and plowed into a Las Cruces seminary where about 50 sleeping students were unharmed. Driver Alton Norwood 28 era badly banged but escaped with minor injuries.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Organ Mountain Pass
Alton Norwood
Organ
Norwood
Heavy Selling Tumbles Wheat on Board of Trade
Wheat futures fell nearly seven cents a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade as relentless selling by commission houses began at the opening bell and persisted. Brokers attributed the drop to fears farmers might reject marketing quotas in next Friday's vote, with two-thirds approval needed to trigger quotas and protect the 1953 price support at 90 percent of parity. If quotas fail, support could drop to 50 percent, rattling expectations for next year's deliveries.
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Chicago
Board of Trade Today
Relentless Commission House
Ten Nations Pledge Quick Allied Resistance in Korea
United States and 15 allied nations with troops in Korea sign a declaration promising swift resistance to any new Red attack. The move signals possible air strikes on Communist China or a naval blockade, with Gen. Mark W. Clark urging continued UN strength until peace is secured.
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N. Y
United States
Korea
China
London
Britain
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Washington
Mark W. Clark
Clark
France
Australia
Canada
Belgium
Colombia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Thailand
Greece
Turkey
Ethiopia
Philippines
South Africa
Luxembourg
Rioting Reds Are Crushed In West Berlin Clash
Communists rioted in West Berlin as police commandos with water cannon halted three simultaneous demonstrations at food distribution points in American and French sectors. Over 400 police moved against rioters, dozens were injured or jailed, and hundreds retreated toward Soviet zones amid clashes.
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Dan DE Luce
Berlin
West Berlin
U. S
Soper
Texas shirts convict youths in East Berlin uprising
Berlin reports that loud American cowboy Texas shirts are banned as "uniforms of terrorists" in East Germany. Youths jailed after the June 17 uprising wore them, with confessions published in Young World as they seek honest work post-arrest.
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Berlin
East Germany
Texas
Young World
Horst Ozanik
Erfurt
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