Reds Press North in Korean War Fight Near Taegu and Pohang
North Korean forces thrust from Kunwi threaten Taegu as 30 000 Communists push toward the UN held base. South Koreans regain Pohang while US Marines and 24th Infantry force a retreat of Reds from the Naktong river line amid heavy fighting around Taegu Waegwan and Kigye with four NK divisions sighted.
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Tokyo
Taegu
South Korea
Pres
Synghman Rhee
John J. Muccio
Changnyong
Naktong
Pohang
Kunci
Kumhya
Eighth Army
Republic of Korea
United Nations
Naktong River
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Jack MacBeth
Slaughterhouse Hill
24Th Infantry Division
United States pushes for unified Korea under UN plan
In LAKE SUCCESS Aug 17 the United States said any UN peace program for Korea must aim at a unified and independent Korea. Some diplomats saw a hint the UN might push beyond the 38th parallel, but chief US delegate Warren R. Austin avoided such direct implications while outlining peace aims to the Security Council.
Two Killed as Auto Boat Crash on US 66 West of Vega
A multi party crash on US Highway 66 seven miles west of Vega left Arthur C. Cravens and his wife dead. Four others, including a Whittier California youth and passengers from Ohio and Oklahoma, were hospitalized in critical to serious condition. A boat trailer rear impact triggered the sequence as rain slicked pavement contributed to the wreck.
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Vega
US Highway 66
Arthur C. Cravens
North Tuente
Baldwin Park
Cal
Bobbie M. Cravens
Donnie Tucker
Whittier
the Cravens
Hattie Dusenberry
Cravens
Jack C. Reed
Cleveland
Ohio
Virginia Mae Webb
Amarillo
McAlester
Oklo
North
West Texas Hospital
Webb
Reed
Lad
Dusenberry
DuBois
Craven
Bob Alcorn
Adrian
Mrs
Alcorn
Northwest Texas
N_ 8
Griggs & Sons
Griggs
Vega Volunteer Fire Department
Wolflin Drive-In
Washington
Florida Alerted For Hurricane
A severe Atlantic hurricane with 140 mph winds moves toward the Bahamas. Florida on alert as Nassau batten down for the worst blow since 1929 while Miami prepares for outer fringes expected tomorrow.
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Miami
Fla
Bahamas
Florida
Nassau
Evangeline
New York
Push Payments For Dependents
Senate and House committees approved legislation to provide quarters allowances for families of the lowest enlisted grades. Monthly payments would range from 45 to 85 dollars, with a service member adding 40 dollars from his pay. A recruit starts at 75 dollars monthly. bills vary but both designate the aid as quarters allowance.
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Washington
Senate
House
Armed Services Committee
Armed Services Subcommittee
Earthquake in Assam Claims 11 Dead and Large Crop Loss
The great quake in Assam on Tuesday has raised the death toll to 11 and caused extensive crop damage. North Assam losses are officially estimated at over 10 million rupees, about two million dollars, per Shillong authorities.
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Miami
Assam
Shillong
Truman Gets Old Age Bill
Senate approval sent to President Truman to expand Social Security. The bill covers 45 million workers, adds self employed and domestic workers, and raises payroll taxes from 2.5 to 7.8 billion by 1970. Benefits rise about 77 percent starting Oct. 1 for current retirees and survivors.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Amarillo Area Weather And Almanac Notes
The daily almanac prints general forecast for Amarillo and vicinity with fair to partly cloudy skies, mild to cooler temperatures, and scattered thundershowers through Friday and Saturday. A top fishing day is noted for today and tomorrow, with sunrise at 7:32 PM and sunset at 6:09 AM. Also includes a brief on Virginia Dare’s 1587 birth, Tri-State Skies moon and planet data, and a quick United States facts list for Minnesota.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Bartara
Seeeee
BO Dam
Csissee
Winney
Virginia Dare
Virginia
Roanoke Island
Tri-State
Vega
United States
Minnesota
St. Paul
Gopher
Fort Snelling
Nord
Tax Hike Okayed By Committee
The Senate Finance Committee, with both parties united, approved Truman's five billion dollar tax boosting bill aimed at arming non Communist nations. Chairman George forecast swift Senate and House action, with a potential White House sign by September 1. The plan raises income taxes for over 50 million taxpayers and increases corporate levies by about 1.5 billion dollars annually.
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Washington
Senate’ Finance Committee
Truman
George
Georgia
Senate
House
White House
Mouse makes home among feline friends in Austin
Tiger the 2 year old alley cat at the H W Wilson home near the municipal airport has adopted a baby field mouse after a kitten born dead. The mouse nuzzles Tiger fills, and is cared for alongside Tiger's second litter of kittens.
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Austin
Tiger
H. W. Wilson
Municipal Airport
Bette Wilson
Johnson
Plains Regions Report Showers
A Panhandle weather summary notes a brief thunderstorm near Amarillo with 0.20 inch moisture in under an hour at Amarillo Air Terminal. Dumas reports 0.50 inch, Borger 0.07, Guymon 0.11, Gage trace, with returning sun after 6 pm and overcast in Pampa. A Kilgore tornado at 2:30 pm during rain caused one death and widespread damage.
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Amarillo
US Weather Bureau
Amarillo Air Terminal
Panhandle
Dumas
Borger
Guymon
Okio
Gage
Pampa
Associated Press
Kilgore
Perryton Events Kick Off Annual Celebration Parade and Rodeos
High Plains Today lists Perryton parade opening the annual celebration, rodeos at the Fair Grounds at 2 30 PM and 8 PM, a dance at 9 30 PM, and related activities across towns including Tucumcari NM sheriff’s event, Pat Pitt exhibits, and a cornerstone laying for a new junior high in Dalhart with further gatherings in Wellington Bed dinner and county old settlers party.
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Perryton
Fair Grounds
Tucumcari
Sheriff's Fae
Pat Pitt
LIPS
Blackhawk Stadiun
API
Dalhart
Wellington
Collingswath County
Old _ Settlers
Lahue Grove
City
Bovina
Palmer County War Carcerrinc
Two Birmingham steel mills shut by strike Monday
Birmingham's two largest steel plants Ensley and Fairfield idled 25,000 workers as 4,000 ore miners and 4,000 coal miners walked out. CIO United Steel Workers and United Mine Workers officials sought settlement while no disorder was reported.
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Birmingham
Ala
Cio-United Steelworkers
Ensley and Fairfield Mills
Whihewamawtan
le Junk Olepven
Steelworkers Union
United Mine Workers of America (Independent
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co
Relations Strained Between Churches
London reports that Anglican leaders condemn the Vatican move to declare Mary’s bodily ascent into heaven as dogma. Pope Pius XII announced a secret consistory for Oct. 30 and a formal declaration set for Nov. 1. Archbishop Fisher and Archbishop Garbett state no scriptural or early church basis supports the doctrine.
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London
Church of England
Vatican
Vatican City
L'Osservatore Romano
Pius XII
Mary
Pro
England
Geoffrey Fisher
Canterbury
Cyril F. Garbett
York
Two Anti Red Bills Confronting Senate
In Washington on August 17 the White House anti Communist bill was introduced in the Senate. The Judiciary Committee quickly passed a rival McCarran bill 9 to 3 to require registration of Communists and Red front groups. Mundt and Ferguson also backed a third registration based measure. A three bill showdown looms with potential ties to economic controls and possible Senate action Monday.
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Washington
Truman
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Korea
Acheson
Wherry
House
Senate
Waegwan
First Cavalry
Yongdok
Judiciary Committee
McCarran McCarran
Nevada
McCarran
Mundt
South Dakota
Ferguson
Michigan
Reds Massacre Seven U S Tankmen in Korea Fight
Seven captured American tank crewmen were executed in the Hill 303 battle near Waegwan as North Korean forces massacred about 30 tank crews. The bodies lay on the road near two knocked out tanks two days earlier. A general officer said the report listed seven executions. Earlier, three U S soldiers identified two North Korean prisoners as members of the Reds who shot 32 bound captives.
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Hal Boyle
US First Cavalry
Korea
Hill 303
Waegwan
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