Letter to the Editor on War, Strikes, and Social Security
An excerpt from the Los Angeles Times letter to the editor discusses a steel strike near the Democratic convention and a salesman's claim the Korean War would end just before the election. It includes reader notes on social security, retirement limits, and remarks on politics, economics, and public figures, with local context from Corcoran and Dalhart.
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Los Angeles Times
Corcoran
Peter
Red Cross
Salvation Army
WPA
Return Home Chinese POWs Refuse Repatriation
Chinese Benevolent Association in New York says 4 478 POWs on Korea Island would choose death by their own hand rather than return to Communist China if peace talks fail and repatriation proceeds. The letter claims prisoners prefer an easier death in the free world.
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New York
The
Chinese Benevolent Association
Kore Island
Korea
Mmmu
United Nations
China
Ten Cent Wage Hike For Aircraft Labor
The Wage Stabilization Board approved a 10 cent hourly raise for 25 000 aircraft workers retroactive to April 28 1950. The deal covers workers at North American Aviation plants in Columbus Ohio and Los Angeles area and may shape broader settlements amid strikes at Lockheed and Douglas plants. The CIO United Auto Workers members receive five cents as reg regulation allows a 10 per cent boost after January 15 1950 and another five cents to address wages “grossly out of line.”
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Incneteu
Hallery
North American Aviation Company
Columbus
Ohio
Los Angeles
Lockheed Aviation
Douglas
California
CIO
United Auto Workers
Baseball Scores From West Texas New Mexico League Action
Lubbock defeated Amarillo in a seven inning plus extra frame contest 12 to 17 with a string of pitchers listed for both sides. In other regional games Pampa beat Borger 6 to 5 in seven, Abilene topped Clovis 14 to 6, and Lamesa fell to Albuquerque 3 to 13. National and American League results include Pittsburgh beating New York 13 to 0 in 13 innings and Chicago routing Brooklyn 17 to 4. Texas League playoff scores feature Shreveport over Fort Worth 7 0 and Oklahoma City crushing Dallas 19 to 3.
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Molberg
Sanchez
Brown
Perez
Pampa
Borger
Swensson
Carnett
Deason
Abilene
Clovis
Day
O'Keefe
McClain
Rowland
Pemberton
Matthews
Tims
Albuquerque
Smith
Kirk
Carrier
Gatewood
Marti
Decarolis
Julttl
Pittsburgh
New York
Dickson
Garagiola
McCullough
Hearn
Lanier
Wilhelm
Yvars
Chicago
Brooklyn
Lown
Leonard
Atwell
Rutherford
Black
Walker
Klippstein
Kelly
Manville
Chiti
Erskine
Campanella
ST. Louis
Philadelphia
Mizell
Brazie
Yubas
Rice
Meyer
Ridzik
Konstanty
Lopata
Cincinnati
Boston
Hiller
Landrith
Wilson
Jones
Chipman
Burdette
Washington
Johnson
Shea
Grasso
Pierce
Aloma
Lollar
Detroit
Parnell
Freeman
White
Wight
Batts
Cleveland
Kellner
Bishop
Astroth
Lemon
Wilks
Tipton
Louis Seve
Reynolds
Berra
Pillette
Paige
Stuart
Courtney
Shreveport
Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
Dallas
Two Men Charged in Alice Mistake Slaying
Nago Alaniz law partner of the district attorney elect and Mario Sapate a San Antonio tavern operator are charged with murder by mis take in the slaying of Jacob S. Floyd Jr. a 22 year old law student shot at home Floyd died after being shot once in the head and once in a wrist while attempting to enter a car following a secret rendezvous between his father and a Latin American figure.
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Alice
Nago Alaniz
Jim Wells County
Jacob S. Floyd Jr
Floyd
Mario
EL Turro) Sapate
San Antonio
Homer E. Dean
Young Floyd
Sam Reams
79Th District Court
Reams
Poopd
Leip LI OL
Alaniz
Rayburn Norris
Dist. Atty
Alfred Allee
Allce
Sapate
Justice of the Peace
Brown Fuller
Fuller
San Diego
Duval
Jim Wells
Hubert Sain
Sain
Sam Smithwick
William H. Mason
Smithwick
Underpass To Open for Fair
The East Tenth Avenue underpass will open to traffic during the Tri State Fair. City Manager N V Moss said the fair runs Sept 22 to 27. The four lane underpass will not be finished but should serve as a traffic route during the event. Traffic is rerouted through East Third Avenue and East Twenty Ninth Avenue during construction.
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East Tenth Avenue
N. V. Moss
East Third Avenue
East Twenty-Ninth Avenue
Tenth Avenue
Action Under Way To Ask Congress for It
Construction money for the 85 million dollar Canadian River dam will be sought in the next Congress. The Canadian River Water Conservation Association voted to form 11 North and South Plains municipal water districts and a master district to enable federal funding. George Mahon urged urgent action as local leaders prepare petitions, elections, and contracts with the government.
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George Mahon
Lubbock
Walter Rogers
Pampa
Center
Canadian River Water Conservation Association
Clarence Whiteside
Bryce Huguenin
Dallas
Congress
Thomas Thompson
North
South Plains
Texas
Association
Dallas Law Firm
Dumas, Huguenin & Boothman
State Board of Water Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Mahon
Senate
House
Eisenhower wraps up nine busy campaigning days in 1948
Dwight Eisenhower completed nine days and 6,300 miles of campaigning, arriving in New York after Indianapolis and Washington stops. He told workers crowds show desire for change, and discussed a Taft conference to define the GOP nomination strategy while planning more travel and speech writing.
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New York
Dwight Eisenhower
Indianapolis
Washington
Robert Taft
Ohio
White House
Eisenhower
Eisen
Hower
Cincinnati
Taft
Midwest
Republican National
Isenhower
Ebsenhower
Nationalirport
Committee
Stevenson Blast Eisenhower Team in California Stop
Gov Adlai Stevenson arrived in Los Angeles after a day long whistle stop campaign aimed at rapping Republicans and outlining his program for California votes. He declared that Gen Dwight Eisenhower had included on his team. He was tired but pleased by cordial trainside receptions in eight cities along the San Joaquin Valley.
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Los Angeles
Adlai Stevenson
California
Texas
Lme
San Joaquin Valley
Sttevenson
Stevenson
Gen
Dwight Eisenhower
George C. Marshall
F. ‘Cal
Tilinoia
Eisenhower
Sen
William B. Jenner
Indiana
Jenner
Marshall
Indianapolis
Denver
Joseph M. McCarthy
Wisconsin
America
Russia
General Marshall
Light Showers Sweep Eastern Panhandle and Panhandle Plains
Light rain fell across the eastern Panhandle yesterday with more showers expected today as cloudiness increases. Rain totals varied from traces to about half an inch with Pampa reporting .32 inch and Amarillo about .50 inch in spots. Temperatures remained mild with highs near 73 and lows around 62.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
Panhandle Plains
Miami
Canadian
Dalhart
Gage
Hobart
Claude
Shamrock
Clarendon
Pampa
Perryton
North Plains
Guymon
Clayton
Childress
Tucumcari
Roswell
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Calif
Stalin
R. L. Duke
Joe McCarthy
A. J. Kelly
Amearillo Optimist
Dan Higgins
Frank Helvey
Walter Irvin
Jim Watkins
Areey Morning
Wes Izzard
High Plains
LILA
Priona
Palmer County Fair
Shiplep
Wiggins & Co
W. Oth
Henry McLemore
Martha Mason
Shepherdess
Sanford
Herring Hotel
Canadian River Dam
Allan Shivera
Canadian River
Chapman
Interior Department
Budget Bureau
House Appropriations Committee
Eastern Panhandle
Amarrillo
Floyds County
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