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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1948
Page
7
President Truman faced a dead end as Southern Democrats blocked a poll tax ban and anti lynching measure. The Republican Senate yielded to Southern obstruction and dropped the civil rights bill, abandoning for 1948 any progress on civil rights amid a special session.
A Rio Grande Valley cotton farmer who tried to hire Mexican workers in Reynosa faced possible five year imprisonment and a 10 000 peso fine. He appeared to forfeit a 1041 dollar bond to remain free, with his brother saying the best course is to stay in Texas.
An autonomous traffic light near the San Francisco Bay Bridge uses magnetic detectors to sense passing cars and adjusts its signals to traffic conditions. It can grant brief green time to waiting cars and follows four schedules for morning and evening peaks and late night traffic.
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