Should baseball keep status as national sport or favor football
Readers from Mary Louise Broome ask which code is America's national game. Voices from Groen, Gustan, Cox, J Jones, Carter and Robertson offer varied views praising baseballs popularity, pros, fast play, or footballs national claim based on excitement and gate receipts.
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A. M. Groen
Mississippi
John Gustan
Florida
Jack Cox
Maryland
Frances Carter
North Fairfield
Nighttime in Korea tugged at the heart
Hal Boyle writes of Korean nights easing homesickness for American soldiers. The calm moonlit hills, distant family sounds, and shared sleepiness offer solace amid war. A night with Capt Edward Dougherty recalls stars’ quiet march as shells roll and the nation ponders why the world bears such yoked divides.
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Korea
Edward A. Dougherty
Leonardo
Captain Dougherty
TV Ruins His Hanny Home
Harman W. Nichols humorously ventriloquizes a Washington cook overwhelmed by family TV demand. He laments competing with parakeet Ivan Beverly and his wife for screens while noting rising radio sales, 106 TV stations, and 24 million potential World Series viewers, hoping for peace with radios in every room.
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Washington
America
Bandall
A. B
Happy) Chendler
Retailers Not To Blame Says Retailers Not To Blame
R C Houlihan of Fort Worth says manufacturers are taking all the money they can with no one to stop them as he addresses the Texas Retail Grocers Association in Dallas at its annual meeting.
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Dallas
Texas Retail Grocers Association
R. C. Houlihan
Fort Worth
Coal output rises in Port Arthur in first half
Canadian coal production in the first half of the year shows a 5 percent rise over the same period in 1949 at Port Arthur. Imports declined by 3 percent during the same six months.
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Port Arthur
Ontario
Wild Potatoes Spur Global Taco Night? No Political Tie
Potatoes native to the Americas grow wild from the southwestern United States to Chile. Britannica notes their widespread presence and historical spread. The piece also hints at dairy rations built on legume pastures, followed by an advertisement.
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Americas
United States
Chile
Flying paper saucers shower Fort Wayne advertisement
About 2,000 paper flying saucers dropped over Fort Wayne Indiana. They carried advertising for a movie. Police and residents reported the unusual spectacle and collected some of the items as the event drew curiosity and surprise.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Iron ore reserves in United States estimated over 77 billion
Estimates indicate that reserves of iron ores in use in the United States along with additional usable ores total more than 77 billion gross. The figures reflect measured and inferred ore bodies across multiple districts, highlighting substantial domestic resource wealth and potential future supply.
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United States
Former Legislator Hurt in Wreck Near Comfort
Claud Gilmer former speaker of the state House of Representatives and his wife were injured in a head on collision near Comfort Texas. Mrs Gilmer sustained head injuries and was in serious condition while Gilmer was not seriously hurt. The other car's driver Willie Ellis Griffin 28 of San Antonio and four passengers had minor injuries. Mt Cotopaxi Ecuador at 19344 feet is named by the National Geographic Society as the world's highest active volcano.
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CBS
Lucky Pup
Snarky Parker
NBC
Capalong Hossiday
Video
Fredericksburg
Claud Gilmer
State House of Representatives
Comfort
Here
Gilmer
Willie Ellis Griffin
San Antonio
Mt. Cotopaxi
Ecuador
National Geographic Society
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