Waste critique of U S medical work sparks Capitol Hill debate
A Hoover task force report criticizes waste and duplication in federal medical services. It notes 44 agencies spent about 1.25 billion dollars this year and 24 million people receive some government care. It calls for defining beneficiaries and warns against funding costly civilian care at the expense of veterans.
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Multiple Christmas Day deaths across Texas prompt AP toll
The Associated Press tallies Texas holiday fatalities with at least 81 dead from traffic crashes shootings stabbings drownings and other violence. Names include Simoneaux Beaumont. Latimore Neches. Harris Dallas. Cortez Corpus Christi. Sandstrum Humble. Harrison Alvin. Sawyer Hillsboro. Mitchell Houston. Bermen Harlingen. Rodriguez Weslaco. Thomas Troup. Ogden Beaumont. Fairchild Mt Pleasant. Gillory China.
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UN Failure World’s Fault in Indonesia Uprisings
The article argues the United Nations failed to provide an international police force to halt armed action in Indonesia and notes Cold War divides hinder cooperation. It warns of a potential Asiatic bloc forming and highlights Nehru and Sitara mayy a’s calls for Asian unity against imperial powers. Bolshevism is blamed for exploiting unrest to extend Red imperialism.
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Koreans Unite Against Reds
Strong anti-Communist Korean youth groups plan a merger into an organization of about six million members. The groups, active in politics and civic tasks like road repair and reforestation, would provide a non military reserve force for the Korean army. Sihn says merger talks since November now bring National Youth Group with 1.5 million members into the pact.
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Frederick Ullman Dies Film Producer After 23 Years
Frederick Ullman Jr a 45 year old film producer died at home reportedly of a heart attack ending a 23 year motion picture career He headed Pathe News from 1942 to 1947 and produced This Is America He was Yale educated 1928 and is survived by widow Janine Pinchot Ullman son Anthony and daughter Abby who live with Ullman's first wife Elizabeth in New York City.
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Amarillo Club Hosts A&M Students Tonight Dinner
Students from A&M College will join Amarillo A&M Club for a 7 pm dinner meeting at the Black Stone Hotel Coffee Shop. C B Williams says several students will discuss current aspects of college life during the session.
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Inaugural Parade Plans Loom for Washington D C
Frederick C. Othman notes the 1949 inaugural parade plans in Washington led by President Truman with Chairman Hildreth, featuring a nine mile route, a steam calliope, bands, floats from 48 states, and up to 750000 visitors, amid legal and security wrangles and costly preparations.
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Little Fellows With Big Colds Vicks VapoRub Ad
An old advertisement promotes Vicks VapoRub as a nighttime remedy for children with colds. The copy emphasizes bedtime use and claims effectiveness, naming VapoRub as the product of choice for little fellows with big colds.
Irish crochet chair-set pattern 7446 shown by Alice Brooks
A vintage crochet pattern offers a chair-set in Irish crochet style. The ad invites readers to mail twenty cents to Amarillo Globe in Brooklyn to receive Pattern 7446 with charts and photos, plus a book offering fifty or more needlework designs and a free pattern.
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David or Apollo is Capital Guest
Washington dispatch reports the first Michelangelo statue in the United States, David or Apollo, arriving for inauguration week. The marble statue arrives from Florence on the USS Grand Canyon and will be displayed at the National Art Gallery. The piece is loaned from the Bargello Museum and reflects a goodwill gesture.
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Apol
Jessie Moller to sail for Shanghai to evacuate workers
The steamer Jessie Moller, seized by Japan in 1941 and later recovered, will sail tomorrow from Shanghai to evacuate Moller Ltd Employes and records now threatened by advancing Chinese Communists. The vessel will be delivered to Hong Kong owners after the mission while Geneva was chosen as the World Health Assembly headquarters.
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More Than Million Ex-GIs in School
The Veterans Administration reported 1,051,000 World War II veterans enrolled in school as of November 30, a drop of 185,000 from 1947. A December 1947 peak was 1,245,000. The office of education noted only the theological seminary showing higher veteran enrollment this fall with 4,921 students, up 1,283 from last year.
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