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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1950
Page
28
After a garage man washed and polished Fred Ford instructed to throw dirty water over the car to create a dirty look for a television film shoot. Ford, an advertising executive, said the stunt was to photograph the washing device demonstration and require a spotless polish under the dirt.
The AFL and CIO collaboration in politics this fall seems closer after the Pepper defeat in Florida. Union leaders report both sides seek merger talk, though top rivals clash over leadership. Many union members supported Smathers, dampening Pepper efforts and signaling evolving labor strategy.
Odell Smith the flagpole sitter attempting to break the 117 day record received his first haircut aloft in Atlanta. Barber James Faucett was hauled up 60 feet to perform the cut as part of the endurance stunt.
The 162nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the USA will decide today on a report urging an immediate halt in making mass destruction weapons. The document calls for a national day of mourning on August 5, condemning atomic and hydrogen bomb development and urging repentance for warlike policies. In Edinburg, Hidalgo County tax attorney Truett Hubbard was injured when a courthouse record book fell on his toes, forcing absence from work.
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