Weather's Cold but the Welcome's Warm
A nationwide telephone strike disrupts long distance calls as 80,000 workers stay idle. CIO leaders report flying pickets in Los Angeles New Orleans and Indiana while 33,000 Communications Workers of America members press for broader action. Federal officials monitor the day-old walkout with no intervention planned yet. Clyde Mills to resume talks on Western Electric dispute.
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New York
Communication Workers of America
CIO
Fedevae
Inet
Terese Fma AP Vrdanic
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Indiana
Washington
Western Electric
Michigan Bell
Clyde Mills
Wall of Fire Blazes Through City Evacuations Near Cajon Pass
Fire swept a two mile wide belt near Cajon Pass injuring 14 firefighters and forcing hundreds to flee. Police used buses to move nearly 300 evacuees to safety at a school as flames scorched a $35 000 colonial home and left residents grimy with sand and soot. Firefighters described zero visibility from dust and wind as they fought the blaze and saved a mother and daughter from a burning scene.
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US Forest Service
Cajon Pass
San Bernardino Mountains
Mojave Desert
John Baker
Russell M. Gray
Kay
Anna Sperling
Red Cross
Johnson watchdog on the job at Amarillo strategy
Sen Lyndon B Johnson says the Senate Defense Investigating Committee will press its probe into defense buildup with no interruption despite election results. He arrives for a Canadian River dam conference, hints at further disclosures from his files, and notes possible amendments from Sen Chavez to protect New Mexico water rights while stressing national mobilization and regional benefits.
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Globe
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas Panhandle
Amarillo Air Terminal
Canadian River
Garland Smith
Johnson Watchdog
Johnson
Washington
Texas
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Truman
East Texas
Lubbock
Texas Technological College
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Chavez
Bureau of Reclamation
Ute
Parjarite
Mora
Congress
Cenferprce
Joeey
Chamber of Commerce
Fritz Thompson
Hutchinson County
A. A. Meredith
Weldon Jolly
Borger
Rex Baxter
Gene Klein
Lawrence Hagg
H. E. Robbins
Amarillo
Dick Pepin
Pampa
J. Evetts Haley
Canyon
United States
South Plains
List Congress
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Marines Close On Chosin Reservoir In Korea Advance
US Marines drove within eight miles of the Chosin reservoir in northeast Korea amid feeble resistance after destroying seven Chinese battalions in a week-long clash. The Seventh Marines punched into Koto despite sniper fire as UN air forces mounted a broad 1,000-plane offensive with B-29 strikes targeting Manchurian frontier areas and key road junctions at Suju and Pukchin.
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U.P
Key Chosin Reservoir
Korea
United Nations
Seventh Marine Regiment
Koto
Chosin Reservoir
Chongchon River
Tokchon
Huichon
Wochon
Tiuju
Manchurian
Suju
Yalu River
Sinuiju
Pukchin
Withdraw Pickets in Six Texas Cities in Strike
Western Electric strikers pull back from Southwestern Bell exchanges in Dallas Fort Worth San Antonio Houston Austin and Wichita Falls as a wary war of nerves unfolds. CAW-CIO union says Washington ordered the move while Bell cites minimal service disruption and vows to continue the walkout for wage gains.
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Associated Press
Western Electric
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Texas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Dallas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Houston
Austin
Wichita Falls
Bell
Caw-Cio
Washington
Dalas
Bell Telephone Company
CWA
Grand Rapids
Flint
Mich
Earl Sheffer
Joseph Beirne
Emergency long distance calls get through here
Emergency calls only remained the rule at the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company plant as supervisors staffed the long distance switchboards amid a strike. Picketing by striking employees continued outside the plant, with details on the strike on Page 11.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Amarillo Considers New Airport Building Plans
Amarillo's commercial aviation status is under review as city commissioners hear recommendations from Leigh Fisher and Associates and CAA officials C. L Willis Jr and C. L Burr. Fisher notes Amarillo likely in a boom while stressing efficiency over showy projects.
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Amarillo
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Leigh Fisher
South Bend
Ind
Fisher
CAA
C. L. Willis, Jr
Fort Worth
C. L. Burr
Big Spring
Fourth Regional
Record cold grips Panhandle as temperatures dive
The Panhandle posted a nine degree low with snow flurries and a forecast of eight degrees tonight. Northern towns like Dalhart and Clovis recorded single digits, while cities nationwide faced widespread cold. Winburn notes this is an unusually extensive high pressure area from central Canada, with temps varying from single digits to the fifties regionally. Tomorrow may bring a return to around fifty, but another cold spell and possible snow Monday or Tuesday loom.
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Clovis
Dalhart
Guymon
Okla
H. C. Winburn
Amarillo Air Terminal
Canada
Rocky Mountains
West Coast
Winburn
El Paso Smelter Workers End Strike
El Paso workers at American Smelting and Refining back on the job after a strike over a 10 day disciplinary layoff of Manuel Guzman. Local 509 resumes talks with management to reinstate Guzman with full pay.
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EL Paso
American Smelting and Refining Company
Manuel Guzman
International Union’ of Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers
Lids On Industry Out Voluntary Approach Dropped
Washington November 10 Secretary of Commerce Sawyer said the government abandons voluntary production controls and will rely on mandatory orders through the National Production Authority. He warned civilianOutput declines will be tempered before military buying accelerates. He outlined steel expansion aims to 120 million tons annually by 1954 and noted bottlenecks in manganese iron ore and ore boats must be resolved.
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Washington
Sawyer
National Production Authority
NPA
Rness
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
Fair and continued cold today with clear skies and a hard freeze tonight. Ample data shows low temperatures around 8 degrees tonight, 35 today, 8 tonight, then rising to 50 tomorrow. Panhandle and South Plains stay 8 to 16 degrees tonight, others 16 to 32. Snow flurries limited to northern New Mexico mountains, otherwise fair with diminishing winds.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Arizona
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