Reds Promise Full PW Return Across Korean Prison Camps
At Panmunjom the Communists pledged all United Nations prisoners who insist on repatriation will be freed. They reported returning 400 POWs today including 110 Americans, raising total Allied repatriations to 10,618. The operation, to finish within 60 days after the July armistice, includes thousands more North Koreans and various Allied nationals, with some prisoners refusing repatriation and others unaccounted for.
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Panmunjom
United Nations
U.N
U. N
Er Oe
Kaesong
North Korea
National Mediation Board Steps to Avert Rail Strike
The National Mediation Board in Washington acted to avert a threatened strike by the Order of Railway Conductors and 85,000 other workers. Talks are set for Tuesday in Washington with 35,000 conductor members, as a 60 day automatic delay would occur if mediation is sought.
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National Mediation Board
Washington
NMB
Order of
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Missouri
Students Begin Sign Up Across Schools This Week
School registration starts Monday under Superintendent Chas M. Rogers. Elementary entries allow morning and afternoon signup with birth certificates vaccination proof and report cards. Junior high splits by surname A through M on morning Monday and others on afternoon. seniors Monday and Tuesday with detailed name bands. St Marys Academy and Price College enrollments follow with specific daily slots and times. Amarillo College night classes start Sept 14. Amarillo Center registration runs to Sept 12 with evening options.
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Chas. M. Rogers
R. B. Norman
St. Mary's Academy
Price College
Price
Amarillo College
Amarillo Center
West Texas State College
US to Smooth Over UN Fuss With India
The United States plans to back India's Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit for U N General Assembly president to heal rifts from blocking Indian Korea conference membership. Officials seek improvements in U S India ties while considering India’s role in the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission and possible inclusion in wider Far Eastern diplomacy.
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India
Washington
United States
Mme. Pandit
U.N. General Assembly
New York
United Nations
Korea
Asia
China
Mme
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Nehru
United Nation
Amarillo Man at Gate to Freedom
An Amarillo sergeant previously listed as killed in action, Douglas Earl Stephens, 20, was released in Operation Big Switch. He served with the 38th Infantry and was last seen during an Aug. 27, 1951 engagement in Korea. His family plans reunions in California after his return.
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Sunday News-Globe
C. H. Stephens
North
Manhattan
Douglas Earl Stephens
Freedom Village
Ross Stephens
Korea
Amarillo
W. EF. Green
North Woodland
W. T. Stephens
Air Force
Eddie
Kenneth Stephens
Harvey Bailey
Stephens
Robstown Flood Swamps South Texas After Dike Breaks
Floodwaters three to four feet deep swept Robstown and surrounding areas as 1,500 people evacuated. A dike breach and eight inches of rain in 36 hours unleashed widespread inundation with 400 to 500 families moved from subdivisions. National Guard trucks evacuated residents while highways into Robstown remained closed and steady rains threatened further flooding along the coast.
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Associated Press
Robstown
South Texas
Corpus — Christi
National Guard
San Benito
Harlingen
Brownsville
Lester Newell
Bluebonnet
San Pedro
Carroll Keach
U. S. Weather Bureau
Corpus Christi
Weather Bureau
Knights of Columbus
Keach
Fair Weekend Weather With Scattered Showers Across Regions
Sunday and Monday bring mostly clear to partly cloudy skies in West Texas and New Mexico with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers in some areas. Temperatures hold with highs around 80s to mid 90s in New Mexico and lower 80s to upper 90s in West Texas. no major changes expected. Baseball scores show Clovis, Amarillo, Lubbock and other teams tallying wins and losses in regional league play with several pitchers named in key at bats.
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Amarillo
Vicenity
Texas
New Mexico
Shivers Hints Special Session On Drought Relief And Teacher Pay
Gov. Shivers said a drought could trigger a special Texas Legislature session focused on hay and roughage for cattle, with potential talks on teachers’ pay and hospital construction. He noted a decision awaits rainfall and financial reports while noting a past $600 raise plan faced opposition from the Texas State Teachers Association.
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Austin
Texas
Shivers
Assny
TSTA
Mystery of salvaged money from Flying Enterprise deepens
The Flying Enterprise wreck yielded soaked cash totaling hundreds of thousands in British and American currency. Isbrandtsen Lines officials say only a few hundred dollars were aboard. the rest allegedly sat in sacks or mail cargo. An Italian salvage crew hauled up the bills after divers reached 262 feet off the English coast and took them to a Brussels bank for drying and sorting. Captain Carlsen, aboard the Flying Enterprise II, was unreachable. The sinking occurred in 1952 after the original ship was abandoned during a storm.
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New York
Flying Enterprise
Henrik Kurt Carlsen
Isbrandtsen Lines
Clayton McLaughlin
English
Brussels
Belgium
Bank of Brussels
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