Americans pull back on western front in Korea as Yongdok is retaken
Western front line shifts up to 15 miles behind the Naktong River as US and South Korean forces regroup. South Koreans recapture Yongdok with naval gunfire support. Marines arrive on front after landing in the south. MacArthur declares Yongdok victory amid broader Allied withdrawals toward Pusan.
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Tokyo
Naktong River
Yongdok
Douglas MacArthur
Naktong
Andong
Nam Rivers
Chinju
Masan
Nam River
Pusan
Japan
Korea
MacArthur
One Million In By End of Year New Army Aim
The Army aims to add 400000 men by year end as part of a stepped up manpower drive. Marine Corps plans nearly 180000 personnel and three divisions with expanded air arm, prompting Navy growth. Combined force target rises to about 2311000 officers and men from 1500000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
National Guard
Marine Corps
Navy
Air Force
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
Korea
Truman
Congress
Bridge Accident Kills Driver in San Antonio
Edward Linden aged 50 died in San Antonio from injuries after losing control of his car near the Medina River Bridge on Highway 281 South.
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San Antonio
Edward Linden
Medina River Bridge
Highway 281
Strain of Texas Coaching School Sees Coaches On The Move
The 18th annual Texas Coaching School runs day and night with lectures drills and films keeping nearly 2000 coaches on the go. Rupp and Iba lead All-Star basketball teams while Wilkinson and Munn direct football squads. New directors and alternates chosen. regional director Weldon Phillips re-elected.
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Bud Wilkinson
Amarillo
Jack Newby
Wilkinson
Oklahoma University
Newby
Neal Douglass
Austin
Adolph Rupp
Texas
Kentucky
Gregory Gym
Rupp
Oklahoma A&m
Hank Iba
Michigan State
Biggie Munn
House Park
Freshman Field
Coaches Association
Howard
Bull) Lynch
Johnny Stovall
Fort Worth Tech
I. B. Griffith
Silsbee
Lynch
Tricky Ward
Borger
Raymond Berry
Paris
Stovall
Bill Bush
Galveston
J. W. Johnson
Karnes City
Griffith
Phillips
Rio Grande Valley
Weldon Phillips
Harlingen
Pay Hike Strike Halts Building in Shreveport
A building trades craft strike halted construction in Shreveport on Wednesday after negotiations collapsed. The sticking point was a five cent an hour wage increase, to be paid now or starting January 1, amid a dispute between the union and contractors.
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Shreveport
Adolph Rupp Dominates as Colorful Coach and Society Spotlight
The article notes Adolph Rupp of Kentucky as a colorful basketball mentor nicknamed Mr. Basketball and Coach of the Year. It also previews fall fashion on the American Statesman cover and highlights the Elgin Yam Festival set for August 31 with a queen, twins and triplets honors, a turtle race, a parade, and yam dishes.
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Man In the
Kentucky
Adolph Rupp
Rupp
Baron
American Statesman
Austin
Elgin
Central Texas
Murder charge filed in wreck that killed woman near Georgetown
A San Antonio man, Joe Lester James, 27, faces murder charges after a Sunday crash eight miles north of Georgetown on Highway 81 killed Mrs. Charles Mersiovsky, 43, of Jarrell, and critically injured her son Robert, 13. James also faces aggravated assault with a motor vehicle and negligent homicide accusations. police say he was intoxicated.
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San Antonio
Georgetown
Joe Lester James
Jarrell Justice of the Peace Court
J. L. Bergstrom
Henry Montichek
James
Charles T. Mersiovsky
Jarrel
Robert Roy Mersiovsky
Seton Hospital
Bergstrom
Mersiovsky
Rudolph Mersiovsky
General Martin Outlines Guard Mobilization Plan
Brig. Gen. William H. Martin of Texas National Guard described mobilization prep at an Austin Reserve Officers Association luncheon. He outlined how unit commanders alert, assemble personnel, report to superiors, and arrange billeting and feeding for troops. Col. Edward Robinson Jr. presided.
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William H. Martin
Texas
Texas National Guard
Austin Reserve Officers Association
Gen. Martin
Edward Robinson Jr
Association
Three Texans Listed In Korean Casualties
The Defense Department reports in casualty list No. 52 that one Texan is missing in Korea and two are wounded. Missing is Private First Class Victor P. Jimenez of San Antonio. Wounded are Private First Class Keith Duree of Pampa and Private First Class Jesse Whitfield Sumners of Lubock.
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Washington
Defense Department
Victor P. Jimenez
Candelaria Perales
San Antonio
Keith Duree
John Burl Parks
Pampa
Jesse Whitfield Sumners
Red
Sadie Mary Sumners
Lubock
United States rejects linkage of Korea war to China seating
American Chief Delegate Warren R. Austin rejected Soviet attempts to tie Red China’s UN seat to the Korean War. He insisted no deal can end the North Korean aggression and Korea must take priority. Other delegates urged isolating the aggression and avoiding broad concessions. The council adjourned without action.
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Lake Success
Warren R. Austin
Austin
Security Council
Red China
United States
United Nations
Council
North Korea
Republic of Korea
Jakob A. Malik
Soviet Union
China
Sir Gladwyn Jebb
Britain
Jean Chauvel
France
Arne Sunde
Norway
Antonio Quevedo
Ecuador
Alberto I. Alvarez
Cuba
Quevedo
General Assembly
Jebb
Jakob B. Malik
Korea
United
Blanco County Fair Opens With Rodeo Thursday Night
Johnson City Texas reports the 20th annual Blanco County Fair and Rodeo opens Thursday at 8 p m with bareback bronc riding saddle bronc bull riding calf roping steer dogging wild horse races boys and girls barrel races Rodeo producer Troy Howard leads a strong livestock lineup with 855 in added money and 1 000 extra seats added The fair runs through Saturday featuring queen pageants judging and multiple livestock exhibits and prize classes across cattle sheep goats and dairy breeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Blanco County Fair
Troy Howard
Cotulla
Blanco County
Flooding Wipes Out 75 Blocks In Wichita Falls
The Associated Press reports 325 families evacuated as Holliday Creek floods stretch across 75 blocks in south and southeast Wichita Falls. Rescue teams including soldiers from Sheppard AFB assist, with health cautions on typhoid and typhus shots and boiled water advised.
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Wichita Falls
Holliday Creek
Sweetwater
Carl Trantham
Abilene
Sheppard Air Force Base
National
Red Cross
Houston Terry
Terry
Hillcrest
Weeks Park
Wichita Falls Country Club
Ex Galveston Official McCarthy Dies in Waco Hospital
Samuel Lawrence McCarthy 78 former Galveston city finance and revenue commissioner died in Waco hospital on Wednesday after arriving June 12. He previously worked in banking in Galveston, retired 24 years ago and moved to Dallas. Funeral services will be held Thursday in Waco.
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Waco
Samuel Lawrence McCarthy
Galveston
McCarthy
Dallas
Scattered Showers Forecast for Centex
Weather forecast from the Austin Weather Bureau predicts early morning scattered showers across Central Texas. Expect partly cloudy skies and cooler afternoon temperatures with a further drop anticipated for Thursday.
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Red River Valley
Dallas-Fort Worth
Sweetwater
Weather Bureau
Paginas Texas
Pecos Valey
Centex
Texas
Austin
Senate panel backs automatic price controls and tax plans
The Senate banking committee endorsed automatic price and wage controls with a later fixed trigger and authorized penalties for hoarding and black marketeers. It backed a 10 percent tax on television sets and home freezers and considered expanding excise cuts repeal while seeking full Senate and House approval.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
House
White House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Bricker
R-Ohio
Fulbright
D-Ark
Ewan Clague
Labor Departments Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S. Plans to Produce Hydrogen and Atomic Bomb Materials
The Atomic Energy Commission assigned Dupont to design facilities to produce materials for weapons or power, signaling possible simultaneous production of plutonium and tritium. The move raises questions about whether large scale tritium output could affect plutonium production and the broader A-bomb program.
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Washington
United States
Dupont Company
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Commission
Delaware
Hanford
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