Johnson Reveals Deferred Deferment Rules
Secretary of Defense Johnson announced that National Guardsmen and reservists in critical jobs may be deferred temporarily from active duty for up to six months. The plan, part of a three-department effort, includes 48 labor critical occupations and 72 commerce industries, but deferments are only guiding and do not affect Selective Service inductions.
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Defense
Johnson
Defense, Labor and Commerce
Labor Department
Commerce Department
Defense Department
National Guard
Army
Navy
Air Force
Armed Services
Selective Service
Price Will Take Over Munn Can't Coach All Stars
Biggie Munn MSU coach and THSCA instructor is barred from mentoring the South All Stars Friday night by a Big Ten rule. Kenneth Wilson notified Michigan State athletic director Ralph Young. Bud Wilkinson will not coach the North bench. Carl Price and Abe Houston assume coordination roles for the North squad. Grad Hester elected THSCA president. Herbert Hopper vies for VP. six day school proposal sent to directors.
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Biggie Munn
Michigan State
Texas High School Coaches Association
South All Stars
Munn
Kenneth
Tug) Wilson
Big Ten
Ralph Young
Young
Rebels
Hugh Daugherty
Spartar
Bud Wilkinson
University of Oklahoma
Wilkinson
Yankees
Kerrville
Donnie Smith
Temple
Roy Pace
White Oak
Max McGee
Galveston
Tommie Ward
Paschal
Glen Jones
Wichita Fall
Bill Wagogner
Brownwood
Don Lowe
Amarillo
Jack Newby
Association
Corpus Christi
Grad Hester
THSCA
Freeport
Herbert Hopper
Abe Houston
Housewives start makers market grows to weekly farmer stands
In 1946 four Llano housewives began a home makers market, joined by a fifth the next year, renting a building and selling fryers vegetables eggs cottage cheese and mutton each Saturday. The item notes weather and Southwest Conference football remain unpredictable with Bud Wilkinson cited as Coach of the Year.
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Llano
Texas
Bud Wilkinson
Oklahoma U
Heat wave to persist in Austin with near 99 degree high
Austin continues hot and dry as Friday's forecast targets around 99 degrees. A Weather Bureau spokesman said the cool front moving through northern parts of the state is unlikely to reach Austin with rain, keeping the droughty pattern for the day.
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Austin
Weather Bureau
Security Council Rejects Soviet Bid on Red China Entry
In a heated session the UN Security Council rejected a Soviet move to place Red China ahead of Korea in the agenda. The United States motion to keep Korea focused in the debate passed 8 to 1 with India and Yugoslavia abstaining. Malik denounced the vote as illegal as he prepared another meeting for Friday.
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Britain
France
China
Norway
Cuba
Ecuador
Egypt
India
Yugoslavia
Republic of Korea
Malik
Council
Warren R. Austin
Jakob A. Malik
Korea
Moscow
Austin
Sons of Nations
Security Council
Truman Defends Acheson and Johnson in Cabinet Fight
President Truman declared that Dean Acheson and Louis Johnson will not resign while he remains in the White House. He rebutted Tennessee Rep Priest who urged replacements for the top two cabinet officers. Truman also opposed a Senate loan rider of 100 million to Franco Spain in the ECA bill.
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Washington
Truman
Dean Acheson
Louis Johnson
Representative Priest
Tennessee
House
Acheson
Johnson
Priest
White House
Senate
Franco Spain
Man Dies After Fall From Truck in Dallas
Leon Williams 47 of Dallas was killed when a gust of wind blew empty box crates from a truck he rode on. Williams fell off the rear of the vehicle and suffered multiple skull fractures in Dallas.
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Dallas
Leon Williams
Williams
Truman Labels Alarm Clock Plan Invitation to Price Boost
The House backed an automatic price and wage control plan, seen as prompting a 5 percent price rise if living costs increase above June 15 levels. President Truman condemned it, preferring authority to roll back prices only if needed, while debate over broader labor and defense controls continued in Congress.
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Washington
House
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ewan Clague
Clague
Senate Committee
Representative Flood
Dpa
Leon Keyserling
President's Council of Economic Advisers
New US Defense Line Repels Enemy Assault
US forces repelled a major North Korean attack along the Naktong line as the 25th Infantry Division moved to reinforce the south front near Pusan. American air and naval units struck targets behind the front while reports indicate North Korean forces are massing near Taegu and Taejon as the front tightens.
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United Nations
Naktong River
1St Cavalry
Hyonpung
Chinju
Yongdok
Tokyo
Pusan
Southeast
Korea
Chuksandong
Naktong Line
Eighth Army
25Th
24Th
Seoul
MacArthur
Naktong
Taejon
Taegu
Aktong River
First Cavalry Division
Britain offers $9 billion plan to rearm West
Britain proposes a three year 3.4 billion pound program to build Western defenses against the Soviet Union if the United States provides substantial aid. The plan would raise total defense spending to about 10 percent of national income, with Britain supplying free military equipment to NATO partners if funds come from the US. Prime Minister Attlee noted heavy burden, possible delays in recovery, and emphasized U.S. support as essential. President Truman welcomed the move and urged other NATO nations to follow.
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London
Britain
Russia
Free States
Truman
Washington
Attlee
United States
Blaze Gutts City Furniture Store In Fredericksburg
A spectacular fire in downtown Fredericksburg gutted the City Furniture Store late Thursday. Volunteer crews battled for over two hours and saved surrounding structures as flames were contained. Loss is estimated up to 20000 dollars. cause is under investigation. Owners Andrew Keiser and Bill Hahne reported no idea how the fire started.
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Fredericksburg
Andrew Keiser
Bill Hahne
Llano Man Hurt in Car Crash North of Leander
Lamon York Ratliff of Llano was seriously injured late Thursday when his car skidded overturned and burned about one and a half miles north of Leander. Patrols say the vehicle failed to make a curve and rolled several times. he was the only occupant as doctors at Brackenridge Hospital assessed his injuries.
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Llano
Leander
Lamon York Ratliff
Brackenridge Hospital
Ratliff
East Texas Favored for Atomic Plant Site
Representative Pickett of Texas urged the Atomic Energy Commission to select East Texas as the site for a future atomic energy plant stating that large tracts are available along with ample electric power and oil and gas for fuel.
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Washington
Texas
Representative Pickett
Gordon Dean
The
Atomic Energy Commission
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