Public to learn weekly total casualties of Korean War
Officials said the Defense Department will publish a weekly total of Americans killed wounded or missing in Korea in addition to daily casualty lists. The move, approved by Secretary Johnson, resumes a policy last used August 7 amid concerns about enemy reporting.
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Washington
Defense Department
Department
Korea
Army
Armed Services
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
The
Army Air Force
Leukemia Victim Connie Sue Marrs Dies After Visitors
Four year old Connie Sue Marrs of Long Beach died after a battle with leukemia. Despite illness she received visits from entertainers Bobo the Clown Dave O'Dell and Hopalong Cassidy star Bill Boyd had promised to visit. Her final days included fan requests and hospital care.
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Long Beach
Calif
Connie Sue Marrs
Bobo the Clown
Dave O'Dell
Hopalong Cassidy
Bill Boyd
Red Guerrillas Enter Greece From Albania
The Greek Ministry of Public Order says a 20 man Communist guerilla band entered Greece from Albania two nights earlier. One member killed his leader and surrendered, claiming the group was an advance intelligence unit sent from Poland to link with the Greek Communist underground. They were heavily armed and carried two radio transmitters.
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Athens
Greece
Ministry of Public Order
Albania
Poland
Police arrest two in gambling raid at East Austin tavern
Two Austin men faced gambling charges after a police raid on an East Austin tavern. Leo Earl Cheek, 23, pleaded guilty in corporation court and paid a 12 fine. The other man was held for questioning by Liquor Control Board agents.
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Austin
East Austin
Leo Earl Cheek
Rio Grande
Liquor Control Board
Boat License Hearing Set for September 11
A hearing on an injunction to halt commercial fishing boat license issuance by the Game Fish and Oyster Commission was postponed toSept. 11 in 96th District Court before Judge C O Betts. Texas Fisherman’s Association had charged the license increase from 1550 to 2325 exceeds the commission’s authority.
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Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
96Th District Court
C. O. Betts
Texas Fisherman's Association, Inc
Jack County Rancher Horace Green Killed Under Tractor
Horace W. Green longtime Jack County commissioner 1945 to 1949 was found crushed beneath his overturned tractor on his ranch near Jacksboro Wednesday night. New Walker, who planned to relieve Green, discovered the wreck in a ravine. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon.
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Jacksboro
Horace W. Green
Jack County
New Walker
Green
Pasture Improvement Meeting Set for September 6
The executive committee of the statewide pasture improvement program will meet here on September 6 to discuss their task. Chairman Ray Willoughby of San Angelo and Vice-Chairman Claude W. Voyles of Austin will conduct the meeting with Governor Allan Shivers hosting a dinner. The governor proclaimed a decade of pasture improvement when the committee formed last May.
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Ray Willoughby
San Angelo
Claude W. Voyles
Austin
Allan Shivers
Hudson UAW Secures 7 Cents An Hour Auto Worker Pay Boost
Hudson Motor Car Company grants a 7 cent hourly raise to 20 000 workers and 3 more cents to skilled staff, joining GM Chrysler and Packard in the pattern. Ford workers strike idle 15 000 as walkouts spread amid wage boost tensions at Rouge and Highland Park plants.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Hudson Motor Car Company
Delwin Craig
Hudson Uaw
Craig
Hudson
General Motors
Chrysler
Packard
Ford
United Auto Workers International Union
UAW
Carl Stellato
Rouge
Highland Park
GE Plant Struck by 9500 Workers in Syracuse
In Syracuse on August 31 CIO electrical workers walked out at General Electric's 9500-employee plant that makes television receivers after union talks in New York collapsed. Local 320 led by Harold Martin initiated the strike as 4000 members began picketing the factory. Nearby Massachusetts plants also faced strikes by CIO Electrical Workers. Local 255 in Pittsfield considered a strike. East Walpole workers demanded a 10 cent raise. John Brady of Local 320 said only top supervisors and Army Navy inspectors would pass picket lines in Syracuse.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Cio
Electrical Workers
General Electric Company
International Union of Electrical Workers
Lue
IUE
National Labor Relations Board
Independent Electrical Workers Union
Massachusetts
Lynn
Holyoke
Pittsfield
Mass
CIO Electrical Workers
Arthur la Rue
East Walpole
Bird and Son Company
Norwood
A. H. Anderson
John Brady
Army
Navy
State Board Pays Schools 3 Million
The 12th and final installment of the $52 per pupil payment was released to Texas public schools on Thursday. The $3,109,516 total is based on an August 22 census of 1,554,758 pupils, funded from the state Available School Fund per Education Commissioner J. W. Edgar.
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Texas Public
J. W. Edgar
Cafeteria Prices Up In Fort Worth Schools
Fort Worth school cafeterias raised hotplate lunch prices by five cents, effective Thursday, as board of education approved the increase due to higher food costs since May 1949.
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Fort Worth
Board of Education
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Big Syracuse
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Local 320
New York
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Beauty Service
West Lynn
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