Employment Sets New July Record
Washington dispatch reports July employment at 63,120,600 a census bureau record for the month. Civilian employment showed little change from June and total nonagricultural workers reached 55,493,000 while agricultural employment fell to 7,628,000 in a seasonal pattern. Unemployment stood at 1,548,000, among the lowest July totals on record, with joblessness about 400,000 below a year earlier.
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Judge D F Blackmon Clashes With Photographer
AVL judge D F Blackmon exchanged blows with Nashville Tennessean photographer Jimmy Holt after a radio address denouncing what he called inflammatory articles about his court. Blackmon claimed Holt took a photo after being told he could not. The speech on WMAK responded to stories about a 9 year old girl kept in detention 25 days, with Blackmon saying foster care was unavailable.
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Virgin Mary Sash Believed Located in Syria Church
Archbishop Mar Athanasius Yeshue Samuel announced a sash worn by the Virgin Mary was found in the Church of Our Lady of the Girdle in Toms Syria. A glass case shattered on touch and a newly found Aramaic document were reported with the discovery. Archbishop Samuel is visiting Worcester.
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General Clark in Washington to brief defense chiefs
General Mark W. Clark arrived in Washington to receive a formal welcome and confer with defense chiefs before returning to command in the Far East. He warned the Korea armistice is a ceasefire, not peace, and said the peace issue rests with the upcoming political conference. He also addressed rumors about leading the Citadel and noted his son’s recent wedding.
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Monument Proposed in Capitol for Taft Leader
George Papanicolas, head of the Republican Greek-American committee, proposed a national Taft memorial in Washington. He said he would contribute substantially to launch a drive for a memorial to the Ohio Republican leader who died Friday.
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U S Spending to Stay High Despite Cuts
Congress cut appropriations to the lowest level in three years in 1953, yet the Treasury’s red-ink position remains. lawmakers approved 961.862 billion in appropriations, far below 85.999 trillion the previous year. Eisenhower predicts 74.1 billion outlay for the year, leaving a 5.8 billion deficit despite record tax receipts. Some funds will not be spent until 1955 or 1956.
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