Government payroll hits new postwar peak at 2.6 million workers
Washington reports that as of June 30 1952 the federal payroll reached 2 596 690 civilian and military civilian employees drawing about 9 4 million in salaries. One in 38 Americans aged 21 or older held civilian government jobs. Postal and civilian agency staffing moved in opposite directions with notable cuts and hires.
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Armed Forces
Defense Establishment
Post Office
United States
Sen
Byrd
D.-Va
Commerce Department
Economic Stabilization Agency
ESA
Sen. Ferguson JR Mich
Defense Department
Veterans Administration
FBI
Atomic Energy Commission
Soil Conservation Service and Reclamation
Employment Service
Public Health
Rites Set Monday At O'Donnell For Dawson County Resident
Funeral services for Wi Warren Williams 65 longtime Dawson County resident who died Thursday in a Lamesa hospital will be held Monday at the O Donnell Church of Christ with burial in O Donnell cemetery. Higginbotham Funeral Home of Lamesa directs arrangements. The report also notes a legislative debate over government payrolls propaganda and personnel funding amid ongoing federal spending trends.
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Lamesa
Warren Williams
Dawson County
O'Donnell Church of Christ
O'Donnell Cemetery
Higginbotham
Eastland County Reunion Set for August at Mackenzie Park
The Eastland County alumni plan a 10 a.m. reunion on August 24 at Mackenzie State Park. President N. R. Cogburn invites all former residents. A basket lunch will be served and signs will guide attendees to the site. Nearby, Jimny Close and daughter visit Mrs. Ceril Batton while Edgar T. Close arrives from Norfolk in the U.S. Navy.
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Eastland County
Mackenzie State Park
N. R. Cogburn
Jimny Close
Pampa
Mr. Close
Ceril Batton
36Th St
Batton
Edgar T. Close
Norfolk
U.s. Navy
Tex: Tech
Delayed Action Bomb Explodes In Wrecked Allied Plane
In Korea a delayed action bomb exploded in the wreckage of an Allied fighter bomber near Seoul. A U.S. flier’s body lay under a cockpit bomb for days as searchers worked, and a second pilot died in the crash of the second craft. The plane carried about a dozen 250 pound bombs and two 1,000 pounders. Villages nearby were evacuated until danger passed. It may be days before the wreckage is fully searched.
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Korea
Seoul
U.S
Derral C. Watson
Fairfield
Watson
North Korea
Adlai Invited To Cotton Bowl Debate
Eisenhower and Stevenson were invited to a face to face Cotton Bowl campaign discussion in Dallas. The invitation came from local business and civic groups totaling about 3 600 members. The State Fair of Texas invited them to speak on Oct 7 or 9 during the fair but no agreement was reached.
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Dallas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Texas
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Two Men Fined for Carrying a Pistol in County Court
Pablo Esqueda and Clinton Ailen pleaded guilty to pistol carrying in separate cases before Judge Edwin Boedeker. Each was fined 100 dollars plus costs after arrest by city police. A third man, James Doss, posted 500 dollars bond on a beer and whiskey possession charge.
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Edwin Boedeker
Pablo M. Esqueda
Clinton Ailen
James B. Doss
Fordham St
Operators Prepare To Plug Borden Wildcat
Operators were preparing to plug and abandon the W. A. Brill wildcat in southwestern Borden County Texas. A 4 hour drill stem test from 7 971 to 7 985 feet in the Penn Sylvanian reef lime showed gas at surface in 1 hour 45 minutes with 30 feet oil-cut mud 30 feet free oil and 550 feet salt water recovered. A previous 24 hour test from 7 971 to 7 980 feet had gas at surface in 1 hour 35 minutes with 30 feet of oil recovered 240 feet heavily oil and gas-cut mud and one gallon salt water. Electric logs were being run before abandonment. Drillsite sits 680 feet from west and south lines of Section 14 Block 32 T-3-N T&P Survey, 4 miles east of Vealmoor.
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W. A. Brill
Houston No
T. J. Good
Wildcat
Borden County
Fee
Section 14
Block 32
T&p Savey
Vealmoor
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