Bans Lifted On Newsmen In Korea Coverage
U S counterattacks push North Koreans back across the Kum near Taejon while a bridgehead holds west of the city. MacArthur lifts two press bans and considers censorship options as front-line reports return to Korea.
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Russell Brines
Associated Press
Okyo
U.S
MacArthur
Tom Lambert
Peter Kalischer
United Press
Lambert
Kalischer
Japan
Korea
Tokyo
Col
M. P. Echols
Echols
UN Considers Legion Force
UN officials discuss forming an international volunteer legion to aid Korea alongside ground troops. The proposed brigade would involve several months to organize and would supplement urgent requests for combat forces under Gen. MacArthur, with other aid such as food or transport also considered. The initiative signals a year or longer outlook for restoring peace in Korea.
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Pierre J. Hussins
N.Y
Korea
United States
Douglas MacArthur
Lake Success
MacArthur
UN Legion
Huge Flying Boat Averts Disaster
The Caroline Mars, an 8214-ton flying boat, completed a 480 mile Pacific flight to Alameda naval air station arriving at 6:17 p.m. with two engines, both on the right side one faulty. Fifteen crew and three Navy passengers were aboard as a five foot sea crest threatened their return from Honolulu. The craft had two failed left engines and a sputtering third, while last week it set a record by flying 2609 miles Honolulu to San Diego with 144 men aboard.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Honolulu
Alameda Naval Air Station
San Diego
Record grain crop outlook boosts South Plains sorghum acres
Rain and high moisture lifted sorghum prospects as acreage more than doubled from 1949 to 1949 1949 area totals show Lamb county leading with 290000 acres while Lubbock Hockley and Terry tie for second at 250000 acres. Cotton benefited from favorable weather with near normal growth. Government price support cut to 187 per 100 pounds may pressure profits amid potential regional surplus. See AREA GRAIN Page 10.
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Lamb County
Lubbock
Hockley
Terry
Dawson
Hale
Crosby
Gaines
Texas
Rains Boost Cotton Outlook in South Plains Region
K N Clapp, area observer for Anderson Clayton & Co., reports improving conditions across the South Plains as rains this week lift prospects. Moisture fell mainly west of Lubbock, with irrigated cotton rated good to excellent and unirrigated land fair to good. He keeps the earlier forecast of 1.531 million planted acres and a minimum yield near 600 thousand bales, noting potential if August rains arrive.
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H. I. Kiefer
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
K. N. Clapp
Anderson, Clayton & Co
Houston
Lubbock
Clapp
South Plains Oil News Editorial Roundup
An editorial page on Page 10 Section 5 comments on current oil sector issues in the South Plains region. The column notes market pressures, policy impacts, and industry outlook while urging readers to consider local energy initiatives and long term regional growth strategies.
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South Plains Oil News
Premiums Raised for 33rd Panhandle-South Plains Fair
Neil H. Wright Jr announces a $12,231 total premium pool for the October 2 to 7 event, up from $9,906 last year. The fair plans $25,000 in ground improvements while work starts this week. Wright lists 2023 superintendents and judges. women's division judges to be named later.
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Bill Clark
Avalanche-Journal
Panhandle - South Plains
Neil H. Wright, Jr
The
Fair Association
Wright
Heavy Rains and Tornado Wreak Havoc Across Plains
Thunderstorm swept the South Plains with lightning, rain up to an inch in western areas, and power outages in Levelland and Plains. Reports include hail in Denver City and scattered showers in Muleshoe, Anton, Seminole, Seagraves, and Denison. A Nebraska tornado injured four and damaged farms about 50 miles northeast of Omaha, with five deaths and extensive floods reported.
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South Plains
Levelland
Muleshoe
Anton
Seminole
Seagraves
Den
Nebraska
Omaha
Norgheast
East
York
Weather Bureau
Lubbock
Plains
Denver City
4 020 Texans To Get Draft Call
A state draft director announced 4 020 Texas youths will enter a draft examination pool for the September quota of 1 005. An additional 4 920 will take August exams as local boards receive quotas and notices to begin processing immediately.
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Austin
State Selective Service
Paul L. Wakefield
Wakefield
Texas
Weather By James J. Metcalfe Banker's Prayer
The piece presents a devotional prayer by a banker asking guidance to serve both rich and poor. He seeks grace to do his part daily as wealth and loans rise, and to be a counselor and helper to his community in striving for a secure and better world.
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James J. Metcalfe
Stalin Replies To Nehru Note On Korean War
Stalin issued his first statement on the Korean fighting in a personal message to Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Nehru offered to mediate, and the content of Stalin's reply was not disclosed.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Stalin
Jawaharlal Nehru
Nehru
S. Radakrisman
Andrei A. Gromyko
Soviet Union
Korea
Formosa
Indo-China
Russia
California man killed in Floyd County crash
Roy Willis Lemons, 34, of Garvey California, died after his 1940 Plymouth was rammed on U S 70 at Kentucky street by a 1947 Hudson driven by Durwood Gordon Branson of Odessa. Branson jailed on charges of failure to yield right of way and negligent homicide. Lemons died at the scene. funeral arrangements pending.
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U.S. Highway 70
Kentucky Street
Roy Willis Lemons
Garvey
Calif
South Plains
Durwood
Gordon Branson
Odessa
Branson
Kentucky
Dan Saunders
Lemons
Floyd County
Saunders
Harmon Funeral Home
California
U S Naval Planes Patrol China Coast
General MacArthur announced U S naval planes began aerial reconnaissance along the South China coast and Formosa. Seventh fleet planes were sent to deter Nationalist attacks and prevent operations against the Communist mainland while remaining off territorial waters. President Truman ordered protection of Formosa and restraint on attacks, with strict patrol instructions.
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Tokyo
General MacArthur
U. S
South China Sea
Formosa
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Truman
Seventh Fleet
Isle of
HST To Ask Funds and Power For Korea Program
President Truman plans to send Congress a midweek message asking funds and authority for a partial mobilization to cover both manpower and war materiel production. Generals Collins and Vandenberg say U S ground forces will hold a bridgehead in Korea and push back the Communists with new weapons and reinforced troops.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Ashington
High Administration
Truman
Congress
U. S
Korea
J. Lawton Collins
Collins
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Army
Air Force Chiefs of Staff
Douglas MacArthur
Korean
Navy
Air
Senators Oppose Wartime Control
In Washington on July 15, Democratic opposition grows to wartime price wage and rationing controls tied to the Korean conflict. Sen George Ga says sweeping controls now or standby powers would be a serious error, as leaders note Truman requests for war financing boost campaigns to cut Marshall Plan and non defense spending. Sen Kem Mo proposes a 718 million cut in Marshall Plan and a flat 10 percent cut in non defense measures. both may gain support due to the Korean war. Sen Connally Texas chairs Foreign Relations.
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Washington
Congress
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Truman
International News Service
Sen
Kem
R-Mo
Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Koreans Reported Using 300 Tanks Invasion Gains Said
The Army said fewer than 500 American casualties in three weeks of Korea fighting. U S and South Korean troops killed or wounded 8 000 to 9 000 Communist invaders through July 13. The army raised North Korean tanks to 300 from about 100, with a 35 ton T 34 noted. 28 Army men wounded listed: including Cpl Victor G Baker of Harlingen Texas and Sgt 1st Class Solomon J See.
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Associated Press
Kyo
U.S
Kum River
MacArthur
Taejon
Kum
Samgyo
South Korea
U. S
Pyongyang
International News Service
Ashington
Defense Department
Victor G. Baker
Harlingen
Texas
Solomon J
Truman asserts no cabinet changes amid Korea rumors
A presidential intemate said President Truman has no plan to replace Acheson or Johnson or to form a coalition cabinet with Republicans. He praises his handpicked team as highly efficient with minimal cabinet friction and no Roosevelt leftovers, despite ongoing speculation sparked by the Korean crisis.
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Truman
Robert G. Nixon
Ashington
International
State Acheson
Deee Johnson
Roosevelt
Korea
France
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
George C
Lee Truman
Midland Man Killed in Head-on Crash South of San Angelo
Landrum W. Pavey, 22, of Midland was decapitated when his truck collided head on with a passenger car 33 miles south of San Angelo on U S highway 37. In the other car L E Moore and wife and their daughter in law Barbara Thomas were seriously injured and taken to a San Angelo hospital.
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San Angelo
Landrum W. Pavey
Midland
Here
L. E. Moore
Littlefield
Barbara Thomas
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