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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1950
Page
4
Wallace, presidential candidate in 1918, said he will quit the Progressive party if its members reject his Korea policy. He argued for nonintervention and U.N. backing, while party leaders insisted foreign involvement could worsen the Korea dispute. He urged rank and file to accept his view or he would step out.
Navy reveals the Douglas built Skynight night fighter to patrol carrier skies. The jet, reaching about 600 miles per hour and featuring dive brakes, is designed to intercept bombers and ground targets. Initial order for 200 Skyknights is rolling off the Douglas El Segundo line.
Washington reports Sen Bridges says Congress will provide needed increases for armed services with a presidential request for several billions to bolster the American fighting machine. He warns funds must be used more efficiently and cites Korean conflict lessons.
Col Polaushenko, Allied Council member, charges that MacArthur’s Japan policy tramples democratic groups. He rejects the Supreme Commander’s reply to his June 24 protest over the purge of the Japanese Communist Party and Akahata.
American flyers in Korea faced a grim task of destroying abandoned U S equipment amid ground fighting. Harold Wohsta of Upland California reported he blasted a B trk and an American howitzer between the towns of Woman-NI and KyongéhorNi.
Marguerite Higgins, a foreign correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune, said she has been ordered out of Korea and told to return to Tokyo under escort. Two other correspondents were granted permission to return by Gen. MacArthur. Higgins reported from an advanced American base that she received no reason for expulsion.
Senator McMahon chairing the Senate Atomic Committee said in a television interview that he doubts the Korean War situation justifies use of the atomic bomb. He described the A bombs main role as power or massed troops, noting North Korea’s power sources and factories appear limited.
Pravda said American planes raided Wonsan last Thursday hitting a hospital flying the Red Cross flag. The correspondent reported 600 bombs dropped and streets piled with rubble as rescue workers dug bodies from the debris.
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More than 1,100 Ford, Lincoln and Mercury workers have begun receiving pension payments under Ford’s new plan that supplements Social Security. The program rewards long service, with 66 year olds receiving full benefits and others retiring with scaled pensions. Walter Griffith, 80, touted as the oldest on the line, embodies Ford’s aim to secure workers’ old age.
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