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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1950
Page
4
Trained observers in Hong Kong report 200000 Chinese Communist troops shifted from the Indochina border to the east near Formosa. In Shanghai typhus, a fever spread by lice, has broken out, according to a delayed health review.
The piece notes 1948 changes lengthening some governors' terms from two to four years, with New Jersey extending from three to four years and Connecticut moving to four years next January. The Council of State Governments says 28 states will have 4-year governors. others retain 2-year terms. It also promotes reading about parenting and rivalries in a magazine.
Chicago based report notes Maj. Gen. Orvil A. Anderson will address Class 50-A graduates at a Las Vegas USAF Officer Candidate School ceremony. Dogs inspired by glamorized tags for male and female dogs at Lackland AFB are mentioned in a broader feature tied to the event.
New York state is seeing a housing boom under a veterans mortgage program authorized by the 1950 federal housing law. The move lowers monthly payments and accelerates land purchases for low cost housing. In Long Island farmers fetch high prices as cropland turns to building sites with prices rising from $500 to $4500 per acre and bare land offered at $200 per front foot.
Pittsburgh on June 15 saw a brief break in the weeklong milk strike affecting 3200 dairy workers across Pittsburgh and six western Pennsylvania counties. Housewives led by Mrs Nelson Hennett urged ending the walkout, while union and company officials planned a meeting before resuming talks. Washington Mills strike talks hinge on Sunday shutdowns, with unions seeking a 40 hour week and higher take home pay while dairies push for Sunday closures to maintain delivery.
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