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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1954
Page
1
Government statistics highlight improving overall activity with May employment rising modestly, factory and mining output turning up in May after April decline, and better auto sales. However unemployment remains higher than desired and defense spending trends downward amid mixed gains.
Phenix City patrol guard E. J. Peeples is assigned to watch the home of officer after he says he faced death threats for commenting on the slaying of Democratic attorney general nominee A. L. Patterson. He fired at a prowler in his yard but no one was admitted to Cobb Memorial Hospital.
Hanoi awaits a Vietminh attack as divisions ring the city from the north west and south west. Rebel forces, backed by Red China supplies, push toward the Red River Delta defenses despite French air strikes and shelling.
An 11 year old girl shot and killed her father Lester Wade Brown 53 with a .22 caliber rifle in Rosa Lee Gardens Hampton Virginia on Father's Day. The child Anna Wade Brown has been charged with murder but not held. The incident followed domestic quarrels with threats to the wife Mrs Brown.
Funeral services will be held in Washington tomorrow for Senator Lester C. Hunt who shot himself in his Senate office. The Senate recessed for the day out of respect. Hunt, 61, had previously served as Wyoming governor and had been a senator since 1949.
UNIONTOWN PA June 20 Gino Theodori 28 and his nephew Steve Vrable 10 both of Upper Peanut drowned in a strip mine hole along Route 51. Deputy Coroner Joseph Flack said the boy slipped in while fishing and Theodori jumped in after him. Firemen recovered the bodies from about 40 feet of water.
Paris June 19 The Duke of Windsor celebrates his 60th birthday this week in good health and blithe spirit. He laughs off plans for celebrating and says he does not want to talk about it.
Five U S airmen captured by Vietminh near Tourane six days earlier were loaded onto a Communist ship heading south. French sources say they were taken from Quan Khai Tai on the Vienndien River after leaving the Marble Mountains area and were seen in bathing attire Monday near My Khe. An embassy spokesman noted the airmen had left the base without leave and may have borrowed arms.
Former President Harry Truman underwent emergency gallbladder and appendix removal at Research Hospital after falling ill Friday night. Doctor Wallace Graham reported his condition excellent the next day and estimated a 10 day hospital stay if recovery remains typical.
State Senator John J. Haluska says sixteen doctors at Miners Hospital in Spangler plan to resign July 15 unless he is removed as administrator. He claims the doctors target him over his opposition to an alleged cancer cure promoted by Harry M. Hoxsey, while halting threats to fire him. The doctors threaten a mass departure as the facility plans a cancer clinic, drawing criticism from the American Medical Association which denounced Hoxsey’s treatment.
In Geneva on June 20 Western leaders moved to clear the conference field for negotiations with the Vietminh. France aims to reach a peace in Indochina within four weeks, with Premier Mende managed talks directly rather than through an Allied front. The United States prepares to reduce its delegation as Eden heads to London for talks with Churchill.
Six long term convicts armed with homemade pistols and knives killed guard Fred Kenaga and briefly held eight visitors hostage in a failed escape at Kansas State Prison in Lansing Kansas. Warden Charles Edmondson said a guard and two convicts were wounded during the exchange of fire. A hostage was injured. the convicts surrendered after threats and sustained gunfire from officers.
The CIO urged the federal government to elevate workmen's compensation to a status of decency after more than 40 years of failure. It argued states have failed to provide standard, adequate coverage without federal prodding or national participation.
United Nations Security Council session in New York saw Russia veto a US backed bid to refer Guatemala’s aggression complaint to the Organization of American States. France called for an immediate end to the bloodshed with a unanimous council resolution urging restraint by all UN members. The dispute sparked tempers and a charged exchange between US envoy Lodge and Soviet delegate Tsarapkin.
Washington report on H Struve Hensel asserting Sen. McCarthy admitted he had no factual basis for charges against him and offered to withdraw them. Hensel released an affidavit to bolster his claim while Mundt weighs including it in the record amid ongoing army hearings.
Regina Ernest a 19 year old Bremen model with a 21 inch waist and a 36 inch bust was elected Miss Germany of 1954 in Baden Baden. She will compete in the Miss Universe pageant in Long Beach California next month.
Guatemala's charge d affaires accused the United States of airlifting war weapons to Honduras and Nicaragua. He said these arms are now used by invading forces aiming to overthrow President Jacobo Arnez. He asked the Inter-American Peace Commission to aid in restoring peace.
Guatemalan President Arbenz reportedly mobilizes a “taxicab army” using commandeered private cars to defend against anti-Communist invaders. Rebels claim 5,000 Guatemalan fighters drive toward Jutiapa and Asuncion Mita, with reports of arms drops and desertions from government forces. The U N and U S Embassy warn of rising anti-American sentiment as plans to evacuate Americans intensify.
Secretary of Defense Charles B Wilson said the United States maintains a two to three year edge in weapons technology over Russia. He argued the gap is better understood now, not narrowed, and warned against a third world war as a solution to Cold War tensions.
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