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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1954

Page

3

Guatemala asks UN Security Council for urgent meeting

Guatemala's leftist government urged a second urgent Security Council session to discuss what it called continuing acts of aggression. Ambassador Castilo Arriola urged U.N. President Lodge to convene, while Lodge suggested the Organization of American States as a channel.

United Nations N. Y Guatemala U. N. Security Council Eduardo Castillo Arriola Henry Cabot Lodge Jr U.S Lodge the Organization of American States Castillo Arriola

Rebels Move Headquarters to Camotan Guatemala

Rebel invaders relocate their liberation army from Honduras to Camotan Guatemala and report they occupy three more villages near Camotan. They claim control around Zapaca and Gualan Morales bridges, with Porto Barrios still under government hands and Guatemalan port operations continuing.

Tegucigalpa Honduras Guatemala Liberation Army Camotan Jacobo Arbenz Guzman Zapaca Motagua Betwen Gualan Morales Porto Barrios Guatemala City Puerto Barrios Ernesto Nelderhartman Guillermo Flores Avendanno Inva Arbenz

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A boy died from suffocation when earth and mud buried him near a strip mine at Piney View County. Michael Flannery, age unknown, was pulled free but died later. Richard Merle Clendenin was dug out after burial up to his chest and is in shock. The accident occurred at a Troline Brothers Inc operation. neighbors reported a dam in a nearby excavation caused the cave-in.

Beckley Piney View County Michael Flannery A Ots James Ee ‘Aqoemd Richard Merle Clendenin Troitine Brothers, Inc Paouas Hope Porhood Flannery Clendenin

Truman Receives Get Well Telegram From Eisenhower

Kansas City June 22 A telegram from President Eisenhower was among messages to former President Harry S Truman who is recovering from a major operation.

Kansas City Eisenhower Harry S. Truman

Pretty June Haver Plans To Wed Fred MacMurray

Hollywood report says June Haver, once a Catholic nun entrant, plans a civil marriage to Fred MacMurray despite Catholic vows. A priest friend notes she could lose church sacraments if remarriage proceeds. The couple reportedly kept wedding timing private amid legal and ecclesiastical uncertainty.

Pretty June Haver Fred MacMurray James Bacon Hollywood June Haver Miss Haver Macmurray Kansas Jimmy Zito Marrage Frenteccees Los Angeles Archdiocesan Curia Rome

Eisenhower vows to spare Japan from Red domination

President Eisenhower declares it absolutely mandatory for U S security that Japan be spared from the spread of communism. He says preventing any fall under communist influence remains a top priority for regional stability.

Lke Japan Red Washington Eisenhower

Trade Pact Is An Empty Gesture In Eisenhower Address

President Eisenhower, addressing the National Editorial Association, warned that preserving a free Japan is crucial to American policy in Asia and the Pacific. He said a Japan under Soviet or Chinese control could turn the Pacific into a Communist lake and urged editors to weigh the facts in the critical Southeast Asia defense issue.

Assn Eisenhower Japan Southeast Asia Pacific Kremlin China Asia Western Pacific Washington Sen Robertson D-Va House Senate Morse Ind-ore Congress United States Free World Comanes

Balloon Telescope Aims to Solve Sun Riddle

Princeton astronomer proposes unmanned balloon mounted telescope ten miles up to observe the sun's surface grain structure. He says the moving telescope could capture rapid light flashes, enabling deeper study than current ground based methods. He cites Cambridge researchers and urges U S support from ONR and AFORD for a national project.

Frank Carey Ann Arbor, Mich Princeton University Martin Schwarzschik American Astronomical Society Ried Mars University of Cambridge England Office of Naval Research Air Forces Research and Development Command

Marie McDonald Husband Charged With Assault

Santa Monica, June 22. Marie McDonald’s wealthy husband faced assault charges after two news photographers said he tried to run them down while driving the actress home from the Beverly Hills police station. Police reported she had been arrested yesterday on a driving while under the influence charge and her car struck four autos. She allegedly attempted to bite two officers in a jail cell.

Santa Monica Calif Marie McDonald Beverly Hills

CIO Workers Turn Down Steel Offer

In Pittsburgh on June 22 the CIO United Steelworkers Wage Policy Committee rejected U.S. Steel Corp offer as unsatisfactory. Reported terms included a package under five cents and a demand that the company cover pension and insurance costs, with potential for a strike after June 30 if no settlement. The union represents about 600,000 steel workers earning $2.14 to $2.24 hourly.

Pittsburgh CIO United Steelworkers U.S. Steel Corp David J. McDonald Steelworkers Union U. S. Steel Steel US Steel McDonald Benjamin F. Fairless International (Union Washington Union and Company

Farmers Can Choose Prices In 1956 Corn Program

The House Agriculture Committee backed a plan letting Corn Belt farmers pick between rigid and flexible 1956 corn price supports. A referendum would occur in December 1950 to decide between 90 percent parity supports with acreage controls or no controls with a government price support between 75 and 90 percent parity.

Washington House Agriculture Committee Eisenhower Asineme Congress Rep Hoeven

Eisenhower Signs Tobacco Penalty Bill

President Eisenhower signed a bill raising penalties for excess tobacco marketing from 40 to 50 percent of the average market price. The measure was urged by tobacco growers and producers and supported by the agricultural department and related groups.

Washington Eisenhower SE Realsure Department

Government Says Hiss Entitled to $700 Pension

The Eisenhower administration asserted Alger Hiss has a legal right to a $700 a year government pension despite his perjury conviction. The Civil Service Commission and Budget Bureau defended continuing retirement pay, while lawmakers push bills to deny benefits to felons.

Washington Eisenhower Alger Hiss Civil Service Commission Budget Bureau White House Hiss State Department Whittaker Chambers Lewisburg House Civil Service Philip Young Young

Des Moines Braces For Worst Flood In City History

Des Moines declares a state of emergency as the Des Moines River floods toward the crest forecast at 29 to 30 feet by Thursday. City officials urge evacuation and sandbagging while Governor Beardsley asks President Eisenhower to designate 19 Iowa counties as disaster areas for federal aid.

Des Moines William S._ Beardsley Eisenhower Iowa Boone Joseph van Dresser Leonard Howell Mason City Willow Creek Fort Dodge

Russia West Fail To Agree On Disarmament Plan

In London a six week UN Disarmament subcommittee conference ended without agreement as Russia and the four Western powers split over atomic and conventional disarmament proposals. Records of 20 executive sessions will be released Thursday. The West offered a broad program to end the global arms race while the Soviets rejected it. The four Allies rejected a Soviet plan for renouncing use of atomic weapons and a broader pledge to renounce all weapons of mass destruction.

London Russia United States Britain France Canada United Nations Disarmament Commission Committee Red China

Boreman Nominated for Northern West Virginia Federal Judgeship

President Eisenhower named 56 year old Herbert S Boreman of Parkersburg West Virginia to fill the Northern District seat vacated by the retiring and deceased Judge William E Baker. Boreman has a long state career including Senate minority leader and WV University board member.

Washington Eisenhower Herbert S. Boreman Parkersburg W. Va West Virginia William E. Baker Boreman Okey L. Patteson Senate Wood County West Virginia University Board of Governors West Virginia Baron Ben Moore Charleston Harry E. Watkins Fairmont Baker

Once Sleepy Town Becomes Heavily Guarded U S Fortress

Brize Norton England June 22 a tranquil village has become a heavily fortified U S fortress capable of launching an H bomb attack on Russia. Searchlights guards and checkpoints ring the airfield home to silver stratojet bombers. Villagers fear for property and farms as security tightens and visitors are tailed.

Brize Norton England U. S Russia Alfred M. Gruenther Allied Powers Europe J. Steele

Farrow Trial Opens in Giles County Case

The commonwealth began its case against Arlington Farrow 33 of Christiansburg charged in the deputy sheriff slaying at the home of Farrow’s father in law. The Giles County Circuit trial will be lengthy with about 40 witnesses on each side.

The Commonwealth Arlington Farrow Christiansburg Farrow Radford Arsenal Hugh C Bill) Broadwell Hayes Store Giles County

Loveless Retrial Ordered for Murder Case in Logan

Four lifers are back from the state penitentiary for the murder retrial of Melvin Loveless in Logan. Sheriff Ray Watts said Eugene Sherman James Jones and Charles Ford were returned from Moundsville at the defense’s request Albert Puckett was also sought by the state Loveless Charleston tavern owner was sentenced to death last June for the April 1953 Mrs Sarah Reed robbery slaying whose conviction was set aside by the Supreme Court over juror instruction errors.

Supreme Court Peamentiers Cc. C. Chambers UMW Reed Sherman Jones Ford Harry Capehart Welch Capehart Chambers Pione Pron Posshaver

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