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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1954
Page
1
Des Moines faces a tense flood battle as the Des Moines River nears a 29 to 30 foot crest expected morning. City workers plus 7,500 evacuees guard levees and low-lying districts while main west side business and chief residential areas remain safe.
A five-man executive committee was appointed to speed completion and run Bluefield's large swimming pool for the coming season. W. S. Owen chairs the panel, which includes Clyde Elliott Jim H Shott Jim Ed Wagner and Roy E Hill. They aim to open the pool on Saturday July 3.
Anthony Eden criticized U S policy in Indochina and urged an Asian pact to stop the Indochina war and guarantee peace in Southeast Asia. He proposed a Locarno type nonaggression framework and discussed NATO style or Soviet Chinese mutual defense options as part of a Geneva settlement. Dulles favors quick moves, Britain delays to avoid jeopardizing Indo china talks.
The Army plans a new program to deploy soldiers overseas as units rather than as individuals. Starting next year about 80 men at platoon level will travel, expanding to battalions and regiments, to improve morale and combat efficiency by strengthening the buddy system. The plan uses soldiers who train together and avoids tapping reserve outfits.
A Kansas City report says a year old patient at Research Hospital, Linda Roberts of Mendon, Mo., was given a pink and white stuffed kitten by Mrs. Harry S. Truman during visits to the former president. The girl met Mrs. Truman yesterday amid crowded conditions with the patient housed in a hallway beside Truman’s room.
Washington reports U S diplomatic officials remain hopeful that most of Indochina will escape Communist control. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles briefed about 30 diplomats on conference plans and expectations. The briefing underscored cautious optimism amid regional tensions and ongoing negotiations.
Secretary of State Dulles and Under Secretary Walter Bedell Smith briefed Democratic and Republican congressional leaders at the White House with President Eisenhower participating. Senator Johnson called it a review with no new policy. Speaker Martin saw a ray of hope amid talk of unity against communism.
West Virginia recorded zero polio new cases last week, down from five the prior week. The Health Department Morbidity Report shows 30 polio cases in the state this year, versus 39 at the same point last year.
Dr. W A Rodger of Argonne warns that future radioactive waste may be so large that oceans cannot dilute it safely. He says current disposal methods including water and air dispersal burial or underground tanks do not solve the long term problem. He urges international effort and responsibility to choose a final disposal method beyond the next few decades. Rodger spoke at a nuclear engineering congress at the University of Michigan.
Premier Mario Scelba's coalition government won a confidence vote in the Italian Senate on a pro Western foreign policy. The tally was 121 to 85 with 12 abstentions, backing support for the European Defense Community and a provisional Trieste solution with Yugoslavia.
French Premier Pierre Mendes France met Chou En-lai in Bern for two hours and spoke of hope for peace in Indochina via Geneva while preparing for a confidence vote in the French National Assembly. A Red Chinese spokesman confirmed the text of the remarks. The talks precede Chou En-lai’s trip to New Delhi and Mendes France’s cabinet appearance.
ALBUQUERQUE June 23 The Republican National Committee chairman said President Eisenhower would absolutely be a candidate for reelection in 1956 at a press conference. Leonard Hall also said he did not know of any Republican candidates inviting Sen. McCarthy to campaign, noting McCarthy works only where invited and by candidate choice. Hall spoke at a $50-a-plate New Mexico victory dinner and called the Army McCarthy hearings an area question for party assets.
The White House said President Eisenhower opposes paying any government pension to Alger Hiss, the former State Department official convicted of lying about passing secrets to a Communist spy ring. Hagerty noted the stance after reports that Civil Service Commission and Budget Bureau favored denying Hiss a pension.
Bonn June 23 Chancellor Konrad Adenauer urged Western powers to end the nine-year occupation of West Germany saying it is unbearable to wait for sovereignty. Sovereignty hinges on the Allied-West German peace contract awaiting ratification of the European Defense Community by France and Italy.
U S District Judge Thomas J Clary upheld a railroad claim that attempts to influence legislation do not alone violate antitrust laws in a $250 million suit against Eastern railroads. The Pennsylvania Railroad argued petition and free speech rights protect lawful lobbying within constitutional authority. The ruling bars questions about railroads' legislative activities.
Honduras accused Guatemala of bombing a Honduran airfield at San Pedro de Copan, near the border, with planes returning to Guatemala. Guatemala denied the charges as both sides issued rival broadcasts amid a rebel assault aimed at ousting President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved the 342 billion dollar foreign aid program for the next fiscal year with a small net cut to defense support in Europe and a refugee funding increase. President Eisenhower urged the full Congress to back the plan as necessary against Communist threats.
The American Legion announced a campaign to counter the view that its conventions are rowdy. In August the 1954 Legion Convention will be held in Washington with an emphasis on order and decorum. Officials note Eisenhower sought 103000 dollars for public order, but the group prefers funding for policing and parade cleanup.
The Bluefield Area Development Corporation held its first meeting and outlined goals. A $184 650 ADC fund subscription was set for locating new industry here, with ten percent paid at sign up and a request for another ten percent soon. Officers named include Roland Luther as president and W R Graham as vice president, with J E Wagner secretary treasurer and an executive committee of Lilley Shott er Hoge Rish and Jim.
The Jordanist Mixed Armistice Commission in Jerusalem condemned Israel for incidents in the Meva Beitar and Roukin areas that left three Israelis dead and a Jordanian woman wounded. It urged Israel to respect the armistice and hinder further interference with UN observers. Cmdr Elmo H Hutchinson of the US Navy chaired the commission.
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