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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1954
Page
26
Eisenhower faces a tough two years as a Democratically controlled Congress questions the Southeast Asia and Western Europe defense pacts, probes the Dixon-Yates TVA power deal, and plans investigations into the administration. The outcome could strain his aim to govern as a national leader rather than a party figure.
The special session opened amid excitement as Congress began consideration of a resolution to censure Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin. The move interrupted the expected routine start when Len McCarthy informed the Select Committee of discord and procedural maneuvering.
Defense planners debate dispersing Washington headquarters and shifting civil defense away from the capital after hydrogen bomb and missile range analyses. Alaska bases like Ladd and Elmendorf are cited as key in intercepting and retaliatory missions, with missiles now reported to reach 800 miles or more.
Theophil Carl Rammholz, 45, Chicago attorney, nominated as general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board to replace George J Bott whose term ends in December. Governor William Bumdstead of North Carolina, age 59, a former U.S. representative and senator who backed New Deal measures, has died. Actress Max Monroe, recovering from corrective surgery at Moreland's office, is shown at labor. Konstatin von Neurath, former Nazi foreign minister, released from Spandau Prison after eight years of an original 15 year term and paroled due to age and health. Anthony Nutting, 34, British minister of state for foreign affairs, arrives in New York to head Britain’s delegation to the United Nations, the youngest ever for a major power.
Paul S. W. of the Grocery Manufacturers of America Inc told a New York group that grocery stores will gain as retail sales lag elsewhere. He cited rising cash register receipts at supermarkets and independents, noting the growing demand and better offerings from the food processing industry. He listed new products, improved promotions, and advertising as drivers of grocers' stronger performance.
Association AP Foreign News Analyst notes the Soviet peace offensive may evolve into a new World Council of Peace appeal. Moscow signals influence through lures and threats, with Malenkov meeting the US president, Yugoslavia praised, and joint enterprises paused. A downed RB29 near Japan fuels tension as Eisenhower cites fading war specter and rising peace hopes.
Reports from Darien and Milwaukee detail local concerns over barber fees and a well contamination incident after an oil mix up. Oklahoma City raises a hoax about borrowing a SEE clan, while Webster and Worcester see gas tanks filled with water causing vehicle and fuel losses. A wide polemic discusses peace in the Cold War with Moscow pursuing expansion while Washington counters with strategic deterrence.
Justice John Marshall Harlan, grandson of the 1877 1911 justice, is nominated by President Eisenhower to fill the seat vacated by the death of Robert H Jackson. Harlan has served on the Circuit Court of Appeals for Vermont Connecticut and New York since last March and is a Republican.
The item lists events across dates in November including the American College of Surgeons meeting in Atlantic City and the American Meteorological Society convention in Alam Brecht Premer Mendes, with references to recognitions and anniversaries such as Lincoln Gettysburg. Names and garbled phrases appear, mentioning France in Washington and various uncertain notes.
Protestants Catholics and Jews join in a Washington conference to launch the Foundation for Religious Action in the Social and Civil Order. Led by Rev Hesburgh and backed by Eisenhower the movement seeks to unite believers to bolster democracy, combat secularism, and promote moral order through literature radio and TV programs.
President Eisenhower urged that mothers everywhere teach children to understand homes and hopes of children worldwide to serve the peace cause. Dr Elmer Hess, AMA president elect, spoke in St Louis linking faith to medical practice and science urging belief in a higher power for physicians.
Tulane University Medical School researchers demonstrated the first broadcast of brainwaves. Using tiny electrodes in a normal and two schizophrenic brains, amplified signals were aired over a public address system. Dr Robert G Heath noted a fundamental brain-structure defect in psychotic patients, suggesting insanity may involve more than mere talking.
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