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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1954
Page
24
Associated Press reports a lively campaign week as Wilson defends GM arms business and unemployment ties while labor leaders protest. Nixon touts security gains, Truman and Eisenhower clash over national resources, and Dewey’s potential defense post looms amid a shifting political battlefield.
Federal Trade Commissioners level charges that the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange and its Clearing Assn conspired to restrict futures trading and push prices higher. The case cites limited Brazilian port tonnage, cap on U.S. imports, and a pattern to curb competition. Leon Israel Jr. denies the allegations, saying contracts have not affected coffee prices.
A new non-governmental body, the American Nuclear Society, was organized at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington with Lewis L. Strauss and Rep. W. Sterling Cole backing it. The 29 member group already includes over 200 charter members and many top technical directors from government and industry involved in the five year nuclear reactor program. The society aims to foster progress in nuclear science and technology through information exchange across peacetime research fields.
Dates indicate events for a week in October. National Bible Week begins Monday October 18 with plans to assemble Christmas parcels for servicemen overseas. Other items list advisory council meetings in Hot Springs Virginia and Cleveland, a mental health association event in New York, United Nations Day, and the sixteenth anniversary of the federal wage hour law.
Secretary Weeks said Soviet trade with the United States shows little growth potential. In early 1954 the U S imported 19.613 million dollars of goods from Communist Europe and exported 882 thousand. both fell from 1953. He noted most strategic items remain banned and trade with Red China and North Korea stays unlawful. He doubted Soviet satellites would supply needed goods and warned few satellites might use dollar balances for non strategic purchases.
Chicago and northwestern Indiana faced record rains that dumped 6.72 inches on Chicago and caused widespread flooding in Hammond and Plymouth. Evacuations by police, Coast Guard, and National Guardsmen. Red Cross disaster work under way. Indiana state disaster centers set up in Michigan City. Damage estimates reach up to 25 million dollars with five deaths in the Chicago area.
Rain and flood damage prompted engineers to reverse the Chicago River flow to prevent sewage from entering Lake Michigan. Locks opened to save the city after the river spilled into Union Station and building basements.
The Public Health Cancer Assn adopted a resolution urging stop smoking to reduce lung cancer risk. The 13-3 vote followed a panel of six experts calling cigarettes a major lung cancer factor. Dr. Levin, New York state health commissioner aide, called it the group’s first formal public advisory.
Andrei Vishinsky of the Soviet delegation asserted the USSR does not export revolution at the United Nations. Thai foreign minister Prince Wan Waithayakon noted his own smile, joking that it could be misread as a problem. Vishinsky replied that smiles can be dangerous.
A Foreign News analysis notes Soviet maneuvers test Western plans in Europe and Asia. It highlights French support for London accords, delays to a full European Defense Community, and a期待 of continued peac e propaganda. Moscow pursues a unified strategy combining Europe and Asia. China’s growing strength pressures Soviet unions, with Peiping poised to extract concessions in return for aligned cooperation. The piece links Korea talks, SEATO, and tensions over West Germany and Japan to a broader peace offensive.
Sir Winston Churchill reportedly adds touches to his portrait after hours while Mario Lenza plans a TV return on October 28. A two year old recording and a doctor ordered rest limited a tenor’s performance. In Atlanta eight Sullivan family members attacked two police officers during a family fight, causing hospitalizations and arrests. In Marysville a 2.4 inch knife blade pressed on Robert McClellan’s optic nerve was removed after an eight year headache.
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