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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1950
Page
7
Weekly News Analysis reports an attempted kill on the president and notes that allies reportedly agreed on a defense plan for Europe. The editor’s note clarifies opinions are those of Western Newspaper Union analysts.
The Puerto Rican Nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo opened fire at Blair House in Washington. Guard Leslie Coffelt died. two other guards were seriously wounded. The attackers were killed, and the incident triggered a crackdown on Puerto Rico’s Nationalist movement.
Reports state an Atlantic pact plan envisions a 50 division unified army, strong fleets and air power with General Eisenhower named supreme commander. Western leaders push armed strength as Russia’s deterrent while U S casualties in Korea total 26,701 with 4,125 dead.
Daniel W. Bell’s report on conditions in the Philippines urges a five year program backed by 250 million dollars in closely supervised loans and grants. It calls for overhauling agriculture, diversifying the economy, restraining imports, boosting social reforms, and reorganizing public administration.
The army outlines a new point based method to select reservists on duty for overseas service and to control the order of recall for additional enlisted reservists. It also states no further mandatory calls to active duty will be issued to enlisted reserve corps except for a small number of intelligence and medical specialists, while reserve officers remain exempt.
Yugoslavia faces widespread hunger due to drought. Premier Tito, aided by the United States, praised Washington in a public speech. He said U S support came without conditions and argued aid demonstrated Western cooperation over propaganda. He contrasted Western help with Cominform criticism.
In the 1950 Holy Year Pope Pius XII declared as dogma that the Virgin Mary was assumed body and soul into heaven. The pronouncement was approved by 35 cardinals and over 500 bishops worldwide, and marks the first papal proclamation in nearly a century. Some Protestant leaders oppose it as a barrier to Christian unity. More than eight million lay Catholics had supported the move.
Gordon Dean told reporters at a press conference that the United States is stronger than Russia and that its A-bomb stockpile is much better off today than a year ago. He cautioned that ten or five or one atomic bomb is too many for an unfriendly nation to possess.
The National Safety Council projects 1950 highway deaths will top 35,000, up 11 percent at nine months with 24,580 deaths logged. A $5,000 per life value would be the highest since 1941.
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