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Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1954

Page

2

U N Proposes Self Support By Korea Raps Rhee Regime

The U N Kore an Reconstruction Agency released a 488 page plan aiming for a self supporting Republic of Korea by 1958 with a total cost near 1.93 billion dollars including 240 million in U S aid. The report criticizes President Rhee, calls for policy reforms, notes low salaries and inflation, and compares unfavorably to Korea's own five year plan.

The Charleston Gazette U.N Korea Rhee United States Lyngham Rhee Robert R. Nathan Associates, Inc Washington New Deal U.N. Korean Reconstruction Agency UNKRA Seoul John B. Coulter Republic of Korea Sen. Knowland South Korea

Weighing Hairdos From Crew Cuts To Shaved Styles

Inez Robb laments postwar fashion shifts toward stark cuts and shaved heads for women, recalling 1940 era responses and questioning what direction hairstyles will take next. The piece contrasts crew cuts with potential Iroquois Cooler styles and Von Stroheim inspired looks, noting public reaction and cultural pressures.

von Stroheim

Of Hair Dos And Nitwits Predicts New Beanie War Bonnet

A humorous column envisions fashion upheaval as a new beanie with a rotating faux war bonnet tops descriptions of Iroquois imagery. The writer wryly critiques gendered hair trends from 1950s culture and jokes about Dior dictating hair length while Liberace and Lady Godiva loom as cultural benchmarks.

von Stroheim Liberace Lady Godiva Goldilocks Sutherland Sisters Dior

Election Crowd Fired On in Tunisia Killings

Four people died and at least four were seriously wounded in Djebel Abeid as attackers on horseback opened fire in a public square during a local election gathering for the Chambers of Commerce and Agriculture. More than 100 bullets were fired before the quartet escaped.

Tunis Tunisia Djebel Abeid Chambers of Commerce and Agriculture

Johnston Sees Arab Jordan River Plan Generally Acceptable

CAIRO June 13 US envoy Eric Johnston said by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry that several points of an Arab plan for joint Israeli Arab development of the Jordan River may be generally acceptable. He arrived with eight State Department experts for talks with Egypt Jordan Lebanon and Syria on allocation of water for irrigation and power. The Arab plan targets 80 percent of the river water for Arab use and 20 percent for Israel.

Cairo Egypt Eric Johnston Hisenhower Midde East Foreign Ministry Jordan River Johnston U. S. State Department Jordan Lebanon Syria Israel

Compromise Proposed To Heal Rift In Jap Diet

Japanese Diet crisis nears compromise as Progressives propose a two part plan to end extended sessions. Socialists resist any move to legalize prolonged sessions and a national police bill, while Prime Minister Yoshida weighs early adjournment and potential retaliation for bloc actions. Leaders anticipate Yoshida’s plans after adjournment with objections over a national police force.

Gene Kramer Progressives Slon Tokyo Shigeru Wooshin Sest Hitoshi Ashida Progressive Party Yoshida Katsuo Okazaki

Waynesburg Suspect Held in Ambush Slaying of Tanner

James M. Fletcher 36, a dairy bar operator, is held on open charges in the ambush slaying of Harold Tanner 80 on his Mapletown doorstep. District Attorney Waychoff says the slayer lurked in shrubbery and that Tanner and Fletcher had fought the day before. Fletcher denies knowledge of the killing.

Waynesburg James M. Fletcher Brown Harold Tanner Tanner Mapletown Dist Bertram Waychoff Waychoff Fletcher

Grave Robber Is Arrested

A self styled spiritualist in New York confessed to police that he robbed a New Jersey grave to create a vision. Titus Rivers, 38, claimed his vision guided him to remove parts of a body and treat them with licorice solutions for ritual purposes. He was arrested on grave robbery charges and had prior notoriety for soliciting contributions while preaching in Hebrew.

New York INS New Jersey Titus Rivers Rivers Ethiopia

Hewitts Take Over Peterkin Center in Romney West Virginia

The Rev Arch M Hewitt Jr and his wife have assumed summer leadership of Peterkin Conference Center near Romney West Virginia. Hewitt, a Huntington resident and Episcopal Seminary graduate, will also serve as rector of St Stephens Episcopal Church in Romney. Peterkin Center serves as a camp and conference site for the West Virginia Diocese. Fortnightly death toll in Sudan’s southern region climbs as apox outbreak persists.

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