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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1954
Page
3
French garrison at Dien Bien Phu repulsed six Vietminh attacks after a heavy artillery barrage. Allied air power plus French troops including North Africans and Foreign Legionnaires fought off repeated charges amid napalm strikes and fierce counterattacks.
Washington lawmakers report House Judiciary Committee approval of a bill legalizing wiretapping and the use of wire tapped evidence in prosecutions of spies and saboteurs. The measure aims to expand surveillance powers under controlled conditions. The committee action sets the stage for floor debate and potential passage this session.
Seven people were killed yesterday when a C119 Flying Boxcar crash near Fort Bragg. Named victims include Cpl Donald F. Greenlee 22 of Albion Erie County and Pfe James A Macro 22 of Creekside Pa both connected to the Army Psychological Warfare Center. Mero was married and living with his wife and daughter at the base.
The funeral for Mrs Clara A Blanch was held yesterday afternoon at 2 at Bracken Funeral Home with Dr Elmer A Ortner officiating. Delegations from the Womens Relief Corps Order of the Eastern Star and Lady Franklin Rebekah Lodge attended. Nearby friends and relatives joined Mrs Kei Wellejus of Jamestown and Mr and Mrs Robert McGraw of Erie. The committal service followed today at 9 p m at Lorraine Cemetery in Baltimore. The piece also notes the US produced about 76000 tons of iron in 1854, a level achievable in about three days today.
In Pennsylvania the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis will send about 30 pints of polio vaccine next month for tests on 5,000 second grade children in Mercer, Centre, McKean and Clinton counties. Dr Russell E Teague said parents must consent. each child will receive three doses over three weeks.
Wayne A. Joseph of a Pittsburgh federal credit union at the Soho Works of Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp is in custody awaiting federal grand jury action on an embezzlement charge. FBI says about $1,000 was found missing, with Joseph admitting $600 taken, though he is charged with $55 from January.
Washington report states Rep. Laird claimed President Eisenhower tentatively backed a dairy price support cut but Agriculture Secretary Benson blocked it. Laird said Benson threatened to quit if forced to change position, recounting a directive to cut butter cheese and dried milk support from 90 to 75 percent of parity, effective at midnight.
Benson held firm against cutting the government dairy buyback, aiming for a 82 percent parity level after April 1 instead of 75. Laird said talks with Wilton Perkins and White House aides suggested Eisenhower favored modifying the order, though Benson had state farm bureau backing for his stance.
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