Paris approves West German rearmament treaties amid tough ratification
Paris battles over West German rearmament continue as the French National Assembly backs the Paris agreements 287 to 260. Ratification faces hurdles in the Council of the Republic and allied nations, with West Germany's Adenauer coalition pressured by internal opposition to Saar and NATO integration. The WEU pact sparked controversy, and Mendes France risked his government to push the vote. More details on page three.
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Federal officials watch stock market for credit risks
Washington officials warn the stock market could face a price collapse if credit use grows, noting the Fed could raise margin requirements from 50 percent. Loans to brokers rose to 1.915 billion on December 29, with urgency to deter nonproductive speculation while stressing government aims to curb excessive credit, not fix prices.
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Petition Delivered To Churchill Demands Big Three Meeting
A petition with about a million names was delivered to Prime Minister Churchill at 10 Downing Street. Led by Dr. Donald Soper, the Hydro National Campaign Committee seeks a meeting of the American British and Russian leaders to reduce armaments and ease global fear through strengthened United Nations efforts.
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Fight over cotton mill pay seeks to overturn wage rule
Atty Gen Brownell asks federal court to dismiss suits by Covington Mills and Alabama Mills seeking to cancel the $1 an hour minimum for workers on government contracts. The $1 rate, set by Secretary Mitchell under the Public Contracts Act, followed a 87 cent baseline. The suits, joined by hundreds of mills, are opposed by New England mills and the CIO. A preliminary injunction against the $1 wage was obtained on grounds of irreparable damage.
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Nixon To Tour Caribbean on Good Will Mission
Vice President Nixon and Mrs. Nixon plan a February tour of Central America and the Caribbean on a goodwill mission. The itinerary will be released later.
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Nixon
Central America
Caribbean
Eisenhower to seek 90 cent federal minimum wage
President Eisenhower plans to ask Congress next month to raise the national minimum wage from 75 cents to 90 cents an hour under the Fair Labor Standards Act. White House secretary James Hagerty announced a substantial percentage increase in his State of the Union message.
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AFL
CIO
Nonstop Prayer For Peace Across 365 Days
A year long nonstop prayer for world peace begins at midnight in 11 communities and will be relayed to churches nationwide through 1955. The Methodist Board of Evangelism organized the chain with over 1000 congregations already scheduled to participate. The vigil spans 8760 hours ending December 31 in Ogden Utah and Boston with individual prayers rather than set forms.
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Methodist Church
Harry Denman
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Vatican Paper Sees No Real Peace in 1954 End
L Osservatore Romano states the year ends with a world lacking true Christian peace. It condemns a cold war that resembles war in spirit and calls for a transformative armistice into lasting peace. The paper recalls Pope Pius XII moves toward peace and notes his Christmas message was delayed by illness.
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New Year Review and 1955 Forecast in The Enterprise
The Enterprise plans a Sunday edition looking back at 1954 big news and reprinting top local photographs. Business and political leaders offer predictions for 1955, wrapped in a forecast story for High Point.
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High Point
Changes Made In Carrier WASHINGTON
More than 250 changes have been made to the Forrestal supercarrier during its 60 000 ton build with costs expected to stay near 197 859 000 though Congress had set aside 2718 639 000 for the first of the giant flat tops. Adjustments include lighter cable supports steam catapults and an angled flight deck with the island moved outward. A retractable island was scrapped and the cant ed deck was added to extend the main flight deck. The Navy cites future carrier plane needs as shaping the final layout and a 22 foot outward facing island shift to clear the main deck.
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Indianapolis mother indicted in death of 4 year old son
Two older Hawkins children testified to brutal beatings and forcing younger siblings to join in abuse. They said their mother Lucy Hawkins boiled water for baths and thrust 4 year old David into a tub where he died days later from burns and malnutrition. An arraignment was set with a sanity hearing likely. father Harold Hawkins and neighbor care planned.
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Lucy Hawkins
Russell L. Hawkins
Patricia Gary
Morris Settles
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Settles
Red China sentences 12 to death for espionage agents
Moscow radio cited Peiping broadcasts reporting that Red China sentenced 12 persons to death and two to life imprisonment for acting as American Chiang Kai-shek agents. The dispatch said 106 espionage agents were killed and 124 captured since 1951, with some turned over to People's Courts.
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France approves West German rearmament in Assembly vote
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles hailed the French Assembly's 287 to 260 vote approving West German rearmament as a good augury while urging further parliamentary steps. lawmakers on Capitol Hill and officials stressed caution, unity, and continued Western defense integration ahead.
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Communists Endorse Dior H Line in Fashion Battle
East German communists praised Paris designer Christian Dior and the H line as a boost in opposing the American pin up ideal. A Taegliche Rundschau columnist says communist dress designers are not ignoring the H line and its emphasis on the bosom.
Asian Naval Force Will Be Explored
Secretary of State says the United States and seven Manila Pact allies will explore creating a combined naval force to defend Southeast Asia from Communist aggression. Details will come at Bangkok meeting in late February. emphasis remains on mobile striking power rather than a fixed European style alliance.
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Happy Ending Girl To Get New Gown For Wedding
Edith Evans, of Oxford North Carolina, swapped plans after mislaid luggage and a misunderstanding. A suitcase with part of her trousseau was left on a Philadelphia street Christmas Eve. A Philadelphia department store supplied a new gown and the bag was later found.
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Britain to Make Payment to Cut U S Debt
Britain arranged a payment of 137 845 431 to reduce postwar debt to the United States. With this, Britain’s total U S debt drops to about 4 554 000 000 from a 5 217 000 000 peak. The draft from the Bank of England to the Federal Reserve applies to a 3 billion loan from 1946. Britain has until 2001 to repay. Britain owes the United States 7 783 000 000 in World War I debts, still defaulted, last paid in 1933. Britain also covers 4% interest on Marshall Plan loans and has repaid a 390 ton-dollar short term WWII loan.
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Federal Reserve Bank
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Poycec
Man of Year Reflects on A Tumultuous 1954
A humorous year-end meditation on 1954 by James Marlow notes no war occurred yet global tension and politics loomed with Eisenhower and McCarthy. The centerpiece is a man who dodged bombs only by surviving the year, with domestic scenes of his wife cooking and a wary view of Soviet coexistence.
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Associated Press
Washington
Eisenhower
Joe McCarthy
Ex-Convict Seeks Jail Time After Bank Break-ins
A 36-year-old ex-convict in Sydney Mines, after 43 months in prison for armed robbery, decided to serve two years by breaking into two banks. He climbed through windows, damaged property, and called the operator to explain his plan before authorities intervened.
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