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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1955
Page
1
The OAS investigation into Costa Rica's crisis stalled its Nicaragua trip to review new evidence. Costa Rica asserts Nicaragua aids a rebel movement and urges measures to block border arms flow and seaborne incursions. The council also discussed patrolling coasts and monitoring border activity.
Senator McCarthy charges deliberate deception by Army officials in handling the Peress affair. He urges the Senate Investigations subcommittee to uncover all facts and pursue a housecleaning. The case centers on Lt. Walter L. Weible and John G. Adams and a chronology released by the Army.
A Southern Railway investigator reported a wreck in which an automobile was left abandoned on the tracks. The vehicle was described as a total loss, but the man and woman occupants were later found safe.
Hollywood reports Sheree North will fill in for Marilyn Monroe in the murder mystery How To Be Very Very Popular at 20th Century Fox. Monroe remains a studio free agent amid contract disputes while Fox asserts exclusive services through August 1958.
The State Department dismissed Russia’s proposal for a Big Four meeting on German unification as a transparent bid to block West German rearmament. Spokesman Henry Suydam said the offer would have no more success than previous Moscow efforts and recalled Western refusals to ratify treaties linking reunification to rearmament.
Army Lt. Gen. Stanley R Mickelsen reports high morale and strong readiness of antiaircraft units after his tour of Nike missile installations. He serves as the Army’s representative at the unified Army Navy Air command in Colorado Springs and voiced optimism about future effectiveness.
Bonn reports a highly satisfactory one day conference between Chancellor Adenauer and Premier Mendes France. Both leaders praised cooperation and promised parliamentary backing for Paris treaties on German rearmament while Saar deal concerns drew mixed reactions from coalition and opposition alike. They agreed on a neutral supervisor role and a plebiscite timeline for Saarland status.
Panama’s President Jose Ramon Guizado faced impeachment and arrest on charges of plotting the murder of his predecessor Jose Antonio Remon. An arrest order followed a sensational Assembly session, as Ruben Miro confessed to carrying out the shooting with Guizado’s knowledge at the Juan Franco race track. The plot allegedly involved Guizado’s son and business partner, with a five member investigating commission to be named.
United Nations delegation leaders met with Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and expressed guarded optimism on the release of prisoners held by Red China. U.S. Ambassador Lodge Jr said Americans jailed by the Communists would be freed, including 11 spies and four jet pilots. Francisco Urrutia and Se Sarper described the discussions as looking encouraging compared with Geneva talks last summer.
At a special meeting party leaders proposed a staggered four year term plan for the city council with four of eight seats up every two years. The measure aims to keep experience on the council and has support from Mayor Covington and former mayors. Some caution about partisan effects was raised by Sen. Kirkman. The plan awaits endorsement by the council ahead of the February 2 meeting.
The Committee for Economic Development urged simplifying the federal budget and reforming how Congress handles it. Proposals include grouping money requests by major programs, creating a Joint Budget Policy Conference, and adopting an omnibus appropriation to show total costs.
Rep Walter of Pennsylvania says Oppenheimer offered confused ideas on US immigration as seen on a CBS program. He argues the McCarran-Walter Act does not bar scientists and cites Dirac and Ferretti cases to show entry was possible before and after the law.
Police in San Pedro arrest a seaman after a suspected drunken driving incident. The detained man identified himself as Kelukull during the booking process in an early morning confrontation.
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