03 Jun 1954
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1954
Page
1
Military representatives from Australia France New Zealand United Kingdom and the United States met at the Pentagon to discuss regional security in Southeast Asia and opened exploratory talks hoped to widen participation in future conversations.
Senate Republicans report near solid support for President Eisenhower public housing program after closed-door talks. Capehart and Young cited strong sentiment for all phases, while Maybank seeks to strip and others back expansion, with debate to begin and goal to dispose of the bill soon. The bill would expand FHA insured mortgages and slum clearance programs, plus extended repayment terms and continued federal mortgage supports.
A Belgian freight DC3 carrying pedigreed pigs from Britain to Belgrade was attacked by a MIG jet fighter over Maribor Yugoslavia near the Austrian border. The radio officer was killed. three Belgians and a British crew member were injured. The plane diverted to Graz for an emergency landing. a sister pig plane landed safely at Belgrade.
In the Senate Army hearings Senator McCarthy said he has offered the Defense Department all his information on Communists in defense plants, though the department has not decided to take it. He noted officials can remove security clearances for private industry workers on confidential to top secret contracts and requested a formal process before naming individuals.
Geneva report on nine party Far Eastern conference shows Western powers and Russians at impasse over participation of Communists in a truce supervision body. Vietminh leader Pham Van Dong supports limited scope while Bidault favors broader control with a small local subcommittee under the international group.
The Air Force narrowed the search for an academy site to three locations Alton Alabama Lake Geneva and Colo Air Force Secretary Talbott said a five man board recommended the trio and he will choose after personal inspections and studying land acquisition engineering and related factors.
Roy M. Cohn charged that Atty. Gen. Brownell and his assistant instigated the Army McCarthy hearings and warned of a stacked deck if perjury charges arise. He testified as Sen. Jackson pressed true or false questions about Army charges and blackmail attempts to stop the subcommittee probe.
A jury of seven men and five women was chosen in under an hour to hear the case of four Puerto Ricans who shot at the House of Representatives on March 1. The defendants Lebron and three men face five counts each of assault with intent to kill and with a dangerous weapon.
Federal and state investigators broke a million dollar a year heroin network linking Baltimore Washington and North Carolina. Julius Eisenberg 52 of Baltimore was arrested in Reidsville with heroin valued at 250 000 retail and will face hearings. Clay Marlette 50 of Burlington and James Cheek 52 also faced bonds. Durham probe follows youth board claims of quick dope access.
The North Carolina State Board of Education unanimously voted to continue operating segregated public schools until the U.S. Supreme Court issues a final ruling on abolition of segregation. The board adopted a statement by J. A. Pritchett of Windsor and conferred with Gov. Umstead before the meeting.
The United Nations Security Council voted 10 to 1 to discuss Thailand’s request for a UN peace watchdog to study Indochina war threats on Thailand’s borders. Only the Soviet Union opposed, foreshadowing a possible veto, as Tsarapkin argued the move would hinder Indochina peace talks in Geneva.
President Eisenhower aims to speed his legislative program as Congress nears adjournment. He plans to discuss farm, tax, trade, health, housing and social security measures with the public and lawmakers, arguing only two major items have passed and urging a strong, favorable November majority.
In St Louis the Globe-Democrat reports Mrs Bonnie Heady hinted to a federal officer that she and Carl Hall knew what happened to about half of the $609000 Greenlease ransom. Hall allegedly blamed drugs for the killing of Bobby Greenlease, a note cited by the House Appropriations Committee. The pair were executed December 18.
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