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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1954
Page
1
Vietminh forces renew their assault at Dien Bien Phu and seize a new French strongpoint on the fortress west side. French units mount a counterattack as heavy rain slows tanks and airstrikes, with fighting raging from midnight through dawn.
Pinehurst NC physicians face public complaints citing lack of citizenship and delayed care. Dr Paul F Whitaker notes four major grievance categories while NC Medical Society outlines steps to improve public relations and patient physician relations. President Dr Joseph A Elliott Sr urges headquarters in Raleigh, wider student membership for malpractice insurance, and renaming the Grievance Committee to Mediation Committee. Dr Karl Busbee Pace of Greenville named General Practitioner of the Year.
Washington Sen. McCarthy accepts a conditional plan from Sen. Dirksen to end the Army hearings after testimony by Secretary Stevens and McCarthy. McCarthy would withdraw charges against H. Struve Hensel if he testifies, noting it would not decide guilt or innocence and would separate Hensel’s charges for possible later action. Hensel denies the charges. IRS found nothing improper in his business details.
Seoul tea houses and restaurants raised prices to 22 cents for coffee or tea as new government food taxes increased the cost from 17 cents. Local vendors said the higher tax would be passed to customers across eateries in the capital today.
Report says five Vietminh rebel leaders from Indochina joined talks on unification of Korea. Allied plan aims for U N supervision of elections while Communists demand troop withdrawal. Soviet and Chinese officials greeted Indochina delegation as discussions near a unified proposal.
Senate debate on the Taft Hartley revision faces a potential filibuster after Sen Lehman proposed an amendment making it an unfair labor practice to discriminate by race creed color national origin or ancestry. Republican leaders warn of difficulty in mustering votes with Southern Democrats and an election year.
Five states vote today with national interest high. In Alabama, Senator John Sparkman faces a tough political test while in Ohio, Republican candidate is contesting Taft's Senate seat with George Bender opposing William Saxbe. Democratic incumbent Thomas Burke has no primary opposition and will meet the winner in November. Voter turnout in Alabama is projected at 500000 to 600000, while Ohio is expected light.
U S Senator Alton Lennon campaigns the Piedmont while rival W Kerr Scott tours Cleveland County. Lennon predicts victory in the May 29 Democratic primary and plans three Piedmont days, with tours through Harnett and New Hanover counties as his campaign manager defends wartime draft status and records.
Senator Flanders reports President Eisenhower stated no military operation in Indochina will be undertaken unless it has the backing of the people in the region. The Armed Services committee member spoke after meeting with the President about the ongoing Indochina crisis.
TOKYO American military doctors warned that Communist agents spread drug addiction near allied bases in the Far East. Capt James K Luce said drugs sold by red agents are unusually pure and quick to make addicts. At Ashiya Air Base 25 narcotics addiction cases were found in eight months, with many more likely undetected. Army offers amnesty to users turning themselves in, but treatment remains limited.
Sen. McCarthy allies claim the Army employed associates of atom spy Julius Rosenberg at Ft Monmouth New Jersey until their dismissal after his probe. Secretary Stevens denies Communist ties and testifies briefly while Mundt vows to press hearings to the bitter end amid sharp exchanges with McCarthy.
New York outlets and individuals received the 1954 Pulitzer Prizes. Newsday won meritorious public service for exposing labor racketeering tied to Long Island race track and unions. John Patrick’s play The Teahouse of the August Moon earned a drama award, while Brig. Gen. Charles A. Lindbergh’s The Spirit of St. Louis won a récompense. Herbert L. Block earned a cartoon prize for a Stalin death cartoon.
Lt. Noh Kum Sok, 22, ex North Korean MIG pilot, landed in the United States after defecting with a $100,000 reward. He flies to Washington then to the University of Delaware for a year’s studies while officials verify the offer. He said he longed to be free and denied having a North Korean girlfriend. His parents are in South Korea. his mother is living there.
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