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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1953
Page
1
Washington based reports indicate the Eisenhower administration plans to increase U S aid to Spain contingent on Congress approving a defense and base use agreement. The move aims to fund modernization of airfields and naval facilities to deter communism and bolster Western Europe defense.
The Associated Press reports at least thirteen people died in North Carolina over the weekend. Incidents include a five dead three car crash near Albemarle, two deaths from a Apex area crash, and several other fatal incidents across the state involving drivers pedestrians and officers. Authorities investigate additional killings and a drowning at Hunting Island State Park.
About one hundred representatives from twelve states were slated to register for the 14th annual Southern States Forest Fire Control Conference opening today.
The sole survivor, Hazel Cox, 21, of Panama City Florida, said the Delta DC-3 hit a air pocket and shuddered before flames erupted. The crash six miles west of Waskom on the Louisiana Texas border killed 19, including pilot co pilot and hostess. Cox missing details but hospitalized with a broken leg and head injuries. Investigators from Civil Aeronautics Authority and Civil Aeronautics Board probe the disaster as wreckage scorches in a swampy pine area.
Generals mark W Clark and Lt Gen William K Harrison held secret talks at Pershing Heights to map a new UN command plan to end the Korean truce stalemate over prisoners of war. They discussed with Robert D Murphy and prepared for renewed Panmunjom talks to resume Wednesday. The Allies and Communists clash over the fate of reluctant POWs and a five nation neutral commission versus UN veto rules.
Captain Joseph McConnell Jr. of Apple Valley Calif. claims three MIG-15s in one day, bringing his total to 16 with a fourth-day tally disputed then reinstated. He praises the Gunsight and notes rivalry with Capt Manuel Fernandez while Maj George Davis isMissing in action.
Bernard M. Baruch is honored as American Citizen of the Year by the Junior Order United American Mechanics in Philadelphia. The selection honors Baruch for wartime leadership and public service as head of the War Industries Board and U N Atomic Energy Commission adviser, with Gov. John S. Fine and Dr. Daniel A. Poling among committee members.
Duke University in Durham launches a medical town hall series with the first open forum on June 7 about polio. A panel of Duke doctors will answer audience questions on preventive medicine and public health as part of ongoing discussions on blue babies viruses and atomic radiation.
Army officials disclosed plans to shut Camp Breck enridge Kentucky and at least two more large training sites including Camp Roberts California and Camp Chaffee Arkansas. The 101st Airborne Training Division at Breckenridge will be deactivated while other bases await final decisions this week as Defense Secretary Wilson trims manpower by 100000 and cuts draft calls. Air Force wings drop from 133 planned to 110 in 1954 with 23 wings eliminated. Indian Town Gap near Lebanon Pennsylvania and the 5th Infantry Training Divisions will be deactivated by September 1.
Pinehurst reports an impressive speaker lineup for the 97th NC Dental Society convention with Dr. A C Current of Gastonia as president. Chapel Hill notes Tar Heel Editorial Writers' conference ended with Reed Sarratt elected chairman, succeeding W T Polk.
A meeting of company and union officials with Federal and State conciliators occurred in Winston-Salem to end a four-day strike by about 5,000 Western Electric workers in three North Carolina towns.
Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks will address Tar Heel Republicans at a fund raising dinner in Charlotte on June 5. The event features a $50 per plate price and was announced by North Carolina GOP chair T. E. Story of Wilkesboro.
Picket lines formed around Briggs-Shaffner Co as 35 foundry workers walked out seeking a 10 percent wage increase. Company officials offered a 2 percent raise, according to union spokesmen.
In Berlin East German communists warn clergy they face death by guillotine if they oppose the Soviet zone regime. Neues Deutschland accuses churchmen of sending subversive clergymen and vows use of the peace law to punish clergy propagandizing for war or spreading hatred on Western orders.
William Oatis the American AP correspondent arrives in New York after 22 months in Czechoslovak prison on espionage charges. His wife, who traveled from St Paul, awaits at the airport as details of his arrest and 1951 trial are disclosed. Oatis says his trial involved elaborate psychological preparation and notes press freedom differs in the Czech regime.
The United States Air Force reported Capt. Joe McConnell, a 16 MiG killer, and Lt. Col. Louis A. Green downed multiple enemy jets as 12 MiGs were claimed destroyed. Ground fighting waned along the 155 mile front with heavy artillery exchanges and ROK infantry operations near the Chongchon River.
Gen Matthew Ridgway testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Allied Europe remains gravely short of airpower and suffers major shortages in supplies and ammunition. He argues for a $5.8 billion foreign aid package to bolster NATO defenses and warns of vulnerabilities from new weapons and Soviet forces.
A woman described as Mrs. Vance Hill of Grissom Street was admitted to the hospital with a pistol wound in the left chest. Deputy Sheriff Ray Nance investigated. a .38 caliber revolver was found beside another woman identified as Mrs. Mill.
Senator Ralph Flanders urged President Eisenhower to keep current tax laws and allow automatic 10 percent individual tax cuts to take effect next year. He argued excess profits taxes should lapse on schedule and favored balancing the cash budget to spur business.
The Voice of America plans to drop all broadcasts to Latin America and eliminate several other programs as part of a shift to strengthen broadcasts behind the Iron Curtain. chief Robert L. Johnson announced cuts expected to save 3.4 million dollars yearly.
President Eisenhower returns to the White House after a four day farewell cruise on the Williamsburg docked at Alexandria Virginia. He planned a tax speech to be delivered tomorrow night at 9 30 p.m. EST on all networks. He spoke to midshipmen at the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis and earlier visited William and Mary College and Norfolk advising aides and Admiral McCormick.
Low tonight 68 degrees and high tomorrow 85 degrees. Today's high reached 85 and last night low was 63. Sun sets today at 7 21 p m and rises tomorrow at am.
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