UNESCO Budget Fight Sparks Spain Admission Row
UNESCO divided over a 1953 54 budget with a ceiling of 18 million dollars and Spain’s admission to membership. Jaime Torres Bodet resigned as director general amid walkouts, with Brazil Yugoslavia and others quitting. Libya Nepal and Spain were admitted while Russia and several Eastern bloc states abstained or left discussions.
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Paris
United, Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Unesco
Spain
Jaime Torres Bodetresi
United Nations
Balk
Torres Bodet
Mexico
Britain
Sweden
Australia
United States
South-east Asia
Paulo de Berredo Carneiro
Vladislav Ribnikar
Yugoslavia
Ribnikar
Henri Marrou
Libya
Nepal
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Hungary
Rene Cassin
France
Armed forces speed up pre-Christmas discharges
Washington reports the Defense Department will accelerate discharges for many service members nearing end of terms so they can be home for Christmas. Army releases between Dec 20 and Jan 5 will occur by Dec 19 with three exceptions. Navy and Air Force follow similar timelines. Marine Corps to discharge eligible personnel before Dec 19 for the Dec 20–Jan 5 window.
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Washington
Armed Forces
Defense Department
Army
United States
VU. S
Navy
Regular
Navy Reserve
The
Air Force
Marine Corps
U. S
Vietminh siege of Nasan fortress intensifies in Indo China
Vietminh divisions press the fortress at Nasan near Hanoi as French airlift vast supplies. Bearcat fighters and B 26 bombers join the defense while a nonstop airlift backs 12,000 garrison. The struggle mirrors Verdun as both sides mobilize in the Black River Valley. Chicago reports city saves 8,000,000 by standardizing purchasing in three years.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Er Pont
Nasan
Berlin
Verdun
Black River
Sonla
Black River Valley
France
Sonia
Chicago
Ohn F. Ward
Slain Bandit Revealed As Industrialist in Ammonia Robbery
The fallen bandit identified as Jacob Katz, a St. Louis ice cream magnate and former Omaha electrician, tried to ambush an armored truck with an ammonia bomb. He was killed by guard Doerflinger. Katz’s wife and children noted as a family man. Police traced the crime to Katz’s Reed ice cream stores. Doerflinger remains hospitalized with ammonia injuries.
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ST. Louis
Jacob Katz
Katz
University City
Samuel Silverblatt
the Pearly Gates
Silverblatt
Omaha
Neb
Reed Ice Cream Stores
Katz’ Firm
Margaret Katz
Orville Richardson
Thomas F. Doerflinger
Guarantee Service Co
Mound City Trust Co
Doerflinger
City Hospital
Ports Authority Seeks McMullan Review of Esso Dock Lease
North Carolina Ports Authority asked Attorney General Harry McMullan to review Esso Standard Oil Co. 50 year lease on Morehead City docks. Officials say Esso enjoys preferential use of 350 feet of dock space with no fee, nominal land rent, and no dockage on large petroleum shipments, creating an inequitable, highly advantaged position. The authority seeks renegotiation to align terms with prevailing rates.
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Wilmington
N. C
State Ports Authority
Harry McMullan
Esso Standard Oil Co
Morehead City
George W. Gillette
Esso Standard
Esso
Gillette
Eisenhower reshapes Agriculture Department across states
A sweeping shakeup under the Eisenhower administration will affect 144 state Production and Marketing Administration directors and 60,000 field workers nationwide, with top civil service protections limited to Washington officials. PMA handles farm price support and policy, and may see the most new faces outside the secretary’s office.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Eisenhower
Production and Marketing Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Civil Service Protection
Federal Crop Insurance
Production and Paroles Administration
Milton S. Eisenhower
Department
PMA
Couple Wed on River Bridge in West Virginia
Bernard Livingston and Patty Kuhn wed on a bridge over the river in Pt. Pleasant West Virginia, officiated by Rev. M D Shifler, while a note adds that many Scots may not know St Andrews bones rest in Amalfi Cathedral on Italy's Sorrento Peninsula.
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PT. Pleasant, W. Va
Bernard Livingston
Patty Kuhn
M. D. Shifler
St. Andrew
Cathedral of
Amalfi
Italy
Sorrento Peninsula
Company urged legal review of contract by attorney general
A speaker noted that the firm acted without corporate backing and called for an attorney general review of the contract’s legality. He argued independent scrutiny is needed to ensure compliance and protect stakeholders.
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Julian Huxley
Amherst
N. H
Canada
Alaska
Robert Davis
Sechrest
Biezz
Sechrest & Son, Inc
Main St
Name Is
Ed Clemmons
C.O.D
Clemmons
Azalea Farm
Dept
Doraville, Ga
Ports Authority
Agriculture Dept
Eall of Animal Industry
Holton-Hodgin
Jamestown
Duncan Phyfe
Holton
Cicero Holton
Jamestown, N. C
Velvets
Ros Ek Co
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