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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1954
Page
1
Washington’s Senate approved a 46 43 vote to link Hawaii and Alaska statehood efforts while Republican Leader Knowland of California abandoned efforts for an early vote on the combined bill, signaling a stalled path forward.
Monticello New York report notes a draft status question involving overage men and a statehood measure. Senators Anderson and Knowland clash over combining Hawaii and Alaska bills, with both sides expecting a tight Senate vote. Republicans Butler Langer Malone oppose. Morse and Long Holland back the amendment.
Prime Minister Nehru, ill with a fever and sore throat since Tuesday, spoke to members of the National Academy of Letters from his garden residence this evening. He delivered the remarks while reclining on a sofa.
Hong Kong reports Communist China and its press largely ignore the confession of U.S. Marine Capt. Frank H. Schwable. Schwable faces a court of inquiry in Washington after admitting germ warfare while held by Communist forces in Korea, and Peiping radio and papers frequently featured the confession during their germ warfare propaganda campaign.
In Bonn a Socialist deputy, Ernst Paul, urged the United States to teach occupation psychology to troops stationed in Germany. He commented amid a debate on an Army order forcing 50 Germans in Stuttgart to leave housing shared with Americans. The rule remains, but enforcement may be lax.
An early spring storm with winds up to 100 miles per hour, rain, snow and dust continued its assault on the plains near the Continental Divide. Snow and rain were mainly north of the Colorado Wyoming border, while leading-edge winds lifted dust thousands of feet high. Carlsbad New Mexico recorded gusts of 80 miles per hour and Albuquerque to the east saw 100 mile per hour gusts.
Tokyo W Kiichi Aichi, trade and industry minister, said today that the Japanese government expects the United States to place orders totaling 100 million dollars for munition products from Japanese manufacturers by the end of June.
South Korea reports that about 45,000 North Korean refugees are to be resettled in former North Korean territory above the 38th parallel but below the armistice line. Army sources say a military conference approved mass farming resettlement in areas north of the parallel and south of central and eastern front lines.
The Prague Communist daily Rude Pravo states a constant-contact radio network links hospitals ambulances and doctors within 20 miles of the hospitals. The system reportedly installed recently in medical facilities and ambulances with doctors receiving similar equipment for rapid communication.
The Lincoln city council met for its weekly session to hear thanks from local taxpayers in a ceremonial greeting by women Mrs. Charles H. Anderson and Mrs. George Lewis. They expressed gratitude for council efforts related to traveler appreciation and airport influence.
Britain announced plans to transfer secret germ warfare defense tests to an isolated area off the Bahamas this year after ongoing experiments near Scotland. No further details were disclosed.
A military tribunal in FEZ Morocco yesterday sentenced 10 Moroccans to death on charges tied to terroristic killings. The ruling follows a series of bombings arson and other crimes detailed in the Gazette Classified Ads.
Chicago story reports a robber stole $10 in a store holdup at a 24 hour shopping center. The robber fled in a 1953 Cadillac, dropped his gun, glasses, and cap, while clerk Carlo Ingo, 47, chased in his own car and fired at the suspect, shattering a window before the thief escaped on foot.
The Cargo Protection Bureau reports coffee is the top cargo target for thieves and hijackers amid a developing black market. It cites February losses estimated at 50 000 to 75 000 dollars, drawn from insurance and law enforcement sources.
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