31 Mar 1954
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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1954
Page
1
The French garrison at Dien Bien Phu repelled a massive Vietminh attack after a two hour artillery barrage. Both sides claimed the battle was decisive as night fell, with ground contested and heavy casualties reported on the battlefield.
Kenosha county property owners earned an A-plus grade with an 85.5 collection rate on a $7,567,452 levy, the best in five years per County Treasurer Walter E. Anderson. City taxes led, with 86.5 percent collected, while towns and villages showed a slight dip to 82.2 percent. Delinquent and postponed taxes rose in the city but shifted modestly in the towns and villages.
The coast guard icebreaker Mackinaw opened the Straits of Mackinac for the first lake vessel, guiding the tanker Comet from Chicago toward Toledo. Skipper Commander Willard J. Smith reported sheets of new ice two to three inches thick and drifting ice cakes 18 to 20 inches thick. He said arriving ships would receive help under current conditions.
In Cheektowaga New York an explosion and fire tore through a frame annex of an elementary school. At least 11 people were killed, mostly children, and 19 or more injured. Bodies found in ruins as firemen searched for survivors. Flames reportedly leaped fifty feet behind Cleveland Hill Elementary School.
AEC Chairman Lewis L. Strauss said hydrogen bomb development is advancing and a weapon large enough to wipe out a city can be made. He noted March tests were successful, discussed wind shifts, and Eisenhower’s remarks on Soviet peacetime atomic plans.
The forecast shows no warm air for Wisconsin with tonight's temperatures around 18 degrees and Thursday’s high expected between 35 and 40 degrees. Noon readings today topped Tuesday slightly with Nash Motors at 39 and the treatment plant at 38 as Tuesday’s high reached 36 and the low 19.
President Eisenhower signed a law reducing national sales taxes by about one billion dollars per year. The cuts take effect tomorrow and apply to items like household appliances and telephone bills. Liquor excise taxes remain unchanged.
Scene in Jerusalem as Arab Legionnaires in full battle dress enter the old city and fortifications along the armistice line. Diplomats report residents fleeing while Israel and Jordan prepare UN Security Council actions amid incidents at Nahalin and Scorpion's Pass.
Raymond Dolan aged 62 of 400 71st Street, superintendent of the rolling mill at Simmons Co., died at home of a heart attack. He would have completed 44 years with the company today. He collapsed while speaking with his wife around 10:30 a.m. Coroner William Raven said death was from a heart attack. Dolan joined Simmons Co. April 1, 1910 and had headed the rolling mill since 1918. Survivors include his widow Myrtle Kiehl and two daughters. No further details available.
Four blasting crew members died when a dynamite loaded pickup exploded in Kennicott Copper mine near Santa Rita New Mexico. A fifth man was critically hurt as the blast was heard fifteen miles away.
Governor Walter Kohler urged Wisconsin citizens to observe No Sunday School week from April 12 to 18, encouraging churches and communities to participate in the national observance. The appeal emphasized unity and moral reflection across the state.
Washington reports the Soviet Union proposed what officials called the astounding idea that she be admitted to the 14 nation anti Communist North Atlantic pact to insure European security. London reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons Britain must come immediately to the aid of Jordan if conflict with Israel escalates.
London reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill bowed to socialist demands and promised to declare Britain's position and policy on the hydrogen bomb on Monday. Washington reports the Senate Labor Committee sent a bill to revise Taft Hartley Labor Law incorporating much of Eisenhower's recommendations.
Thirteen members of the East German peoples police asked political asylum in West Berlin on the first day of a Communist party congress in the Soviet sector.
President Eisenhower signaled federal action if needed as the New York waterfront strike halted the big port. Tugboat work began resuming after a court order urged the ILA to stop picketing and return crews to work amid a broader warehous e strike and wage talks with a proposed 10 cent an hour raise.
Federal and state mediators announced a settlement of a 34 day strike at Nash-Kelvinator Corp. Detroit plant. The Mechanics Educational Society of America called the dispute over work standards. Terms were withheld pending a ratification vote by 2,300 union members. The strike had idled 1,300 employees at the Grand Rapids refrigerator plant.
Lindsay C. Warren 64, comptroller general of the United States, will retire April 30 from his watchdog role over federal spending. He served 13 years of a 15 year term amid controversy and will receive a full $17,500 lifetime salary. Under his leadership the General Accounting Office has recovered an estimated 915 million dollars in improper payments for taxpayers. Rep. W Sterling Cole is seen as a potential successor by many colleagues.
Washington state recount notes Wisconsin's Republican senators Wiley and McCarthy were not recorded as voting when the Senate passed a compromise bill to cut federal excise taxes.
President Eisenhower voiced full support for John Foster Dulles Asia plan to take united action against communist aggression in southeast Asia. He declined to commit troops but said actions must be case by case and refused to view many conflicts as separate wars. He also endorsed European Defense Community, urged restraint by Arabs and Israelis, backed UN economic approach, and praised housing and trade initiatives.
Tokyo police reported that Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida received a package containing five sticks of dynamite and a letter accusing him of leading the nation to disaster. The dynamite was not wired as a bomb and was sent as a warning urging his resignation amid a bitter fight over Japanese rearmament.
Government price support falls to 75 percent of parity, pushing major markets toward 59 cent butter. Residents in Milwaukee Des Moines and New Orleans report cuts while Los Angeles and New York see steadier pricing amid shipping and wholesale changes. Producers meanwhile maintain current sales levels despite lower supports.
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