11 May 1954
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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1954
Page
1
The municipal court hosted a conservation hearing with about 175 county residents voting on fish game questions. Warden Robert Winnie called the turnout the largest ever seen.
Senate subcommittee heard another Dirksen plan to pause hearings on the McCarthy army dispute with public sessions and limited closed testimony. Army Secretary Stevens resisted closed sessions, urging full public witness testimony, while Democrats Jackson and Symington pushed changes. The proceedings also covered Wisconsin wildlife proposals and elected delegates to the state conservation congress.
Vietminh radio said Giap agreed to meet French officers to plan the evacuation of about 1 300 seriously wounded from Dien Bien Phu. French commander Navarre had proposed airlift after capturing the fortress and a Nazi-style siege.
One of the U S army s 30 atomic cannons in West Germany was ferried across the Rhine today in a test operation. The maneuver by the U S Navy was designed to show the cannon can be moved by river craft if bridges are blown up.
Washington reports the Senate backed a constitutional change to limit the high court to nine justices and set a mandatory retirement at age 75. In London, Wilfred Kitching, 61, was elected international commanding general of the Salvation Army.
CIO President Walter Reuther claims five million Americans are unemployed and that the Eisenhower administration is doing nothing to help. The comment highlights labor unrest amid ongoing economic concerns.
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov denounced the Western proposed defense pact for Asia, charging it aims to preserve colonialism and American interests. He spoke at Geneva expressing strong opposition to the agreement and its perceived imperial aims.
Weather across Kenosha stays chilly with an average around 42 degrees for ten days. Weatherman offers little hope for warmth before Saturday as tonight and tomorrow bring similar cool, partly cloudy conditions with scattered frost. Readings range from 38 to 49 across local sites including the Sewage Treatment Plant Nash Motors and downtown Kenosha.
Dr. Fred M. Taylor told about 500 Oklahoma doctors that a child’s fever may come from non medical causes such as emotional upset or exercise. He warned against relying solely on a thermometer and advised rest and observation for normal temperature variation.
2nd Lt. Theodore R. Miller, 23, of Venice California, ejected from an F-86 at 35000 feet over Lake Michigan after a flameout. He floated on a one man raft for over three hours until Kenosha guardsmen rescued him 11 miles from shore. Miller survived with a head wound and exposure, treated at O’Hare Field.
Secretary of State Dulles outlined a plan for a Southeast Asian alliance binding member nations to collective defense against Communist aggression. He said the pact could cover all of Indo China, but the loss of part of the region would not automatically mean collapse of all Southeast Asia.
Washington officials consider the possibility that the United States conducted a fourth nuclear test at Bikini Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands. A Pan American World Airways crew in Hong Kong reported May 1 a night scene resembling a sudden sunrise, tracing the glow to the Marshall Islands.
Mrs Agnes E Meyer a noted educator urged Congress to vote at least 500 million dollars in federal funds this year to help states build badly needed new schools. She told a Senate labor subcommittee that overcrowding in public schools is becoming acute.
North Central Airlines carried 19 758 passengers in April setting a new record for that month according to a United Press report.
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