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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1954
Page
5
A strike by 350 Philippine merchant marine officers shut down inter island shipping. Thirty five coastal ships were tied up at Manila's north harbor as guild members demanded higher wages overtime pay sick leave and vacations.
Hungary witness Msgr Bela Varga tells House Committee on Communist Aggression anti-Communist feeling remains strong and Russians used rape and plunder to break resolve. Ferenc Nagy urges truth campaign to expose propaganda while other witness describes forced collectivization and farm shortages prompting food imports.
Billy Graham says U S policy makers should seek input from missionaries and churchmen abroad to understand what people think. He noted that churchmen move among locals where diplomats do not and can speak off the record. He spoke in a U S News and World Report interview about his European tour.
Mississippi voters queued at 7 am for the Democratic U S Senate primary as Sen James Eastland predicts a 100000 vote win. Lt Gov Carroll Gartin runs against James A White with segregation and anti communism as key positions. Democratic victory would advance to the November general election.
Chinese Nationalist agency reports Russia agrees to equip 12 North Korean divisions by June 1955. Tatao News Agency cites a four point pact with Red China and North Korea: form and train 12 new divisions, Russia supplies equipment, North Korea gets two fighter groups and a bomber group by June 1956, and warships to follow.
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