14 Jul 1954
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1954
Page
1
The Associated Press reports a broad heat wave shifts east toward the Atlantic while a cool front from the northern Rockies enters the Midwest. No relief for south central regions with seven straight days above 100 degrees as heat deaths rise to at least 17 and crop, poultry losses mount amid ongoing record highs.
The National Assn. for Better Radio and Television warns crime themes dominate children's TV this year. In its 1954 survey, 29 crime programs across seven L.A. stations aired weekly, quadruple the 1951 figure, with a mix of programs deemed fair to excellent and others labeled most objectionable.
Washington The Eisenhower administration returns to Congress with arguments for its foreign aid plan trimmed by more than 10 percent and facing possible further cuts. The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a closed session with Walter Bedell Smith and Adm. Arthur Radford as the bill, now 3.1 billion, moves through committees and toward a Senate floor vote. The panel cut large military equipment aid and Indochina funds but kept technical cooperation and NATO-related programs intact. It restored 27 million for non atomic weapons R and D in Europe and 70 million for British aircraft for the RAF, with only minor reductions from the administration request.
The article reports Middletown temperatures with a low of 78 degrees at 6 15 a.m and a high of 104 at 4 30 p.m. A heat wave extended from southern Texas to South Dakota, with Oklahoma suffering five heat deaths and several states recording several heat victims. The highest official reading was 114 at Ponca City.
PENNINGTON GAP Va A nonunion coal mine near this community in southwest Virginia closed after nine miners were ambushed yesterday as they prepared to go to work at the Tomblinson mine about 11 miles north of here in Lee County. Owner Tomblinson said a dozen or more men fired for about 15 minutes and a pound of empty cartridges was found after shots from a wooded area. He noted a caller asked if he would sign up, having left a United Mine Workers contract April 19. Sheriff Bays said attackers may have been bluffing. no arrests were made. Miners refused to work and the mine will not reopen without workers. UMW officials could not be reached.
Gen. James A. Van Fleet Ike’s special envoy came back from the Orient last night and left for Los Angeles to meet Mrs. Van Fleet before continuing to Washington.
Senate Banking Committee prepared to question Don A Loftus of Wilmington about an Ohio apartment project linked to a former government official. Witnesses include Ralph J Solow Alfred Gross and Andrew Nichols as the panel probes alleged irregularities in housing loan insurance and potential builder official collusion amid debate over windfall profits.
In Paris the Big Three Western Foreign Ministers Dulles Eden and Mendes France extended talks into an afternoon session to refine possible concessions for an Indochina cease fire. They planned separate returns with Dulles likely to Washington while Eden and Mendes France head to Geneva.
At the 46th annual governors conference in Bolton Landing New York Democrats led by Meyner Williams and Lausche and Republicans like Stratton Dewey and Knight shape a presidential option scene. They push for a meeting with President Eisenhower to decide on a states vs federal role in a 50 billion highway program.
House Republican Leader Halleck of Indiana declared the reinsurance plan for private and nonprofit health insurers dead after the House sent the proposal back to the Commerce Committee by a 238 to 134 vote. He blamed Democrats and some Republicans and cited pressure from the American Medical Association as contributing factors. The bill would authorize federal underwriting of up to 75 percent of losses from voluntary expansion of health and medical programs.
Hobbs New Mexico reporting a four months old girl was kidnapped from her home near the Texas New Mexico line between 12 30 and 1 am. She was raped and left in an abandoned automobile ten miles west of Seminole on U S 180. A suspect was arrested and is jailed in Seminole. Lea County deputy sheriff J C Fort traced the suspect from the car to a roadside arrest.
A pleasure boat overloaded with about 62 children capsized on Lake of Two Mountains northwest of Montreal. At least 12 children died and three girl victims and one boy were recovered by dusk. Two adults and several other children were rescued as search efforts halted for the night.
Senator Anderson and Senator Hickenlooper warned a Senate review of a proposed government contract to buy electric power in the TVA area could delay President Eisenhower's atomic energy program. They cited the Memphis area power project and debates over sharing atomic data with allies, with emphasis on safeguards for weapon design information.
Los Angeles based report details the Flying Finns, Charles and George Finn, on their 23rd day of fasting to protest a year jail sentence for interfering with a government officer and the seizure of their war surplus transport plane. The Circuit Court of Appeals plans bail ruling. weights have dropped from 138/135 to 112/111 pounds. The case traces to a bought C46 from a Bakersfield school district, legal fights over possession, and an attempted citizen arrest of the prosecutor.
New York report describes hippo Peter II weighing on a scale set up by keeper Bob Montana. The animal refused to cooperate, lifting front feet then turning away. Estimated weight lands between 500 and 700 pounds plus rewards.
In Halle a communist court opens a trial of six East German mining experts charged with attempted sabotage of copper production. The case highlights tensions within East Germany over industrial security and state control.
The United States Britain and France confront a looming defeat by Communist forces in Indochina. Wary of a wider collapse, officials debate Geneva terms and seek deterrence pacts or anti Communist alliances to defend Southeast Asia and blunt Beijing pressure on Thailand Burma and Indonesia.
The United States has opened diplomatic talks with Czechoslovakia to win release of seven American artillerymen seized by a Czechoslovak border patrol on July 4. An American captain and six enlisted men are missing after reportedly wandering across the West German frontier while sightseeing. Garret Ackerson, the U S diplomat at Prague, held several meetings at the Foreign Office, though the talks’ nature remains unclear. The Czechs accuse the Americans of spying, while the U S notes deny it and condemn the abduction.
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