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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1953
Page
1
Washington AP Republican Leader Halleck voiced optimism for House approval of Eisenhower's request to extend the excess profits tax. Opponents laid out strategy to defeat or amend the measure as Ways and Means hearings were set for June 1 10.
Allied headquarters press for a revised truce proposal to be shown to North Korea and China at Panmunjom next week with a possible now or never deadline. The plan draws on India plan elements endorsed by the United Nations last December and aims to break the deadlock over prisoner exchanges worth about 8 500. Readiness to push ahead is stressed while details remain undisclosed.
Everett Washington city sign painter L A McNew sought to spell No Parking in Alley but was stymied on three downtown blocks as alleys were crowded with parked vehicles blocking the spots.
Captain Warren D. Sibley of Troy was killed when an Ohio National Guard trainer plane crash landed near Englewood Dam on Wednesday.
A new estimate places the Soviet long range bombing force at 900 to 1,000 TU4 bombers capable of reaching major U.S. cities with atomic weapons. The figure covers aircraft in ready units, excluding production and reserve planes, while officials note uncertainties in public counts of Soviet air power.
Washington Democrats sought to gain political mileage as the House began debate on a $1.97 billion Labor and Welfare budget for the coming fiscal year. The panel trimmed Truman requests, backed cuts to a farm conservation program, and returned to the Senate a bill financing Agriculture. Republicans and Democrats traded positions on conservation funding and public housing Starts, with the House approving the bill while the Senate trimmed it.
AP reports widespread layoffs and production halts across major automakers including Ford Chrysler Studebaker Willys Nash and International Harvester as supplier strikes slash parts flow. Warner Gear Budd and Canton Ford strikes cripple engines transmissions and car bodies forcing up to 85 000 workers to face layoffs nationwide with most in Detroit area.
In Washington, the Eisenhower administration defends cutting the Air Force goal from 143 to 120 wings and reallocating about five billion dollars, drawing sharp Senate division. Senator Ferguson supports the move, while Senator Hill demands full justification before voting. Secretary Wilson cites long-term feasibility and budget constraints as the basis for the reduction.
F H Herman-Fisher Hong Kong manager of Wheelock Marden denies U S Senate subcommittee claims that the firm transported Communist troops. He says Wheelock ships were seized by the Communists for China trade but the Villa is no longer Wheelock property. A vessel Charles Dickens was hired to haul MSA goods and later sold after shipments to Formosa.
President Eisenhower Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Mayer plan an informal high level meeting likely in Bermuda in mid to late June to advance world peace. The aim is to develop common viewpoints on key issues including relations with Red China European defenses and Russia. The plan allows preliminary diplomacy and exchanges of views before the summit with possible discussion of Malenkov.
In Inverness Nova Scotia two Siamese twin boys born Tuesday died about 33 hours after birth. Hospital officials cited the mother Mrs Max Wyrwas 19 in a toxic condition before birth. The babies had appeared in good health earlier yesterday.
In a 12 hour battle on a 300 yard ridge on the Eastern Front South Korean troops counterattacked after Chinese Reds seized the western end. After six hours of fierce fighting ROK reinforcements drove back the assault and the Reds quit. Sporadic fire lingered as patrol skirmishes flared along the front.
United Nations in New York reports French circles reacted coolly to Thailand's request for a U N investigation into the Vietminh led invasion of Laos. Bangkok says it plans to ask the U N for an observation group to monitor hostilities between French forces and Nationalists in Indochina. The move was revealed by Bangkok ambassador Pete Sarasin, who says the U S supports the plan and the request will be formally presented to the Security Council next week.
A dawn-to-dusk search for 24 year old Beverly Ann Bradley of Milwaukee resumed after she wandered from her grandmother’s cottage Wednesday and got lost in brush NE of Menominee Michigan. Bloodhounds from Merrill, Wisconsin, were en route to assist. Bradley was last seen playing with her doll in the yard. Her grandmother Mrs Edward E Van Kleeck of Milwaukee prepared the summer home for use, located 17 miles northeast of Menominee two miles inland from Green Bay.
President Eisenhower proposed easing sanctions on Czechoslovakia if William N. Oatis, AP correspondent in Prague, is released. Zapotocky pardoned Oatis on May 15, after talks with U S officials and Mrs Oatis appealed for mercy. The exchange followed Dulles diplomatic representations and highlighted ongoing U S sanctions including export bans and travel limits.
The Calcasieu River flood threat escalates in Southwest Louisiana, driving about 1,250 families from homes in Lake Charles and Eastdale. Drownings occur near Kinder and Crowley, with 14.85 foot readings at Old Town Bay and 10 feet above flood stage along the river as volunteers, police, and military units evacuate residents and move trailers to safety. Some residents fear highway closures and damage to farm land as storms drain southward.
The French National Assembly rejected Premier Rene Mayer's bid for emergency power to cut government expenses by decree. Mayer, in office since January 7, had planned Bermuda talks with Eisenhower and Churchill, aiming toward a Big Four with Russia. Unofficial vote: 311 against, 260 for.
A strike by 315 AFL pipefitters at Fernald atomic plant stretched into the seventh day amid a jurisdictional dispute with millwrights. Details were not disclosed and the stoppage was ongoing as reports noted no resolution.
In Dirracqu New York a motorist Norton Webb rushed his wife Rosanne to a hospital after running a red light at Michigan and Seneca Streets. Patchmen Stoehr and Whalen escorted the car with a siren. Mrs Webb gave birth to a boy. Cops later noted the familiar angle from last June when a hornblowing speed er was escorted to the hospital and a baby girl was born.
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