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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1954
Page
2
Observers note a record breaking filibuster in the U S Senate over private versus public atomic power. The clash between executive and legislative branches highlighted stubbornness and strategic moves to end the standoff while preserving Senate traditions and rules.
The piece questions Britain's China policy after Peiping shot down a British civilian airliner near Hainan and notes ongoing tensions in Korea and with UN forces. It argues London should resist appeasement, pursue a tighter security alliance in Asia and Europe, and back a quarantine against communism to preserve a first class power role.
President Eisenhower urged a new moral crusade as a path to peace in the Cold War. Standing before the World Christian Endeavor convention he said weapons cannot secure true peace and nations must arm with moral force to achieve prosperity and victory. He contrasted freedom with those who deny human values, calling for spiritual resolve among youth.
Ten years ago Monroe mourned attorney William F Thurber found dead after a heart attack while Shirley Syse died at 14 from heart disease. Milkweed floss plans in Green County, a letter from Cpl James G Clark about escaping a German camp, and Florence battle news were cited along with Florence threats to Pisa.
The Associated Press reports a record drought gripping the United States from Georgia to Wyoming with heat and dry spells hurting crops and livestock. Texas New Mexico Colorado Oklahoma and Wyoming face disaster designations while rain remains sparse and damaging grasshoppers add to losses in Missouri Nebraska Iowa Indiana and the Carolinas.
New York political scene sees Averell Harriman, former mutual security administrator and railroad heir, enter the race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination amid statewide coverage and campaign expectations.
AP analyst William L. Ryan notes China’s Chou En lai rose to world prominence through Geneva, eclipsing Molotov and signaling Asia for Asians. Moscow faces pressure as China bides its time, with Pan Asian security hints and a cautious stance toward U.S. influence in Asia.
An explosion and fire at Gulf Oil Co wholesale bulk station in Sandusky Ohio destroyed three of five storage tanks and injured three people. responders rushed two victims to hospital as crews battled the blaze and contained the flames.
Washington reports a new surge in homebuilding with June starts reaching 120,000 units, up 12 percent from May, the third consecutive monthly rise. Seasonally adjusted annual rate stands at 1,206,000, the strongest six month private housing total since 1950, signaling sustained spending power and vigor in the economy. Public housing for the first half totals were not fully listed in the excerpt.
The report shows 10,700 units started in the first half, down from 28,300 last year. Total starts reached 574,800 for private and public units in early 1954, slightly below 581,400 in early 1953, but projections for year-end indicate higher activity. The rate for June suggests the rest of the year will exceed 1953’s pace.
A two week summer church school began this morning at St Andrew's church in Monro. Rev Richard F Hulburt announced 18 students were registered with more expected tomorrow and for the second week. Sessions run daily from 9 to noon through Friday.
Three days after a cease fire pact, Hanoi residents register for evacuation while Vietminh appeals urge stay. Chinese and Vietnamese civilians face mass movement as French withdraw. McClintock named U S ambassador to Cambodia amid plans for further evacuations and refugee movements.
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