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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1954
Page
4
Karen Susman 36 files suit against Harold S. Susman 51 a manufacturers agent claiming cruelty. She seeks $877 monthly alimony community property and restoration of her former name Karen Lorre. The couple wed November 25 and separated last Tuesday. She previously divorced Peter Lorre a year ago.
Sister Antony of the Poor Clare order burned herself to death after confessing she had lied about her age on an insurance form. Her body was found last Monday at a Roman Catholic convent in Baddesley Clinton. A coroner ruled the death self-inflicted while of unsound mind, with nuns and a chaplain present at the inquest.
A Senate Investigations subcommittee briefing outlines the clash between Sen. McCarthy and Army officials led by Secretary Stevens and Counselor Adams. Key aides Roy Cohn and Francis Carr face dismissal, while Hensel is accused of discrediting the panel. The day centers on threats tied to Schine’s favors and the effort to halt Ft Monmouth scrutiny, with debate over publishing the 133 suspected communists’ names.
Lt Raymond Makowiak the first French officer to escape captivity at Dien Bien Phu arrived at Nam Bac after a trek through rugged mountains and jungles. He survived on corn and rice smuggled by friendly natives during his flight through Indochina.
The Senate backed the housing program and a 35 000 new public housing units per year for four years by a 66 16 vote, sending the measure to a House Senate conference. The House version lacked public housing provisions. In the McCarthy Army dispute, Sen McCarthy may hand over a list of 133 alleged Reds but secrecy restrictions stall a deal with the Defense Department and Roy M Cohn faces further cross examination. Secretary Dulles pitches a 312 billion foreign aid authorization before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Mrs. Theodore S. Chapman of Jerseyville Washington was elected president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs at the 63rd annual convention in Denver. She was unopposed for the post succeeding Mrs. Oscar L. Ahlgren. The gathering elected R J C Prout first vice president, Chloe Gifford second vice president, E Lee Ozbirn recording secretary and Clarence J. Goldthorpe treasurer. GFWC approved a gradual cut in international trade barriers and studied UN charter revisions. Also adopted a resolution to outlaw Communist and similar subversive groups and held talks by Val Peterson and Dr. Gabriel Hauge.
Senator John F. Kennedy urges the administration to take stronger steps to revitalize the New England economy. He notes progress since his earlier speeches but cites a 12 state area seeing unemployment rise by 125 percent over the past year.
Egyptian archaeologist Zakaria Goneim announces the discovery of what may be the oldest intact royal tomb in Egypt, believed to belong to Pharaoh Sankhet of the Third Dynasty. The rock tomb under a step pyramid at Sakkara houses an alabaster sarcophagus and hints at a gold coffin inside.
New AFL dock union reportedly drops plans to protest the May 26 waterside bargaining election and trims its Jersey City Hoboken local to skeleton staff. Rival ILA claims about 2,000 Jersey City Hoboken dockers want to return to the old union. The NLRB will hear challenged votes as AFL ILA weighs next steps in Washington with Meany.
National obituary notes Baroness Gertrude Ranshofen Wertheimer 54 wife of Austrian Baron Egon Ranshofen Wertheimer a former United Nations commissioner in Eritrea and a current section chief in the UN Social Affairs Department She was born in Austria and died Thursday in New York.
The Commerce Department reports the nation's total personal income at an annual rate of 282 billion dollars in April, down 1 billion from March and 5 billion from last October's peak. Wages and salaries and other income contributing to the total show a continued downtrend for the sixth straight month.
Gov Allan Shivers welcomed a second place National Traffic Safety Contest award for Texas in the large-state group as evidence of a magnificent job by law enforcement agencies. Ned H Dearborn, president of the National Safety Council, announced the honors. Lubbock and Saguin received outstanding achievement awards in safety organization within their population up.
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