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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1956
Page
5
Secretary Charles E. Wilson arrived in Honolulu after touring the Eniwetok atomic test area and said President Eisenhower’s condition did not require an immediate return to Washington.
Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell urged reopening negotiations with Archbishop Makarios or handing the Cyprus issue to NATO to settle the Cyprus dispute. He criticized the Eden government policy of repression and pressed for immediate Cypriot self rule, Turkish minority protections, and use of Cyprus as a British base. Makarios was exiled to the Seychelles last March.
Former New York Mayor William O Dwyer has returned from Mexico to answer a government claim he owes about 10 000 in back income taxes for 1949 to 1951. The hearing in Federal Tax Court is set for tomorrow as he seeks to dismiss the claim and notes diplomatic reimbursements.
The United Jewish Appeal votes to borrow 40 million dollars to aid resettlement of North African Jews in Israel. The move accompanies a 105 million dollar national fundraising goal, with 40 million already collected, amid safety concerns raised by Moses A. Leavitt about looting and kidnappings in North Africa. Morris W. Berinstein urges American Jews to aid, noting Israel's defense spending.
In Los Angeles the Shrine Exhibition Hall hosts the National Association of Retail Grocers members for their 57th annual convention and display of unusual foods. The exhibit features fried grasshoppers fried cactus worms muskrat and rattlesnake meat as part of the event.
The article reports polio experts urging rapid use of the Salk vaccine to protect unvaccinated individuals and reduce transmission. Drs Salk Bodian and Scheele advocate vaccinating now, noting vaccines can curb silent carriers and prevent paralytic cases, with tens of millions already administered.
In St Louis the government presented additional rebuttal witnesses in the federal conspiracy trial of Matthew J Connnelly and T Lamar Caudle, once Truman aides. The defense rested Friday after five days of testimony with both men denying the charges. The case could go to the jury tomorrow or Wednesday. Irving Sachs, a St Louis shoe manufacturer, previously pleaded guilty to tax evasion and paid a $40 000 fine in 1951.
James Marlow assesses President Eisenhower's second illness in nine months and its impact on voters. He notes the president's age, the heart attack and intestinal block, doctors' prognosis, and the likelihood he will wait until full recovery to declare re election plans.
AUSTIN June 11 Will Wilson candidate for attorney general today named Houston attorney Bob Singleton his state campaign manager.
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