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Newspaper

Reno Evening Gazette

Location

Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1954

Page

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President Ike warns foreign aid cuts unsafe and unjustified

President Eisenhower told Congress that any reduction in the 83.447 billion foreign aid program would be unjustified and unsafe given the continued ruthless drive of Communist imperialists for world domination. He urged Congress to authorize funds for military and other assistance to Indochina and nearby regions, stressing strategic alliances and the need to adjust allocations to changing conditions.

WASHINGTON Fisenhower congress southeast Asia hays United States Eisenhower muse QOscal Murray Snider White Trouse Snyder CVTS

Steel Contract Has Week to Run

Pittsburgh June 23 David J McDonald president of the CIO United Steelworkers said a week remains to reach a new contract with the base steel industry as a strike could begin at midnight next Wednesday when the current agreement expires U S Steel Corp called the new proposal completely unsatisfactory and details were not released unions leaders indicated they would take any action necessary while other major steel industry talks wait on the outcome

PITTSBURGH David J. McDonald CIO Steelsarkers base McDonald U.S. Steel Corp haste street

Evacuations Ordered as Des Moines Flood Reaches Crest

Emergency power orders and precautionary evacuations swept Des Moines as 7 500 residents in southeast bottoms faced rising tides. Levees, under extreme strain, held in some areas while others flooded. Police, National Guard and volunteers moved residents, with shelters filling as 2 000 to 4 000 more may lose homes if crest reaches 29 to 30 feet.

DES MOINES dune Wostell national

Rebels Prepared For Long Short War Leader Says

Col. Carlos Castillo Armas said his anti Communist forces in Guatemala are prepared for a long or short battle to take over the government. Reports from Esquipulas noted air raids and rebel captures as government troops claimed wins in Puerto Barrios and Chiquimula.

TEGUCIGALPA Honduras Carlos Castillo Armas Guatemala Esquipulas Jacobo Arbenz Gueman Jong Arbenz Esquigulas Castillo Armas Ife Hondas plana Vado Hondo Jacotan Campatan Baquipulas Puerto Barerios Chiquimula Santo Tomas San Salvador Shell Ol Co Guatemala city Evangelical church San Sanader Guatemalan Izabel Zacapa Colon Las Quebradas Olapa Los Amatos La Barca Champana Quirigia Bananera Morales, York Iguana El Estar Gualan horee Cal Carlos Castillo Armes Tegucagalpa Tlenduras Lefito Carlos Sa’acar Luis Coronado Lira Rodolfo Castillo Armas Zacana

Tobacco Industry Eyes Cancer Study

New York June 23 tobacco industry officials advocate further study and experimentation to pin down causes of cancer and heart disease. They view as preliminary an American Cancer Society report indicating cigarette smoking cuts the life span.

NEW YORK American Cancer Society

Humphrey Attacks On Defense Reports In Senate Speech

Sen. Humphrey of Minnesota assailed defense leaders for conflicting statements on new weapons and tech progress against Russia. He cited Quantico remarks and urged reliable, clear public scoring of the U.S. and Soviet advances.

WASHINGTON Humphrey AD-Minn Russia Humphrey Quantico Quarles Walson United States senate

U.S Planes Fly French Soldiers Home

Saigon June 23 United States to fly 500 French soldiers wounded in the battle of Dien Bien Phu to France. Five flights announced beginning Saturday with additional departures June 30 July 3 July T and July 10.

SAIGON Indochina United States Phien Bien Phu Pacific France U.S

U S Warns Guatemala Against Red Pawn Role

United States opposes Guatemala's bid for an immediate UN Security Council meeting to revisit the Guatemalan conflict. Lodge warns Guatemala not to become a pawn of Soviet influence while Guatemala and Honduras accuse Nicaragua and Honduras of aiding mercenaries.

U. S GUATEMALA Lodge Security Council UNITED NATIONS United States U.N. security council Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr Organization of Amemnecan States O AS Soviet union Delrante Eduardo Castilo Arrigia mudaght US N Dag Hammarsky dld Castillo Arrigia

Democrats Open Trade Pact Fight

Washington June 23 Democrats led by Senator Gore warn Congress to counter the Communist trade offensive by delaying President Eisenhower and denying his request for extended authority. Sen Morse and others back a plan to substitute Eisenhower's broader program for a narrow house bill extending reciprocal trade agreements for a year. The 12 June demise of the law looms as revival possibilities remain.

WASHINGTON Gore congress Eisenhow Gore w Sen Morse ind Orel acason Fisenhower Republcan

AMA appoints Dr Walter B. Martin as 108th president

In San Francisco on June 23 a 66-year-old Norfolk physician, Dr Walter B. Martin, became the 108th president of the American Medical Association. He took the oath of office last night and succeeds Dr Edward J. McCormick of Toledo, Ohio, as the third Virginian to hold the post.

SAN FRANCISCO Norfolk, Va American Medical Association Walter B. Martin Edward J. McCormick Toledo Ohio

Mundt Questions Wisdom Of McCarthy Probe

Sen. Mundt of South Dakota voiced skepticism about the wisdom of having a congressional committee investigate itself. He noted the hearings strengthened doubts that another committee would have been more thorough, though a different panel might have completed the task faster. The investigations subcommittee spent 36 days in public sessions probing misconduct charges surrounding Sen. McCarthy, Army Secretary Stevens, and aides.

WASHINGTON Sen Mundt R-SD congressional committee McCarthy R-Wis Army Stevens

Texan 61 Sails Pacific on raft with parrot and cat

A 61 year old Texan William Willis launched from Callao aboard a 35 by 18 foot halsa wood raft named Seven Little Sisters aiming to reach Samoa in an 11,000 mile voyage. Accompanied only by a parrot and a cat Eckie and Meeckie he hopes to outdo Thor Heyerdahl's Kon Tiki. Willis believes the journey will take eight months as he seeks to prove human will can conquer the elements. Mrs Tess Willis will live in New York until his return. The raft carries food stores navigation instruments a radio and a tin cabin with nylon sails.

LIMA Peru Samoa Thor Heyerdahl William Willis Callao Tess Willis New York Heverdah Willis Eckie Meeckie

French Patrol Fights Ambush Near Hanoi

French patrol repels ambush by about 200 Vietminh guerrillas 60 miles south of Hanoi near Ninh Binh. French forces report 30 rebels killed and 37 more killed with 47 captured across the 24 hour period. Rebel mines damage Hanoi Haiphong rail cars as B26 bombers drop 60 tons of explosives on guerrilla bases along sea supply lifeline.

HANOI Indochina Ninh Binh Red Inverdetta Haiphong guerritta

Haymes Renews Fight for Stay in U S

Argentine-born crooner Dick Haymes resumes his bid to remain in the United States. He is to appear at a hearing ordered by the Board of Immigration Appeals which earlier set aside a deportation order against him.

Haymes LOS ANGELES Dick Tlaymes United States board of immigration appeals

Review of Geneva talks leaves Indochina gloom and cautious plans

Washington dispatch reports Under secretary Walter Bedell Smith briefed 30 congressional leaders on the Geneva conference with the Communists about Korea and Indochina. He said Laos, Cambodia, and parts of Vietnam likely resist communism, with allies and Russians reacting, but no new policy emerged. Johnson urged allies to unite and push a program to save freedom. Churchill Eden to meet Eisenhower and Dulles next.

RAUL Caracas Laos Cambodia Vietnam congress Eisenhower Smith Geneva Korea Indochina Churchill Eden Britain Dulles house state department France Guatemala Sen Lyndon Johnson Texas Jeader AMIT Johnson Senate Knowland California White Flouse James C. Hagerty Far East Hagerty

Eden presses Southeast Asia defense pact idea amid Geneva fallout

London June 23 AP Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden urged a Southeast Asian defense system with non aggression pacts and a reciprocal arrangement akin to Locarno. He suggested a defense alliance like NATO could form in the region to deter aggression as Dulles warned against precipitate NATO expansion in Asia. Eden spoke as he prepared to fly to Washington with Prime Minister Churchill for talks with President Eisenhower.

LONDON Anthony Eden Eden house of commons Locarno NATO Europe Germany France Britain Haly Porland alth Dulles southeast Asia BLUNT Geneva Asia Washington Churchill Anhower Pacific

Mendes France Confers With Chou En Lai in Geneva Talks

In Geneva on June 23, French Premier Mendes France held a two hour private discussion with Chinese Premier Chou En Lai. He said the talks were entirely free and gave hope the Geneva Conference could yield progress toward peace in Indochina and stable peace in Southeast Asia.

BERN Switzerland Mendes-France Red China Chou En-Lai Indo- China Chow moself China sant France southe east Asia Chau Jean Chauvel tat he Chou India

Top Scientist Educator, Karl Compton Dies

New York June 23 Karl Compton 66 a leading American scientist and educator died yesterday He served 18 years as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and chaired its corporation since 1943 He helped advance radar during WWII and worked on atomic age projects He was named by President Truman to head the National Military Establishment s research and development board before resigning a year later for health reasons

NEW YORK Karl Compton America Compton Massachusetts Institute of Technology corporation of MIT Truman national military establishment research and development

Dawn Call on Girl By Dead Heir Told

CHICAGO June 22 A young attractive brunette identified as the last person seen Montgomery Ward Thorne alive says she was sober and in good health when he visited her apartment at 4 a m Saturday Thorne, a 20 year old mail order fortune heir, was found dead a few hours later in his Gold Coast apartment Doctors believe he died about 3 a m after visiting Anne Rooks 23 who lives across the street Rooks declined his picnic invitation with Maureen Regan 18 Thorne's fiancee who inherits half his fortune Rooks says she knew Thorne's mother Marion and has visited the Thorne summer home in Lake Geneva Wis They also recalled a Cypress Gardens Florida water skiing trip a year and a half ago but see him infrequently now

CHICAGO SurAnne Rooks Miss Rooks Thomas Mulveyesterday Thorne Maureen Regan Marion Lake Geneva Wis Mulvey Cypress Gardens Fla

Truman in excellent condition after gall bladder removal

Kansas City reported that President Truman, who had emergency surgery four days ago to remove his gall bladder and appendix, is in excellent condition. Dr. Wallace Graham said his temperature is normal and he will start a full surgical liquid diet today.

KANSAS CITY Harry Truman Truman Wallace Graham

Cold War Protocol Worries India Over Uncertain Visits

New Delhi reports indicate Indian officers faced protocol and security tensions amid preparations for Chou En-lai’s visit to Nehru. Officials weigh inviting ambassadors from nonrecognition states as Chou delays arrival after talks with Mendes-France. discussions will cover Korea and Indochina with no nonaggression pact planned.

NEW DELHI India Chou En-lar Nehru United States France China Chou Cheu Palam Pierre Mendes-France Bern Indian foreign office Red China

Fire in Seoul burns 1000 flimsy homes

A two and a half hour blaze in Seoul last night destroyed about a thousand flimsy houses in Tauregay district. U S and Korean firefighters brought the fire under control. No injuries are reported.

SEOUL Tauregay U. S

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