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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1954
Page
4
The Senate moves a housing measure toward a conference with the House and a recommendation argues the Senate version should prevail. The House rejected public housing though some program likelihood remains with trimming of the 35 000 units a year goal. The piece endorses a modest Senate program and notes urgency of housing to curb municipal blight.
Albany marks the 200 year anniversary of Franklin’s plan for union proposed at the 1754 Albany Congress. The plan aimed to bind the colonies for mutual defense and treaties with the Iroquois Five Nations. It foreshadowed the later U S Constitution despite colonial rejection.
The United Nations Security Council voted 19 to 1 with the Soviet Union opposing a Thai request for UN observers to monitor Vietminh activity near Thailand. If the General Assembly approves, observers would go to Thailand, potentially prompting UN action if conflict spills over.
Sirens ring as Indo China crisis looms and France reshuffles command under Gen Paul Ely. U S training of Vietnamese forces up to division size is allowed while recruitment remains only 30 percent effective. Senate faces wager on another billion for Indo China or broader Southeast Asia defense.
J S Russell reports from Rangoon Burma on corn uses dairy plans and diet limits. The piece notes cattle imports from Pakistan and government dairy farms while describing rainfall insurgents and food habits shaping agriculture and aid wind down as Burma seeks self reliance and kyats plentiful dollars scarce.
Readers urge Bellevue and Dudley street parking ban to reduce hazards at a narrow corridor. They cite lack of stop signs, speeding, and congestion with buses sharing the lane, asking city officials to reevaluate parking rules amid ongoing traffic worries.
Little one so sweet and tiny with blue eyes and aixture gaze. The speaker praises a child as heaven’s glory and a princess of the heart with soft hair milky and down and a snow white dress.
Washington diary on the Army McCarthy hearings notes a heated session in the cloakroom and committee room. Tensions rise as Senator McCarthy and Senator Symington clash over reading phone call records with Secretary Stevens and Army counsel Roy Cohn. Counselor Welch questions the propriety of using Pvt. Schine as an unpaid investigator. The exchange ends with terse remarks and the end of the session.
Washington reports warn that current Indo China options are graver than Korea, with Adm. Carney and Secretary Dulles urging public support while Congress hesitates. Guatemala and UNESCO loom as contrasting fronts, as debates over intervention and aid unfold ahead of the foreign aid bill vote.
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