NEWS PARADE OF 1954

[Music] 19:54 is written in the pages of history Korea three years of fighting were over a truce had been signed and for many American boys this was their final parade on Korean soil they were homeward bound and Miss Liberty welcomed them proudly as they returned a war was behind them long weeks at sea were behind them ahead of them the faces of loved ones and home the long trail that began at heartbreak bridge ended at the foot of a gangplank there was so much to say and words were so inadequate so useless but the Indochina war continued the French and their colonial allies their backs to the wall fought on American supplied arms in Jungle and in Valley ports without sounding names like the Indian food the long bitter struggle continued and clear cut victory seemed unattainable both sides fought on while negotiations were initiated to end eight-year struggle soldiers fought on in Asia and died while diplomats assembled at the old League of Nations building and Geneva to talk peace here for the first time read China's Joanne lie confronted the leaders of the West with the backing of Russia's Molotov China demanded the high price for peace after weeks of stalemate the new French premier montes cross and British Foreign Secretary Eaton flew back to Geneva with their final terms for settlement it was Montes Franck's 18th French premier since the war who had staked his new government on a settlement by a certain date this was the date the American Undersecretary of state Beatle Smith came only as an observer for his country a ceasefire agreement was signed by the French and the Vietminh communists the armistice terms placed 12 million people under communist rule but ended a critical situation that had drained France of 92 thousand lives and 8 billion dollars for the first time in 18 years the world was formally at peace Washington a scene of gunfire in the halls of Congress Porto Rican terrorists opened fire from the visitors gallery five congressmen were hit one of them seriously injured the nation was outraged by the attack [Music] three men and a woman seized by bystanders were arrested and later convicted along with other ringleaders in the plot to overthrow the government in the United States and in Puerto Rico members of the terrorist gang were rounded up linked to the Communists it is believed their arsenal was supplied by the Reds red dominated Guatemala's representative protested to the UN over the revolt five forces of freedom parumala was backed by Russia first with weapons now with words but US ambassador large invoked the monroe doctrine with this dramatic warning representative of the stove Oviatt union stay out of this hemisphere and don't try to start your plans and your conspiracies over here translation at the Vatican scenes of religious pomp and ceremony 400,000 gathered in the Piazza San Pietro for the elevation of a pope to sainthood Pius the 12th led the rights for Pius the tenth first pope to be made a saint in 242 years highest accolade of the church for Giuseppe Sarto the Cobblers son who rose from humble parish priest to spiritual ruler of 400 million Catholics he died in 1914 but his great works live on forever a saint Canadian ambassador Heaney looked on at the White House as President Eisenhower signed historic legislation creating the st. Lawrence Seaway long a dream of men on both sides of the border a giant undertaking linking Lake Ontario with the Gulf of st. Lawrence the Seaway project would make it possible for big ships to sail all the way from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic a 30-year dream became reality good neighbors 1954 was a big year in sports the mile of the century was run at Vancouver between John Landy of Australia now leading and Roger Bannister of England both of whom had previously broken four minutes false tingling drama unfolded on the final turn where Bannister overtook Landy and drove on to victory with one last reserve of incredible stamina and will [Applause] both men broke four minutes sports history was made 1954 a year of the Hurricanes the unintentional humor weather experts gave them names of girls but there was no humor in Carroll or Edna or hazel born in the Caribbean raised up over the Atlantic to lash the North American continent from the Carolinas to Canada the Hurricanes cut a wide swath of destruction across the land cutting off power destroying property terrific winds and torrential rains accompanied by flash floods that struck without warning hundreds lost their lives and property damage soared into the hundreds of millions of dollars hurricanes grim reminders of the untamed forces of nature around them [Music] first pictures of the h-bomb the world's most awesome weapon of destruction for dramatic effect here superimposed over a great metropolis is the fireball three miles across which would instantaneously turned the city into an inferno science sees no limit to the potential power of H bombs which place an unthinkable destructive weapon in the hands of mankind man must harness its power for good and Freedoms arsenal the Scorpion carried a deadly sting of rockets the Scorpion biggest longest-range jet interceptors packs a wallop of 104 rocket [Music] midair refueling made it possible for our jet bombers to reach any target in the world the b-36 global bomber whose ability to carry the atom bomb anywhere on earth has made it a great weapon for peace shows its enormous destructive capacities every explosion you see came from this one planes bomb low in a world divided weapons of war were potent factors in keeping the peace a scorpion dives down through the exhaust trail created by the Rockets adjust fire [Music] uber jets unleash a fiery fury of jellied gasoline napalm bomb on the diplomatic front and historic achievement in Paris where Konrad Adenauer of Germany john foster dulles of the US and pierre Montes France signed the fourteen nation pact upon ratification a rearmed Germany joins the defense alliance for Western Europe a grateful nation led by President Eisenhower acclaimed secretary Dulles upon his return peace seemed more secure as 1954 became history [Music]