March 10, 1954
Gas cost $0.29 a gallon in the spring of 1954, and the Dow Jones stood at 404 — the French garrison at Dien Bien Phu was under sustained Viet Minh assault, with U.S. aircraft ferrying reinforcements in a conflict that was testing American foreign policy in Southeast Asia. Perry Como's "Wanted" was holding at number one on the charts, while the film "Rose Marie" was drawing steady crowds at the box office. The Minneapolis Lakers claimed the NBA championship over the Syracuse Nationals, and on April 12, Bill Haley and His Comets recorded "Rock Around the Clock" at a New York City studio, a track that would sit quietly as a B-side before igniting a nationwide rock and roll movement the following year.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — March 10, 1954
NY Times Headlines — Week of March 10, 1954
French Authorize Indo-China Talks; Assembly For Geneva Peace Negotiations -- Parley With Vietminh Chief Rejected French Authorize Indo-China Talks
Eisenhower Bars War Involvement Without Congress; Gives Promise When Queried On Action If Americans In Indo-China Are Killed Counter To Dulles View Statement Seen As Modifying 'Instant Retaliation' Policy Announced By Secretary Eisenhower Bars War Involvement
Eisenhower Joins Statehood Fight; Urges Separate Hawaii Vote -- Senate Ballots Today On Linking 2 Territory Bills President Joins Statehood Fight
Malenkov Favors End Of 'Cold War'; He Asks West Again To Study European 'Security' Project Soviet Offered To Big 4 Malenkov Favors End Of 'Cold War'
Malenkov Says Both Sides Would Lose In Atomic War; Moscow Diplomats Note Premier'S Talk Departed From Usual Soviet Forecast Of A Collapse In The West Only
World Events — March 1954
Time Person of the Year — 1954
On the radio
Billboard Charts — March 10, 1954
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1953–54 Season
Emmy Winners — 1954
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — March 10, 1954
On the field
Sports Champions — March 10, 1954
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