Eisenhower AEC Contract Details Stir Opposition and Support
The administration released a blow by blow account of a 107 million dollar private power plant deal to supply TVA territory. The Dixon Yates group would build near Memphis and sell power to the AEC for TVA distribution, a plan defended as practical for defense needs but opposed by TVA and some lawmakers.
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Washington
Eisenhower
TVA
Stephen Mitchell
Bobby Jones
Budget Bureau
Memphis, Tenn
Jones
Congress
Bureau
Tennessee Valley Authority
Atomic Energy Commission
Combine
Dixon-Yates Group
AEC
Padu
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday with scattered thundershowers in Amarillo, West Texas, and New Mexico. No significant temperature changes expected. Reports note yesterday's temperatures with highs around the 80s and lows in the 60s, sunrise at 6 12 a m and sunset at 7 27 p m.
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Amarillo
Texas
New, Mexico
Timely Rains Drench Wide Tri State Area
A broad rain event drenched eastern New Mexico and the Panhandle, easing drought for farmers. Official gauges ranged from 0.74 to 7.30 inches with Portales amid 4.50 inches, sparking runoff system checks and traffic disruptions in Clovis and Portales. Authorities urged caution as water covered streets and underpasses.
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Tri-State
New Mexico
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Amarillo Air Terminal
Globe News
Portales
North Main Street
Clovis Police Department
Lovington
Texas pilot completes 3100 mile transatlantic hop to Ireland
Thomas H. Danaher, a 30 year old Texan in a leather jacket, flew a single engine plane from Argentia, Canada to Shannon, Ireland via Paris in about 13 and a half hours. The route crossed roughly 3100 miles, encountering weather trouble 1000 miles off the Irish coast. Canadian regulators gave limited comment on possible rule breaches.
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Associated Press
Thomas H. Danaher
Wichita Falls
Limerick
Ireland
Newfoundland
France
Shannon
Canada
Paris
U. S. Naval
Argentia
Port Arthur Move Showed Red Hand
In 1953 Port Arthur an oil refinery hub faced a Communist led blitz as part of a national plan to seize offices through the Democratic Party. The Texas response, aided by workers, drove out red agitators and led to the outlawing of the Communist Party, with similar efforts in San Antonio and El Paso.
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Port Arthur
Communist Party
Texas
Democratic Party
Raymond Brooks
Capitol
Austin American-Statesman
San Antonio
el Paso
Young Heiress at Center of Multistate Custody Fight
Three year old Kathryn Rae Brandenburg, heir to a fortune estimated at 12 to 30 million dollars, is the focal point of a custody dispute in Clovis New Mexico. The child is the survivor of oilman Ellis Hall and his wife Joann Walter Brandenburg who died in Alaska. Joann was the granddaughter of former Governor A. W. Hockenhull and had custody since Joann’s death. A custody bid by Kathryn’s father James Brandenburg follows his wife’s death. The case has previously reached the New Mexico Supreme Court, with potential federal Texas involvement over Hall’s estate and its proper domicile.
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Clovis
N.M
New Mexico
Kathryn Rae Brandenburg
Kathy
Ellis Hall
Alaska
Hall
Joann Walter Brandenbenburg
Joann
New Mexico City
James Brandenburg
New Mexico Supreme Court
Texas
Christians in the struggle for a responsible society
The accredited visitors discussed a duty to all as Christians. Speakers M. M. Thomas of South India E Lauriel of the Reform Church of France and Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati reported on the theme and its implications for church conscience and social accountability.
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Eugene Slater
Polk Street Methodist Church
M. M. Thomas
South India
E. Lauriel
Reformed Church of France
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Air Force claims new altitude record surpassing old mark
Omaha dispatch reports Air Force Secretary Harold Talbott announcing a test plane broke the world's altitude record and another aircraft set a speed record at 1650 mph. He noted a 17 000 mile nonstop B 47 flight and cited earlier flights during the Air Force Association convention.
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Omaha
Neb
Air Force
Harold Talbott
Talbot
Air Force Association
Scott Crossfield
Edward Air Force Base
Talbott
Marion E. Carl
Globe-News Model Airplane Contest Soars in Amarillo
Model planes take flight this weekend at Trade Wind Airport for the Globe-News Model Airplane Contest. Sanctioned by the Academy of Model Aeronautics, the event features radio controlled demonstrations and exhibits of scale replicas. Braniff International Airways will display Convair for rides over Amarillo, with 88 entries in the two day event.
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Tradewind Airport
Globe-News
Academy of Model Aeronautics
High Plains
Amarillo
Amarillo Air Force Base
Fillmore Street
34Th Street
Liano Cemetery
Braniff International Airways
Palo Duro
Altitude Record Hint From Air Force Officials
Washington reports that officials consider 90,000 feet or 17 miles a plausible target for the new Air Force altitude record. The X-1A rocket plane, flown two months earlier at Edwards AFB, had set a speed record. pilot name remains undisclosed.
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Washington
Air Force
Harold Talbott
Omaha
Edwards Air Force Base
Air Force Flight
California
Clergyman Denounces Segregation at World Council Assembly
Dr. Benjamin Mays of Morehouse College in Atlanta argued segregation mirrors telling God he erred in creating diverse races. He joined Dr. Ben J. Marais in a World Council of Churches session on intergroup relations, urging churches to reject color based segregation as unchristian.
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Benjamin Mays
Morehouse College
Atlanta
World Council of Churches
Ben J. Marais
Dutch Reformed Church
African Transvaal
Mays
Associated Press
Geoffrey Fisher
Canterbury
Dag Hammarskjold
O. Frederick Nolde
Evanston
Ill
Nolde
Council
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