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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1957
Page
5
Bedford Indiana report says Sallie Bough of Oolitic in Lawrence County finally sees a blooming flower after 13 years. She notes the blossom has a strong unpleasant odor likened to a dead rat, though the long wait ends with the rare bloom.
At a congressional hearing Ivan Funderburg urged building several small dams in the upper Wabash River valley rather than spending 44 million dollars on three large dams. The plan targets dams south of Huntington and near Wabash and Peru as part of the rivers and harbors bill hearings. Also reported a long dismissed garden plant story and a fatal highway crash in Kentucky.
Federal Power Commission examiner Francis N. Hall opened hearings in Washington on competing plans to supply natural gas to Minnesota Michigan Wisconsin and Illinois. Michigan Wisconsin Pipe Line Co Northern Natural Gas Co and Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co oppose Tennessee Gas Transmission Co efforts to build a new pipeline from Knoxville Tennessee toward New England potentially linking with Trans Canada Pipe Lines Ltd at the border.
Senator Bridges says Secretary Dulles told the Republican Policy Committee Khrushchev will appear on a U S television program. CBS plans to film a conference with American reporters questioning the Soviet leader, though a showing time was not set.
The United States refused Japan's request to suspend nuclear tests, noting Nevada tests from May to September would yield devices with favorable weather conditions. The AEC said Test Plumbbob will produce less fallout than prior tests and use improved controls. Experts warn synthetic detergents may foam treatment plants and escape removal, worsening water pollution.
Mrs. Bough grows hundreds of flowers around her home including a snake plant and Breen rose. She notices a dead rat smell from the blossom and wonders if the plant will bloom again after 13 years of waiting.
Prime Minister MacMillan says British ships may resume Canal passages on Egypt's terms. Eight Conservative MPs resign in protest as talks to unwind the crisis begin in Rome on May 23. Britain plans tolls in pounds and opens a Bank of England account for Egypt.
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