Truman to ask Congress to double atomic production funds
The Nashville Tennessean reports President Truman will seek emergency funding to double the 1950 atom bomb program and add 30 to 60 million for construction. The plan, urged by the Atomic Energy Commission, targets expanded production at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, amid Russia’s claimed bomb. Senator Hickenlooper and Chairman McMahon weigh future funding as talks continue.
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Nashville
Tenn
Truman
Congress
Russia
Nashville Tennessean
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington Dispatch
AEC
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Washington
McMahon
Senate House Atomic Committee
Canada
Belgian Congo
United States
Oak Ridge
Health Council Meeting in Austin Features Mental Health Panel
More than 50 Texas welfare and health workers will attend a one day Texas State Health Education Council session in Austin. The program includes a 2 p.m. panel on mental health with leaders from UT Hogg Foundation and city health officials, plus a morning business meeting and luncheon at First Methodist Church.
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Texas Welfare and
Austin
Texas State Health Education Council
B. M. Primer
Robert L. Sutherland
University of Texas Hogg Foundation
First Methodist Church
Rhea H. Williams
Harold Mathews
Youth Development Council
Elizabeth McGuire
Health Council
Texas
Travis County
Texas Mental Hygiene Society
Elizabeth Gentry, MD
State Department of Health
Tom Blackwell
Arthur Cunningham Jr
Perry Jones
Not Either Is Benny a Musician or Actor in Court
In New York on October 4 1960 the American Guild of Variety Artists faces off with James Petrillo head of the musicians union over jurisdiction of performers who use instruments in acts. AGVA seeks a temporary injunction from Supreme Court Justice Samuel Hofstadter to prevent Petrillo from interfering with its affairs. The dispute centers on whether Benny and similar performers are actors or instrumental musicians.
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New York
Jack Benny
American Guild of Variety Artists
James C. Petrillo
Musicians Union
AFL
Guild
Petrillo
AGVA
Supreme Court
Samuel H. Hofstadter
Henry Dunn
Benny
District Jurist Pay Hikes Retroactive
The Texas Attorney General ruled that district judges receive a retroactive raise to September 1 matching appellate judges. District judges will get warrants totaling 666.66 this month and 583.33 each month thereafter for base pay, with juvenile court extra allowances noted.
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American Capitol
Price Daniel
Robert S. Calvert
Bruce W. Bryant
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