Vogel Named to TVA Board and Should Be Chairman
Brig. Gen. Herbert D. Vogel won Senate confirmation for the Tennessee Valley Authority board. If confirmed, he will serve as chairman. Vogel, a 1924 West Point graduate and Army Corps of Engineers official, would replace Gordon R. Clapp and take a term through 1983. He will retire from the Army by Aug. 31 and has held senior roles with rivers and harbors, the Mississippi River Commission, and interagency river basins planning.
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Vogel
TVA
Senate
Washington
Herbert D. Vogel
Eisenhower
Tennesses Valley Authority
Hisenhower
Gordon R. Clapp
West Point
Southwest
Army Corps of Engineers
Dallas
TVS
Fective
Untl
Army
White House
James C. Hagerty
Chelsea
Mich
U.S. Military Academy
Th University of California
Berlin Technical University
Heis
Board of Engineers
Mississippi River
Arkanas-White-Arcd
Panama Canal Zone
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Army Engineers
U.S. Army
Herbert R. Tumin
Vicksburg
Panama
Execution Of Formosans Bears Watching Incident May Point To Nationalist Internal Problem
Two Formosan natives were executed for complicity in a plot to overthrow the Nationalist government by force. The probes show an underground ring in Hong Kong and arms smuggling to mobilize aborigines if Communists invade. With Reds nearby, internal tensions rise as the Nationalists seek to win local support while guarding against insurgent plots.
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Charles M. McCann
United Press
Formosa
Hong Kong
Formosa Strait
Japan
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Senate Approves West German Sovereignty
The Senate endorsed administration plans to grant sovereignty to West Germany if France and Italy block the European Defense Army. The approval was 88 to 0 and aims to avert a potential need for a special session after adjournment.
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Washington
Senate
West Germany
France
Italy
European Defense Army
Congress
Plans Made To Catch Loan Sharks
Houston August 3 The Junior Bar Association of Texas laid plans to catch loan sharks. Gibson Gayle the new president said Texas is a loan shark paradise with the largest per capita loan balance and high rate leaders. He noted bills were submitted but not out of committee and said organized opposition exists. The association plans to appoint an attorney in each large city to collect complaints from victims and forward information to the state attorney general's office.
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Houston
Junior Bar Association of Texas
Gibson Gayle
Texas
Gayle
Margarine production hits all time first half record
New York August 1 Margarine output for the first six months of 1954 reached 684,503,000 pounds, a new record. January to June 1953 output was 640,496,000 pounds, while June production was about 12 percent below the same month in 1953 and 1952.
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New York
Do Four Oklahoma Counties Want To Return To Texas
Texas attorney general John Ben Shepperd said Oklahoma counties may join Texas, with Hall county Democrats urging an investigation and Oklahoma officials dismissing the move as hot weather talk. He pledged to study the issue and noted more Oklahomans want to return to Texas than Texans want Oklahoma. Also, Daniel Luna, a 40 year old Mexican contract worker, was killed when struck by a car near Harlingen, with a second vehicle involved.
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Austin
Texas
John
Ben Shepperd
Oklahoma
Oklahoa
Democratic Party
Hall County
Shepperd
Mac Q. Williamson
Harlingen
Tex
Daniel
Luna
Walter Lawrence
Lawrence
Dogs Strike Pickets at ASPCA Offices in New York
In New York on Apr 3 striking dog caretakers picketed five ASPCA offices demanding that the 88 year old agency recognize Local 804 of the Teamsters Union as their bargaining agent. The action involved truck drivers and hospital attendants allied with the ASPCA workers.
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American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
ASPCA
Teamsters Union
APL
Rebbers Flee After Register Fails To Open
Fort Worth Aug 3 Three robbers fled Turner's service station in the Polytechnic district after failing to open a cash register. Night attendant Virgil Allard said the leader pistol whipped him while the other two entered the station. They fled when a car approached, driving a 1952 Ford with Oklahoma plates.
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Fort Worth
Turner
Polytechnic
Virgil Allard
Allard
Oklahoma
Richardson Files Divorce Suit in Woodland Calif
Mrs. Ida B. Richardson sues for divorce in Woodland California charging her husband Floyd G. Richardson with abandonment dating back to 1919 when they were in Tadenia Washington. The filing indicates years of separation and seeks relief in court.
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Sonotone
O. M. Dimond, JR
Delmont Hotel
Kovar Appliance CO
East Texas
Greece
Lamont
Ons
Wodern
Rebbers
Register
Sam Wismar
West Texas
Houston Lighting & Power Company
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