Private firms eyed to aid atomic weapons production
Washington reports private industry may be asked to join the atomic explosives effort as military demand rises. The AEC already runs five large plants and debates grow on dual purpose reactors that yield power and plutonium for bombs. Proposals envision private ownership with government plutonium sales, offsetting power costs while protecting strategic needs.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Hanford
Wash
Oak Ridge
Tent
Paducah
Portsgouth
Ohio
Savannah Rivoa
W. Sterling Cole
R-N
House-Senate Atomic Energy Committee
AEC
Gordon Dean
Ture
House
Senate
Dean
Lewis L. Strauss
Cole
United Press
Republicans Battle To Oppose Sen Douglas In Missouri Race
A large field of nine Republicans contest the April 13 primary to challenge Sen. Paul H. Douglas in Missouri. Names on the ballot include a former American Legion national commander, a blind Chicago alderman, a crime-fighter, a University of Illinois trustee, and the founder of the America First party. One candidate withdrew too late to remove his name. another runs a write in campaign. Governors Stratton and Dirksen offer no public preference.
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Paul H. Douglas
Senate
Douglas
GOP
American Legion
Chicago
University of Winois
America First’ Party
Deweed A. Watson
Winnetka
Edward Dunbar O'Brien
FALSE TEETH STABILIZER CLAIMS ROCK SLIDE PROOF
An advertisement touts FASTEETH as a powder that secures upper and lower plates, preventing sliding slipping or rocking. It asserts no gummy taste or odor and claims PAS ETH is a non-acid alkwine formula that does not sour breath. Available at drug counters.
Court Denies Hearing for Lynch on Agricultural Induction
The Supreme Court denied a hearing for Michael J. Lynch of Dell City Texas on his attempt to secure an agricultural deferment from induction. Lynch, a 15 percent farmer in a 62000 acre venture, had sought a Texas board decision, arguing constitutional liberty issues after being classified 1-A and refusing to report in 1953.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Michael Joseph Lynch
Dell City
Tex
Armed Services
Lynch
University of Southern California
Alhambra
Calif
Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals
Recipe Hobby Pays Off For Cafe Owner
NEW YORK March Q6 Ih A laundryman turned restaurateur said his success proves the chicken was the egg. Bernard Bronk operator of a major wholesale laundry opened a bankrupt Manhattan eatery last September to test his recipes. The small cafe seats about 30, but his hobby grew into a business as he hires a chef and plans to keep testing recipes.
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New York
Bernard Bronk
Bronk
Lavon
Manhattan
Ae & Hobby
Hike Seen July 1 For Unemployment Hike
Washington March 9 Unemployment is likely to rise in the fiscal year starting July 1, Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell told a Senate subcommittee. He urged approval of a 1955 budget of 340.6 million dollars, noting estimates assume a still high level economy despite competing views on the outlook.
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Washington
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
Senate Appropriations
General Administration
U S Gasoline Tax Bill Nears Three Billion Mark
Washington report notes federal and state gasoline taxes may pass 3 billion dollars this year per the American Petroleum Institute bulletin. President Eisenhower seeks delay of a half cent federal tax cut slated for April. several states consider rate hikes as surplus supplies mount. The bulletin warns of diminishing returns and cites a 34 percent combined tax share of gasoline price.
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American Petroleum Institute
Eisenhower
Congress
World Petroleum
America
Senate
House
Tax Economic Bulletin
National Highway Users Conference
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