HLPCO Dedicates Houston Generating Station in Southwest
Houston Light and Power Co plans a 21 a.m. dedication at the P. H. Robinson Generating Station on Highway 146 between San Leon and Racliff. Lt. Gov. Preston Smith delivers the keynote as government business and civic leaders from 150 communities attend. Unit 1 began operating in 1966 at 608 kilowatts. future units will raise capacity to 450,000 and 565,000 kilowatts, making the station the largest in the Southwest to serve about 600,000 homes.
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Houston
Houston Lighting & Power Co
P. H. Robinson
Southwest
Highway 146
San Leon
Racliff
Preston Smith
Hs&p
Gov. Smith
Louie Welch
Edward L. Schreiber
Galveston
The
Mayers
Hl&pco
Emmett Lowry
Murphy Campaign Adds Spice to Governor Race
Hollywood analysis of California's 1956 gubernatorial contest contrasts Gov Edmund G Brown with actor Ronald Reagan. AP's Bob Thomas notes actors in politics, cites past actor-politicians, and quotes experts on media leverage, voter image, and possible futures including Charlton Heston as a president candidate.
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California
Edmund G. Brown
Ronald Reagan
Bob Thomas
Hollywood
George Murphy
Elizabeth Taylor
Cynthia
Maisie
Montana
Las Vegas
Donald Reagan
Upton Sinclair
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Congress
Vth
Senate
Richard MM. Nixon
Lucile Webster Gleason
James Gleason
Albert Dekker
State Assembly
Dekker
Reagan
Murphy
Fierre Salinger Tor
Fred As
Jake
Buddy Ebsen
Ginger
Totten Anderson
Profes
Rogers
Shirley Temple
Murser
Historphy
University of Southern
Associated Press
Langdon E. Longstreth
Psychology
Chaytor Mason
Charlton Heston
United States
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
90th Congress Faces Tough Problems Ahead
Washington AP reports the 90th Congress will tackle Social Security expansions, unemployment fixes, Great Society programs, and presidential proposals defeated in the 89th. Budget pressures and Vietnam costs may drive calls for an across the board income tax hike next year. Predictions see Republicans gaining seats, possibly breaking the working Democratic majority.
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Senate
House
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Ong
89Th Cogress
Sth
89Th
Organized Labor
90Th Congress
Paratrooper Blyth Returns After Atlantic Row
British paratrooper Set Chay Blyth, 26, who rowed the Atlantic last summer with Capt. John Ridgway, returns to Orleans near where the 52 day trek began. Blyth's wife Maureen rows him around the harbor and he calls the voyage a wonderful experience though he would not do it again.
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Mass
Chay Blyth
Atlantic
John Ridgway
Ireland
Blyth
Maureen
Orleans Harbor
Blyth and
Ridgway
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Nagon
Sears
Mickey Jenkins
L&m Studio
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Richard Burton
Harry Secombe
Stanley Baker
Los Angeles
Glacier National Park
DU. S. Dist
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Justice Department
Smith L. Parratt
Upland
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