SEC Orders N E Electric To Drop Gas
The SEC directed New England Electric to dispose of eight Massachusetts gas subsidiaries under the holding company act. The move targets gas utilities held for over 30 years, while seven electric subsidiaries may remain. The commission questioned the cost impact and criticized insufficient proof of substantial economies from severance.
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N.E. Electric
Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
New England Electric System
Massachusetts
New England Electric
Central Massachusetts Gas Co
Lawrence Gas Co
Lynn Gas Co
Mystic Valley Gas Co
North Shore Gas Co
Northampton Gas Light Co
Norwood Gas Co
Wachusette Gas Co
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts Electric Co
Southern Berkshire Power & Electric Co
Northern Berkshire Electric Co
Berkshire Gas Co
New England
Commission
Pair Who Put Lodge In Set Up Oregon Campaign
Portland reports two organizers from Lodge campaign David Goldberg and Robert Mullen arrived to push Ambassador Lodge in Oregon's May 15 primary. Goldberg calls Oregon pivotal, while Mullen plans regional travel to test strength, with Lodge on the Oregon ballot alongside Goldwater Nixon Scranton and Smith. John Davis Lodge believes his brother could be drafted for the GOP nomination if conditions favor him.
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Ore
Henry Cabot Lodge
New Hampshire
David Goldberg
Boston
Robert Mullen
Washington
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Goldberg
Ambassador Lodge
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San Francisco
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Nelson A
Rockefeller
New York
Richard M. Nixon
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Mullen
Los Angeles
Seattle
Chicago
Brother John
Cleveland
Ohio
John Davis Lodge
Connecticut
Adlai Stevenson
Beano Vote Delayed to Monday After Curtiss Move
In Boston House Minority Leader Sidney Q. Curtiss moved to reconsider its initial approval of a Massachusetts beano bill. The motion was postponed to Monday amid expectations of a strong floor battle after a 107 to 105 Thursday vote approving the measure.
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Boston
UPD
Sidney Q. Curtiss
Sheffield
House
Massachusetts
Curtiss
Postal Zones Interrupters Noted in Recent Report
A terse entry notes postal zones B2M with values 5.60 10.70 and 2.90. The report mentions an interrup or barrier affecting the Berk area, with emphasis on related measurements and potential impact on operations. Further context from the source remains fragmented.
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Berkwell As
Electric Firm Plans Billion Expansion
Donald Cook of American Electric Power Co announced at the White House a seven year expansion plan costing about a billion dollars. The program aims to create thousands of jobs and boost coal markets across Ohio Indiana Michigan Virginia West Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee with new generating plants transmission lines and distribution facilities.
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New York
White House
Donald Cook
American Electric Power Co
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Cook
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Indiana
Michigan
Virgnia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Houston Press Sold to Houston Chronicle
The Scripps-Howard Houston Press announced it has been sold to the Houston Chronicle and will cease publication with today’s editions, ending a 52 year run for the Houston paper.
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Houston Press
Houston
Scripps-Howard
The
Houston Chronicle
Bitter Belli Quits Bar Over Dallas Case Ruckus
SAN FRANCISCO AP Attorney Melvin Belli said the Jack Ruby defense was assassinated by Dallas justice and he is quitting the American Bar Association after its president rebuked his courtroom outburst. He claimed the Dallas trial was a kangaroo court and faulted the system for two minute justice and 187 errors. Belli criticized judges, vowed not to continue with ABA if justice cannot be upheld, and noted he was unpaid and out of pocket for Ruby defense expenses.
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Melvin M. Belli
Jack Ruby
Dallas
American Bar Association
Belli
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Joe B. Brown
Austin
San Antonio
Walter C. Craig
Phoenix
Ariz
Bells
New York
John Bainbridge
Craig
Atty
Henry M. Wade
Dallas News
Two Women Named Top Domestic Posts by Johnson
President Johnson appointed Dorothy Jacobson of Minnesota and Ruth G. Van Cleve to high level posts. Jacobson becomes assistant secretary of agriculture for international affairs at 20000 dollars annually. Van Cleve, an Interior Department attorney, takes over as director of the Office of Territories at 18090 dollars per year. Both replace departing or reassigned male officials.
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Washington
Johnson
Dorothy Jacobson
Herman
Department of Interior
Office of Territories
United States
Nine Will Face Charges In Conn Highway Scandal
Nine men charged in a Connecticut highway department bribery probe after an 11 month investigation. Arrests in Hartford, Wethersfield, and other sites. warrants issued for two others. State's Attorney cites need for broad conflict of interest law as report details outside fees and inflated appraisals. Governor Dempsey has the report but no comment. Bond set at $1,000 each pending arraignment.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
Connecticut Highway Department
Hartford County Superior Court
John D. LaBelle
Highway Department
Wethersfield
Harvard Student Attacked Then Thrown Into Charles River
Cambridge police said three young hoodlums assaulted 18 year old Wyatt D. Wright of Esmond Rhode Island early Friday and threw him into the Charles River. He was treated for bruises and immersion and could offer no reason for the attack.
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Cambridge, Mass
UPI
Harvard University
Charles River
Wyatt D. Wright
Esmond
Steps Begin For Appeal Of Ruby Case
Dallas AP report says Jack Ruby’s lawyers filed an appeal motion seeking a new trial after a Dallas jury sentenced him to death for murder with malice. They cite 36 alleged rulings errors by Judge Joe B. Brown as grounds to move toward the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
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Jack Ruby
Joe B. Brown
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Brown
Dallas
Kennedy
Oswald
Texas Law
Ruby
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