New England Vignettes by Dick Sinnott in Boston
AP report from Boston notes Hollywood interest in a Springfield Mass. singer Adele Addiate who drew Sam Goldwyn and Columbia Records to back a Porgy and Bess film star cast with Adele as lead. Also reviews new books The Run by John Hay and Advise and Consent by Allen Drury, plus a Connecticut TV repair racket arrest and a Rutland VT youth prank leading to mental hospital treatment.
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Dick Sinnott
Boston
New England
Hollywood
Sam Goldwyn
Springfield
Mass
Adele
Addiate
al Negro
Boris Goldovsky
Goldwyn
Columbia
Con DiNdele
Robert McPherrin
Porgy
Bess
Sid‘oilier
Dorothy Dandridge
Adel
U. S. Senate
Doubleday
Allen Drury
Massachusetts
Christian Herter
Herter
John Hay
Brewster
Cops and Robbers
Atlantic
Cape Cod
Turbine shipment navigates eight states to Niagara Falls
A hydraul ic turbine runner built in Newport NewsVa had to be routed through eight states and two states twice due to obstructions along railroad rights of way. The massive equipment stands 18 1 2 feet high and 8 1 2 feet wide and traveled on a special flat car to its Niagara Falls destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Way
Newport News, Va
Niagara Falls
N. Y
US Orders Farmers To Leave Land At Blythe California
The Department of Interior orders about 150 farmers cultivating 27,000 acres along the Lower Colorado River to vacate, as it plans a recreation area between Hoover Dam and the Mexican border. The Associated Farmers of the Lower Colorado River cite centuries of development and claim ownership, while the land was withdrawn from entry in 1902 and later shaped by dams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blythe
Calif
Color River
Department of Interior
Hoover Dam
Department
Arizona
California
Associated Farmers
Colorado River
Parker
William Y. Murphy
The
Murphy
Court Upholds Dixon Yates Damage Claim
The U S Court of Claims upheld Dixon Yates damages for government cancellation of its power contract. In a 3 2 ruling it rejected claims of conflict of interest by Adolphe Wenzell, awarding 1 867 545.56 in out of pocket costs. Wenzell was a Budget Bureau consultant while a First Boston Corp official, which aided Dixon Yates. The 1954 contract involved a 107 million dollar West Memphis Arkansas plant, to feed TVA and AEC operations, drawing congressional criticism over private power in a public power region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Court of Claims
Dixon-Yates
Adolphe H. Wenzell
J. Warren Madden
Wenzell
Dixon- Yates
Budget Bureau
First Boston Corp
Atomic Energy Commission
Lewis L. Strauss
West Memphis
Ark
Eisenhower
Mississippi Valley Generating Co
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Mississippi Valley
Middle South Utilities, Inc
Edgar H. Dixon
Southern Co
Eugene A. Yates
Congress
Bus crash in Arcadia kills 3 year old Corrine Matson
A mountain day camp bus lost its brakes on a grade in Arcadia California, crashed through three cars, and overturned, killing 3 year old Corrine Matson and injuring two adults. The Catholic Youth Organization bus carried 90 campers and eight counselors returning from San Gabriel Mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcadia
Calif
Corrine Matson
Brady Bolt
Los Angeles
Catholic Youth Organization
San Gabriel Mountains
Memphis Cancels Ltract To Build Local Power Plant
The city of Memphis Tennessee decided to build a local power plant rather than buy power from the Dixon-Yates project at West Memphis Arkansas, signaling a shift away from the regional controversial arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MemiPhis
Tenn
Pro- Dixon-Yates
Westlemphis
Ark
Rotary talk by Dr Ross highlights meeting
Rotarian Dr Maurice Ross spoke to the club with Jones as program chairman. The group noted a recent Israel trip by Ross, observed growth since a prior 16 year visit, and announced sales closing for a Rotary playhouse fundraiser benefiting the Children’s Charity Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Foes
Supreme, Council of
B'nai Brith
Israel
Maurice Ross
Robert Jones
Saco
Sales
Mark Black
Rotary Theater Party
Kennebunkport Playhouse
ford-Saco Rotary Club
Yester- Rotary Service
Jones
Saco Lowell
Children’s Charity
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Rutland
Lstate Mental Hospital
H. W. Thompson
Alfred Street
Liquor
Maytag
Biddeford
Yuma
Ariz
Palo Verde Valley
Parker, Ariz.Needles
Cibola Valley
M&m Daily
Ingraded Ag
Del-Mon Sun
Missionary
Naples
Italy
French Equatorial Africa
Albert Schweitzer
France
Bobby Hill
Henry Hill
Waycross
NATO
Richard C. Lindsay
Europe
Bobby
Schweitzer
Africa
Lindsay
Lambarene
Ross
Clemson
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Capt. Geddes
Salvation Army
Larry Staples
Dick Stride
Tom Poston
Oklahoma City
Ray Trent
del City
City Hall
Hsbin
Robin Hood
Commerce Station
Minneapolis
Minn
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