Commission urges higher price for federal power
Hover commission urges government to raise charges for taxpayer subsidized federal power. It calls for banning new steam plants, creating a water policy board, allowing private utilities to buy a fair share, and financing future expansions with public securities. It notes power sold at about 60 percent of value and proposes states take over projects in major regions.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Herbert Brownell Jr
Arthur S Fleming
James A. Farley
Farley
Coca Cola Export Corp
Army Corps of Engineers
TVA
Columbia River Basin
Central Valley
Hoover
Missouri River
Special Water Resources Board
Commission
Federal Power Commission
Senate OKs bill on Texas City blast compensation
The Senate approved a measure to provide federal compensation to victims of the 1947 Texas City disaster. It would make the government liable for deaths injuries and property damage from the fertilizer ship explosions in April 1947. Estimated payments could total 15 to 20 million dollars.
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Washington
Senate
Texas City
House
Texas U. S. District Court
Masters
Kefauver charges withholding Dixon-Yates details from Eisenhower
Senator Estes Kefauver accuses Budget Bureau officials of concealing key information about the Dixon-Yates power contract from President Eisenhower. He asserts Adolphe Wenzell and others influenced negotiations and loans, while Eisenhower says all pertinent papers will be released.
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Washington
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Budget Bureau
Dixon-Yates
Eisenhower
Tennessee Democrat
Kefauver
Adolphe H. Wenzell
Flist Boston Corp
Wenzell
Dixon-Yates Group
Dixon- Yates
Securities and Exchange Commission
Rowland R. Hughes
Awol theft linked to McPherson murder case in Sulphur
Dallas couple linked to a double slaying as Mrs. McPherson’s wedding rings are missing and John McPherson works out of town. Sheriff Braggne notes witnesses saw a photo matching Car michael and a man with Mrs. McPherson showing the same bug eyes pug nose and thick lips as her companion.
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Winterbauer
Dallas
Fritz
Dickinson
Teacher Stands Firm Against Town Terror by Gang
Paul Burgess, 43, dean of students and math teacher at Oak Lawn high school, told the village board that rock throwing and threatening calls since last October have disturbed his family. He refused to resign, saying no hoodlums will drive him out of town as discipline actions sparked the trouble.
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Chicago
Paul Burgess
Oak Lawn Community High School
Village Board
Lweech
Burgess
Black Jackets
Parr to Stand Trial in Austin for Income Tax Evasion
George B. Parr, a South Texas political figure, will face a July 18 trial in federal court in Austin on income tax evasion charges totaling about 85 000 for the years in question. Judge Ben H. Rice Jr. denied defense moves to transfer venue to Laredo and to expand indictment detail. The case shifted from Houston to San Antonio after a prior indictment was dismissed.
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Austin
South Texas
George B. Parr
Ben H. Rice Jr
Parr
Laredo
Pare
Rice
Houston
T. M. Kennedy
San Antonio
Woodpecker Treated After Concussion Found in Halifax
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals reports it is treating a woodpecker found in Halifax with concussion and a stiff neck.
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Halifax, Eng
Royal Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Oklahoma artist Bruce McIntyre visits Norman home before Disney studio stint
Bruce McIntyre, art instructor at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, stayed with Mrs. Willard Castle. He is twin brother of Lt. Col. Bruce McIntyre and son-in-law of Mrs. Castile, and plans to work at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.
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University of Oklahoma
Norman
Willard Castle
McIntyre
Bruce McIntyre
Castile
Burbank
Calif
Walt Disney Studios
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George Parr
Disney Studios
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