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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 14, 1954

Page

9

Dixon-Yates Deal Draws Fire In Battle Over TVA Power

The Dixon-Yates contract prompts broad criticism over behind the scenes influence on policy. Key figures include Adm. Strauss and budget chief Rowland Hughes, with debates over cost to the government and the plan to deliver power from West Memphis across the Mississippi to TVA.

Adm Lewis J. Strauss AEC TVA Federal Power Commission Rowland Hughes Albert Gore D-Tenn Dixon-Yates TVA Board Fulton, Tenn West Memphis Ark Mississippi Memphis Tenn Mississippi Valley Generating Company Tennessee Tva-Eei Tva-Ohio Dixon- Yates Strauss Gen. E. D. Nichols Paducah Gore Treasury Public

McKinley High Library to Get Whitney Gift

McKinley High School will receive 15 books from the John A. Whitney foundation for teacher and student reading. Principal W L Paxson said the donation supports the Cedar Rapids school system and follows Julia Crew’s Whitney scholarship year at Yale.

McKinley High School John A. Whitney Foundation W. L. Paxson Cedar Rapids McKinley Yale University Whitney Foundation Julia Crew Yale Paxson Crew Whitney

Murder Charges Against Sailor Stay Despite Gas Poisoning Report

Norfolk police hold 21-year-old sailor Harry R. Lockhart under guard after his wife 17 and son 6 months died in a gas filled apartment. Medical examiner says brain damage from fumes. authorities maintain double murder charges. Preliminary hearing set for November 23. bond set at 10000 dollars.

Norfolk Harry R. Lockhart Charles Barclay Lockhart Grace Marie Cordell Lockhart Harry, Jr Barclay North Platte Neb C. G. Garto Commonwealth Linwood B. Tabb Tabb

Man Hurt by The Rim Listed as Satisfactory

Norman Schultz, 23, of a mile west of North English, was reported in satisfactory condition at Keokuk County hospital Sigourney after a Wednesday accident at the Phillips 66 station. A rim lock failed and the rim struck him in the chest and head, causing a fractured neck vertebra.

Norman Schultz Keokuk County Hospital Sigourney Schultz Here Phillips 66

Hearing Aids Your Guide To A Hearing Test And Aid

A guide for prospective buyers explains the importance of measuring hearing with an audiometer to determine loss and frequency issues. The article notes free examinations by appointment and offers to mail or provide an information packet upon request.

Painter cashes $150000 check shock at bank

In Memphis William Roberts paid W E Fields $150 for a house paint job. Roberts endorsed the loaned check to Fields who tried to cash it for $150000, was told of the amount, and notified the bank saying he felt rich for a moment. Separately Howard newspaper leaders reshuffled including Alden C Waite becoming president.

Memphis Tenn W. E. Fields William Roberts Roberts Fields

Tooth Pulled From Windpipe After Home Tug

Edwin Durden’s loose tooth was yanked by his father. the tooth slipped into the windpipe. Macon Hospital surgeons used three special bead-type forceps from the George P. Pilling Co. Philadelphia to extract the tooth in twenty minutes. The lung collapsed but was expected to recover fully.

Philadelphia Edwin H. E. Durden Macon George P. Pilling Co

Sigma Delta Chi Elects Officers at 45th Anniversary

Delegates at the 45th anniversary Sigma Delta Chi convention in Columbus Ohio elected Roy W. Howard as chairman of the executive committee of the Scripps-Howard press group. The vote marks the professional journalism fraternity's leadership changes as the event wraps.

Columbus Ohio Sigma Delta Chi Roy W.howard The Scripps

Tooth Extracted From Boy's Lung in Brave Operation

MACON AP Six year old Edwin Durden is a proud youngster after a remarkable operation where doctors removed a tooth from his right lung. The unusual case involved a team using special surgical equipment brought to the scene.

MACON Edwin Durden

U S Atomic Energy Group to Visit Australian Uranium Sites

A 13 member U S joint committee on atomic energy arrives November 21 for an eight day tour of uranium deposits at Radium Hill South Australia and Rum Jungle in the northwest. They will also inspect the Woomera Rocket range in Central Australia.

Canberra Australia U.S. Joint Committee On Atomic Energy Radium Hill South Australia Rum Jungle Woomera Rocket Range

Dutch Trade Mission Heads to Moscow Trade Talks

A two-man Dutch delegation representing 130 industries departs Utrecht for Moscow on November 22 to push for higher trade with the Soviet Union in non strategic goods.

Utrecht Netherlands Ing Moscow Soviet Union

Unclear Text Fragment Noted for Card Draft

The readable segment shows garbled words and incomplete phrases about free information and a hearing note, lacking identifiable people, places, organizations, dates, or a coherent event.

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