Leaders Reject Butler Plan for Democratic Advisory Board
Senate and House Democratic leaders Johnson and Rayburn reject serving on Paul Butler’s advisory committee. Eight Democrats have agreed to join the 20 member panel, including Adlai Stevenson Kefauver and Truman, with Congress members only three having sent acceptance.
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Tennessee
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Murder charge in Norwalk explosion death
In Norwalk an early morning explosion destroyed a four room bungalow killing a 35 year old woman and injuring two sons. The husband George Nadin 37 was charged with murder after detectives found a note in the wreckage claiming sufficient evidence. The widow Mary Nadin was buried in the rubble and the husband was found pinned in the yard after the blast.
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AEC Outlines Plan For Boiling Water Reactor Research
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a plan to spend 80 million dollars on an experimental device to extend research in boiling water reactors as a path to economical atomic electric power. The project aims to advance reactor technology and power production.
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New Reactor Testing Station Nears Completion
Drippingport Pennsylvania reports the commission nears completion of a new device at its national reactor testing station. The system is touted as economical in the long run with potential output around 875 893 000 cubic feet, surpassing the billion cubic feet threshold.
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Smoky Hill AFB Renamed Schilling AFB in Kansas
The Air Force will rename Smoky Hill Air Force Base near Salina Kansas Schilling Air Force Base to honor World War II jet ace Col David C Schilling who died in an England auto crash. The base will begin using the new name March 16 and remains a Strategic Air Command field.
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Gas Allowable Is Increased In Kansas Fields
The Kansas Corporation Commission raised December current allowable gas productions for four of five smaller proration fields in Kansas. Spivey Grabsfield Kingman and Harper counties show higher December allowables, with the largest Greenwood field in Morton County at 196 wells producing and a December current allowable of 2. The Taloga field in Morton County lists six wells at 871,479,000 cubic feet for December, McKinney in Meade and Clark counties has 22 wells at 413,019,000, and Nichols in Kiowa County has six wells at 276,955,000.
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Truck Upends Crashing into Sewage Ditch Tragedy
In Miami Beach four laborers died when a 28 ton mixer truck toppled a roadway and collapsed into a sewer ditch. Victims Sam Carlton 20 M C Porch 25 John Ports 40 died instantly while Alfred Barnes 40 died three hours later after rescue attempts failed. All victims were Miami Negroes.
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Ike Attends Funeral As Honorary Bearer
President Eisenhower served as an honorary pallbearer at Charles H. Tompkins’s funeral in Washington. He sat with other honorary pallbearers at St. John’s Episcopal Church near the White House and stood bareheaded in light rain as the casket was moved to the hearse. Mrs. Eisenhower attended as well.
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How Can I Make Everyday Kitchen Tasks Last Longer
Readers share quick tips from boiling new clothespins to harden wood and prevent breakage. Instructions cover ironing braid with multiple layers of Turkish towels, soaking potatoes before cooking, making cranberry salad with cranberry jelly and cream cheese balls, and wrapping cheese in vinegar-wet paper to keep it from drying or molding.
Pentagon lays plan to unify transport aircraft under single manager
The Defense Department outlines a single manager system to pool troop and cargo planes from the Military Air Transport Service, the Air Force, and the Navy. Three heavy C124 wings will shift from Air Force control to the new unified agency led by Secretary of the Air Force Quarles, with possible further moves to remove medium transport wings.
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Postponement Granted In Phillips Hearing
The Federal Power Commission has postponed until January 7 the reopening of its hearing in the Phillips Petroleum Co. natural gas rate case. The delay follows an airplane accident on Wednesday causing the rescheduling.
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Eight Phillips workers die in gas disaster case
The Phillips incident underscores a major government case on natural gas rate regulation. The Supreme Court in 1954 held the Power Commission's authority over producer prices for gas sold to interstate pipelines. A 1955 bill to exempt producers from federal regulation was vetoed by President Eisenhower.
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Nehru Heads to United States for Talks with Eisenhower
Prime Minister Nehru departed New Delhi en route to the United States for talks with President Eisenhower and other U.S. officials. He travels aboard an Indian airliner to London where Eisenhower will board The Columbine for the London to Washington leg.
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