Senate Pressures Sherman Adams over Dixon-Yates Contract
A Senate subcommittee pressed Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams for the full story of his role in the Dixon-Yates power contract cancellation. The panel favors persuasion over subpoenas and sent a strong written request to Adams to testify, noting multiple claims of executive privilege. The 107 million dollar project, ordered by Eisenhower and canceled after Memphis chose its own plant, aimed to supply TVA with power.
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Washington
Adams
Executive Department
Dixon-Yates
Eisenhower
Atomic Energy Commission
West Memphis
Ark
Tennessee Valley Authority
AEC
Memphis, Tenn
TVA
Humboldt Events Highlight Society Meeting and Family Visits
The Deborah circle of the Woman's Society met Wednesday in the Community park cabin with eight members aboard. Several Humboldt residents attended a funeral in Hartville for Irvin Key after his heart attack at a ball game. Numerous visits and trips are noted, including Cloughs of Kansas City visiting locals, nursing student Ann Magill from Humboldt, and hospital progress reports for J. Fred Schmidt and Ella McGinity. U.S. railroads average investment per worker stands at 24,000 versus 14,000 across manufacturing.
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Deborah
Woman's Society of Christian Service
The
Methodist Church
Community Park
Ed Nord
Frank Hemphill
Ed Brinkman
Norma Jean
Walter Headley
Marvin
Wellcome
Leila
Lawrence Larson
Hartville, Mo
Irvin Key
Key
Billy
Virgil Clough
Kansas City
Humboldt
William Rensick
Clough
W. A. Ronsick
Lioyd Crouse
Farlington Lake
Virgil Cloughs
E. E. Starkey
Iola
Lloyd Crouse
Karen Rensick
J. P. Willhite
Harold McIntire
Fariey Wright
Independence
A. L. Googins
Traxel
J. Fred Schmidt
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kas
Chester Dimond
Chanute
Leo Schmidt
Vernon Kemmerer
Paul
Lioyrd Crouse
Ray Perks
Patricia
Garnett Lake
Ella McGinnty
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Separated by Surgery Two Lafayette Girls Turn Two
Two little girls born joined at the hips celebrate their second birthday after successful surgical separation. Carolyn Anne and Catherine Anne Mouton, brown eyed and curly haired, are daughters of Mayor and Mrs. Ashton J. Mouton of Lafayette.
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Lafayette
Carolyn Anne
Catherine Anne Mouton
Ashton J. Mouton
Erie and Vicinity Ice Cream Social at St Ambrose Church
A social page item notes an Erie area ice cream social at St Ambrose on Sunday at 7 PM. The column also records a bridge party hosted by Mrs G C Freeley with guests and prize winners, a fire call to the Gervais residence, hospital updates, and several local social visits and travels among residents.
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St. Ambrose Church
G. C. Freeley
Mmes
J. E. Wright
Ralph Wilson
Cleo I. Dalton
Glen Dietz
Elvin Lamb
E. G. Horine
Don E. Wells
William Hill
J. R. Butler
Clark M. Fleming
E. L. Howard
Harold Heaton
Richard Salb
Lamb
Fred Gervais
North Main
Chester Brown
Gervais
Thomas F. Leatherman
Providence Hospital
Kansas City
Leatherman
Kansas Peace Officers Training School At KU Opens Next Week
More than 100 Kansas sheriffs and city policemen will attend the ninth annual Kansas Peace Officers Training school at the University of Kansas. Nebraska Missouri Oklahoma and Colorado enrollments are expected. The program covers human relations legal procedures and report writing with sessions from Monday through Saturday.
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Lawrence
Kansas
University of Kansas
Kansas Peace Officers Training School
Nebraska
Missouri
Oklahoma
Colorado
Eisenhower Nehru exchange over Far East tensions
Informants say the talks focus on U.S. airmen imprisoned in Red China and potential direct talks between Washington and Peiping on Formosa.
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New Delhi
India
Eisenhower
Nehru
U.S
Red China
Washington
Peiping
Formosa
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Improves After Illness
Hollywood report says Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is "doing all right" as her condition improves following illness.
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Hollywood
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Hospitalization Details in Gibson Girl Life Story Filming
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital treats a patient for a gastric attack believed caused by over-exertion and excitement linked to filming the life story of the Young Gibson girl. She was hospitalized Tuesday as her physician notes the episode followed Evelyn Nesbit marriage to Harry K. Thaw and his later fatal shooting.
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Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
Evelyn Nesbit
Harry K. Thaw
Notable crimes and business milestones century markets
The article recalls the murder of architect Stanford White by a jealous rival, Thaw who was placed in a mental institution and later released. It also notes U S auto wash businesses served 100 million customers in 1934 and generated 120 million dollars per year according to the Automobile Manufacturers Association.
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Stanford White
Thaw
U.S
Automobile Manufacturers Assn
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