Spring Hill Cemetery Needs Perpetual Care and Cooperation
Editorial urges immediate perpetual care for Spring Hill Cemetery in Charleston. It notes existing funds and city spending but says lack of coordinated planning hinders beauty and upkeep. A central trust could unify private lots and city funding to restore the cemetery as a pride rather than a disgrace.
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Charleston
Spring Hill Cemetery
Spring Hill
Ates
Sunset Memorial Park
Kanawha Valley
Tree-Cutters Threaten Kanawha River Bank Beauty
Readers fear Kanawha River bank work near Kanawha Blvd will erase natural beauty. They note the bank’s bushes, trees, flowers, and wildlife stabilize the slope and enhance downtown parks. Preservation advocates urge treating the area as a public park rather than a mere levee.
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America
Nuclear Pace Slows as AEC Burden Grows Across Policy Debate
A Defense Dept official warns that U S nuclear superiority over Russia has narrowed. Joint Chiefs chair rejects reliance on atomic power alone, urging broader defense measures. Reports claim President Eisenhower ordered AEC to sign a 25 year power contract with TVA, provoking criticism from AEC commissioners and columnists.
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Defense Department
Russia
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
U. S
Washington
Eisenhower
Spur
Atomic Energy Commission
AEG
Doris Freeson
TVA
Freeson
AEC
White House
AEC Commission
Be brief letter heading request signed as per policy
A brief letter states the writer requests conciseness and asks to sign the note but with name withheld upon request. It notes the preference for a concise, courteous message and adherence to standard letter format.
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Utor Gazette
Bruce Stevens
Marland
Trent
West Virginia
Supreme Court
Shrewsbury
Columbus
Charleston
Sara Warren
Dixon Yates plan pits private power against TVA
Washington debate centers on President Eisenhower's push to back Dixon Yates private plant with AEC contracts. Rep Holifield charges the scheme would give private utilities a free ride and shift costs to taxpayers, potentially costing up to 80 million over time.
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Washington
Eisenhower
TVA
Atomic Energy Commission
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Chet Holitiel
AEC
Dixon-Yates
Holifield
Melvin Price
Dixon-Yates Group
ABC
Three Com
Public hearings eyed on Hill over Hiss pension cases
Victor Riesel reports Washington hearings may re ignite the push to assign responsibility for Communist infiltration in government. Alger Hiss looms large as veterans seek penalties against those who served Soviets. Rep Albert Cretella from Connecticut studies nine pension bills aiming to unite them into a single measure with hearings this month. The Justice Department pursues a new law to act against men like Hiss without resort to existing statutes.
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Washington
Alger Hiss
Connecticut
Albert Cretella
U. S
The
American Legion
Hiss
Justice Department
Pensions for Reds to Be Subject of Hearing
A forthcoming hearing targets pensions for Reds and outlines a national campaign to create jobs for hatworkers. The plan would criminalize knowingly aiding espionage or sabotage and require reporting past activity, with implications for figures like Hiss and union leaders tied to pro Communist groups.
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Snt
Rose
Hiss
Senator Lester Hunt Blackmailed Over Son Morals Charge
Washington reports detail how Wyoming Senator Lester Hunt faced political pressure from Idaho’s Herman Welker to withdraw from re election by threatening to prosecute his son over a morals charge. Hunt rejected blackmail, later faced personal tragedy and did not seek re election.
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Washington
Lester Hunt
Wyoming
Herman Welker
Idaho
Hunt
Senator Hunt
Senate
Pearson II
Symington
Missouri
Welker
Landerup
Senator Tobey
Kefauver
Lafayette Park
Senator Welker
Tracy McCracken
Joe O'Mahoney
Washington Times-Herald
Roy Blick
D. C
Capitol Hill
Blick
Senator Bridges
New Hampshire
Senate Appropriations Committee
Bick
Son
Vaguer Identity of Mamie O Rourke Behind Labor Anthem
New York figures debate the real Mamie O Rourke linked to the Sidewalks of New York ballad and Charlie Lawlor. The tale traces through names, copyrights, and political figures amid a tangle of letters and rumors from 1929 era disclosures.
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New York
Tammany Hall
Ager
Diamond Dan
O'Rourke
Charlie Lawlor
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Louis Stuiberg
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International Ladies Garment Workers Union
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the Gazette
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Mamie O'Rourke
Charles B. Lawlor
James W. Blake
Blake
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Chicago
ASCAP
Society For the Protection of Songwriters
Brooklyn
Madison Square Garden
William G. McAdoo
al Smith
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J. P. Morgan
Charlie Bryan
Veep
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Ed Mulrooney
East Side
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Jim Blake
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