Engle Confident on Trinity River Project Vote
Rep. Clair Engle of California asserts he has the votes to defeat the partnership plan for Trinity River development. His House Interior Committee will hold hearings the week of Jan 23 on a federal state joint venture with Pacific Gas & Electric Co. He aims to vote down the partnership and decide early whether the government or PG&E will build the hydro facilities.
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Clair Engle
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Engle
Hubert Scudder
R-Calif2
Scudder
300-Foot Cliff Brown Sky High PROMONTORY POINT Explosive Blast
PROMONTORY POINT Utah engineers set off a 4069 ton explosive blast on the Great Salt Lake Peninsula the largest nonatomic blast to date. It produced 5 5 million tons of crushed rock for Southern Pacific Railroads 49 million dollar rock fill project replacing a 550 year old wooden trestle on Lucia Cutoff by 1959. The blast ends with electric shovels lifting debris and barges dumping rubble into the lake.
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Southern Pacific
Lucia
San Francisco
Ogden
Howard Willard
Piant Electric
Close Call For Hillary At McMurdo Sound
A US Navy skiplane carrying Sir Edmund Hillary ran off a runway at McMurdo Sound causing damage to landing gear but no injuries among 13 aboard. A second plane carrying Hillary and party made an emergency landing on the open ice as snow jeeps marked the improvised runway.
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Sir Edmund Hillary
South Pole
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Hillary
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Pole
U.S. South Pole
Vivian Fuchs
Antarctica
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Bottera
Nuns Rocket Fails Again in Secret Launch
Austin Rocket Society tried a secret two stage rocket using a live mouse but failed for the second week in a row. Sister Duns Scotus, head nun, admitted the attempt and faces a court petition set for January 17 over Humane Society objections to using live mice in experiments.
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Austin Rocket Society
Duns Scatus
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Duns
Scotus
Huemane Society
Mothers Visit Sons in Red China Crack in U S Cold War
Three American mothers Mary Downey Philip Fecteau and Ruth Redmond traveled to Communist China to visit sons held on espionage charges amid U S tension. San Francisco lawyer A L Verin followed seeking evidence to free John and Sylvia Powell. The group, part of Operation Mother Love, marks the first U S passported visits to China during a period of severed diplomatic ties.
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China
U.S
San Francisco
A.L. Véirin
John andSylvia
Powell
Red
United States
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Chemical industry fuels beer production ranks US fourth
Wilmington Delaware reports that the United States leads in converting raw materials into beer ingredients with chemicals powering more than 1,000 plants worldwide. Brussels notes West Germany and Belgium also play major roles in the global chemical sector.
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Belgium
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Kingdom
Wife of Former Labor Leader Tries Death by Own Action
Vera Bryson, 26, wife of former National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards leader Hugh Bryson, attempted suicide by ingesting eight sleeping pills in San Francisco while awaiting her husband’s perjury sentence. He was sentenced last Friday to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine after a federal jury found him guilty in May 1955 of lying about Communist Party affiliation in a Taft-Hartley affidavit. a judge refused probation and a reduced fine.
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Vera Bryson
Gira E
Hugh. Bryson
Bryson
National “Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards
Taft-Hartley
Communist “Party
Wiliam C. Mathes
Congress Returns to Work Faces Pressing Problems
Congress heads back to work as the USSR launches two Sputniks and the mood turns to budget battles. Officials cite defense and missiles, farm troubles, unemployment, and economic recovery as the main issues. Johnson predicts midyear improvement but lawmakers weigh small business, housing, and a potential farm bill amid partisan tension.
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Don B. Fohnson
Itl
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Navy Warned To Act Fast On Polaris Sub Program
SAN FRANCISCO UP Rear Adm Elton W Grenfell commander of the Navy Pacific submarines urged quick action on a proposed undersea launch program for Polaris missiles. He said a submarine with Polaris would extend attack capability and help the task force with atomic warfare. The Tunny is the only undersea craft delivered to the Royal Mint Perth and carries two Regulus missiles with 500 mile range. Polaris would reach 1500 miles with a nuclear warhead, valued at about 400 million dollars.
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Elton .W. .Grenfell
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Grenfell
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Royal Mint
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