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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1955
Page
4
The State Revenue Department estimates Alabama drivers have logged 10,030,123,004 vehicle miles this year reflecting high road usage and strong travel activity across the state.
The article argues Alabama must plan a second bridge parallel to Keller Memorial Bridge in Decatur due to rising traffic and safety needs. It notes U.S. Highway 31 runs from Chicago to the Gulf, much of which is now four-laned, and the existing bridge from 1927 will soon be inadequate for both directions.
The Raleigh News & Observer notes a regional paradox as Southern states attract new plants yet lose hundreds of thousands to migration. Florida gains 300,000+ while eight states show net losses totaling 1.4 million, offset partly by births. Experts warn long-term growth hinges on retaining people.
A backstage clash involved Admiral Lewis Strauss and Controller General Joseph Campbell over paying Dixon-Yates nearly 5.5 million for out of pocket expenses when the government canceled the contract. Strauss pressed for payment, Campbell refused, and Strauss later publicly asserted the government would not compensate Dixon-Yates.
In the controller general's view two conspiratorial threads may lurk: bid suppression against Dixon Yates with Walter Von Tresckow and Gibbs and Hill blocked by pressure, and Adolphe Wenzell's covert Budget Bureau role while tied to First Boston Corp. financing, a clearer conflict than Talbott or Strobel resignations.
The speaker alleges a deliberate concealment of Wenzell within the Budget Bureau beginning in 1954. Inquiries yielded evasions and a flat lie when Senator Hill pressed for answers. Sidney Davis also received false information after requesting personnel records. A former Budget Director Joe Dodge declined to engage.
A motivational piece urges against isolation and resignation. It warns you will be neglected and undervalued if you retreat, and stresses the rewards of staying active, engaging with others, and contributing to the community. Get up and live.
The excerpt notes congressional scrutiny and Wenzell's disputed ties to the Dixon-Yates affair. President Eisenhower publicly insists Wenzell had no involvement, while Congress retains subpoena powers and continued oversight.
Press conference remarks indicate President Eisenhower says Adolphe Wenzell was never questioned about the Dixon Yates contract and served as a technical adviser in early days. Records later show Wenzell met with AEC chairman Admiral Strauss and Dixon partner. Ike calls the role proper.
A 1954 column recalls the Dixon Yates government financed private power plant plan in the Tennessee Valley. It cites a Budget Bureau insider and a request to name staffers, noting non security information should be public under White House rules. The exchange centers on press access and disclosure limits.
Professor Philip E. Mosely of Columbia, expert in Slavic languages, recounts Stalin’s insistence on immediate recognition of Soviet dominated regimes at Potsdam. He notes Stalin claimed any freely elected government would be anti Soviet, a view echoed by Admiral Leahy and dismissed by Truman and Byrnes.
In 1955, budget official Rowland Hughes refused to name individuals, replying to the Bell Syndicate that he would give no comment on the records. The exchange centers on who was involved and the lack of disclosure.
New York union chiefs threaten to quit AFL CIO merger if two-year trial fails. George Meany defends the plan against critics while CIO delegates express unity and pledge to fight discrimination and rackets in the new federation. The split fear centers on central power and jurisdiction in Washington.
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