Welch Receives Warm Welcome to TVA Board
Dr. Frank J. Welch, latest appointee to the Tennessee Valley Authority board, is greeted more warmly by the Valley than his fellow directors. A united push for self sustaining power facility expansion hinges on a measure acceptable to Valley people. The three board members foresee the recommendation to Congress advancing such a plan.
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Frank J. Welch
The
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Congress
Appreciation Note To Cold Weather Work Force
A note from insiders thanks plumbers postmen electricians construction workers traffic policemen and highway patrolmen linemen and newspaper carriers for keeping essential services running in extreme cold. The message expresses sincere gratitude for their willingness to carry on with their jobs and keep the wheels turning.
Bloodmobile visit offers free transfusion guarantee
The Red Cross Bloodmobile comes to St. John's Episcopal Parish House Monday from noon to 6 pm. A local doctor and nurses will check donors before giving blood, with a promise of no-cost blood for immediate household members in need. Donors are urged to participate and learn about the program.
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Red Cross
St. John’s Episcopal Parish House
Alabama River Docks Amendment Advocates Jobs and Growth
The editors urge a yes vote on the river docks amendment to develop Alabama rivers for jobs, payrolls, and markets. They cite land purchases for Tennessee River docks at Decatur and urge voters in Limestone and Cullman counties to support the measure as part of broad state progress with no new taxes.
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Alabama
River Docks
Limestone
Cullman
Tennessee
Decatur
Unions Faced With Labor Discord At Atlantic City Convention
At the AFL CIO gathering in Atlantic City Governor Robert Meyner of New Jersey missed the proceedings due to snow. The event reveals deep rifts within labor unions with Hoffa faction tensions and regional split hindering unified political action across multiple states.
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Atlantic City
Labor
New Jersey
Robert Meyner
Meyner
Afl-Cio
IBM
Convention Hall
Committee On
COPE
Michigan
CIO
AFL
Jim Hoffa
Hoffa
New York
Waiting Through Time for Growth and Labor Politics
A meditation on patience and natural progress urges waiting for growth and healing. The piece notes labor unions in 17 states must stay quiet to weather McClellan Committee exposures while Treasury inspections and a proposed law would expose union political funding, hinting at a forthcoming public scrutiny of campaign finances.
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John Mil
AFL
CIO
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
California
America
McClellan Committee
Treasury
White House
The
Hal Syndicate, Inc
East German stamps honor Sputnik amid prelaunch bets
East Germany printed and issued stamps for the Sputnik anniversary just 34 days after the satellite's launch, risking timing as plates were engraved and millions of copies prepared well before the first day sale. The piece also notes Army and Air Force tensions over missiles and a public blood bank funding battle in Kansas City.
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Washington
Free enterprise clash over Kansas City blood bank aid
The Civil Defense Administration reverses Missouri officials and hands over 85 000 dollars worth of federal blood bank equipment to a Kansas City doctors group. The city already runs a commercial blood bank shipping about 1 000 pints monthly nationwide.
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Midwest Blood Bank
Francis H. Bass
Bass
Kansas City
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Missouri
Civil Defense
Jackson County Medical Society
Eisenhower
Midwest
Springfield
White House
Federal
Civil Defense Administration
Battle Creek
Mich
United States
God Calls Us to Merge Gifts With His Will for a Better World
Norman Vincent Peale urges dedicated people to use their talents for the common good. He cites Ethel Waters at Billy Graham’s crusade as an example of humble service and warns that misused gifts may be withdrawn. The piece calls for leaders in every community to commit to selfless service to solve urgent problems and save mankind.
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Norman Vincent Peale
Billy Graham
New York
Madison Square Garden
Margaret
Ethel Waters
Bill Graham
America
the Hall Syndicate, Inc
Indian Plains Domesticated Animals Before Horses
The text notes that before Spaniards brought horses to the western plains Indians kept only two domesticated animals, the turkey and the dog.
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