Mayor Seeks Shelter on Rail Line to Aid Commuters
Mayor Knox McRae urged the Louisville and Nashville railroad to provide weather shelter for riders. The response was swift, earning goodwill for both the mayor and the railroad. Congress debates cotton farmer bills, but chances for passage look slim this session. The highlight calls for fair, universal cotton legislation aligned with a global price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox McRae
The
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Congress
TVA coal buying policy defended amid rainfall idle mines
The Tennessee Valley Authority faces criticism for coal purchases but argues it needs less fuel this year due to higher rainfall and idle mines. It states coal procurement remains strictly competitive and mines should accept market realities.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Nixon Not Seen As Strong GOP Leader, Polls Show
The piece argues Americans doubt Vice President Nixon as a capable administrator and fears for economic confidence if President Eisenhower falls ill. It notes Republican figures like Senator Knowland as potential candidates and asserts Nixon has failed to inspire distinct public trust.
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Nixon
Eisenhower
Washington
William F. Knowland
California
Kennedy urges young people to enter politics at Georgia talk
Senator John F Kennedy told graduates that politics needs new blood and is an abused profession. He urged youth to consider national politics, noting Roosevelt had no clear successor and Eisenhower’s departure may end Republican strength. Kennedy’s strong record makes him a likely future Democratic candidate.
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John F. Kennedy
University of Georgia
Kennedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
FDR
Truman
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Sen. Kennedy
The Girard Case in Japan What Happened
The case concerns William S. Girard an American soldier in Japan charged with killing a Japanese woman. It asks if the act occurred in performance of duty determining U S jurisdiction or if he will face Japanese courts. The 1953 agreement and subsequent similar pacts shape the legal path amid press suppression accusations.
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William S. Girard
Japan
Girard
United States
United States Army
The WASHINGTON MERRY GO ROUND on FPC chair Kuykendall
Drew Pearson argues the Federal Power Commission chairman Kuykendall protects big business profits over consumer pocketbooks. He notes Eisenhower has reappointed him and faces Senate confirmation amid power and gas industry backing and ambivalent senators.
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Washington
Jerome Kuykendall
Federal Power Commission
Senate
Eisenhower
Kuykendall
Airlines? FPC chairman faces ethics questions over costly trips
The piece details a controversial taxpayer funded tour by FPC Chairman Kuykendall and fellow commissioners. It notes trips hosted by gas interests, cocktail parties, and dinners with lobbyists and industry groups. It contrasts past norms of aloofness with the current expenses paid by government funds.
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Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Federal Power Commission
Kuykendall
Seaborn Digby
Nelson Lee Smith
Dale Doty
Claude Draper
FPC
Willard Gatchell
Stanley M. Morley
Law Firm
of Wheat, May & Shannon
West Coast Transmission Co
Ed Falck
Astate
Niagara Mohawk Power
Consolidated Edison
Delaware Power and Light
Chicago
National Association of Railroad and Utility Executives
Time to Think and Create Heresies of Thought
Acolumn urges deliberate thinking and collaboration to spark ideas. Quotes from Emerson and Frankfurter contrast thought with executive busyness. A Chicago lawyer forms a panel of 100 divorcees to share insights on guiding couples away from rocks in marriage. An 80 year old Swiss man reflects on time wasted and time spent, urging mindful thinking.
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Emerson
Felix Frankfurter
Air Force
Chicago
Davidson
Record on Kuykendall Secrecy A Fpc Chairman Senate Confirmed
The text reports Senate allegations that Kuykendall deceived Congress over Hell's Canyon actions and Dixon-Yates review. It cites secret meetings with three natural gas lobbyists to draft a gas bill with no public presence. Kuykendall admits urging secrecy and absolutes with those lobbyists.
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Congress
Hell’s Canyon
Idaho Power Co
Kefauver
Tennessee
Kuykendall
Joint Atomic Energy Commission
Power Commission
Dixon-Yates
Willard Gatchell
Commission
FPC
Lambert McAllister
Howard Wahrenbrock
Federal Power Commission
Senate
Political notes on wartime cases and 1957 GOP race
Army Specialist William Girard seeks Pentagon help to avoid a Japanese court martial claiming light sentences for American GIs in Tokyo. Congressman Noah Mason supports the Defense Department with Cong Charlie Boyle of Chicago backing Girard. Wisconsin Rep Glenn Davis emerging GOP hopeful against McCarthy successor, with August 13 election looming. Reuss considered Democratic contender. Gruenther influence rising via Citizens for Eisenhower. Generals Clay and Gruenther branding, with Weinberg Hobby and Stephens tied to the effort.
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Army
William Girard
Charlie Boyle
Chicago
Pentagon
Girard
Noah Mason
Defense Department
Glenn Davis
Wisconsin
Joe McCarthy
Davis
Walter Kohler
McCarthy
Henry Reuss
GOP
Eisenhower
Gruenther
General A. Gruenther
Ike
Lucius Clay
Sidney Weinberg
Oveta Culp Hobby
Tom Stephens
White House
Bell Syndicate
Benjamin Franklin Introduces Mineral Fertilizers to U S
Benjamin Franklin imported Swiss barley and Scotch kale and turnips to showcase mineral fertilizers in early America. The effort aimed to improve soil fertility and crop yields through new agricultural amendments and experimental methods.
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Benjamin Franklin
U. S
Wood fuels vast product range from toothpicks to ships
About 1,559 products rely on wood for manufacture, spanning simple toothpicks to large ships, reflecting the material's versatility in everyday and industrial goods.
The New Style Policeman for Big City Crime
The piece argues modern policing must blend law, accounting, languages, and sociology to fight high level crime. It cites FBI and New York Academy training, multilingual expertise, and educated officers as assets while old street-fighting norms fade away.
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New York City
Chicago
New Orleans
Lucky Luciano
United States
Naples
Italy
FBI Academy
New York Police Academy
Bernard M. Baruch School of Business and Public Administration
City College of New York
New York
Police Academy
Robert R. J. Gallati
Enforced Idolatry Unions Face Wealth From Testimonial Dinners
Victor Riesel exposes how local union leaders gain lavish rewards from testimonial dinners, including nearly sixty thousand dollars to one official as gifts. He notes these events average thirty thousand dollars per sitting, with yachts homes cars and other luxuries funded by cash gifts tax free.
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Max Kralstein
Bakery and Confectionery Workers Union
Kralstein
Senate
New York City
Europe
the Hall Syndicate, Inc
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Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
W. R. Shelton
Decatur
Alabama
Associated Press
TES
Jesus Christ
Drew Pearson
Washington Merry
Pearson
Arlie
Bevis
Washington Pipeline
By Victor Riesel
Justice Brennan
FBI
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Riesel
H. Leon Reeves
Morgan County National Bank
FDIC
Federal Reserve System
BANK
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