Eisenhower foes press Dixon-Yates power plan clash
Washington reports that Ike faces a heated fight over linking the Tennessee Valley Authority to a private Dixon-Yates power plant near West Memphis. Congressmen charge the deal risks taxpayer subsidies and private control of TVA electricity under a long-term government contract.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Tennessee Valley Authority
West Memphis
Hoover
Congress
National Association of Electric Companies
Kefauver
Tennessee
TVA
Memphis
Chet Holifield
California
Holifield
Ike
Dixon-Yates
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Dixon-Yates Group
Dixon-Yates Power Group
Congressman Holifield
Kenneth Nichols
Nichols
Houston Strength Is Houston’s People Slogan Cited
The article highlights community spirit in Houston Texas with its slogan Houston's strength is Houston's people. It notes Decatur youth show interest in swimming lessons via coupons sent to The Daily sports department. It links oil wells and natural resources to Houston's busy development and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Daily
Houston
Texas
Something For Nothing In The Service Benefit Fight
Rep Dewey Short charged that taxpayers were swindled by soldiers fraudulently claiming benefits for parents and said about 30 percent of Army secondary allotments were improper or fraudulent. He argued Americans have grown used to getting easy money, overlooking moral consequences.
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Dewey Short
Missouri
If You Grow You Pay The City of Anniston Plans Sewage Plant
The city schedules early 1955 construction of a sewage disposal plant and sewer extensions with an estimated cost of 1 250 000. Decatur considers extending sewer mains and building a disposal plant to safeguard public health, accepting the high expense as necessary for growth.
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Anniston
Decatur
Alabama
Alabama moves to clean Phenix City and find Albert Patterson killer
Assistant Attorney General Bernard Sykes leads efforts with a special grand jury set for June 30 to probe the Albert Patterson murder. Governor Persons vows a sustained crackdown. National Guard support and state action aim to purge vice from Phenix City and Russell County and hold crooks to account.
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Alabama
Albert Patterson
Bernard Sykes
Phenix City
Russell County
Gordon Persons
Alabama National Guard
Lawsuits Tie Smoking to Lung Loss in Separate Cases
Two smokers allege deceptive advertising by cigarette firms caused lung damage. Ira C. Low of Festus, Missouri, and James C. French of Fresno, California, each claim one lung was lost and link the injury to tobacco company marketing.
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Percival Potts
Hill and Knowlton
Alton Ochsner
Tulane University
American Cancer Society
Ira C. Low
Festus, Mo
James C. French
Fresno
Caiif
Living Today Inspires Improvement and Effort
A column urges readers to improve on inherited heritage through action and study. It questions current progress and prompts self assessment about goals, effort, and new initiatives to raise living standards and add comfort and insight.
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George Mathew Adams
Maritime Board Chief Rothschild from Kansas City
Louis Rothschild a Kansas City department store owner leads a new Maritime Board to modernize WWII ships. He previously sold a government barge line for 9 million and has since backed four Liberty ships upgrades and new tanker and passenger vessel programs with Grace Lines and Moore-McCormack Lines.
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Louis Rothschild
Missouri River
New Maritime Board
Rothschild
Kansas City
Congress
Gulf
Grace Lines
Moore-McCormack Lines
Dewey Refuses Governor Run Then Considers Draft
The article reports Tom Dewey stating he will not run for governor again, followed by friends later saying he might be drafted. It notes Roosevelt Jr seeking to learn Dewey’s plans, with Mundt reacting to McCarthy era nicknames and party banter. It also mentions Eisenhower gaining Black support via Ernest Wilkins appointment and budgeting cuts by Jensen Budge and Busby.
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Tom Dewey
Franklin Roosevelt, Jr
Dewey
Karl Mundt
Mundt
Hunt
WCTU
Senate
Eisenhower
Ernest Wilkins
Office of
International Labor
Senator Potter presides on TV frequency hearings amid ghost joke
Senator Potter of Michigan takes a break from the McCarthy dispute to chair hearings on ultra high frequency versus very high frequency TV. Raymond M. Wilmette explains polycasting and why one program might broadcast on two frequencies to prevent ghost images. Potter quips about living with ghosts as Wilmette asks if he knows what ghosts are.
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Bob Chesnutt
Auburn
Alabama
Cotton
W. A. Ruffin
API Extension
Ruffin
North
Senator Potter
Michigan
Raymond M. Wilmette
Potter
Wilmette
Rosa Ponselle Records At Home In Baltimore
In a Baltimore villa named Villa Pace Rosa Ponselle rehearses and records arias with friends in attendance. She recalls career highs mentions quitting the stage in 1939 and plans continued recording at home despite setbacks including a late arrival and a dog death.
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Baltimore
Rosa Ponselle
Lloyd Garrison
Pace
Ponselle
Enrico Caruso
Barbara Nutall
Shakeh Vartenissian
Miss Vartenissian
Messimo Freccia
Row
Van Johnson Keeps Success Without Owning Pools
New York actor Van Johnson argues Hollywood success doesn’t require wealth or flashy trappings. He reflects on his rise from the boy next door to a leading man, his work pace, habit of daily naps, Oscar buzz for The Caine Mutiny, and plans with Deborah Kerr for The End of the Affair.
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Hal Boyle
New York
van Johnson
Pivuul
Johnson
Hollywood
Van
Steve Maryk
Evie
Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz
Bobby Soxers
Deborah Kerr
England
Blarney Stone Fragments Guarded at New Hampshire Cathedral
A fragment of Ireland's Blarney Stone sits among stones from many nations forming the altar at the Cathedral of the Pines in New Hampshire. The open air memorial to WWII dead was founded by Douglas Sloan after his son Lt. Sanderson Sloan died in service. The fragment was donated by J. W. Chapman of Lynn Massachusetts, honoring a rescuer from the 1850s tale. The Blarney Stone piece is now guarded to prevent souvenir theft.
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Chapel Rindge
Ireland
New Hampshire
Douglas. Sloan
Mass
Chapman
Atlantic
Ad executive cites unappealing soup ad
Edward H. Weiss of a Chicago agency told a University of Michigan advertising conference that a soup mix failed due to a perceived unappetizing connotation. He warned that ignoring consumer emotions can backfire, comparing it to boners boomeranging.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Edward H. Weiss
Chicago
Panama Canal opening delayed by landslides in 1913
As the Panama Canal opened in 1913 engineers noted completion might have occurred two years earlier if not for massive landslides. The project faced deep cut challenges and material hazards delaying operations and progress.
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Panama Canal
22 Pct More In County Get Social Security Benefits
Morgan County retirees and dependents received about 72 percent of 48 067 monthly in old age and survivors payments. Ware Foster of the Decatur Social Security office cited 1 456 beneficiaries in December, up 22 percent from 1952, with 688 retired workers receiving 28 820, 324 aged wives and widows 7 988, 349 children 8 160, 79 mothers with minors 2 408, and 16 dependent aged parents 691.
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Morgan County
Ware Foster
Decatur Social Security Office
Foster
Singer Voices For Culture And Private Support
The singer explains singing at home with Igor Chichagov as accompanist and Lloyd as pianist, recording for fun. She backs musical development, endorses a national Met fundraiser, and warns production costs require endowments or subsidies. She suggests industrialists could help, ensuring cultural music endures in America.
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Lloyd
Igor Chichagov
Met
Europe
America
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