Perjury Hinted In Power Probe
A Senate subcommittee investigating the Dixon Yates power contract referred testimony to the Justice Department for possible perjury action. Sen Kefauver cited conflicts between Dixon and Wenzel, with Dixon asserting consistency. The 107 million plant at West Memphis was canceled after Memphis opted to build its own plant.
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Washington
Senate
Dixon-Yates
Justice Department
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Edgar H. Dixon
Dixon
Daniel James
Securities and Exchange Commission
Adolphe Wenzel
Wenzell
Budget Bureau
Dixon- Yates
First Boston Corp
Sen. Langer
R-Nd
Atomic Energy Commission
West Memphis
Ark
Tennessee Valley Authority
AEC
Eisenhower
Memhis
TVA Power
Senate confirms Patterson to SEC after party doubt
The Senate confirmed President Eisenhower's nomination of Harold C. Patterson to fill a Democratic vacancy on the Securities and Exchange Commission. The confirmation came after a sharp fight over whether Patterson is a real Democrat.
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Senate
SEC
Washington
Eisenhower
Harold C. Patterson
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mother Saves Child From Impending Train
A 25 year old Monroe North Carolina mother, Dorothy Wilson, saved her three year old daughter from a box car train by throwing herself over the child as they crossed tracks. She suffered 16 stitches in the hip and 14 in the head, recalling the moment when the train passed over them.
North Korean sergeant seeks political asylum in South
World Today notes Sgt Yi Kyong Pin of the Communist military police crossed to the allied side and asked for asylum after observing both forces in the DMZ. Paris reports Soviet envoy Vinogradov invites Edgar Faure and Antoine Pinay to Moscow. likely to be accepted with no date set. perhaps after November. Durant predicts moon landing by century end at aeronautical congress in Copenhagen. A memorial for Karl Marx to rise in Britain ahead of Bulganin Khrushchev visit. unveiling set for March 14, 1884 founder’s death anniversary.
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Seoul Im
U. S
Yi Kyong Pin
U. N
Paris
Sergei Vinogradov
Edgar Faure
Antoine Pinay
Moscow
Copenhagen
Frederick C. Durant
Durant
Lexington
Mass
London
Karl Mrax
Nikolai Bulganin l
Nikita Khrushchev
Britain
Marx
Woman Hears Husband on Russian Farm Tour
Mrs. William E. Reed heard from her husband for the first time in more than a week thanks to Radio Moscow and a Greensboro teenager. Dr. Reed, a professor of agriculture at A and T College, is touring Russia with a group of American faculty. Taylor Doggett, 19, tuned in and reported the interview. He praised Russian hospitality.
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Greensboro
N. C
William E. Reed
Radio
Grins from Commies Carry A Price Tag
James Marlow surveys East West engagement at Geneva noting red grins carry a price tag. He weighs US aims with Soviets and Maoist China, McCarthy opposition, and the risk of war versus concessions if Washington seeks a middle ground.
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James Marlow
Washington
Geneva
Bulganin
United States
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Eisenhower
Senate
Young babysitter’s sneeze traps plastic block in windpipe
Atlanta area report tells how 15 year old Alice Montgomery of Thomaston Ga babysat young children and taught the alphabet using blocks. A block lodged in her windpipe after a sneeze with an A in her mouth. Doctors removed it and she now questions mixing education with babysitting.
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Atlanta
Alice Montgomery
Thomaston, Ga
Alice
School Teacher of the Year Dwight Brink Praises Attendance
Watervliet Michigan educator Dwight Brink 35 receives Rural School Teacher of the Year honors for his eight grade classroom of 35 pupils. He argues no child dislikes school when it is run with the child in mind. Brink teaches all eight grades at his small school.
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Watervliet
Mich
Dwight Brink
Michigan
Brink
Swimmer Abertondo Battered After 221 Mile River Swim
Argentine long distance swimmer Antonio Abertondo was pulled unconscious from the Mississippi River near New Madrid Missouri after failing a second attempt to swim non stop toward the gulf. He had logged about 221 miles in 65 hours 17 minutes.
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New Madrid
Antonio Abertondo
Mississippi River
Albertondo
Tropical Storm Causes Two Alabama Deaths
A blustering gulf gale blamed for two deaths near Mobile Alabama and high tides washing over coastal highways. The Weather Bureau and Air Force attributed the offshoot Brenda with winds up to 45 miles per hour and over four inches of rain. The storm began offshore and moved inland with the system entering at St. Louis around 9:43 a.m. Saturday.
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Alabama
Mobile
Ala
Gulf
Weather Bureau
Air Force
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Hubby
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Main
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Stoye
Chrysler Airtemp
Wright Completon
Prairie Gas & Equip. Co., Inc
St. Louis
Fankhauser
DuPont
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