Steam Power Project Faces Court Test
Washington reports the Tennessee Valley Authority steam electric plant at New Johnsonville Tennessee faces a legal test in the Senate as Ferguson Michigan seeks a rider to force a Supreme Court review. The $538 million TVA project is under debate with House approval already sending funds for initial construction.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tennessee Valley Authority
Ferguson
R.-Mich
Senate
Michigan
Appropriations Committee
House
Imnessee Valley Authority
New Johnsonville
Tenn
TVA
GOP
Congress
Truman
Greensboro Radio Station to Begin Television in August
WFMY, the Greensboro News company radio station, plans to start regular television operations on August 1. General manager P. T. Hines announced the move after FCC approval of an extension on a television construction permit. Test patterns for experiments are expected in July as the six month permit previously expired.
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Greensboro
Greensboro News Company
WFMY
P. T. Hines
News Company
Greensboro News-Record
Federal Communications Commission
Chatham Presides in House First Time with New Gavel
In Washington on April 9 Chatham who is a Democrat from North Carolina presided over the House for the first time. He kept a new gavel as a memento after leaving the chair and cited his thrill during debate on the European Recovery Program extension as a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Speaker Rayburn then gave gavels to freshmen congressmen after their inaugural presiding moments.
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Chatham
D-Nc
House
Rayburn
D-Tex
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Marcantonio
Alny
Lawrence H. Smith
R.-Wis
Kee
D.W. Va
Foreign Affairs Committee
America
Europe
Rep. Vorys
Ohio
Morrow Burned While Clearing Brush Near Home
Murphy, April 9. Bud PD reports 75 year old Morrow was burned to death Saturday about 11 a m while burning brush near his home. He and four neighbors were clearing land when Morrow’s clothing caught fire.
Taft and Ives Advance Five Point Labor Plan
Senators Taft and Ives outline a five part labor measure centered on a National Emergency procedure for plant seizures and new Congress sessions. They seek to abolish the NLRB general counsel post, retain closed shop bans, and permit preferential hiring when union workers are available, with amendments to the Truman labor bill guiding May debates.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Ives
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Robert N. Denham
Senate
NLRB
CIO Urges Union Action for Fair Deal Ahead of Easter Recess
CIO President Philip Murray orders members to press Congress during the April 15 to 25 recess for Taft Hartley repeal and full Fair Deal laws. He cites eight program goals including minimum wage, unemployment program, social security, housing, health insurance, civil rights, and labor reform. He requires a personal report by April 25 on each congressman's stance.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Congress
Dare House
Harvey Brown
The
Machinists Union
Independent
Brown
Defense Budget Set At Peacetime Record In House
The House appropriations committee raised the armed forces budget to a peacetime record of 15.909 billion dollars, over President Truman’s request. Hearings stressed aerial strength while Army and Navy trails Air Force in allocations. Rep. Mahon warned of anxiety and sacrifice, urging readiness for trouble ahead, though officials did not predict immediate war.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Navy
Army
Air Force
Rep. Mahon
D-Tex
Omar N. Brayley
Bradley
Air
Symington
Child Trapped In Deep Shaft Near Kathy Fiscus Rescue
Desperate rescuers drive a rotary drill down a 30 inch shaft to about 104 feet and prepare to tunnel to the 14 inch well pipe where three year old Kathy Fiscus lies trapped 94 feet below. No signs of life 27 hours after the fall.
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Gene Handsaker
San Marino
Calif
Kathy Fiscus
Raymond A. Hill
Whitey Blickensderfer
Blickensderfer
Kathy
Hill
C. A. Kelly
Kelly
Fiscus
Alice Fiscus
Tito Declares Yugoslavia Will Trade With West
Belgrade, April 1994 Tito warns Western powers not to count on Yugoslavia’s help in their war plans. He accuses Soviet Russia and the Cominform of stirring civil war propaganda and labels critics as anti Marxist and anti Leninist.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Soviet
Russia
Cominform
Navy to Tour Nation With Big 180 Passenger Transport Plane
The Navy will send the 180 passenger Constitution on a six week 10000 mile tour visiting 18 cities beginning May 2 from San Francisco. The flight aims to showcase military transport and recruit interest while offering flight training info. flight surgeons will conduct recruit exams. The route includes Memphis New Orleans Birmingham Atlanta and Columbia South Carolina.
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Washington
Navy
The
Constitution
San Francisco
Buffalo
N. Y
Naval Reserve
New York
London
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Memphis
New Orleans
Birmingham
Atlanta
Columbia, S, C
Soviet Scientists Rewarded for Atomic Energy and Cosmic Rays
Stalin prizes worth about 37000 dollars were awarded to Georgi Latyshchev of Leningrad and Sergi Vernov of Moscow University for atomic energy research and cosmic rays. Other reports note ongoing Yangtze river clashes in China, Tito courting Western capital, Gromyko’s UN remarks on Africa, and Western powers presenting the occupation statute to western Germany.
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Russia
Stalin
Georgi Latyshev
Leningrad Physicotechnical Institute For Atom Research
Sergi Vernov
Moscow University
China
Yangcze
Cominform
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
People’s Front
Belgrade
UN Assembly
Lake Success
Andrei Gromyko
Italy
United Kingdom
United States
France
Soviet Union
Mussolini
Education Association Backs Road and School Bond Issues
The North Carolina Education Association backs a $50 million school construction bond and a $200 million road bond as part of its closing session in Asheville. The convention also endorses aid to education, reduced teacher load, paid absences, a $2,400 minimum for A certificate teachers, retirement liberalization, and higher legislator pay.
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Asheville
North Carolina Education Association
Lucille Allen
Hendersonville
Margaret McDermott
New B S Courses To Be Offered By State In Fall
Raleigh April 9 Bachelor of science degrees in construction and furniture manufacturing and management and heating and air conditioning will be offered at N C State next September. Engineering Dean J H Lampe announced the new curricula to be given in cooperation with three fields of industrial activity in the state. The curricula will be offered to qualified students at freshman and sophomore level.
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Raleigh
N. C. State
J. H. Lampe
Douglas Urges UN Members Join Atlantic Pact
Illinois Senator Paul Douglas urged that every United Nations member be asked to sign a supplementary version of the North Atlantic pact. He said a UN General Assembly vote and Security Council approval would enforce the pact, aiming to save the UN from Soviet veto power.
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Chicago
Illinois
Paul H. Douglas
Douglas
Americans For Democratic Action
Sen. Thomas
Utah
Senate
UN General Assembly
Russia
General Assembly
Security Council
Chester Bowles
Connecticut
Junior Chamber Delegates Ready For Brussels Meet
Tulsa dispatch reports 119 U S Junior Chamber of Commerce members from 29 states and Alaska will fly to Brussels for the Junior Chamber International convention April 21 to 28. They will showcase exhibits including a model city to illustrate the American way of life. Delegates depart New York City next week.
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Oklo
U. S
Europe
Brussels
Belgium
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Alaska
New York City
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Alabama
Arizona
California
Florida
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
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Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
New York
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Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Wisconsin
Truman Seeks Congress Backing for Government Reform
President Truman said he is waiting for congressional authority to send a series of government reorganization plans. He welcomed citizen support from a committee led by Dr. Robert L. Johnson of Philadelphia and warned reforms need an educational program to avoid past failures. The Hoover Commission proposals call cutting independent agencies by one third to save billions, with legislative veto possible in 60 days.
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Truman
Congress
Robert L. Johnson
Philadelphia
Citizens Committee For Reorganization
Executive Branch
House
Senate
Johnson
Hoover Commission
Hoover
White House
Temple University
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