Senate Panel Denies Funds for Dixon Yates Link to TVA
The Senate Appropriations Committee refused 6.5 million dollars for a transmission line tying the Dixon Yates private plant to TVA power, unless Memphis moves to build its own plant within 90 days. President Eisenhower ordered a study of whether to continue or cancel the contract as Memphis decides its course.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Dixon- Yates
TVA
Memphis
Eisenhower
Edgar H. Dixon
Dixon-Yates Private Power Group
Tenafly
N.J
New York
Associated Press
Atomic Energy Commission
West Memphis
Ark
AEC
Tennessee Valley Authority
Ivate
Mississippi
Senate
Johnson
Tex
Congress
Buffalo Bus Workers Strike Halts Service Citywide
AFL bus workers walked out against the Niagara Frontier Transit System halting service for about a million in the Buffalo area. About 1,650 drivers mechanics and staff rejected a five cent wage raise and demanded seven cents more per hour.
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Buffalo
N. Y
AFL
Niagara Frontier Transit System
Steven Pankow
Division 1342
Amalgamated Assn
Electric Railway
Niagara Falls
Missing Flier’s Body Found off Tokyo Island
U S Marine Lt. Murdock McAneny of Yonkers is identified in the wreckage of an FJ2 Fury on Oshima Island near Tokyo. The aircraft vanished Friday during a search for three other missing fliers. rescuers say the search continues despite grim conditions. McAneny’s widow Margaret resides near Atsugi air base.
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Tokyo
U.S
Oshima Island
Marine Corps
Murdock McAneny
Yonkers
McAneny
Rome
N.Y
Sentine
Oshima
Mt. Mihara
Johnson Air Base
Air Force
Margaret
Atsugi
Yokohama
Navy
Ain Montague
Jackson
Miss
Wishon
Alan Murdock Menny
Caltech Grants Woman Doctorate in Curbed Tradition
Dorothy Semenov, 25, becomes one of Caltech's first women to earn a doctoral degree in organic chemistry after the graduate school opened to women in 1953. She credits Mount Holyoke and MIT for her path and calls chemistry a rewarding career for women.
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Pasadena
Calif
California Institute of Technology
Dorothy Semenov
Mount Holyoke College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Caltech
Dorothy
Semenov
Robert W. Semenow
Pittsburgh
Aunt Holyoke
Truckers Strike Widens Across New England
The nationwide truckers strike, now in its 18th day, involves about 18 000 AFL drivers in Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut. Negotiations stall over wages while employers plan further talks next Tuesday. A separate New York hearing faces a $1 million suit by McLean Trucking against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters alleging coercion outside New England.
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Boston
AFL
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
AFL Teamsters Union
New York
McLean Trucking Co
Winston - Salem
N.C
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
New England
Americans Plan Long July 4th Holiday Weekend
Americans brace for a busy three day Fourth of July weekend with an estimated 40 million autos on U S roads. The National Safety Council predicts about 380 deaths in holiday traffic from Friday evening through Monday night, higher than the nonholiday weekend. Travel by train airplane and bus will be boosted as agencies add capacity.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Safety Council
Associated Press
Convicted Killer Dies Before Firing Squad
Don Jesse Neal, convicted of fatally shooting Salt Lake City police sergeant Owen Farley in 1951, died at sunrise before a Utah firing squad after declaring innocence. Five riflemen fired at 5 a.m. with one blank. about 150 spectators watched. Neal had long sought appeals with support from the American Civil Liberties Union and his foster mother Trene O’Brian, who will bury him as O’Brian in Fort Thomas Kentucky.
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Point OF the Mountain
Utah
Jesse Neal
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Owen T. Farley
Farley
Neal
Wilma Tully
Ogden
George Beckstead
Beckstead
Utah Supreme Court
Trene O'Brian
Fort Thomas
O'Brian
American Civil Liberties Union
Supreme Court
Gramt
Pardons Board
Eliott
Ellett
J. Brack
Rodman Named North Carolina Attorney General
Governor Hodges appoints William B. Rodman of Washington D C as attorney general to replace the late Harry McMullan Rodman is a veteran legislator who chaired the House Finance Committee for the last two sessions The oath was administered by Chief Justice M W Barnhill after sworn-in judges took office.
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Raleigh
Hodges
William B. Rodman
Washington, D. C
Harry McMullan
Superior Court
M. W. Barnhill
State Supreme Court
Barnhill
Rodman
House Finance Committee
Prelates Head For S. America
Vatican City reports two Argentine prelates expelled by President Peron will sail from Naples aboard the Augustus to attend the international Eucharistic Congress in Rio de Janeiro opening July 18. They represent Argentina's Catholic clergy as Peron’s expulsion and the vice versa clash are tied to the unrest.
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Vatican City
Peron
Argentina
South America
Buenos Aires
Msgr
Manuel Tato
Ramon Pablo Novoa
Naples
Augustus
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Tato
Vatican
New Leader For Marine Division
Maj. Gen. Reginald H. Ridgely Jr. assumed command of the 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune N C during a review ceremony. He relieved Maj. Gen. Edward W Snedeker who had led the division since February and will move to Washington to become chief of staff for operations. About 14 000 Leathernecks participated in the passing review.
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Camp Lejeune
N.C
Reginald H. Ridgely Jr
2Nd Marine Division
Edward W. Snedeker
Ridgely
Marine Corps Headquarters
Washington
Snedeker
Amen
Opera
Foreign Aid Bill Approved by House Amid Tight Debates
The House passed a 3.2858 billion foreign military and economic aid ceiling for the year, with 273 voting for and 128 against. Strong Democratic support blocked 21 amendments, including limits on Yugoslavia and India aid, while reserving a 145 million dollar military fund and returning unused funds over 200 million to the Treasury. Major aid totals allocate 1.133 billion for military aid and 2.1528 billion for economic assistance, emphasizing Asia.
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Washington
House
Senate House
Senate
Eisenhower
Yugoslavia
India
Asia
Rep
Bonner
D-Nc
Foreign Affairs Committee
Vorys
Ohio
Budge
Idaho
Farmer Freed in Death of Brother in North Carolina
Henderson NC man Fred Davis 48 is freed by a coroner's jury in the death of his brother John Avery Davis 42. The jury found justifiable homicide after testimony that the victim was beaten to death following an argument at the elder brother's home near Henderson yesterday.
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Henderson
N.C
Fred Davis
Vance County
John Avery Davis
Elder Brothers
15 Cent Pay Hike Ends Steel Strike
U S Steel Corp and the CIO United Steelworkers reached a 15-cent plus average hourly wage increase to end a nationwide steel strike. The deal raises the basic rate and broadens the pay spread across 32 classifications, lifting the average to about 2.48 dollars per hour. Negotiations targeted other major producers for similar terms before a formal signing.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
McDonald
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
Big Steel
Bethleehem
Republic
Jones & Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet
U. S. Steel Corp
Union
House Votes on New Military Reserve Plan
The House debated a recreated Eisenhower backed reserve bill to build a 2.9 million man force with 250 000 volunteers aged under 18 to serve up to four years. Rep Powell vowed to block segregation language while supporters aimed to require reserve duty and recall for training noncompliance.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Eilesenhower
House Armed Services Committee
Rep
Powell
National Guard
Pentagon
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Tare
Republic Steel Co
Cleveland
STEAD
CIO Steelworkers Union
U.S. Steel Corporation
U.S. Steel
White House
James C. Hagerty
Rowland Hughes
Dixon-Yates
Hughes
Avons
Jesse Howard Neal
N.C. Atty
S. America
Marine Division
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