House panel draws lines in Dixon Yates power fight
The House Appropriations Committee sends a 1.28 billion dollar fiscal year budget to the floor and rejects a 6.1 million plan for a Dixon Yates to TVA transmission line. It instead funds a new Fulton TVA steam plant, signaling a pivotal clash over power supply in the Mississippi region.
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House Appropriations Committee
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Dixon-Yates
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Arkansas
Tennessee Valley Authority Power System
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Fulton
Tenn
Congress
Dixon- Yates Group
Seemptie Plesk
Ey Lemt
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Edgar H. Dixon
Southern Co
Eugene Yates
Dixon - Yates Group
The
Atomic Commission
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Mississippi River
Dixon - Yates
Cannon
D-Mo
Sudan Temple initiates 151 Shriners in Raleigh ceremony
In Raleigh 151 new members joined Sudan Temple as Shriners of eastern North Carolina wrapped a two day spring ceremonial. The event closed with a ball for potentate J LeRoy Allen of Raleigh and a parade featuring temple units and high school bands from Columbus County Washington Wake Forest and Warrenton. Allen joined Lavdegg board for Shrine football in Charlotte after Sudan Temple helped raise funds for crippled children hospitals. Sudan raised 11000 in 1953 and 12000 last year marking the largest percentage gain among temples.
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Raleigh
Sudan Temple
Shriners
North Carolina
J. LeRoy Allen
Aleigh
Columbus County
Washi A N. C
Warrenton
Wake Forest
Allen
Charlotte
Sudan
Governor urges local school boards to form segregation study groups
Raleigh Gov Hodges said local boards should appoint their own committees to study school segregation rather than wait for the seven member state commission. He favors decentralization as North Carolina moves to local handling and expects to name the authorized study group soon.
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Raleigh
Hodges
Virginia
North Carolina
U. S. Supreme Court
J. Wilbert Forbes
Camden
Don Gillam Jr
Comeniasioner
Wich
Charlotte Obroa
ABC
Elizabeth McCubbin
Charlotte Social Worker
Woman's Prison
Polio Vaccine Safety Review Warns of Manufacturing Flaws
Washington reports the Public Health Service warned of safety issues in mass production of Salk polio vaccine. Surgeon General Leonard Scheele said vaccines may fulfill promise, while the review notes live viruses occasionally remained in final mixtures and manufacturers’ records require stronger clearance.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Leonard A. Scheele
Special Health Service
Health Service
Renee
Scheele
Eisenhower OKs 8 Percent Pay Hike For 500000 Postal Workers
President Eisenhower signs a bill boosting postal worker salaries by about 8 percent on average, up to $4,400 annually for some employees, totaling roughly $164 million yearly. The act also expands job reclassifications to address inequities and boost efficiency across the Postal Service.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Courtroom pictures urged to be allowed in trials
U S Attorney General Brownell urged press photographers at the National Press Photographers Assn convention to demonstrate how courtroom pictures can be taken with discretion. He cited ABA Canon 35 limiting photography and said a model courtroom should show how to protect justice while allowing a free press.
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Colorado
Brownell
Boe
Bar Association
Gubernatorial Candidates Pledge Segregation
In Canton Mississippi five gubernatorial hopefuls joined a Citizens Councils meeting and pledged to keep Negroes out of white public schools if elected. About 800 white attendees heard former Gov Fielding Wright Atty Gen J P Coleman Ron Barnett and Paul Johnson speak amid cheers. The Councils claim 253 chapters and about 55 000 members statewide.
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Canton
Miss
Mississippi
Citizens Councils
Fielding Wright
Mary Cain
Summit
Worrant Atty
J. P. Coleman
Ackerman
Ron Barnett
Carthage
Pawl Johnson
Hattiesburg
Citizens Councila
Adenauer Optimistic Over East West Tensions Ahead of Talks
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer expresses optimism on disarmament and German unity. He plans meetings in Washington with Eisenhower and Dulles and in Britain with Eden, while stressing strength and alliances to prevent neutralization of Germany.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
United States
Britain
Adenauer
Mo Ae
West Germany
East
Adenmaper
Biel
Fies
Lufthansa
Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
Harold Macmillan
Antoine Pinay
Eden
Resident Judges Appointed Across North Carolina Districts
Governor Hodges appoints five resident Superior Court judges to raise state total from 21 to 32. Appointees: William J. Bundy Greenville Third District. Hamilton Hobgood Louisburg Ninth. Raymond Mallard Tabor City Thirteenth. L Richardson Preyer Greensboro Eighteenth. P C Froneberger Gastonia Fifteenth. Ceremony set for July 1 with luncheon. previous appointments include six residents and two special judges. two remaining specials pending report.
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Raleigh
Hodges
William J. Bundy
Greenville
Craven
Pamlico
Pitt
Carteret
Hamilton Hobgood
Louisburg
Franklin
Granville
Person
Warren
Vance
Raymond Mallard
Tabor City
Bladen
Brunswick
Columbus
L. Richardson Preyer
Greensboro
Guilford County
P. C. Froneberger
Gastonia
Cleveland
Gaston
Lincoln
Patton
Ss. Pesmenee
de Froneberger
University of No Carolina
Gaston Municipal Rt
Baptizing Rain Slows Billy Graham Paris Rally
Billy Graham faced an interrupted Paris rally as a skylight leaked during his address at the Velodrome d'Hiver. Torrential rain drenched spectators and chaotic scenes erupted with audience members scrambling to avoid water and photographers catching slips and spills. The incident interrupted the sermon as volunteers reportedly closed the skylight and chaos spread through the arena.
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Paris
Billy Graham
Great Britain
First Textile Mill Guarantees Wage Plan Report
The CIO Textile Workers Union says the first guaranteed wage plan in the textile industry was negotiated with American Velvet Co. of Stonington Conn. Victor J Cantano says laid off workers with at least ten years service will receive 40 weekly for a year, with the company contributing 10 weekly to a 90 weekly unemployment benefit for six weeks. If layoffs persist, 40 weekly continues. The plan funds two thirds from company profits before taxes and one third into a pension fund. Also announced is a two year contract for Plymouth Cordage Co. workers in Plymouth Mass including an eight cent per hour pay rise.
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Summerfield
Department
Senate
House
Boston TF
CIO
American Velvet Co
Stonington
Conn
Victor J. Cantano
CIO Textile Workers Union
Canzano
Plymouth Cordage Co
Plymouth
Mass
Probers Hear Two Secretly Testify On Military Caps
The Senate Investigations Subcommittee called two unnamed witnesses for secret testimony before resuming public hearings on military uniform contracts. Harry Tees, a Chicago hat maker, claimed his patents on army and marine cap parts give him an advantage over rivals and denied ideas came from military officials. He asserted his inventions were his own and noted wealth from cap manufacturing.
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Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Harry Tees
Chicago
Lev
Army
Marine Corps
Kerr Dam Power Loss Attributed to SEPA Contract Issues
The Kerr Dam power loss for the year starting July 1 reached 868000 dollars through April due to SEPA failing to secure an acceptable contract with North Carolina cooperatives. The committee urged immediate action to stop revenue loss and cited selling unsold power to Virginia Electric & Power at three mills per kilowatt hour as a factor. Assistant Secretary Fred Randahl told lawmakers SEPA plans to dispose of one third of Kerr dam power to VEPCo at the dump rate, noting firm energy sales could raise federal revenues with a North Carolina contract. The committee approved separating SEPA from EPA for the next fiscal year.
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Southeastern Power Administration
SEPA
North Carolina
Asst
Fred Randahl
Kerr
Virginia Electric & Power Co
Sendahl
Rtment
Projects Funded For Navigation and Erosion Control Nationwide
The proposal outlines funds for nine projects including Buford dam at 10 million dollars and Norfolk Harbor Craney Island disposal area at 700 thousand. Other items include North Carolina Rollinson channel breakwater 175 thousand and Port Royal Sound 750 thousand with additional general investigations totaling about 4.28 million dollars. Small authorized projects total around 2 million dollars.
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Rollinson Channel
South Carolina
Charleston Harbor
Port Royal Sound
Tennessee-Cheatham Lock
Wall River
Virginia
Norfolk Harbor
Craney Island
Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line
Virginia Beach
Wingless Airship Takes Taxi Run at Emportia Airport
Charles Pritchard's wingless airship nearly wrecked after skidding off a runway into a field at Emportia airport. The 46 year old foreman continued attempts to fly the 21 foot long craft built in Klugel's Metal Shop, despite low throttle and brake issues. About 1500 spectators watched as the craft, lacking wings, relies on hull lift generated along its octagonal fuselage to rise.
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Emporia
Charles Pritchard
Pritchard
Aie
Wang Foreman
Klugel
P. R
Aviation
Miers
Railway Case Hearing On Southern Proposal To Take Over 98 Mile Line
Southern officials urged a hearing on a plan to transfer the operation of a 98 mile state owned line between Morehead City and Goldsboro to the Southern railways. The proposal also covers running the Navy Department line serving Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point with the AREC system under a joint operation. Witnesses argued the move would unify two rail networks for economic viability and boost industrial growth in western North Carolina and the coastal region. Raymond See and Fred Linton testified that backing by Southern would attract investment and aid development, especially in the Os ann Carolina area.
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Southern Railroads
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Morehead
AREC
Navy
Os Ann Carolina
Raymond See
ASEC
Fred Linton
Winston-Salem
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