First commercial atomic power seen in upstate New York
The free world’s first commercial atomic electric power is in use in upstate New York when Lewis L. Strauss of the Atomic Energy Commission switched on several thousand kilowatts flowing into the Niagara Mohawk grid. GE said the unit has 1500 kilowatts capacity and could supply power for about 35,000 homes, with early users like Mrs. John Thomas of Ballston Spa cooking a hamburger. The prototype reactor, 225 feet tall, powers the atomic submarine under construction at Groton.
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West Milton
N. M
Free World
Upstate New York
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
General Electric Co
Niagara Mohawk
Upstate
New York
John Thomas
Ballston Spa
General Electric
Soviet Union
Groton
Conn
Strauss
Washington
AEC
Hempstead County ASC Names Election Board Members
Hempstead County Agricultural Stabilization Committee announces newly appointed community election board members who will nominate 10 farmers for mail ballots to form the 1956 committee. The ASC board lists Oliver L. Adams as chairman along with George Brown Bill Reinhardt and Ned Purtle. Community members by town include E P Bachman W R Cissell E H Collins Patmos B B McGee W Y Jackson and W B Jones Shover Springs W B Ruggles Howard Reece Otis Fuller Hope Neil Osborn Otto Sisson O B Hodnett Fulton I E Odom J W Seymour Earl Latshaw McNab Mrs Mary Spates J J Rosenbaum W M Dillard Columbus Jim Wilson Allen Downs DeAnn Dexter Alford Carl W Gilbert W B Porterfield J D Rhodes Ozan Sloman Goodlett Shirley Robins Charles Locke Bingen Fred Epton Rufus Wolff Forest Erwin.
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Hempstead County Agricultural Stabilization Committee
Hempstead County
Community Election Board
ASC County Election Board
Oliver L. Adams
George Brown
Bill Reinhardt
Farmers Home Administration
Ned Purtle
Hempstead County Farm Bureau
Spring Hill
E. P. Bachman
W. R. Cissell
E. H. Collins
Patmos
B. B. McGee
W. Y. Jackson
W. B. Jones
Shover Springs
W. B. Ruggles
Howard Reece
Otis Fuller
Hope
Neil Osborn
Otto Sisson
O. B. Hodnett
Fulton
I. E. Odom
J. D. Rhodes
Ozan
Sloman Goodlett
Shirley Robins
Charles Locke
Bingen
Fred Epton
Rufus Wolff
Forest Erwin
Williams Named New Commander at Little Rock Air Force Base
Col. Joe R. Williams, 40, assumes command at Little Rock Air Force Base, relieving Maj. Louis C. Tibbs who became commander after the deaths of Col. Joseph A. Thomas and another officer in a Kentucky crash. Williams previously led Turner Air Force Base in Albany, Georgia, and is from Houston, Texas.
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Little Rock
Little Rock Air Force Base
Joe R. Williams
Smand
Louis C. Tibbs
Maj
Tibbs
Joseph A Thomas
Kentucky
Col
Thomas
Col. Williams
Houston
Tex
Turner Air Force Base
Albany
Labour demands emergency civil defense plan in London
The Labor Party urged an emergency Die Dig or Disperse program with city evacuations the moment war begins, accusing Sir Anthony Eden’s Conservative government of inadequate preparations and calling for larger civil defense funding. In Tokyo Peiping radio summarized the Geneva conference’s first day and focused on Bulganin’s speech. In Buenos Aires former opera star Mary Melsa was buried at Chacarita cemetery after dying Sunday at age five.
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London
Labor Party
Anthony Eden
Tokyo
China
Peiping Radio Today
Nikolai Bulganina
Buenos Aires
Mary Melsa
Chacarita Cemetery
Miss Melsa
Paris Opera
Enrico Causo
Tita Ruffo
Slusser Trial Opens in Hempstead Circuit Court
The Hempstead Circuit Court began the trial of A. E. Slusser a local feed dealer on forgery and uttering charges this morning. Another case, John Deere Plow Co. versus Mitchell Sparks Tony Rowe and Lucious White, paused over title to a farm tractor with Circuit Judge Lyle Brown to decide without a jury. In the state case Oscar Lee Criner was found not guilty of first degree perjury and Employes Mutual Fire Insurance Co. versus R. D. Barham et al was dismissed for want of prosecution.
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A. E. Slusser
Hempstead
John Deere Plow Co
Mitchell Sparks
Tony Rowe
Lucious White
Lyle Brown
Oscar Lee Criner
Employes Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Democrats Push House Vote on $1 Minimum Wage Bill
Democrats move to pass a bill raising the federal minimum wage from 75 cents to $1 an hour. The measure, already approved by the Senate and backed by labor, would affect about 24 million workers with an estimated 2.1 million South workers gaining automatic raises. Administration forces push for 90 cents despite Southern Democratic support. Coverage would be extended next year.
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Washington
House
Senate
Eisenhower
South
Extended forecast shows mild rise in temperatures
The forecast covers Tuesday afternoon through Sunday with average highs two to three degrees above normal. Normal highs reach 93 degrees and lows 71. Precipitation is expected moderate to heavy with scattered thunderstorms, mainly in the afternoons.
Senate votes for free polio vaccine for under twenty
The Senate approved free Salk polio vaccine for millions under twenty and expectant mothers, sending it to the House which favors a state distribution model. The bills differ on funding ceilings, matching grants, and means testing, with no means test required for eligibility in either proposal.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Senate
House
Commerce Committee
Sen
Morse
D-Ore
Sen. Welker
Ridaho
Public Health Service
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Welker
Cutter
Idaho
Hill
D-Ala
Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Congressional Appropriations Committees
Hearings Possible on Talbott Affairs by Senate Panel
Senator McClellan said the Senate Investigations subcommittee will decide without undue delay whether to hold public hearings on Secretary Talbott’s ties to an outside firm. Talbott faced private questioning about his role as a special partner with Mulligan in an efficiency consulting firm serving Pentagon clients. He refused to comment, asserting his business interests are proper.
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Washington
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Air Force
Talbott
New York City
Pentagon
Mulligan
Russians Use Open Cars In Geneva As Eisenhower Rides Closed
In Geneva the Kremlin top men ride in open cars while Eisenhower travels in a closed car. Locals note the contrast. Swiss guards, plainclothes men, and soldiers guard the villa and lakefront as Baughman and Rowley arrive for the Secret Service presence. Continued on Page Six.
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Geneva
Eddy Gilmore
Kremlin
Eisenhower
Marc Pernet
Two Tor
Nour
Secret Service
U.S
A. E.baughman
James J. Rowley
White House
Eisenhower and Zhukov Toast at Geneva Summit
At Lake Geneva the leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union exchange champagne toasts after a dinner with President Eisenhower and Marshal Zhukov. No clear progress on East West rifts was stated. Attending were Bulganin Khrushchev Molotov and Gromyko with Dulles present.
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Geneva
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Georgi Zhukov
Zhukov
Lake Geneva
Maj
John Eisenhower
Germany
Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
V. M. Molotov
Andrei Gromyko
Dulles
White House
James C. Hagerty
Klementi Voroshilov
Hagerty
Washington
United States
Moscow
Molotov
Lax Sheriffs May Be Sued by the State
Gov. Faubus proposed mandamus action in chancery courts against sheriffs who fail to collect delinquent state taxes after certificates are filed. Revenue Department lawyers told lawmakers the core issue is getting sheriffs to perform the collections. The governor rejected transferring tax collection authority to the State Police, insisting current procedures must be followed.
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Little Rock
Orval Faubus
Faubus
Orville Cheney
Revenue Department
Legislative Audit Committee
O. T. Ward
Airline Hostess Mary Teel Buried in Camden
Services planned in Camden for Mary Elizabeth Teel 22 Braniff Airlines hostess killed in Braniff Convair crash in Chicago Sunday She was Ouachita county clerk's daughter former University of Arkansas student bank employee before joining Braniff in April 1954 Survivors include her parents a sister and two brothers all of Camden
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Camden
Mary Elizabeth Teel
Braniff Airlines
Braniff
Proud of His Life and He Advertises It
Jacob Jensen aged 85 placed a two newspaper quarter page ad recounting his life from Soroe Denmark birth on July 19 1870 through immigration to the United States in 1895 his work as carpenter and contractor his marriage to Anna Marie and remarks on friends foes and acts of kindness Jensen plans a small family party and says he expects to live several more years and continue helping others
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Salt Lake City
Jacob Jensen
Denmark
United States
Salt Lake Tribune
Deseret News and Telegram
Soroe
Jensen
Anna Marie
The
Man Dies of Bullet Fired by His Wife
FORT SMITH. Freddie McConnell, 62, a furniture factory worker, died of gunshot wounds said to be fired by his wife last Saturday. Detective Adren Jeffcoat said Mrs. Dorothy McConnell, 43, admitted shooting after McConnell allegedly choked and slapped her and threatened her three children by a former marriage. She had been charged with assault to kill and faced possible re charging by deputy prosecutor Lawson Cloninger.
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Fort Smith
Freddie McConnell
Adren Jeffcoat
Dorothy McConnell
McConnell
Sparks and Rinehart Promoted to County Supervisors
W M Sparks former assistant county supervisor was appointed county supervisor for the Farmers Home Administration. W M Rinehart previously county supervisor was named area supervisor overseeing Hempstead Lafayette Miller Little River Sevier Howard and Pike counties.
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W. M. Sparks
Farmer's Home Administration
W. M. Rinehardt
Hempstead
Lafayette
Miller
Little River
Sevier
Howard
Pike
White man held in bombing freed in Arkansas
Sheriff Tor Gulley released 50 year old Ensley D. Williams without charge after arrest during probe of two dynamite explosions that damaged the Terry Dairy Co. plant in Little Rock last week. Williams, identified as white, was previously misidentified by the Associated Press as a Negro.
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Little Rock
Tor Gulley
Ensley D
Fat) Williams
Terry Dairy Co
Williams
Associated Press
Negro Charged with Murder in Dice Game Shooting
Clayton Lancaster, 36, was charged with first degree murder in Little Rock for the fatal shooting of Ernest Jorden during an argument at a dice game on Saturday. The case was filed yesterday as police investigated the deadly incident.
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Little Rock
Clayton Lancaster
Ernest Jorden
Unifying Germany Tops Talks at Geneva Summit
Western leaders pressed Soviet Premier Bulganin to commit to unifying Germany with urgency, aiming for a West-aligned nation in NATO. Bulganin ranked European security and gradual German incorporation behind broader measures, signaling little chance of a quick East-West compromise. The summit yielded a notable but limited step as Bulganin announced Soviet atomic material would join an international pool, highlighting cautious Kremlin cooperation.
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Geneva
Russia
East
Germany
Eisenhower
Eden
Faure
Bulganin
West
North Atlantic Alliance
Europe
Mrs. Della White Dies at Age 88 in Texarkana
Mrs. Della White, 88, died at her daughter's home in Texarkana after a life in Hope. Survivors include daughter Mrs. R. L. Crosnoe of Texarkana, sister Mrs. Ida Boyett of Hope, granddaughter Mrs. Thomas Cannon of Hope, and grandsons Edward in the U S Army, Norman in Ft. Smith, and Ralph in Texarkana. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Herndon- Cornelius Chapel.
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Della White
Texarkana
Hope
R. L. Crosnoe
Ida Boyett
Thomas Cannon
Edward
U. S. Army
Norman
Ft. Smith
Ralph
Herndon- Cornelius Chapel
Rugged Character Fights Back in $68,000 Hold-up
In Greenville Tennessee a 74 year old real estate dealer Bohannon resisted three armed robbers after they demanded funds from his person and home safe. He refused to surrender and fought back, injuring none but delaying the thieves who fled in an automobile. Police questioned two men in Greenville and one in Morristown.
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Greenville
Tenn
John Bohanon
Bohannon
Morristown
Limited Arms Cut Better Than None
Senator George D. of Georgia welcomed Sir Anthony Eden’s plan for limited arms reduction in Europe calling it worthy of further consideration by the Big Four at Geneva. Eden proposed security guarantees with Germany and possible steps toward limits on arms for a united Germany and border satellites. Other senators urged cautious exploration while warning against demobilizing too far and risking Western hopes for liberty behind the Iron Curtain.
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Jack Bell
Washington
George D-Ga
Britain
Anthony Eden
Europe
Geneva
Germany
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
France
Russia
H. Alexander Smith
Free World
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
Smith
Foreign Relations
Napeterias for tired Americans, Boyle’s idle dream
Hal Boyle envisions napeterias, places where workers can nap during the day, a blend of cafeteria self-serve and garage car-park. He argues home is hostile to sleep, with phones, vacuums, and noise. a napeteria would offer needed midday relief for stressed workers.
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Boyle
Hal Boyle
New York
Napeteria
America
Four-point agenda frames Geneva talks on German issue
Western and Soviet leaders agreed at Geneva to place German unification as the top item on a four point agenda for summit discussions. European security disarmament and East West contacts followed, with Bulganin emphasizing security. Eisenhower Eden and Faure highlighted Germany, while Bulganin stressed security as a second item. The ministers met about ninety minutes with a heads of state session planned later.
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Geneva
Eisenhowser
Eden
Faure
Bulganin
Big Four
Eisenhower
James Hagerty
Hagerty
Airport Bill Sets Arkansas Benefit From Federal Aid
A House plan to fund airport construction promises about 60 dollars per year for Arkansas airports over four years, totaling roughly three million dollars in federal aid. The bill, Senate-passed with minor House changes, moves back to the Senate for concurrence, with Harris and Senator Rooney of Oklahoma credited for introducing it.
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Washington
D-Ark
Arkansas
House
Senate
Harris
Ooney
D-Okla
Civil Aeronautics
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