Senate subcommittee pressures Adams on Dixon-Yates contract
A Senate subcommittee seeks the full story of Sherman Adams role in the Dixon-Yates power contract cancellation. Chair Kefauver says persuasion will replace subpoenas, while Adams’ testimony remains unavailable. The panel flags privilege claims as potential evidence suppression in a multi‑million dollar public funds matter.
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Washington
Senate
Sherman Dams
Eisenhower
White House
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate Judiciary @bcommittee
Threeman Subcommittee
Adams
Messenger
Executive Department
Subcommittee
Dixon-Yates
Atomic Energy Commisson
West Memphis
Ark
Tennessee Vallley Authority
AEC
Memphis
TVA
Securities and Exchange Commission
Kenneth E. Fieds
Keapiver
Adolphe H. Wenzell
Budget Bureau
First Boston Corp
Dixon- Yates
Wenzell
Paul L. Miller
First Boston
Get Bureau
Wenzel
Miller
Richard W. Cook
Bureau of the Budget
Cook
Sales Rise in St Louis Bank District Retail Trade
District department store sales for last week rose 12 percent from a year earlier with growth seen in St Louis 7 percent and Louisville 29 percent. Memphis 8 percent and Little Rock 13 percent. Eight smaller cities combined up 18 percent. Over the past four weeks district sales were 8 percent above 1954.
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ST. Louis
Federal Reserve
Louisville
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Memphis
Tenn
Little Rock
Ark
Faure Signals French Willingness to Match US Russia Aerial Offer
In Geneva Premier Faure says France would join with the United States to extend the Eisenhower aerial inspection plan to Russia if Allies approve. He cites four expected summit gains including disarmament collaboration and demilitarized zones in Europe.
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Kingsbury Smith
Geneva
INS
Edgar Faure
France
Russia
Eisenhower
Faure
Elie Maissi
Uni
United States
Europe
West
Divorce Two Hospitals to Regain Rating
LITTLE ROCK (UP) Members of the State Hospital board of control discussed separating the Benton unit from the Little Rock hospital to regain accreditation. The joint accrediting board withdrew recognition due to lack of trained mental specialists at Benton. Dr. Blain urged separation. the board deemed it feasible but needing study.
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Little Rock
State Hospital Board of Control
State Hospital
Joint Accrediting Board
Benton
Daniel Blain
American Psychiatric Association
E. W. Crawfis
American Hospital Association
American College of Surgeons
American Psychiatric Associa- American College of Surgeons
Eisenhower Uses Quick Read To Trade Military Secrets
President Eisenhower seized a summit moment to propose a direct exchange of military power blueprints with the Soviet Union. He delivered the call extemporaneously after Bulganin outlined disarmament ideas, then stated a plan to allow mutual aerial surveillance of forces.
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Geneva
Eisenhower
Russia
Bulganin
U. S
United States
Soviet Union
Washington
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Drowning Fatality in White River In Fayetteville
Gerald Wise, 19, drowned while trying to free a entangled fishing line in the White River near Fayetteville. His brother Delmer, 16, said neither could swim. Gerald stepped into a hole, Delmer ran for help. Gerald was pulled from the water unconscious and died at the hospital. Parents are Mr. and Mrs Pascal Wise.
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Fayetteville
Gerald Wise
White River
Here
Gerald
Delmer
Pascal Wise
Three Die on Arkansas Highways
Three persons were killed in Arkansas traffic accidents yesterday and another victim died in Texas four blocks from the state line. Worth B. Brantley, 68, of Texarkana, died when a pickup and car collided on the Texas side near the state boundary. Monroe Clemons, 39, of Malvern, died in a three way collision near Malvern. his brother Edwin, 23, was critically injured. Brenda Joyce Moore, 3, of Monticello, was killed after being struck by a car driven by Macke Henry Miles, 25. Donald McFadden, 41, of Beetleville, Jackson County, died when his car went into Cow Lake Ditch.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Texas
Worth B. Brantley
Texarkana
Monroe Clemons
Malvern
Edwin
Milburn Gill
Clemens
Lloyd Taylor
Fort Worth
Tex
Monticello
Brenda Joyce Moore
Macke Henry Miles
Donald McFadden
McFadden
Jackson County
Cow Lake Ditch
Beetleville
Actress Eve Miller Stabs Self in Quarrel Over Wedding
Los Angeles police report actress Eve Miller 31 stabbed herself after a dispute with fiancé Glase Lohman over wedding plans. Lohman told officers he couldn’t marry due to finances and she allegedly warned she would be dead by morning. Miller, also known as Marilyn Miller, underwent four hours of surgery at General Hospital.
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Los Angeles
Eve Miller
Glase Lohman
Miss Miller
General Hospital
Marilyn Miller
Kirk Douglas
Lohman
Talbott Probe Still Running, Says McClellan
Sen McClellan said the Talbott inquiry into his Mulligan partnership remains open. Talbott defended his actions and offered to relinquish the partnership if senators deem it needed, citing no improper profits and outlining client contacts. He pledged to return the Mulligan stake if the panel sees advantage to the Air Force.
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Washington
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate
Air Force
Talbott
Senate Investie Subcommittee
New York
Paul B. Mulligan & Co
Subcommittee
Mulligan
U.S
Rev Land to Preach at Hope Tabernacle
Rev Mr Land and Mrs Land of Harrison Arkansas will attend Hope Tabernacle on Sunday July 24. The Rev Land will preach at the morning and evening services and teach the Men's Bible Class at 9 45 in the morning. The public is invited to attend.
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W. C. Land
Harrison, Ark
Hope Tabernacle
Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw Recovering After Gastric Attack
Mrs Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is in Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital after a gastric attack caused by over exertion and excitement from filming her life story. The 70 year old Gibson girl origin tale recalls her 1906 marriage to Harry K Thaw and his murder of Stanford White.
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Hollywood
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
Gibson
Evelyn Nesbit
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Thaw
Senate Restores Most House Cuts in Eisenhower Aid Bill
The Senate voted 62 to 22 to restore about 567 million dollars of House cuts in the foreign aid bill for President Eisenhower, granting him all but 60.8 million of his requested sums. The conference on the measure is expected next week as debate highlighted party role shifts on aid policy.
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Washington
Senate House
Senate
House
Eisenhower
U. S
Sen
Hayden
D-Ariz
Detroit Tank Arsenal Tech Survives Arctic Icebox
Eddie Wojtowicz, a Detroit tank arsenal technician, works in a massive icebox testing arctic equipment amid 71 below zero conditions, describing 105 below on cooler days. The quirky scene features frosty vapor, Army Arctic gear, and jokes about beer and ice cream cold storage.
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Detroit
Eddie Wojtowicz
Eddie
Detroit Tank Arsenal
Corpus Christi District Accepts School Integration
Corpus Christi Texas announced 100 percent compliance with the Supreme Court ban on school segregation. The board of the Corpus Christi Independent School District said no student will be barred from public schools because of race and Dr H Boyd Hall of the Texas Conference NAACP called it a landmark decision.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
South Texas
U.S. Supreme Court
Corpus Christi Independent
H. Boyd Hall
Texas
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
CAP Plane Crashes South of Hope
Lt. Col. Leonard A. Sosebbe of the Civil Air Patrol escaped with no serious injuries after his light liaison plane struck a guide wire and crashed six miles south of Hope on Highway 29 while en route from Little Rock to Magnolia.
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Leonard A. Sosebbe
Civil Air Patrol
Hope
Sosebbe
Little Rock
Magnolia
New Service Men Must Join Reserve
A Senate House conference committee backed reserve training for future draftees and enlisted men but exempted present and former servicemen. The plan adds two incentive paths to shorten the eight year obligation, with constraints and a sunset date of July 1 1957.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Senate House
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Congress
Senate Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Joint Committee
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Air Force
Arkadelphia Builder Named Arkansas FHA Director
Charles R. Watson of Arkadelphia will become Arkansas director of the Federal Housing Administration next week. The appointment follows J. Marvin Wade's resignation last September. John Nystul, now acting director, will stay as assistant director while Howard Lucy remains in Little Rock after resisting a transfer to Pittsburgh.
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Washington
Charles R. Watson
Arkadelphia
Clark County Republican Committee
Arkansas
Federal Housing Administration
Watson
Little Rock
FHA
J. Marvin Wade
John Nystul
Nystul
Howard Lucy
Lucy
Pittsburgh
Cordell Hull Dies After Long Illness
Cordell Hull longtime secretary of state and Tennessee native dies at Bethesda Naval Hospital at age 79 after a prolonged illness. He served the Roosevelt era from 1933 to 1944 and endured repeated health setbacks including a brain hemorrhage and heart problems. Hull outlived his wife by years, lived at the Sheraton Park hotel, and kept final illness quiet per advisers.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Hull
Sheraton Park Hotel
Katherine Etridge
San An Texo
Bethesda
Roosevelt
Sheraton Park
Statesman
Military Cop Charged With Beating Tots
CpL Paul thony Mihalik a 240 pound Aberdeen Md policeman faces trial on charges of beating his 4 year old son and 5 year old daughter. The boy lies in Johns Hopkins Hospital with a fractured skull and internal injuries. Trial postponed to Aug 2 due to the child's condition amid pleas of innocence.
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Cpl
Paulthony Mihalik
Aberdeen Ground
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Mihalik
Paul Jr
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