Water power policy debate and coal subsidy push
Hoover Commission report advocates private capital for power from water projects while keeping dam management federal. It urges sale to private utilities if capital isn’t available, preserving federal interests. Pennsylvania lawmakers urge subsidy for coal research and new coal uses to offset power costs and push for continued government role in power.
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Hoover Commission
Commission
Pennsylvania
Washington
John P. Saylor
House
Laos Quiet After Clash
Northern Laos reports calm with a 24 hour halt in fighting as Vietminh backed Pathet Lao tensions ease. Vientiane reports government strength and a push to deter renewals while Geneva designated districts near Sam Neua and Phong Saly remain contentious.
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Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Laos
Vietminh
Pathet Lao
Viet Nam Press
Vientiane
International Armistice Commission
Vientilane
Sam Neua
Phong Saly
Final Venango sesquicentennial pageant ends celebration
Franklin Pa The final performance of a pageant tonight closes Venango County s sesquicentennial celebration after a week of events. A rain cancelation reduced one show while twenty bands and forty decorated floats highlighted a parade alongside a horse show and beard contest. W R Long of Reno won for the most outstanding beard in honor of the anniversary.
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Franklin
Venango County
W. R. Long
Reno
Trial Ordered In Remon Assassination Case In Panama
Panama City reports that Ruben Mira and six others were ordered to stand trial for the assassination of President Jose Antonio Remon. Mira confessed to the Jan 20 shooting. Vice President Jose Ramon Guizado, later president, serves six years and eight months as an accessory.
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Panama
Ruben Mira
Jose Antonio Remon
Mira
Remon
Jose Ramon Guizado
Ramon
Hollywood
NEEA
Audie Mar
Phy
Frankie van
Two Convicts Face Charges In Fatal Atlanta Escape
Luther Masters 33 and Harry Nelson 27 stole a prison station wagon during a work detail at DeKalb County prison camp. They struck 17 year old Johnny Howell on a motor scooter and Atlanta Patrolman Lynde Elisberry while fleeing. Howell died at hospital. Elisberry died the following day.
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Atlanta
Luther J. Masters
Harry L. Nelson
DeKalb County
Johnny Howell
Inlyde &. Elisberry
Howell
Ellsberry
Bustling Guam Becomes Chief Base For Strategic Bombers In Pacific
Guam emerges as the top Pacific base for strategic bombers, overtaking Okinawa as jet aircraft shorten distances. The article outlines Guam’s strategic role, geography, population around 60,000, and the island’s shift from quiet locale to boom town amid extensive military installations and import-heavy economy.
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Guam
Pacific
Washington
Japan
Okinawa
Curtis E. LeMay
Strategic Air Command
Pearl Harbor
China
National Geographic Society
Marianas Island
San Francisco
Marianas
Rhode Island
United States
Apra Harbor
Navy
Spain
Department of the Interior
Congress
Jet Plane Lands OK on Turnpike
Air Force Maj. Leo Carboneau ran out of fuel and found a landing spot on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near the Sideling Hill Tunnel in Fulton County. He landed safely in an eastbound lane with minor plane damage and no injuries. He is stationed at Niagara Falls Air Force Base.
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Bedford
Air Force
Leo Carboneau
Sideling Hill
Fulton County
Here
Maj
Carboneau
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Air Force Base
Reactor For Medical Use Is Set at UCLA Center
A tint atomic reactor designed for medical research will be built at the UCLA Medical Center under a contract with the Atomic Energy Commission. North American Aviation Corp will build the reactor, with the AEC contributing 75000 dollars and UCLA constructing a 150000 dollar building to house it. The reactor will emit neutrons and gamma rays to treat deep seated cancers and will serve as a source of short lived isotopes for experimental biology and medicine.
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Los Angeles
University of Cali
Atomic Energy Commission
Disc
UCLA
North American Aviation Corp
AEC
Universlity
Electric Co Strike Set in Parker
United Mine Workers District 60 says it will strike Central Electric Cooperative at Parker Wednesday unless a wage offer is submitted. Negotiations since last January have produced no offer, and the cooperative serves 9,000 customers in Butler Clarion Venango Armstrong and Forest counties.
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Clarion
United Mine Workers, District 60
Central Electric Cooperative
Parker
Butler
Venango
Armatrong
Forest
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London
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