Dixon Yates Group Sues Over Damages Fight Likely
The AEC will pay no damages to the Dixon Yates group over a canceled private power contract, a decision tied to a legal opinion on conflicts of interest for Adolphe Wenzell. Democrats praised the ruling as aligning with a public power vs private power stance, signaling a courtroom fight as Dixon Yates plans to sue to recover site costs and initial project expenses.
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Atomic Energy Commission
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Dixon-Yates Group
ABC
New York
Adolphe H. Wenzell
William Mitchell
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Eisenhower
Dixon-Yates
Sens
Anderson
New Mexico
Gore
Tennessee
Mississippi Valley Generating Co
United States
Mitchell
Skeleton Found Near Oklahoma City Believed Woman
Oklahoma City police said pathologists will study a human skeleton found in a culvert on the western outskirts to help identify the victim and determine cause of death. The bones, buried under silt and sand, likely lay there one to two years and indicate a woman. The remains showed missing arm bones and three gold fillings with clothing including blue jeans a sweater and low-heeled shoes.
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Oklahoma City
Harriman blasts TKEs farm power policies and Missouri arrest
Mountain View Missouri report describes a posse capture of armed escapee David L. Coffman who held a family at a Farm near Floyd Correll then fled to a nearby home before surrendering. He was returned to Howell county jail. Harriman criticizes Eisenhower administration on farm price supports and Idaho power licensing during Idaho stops. He labels FPC action a scandal and accuses Republicans of selling out to special interests. Coffman forced a Gainesville family to feed him during the hours of captivity.
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David L. Coffman
Ozark
Floyd Correll
State Highway Patrol
Coffman
Howell County
West Plains
Ozark County
Jefferson City
Colorado
Lewiston
Idaho
Averell Harriman
Eisenhower
New York
Harriman
Hells Canyon
Veil Freeman
Gainesville
Freeman
Correll
Indiana Guard Is Called Out As Strike Violence Erupts
National Guard infantrymen from Connersville were mobilized to New Castle Indiana on Thanksgiving Eve after a surge of violence linked to the Perfect Circle Corp foundry strike. Gov George N Craig ordered 5 officers and men of Co D 152nd Infantry to patrol the area in four shifts with jeeps tanks and armored carriers as negotiations between UAW and the company stalled in Chicago.
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New Castle
Ind
National Guard
Perfect Circle Corp
George N. Craig
Co. D
152Nd Infantry
Connersville
Indiana
CIO United Auto Workers
John Tressler
UAW
Chicago
William Murray
Advanced Class Barbecue At Fort Sill Dinner
The third annual charcoal broiled buffalo steak dinner honoring the advanced officers class at Fort Sill and their wives is set for December 2 at the National Guard Armory. More than 400 artillery officers and wives are to attend. George Page chairs the committee. Tickets cost $10 per couple and are available at the Chamber office or by mailing a check to Box 777 before noon November 29.
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Fort Sill
National Guard
Motiveless murder of Edith Jamieson shocks Chicago
Chicago police pursue leads in the death of Edith Jamieson a 48 year old mother of six found strangled and bound in a South Side alley with wire and hemp rope. Investigators say no sexual or robbery motive is evident and style of binding suggests a skilled hand. The purse remained in her coat pocket and the Stockyards area lies several miles away.
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Chicago
Edith Jamieson
Ike
Streets Get Green Trim for Christmas in Lawton
Lawton adopts Yuletide street decor with greenery installed in downtown. Neil Kissick, Chamber of Commerce Decorations chair, says Clevenger Electric Co. will install and maintain decorations through the season, with removal planned starting January 1 and payment split at completion and after removal. Downtown businesses also decorate storefronts for the holiday.
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Neil Kissick
Chamber of Commerce
Clevenger Electric Co
Clevenger
Weekend Warmth Expected With 60 Degree Highs
The forecast calls for fair and warmer weather over the holiday weekend. Expect a high near 60 degrees and a low around 35 tonight. Today’s low was 30 degrees and Wednesday’s high reached 54.
Hydrogen Bomb Likely Involved in Soviet Test
Washington reports that the Soviet test, described as the largest yet, may have used a thermonuclear device yielding megatons. AEC Chairman Strauss noted the blast signals intensified Soviet weapons work, while Geneva talks highlighted Cold War tensions and warning signals to the West. Page notes and worldwide detection efforts are in place to monitor future tests.
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Russia
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
U.S.S.R
Strauss
Geneva
Commission
Central Asian
U. S
City Woman Dies In Crash near Bowie Texas
Mrs William R Lee 47 of 1923 Arlington was killed in a one car crash three miles north of Bowie on U S 81. Her car overturned several times after leaving the curve. She was alone and believed en route to Teague to visit relatives of her husband. She is survived by a son 16 at St Gregorys Shawnee and a daughter a nun nursing in Port Arthur. Her mother lives in Dallas. In local wrecks Fort Sill men were injured in two more one car accidents Wednesday night.
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Lorinda) Lee
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Bowie
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E. R. Moore
Texas Highway Patrol
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Fort Sill
Joe
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Shawnee
Port Arthur
Dallas
Richard Leary
Thomas E. Woodruff
Wichita Wildlife Refuge
Medicine Park
Patrick Bolton
Leary
Bolton
Station Hospital
Woodruff
James Marcus Carter
Carter
S. 6Th
E. Bishop Road
Americans Pause Today Count Their Blessings
Americans at home and abroad paused to count their blessings with candles, services, parades, and large family meals. The Eisenhowers hosted Thanksgiving at Gettysburg with Maj. John Eisenhower and grandchildren, while GIs across Europe prepared turkey dinners. Ambassadors hosted ceremonies in Paris Rome and Brussels as Nix on spoke on NBC Harvest of Thanksgiving.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Eisenhowers
Maj
John Eisenhower
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England
American Society
London
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Brussels
U.S
Frederick M. Alger Jr
Richard M. Nixon
NBC
National Churches of Christ
U.S.A
Eisenhowers Celebrate Thanksgiving at Gettysburg Farm
President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower hosted a family Thanksgiving at their Gettysburg farm with Maj. John Eisenhower, daughter in law, and three grandchildren. The gathering paused for plans on resuming duties and possible second-term intentions after his recent heart attack, as he prepared to meet GOP Chairman Leonard W. Hall.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhowers
Eisenhower
Maj
John Eisenhower
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Hall
Brazil Votes Martial Law State of siege in Brazil to curb Cafe Filho
The Chamber of Deputies voted 178 to 91 to proclaim a state of siege throughout Brazil to support the provisional government and prevent Joao Cafe Filho from retaking the presidency. Senate action was expected soon as army leaders push to block Cafe’s return and ensure Juscelino Kubitschek takes office.
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Chamber of Deputies
Brazil
Joao Cafe Filho
Senate
Nereu Ramos
Cafe
Henrique Teixeira Lott
Congress
Juscelino Kubitscheck
Kubitschek
Getulio Vargas
Supreme Court
National Democratic Union
UDN
Holiday Wrecks Kill Four In State
A holiday period crash toll rose in Oklahoma with four dead and several injured. John Crabbe and his wife from Tucson and Jimmy Dale Stowers of Texhoma died in a head on collision on U S 54 near Guymon. Their son Jon Crabbe and passenger Roy Ellard were seriously injured. Mrs Pracht, 72, died from injuries in a separate one car crash near Barnsdall earlier the same day.
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United Press
Oklahoma
John Edward Crabbe
Tucson
Ariz
Jimmy Dale Stowers
Texhoma
Okla
William’ Pracht
Wichita
Kan
Crabbe
Stowers
U.S. 54
Guymon
Oklahoma Panhandle
Highway Patrol
Jon Crabbe
Crabbes
Roy Ellard
Ellard
Laverne
Dead Man Lives To Tell Story
In Cincinnati two weeks earlier a man nearly died after penicillin triggered a life threatening reaction. An empathetic doctor and two life saving squad members stabilized him with adrenaline and oxygen, aided by fortunate coincidences that saved his life.
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