West to Build Egypt Nile Dam Amid Cold War Ties
Egypt and Western powers reached a prelimit agreement to finance and build a vast Nile dam with three miles wide and 300 feet high, totaling about 1.5 billion dollars. Premier Abdel Nasser and Eugene Black announced Western Bank backing while Britain would supply a grant. Soviets had also proposed aid for the Aswan project. Western diplomats hailed the accord as a victory in Middle East influence.
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Egypt
Soviet Union
Upper
Nile
World Bank
Gamaleet
Ate Sipres
Abdel Nasser
Eugene Black
Britain
Ei Ene Ag
Middle East
Hamet Aswan
Cairo
California Looms Largest Trade Outlet by 1975
Carl F. Wente of the California State Chamber of Commerce told Stanford and Harvard Business schools that by 1975 California will be the nation’s biggest single market. He cited rapid population growth and annual needs for housing, cars, classrooms, stores, and telephones, warning the state must fund expanding services without stifling private capital.
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San Francisco
California
Carl F. Wente
California State Chamber of Commerce
Alcumi Olf
Stanford
Harvard Business Administration
Wente
Wenle Sid
Japanese boy delivers Christmas car at Louisville home
Miki Matsushita arrived from Japan Wednesday at the W. EL Wiedeburg home in Louisville Kentucky and brought a Christmas car as a present. His playmate is Roger Allen Clark, his adoptive nephew, both boys aged two.
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Miki Matsushita
Japan
W. EL Wiedeburg
Louisville
Roger Allen Clark
Woman Runs Dry as Both Car and Station Empty
An unidentified woman driver stalled in front of a Henderson Kentucky filling station when her car ran out of gasoline and the station had no gasoline to sell. The incident occurred Thursday and no injuries were reported.
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Ike
Henderson
Russ Worked Harder Produced More in 55 but Paid 54 Rates
Reported wage and productivity gains in 1955 show Soviet workers labored harder and produced more, yet average pay remained at 1954 levels. Prices and wages varied, with industrial output rising and national income up, while retail trade and armament output shifted as the Kremlin pursued economic policy objectives. U.S. Rep Udall introduced a water conservation bill as discussions of economic plans continued.
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Washington
Stewart L. Udall
D-Ariz
New York
Hussia
Notatoesare
WSS
Russia
Kremlin
Nilon
Vta Khrushenev
Ore
Bulganin
Georgi Malengiet
Ove
Ghout
Snowpack Gains Rise In Colorado and Wyoming Mountains
About half the season's snowfall has fallen in Colorado and southern Wyoming, boosting snowpack to roughly 50 percent above average according to the Soil Conservation Service.
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Colp
Colorado
Wyoming
Colorass
A&collee Soil Conservation Service
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