Georgia lawmaker blasts military buying as secret contracts
Rep. Carl Vinson accuses the Eisenhower administration of shocking abuse by using negotiated contracts for 94 percent of $36.5 billion in military goods over 2 1/2 years. He says competitive bidding could have saved $3.6 billion and vows an overhaul to restore competition.
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Eisenhowers Send Christmas Cards and Plan White House Holiday
President and Mrs Eisenhower mailed official and personal Christmas cards and prepared to return to Washington to spend the holidays at the White House. The president lightened next week’s schedule and lighted the national tree in Washington by remote control. Their family, including son John and three grandchildren, will join them for a first White House Christmas with a potential new baby on the way.
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Two Sisters Trade Christmas Card Through Years of Graves
Two Mississippi sisters have kept a Christmas card moving for 18 years since 1937. Mrs. O. L. Turman of Laurel started the card, which has traveled between Mrs. Wiley Lantz of Macon and back, each year adding verses reflecting the times. In 1942 the verses grew more Southern flavored with humor and seasonal cheer. Now Mrs. Turman again prepares a crisp envelope to send the battered yellow card on its annual round.
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Louisiana Tech student wounded in BB gun accident
Bennie Oliver Williams 20, a Louisiana Tech junior, was resting in a Urania clinic after a BB gun accident at home. He placed an empty shell on a fence and fired. the shell exploded and the BB shot struck his right side. The incident occurred about 9 15 Sunday morning.
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