Democrats Map Strategy to Block Dixon-Yates Power Deal
Democrats on the Senate House Atomic Energy Committee plan to record opposition to the Dixon-Yates contract next week. They consider three options including condemning the deal, urging cancellation, or rescinding a previous action allowing project progress. The fight centers on a 107 million dollar plant at West Memphis Arkansas and a plan to feed power into the TVA system.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Eisenhower
Atomic Energy Commission
Elsenhower
Dixon-Yates Group
West Memphis
Ark
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
AEC
Paducah
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
IRS
Dinon-Yates
Holifield
D-Calif
Former Sheriff Dies in Tuscaloosa at 87
John B. Williams, 87, former sheriff, supervisor and tax assessor of Lowndes County Mississippi, died at Veterans Hospital in Tuscaloosa. A Reform native who lived in Columbus for 45 years, he was a Mason Shriner Odd Fellow and Merchants and Farmers Bank director. Funeral services set for tomorrow.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
John B. Willams
Lowndes County
Miss
Veterans Hospital
Reform
Williams
Columbus, Miss
the Merchants and Farmers Bank At
Columbus
Nightclub Row Clamped Down After Slaying in Muskogee
Sheriff Neville Kerr ordered a shutdown of the Nightclub Row in Muskogee to curb bootlegger violence after whisky dealer Fred Slim Payne was slain. County Attorney Louis Smith backed the move and warned raids if clubs reopen. Burt Turney, jailed without bail, pleaded self defense in Payne’s death tied to a New Year’s Eve club fire and Payne’s trial charges.
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Muskoger
Okla
Neville Kerr
Fred
Slim) Payne
Kerr
Louis Smith
Burt Turney
Payne
Turney
Smith
Muskogee
Miami Beach
Fla
Tulsa
North York Street
Three Youths Sentenced. Taken to Angola Prison
Sheriff Bailey Grant said three recently sentenced individuals were moved to the state penitentiary in Angola. James Moy 20, John Rockymore 17, and Robert Lee August 22 were transported by Frank Kirby after Fourth District Court sentencing by Judge Jesse Heard. Moy and August received four years each for burglary. Rockymore drew two years for carnal knowledge of a juvenile.
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Angola
Bailey Grant
Fourth District
Jesse Heard
Frank Kirby
Grant
James Moy
John Rockymore
Robert Lee August
Moy
August
Rockymore
Dedication Rites Today For Center
The Baptist Student Union at Northeast State College dedicates its new center at 2:30 PM with G. Kearnie Keegan as featured speaker. An open house from 3:30 to 5:00 PM invites inspection of the $40,000 building, funded by area Baptist churches and serving 792 Baptist students, the campus’s largest such group.
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Baptist Student Union
Northeast State College
G. Kearnie Keegan
South
Northeast State
Baptists
Monroe College
Baptist Church
Louisiana
LSU
BSU
Jack Dean
Miracle Camp
Ringgold
Louisiana Tech
Lake Charles
Widow Sues Over Death By Town Marshal Autman Case
In Livingston Louisiana Mrs Willie Autman widow of a man shot Jan 8 1954 sues Independence town marshal John Lavatina and the town for 25000 alleging the body was taken without consent and used for experimentation in New Orleans and cannot be found Dr Luther Ricks Tangipahoa parish coroner says Autman died at Lallie Kemp Charity Hospital Independence and the hospital could not contact kin the coroner adds the marshal or town had no role in disposal.
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Livingston, la
Independence
Emile Weber
Willie Autman
Marshal John Lavatina
Town of
New Orleans
Luther Ricks
Tangipahoa Parish
Autman
Lallie Kemp Charity Hospital
Wisdom Assailed By GOP Woman In Louisiana
New Orleans reports that Mrs. Dalton H. Trepanier, president of the First District Women’s Republican Club, accuses national committeeman John Minor Wisdom of hindering a two party system by appointing Democrats to office and urges rewarding loyal Republicans instead.
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New Orleans
John Minor Wisdom
Wisdom
Dalton H. Trepanier
First District
Women’s Republican Club of
Louisiana
Citizens For Eisenhower
Mississippi Legislature Seeks 20 Million for School Equality
Mississippi floor leaders plan a fast track tax package to raise 20 million dollars a year to fund school integration efforts. The plan includes cigarette tax increases, a higher sales tax, and a 20 percent surtax, with LEAC powers to investigate and enforce using police powers.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
House
Senate
Hilton Waits
Washington County
Ways and Means
Waits
Earl Evans
Canton
Finance
Legal Education Advisory Committee
LEAC
Jis
Walter Sillers
Bolivar County
SEAC
Chancery
Parish Sheriff Eyes Governor's Race in 1956
West Feliciana Parish Sheriff T H Martin Sr says he may run for governor in 1956. He cites segregation and home rule as key planks and plans retirement from the sheriff post next year. He hints at broad support and aims to improve Louisiana's road system.
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Parish
ST. Francisville
T. H
Teddy) Martin Sr
West Feliciana Parish
Martin
West Feliciana
Louisiana
Louisiana Athlete Named One of Ten Outstanding Young Men
Davis Cup tennis star Hamilton Richardson 21 of Baton Rouge Louisiana was among ten youths honored by the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce as the nation's ten outstanding young men of the year. Richardson a Tulane senior majoring in economics is the youngest honoree and plans to graduate in June then attend Oxford as a Rhodes scholar.
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Louisville
Hamilton
Ham) Richardson
Baton Rouge
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Richardson
Tulane University
Tulane
Oxford University
Southeastern Official Workshop Speaker to Head Par-Ent Trainin
Winburn E Davis director of professional services at Southeastern Louisiana State College Hammond will headline a parent education workshop this week sponsored by the Georgia Tucker Parent-Teacher Association. The event runs 9 to 11 30 a m Thursday to Saturday in the Cameo Room Virginia Hotel with a separate open meeting Thursday at 1245 p m. Public invited especially parents of school children.
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Winburn E. Davis
Special
Southeastern Louisiana State College
Hammond
Georgia Tucker Parent-Teacher Association
Cameo
Virginia Hotel
Davis
Georgia Tucker
Scared Teen-Ager Recalls Friend’s River Tragedy
In New Orleans a teenage boy told police how 117 year old friend Clarence Louque fell from a barge into the Mississippi River and drowned after they were near a ferry ramp. Eye witness Louis Silve reported the incident, saying he feared reporting it sooner.
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New Orleans
Clarence Louque
Delgado Trades School
Louis Silve
Silve
Louque
Soldiers Find Little Going On In Phenix City
GI's from nearby Ft. Benning Ga returned to Phenix City after a lifted off limits order. Police chief Pat Michelic said activity was minimal and troopers mostly drove through town rather than stopping at nightspots. The crackdown on vice and revamped law enforcement had shut down most donkey tanks.
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Phenix City
Ala
Ft. Benning
Pat Michelic
Peterson's Ointment Offers Relief for Eczema and Itching
Advertising copy claims Peterson's Ointment soothes eczema itching pimples and red blotches. One application should delight or money back. Also promoted for itching feet and cracks between toes.
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Peterson
Moderate Pickup in Jobs Forecast for 1955 First Quarter
The Labor Department predicts a slight to moderate rise in employment in about 100 major industrial areas during the first three months of 1955. Gains centered in auto, wood, machinery, and service sectors, with Detroit and several Midwest and coastal cities showing improvement while winter layoffs temper some areas. The department notes 44 areas remain in the substantial unemployment category, though the number is shrinking.
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Washington
Labor Department
Detroit Auto
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline
Iowa
Til
Joliet
Ill
Kenosha
Wis
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Johnston
York, Pa
Youngstown
Cincinnati
Canton
Columbus
Ohio
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Mich
Los Angeles
Baltimore
Seattle
Wash
Tulsa
Ohlo
Texan Killed In Car Truck Crash Near Laurel
In Laurel Mississippi a collision between an automobile and a pickup truck last night killed Katherine Perry 51 a Houston Texas housewife and seriously injured her husband Clarence Perry 52 an American Can Co employee. The truck driver was G M Holifield of Laurel route one. Clarence Perry was hospitalized with facial and body injuries and possible internal injuries.
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Laurel
Miss
Houston
Tex
Highway Patrol
Katherine Perry
Clarence Perry
American Can Co
G. M. Holifield
Perry
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Ladies Home Journal
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Joe) Strickland
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