Orders Study of Dixon-Yates Power Contract
President Eisenhower ordered a study to decide whether to scrap the Dixon Yates private power contract after Memphis announced plans to build its own plant. TVA and AEC faced implications as transmission feasibility and cost constraints emerged, with critics arguing the private venture undermines TVA while supporters cite private enterprise.
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Eisenhower
Augst
Dixon-Yates
Memphis
Eiisenhower
Dixon- Yates
Ueseend
Teynesser
Tennessee Valley
Rowland Hughes
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
West Memphis
Ark
Edgar Dixon
Eugene Yates
AEC
White House
Hisenhower
Herbert D. Vogel
Hughes
We Tal Byes Wass
Ciseut
More Land Proposed For Antietam Cemetery
Washington reports Sen Beall Md has introduced a bill to empower the secretary of the Army to acquire land to expand Antietam National Cemetery at Sharpsburg Maryland. The National Parks Service closed the site for lack of space but adjacent land is available. The American Legion has endorsed enlargement. In Miami a man named Adjmi 19 paid a 35 fine for jaywalking after telling a judge to mind his own business.
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Washington
Secretary of the Army
Antietam National Cemetery
Sharpsburg
Sen
Beall
National Cemetery
National Parks Service
American Legion
Miami
Fla
Joseph Adjmi
Albert Bubbin
Adjimi
Moving Headquarters Of Church To Staunton
Potomac Conference of Seventh Day Adventists relocates from Washington to Staunton Virginia with a new 23 room office building nearing occupancy and 10 staff homes planned. A 2 acre tract near Staunton on US 12 was purchased last year for the project. The move targets completion by September and affects churches in Virginia the District of Columbia and parts of Maryland.
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Potomac Conference of
Seventh-Day Adventists
Washington, D
Staunton Wall
Clinton J) Coon
Coon
Bulding
Staunton
Warn Ouf Sesemde Das Adventist
Virginia
Olumiya
Maryland
Takoma Park
Mad
Governor urges openness on police matters pause desegregation debate
Hurlock Maryland June 30 Governor Mekheldin urged state police to withhold no news of accidents or police matters to the press, citing humane motives and public record norms. Col. Munshower acknowledged the tension between press transparency and family wishes amid a fatal Carroll County accident.
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Dune
Mekheldin
Elmer F. Munshower
Governo
Oscar Morris
Salisbury Times
Freedom of Information Committee
Associated Press
Marland
Carroll County
Col
Munshower
State Police
Superntendent
Abby Touedit Uy Une
Morris
Maryland
Frederick
Garbage man burned at Frederick incinerator incident
William A Rippeon, 23, of Davis avenue, a Frederick City sanitation worker, was admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital about 6 pm Thursday with burns to both feet and ankles. He said the injuries occurred around 5 am yesterday while burning garbage in the plant incinerator.
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William A Rippeon
Davis Avenue
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Rippeon
Frederick City
Sanitation Department
European Monkeys of Gibraltar Defy Easy Observation
In Europe only Gibraltar hosts wild monkeys. They roam among rocky outcrops and their playful activity takes place in nearly inaccessible heights, making sightings rare and memorable for visitors and locals alike.
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Gibraltar
Europe
Detrick Blue Collar Workers Get Pay Hike
The Army announced that 76 percent of blue collar civilian workers at Camp Detrick Maryland will receive an average hourly pay advance of nine cents effective July 14. Wages rise to a range of 121 to 2.00 dollars per hour to align with Frederick area patterns.
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Washington
Army
Camp Detrick
Frederich
Polio vaccine grown without monkey kidneys announced
Berkeley researchers Elsa M. facter Jorgen Fogh and Helma H Dunneback report a method using placental amniotic membrane to cultivate polio virus in large quantities without monkey kidneys. The approach, cited in Science, offers economical production and reduces allergy risks from kidney tissue, aiding mass vaccination efforts.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Elsa M. Facter
Jorgen Fogh
Ten Die In Air Force C47 Crash On Sitkinak Island
Ten persons were reported killed when an Air Force C47 transport crashed on Sitkinak Island near the naval air base town. The two engine plane apparently carried a four man crew and hit the island's highest peak about nine miles southwest of the base. Local word of the disaster reached the town today.
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Kodiak Yasha
Jupe
Sitkinak Island
Naval Air Base
Plane crash during Alaska air raid work kills crew and ten aboard
Military officials report ten aboard including three Western Fieeting Co reps engaged in air raid warning work across Alaska. A Navy tug recovered eight bodies at the wreck site with two more believed missing. Turbulent weather hindered search and a Kodiak unit delivered a ground report from the scene.
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Western Fieeting Co
Alaska
W. R Jones
Kodiak Naval Air Station
Kodak
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