Hoover Commission Urges Power Price Hikes and Water Reform
Washington June 29 Hoover Commission urges sharply higher charges for taxpayer subsidized federal power and calls for a new board to guide water resources. It proposes allowing private utilities to buy a fair share of power and for TVA-like projects to issue public securities for expansion. The report criticizes the water program as wasteful with duplication and calls for overhaul.
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Hoover Commission
Congress
commission
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Sebert Broswell Jr
Disaster plagues sea rescue as helicopter missing crewed in Pacific
In Yokosuka Japan a U S Navy helicopter crashed during a search for three missing Mau chiefs amid a week of disasters. One crewman is missing. three rescued from the water were flown to Yokosuka Naval Hospital. The incident follows several other downed aircraft and grim search conditions with weather hindering the operation.
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Japan
Navy
thea
Whitemarsh
drydoc
Yokosuka Naval Hospital
Robert Eugene Suedes
Robert W. Suedes
Eathan
S. D
Kyle Warne Follett
Harrison Alton Follett
Fairnew
Utah
iaumes Willard Huskinson
Emor James Huskinson
Osage
Wro
Alan Murdock McAneny
Glenwood Gardens
Yonkers
N. Y
Margaret
Atsugi Naval Air Station
Yokoshama
Bradley C. Barnard
Rome
Sentinel
Hodgen P. Montague
Jackson, Miss
Davis
W. Bell
Wayzata
Minn
Charlies H. Bell
General Mills
Prison sentence for soldier who aided enemy in Korea
New York June 29 Cpl Harold M Dunn 26 pleaded guilty yesterday to giving aid to the enemy during his Communist captivity in Korea and was sentenced today to eight years in prison and a dishonorable discharge.
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NEW YORK
Harold M. Dunn
Korea
Radio Newsman Admits Communist Ties in Senate Testimony
W ashington June 29 CBS news correspondent Winston Burdett testified he was a Communist party member from 1937 to 1942 and aided espionage abroad for the group. He named 12 Eagle newspaper employees as fellow party members and said he paid his own expenses while abroad. Burdett, with CRS since 1942, said he broke with the party in 1942 and continues as a reporter in various regions. He claimed Russians instigated the killing of his first wife, Lea Schiati. CBS retained him in 1952 after disclosure of his party membership, and CBS published a June 7 letter urging support for Burdett.
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WPCRS
Wston Burdett
Communist party
Columbia Broadcasting System
the Eagle
Burdett
CRS
Middle East
North Africa
Europe
New York
Lea Schiati
Trajan
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Army
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Eastland
CBS
Sig Mickelson
Mickelson
Fasiland
Columbia
FBI
subcommittee
Secret Missile Advances Reported by Air Force
Washington June 29 The Air Force in a semi annual report to President Eisenhower and Congress noted some advances in developing an intercontinental ballistic missile with no known defense. Secretary Harold E Talbott called it of critical importance to U S security and the free world. A true ICBM could travel about 10000 miles per hour and carry a hydrogen warhead. Russia is believed to be pursuing a similar weapon.
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WASHINGTON
Ar Force today
Fisenower
Congress
Air Force
Harold E. Talbott
United States
free world
Russia
Mine Workers Strike Nears Guarded Nationwide Action
Denver dispatch reports the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers voted to authorize a strike in the US metals industry effective July 1. Anaconda offered another 10 cent an hour raise until July 7 while negotiations continue with Kennecott Salt Lake City and other companies. Conciliations services enter talks as Mine Mill, AFL unions press for broader settlements. Britain warns it will deploy warships to keep Chinese trade lanes open with Red China amid High Seas protection claims.
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UPI
International Union of Mine
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Annaconda
Butte
Mont
fhst
Anaconda
Batgainianw mw umber
Salt Lake
Montana
Mine-Mill
Kennecott stil
MYCA
San Francesco
Mine-MIT union
American Smelting and Refining Co
Phelps-Dodge Corp
Douglas, Ariz
Anacomila
American Brass Co
Ansonia
Conn
carous chain
LONDON
Great Britain
China
Far East
R. H. Turton
House of Commons
Turton
Britain
Evangelist Billy Graham Plans Holland Visit
German crowds greet Billy Graham as he heads to Holland for a stop on his cross Europe crusade. The North Carolina preacher attracted about 30,000 listeners to Westfalen Hall, reportedly the largest indoor crowd he has preached to anywhere in the world, with an audience including Queen Juliana.
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DORTMUND
Germany
Billy Graham
Holland
Queen Juliana
Netherlands
North Carolina
Westfalen
Graham
Haakon of Norway Suffers Fracture at Farm Visit
Oslo June 29 King Haakon VII aged 83 slipped and broke his leg while visiting his summer residence at Bygdøy Kings Farm. He was rushed to Rikshospitalet in Oslo where a first bulletin reported a broken thigh bone but said his condition was satisfactory overall.
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OSLO
Norway
Haakon VII
Bygdoey Kings Farm
Rikshospitalet
Marines Win Strength Boost In Defense Bill Vote
Washington June 29 Senate House conferees overrode President Eisenhower's plan to cut the Marine Corps. They approved adding to the defense appropriation bill to maintain Marine strength at 215000 for the coming fiscal year, rejecting a reduction to 193000 by mid 1956.
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WASHINGTON
Senate House
Eisenhower
Marine Corps
Senate
Editor's disbelief of reporters wearing shorts in Alabama
MONTGOMERY Ala June 29 Editor Grover Hall of the Montgomery Advertiser scoffed at reports that Columbus Ledger reporters wore walking shorts with knee length socks on the job. He has now seen it when Ledger editor Bob Brown and three staff members visited Montgomery and marched into Hall's office yesterday wearing shorts and knee socks.
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Ala
Grover Hall
the
Montgomery Advertiser
Hall
Columbus
Idaho Power protests Hells Canyon dam ruling
Idaho Power Co files 34 objections to a Federal Power Commission examiner's decision that would allow only one dam in the Hells Canyon area. Idaho sought permission to build three low level dams while public power advocates urged a single large federal dam.
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WASHINGTON
URI
Idaho Power Co
Federal Power Commission
Hells Canyon
Idaho
FPC
U P Steel Wage Talks Strain as Strike Threat Looms
Pittsburgh June 29 U P Steel Corp faces pressure as top negotiator hints wage increase may rise to avert a nationwide strike. CIO United Steelworkers president McDonald says time remains for settlement before the contract deadline, while talks drag with layoffs not expected until tomorrow.
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PITTSBURGH
U.P
U.S. Steel Corp
John A Stephens
Biz Steel
Stephens
CIO United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
McDonald
stor
Poducem
USW
tomorow
U.S. Steel
Clifford H Hoad
U. S. Lives
Wall Collapses in Brooklyn Brewery Site Injuring Eight
Eight men were injured, one critically, when shoring collapsed in an excavation for a Brooklyn brewery building under construction. The critically injured worker was pinned beneath falling timbers and earth as wooden supports failed while awaiting concrete.
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NEW YORK
Brooklyn
Planes Collide Over Puget Sound Both Pilots Safe
A jet trainer and a jet fighter collided over Puget Sound near Seattle today. The downed pilot was rescued by a rowboat crew and uninjured. The other pilot landed safely at McChord Air Force Base near Tacoma.
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SEATTLE
Wash
Puget Sound
here
McChord Air Force Base
Tacoma
Peace Prospects Termed Brighter
Washington dispatch reports President Eisenhower expressing cautious optimism about easing world tensions and potential progress at the Geneva conference. He disputed Democratic claims on Congress achievements while listing unpassed priority bills and joking about a 1956 re election.
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Geneva
Russia
John Foster Dulles spsterdas
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United States
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Commission Probes Police in Vancouver
Vancouver police officials will appear before a royal commission next Tuesday as part of a sweeping inquiry into the department. Chief Constable Waller Mulg an is listed as a key witness amid a wave of absences, with open sessions presided by Commissioner P.R. Tupper and chief council J. G. A. Hutcheson.
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VANCOUVER
BOC
Uhey
Waller Mulegan
Tupper
J. G. A. Hutcheson
Korea seeks U S aid for 680 million in economic help
In Seoul the national assembly passed a motion to urge Washington to approve Korea's 680.6 million economic aid request now under debate. The resolution also requests expanded U S military assistance and reinforcement of UN forces against North Korea's growing Communist threat.
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SEOUL
Korea
Republic of Korea
national assembly
United States
Washington
United Nations
North Korea
Council Urges Safer Driving Amid Holiday Travel
Chicago officials report the council estimates many accidents will occur during the holiday period. President Ned Deschorn cites driver distraction and fatigue as key risks. The appeal urges motorists to slow down, stay alert, and avoid multi tasking behind the wheel.
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National afels Council
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Kefauver rails at Washington over alleged tar trade scheme
Senator Kefauver attacked the administration and the Bureau of the Budget at a news conference, claiming a hidden scam connected to a wartime power contract. He denounced what he called a shockingly inept attempt to coerce support and accused figures of concealing a scheme related to a proposed Dincn-Yates partnership.
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Fasy nines
Vintento
Kilaner
andiet Bureau
Tinate
taal savebt tao
bureau de
Fosenkowe
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Premier of Israel government resigns amid vote failure
In Jerusalem Premier Moshe Sharett and his government resigned after centrists refused to back Mapai in a no confidence bid. President Ben Zvi summoned leaders for consultations as factions seek a new coalition ahead of July 26 elections. General Zionists withheld support, prompting Sharett to quit under a month before the polls.
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Israel
one 26
Tatah
Moshe sharett
Isaac Ben-Zvi
Sharett
Mapai
Zionists
General Zionists
Sharel
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