Government and utilities clash over power grid costs
Denver based report notes wide gaps between the U S Bureau of Reclamation and private utilities on the price of an all federal transmission system for Upper Colorado River projects. Officials cite irrigation aid losses and public expense, while private firms argue the plan would undercut farmers and raise federal outlays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado River
Dan Doherty
Denver
UPI
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Glen Canyon
Flaming Gorge
Curecanti
Navajo
Bureau of Reclamation Plan
Robert Person
Colorado Public Service Co
Reclamation
F. E. Dominy
Person
Argu
Dominy
Colorado
Ralph Sargent
Colorado Public Service
Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N.m
Senate Interior Committee
Sargent
Reclamation Bureau
Senate Committee
Bureau
Th Bureau
Glen Canyon Dam
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona Public Service Co
Arizona Company
Four Corners
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
New Mexico Public Service Co
Yellowtail
Montana
Oil shale boom fades as projects pause and leases back away
Shale oil interest wanes after Union Oil closes its Colo plant and Rifle government program ends. A Denver firm’s 60 000 acre Wyoming lease bid is returned without objection. U S Bureau of Mines at Laramie continues long term shale research focusing on deployment techniques and deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Oil Co
Colorado
Rifle
Colo
Denver
Wyoming
Union
State Board of Land Commissioners
Hillis and Wagner
U.S. Bureau of Mines Petroleum Research Center
Laramie
Wyo
H M. Thorne
Thorne
United States
Utah
Kasippu Makers Roil Sri Lanka with Cheap Illicit Booze
In Colombo illegal liquor, called Kasippu, thrives as a cheap potent brew blamed for blindness and death. Five home methods include Hutapan Machan and Dehi Sudiya, while a boastful supplier proclaims Kasippu’s permanence and defies prohibition pushers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colombo
Ceylon
UPI
America
Kasippu
Marrying Cousins and Hereditary Health Concerns
Letter writer discusses risks of cousin marriage, noting hereditary disease depends on family history and advising genetic counseling. He outlines vertigo causes from inner ear to brain, cites age-related dizziness, and recounts a mother facing disbelief from specialists and others about her son's speech difficulties.
Jury Acquits Man Accused of Teaching Boys to Steal
In Phoenix Superior Court Floyd D. Stilwell, 34, was acquitted on all three felony charges after an 11 to 1 juror mix. The jury found no grand theft or receiving stolen property involving a jeep a parachute or a propeller. Witnesses testified Stilwell urged two teenage boys to steal for him and some items were found in his garage.
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Phoenix
API
Floyd D. Stilwell
Laurers L. Henderson
Stilwell
Henderson
Judge Refuses Driver's Offer in Memphis Collision Case
In Memphis, 83 year old Joseph James Willman told Traffic Court Judge John Colton he would surrender his license after a two car crash. The judge fined him 16 dollars but allowed him to keep his license saying his driving record is likely the best in the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Rodriguez Sees Fewer Girls On Madrid Streets
UPI report from Madrid notes many men named Rodriguez face a summer exodus as wives and families leave the capital for beaches and the provinces. With women away, Rodriguez men cope with meals, housekeeping, and lean funds while Spanish women gain new professional rights. A cartoonist echoed the theme with a Rodriguez trying on a servant's dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold
Rodriguez
Horst Madrid
UPI
Madrid
Rodriguezes
Senor Rodriguez
AEA Backs Certification for Strong Arizona Teachers
Arizona Education Association leaders defended teacher certification as vital to quality teaching. Dr Melvin Lib Bernstein criticized required education courses while Dr Roy Doyle argued subject mastery alone isn't enough and praised Arizona and Oklahoma for top teacher training in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
UPI
Arizona Education Association
University of Arizona
Arizona
Melvin Lieberstein
Tucson
Roy Doyle
AEA
Doyle
Oklahoma
U.S
Defeat Of Street Improvements Raises Scottsdale Bus Costs
Scottsdale schools face higher bus costs after votes defeated two major improvement districts. Superintendent John L. Ashe notes buses are offered only for hazardous crossings or for very young children, with safety efforts at Loloma and Scottsdale High and concerns over Second Street hazards near Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church.
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Scottsdale
John L. Ashe
Scottsdale High School
Ashe
Loloma School
Scottsdale Elementary
Second Street
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church
Eddie Fisher Adopts Daughter Of Todd
In Los Angeles UPI Eddie Fisher the fourth husband of Elizabeth Taylor adopted the late Mike Todd’s actress daughter Liza Todd Fisher. The four year old girl accompanied by her mother and Fisher to Judge Ben Koenig's chambers adoption hearing lasted minutes. Todd died in a plane crash in New Mexico and Liz married Fisher in May 1959 at Las Vegas. Taylor had two children by Michael Wilding, Fisher has two by Debbie Reynolds.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Eddie Fisher
Elizabeth Taylor
Thursday
Mike Todd
Liza Todd Fisher
Ben Koenig
Fisher
Todd
New Mexico
Liz
Eddie
Las Vegas
Miss Taylor
Michael Wilding
Debbie Reynolds
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Ister Dudley Senenyake
K. C. Praesody
Prohibition Commission
Vijayanda Dahanayake
Dahanayake
Buddhist Congress
Speec
Finder
Sally
Rand
S. Scottsdale Rd
Native
Lee Optical
West Adams
Mesa 129
West Main
Scottsdale Rd
Yuma
4Th Ave
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