Court To Hear Dixon Yates Controversy In 1952
The government cancelled its contract with Dixon Yates to build a private power plant for the TVA area amid debate over public versus private power. AEC cites conflict of interest and seeks to uncover contract background in a U S Court of Claims suit for over 3.5 million dollars as New Year politics loom.
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Dixon-Yates Power Group
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
White House
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Dixon- Yates Group
AEC
Dixon-Yates Group
Eee
West Memphis
Ar Ark
Dixon-Yates
U.S. Court of Claims
Washington
E. H. Dixon
Eisenhower Johnson discuss heart attacks at top officials meet
President Eisenhower and Senator Lyndon Johnson spoke about their heart attacks at a recent gathering of senior government leaders. On Valentine’s Day they could exchange cardiographs as a lighthearted note. Four thousand archers gather in Wisconsin woods seeking deer, a chorus of arrows unseen since Hastings.
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Eisenhower
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
Wisconsin Woods
Hastings
Nehru Supports World Disarmament After Talks With Bulganin and Krushchev
After extended tour in India and Southeast Asia, Bulganin and Krushchev sign a joint communique with Prime Minister Nehru urging an unconditional ban on nuclear weapons and major cuts in conventional arms with international control. Nehru seeks to reassure the West and stresses India’s neutrality.
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New Delhi
India
Southeast Asia
Bulganin
Khrushchev
Nehru
West
United States
Great Britain
Gandhi
Soviet Union
Mr. Nehru
Congress
Rainier Of Monaco Seeks Bride In This Country
A report says Prince Rainier II of Monaco plans to find a wife in the country and will take no chances. The piece notes Monaco as a gambling capital and frames the search as decisive and cautious.
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Prince Rainier II
Monaco
Eden Faces Lords Imbalance as Labour Peers Sought
The article explains Prime Minister Eden seeks to balance the Lords by urging Queen Elizabeth to grant peerages to leading Labour figures. Conservative peers currently outnumber Labour lords, risking ineffective debate and eroding authority in the House of Lords.
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House of Lords
Clement Attlee
Labor Party In Commons
Anthony Eden
See
House of Commons
Eden
Elizabeth
Labor
The News column on the Earl title and endive metalogue
David Felts reviews Clement Attlee’s peerage rise and explains Earl origins in Anglo Norse terms. The piece shifts to a St Louis Post-Dispatch editorial anecdote about endive sandwiches, fraternity bonds, and a parade of travel map quirks from Esso, noting maps oriented south with upside down lettering for drivers heading to Cairo and beyond.
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Endive
Carleton Smith
Carl Sandburg
Bata
Illinois
Collinsville
New York
Bank of Egypt
Marion
Egypt
Signal Corps
Esso
Florida
New Orleans
Atlanta
Nashville
Cairo
Khrushchev Adopts Proverb Style In Public Speaking
Nikita Khrushchev, famed for using proverbs in speeches, has popularized a proverb rich style among Soviet officials. He cites lines like wait until the shrimp learns to whistle and howling with wolves to discuss coexistence and disarmament.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Central Committee
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Marx
Lenin
Stalin
Nikolai Bulganin
India
Burma
Afghanistan
New
Soviet Giganticism in Architecture as Imperial Echo
The piece argues Soviet architecture embodies imperial power and conspicuous waste. It contrasts colossal new structures with smaller Kremlin buildings, condemning space waste and luxury. It cites university halls, a culture palace in Warsaw, and costly marble interiors, questioning value behind vast expenditures.
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Thorsten Veblen
Kremlin
Bolshoi
le Corbousier
Palace of Culture
Warsaw
Menetts
Murphy Ing
Absence Of Press Conference Leaves Public In The Dark
The editorial argues four months of no presidential press conferences harms the public and government. It notes contradictions between White House aides and the administration on the Dixon Yates contract and calls for direct presidential answers to restore accountability and clear governance.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Lew L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Rowland R. Hughes
Bureau of the Budget
Senate Committee
Dixon-Yates
Adm
Strauss
Mr. Hughes
Gen. Marshall
Adolphe H. Wenzell
First Boston Corp
AEC
Wenzell
Christmas In Washington and a Prince in Town
Christmas shopping notes show Vice President Nixon and Cabinet members shopping for wives and gifts in Detroit and Paris ahead of NATO talks. Prince Rainier II of Monaco visits for two months amid debutante season while a White House education conference draws attention.
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Nixon
Pat
Treasury
Humphrey
Dulles
Paris
NATO
Wilsons
Detroit
Brownells
Bensons
West
Prince
Ike Recovery On Schedule Says Doctor In Gettysburg
Dr Paul Dudley White, Boston specialist, says President Eisenhower is recovering normally at Gettysburg after his heart attack. He notes the Gettysburg air is calmer and 1,800 foot altitude at Camp David is not a concern. The President enjoys golf not available there, and bridge and fishing aid his relaxation.
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Eisenhower
White House
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Washington
Paul
Dudley White
Boston
Denver
White
Ike
Capitol
Florida
New England
Dr. White
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