Continental gas grid linked by Alberta fields decision
President Eisenhower faces a pivotal choice on whether Canada Alberta gas reserves can be marketed in the United States. Midwestern Gas Transmission seeks to buy 200 million cubic feet daily from Trans-Canada, linking Tennessee Gas Transmission with Canadian pipelines and extending service toward Montreal and Toronto. The plan aims to create a continental gas grid, amid opposition from U.S. utilities and pipelines and financing challenges for Trans-Canada. Page 6, Col. 6.
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Ernest Cuneo
Washington
Nana
Eisenhower
Canada
Alberta
United States
Power Commission
EPC
FPC
Wisconsin
Tennessee
Michigan
New York
Americcan
United Mine Workers
Texas
Midwestern Gas Transmission I Company
Trans-Canada Pipe Lines, Ltd
Emerson
Manitoba
Midwestern Gas Transmission
Tennessee Gas Transmission Company
Trans-Canada
North Dakota
Minnesota
Midwestern
Tennessee Gas ‘Transmission
Portland, Tenn
Nash
Texas Gas
Toronto
Montreal
Niagara
Tennnessee Gas Transmission Co
U. S. Middle West
Michigan-Wisconsin
American Louisiana and Northern
Narcotics Bureau Criticized For Low Local Help
Pueblo Colorado City Manager Russell W. Rink and Newark New Jersey Mayor Leo P. Carlin told a House panel that federal narcotics aid is insufficient. They cited staffing shortages and lack of bureau agents to cover key areas. Treasury Undersecretary Burgess defended the program, while officials urged more personnel to curb drug traffic.
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Washington
the Treasury
W. Randolph Burgess
Russel W. Rink
Pueblo
Colo
House
Bureau of Narcotics
Denver
Leo P. Carlin
New York
N. J
Narcotics Bureau
Tate
Newark
Treasury
Intergovernmental
House Committee On Government Operations
Rep. L. H. Fountain
D-N.c
Bonn Urged to Fire On U.S. Balloons
West Germany debates halting anti-Communist propaganda balloons in exchange for freeing political prisoners in the Soviet zone. Frankfurt Rundschau urges action to curb balloon launches, suggesting a prisoner swap with Soviet Ambassador Zorin. Bonn fears Soviet retaliation and questions balloon policy amid claims of balloon tied air disruptions.
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Bonn
Frankfurt Rund Schau
Frankfurt Rundschau
Valerian Zorin
Frankfurt
Zorin
East Germany
Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Yester
West
Germany
Free Europe Press
Radio Free Europe
Anzeiger
Royal wedding invites invade Holkham village life
In Holkham England nobles head to a rustic spring wedding. Colin Tenn a Lord Glenconner's heir weds Lady Anne Coke daughter of the Earl and Countess of Leicester. Seven hundred invitations sent as guests await village customs and cheap rates under a waterless cottage life.
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Holkham
England
Nana
Britain
Norfolk
Princess Margaret
Colin Tenna
Lord Glenconner
Weather Tracked by Radar Beam
The U S Air Force tests a storm tracker at Hahn Air Base near Coblenz to obtain Iron Curtain weather data via radar. The system probes a 400 mile radius under ideal conditions to locate storms, track them, and improve forecasts of rain snow and wind for both sides of the curtain. It records wind velocity storm intensity and timing and can indicate cloud base altitude and freezing heights.
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Hahn Air Base
West Germany
U. S. Air Force
Iron Curtain
Hahn Air Force Base
Coblenz
Air Force
Uft
Hof
Bavaria
East Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hahn
Europe
Supersonic Race 30 Missile Projects Strive To Produce Ultimate Weapon
Congress probes guided missiles including Bomarc Sparrow Falcon Snark Navaho Redstone Atlas and more. Expenditures near 6 billion with projections of 3 billion annually. Over 304 missile programs exist or near completion with parts supplied by subcontractors around U S cities. The system uses liquid or solid fuel boosters and radio guidance to target bombers, with Nike battery tests cited.
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John Foster
New York
Nana
Congress
Bomarc
Sparrow
Fal
U. S
Mike
Douglas
Mircraft Co.,Inc
Nike
Japan debate over constitutional revision in Diet
Tokyo reports on the fierce Diet debate over revising Japan's occupation era constitution. Prime Minister Hatoyama's Liberal Democrats push for broader changes to Article Nine and the national charter, while the Socialists mobilize to block revision.
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Tokyo
Japan
Diet
Ichiro
Hato
Rama
Bill Tooth
Electronis
pri-Douglas MacArthur
Hatoyama
Liberal-Democratic Party
Kidnapping Wave Hits West Berlin
West Berlin faces a rising kidnaping wave as Communist abductors seize residents to the Soviet sector. Since August 1955 more than 300 people, including prominent anti Communists, have vanished, undermining confidence in Allied control of the divided city. The threat highlights lax police effectiveness and the Allies’ ultimate security role in West Berlin. A former Soviet colonel was seized from a birthday party in the British sector, while Rostock jurist Rudolf Reinartz, fled to West Berlin in 1953, later received a life term in a Soviet Zone court.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Free City
Rudolf Reinartz
Justice Department
Rostock
Reinartz
la Soviet Zone
East Berlin
Heads of State To Take Stock At Tripartite Talks
Ottawa reports a three nation conference with Eisenhower as host to discuss North American unity. Leaders from Canada and Mexico will cover political military and economic questions with emphasis on Latin America stability and countering Communist influence. The talks aim for frank exchange and possible closer Pan American ties.
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Eric Downton
Ottawa
Nana
North Pole
Panama Canal
Eisenhower
St. Laurent
U.S
Louis St
Washington
Laurent
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
White
Geneva
Mexico
United States
Canada
Central
South America
Latin America
Moscow
Rio Grande
North America
Quebec
Europe
Asia
Fn Atomic
Pan-American Union
Canada debates the Canadian Guards experiment in a modern era
The piece analyzes the concept of a Canadian Guards regiment amid class, tradition, and discipline debates. It cites Lieutenant General Guy Simonds and Royal approval by Queen Elizabeth, noting domestic and international scrutiny of adapting elite guard traditions to North American forces.
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Ottawa
Europe
North America
Canada
Indian Guards
Canadian Guards
Sel
Diers
United States
Guy Simonds
U. S
Russia
Bejeweled nylons for her grace at Monaco wedding
Grace Kelly will wear Willys of Hollywood bejeweled 10 denier stockings for her wedding to Prince Rainier III. The nylons feature wheat and seed pearl patterns rising from ankle to mid calf, with six pairs made as a security measure and a single pair as a gift from Willys. Helen Rose designs the two gowns and oversaw the custom stockings.
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Hollywood
Nana
Prince Rainier III
Monaco
Grace Kelly
Willys
Helen Rose
MGM
Kelly
Rita Hayworth
Prince Aly Khan
Mamie Eisenhower
Ike
Queen Elizabeth
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Robert F. Wagner
New York City
John Frederiks
Grace
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