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President Truman will not offer the Atomic Energy Commission chairmanship to President Conant, the CRIMSON learned last night from a reliable Washington source. The nation's press had labeled Conant as a possible successor to David 1d Lillenthal.
Benjamin W. Fink, chief engineer of the Parks Division of the Metropolitan District Commission and supervisor of the project, reported that "near Boston, the day-to-night temperature drop is sufficient to change poor skiing to good skiing and with the shortness of the season in mind we thought the...
A few weeks ago, a Virginia power commission received two requests for permission to build power plants. One was from a private company which wanted to build a dam; the other was from a public company that was planning a steam generating plant. Both groups are planning to serve the...
When U.S. railroads lost $560 million on their passenger business last year, it was obvious to railmen that something was wrong-and that something had to be done. The Eastern railroads, which had already had fare increases of 28% in about three years, thought that the answer lay in still...
Feather Beds. The ICC's 6-to-4 decision split the commission itself wide open. Though ex-Chairman J. Haden Alldredge voted for the raise, he warned that the railroads "certainly may be pricing themselves out of the market." He thought that the roads would be smarter to cut...