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...Atomic Energy Act of 1946 blocks the gateway to commercial atomic power in the U.S. by imposing a tight Government monopoly on fissionable materials and nuclear reactors. Last week the Atomic Energy Commission announced that it would soon ask Congress to loosen the Government's grip. AEC wants to let private companies: 1) buy, lease or borrow fissionable materials from AEC; 2) design, build and operate nuclear reactors...
...Spandau prison in East Berlin, the commander of the Russian guard pulled off his glove to greet his U.S. counterpart with the barehanded grip of friendship...
...million for the gamble. With nine other independent producers, Davies formed Aminoil in 1947 to give independents, as well as majors, a Middle East concession. Gulf and Anglo-Iranian had sewed up Kuwait; Aramco (jointly owned by Standard of California, Texas, Jersey Standard and Socony-Vacuum) had a grip on Saudi Arabia. But nobody had the "no man's land" between-the Neutral Zone jointly run by the Sheiks of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Davies leased the Sheik of Kuwait's half interest for $7.2 million, a price that made oilmen's eyes pop, plus a royalty...
...fingernail grip on Broadway in the Theatre Guild's Garrick Gaieties, and was seen briefly in a 1931 flop called Company's Coming. But Broadway, like everything else, was sliding into the Depression. Drawing on all her confidence and energy, Ros got a job with Wee & Leventhal, who operated a cut-rate theatrical circuit covering such Broadway outposts as Brooklyn, Newark and Philadelphia. Her salary was $45 a week, but she more than doubled it by playing better pinochle than Producer Leventhal on their inter-city train rides...
Since it was established in 1946, Congress' Joint Committee on Atomic Energy has been an effective board of directors for the U.S. atomic-energy program. But in the ten weeks of the 83rd Congress, the committee (nine Senators, nine Representatives) has been losing its grip. The reason: a Senate v. House deadlock over the chairmanship...