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...William Green (1873-1952) was a Midwestern Baptist, a president of the A.F.L. His window, dedicated to agriculture and the sea, shows Ruth gleaning in the fields, Peter the fisherman, the harvest in Naboth's vineyard, and Joseph as a shepherd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Stained Glass for Labor | 5/16/1960 | See Source »

That is Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Ltd.'s plan to pipe 204 million cubic feet daily to the U.S.'s Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. (TIME, April 4). The biggest project is Alberta & Southern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Giving It the Gas | 4/11/1960 | See Source »

...drafted much of the New Deal legislation during the '305. Federal Power Commissioner Jerome K. Kuykendall testified at the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee hearing that a gas-company representative (later identified as Tommy the Cork) had tried to influence him in a case involving the Midwestern Gas Transmission Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of the giant Tennessee Gas Transmission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Up Bobs the Cork | 4/4/1960 | See Source »

Last fall, Midwestern was trying to get FPC approval to build a 504-mile pipeline from the Canadian border to Marshfield, Wis., also wanted the FPC to permit a 7% return on its investment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Up Bobs the Cork | 4/4/1960 | See Source »

Higher Rates. After the FPC examining staff had recommended a 6¼% return, Corcoran phoned Kuykendall, although the Cork was not listed as the Midwestern attorney for the case, and pleaded for the higher rate. The committee wondered: Why didn't Kuykendall hang up on him? Answered Kuykendall, a Republican appointed by Ike: "By the time I knew what he was talking about, he had said it. I didn't talk to him. He talked to me. How could I prevent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Up Bobs the Cork | 4/4/1960 | See Source »

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