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...Edward H. ("Mister") Crump, voted against private power and for the Tennessee Valley Authority power system (it was the first major city to enter TVA). Most Memphians have remained passionately loyal to TVA; they were outraged when the Eisenhower Administration, under the Dixon-Yates contract (TIME, June 28, 1954 et seq.) decided to bypass TVA in constructing a $107 million power installation in the Memphis area. In the mind of Memphis, the Dixon-Yates deal became a thing to be avoided at all cost...
Last week the governor's words were borne out. From the Legion's bottom-pinching, water-throwing "fun" organization, La Société des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux, came some of the most agonized sounds in many a year: the Forty and Eight threatened to walk out on the parent organization...
Before World War II, only about 300 girls in Manila studied ballet, but during the postwar years, the visits of topnotch foreign dancers-Alicia Markova, Alexandra Danilova, Frederic Franklin et al.-have upped enrollment in ballet schools to approximately...
Died. Carlyle Blackwell, 71, wavy-haired romantic idol of the silent screen (The Third Woman, The Beloved Vagabond, She), and leading man for early screen beauties Marion Bavies, Betty Blythe, Blanche Sweet, Alice Joyce et al.; of heart disease; in Miami...
Around the free world the economic picture was bright. While the Iron Curtain countries try to cope with falling production, shortages of food and consumer goods, Britain, Italy, France and other free nations report thriving industry, booming stock markets and rising standards of living (TIME, May 10, 1954 et seq.). Last week the most up-to-date summary of just how well the world is doing was presented in Basel, Switzerland, in the 25th annual report of the Bank for International Settlements. Said the bank's General Manager Roger Auboin: "Nineteen fifty-four has been for the world...