DOCSLIB.ORG

Annual Report 1957

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Annual Report 1957 23rd Annual Report of the Securities and Exchange Commission Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1957 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. WASHINGTON: 1958 For aaI" b,. th" Superintendent of Doeument8. U. S. Government Printing Offir" W"WDKton 25. D. C. - Pri"" 75 ""Dt. (psI"'r cover) SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Headquarters Office 425 Second Street NW. Washington 25, D. C. COMMISSIONERS January 7, 1958 EDWARD N. GADSBY, Chairman ANDREW DOWNEY ORRICK HAROLD C. PATTERSON EARL F. HASTINGS JAMES C. SARGENT ORVALL. DuBoIS, Secretary D LE'ITER OF TRANSMITrAL SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COHHISBION, Washington, D. 0., January 7,1958. Sm: On behalf of the Securities and Exchange Commission, I have the honor to transmit to you the Twenty-Third Annual Report of the Commission covering the fiscal year July 1, 1956,to June 30,1957, in accordance with the provisions of section 23 (b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, approved June 6, 1934; section 23 of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, approved August 26, 1935;section 46 (a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940,approved August 22, 1940; section 216 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, approved August 22, 1940; and section 3 of the act of June 29, 1949, amending the Bretton Woods Agreements Act. Respectfully, EDWARD N. GADSBY, Ohairman. THE PREsIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPREsENTATIVES, Washington,D.l7. m TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Forevvord_________________________________________________________ XI Commissioners and staff officers , ____ ______ ________ ________ _______ XII Regional and branch offlcea.i, , ___ ___ _ _______ XIII Biographies of eommissioners , __ _________ __ ______________ __ XIV PART I ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM____________________________________ 1 The problem of "boiler rooms"__________________________________ 2 Sales of unregistered securities based on claimed exemptions________ 3 Evasion of registration requirements through the "no sale" theory __ 3 Certain problems of promotional stock___________________________ 4 Stop order and suspension proceedings for new issues_______________ 5 Broker-dealer Inspections, __ ____ _________________ 6 Statistical summary of enforcement activities_____________________ 7 PART II LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES_ _ _ 10 Statutory amendments proposed by the Commission_______________ 10 Proposal to increase registration fees_____________________________ 12 Registration of unlisted securities of certain companies having large investorinterest_____________________________________________ 13 Proposals to amend the exemption from registration for small issues , 15 Reporting requirement of beneficial owners of registered securities., __ 15 Disclosure of beneficial ownership of registered securities in election contests____________________________________________________ 16 Other bills introduced in Congress to amend the Federal securities la~s_______________________________________________________ 16 Other legislative propoaala.c ; ___________________________________ 17 Congressionalhearings_________________________________________ 17 PART III REVISION OF RULES AND FORMS_____________________________ 20 Proposed revision of rule 133 under the Securities Act of 1933______ 20 Adoption of rule 434A and amendment of Forms 8-1 and S-9 under the Securities Act of 1933_____ _____ ________ __________ _____ 21 Adoption of note to rule 460 under the Securities Act of 1933_______ 22 Rescission of rules 132, 151, and 414 under the Securities Act of 1933_ 22 Amendment of rules 100, 170, and 426 under the Securities Act of 1933- 23 Revision of Regulation A under the Securities Act of 1933 and with- drawal of proposed amendments thereto________________________ 24 Withdrawal of proposal to amend Form 8-1-_ _ 25 Proposed revision of Forms S-2 and 8-3__________________________ 25 Amendment of Forms S-4, 8-5, and 8-6__________________________ 25 Proposed amendments to statement of policy relating to investment company sales Iiterature-., , ________ ______ _____ 26 Amendment of rule 12b-35 and Form IO-K under the Securities Ex- change Act of 1934_ _ ___ ___ _ 26 V VI CONTENTS REVISION OF RULES AND FORMS-Continued Page Amendment of Forms 4, U-17-2 and N-30F-2____________________ 27 Amendment of Forms N-8B-l and N-30A-L____________________ 27 Amendment of rule 17d-l under the Investment Company Act of 1940_ 28 Proposed revision and consolidation of Forms N-8B-2 and N-8B-3__ 28 Adoption of rule 17a-7 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934___ 28 Amendment of rule 15c2-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934_ 29 Amendment of rule 12f-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934_ 30 Proposal to amend rules 15b-8 and 1780-5 under the Securities Ex- change Act of 1934__________________________________________ 30 PART IV ADMINISTRATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933__________ 33 Description of the registration process____ ________________________ 33 Registration statement and prospectus, ______________________ 33 Examination procedure.,., __________________________________ 34 Time required to complete registration_______________________ 34 Volume of securities registered__________________________________ 35 Registration statements filed__ __________________________________ 37 Results obtained by the registration process_______________________ 38 Stop order proceedings; ________________________________________ 40 Examinations and investigations_____ __ _____ ______ ____________ 47 Exemption from registration of small issues_______________________ 47 Exempt offerings under Regulation A________________________ 48 Exempt offerings under Regulation D________________________ 49 Denial or suspension of exemption___________________________ 49 Exempt offerings under Regulation B_ ___ __ 52 Litigatlon under the Securities Act of 1933______________ 52 PABT V ADMINISTRATION OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934___________________________________________________________ 59 Regulation of exchanges and exchange trading____________________ 59 Registration and exemption of exchanges_____________________ 59 Disciplinary actions_____ __ ____ _____________ __ _ 60 Registration of securities on exchanges___________________________ 60 Market value of securities traded on exchanges____________________ 62 Assets of companies with listed common stocks________________ 63 Foreignstock_____________________________________________ 63 Comparative over-the-counter statistics .__ 63 Delisting of securities from exchanges____________________________ 65 Delisting proceedings under section 19 (a)____________________ 66 Unlisted trading privileges on exchanges__________________________ 68 Unlisted trading categories______ ______________ _______ __ __ 68 Volume of unlisted trading in stocks on exohanges; ____________ 69 Applications for unlisted trading privileges..c., , ________________ 69 Block distributions reported by exchanges, _______________________ 70 Manipulation and etablllaatlon, _________________________________ 71 Manipulation. __________________________________ __________ 71 Stabilization______________________________________________ 73 CONTENTS m ADMINISTRATION OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934-Continued P&&,e Insiders' security transactions and holdings., ______________________ 78 Recovery of short swing trading profits by or on behalf of issuer. 75 Regulation of proxies; _ _ ______ ____________________ _______ 75 Scope of proxy regulation___________________________________ 75 Statistics relating to proxy statements________________________ 75 Stockholders' proposals.L, , _________________________________ 76 Ratio of soliciting to non-soliciting cornpanies, ________________ 77 Proxy eontests, ______ ____________ _____ _________ 77 Regulation of broker-dealers and over-the-counter markets__________ 77 Registration., __________________ ___ __ ____ __ 77 Administrative proeeedinga, 78 Net capital rule , __ ___ ____ ____ ______________ _______ __ 85 Financial statementa.c ; , __ ________________ _______ 86 Broker-dealerinspections .____ 86 Supervision of activities of National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc________________________________________________________ 88 Disciplinary actions______ _____________ ____ _________ __ 89 Commission review of N ASD disciplinary acttona., ____________ 89 Commission review of action on membership__________________ 92 Commission action on NASD rules__________________________ 93 Litigation under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934_______________ 93 Anti-fraud litigation_____ ____ _ 93 Cases involving the net capital rule__________________________ 94 Delisting cases____________________________________________ 96 Proxylitigation___________________________________________ 97 Litigation involving registration and reporting requirements_____ 97 Other litigation_______ _____________________________________ 99 Participation as amicus curiae_______________________________ 100 PART VI ADMINISTRATION OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COM- PANY ACT OF 1935___________________________________________ 101 Composition of registered holding company systems--summary of changes____________________________________________________ 101 Developments in individual registered systems________________ 104 Acquisitions by persons other than registered holding eompanles; 126 Electric generating companies developing atomic power or sup- plying electric energy to installations of the Atomic Energy CoDlntission_____________________________________________ 126 Financing of registered public utility holding company systems- trends in electric and
Load more

Recommended publications
  • The Gazette January 1956
    Langston University Digital Commons @ Langston University LU Gazette, 1950-1959 LU Gazette (Student Newspaper) 1-1956 The aG zette January 1956 Langston University Follow this and additional works at: http://dclu.langston.edu/ archives_gazette_newspaper_19501959 Recommended Citation Langston University, "The aG zette January 1956" (1956). LU Gazette, 1950-1959. Book 9. http://dclu.langston.edu/archives_gazette_newspaper_19501959/9 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the LU Gazette (Student Newspaper) at Digital Commons @ Langston University. It has been accepted for inclusion in LU Gazette, 1950-1959 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Langston University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Langston University Gazette VOLUME FIVE LANGSTON UNIVERSITY, OKLAHOMA. JANUARY. 1956 NUMBER TVyO Mayor Is Feted On ' I L U. President Eve of Departure Visits Liberia Several hnndred citizens of Lang­ P'-esident and Mrs. G. L. Harrison ston, Oklahoma, gathered at the attended the week-long ceremonies high school on Dccemlicr 15, 19S5, of the inauguration of William U. to bid farewell to their mayor, Pro­ S. Tubman, President of Liberia. fessor M. B. Tolson, on the eve President Harriscjn was a%varded 01 his flight to .Monrovia, Liberia, an honorary degree from the Uni­ to participate in the ceremonies in­ versity ot Liberia. The conferral of augurating a third term ot office the degree was made by Dr. Kermit for William \ ’. S. Tubman, presi­ King. President of the University dent elect of that country. Dr. Tol­ ot Liberia. son, who is Poet Laureate ot Liberia His wearing appareal for the ac­ and Officer in its army, was com- tivities were: a conventional or m.inded by its government to apj)ear morning suit, (stri{x;d trousers, t"or the inauguration, one of the black morning coat with tie and top most brilliant in mcxlcrn history.
    [Show full text]
  • A History of U.S. Civilians in Field Comint Operations, 1953-1960
    SECRET George F. Howe A History of U.S. Civilians in Field Comint Operations, 1953-1960 i(bl 11 I (b) (3)-P.L. 86-36 The use of civilians in field Comint operations, a accomplishing their m1ss10ns. They in turn had, since recurrent proposal, received close attention and was studied World War II, been heavily dependent upon conscription by several bodies during the period 195 3-1960, resulting for personnel trained as intercept operators. Most operators in a number of critical questions: Whose operations? left military service after one tour of duty, and the SCA's Whose civilians? What kinds of operations? Can civilians were engaged during the/1950's in continuous and be used instead of military personnel as intercept operators? expensive efforts to replace ./their experienced intercept If they are, can they be intermingled with the military, or operators with newly trained men. One estimate of the kept in compartmented units though collocated, or located costs of procuring and training came to $8,000 per man, only at all-civilian stations run by NSA? Could the pay and and losses through failure to re-enlist were estimated as perquisites of civilian operators, professionals in the high as 85 per cent. work, be such as to satisfy them without injuring the Despite this continuous flow of operators into and out of morale of the military personnel? Could a civilian the SCA's and a concurrent decline in the overall numbers professional corps of intercept operators encourage the available, the /U.S.' in the l 950's began expanding military operators to perform at higher levels in order to int<•~; 0,1,_\ion/ A go•l oc:::Jnioccept po>iiion• (of qualify subsequently for civilian employment? whic would be kept in operation and the remainder Would a civilian intercept operator program in NSA woul e stand-.by facilities available for emergency) was compete with the SCA's for the men the SCA's had to established in February 1954 with the approval of the JCS retain as Comint career personnel, and would NSA success and the Secretary of Defense.
    [Show full text]
  • Class of 1959 History by C
    Class of 1959 History By C. Darrell Lane, M.D. Franklin College founded in 1787 having united with Marshall College to form Franklin and Marshall College in the late summer of 1955 was 168 years old. In early September more than 360 first year students from multiple states and dissimilar backgrounds and representing more than 225 high schools converged on the F&M campus in Lancaster, bought books and supplies, received dormitory assignments, met new roommates, and paid the single semester $325.00 tuition. Total tuition listed in the college catalogue for the two semester 1955‐56 academic year amounted to the staggering sum of $1,310.00. The entire class assembled for the first time in Hensel Hall for welcoming remarks by President William W. Hall, Dean of the College James M. Darlington and Dean of Students Richard H. Winters. We were informed about a variety of conduct guidelines, academic performance expectations and procedural regulations. The freshman uniform of the day consisted of dinks and rolled‐up pants legs. Physical in‐hand possession of the college Blue Book was a required necessity. The mandated Hartman Hall dining room dinner dress code was jacket and tie. No mention was ever made apropos the laundering frequency of blue button down shirts or khaki trousers. At least from a distance we appeared respectfully civilized. Everyone carried an average of 16‐17 credit hours. We may have considered ourselves ill‐ used by compulsory chapel attendance on Tuesday morning, but, this obligation could be easily met by attending only six of ten possible choices, although September 15th and October 5th chapels were specifically designated for the Class of ’59.
    [Show full text]
  • January 1956 1956 WMO Bulletin January 1956
    At all modern BAROGRAPHS Recording aneroids with continous meteorological stations charts; adopted for over 40 years by the French Meteorological Service. Standard equipment in the French THE PRECISION Navy. INSTRUMENTS OF THERMOGRAPHS Which can 'be combined with our barometers a nd hygrometers. These JULES RICHARD instr uments ore outstandingly sen­ sitive. provide a permanent answer HYGROGRAPHS Direct recording of air humidity on ruled charts. All types of indicators and recorders, including upper-air and dew-point instruments. SOLARIMETE RS Direct reading and recording ins­ truments for measuring the intensity of solar radiation. Pyrheliogrophs. ANEMOGRAPHS All types of a nemometers, includi ng " Popillon" electro-magnetic ins tru­ ments for recording instantaneous wind speed at a distance. RAINGAUGES All types of float, balance and syphon raingauges, both recording and non-recording. upon request lit\ IS I I OFFICERS OF THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION President : Mr. A. VIAUT First Vice-President Dr. M. A. F . BARNETT Second Vice-President : Prof. Dr. H. AMOR IM FERREIRA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Mr. A. VIAUT Mr. F. X . R. DE SouzA Dr. A. NYBE RG Dr. M. A. F . BARNETT Mr. A. THOMSON Dr. F. vV. REICHELDERFER Prof. Dr. H. AMORIM FERREIRA Dr. C. DEL ROSARIO Mr. A. A. SoLorouKHINE Mr. J. RAVET Prof. Dr. Ing. J. LUGEON Sir GRAHAM SurroN Mr. S. BAsu Mr. L. DE AzcARRAGA Mr. M. F. TAHA TECHNICAL COMMISSION PRESIDENTS REGIONAL ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS Aerology: Prof. Dr. J. VAN MIEGHEM Africa (I): Mr. J. RAVET Aeronautical Meteorology : Mr. A. H. N AGLE Asia (II) : Mr. S. BASU Agricultural Meteorology : Mr. J. J. BuRGOS South America (Ill) : Bibliography and Publications: Dr.
    [Show full text]
  • 'Soviet Union' 1956 No. 1 (71) January 1956 Front Cover: Back Cover
    ‘Soviet Union’ 1956 No. 1 (71) January 1956 Front Cover: Back Cover: Editor-in-Chief: P. N. Kuznetsov Designers: Contents: Fourth Session of the USSR Supreme Soviet (1) On Eve of 20th Party Congress (2) Here and There (4) Lenin’s Study (5) Friendship Between Two Great Peoples (6) Five Questions to Academician Bardin (10) Lenin Came to See Us (12) What’s New in Your Line? (14) John Bernal Congratulates Hudu Mamedov. By Hudu Surkhal ogli Mamedov, Candidate of Geologo-Mineralogical Science. Photographed by Y. Bagryansky (18) The Leningrad Metro (20) The Road to Life (22) Mechanical Heart. By M. Ananyev, Director of the Research Institute of Experimental Surgical Apparatus and Instruments. Photographed by K. Yuryev (24) A Wedding (26) Report From the Tundra (28) Première in a Workers’ Club (30) Riddle of the Mayas (32) In the Mountains of Kazakhstan (33) A Taxi Driver’s Day (34) Stamp-Collector’s Page (36) Mission of Peace and Friendship (37) No. 2 (72) February 1956 Front Cover: Back Cover: Editor-in-Chief: N. M. Gribachov Designers: Contents: Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov, President, Presidium of Supreme Soviet of USSR. On 75th Birthday (1) Sixth Five-Year Plan (2) Back at the Old Plant (5) The Changing Map (6) In the Altai Steppe (8) Business Contacts. By I. Bolshakov, USSR Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade (12) Makers of Turbines (14) What 100 Hectares Can Yield (16) At the Two Poles (18) Thirty-Three Days in USA (20) Let’s Visit This Flat (22) Semi-Conductors (26) Kirghiztan (28) Good Books Make Good Envoys (30) Folk Art of Kubachi (32) Films.
    [Show full text]
  • January 24, 1956 Journal of Soviet Ambassador to the DPRK V. I. Ivanov for 24 January 1956
    Digital Archive digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org International History Declassified January 24, 1956 Journal of Soviet Ambassador to the DPRK V. I. Ivanov for 24 January 1956 Citation: “Journal of Soviet Ambassador to the DPRK V. I. Ivanov for 24 January 1956,” January 24, 1956, History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive, RGANI Fond 5, Opis 28, Delo 412. Translated by Gary Goldberg. http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/120792 Summary: Ivanov speaks to Kim Il Sung about Japan. Original Language: Russian Contents: English Translation Scan of Original Document [CPSU CC stamp: 07504 22 February 1956 subject to return to the CPSU CC General Department] TOP SECRET Copy Nº only 22 February 1956 Nº 0286/dv to the CPSU CC [ INTERNATIONAL] DEPARTMENT to Cde. I. S. SHCHERBAKOV We are sending you the journal of Cde. V. I. Ivanov, Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK for the period from 20 through 30 January 1956. Attachment: the aforementioned on nine pages (incoming Nº 0610s of 20 February, copy Nº 3) DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE USSR MFA FAR EAST DEPARTMENT [signature] (S. SUZDALEV) 1 - AS/yus 1 - address[ee] Nº 426-dv 22 February 1956 [handwritten: to the archives informative material I. Shcherbakov 29 March 1956 [signature] 31 March [illegible signature] [handwritten: Top Secret USSR MFA Far East Department stamp: incoming Nº 0610s of 2[[0]] February] SOVIET EMBASSY IN THE DPRK JOURNAL of V. I. Ivanov, Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK for the period from 20 to 30 January 1956 Pyongyang 07504 […] 24 January I visited Kim Il Sung and, according to your telegraphed instructions, described to him our opinion regarding their work in Japan.
    [Show full text]
  • Water Level Decline Maps, 1956 To
    TEXAS BOARD OF WATER ENGINEERS R. M. Dixon, a!lli~an U. A. Beck.-itb, M_ber O. F. Dent, M_ber BULLETIN 5705 WATER LEVEL DECLINE MAPS. 1956 TO 1957. AND WATER LEVELS I OBSERVATION WELLS IN 20 COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. TEXAS Compided by C R. Follett, Engineer Texas Board of ~aDer Eng~neers From records of the Texas Board of Water Engineers and the Geqlogical Survey, United States Department of the Interior April 1957 CONTENTS Page Introduction ----------------------------------------------------- ~ 1 Records of water-level measurements in Armstrong County ------------------~ 2 Records of water-level measurements in Bailey County -------------------- 4 Records of water-level measurements in Briscoe County ------------------- 6 Records of water-level measurements in Castro County -------------------- 8 Records of water-level measurements in Carson County -------------------- 10 Records of water-level measurements in Cochran County ------..------------ 12 Records of water-level measurements in Crosby County -------------------- 14 Records of water-level measurements in Deaf Smith County ---------------- 16 Records of water-level measurements in Floyd County --------------------- 18 Records of water-level measurements in Gaines County ------ ------------- 20 Records of water-level measurements in Bale County ---------------------- 22 Records of water-level measurements in Hockley County --------------~---- 24 Records of water"level measurements in Lamb County ----------------.----- 26 Records of water-level measurements in Lubbock
    [Show full text]
  • The Index of Retail Prices, January 1956 to January 1962
    IE Extracted from Economic Trends^ No. 104, June 1962. The index of retail prices, January 1956 to January 1962 Introduction items and of important chanGes in import prices. The This article is an expansion of an article in the May GroupinG, which is the same as in the previous article, I960 issue of this publication and reviews the move­ is of necessity arbitary and is based on actual move­ ments in the index of retail prices durinG the period ments in retail prices. January 1956 to January 1962. DurinG this time the The ‘seasonal’ items are fresh milk, eggs, potatoes index rose by 17^ points. The rise did not occur uni­ and other fresh vegetables, apples and pears, fish and formly; takinG 12 months’ periods, mid-January to home-killed mutton and lamb, which together had a mid-January, the index rose by nearly 4-i points in 1956, weight of 93(1). over points in 1957, nearly 2 \ points in 1958, fell by The second cateGory—items for which retail prices half a point in 1959, rose by nearly points in 1960 chanGed markedly followinG chanGes in import prices— and then by over 5 points in 1961. comprises bacon, cooked ham, butter, cheese and The rise was the result of many component move­ chilled and frozen beef, with a total weiGht of 47. It will ments which were not all similar. Thus the housinG be seen from Chart A that over the whole of the six Group showed an increase of about 40 per cent, over years 1956-61, apart from a few months in 1959, the the six years and fuel and liGht, services, and miscel­ index for items affected by chanGes in import prices laneous Goods rises of about 30 per cent.
    [Show full text]
  • April, 1956 Memo from K. Koval to the CPSU CC, on Soviet Provision of Postwar Aid to the DPRK
    Digital Archive digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org International History Declassified April, 1956 Memo from K. Koval to the CPSU CC, on Soviet provision of postwar aid to the DPRK Citation: “Memo from K. Koval to the CPSU CC, on Soviet provision of postwar aid to the DPRK,” April, 1956, History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive, RGANI Fond 5, Opis 28, Delo 412. Translated by Gary Goldberg. http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/120800 Summary: Describes in detail the progress made as of January 1956 on the DPRK-USSR agreement that the USSR provide postwar aid from 1953 to 1957. Also lists free aid provided by China and other socialist states. Credits: This document was made possible with support from Kyungnam University. Original Language: Russian Contents: English Translation [CPSU CC stamp: 18025 2 May 1956 Subject to return to the CPSU General Department] Secret [logo of the Main Directorate of Economic Relations with the People's Democracies] [date left blank] April 1956 to the CPSU CC to Cde. L. I. BREZHNEV In accordance with your instructions I submit a memo concerning the main issues of the economic situation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and about the aid of the USSR, China, and other countries of people's democracy in the revival of the DPRK economy. [signature] K. Koval' [handwritten: to the archives The material was used in connection with a trip by a CPSU delegation to the 3 rd congress of the Korean Worker's Party. I. Shcherbakov 23 July 1956 V. Gorbunov 25 July 1956 [illegible signature] […]
    [Show full text]
  • Floods of December 1955-January 1956 in Far-Western States
    UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fred A. Seaton, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Thomas B. Nolan, Director GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 380 FLOODS OF DECEMBER 1955-JANUARY 1956 IN FAR-WESTERN STATES PEAK DISCHARGES Prepared by Water Resources Division Surface Water Branch Washington, D. C,, 1956 Free on application to the Geological Survey, Washington 25, D. C. FLOODS OF DECEMBER 1955-JANUARY 1956 IN FAR-WESTERN STATES PEAK DISCHARGES Prepared by Water Resources Division Surface Water Branch Record-breaking floods occurred in California, the western parts of Nevada, Oregon, and Idaho, and scattered basins in southern Washington during the last part of December 1955 and in January 1956. Areas experiencing major flooding are shown on the map, page 2. Flood descriptions, by States, are briefly as follows: California. An area extending from the southern end of the Central Valley northward along the coast and inland to Nevada was flooded between December 18 and 26, following a succession of severe rainstorms. Rain extending into areas of unusually high elevation caused melting of snow in areas of low elevation. Flood volumes as well as peak discharges were high. Moderate floods occurred during the period January 14-16 in the northern part of the State and about January 2,5 in the southern part. A few flood psaks exceeded those of December, but at most places the floods were not excessive. Nevada. Floods in the Sierra Nevada region occurred about December 23, owing to heavy rains extending into areas of high altitude. High discharges were experienced in the Carson, Truckee, and Walker River basins. January storms extended into the Humboldt and other basins, but flood peaks were not record breaking.
    [Show full text]
  • Country Term # of Terms Total Years on the Council Presidencies # Of
    Country Term # of Total Presidencies # of terms years on Presidencies the Council Elected Members Algeria 3 6 4 2004 - 2005 December 2004 1 1988 - 1989 May 1988, August 1989 2 1968 - 1969 July 1968 1 Angola 2 4 2 2015 – 2016 March 2016 1 2003 - 2004 November 2003 1 Argentina 9 18 15 2013 - 2014 August 2013, October 2014 2 2005 - 2006 January 2005, March 2006 2 1999 - 2000 February 2000 1 1994 - 1995 January 1995 1 1987 - 1988 March 1987, June 1988 2 1971 - 1972 March 1971, July 1972 2 1966 - 1967 January 1967 1 1959 - 1960 May 1959, April 1960 2 1948 - 1949 November 1948, November 1949 2 Australia 5 10 10 2013 - 2014 September 2013, November 2014 2 1985 - 1986 November 1985 1 1973 - 1974 October 1973, December 1974 2 1956 - 1957 June 1956, June 1957 2 1946 - 1947 February 1946, January 1947, December 1947 3 Austria 3 6 4 2009 - 2010 November 2009 1 1991 - 1992 March 1991, May 1992 2 1973 - 1974 November 1973 1 Azerbaijan 1 2 2 2012 - 2013 May 2012, October 2013 2 Bahrain 1 2 1 1998 - 1999 December 1998 1 Bangladesh 2 4 3 2000 - 2001 March 2000, June 2001 2 Country Term # of Total Presidencies # of terms years on Presidencies the Council 1979 - 1980 October 1979 1 Belarus1 1 2 1 1974 - 1975 January 1975 1 Belgium 6 11 11 2019 - 2020 0 2007 - 2008 June 2007, August 2008 2 1991 - 1992 April 1991, June 1992 2 1971 - 1972 April 1971, August 1972 2 1955 - 1956 July 1955, July 1956 2 1947 - 1948 February 1947, January 1948, December 1948 3 Benin 2 4 3 2004 - 2005 February 2005 1 1976 - 1977 March 1976, May 1977 2 Bolivia 3 6 7 2017 - 2018 June
    [Show full text]
  • EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, OFFICE OF: Printed Material, 1953-61
    DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER LIBRARY ABILENE, KANSAS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, OFFICE OF: Printed Material, 1953-61 Accession A75-26 Processed by: TB Date Completed: December 1991 This collection was received from the Office of Emergency Preparedness, via the National Archives, in March 1975. No restrictions were placed on the material. Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 5.2 Approximate number of pages: 10,400 Approximate number of items: 6,000 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE This collection consists of printed material that was collected for reference purposes by the staff of the Office of Defense Mobilization (ODM) and the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (OCDM). The material was inherited by the Office of Emergency Preparedness (OEP), a successor agency to ODM and OCDM. After the OEP was abolished in 1973 the material was turned over to the National Archives and was then sent to the Eisenhower Library. The printed material consists mostly of press releases and public reports that were issued by the White House during the Eisenhower administration. These items are arranged in chronological order by date of release. Additional sets of the press releases are in the Kevin McCann records and in the records of the White House Office, Office of the Press Secretary. Copies of the reports are also in the White House Central Files. The collection also contained several books, periodicals and Congressional committee prints. These items have been transferred to the Eisenhower Library book collection. CONTAINER LIST Box No. Contents 1 Items Transferred
    [Show full text]