Izzard Reports From The Cow Palace GOP Powwow
Wes Izzard notes a lack of contest at the Cow Palace San Francisco as Texas figures prominently in the GOP gathering. Thad Hutcheson of Houston is chosen to represent Southern delegates on the civil rights platform, signaling a firm stand on integration while Hutcheson eyes a Senate bid if Price Daniel moves to governor and creates a vacancy.
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San Mateo
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Texas
Thad Hutcheson
Houston
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Do Hutcheson
Senate
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Panhandle
Boy 8 Strangles in Bed Slats
Eight year old Larry Korenak died after his head became stuck between slats of a youth bed in his San Antonio home. His mother Mrs. L J Korenak and brother Liston 11 were present. he died on arrival at Baptist Memorial Hospital.
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Tex
Larry Korenak
Baptist Memorial Hospital
L. J. Korenak
Liston
Randall Orders Six Right of Way Suits
Randall County commissioners ordered six condemnation suits to acquire right of way for the Amarillo Canyon Expressway. A. W. Lair was directed to file proceedings against Manning Mathes Weigard Jenkins the Bush Estate and Clinton G Hail. They also approved $12 000 for expressway right of way and set Manning Mathes and others at appraised values with moving costs.
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Randall County
W. H. Manning
Rose Mathes
G. Weigard
W. Jenkins
Frazier McGuire
McGuire
Big State Auction Associates
Randall County Right of Way
Manning
Mathes
Weigard
Widow Discovers Oil While Drilling for Water in Texas
In Georgetown area, widow Mrs. W. H. Percy struck oil at 640 feet while drilling for water. She said the drought ruined vegetation and air conditioner use, but praised the well as a potential paying producer and a chance for new shrubs and a possible additional water well. The discovery created the first oil find in the Jonah community.
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Georgetown
Tex
W. H. Percy
Drouth
Jonah
Rival Plans Offered at Suez Conference
India and the United States submitted competing plans to the Suez conference urging Egypt to relinquish full canal control. The Indian proposal would let Egypt run the canal with an international user group advising on development and finances. The U S plan favors an international board with Egypt as one member among many.
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India
United States
Egypt
Europe
Asia
Africa
Republican Convention Tuesday Session Program in San Francisco
The program lists opening music at 5 30 p m with call to order by Sen William F Knowland as temporary chairman, colors pledge national anthem invocation and reports on credentials permanent organization and rules followed by speeches by Rep Joseph W Martin Jr and a slate of women speakers led by Miss Bertha S Adkins and others including Mrs Ivy Baker Priest and former President Herbert Hoover as addressing figures.
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William F. Knowland
California
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Iowa
Marie Mason Higgins
Chicago
C. E. Roberts
Virginia
Barrington Parker
Washington, D.C
Herbert Hoover
No Conflict Yet At GOP Meeting
Confident Republicans gathered at the centennial national convention as Nixon appears to hold the vice presidency. Maryland Governor McKeldin declined to enter the race against Nixon, saying it would be foolish to present his name. Harold Stassen still hopes to block Nixon, while Nebraska's Terry Carpenter muses on nominating someone else if Eisenhower does not indicate a preference. The opening hours show little suspense on candidates or platform.
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Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
Nixon
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Terry Carpenter
Eisenhower
Carpenter
Little Bo Peep
Dallas Soldier Forsakes Reds
Pvt. Philip E. Morand of Dallas returned to the U S Army after nearly eight years in Communist territory. He was absent from Linz Austria since 1948 and said Russians arrested him in the Soviet zone. He surrendered to Army authorities in West Berlin and remains under arrest as investigators review possible desertion charges.
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Philip E. Morand
Dallas
Tex
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Linz
Austria
Hungary
Bautzen
East Germany
ADN
West Berlin
Prayer at Republican Convention Urges Unity and Global Responsibility
Auxiliary Bishop Hugh A. Donohoe led a prayer at the Cow Palace in San Francisco urging delegates at the Republican national convention to purge partisanship and self interest. He asked them to recognize the gravity of their task in nominating a candidate whose election would affect Americans and people worldwide.
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Cow Palace
San Francisco
Hugh A. Donohoe
Leonard W Hall Opens Convention Session at 11 26 A M
National chairman Leonard W Hall set the convention mood by bouncing to the lectern to open the first session at 11 26 a m Pacific time.
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Tional
Leonard W. Hall
Lectern
Texans Accept GOP Civil Rights Plank Say They Can Live With It
Texas delegates at the National Republican Convention, led by Thad Hutcheson of Houston, say they can live with the final civil rights plank. He notes concessions to Southern interests, including wording on local accomplishment, though no great victory is claimed.
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Resolutions Committee
Thad Hutcheson
Houston
Hutcheson
Republican civil rights plank calls for all deliberate speed
In San Francisco on August 20 AP reports GOP platform drafters urged eliminating racial segregation in public schools with all deliberate speed through federal courts. The tentative plank, approved by a 105 member committee, aligned with Supreme Court rulings yet urged intelligent study and goodwill to achieve progress.
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Republican Platform
Republican Party
Prescott Bush
Connecticut
Chicago
Supreme Court
Stassen Sees 50-50 Chance for Dump Nixon
In San Francisco on August 20 Harold Stassen maintained a 50-50 outlook for his dump Nixon campaign. He said Republican delegates are hearing from home and many are delaying endorsements for Nixon. Eisenhower has stated Nixon is acceptable as running mate, though he leaves the final choice to the convention delegates.
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Harold EF. Stassen
Nixon
Eisenhower
AFL-CIO to Pick Ticket Next Week
The AFL-CIO will decide next week whether to endorse the Democratic ticket or take a neutral stance in the upcoming presidential election. The Executive Council meets at Forest Park Pennsylvania to determine the union's nationally significant political position after the December merger.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
Forest Park
Adlai Stevenson
D Day Sale Seen At Stock Auction
Rains in the Texas Panhandle over the weekend kept cattle receipts down but Amarillo Livestock Auction Co. opened with more than 5 000 head in pens. The total was about 1 000 above normal for Monday, ensuring at least three days of selling.
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Daily News
Amarillo Livestock Auction Co
Texas Panhandle
Pan
Hall and Truman In Accord At GOP Convention
Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall said he agrees with former President Truman that the Democrats nominated a loser. He contrasted Truman’s view with Stevenson cannot win and will not carry a state. Hall praised Eisenhower Nixon and declared the GOP will nominate a winner at San Francisco.
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Eisenhower
Adlai
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Kefauver
GOP
Richard M. Nixon
America
Chicago
Baseball Scores Across Leagues Saturday News Roundup
Western League results Sioux City 12 Amarillo 7 Topeka and Pueblo 5 Colorado Springs 6 5 Lincoln 1 Des Moines 16 Albuquerque 8 11 National League Milwaukee 3 Cincinnati 1 Only game scheduled American League games scheduled
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