Adlai Stevenson Opens Party Campaign with Barkley
Adlai E. Stevenson and Vice President Alben Barkley campaign launch for Labor Day with speeches at the Illinois State Fair and in Detroit and Milwaukee. Nixon accuses Stevenson of being “the bosses’ candidate” as Stevenson and Barkley defend the ticket and plan further strategy with party leaders in Chicago.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Alben Barkley
Truman
Stevenson
Barkley
Illinois State Fair
Richard M. Nixon
California
White House
Illinois
Detroit
Milwaukee
Special Strategy Board
Democratic National Committee
Stephen A. Mitchell
Chicago
Paul Fitzpatrick
New York
Fitzpatrick
American Legion
New York City
Three Bandits Seize $70000 From Warren Bank Official
Three masked men forced a Warren bank official’s car off the road and robbed him of about $70,000 in cash. Charley Foley, the bank’s Woodland Avenue branch manager, said two robbers leaped from a getaway car with a shotgun and revolver. A neighborhood woman noted the license plate as the bandits fled, Foley unharmed. State troopers and deputies set roadblocks after the incident.
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Central Coal Strike Halts Work at Graham Station
360 miners of UMW Local 9586 at Central Coal Co halted operations over a management dispute. The plant at Graham Station and related operations are at a standstill. no workers reported for the 4 p.m. shift as of Wednesday. Central Coal supplies about 2600 tons daily to the Philip Sporn generating plant.
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Point Pleasant
Central Coal Company
Graham Station Company
UMW
Central Coal Co
Philip Sporn
Atom Plant Dollars Stretch a Long Way
In WAVERLY Ohio a new atomic energy plant near hills is projected to cost 1.2 billion dollars. If laid end to end in one-dollar bills the total length would reach 113,636 miles four and a half times around the world, prompting a local resident to wonder if the first bill would still be there upon return.
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Waverly
Ohio
Atomic Energy
Hills
Eisenhower Rejects Truman Briefing Invitation
General Dwight D. Eisenhower declined President Truman's request for a confidential briefing on international affairs. He cited a duty to remain free for independent analysis and warned the move could confuse the public. Stevenson received a briefing at the White House, while Nixon denounced the meeting as a campaign mistake.
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Adlai Stevenson
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White House
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Stevenson
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Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
United States
Europe
Asia
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Harold F. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
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GOP
Eden Marries Churchill Niece in Civil Ceremony
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden wed Clarissa Churchill, 32, niece of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, in a brief civil ceremony at Caxton Hall London. Churchill attended as witness. no royal family presence due to divorce. The event lasted about five minutes with cheers from a crowd of about 2000.
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London
Anthony Eden
Clarissa Churchill
Winston Churchill
Caxton Hall
Eden
Beatrice Beckett
New York City
Sir Timothy Eden
Churchill
Champ Keeps Plow Crown at Ohio Field Day
Martin Cummins of Lewiston defends his plowing title at Serpent Mound farm in a crowd of about 25 000. Hugh French of Zanesville took second in the eight man field and Goettemoeller recaptured the level land crown from Franklin Stoner Jr. of Celina as he earned a berth to Minnesota's national matches.
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West Union
Martin Cummins
Lawrence Goettemoeller
Cummins
Lewiston
Logan County
Serpent Mound Farm
Minnesota
Hugh French
Zanesville
Goettemoeller
St. Henry
Mercer County
Franklin Stoner Jr
Celina
Accuse W Va Youth In Extortion Attempt
A 20 year old former high school honor student Larry Paul Fudge is accused of extorting 750 dollars from 17 year old Carole Mae Kingsley by death threats. He will undergo a psychiatric examination at the Federal Reformatory Chillicothe Ohio this week after being arrested by the FBI following a mailed note demanding the money.
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W. Va
Federal Reformatory
Chillicothe
Ohio
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Carole Mae Kingsley
FBI
Fudge
Kansas City Star Raises Subscriptions In Kansas City Area
The Kansas City Star announces a subscription increase effective Sept. 1. In the greater Kansas City area prices rise to 40 cents weekly and 1.74 dollars monthly for morning evening and Sunday editions, a 22 cent monthly hike. outside the metro area the price goes up five cents weekly.
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The
Kansas City Star
Ding Dong Daddy of the Line Married Again and Abandoned
Francis H. Van Wie, 66, a former San Francisco streetcar conductor and lion tamer, wed Amelia Pritchard, 73, in Las Vegas. Nine days later she locked him out of their apartment in Los Angeles saying she will decide her future as she has five children.
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Los Angeles
Francis H. van Wie
San Francisco
Amelia Pritchard
van Wie
Belgium to Cut Conscription in Shock to NATO Defense Plans
Belgium plans to reduce the conscription period from 24 to 21 months provoking friction with NATO allies and complicating Gen. Ridgway’s European army. Brussels cited domestic unrest and failed attempts to align with neighbors as reasons for the move, while critics warn two years remains the minimum for reserve readiness.
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Washington
Matthew B Ridgway
Brussels
European Defense Community
Norway
Netherlands
France
Italy
Great Britain
EDC
Ridgway
Congress
Urgent Tax Decision Looms as New President Takes Oath
Washington experts warn a five billion dollar tax cut will take effect if Congress does not act by Dec 31 1953. Individual rates revert to earlier levels, corporate taxes shrink, and several excises are reduced, reshaping the post election fiscal path.
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Eisenhower
Stevenson
Congress
SS NR
Adlai Fk, Stevenson
Dwight D Eisenhower
Truman Aims Unchanged Despite Stevenson Candidacy
A confidant says President Truman will stay in the background of the 1952 campaign for practical reasons. He believes Stevenson would be handicapped campaigning as a Truman understudy and that Truman’s goal is to be remembered for policies that endure.
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Washington
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Mark Sullivan Dies at 78 In West Chester
Mark Sullivan 78, a nationally known newspaper columnist and former editor of Collier's Magazine, died of a heart attack at Chester County Hospital. A lifelong Chester County resident born in Avondale on Sept 11, 1874, he began in newspapers at 19 and later co owned a paper.
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Mark Sullivan
Chester County Hospital
Sullivan
Collier's Magazine
Chester County
Avondale
Pennsylvania
Land Buy Begins for 1 Billion Atomic Plant Site
Army engineers started purchasing 6500 acres of Pike County land for a billion dollar atomic energy complex. TVA surveyors map a four year site with 30,000 workers planned. about 100 workers expected by winter and 50 farm families to move. Federal notices target 110 landowners for condemnation.
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Waverly
Pike County
Tennessee Valley Authority
Columbus
Byrnes Backs Independent Elector Petition in South Carolina
Gov James F Byrnes signed a petition for an independent slate of presidential electors pledged to Gen Dwight D Eisenhower in Columbia. Byrnes said he would vote for Adlai Stevenson for now but reserved final judgment before the November election. The petition is circulated by South Carolinians for Eisenhower, mostly Democrats, who expect to win 10 000 signers to nominate Eisenhower for the independent ticket.
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Columbia
James F Byrnes
Fisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Byrnes
Eisenhower
Ita
Mrs. Floyd Davis Rites In Pomeroy This Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Floyd Davis, who died at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens, are set for 2 pm Friday at Trevey Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Ravenswood.
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Floyd Davis
Armas Hospital
Athens
Trevey Funeral Home
Ravenswood
Marines Halt Fierce Red Attacks on Bunker Hill
U S Marines repelled two heavy communist assaults to hold Bunker Hill in Western Korea. UN briefing said enemy casualties were heavy as Marines and air forces continued bombardment near Panmunjom.
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Korea
Bunker Hill
Leatherneck
Panmunjom
Ohio Couple Found Dead in Suspected Murder Suicide
Police reported a shotgun murder suicide near Columbus. George Bodye, a painter, and Irene Buck, both of Columbus, were found dead in a rented car on a country lane. Sheriff Lt. Ellsworth Beck identified the victims and suspects Bodye shot Buck twice then killed himself.
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Ellsworth Beck
George Bodye
A. Painter
Irene Buck
Beck
Misa Buck
Salami Tactics Crown Rakosi in Hungary Cleanup
Matyas Rakosi's premiership marks the final purge of rival parties as the Communists consolidate power in Hungary. The takeover follows his plan of coalition with other parties before absorbing them, a method likened to slicing salami. The Social Democrats merged with the Communists in June 1948 after a coercive campaign.
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Hungary
Matyas Rakoci
Rakosis
Romania
Ana Pauker
Georghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Rakoski
Budapest
Moscow
Social Democratic Party
Social Democrats
Coal powered plants to back Atomic Energy Commission site
Government officials announce two electric generating plants costing 350 to 400 million dollars will be built to supply power for the Atomic Energy Commission plant in Pike County. The cooperative venture by 15 electric companies will consume about 7.5 million tons of coal annually and generate 2.2 million kilowatts, with 1.8 million reserved for the atomic plant and the rest for emergencies. Site at Pike County chosen over Point Pleasant for its water, power, labor, land, and accessibility. West Virginia Governor Okey Patteson protests the selection, urging reconsideration and noting benefits available at Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Atomic Energy Commission
Pike County
Detroit
Portsmouth
R. Saphie
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Okey Patteson
West Virginia Inc
AEC
Gordon Dean
West Virginia
Siready
Farner
Hie
ABC
Alan
Sapine
Fifteen Survive Plane Crash Near Spokane Washington
Fifteen airmen bailed out of a B29 bomber near Spokane Washington before it crashed and burned. Fairchild Air Force Base reported the crew leaped to safety as the plane developed engine trouble. An hour after the crash five flyers were accounted for, base officials said.
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Spokane
Wash
Here
Fairchild Air Force Base
Superfort
GE Pay Boosts Rejected by Two Large Unions
Wage increases and other benefits offered by General Electric Co to about 200 000 employees were turned down by two major unions representing most workers. The unions rejected the pay boost plans as insufficient.
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General Electric
New York
General Electric Co
Ohio land value dwarfed by new atomic plant cost
In Waverly Ohio a planned atomic energy plant costing 1.2 billion dollars looms over Pike and Scioto counties. Pike County land and property total only 19.56 million dollars while Scioto township land sits at 276 thousand dollars. The state totals show public and exempt property valued at 1.397 billion dollars, highlighting disparity between vast plant costs and regional values.
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Ohio
Pike County
Scioto Eee
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