Eisenhower Seeks Farm Belt Support in 1952 Drive
President Eisenhower launches a campaign push toward the Farm Belt days after a nationwide radio TV address asserting strength to meet presidential duties. Stevenson plans remarks in Silver Springs Md. Kefauver and Truman are targeted in party strategy. Dulles leads canal users plan gains backing at Suez talks with Turkey Portugal and others backing the concept.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Farm Belt
Adlai Stevenson
Washington, D. C
Stevenson
Silver Springs
GOP National Committee
Minne
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Truman
Madison
Wis
GOP
Moorehead
Minn
Ameri
Portsmouth Meat Packers Strike Triggers 29,000 Walkouts
In Chicago and Portsmouth area, 29,000 meat workers strike across 37 Swift & Co. plants disrupting operations. Portsmouth, with about 40,000 people, lacks telephone service as Ohio Consolidated struggles to reopen exchanges amid police protection concerns and attacks on repair crews. Local officials and Governor Lausche monitor progress as unions mobilize, with some arrests near stockyards and gate checks at plant entrances.
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Portsmouth
Dot Meat Packers
Swift
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co
Sciotoville
Ohio Consolidated
Seiotoville
Robert L. Moulton
State Utilities Commission
George Mingle
State Highway Patrol
Columbus
Lausche
C. E. Williams
Merl Odle
Williams
Chicago
Swift & Co
National Brotherhood of Packinghouse Workers
Amalgamated! ‘Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen
United Packinghouse Workers
Afl-Cio
Resegregation Not Goal Of Study Says Senator
Washington news notes debate over integrated schools in District of Columbia and national views on resegregation. Senator Williams and other witnesses discuss district attempts, four track system, and observed declines in scholastic achievement and discipline since merger.
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Ators
Toda
Washington Public
John Bell Williams
D-Miss
Mississippi
Washington
District of Columbia
Williams
Board of Education
John S Paul Collins
Joe Smith Switches to Democratic Party
Joe Smith, long-time Republican, registered as a Democrat this week in Greensboro, citing discontent with the party's national convention and its perceived smug attitude. His wife Margaret also switched parties.
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Joe Smith
Ureensboro
N. v
Alver
Margaret
Cities Given Road Advice From Interstate Debate
Glenn C. Richards told the Regional Businessmen's Highway Conference that cities must pay 10 percent of interstate road costs inside city limits. He noted the federal share is 90 percent and that Ohio officials had wavered between full city payment and compromises, while highway council demands kept the 10 percent city share. Several major cities threatened to resist compromise.
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Columbus
Detroit
Glenn C. Richards
Neil House
J. Lausche
Cites
Highway Construction Council
Ohio
Richards
Congress
Women Repair Road To Shame Officials
In Pikeville Kentucky twenty housewives took to shovels and picks to repair Coburn Hollow road near Huddy to shame county officials. Led by Mrs Landon Rutherford they say promises to blacktop the road were not kept. They completed about a half mile and plan to resume Friday on the next mile.
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Pikeville
Coburn Hollow
Huddy
Landon Rutherford
Russia’s Fleet Expansion Prompts NATO Submarine Report
A NATO team of six experts told the American Association of Port Authorities that Russia is building the world’s largest submarine fleet, adding three subs every two weeks to an estimated 400. They noted Moscow’s navy growth over the last year moved it from seventh to second in global naval power, behind the United States, with Vice Admiral James H. Thach Jr. leading the briefing.
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Philadelphia
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Russia
NATO
American Assny
Red Navy
United States
James H. Thach Jr
U. S. Navy
Bargains and Want Ads Fire Up Reader Interest
A bustling classified section touts real bargains and yard sales. It promises eager buyers for needs and wants, urging readers to place want ads to reach thousands and boost profits.
Want Ad 31292 Offers Low Cancellation
Classified notice shows want ad number 31292 promising low cancellation terms and an invitation to inquire for details. The readable text is fragmentary but indicates a procurement or service offer with a price or incentive.
Marine corporal to face special court martial at Parris Island
Erie corporal Richard J. Bille, 21, will be tried on charges of maltreating a green recruit after Pvt. Donald Hamisfar, 20, accused him of slugging him in the stomach on Aug. 23 during recruit training. Bille was transferred to cleaning duties after a hearing before Lt. Col. Oscar Peatross. Hamisfar testified he was punched and pushed during equipment draw. Unlike Sgt. Matthew C. McKeon, who was convicted of negligent homicide in a recent general court-martial, Bille faces court-martial for mistreatment under orders.
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Parris Island
Marine Corps
Erie
Richard J. Bille
Donald Hamisfar
Norwalk
Ohio
Hamisfar
Bille
Oscar Peatross
Hamilfar
Matthew C. McKeon
Eisenhower to Visit Boone in Campaign Swing
President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie Eisenhower prepare to stay overnight in Boone Iowa as he resumes campaigning for re election. The couple will travel from the National Field Days near Newton and attend informal talks while visiting Mrs Eisenhower’s birthplace and staying with Mr and Mrs Joel Carlson in a four bedroom home built by Carl Carlson in 1870.
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Boone
Iowa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mamie
National Field
Newton
Eisenhower
Joel Carlson
Hom
Carl Carlson
Eisenhowers
Chicago
Stabilizing Rules Eyed For Telephone Rates
Columbus report: Proposed rules by the state utilities commission would stabilize the special hookup charge for new subscribers where line extensions are needed. The rules aim to make charges uniform across the state for providing service to new customers.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Dead Ringer for Apollo Godlike Presley Draws Greek Comparisons
Art professor Harry Wood of Arizona State College at Tempe calls Elvis Presley a dead ringer for Apollo and Hermes, noting the duck bill haircut and sideburns echo classical statues. He cites Greek sculpture’s move toward naturalism and the appeal of dynamic poses.
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Tempe
Ariz
Elvis Presley
Apollo
Hermes
Presley
Harry Wood
Arizona State College
Greece
Wood
Frankfort lawyer predicts official acts will integrate schools
In Kentucky a lawyer argues that desegregation should proceed via official acts rather than court orders. He compares Presley’s depiction of an archetype to current aims, urging orderly desegregation through state actions. The piece ties in figures like General Joe Ferguson and points to Clay and Sturgis as testing sites.
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Frankfort
Clay and
Sturgis
Joe Ferguson
Ferguson
Arizona State
Educa
Presley
Athens
Kentucky
Clay
Supreme
Chauncey
Delphi
Gallipolis
Ador- McArthur i
Nelsonville
Point Pleasant
Pomeroy-Middleport
Joan Crawford
Television 14
Gregory Peck
Ohio Urges Swift Sewage Plant Construction Despite Aid
Ohio Water Pollution Control Board told municipalities not to delay waste treatment projects awaiting federal aid. Federal funds total 1.65 million this year with about 50 communities hoping to share. Aid covers only 30 percent or 250 thousand dollars, whichever is smaller, and future funding is not assured. Construction costs rise about 1 percent monthly, risking any potential gains from delays.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Water Pollution Control Board
Gas line expansion aims to boost Texas to New England flow
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co announced a 166 million dollar expansion to raise the Texas to New England natural gas line capacity to nearly two percent. The plan seeks Federal Power Commission approval to link Louisiana tidal lands gas reserves with a 220 mile transmission system. It calls for 1085 miles of new pipeline six new compressor stations and expansion at seven existing stations. Compressor stations would be expanded in Tennessee Kentucky Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
New England
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Washington
Federal Power Commission
Louisiana Tidelands
Tennesee
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Blind man appeals to serve on jury case in California
Dominic J. Sposeto of Oakland appeals to the State District Court of Appeals to direct Alameda County jury officials to allow him to fill out a juror affidavit. He says he was refused eligibility because he is blind and argues the law barring jurors lacking natural faculties excludes him.
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San Francisco
Dominic J. Sposeto
Oakland
State District Court of Appeals
Alameda County
Sposeto
Plane sets new altitude record in rocket flight
Buffalo's Morning Express claims the Bell X2 rocket plane reached about 126000 feet 123.86 miles with Air Force officer Capt Iven Kincheloe credited in Edwards AFB test flights last week. West Berlin refugees reach one million at refugee center. Scottish Rite Masons open their 144th annual meeting in Cincinnati.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Buffalo ourier-Express
Air Force
Iven C. Kincheloe
Edwards Air Force Base
Polio Reaches Highest Mark This Year
Washington reports 956 new polio cases last week, the year’s peak. Public Health Service notes Utah and South Dakota did not report, but overall rise of 101 cases beyond the 855 the prior week, with no alarm or Chicago outbreak.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Utah
South Dakota
Chicago
Health Service
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