Eisenhower Delivers Whistle Stop Speech at Point Pleasant
In Point Pleasant Dwight D. Eisenhower drew about 5000 people for a 15 minute whistlestop with Ike greeting tri state crowds. He addressed Nixon expense controversy praising courage and noting the need to meet Americans face to face amid campaign efforts with local Republicans and supporters in attendance.
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Point Pleasant
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tri-State
Baltimore and Ohio
Wahama
Nixon Fund
Nixon
Eisenhower
Kenneth W. Shaffer
Will Neal
Huntington
Rush D. Holt
Holt Chapman Revercomb
U.S. Senate
Walter S. Hallanan
National Republican Committee
Bartow Jones
Jones
West Virginia
Ike
Eisenhower Nixon rally after strong GOP backing in Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia Gen. Dwight D Eisenhower and Sen Richard M Nixon received a 107 to 0 vote of confidence from the Republican National Committee. Eisenhower defended Nixon amid questions over private expense funds as thousands filled Wheeling Municipal Stadium to witness the event.
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Eisenhower Special
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Wheeling
W.va
Eisenhower
West Virginia
Maryland
Nixon
Salt Lake City
Republican National Committee
GOP
Hope Fades for Missing French Sub and Crew of 48
The French Navy abandoned hope for the submarine Sibylle and its 48 crew after it disappeared during Riviera maneuvers. An oil slick near St Tropez prompted searches by ships and planes, but depth limits and dwindling oxygen suggested a likely loss in waters around 2100 feet deep.
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Paris
Sibylle
Mediterranean
Riviera
Navy
France
Toulon
St Tropez
Ministry
Cannes
Isle of Porquerolles
Stevenson Eyes Dixie Campaign Swing For Pivotal Weeks
Adlai E Stevenson plans a rapid tour through the South and Midwest to bolster support as Democratic tensions flare in Louisiana and Texas. He will campaign in Indiana Kentucky and Chicago with flyovers to Ohio and Iowa while aides report a push to mend southern rifts amid Eisenhower Nixon fund controversy.
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Springfield
Goy
Adlai E. Stevenson
GOP
Dixie
Southland
Stevenson
Illinois
South
Midwest
Sen
Russell Long
Louisiana
Robert Kennon
Allan Shivers
Texas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Indiana
Kentucky
Chicago
Ohio
Iowa
Wheeling
W. Va
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
California
Nixon
Slayer Given Life Sentence
Lawrence Goldsby was sentenced to life without parole for killing Patrolman D. Stinchcomb and three bus passengers on May 12. The 21 year old drifter fired a gun aboard a crowded Cleveland bus after an arson attempt and fire on a woman passenger. The jury reached the verdict after nine hours of deliberation.
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Cleveland
Lawrence Goldsby
D. Stinchcomb
Stinchcomb
Goldsby
Ohio
Comedian Hope Signs $2 Million Radio Pact
Bob Hope signed a two million dollar contract for six weekly shows across day and night slots. General Foods Corp will sponsor the tapes and broadcasts. The plan includes a 15 minute daytime show weekdays and a 30 minute night variety show tentatively set for Tuesdays.
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Hollywood
Bob Hope
Hope
General Foods Corp
Phone Rate Increase Hearings Continue in Ohio
The state utilities commission continues hearings on a rate increase requested by Ohio General Telephone Co. The proposed hike totals 1 326 dollars equating to 12 dollars a year to attract capital for more improvements. Company president C E Williams of Marion said the firm completed a 10 472 000 expansion program agreed with the commission in 1949.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Ohio General Telephone Co
C. E. Williams
Marion
Said General
Fifteen Second-String Communists Indicted Overthrow Plot
Federal grand juries indicted fifteen second-string Communist leaders for conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the U S government. Seattle Detroit and St Louis indictments allege multiple conspiracy actions under the Smith Act with penalties up to 10000 dollars fine and ten years imprisonment.
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Washington
FBI
Midwest
West Coast
Seattle
Label Caudle Honest Man
Caudle labeled an honest man by House investigators after a week of testimony on his life in administration circles. The panel noted he was indiscreet in associations and a pliant conformer to Washington's moral climate, in a joint statement by Chairman Chelf and Rep. Keating.
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Washington
T. Lamar Caudle
House
Justice Department
Chelf
D-Ky
Rep
Keating
R-Ny
Judiciary
Caudle
Taft Campaigns in Michigan Bridges GOP Support to Eisenhower
Sen. Robert A. Taft crisscrossed Michigan rallying support for Eisenhower, defending Taft Hartley and attacking high federal spending. He warned Stevenson favors presidential powers to seize struck plants and urged backing of the Republican national ticket. He spoke to about 4000 in Western Upper Peninsula and Southwest Michigan and 1500 at St. Joseph. He heads to Wisconsin next.
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Mich
Robert A. Taft
Michigan
Taft
Eisenhower
Wisconsin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Upper Peninsula
Chicago
Ohio
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
United States
Gen
St. Joseph
Stevenson
Foul Weather Quiets Front in Korea War Update
In the twenty eighth month of the Korean War heavy rain slows ground and air actions. General Mark Clark meets with top commanders at a corps headquarters behind the front as UN forces report brief clashes near Bunker and Kelly Hills and near Lake the Gooks Castle. UN ships destroy a 12 car Red supply train on the East Coast south of Songjin.
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Seoul
Korea
Mark Clark
Bunker
Kelly Hills
Gook's Castle
Navy
Songjin
Truck Crash Fatal Near Marietta Kills Stafford Man
James K. Leasure aged 24 of Stafford was killed when his coal truck left the road and crashed into a tree 28 miles southeast of Marietta on Tuesday.
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Marietta, O
James K. Leasure
Stafford
Marietta
British Warships Fight Chinese Shore Batteries Near Macau
Hong Kong reports Commodore Harold G. Dickinson saying destroyer Consort and frigate Mounts Bay fired on Chinese shore batteries after a raid on the passenger vessel Takshing. A Chinese gunboat and launch fired on Takshing, hitting the stern. two Chinese passengers were forcibly removed at Lapsapmei. The ships patrolled the area until Communist batteries opened fire.
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Hong Kong
Harold G. Dickinson
Consort
Mounts Bay
Macau
Lantao Island
Dickinson
J. B. McCaw
Lapsapmei Island
Lapsapmei
Truman Defends Caudle Firing Ouster Move
President Truman said he never regretted firing T. Lamar Caudle as assistant attorney general. Caudle, ousted last November, claimed Donald Dawson and Rep. Boykin told him Truman believed Caudle had been badly treated. Truman rejected the allegation and said he had never heard of it.
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Washington
Truman
T. Lamar Caudle
Caudle
House
Donald Dawson
White House
Rep. Boykin
D-Ala
Surgeons Decry Fee Splitting In Doctor Kickbacks
The American College of Surgeons denounces fee splitting as dishonest and unethical harming patients. Officials cite laws in 23 states and urge public disclosure of all facts. They note abuses like overcharging, ghost surgery, and lack of surgeon choice, urging county medical societies to investigate and hospitals to enforce safeguards. Columbus case shows audits ending kick-backs.
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New York
C?p
American College of Surgeons
Alton Ochsner
New Orleans
College
Columbus
Ohio
Columbus Surgical Society
Public income data urged for top government officials
President Truman called for annual public income disclosures by all top pay government officials. He reiterated support for related legislation at a news conference. He declined to comment on Eisenhower's claim about Nixon's exoneration and on Stevenson’s fundraising fund in Illinois.
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Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Rhodes Outlines Six Point Plan for State Auditor
Mayor James A. Rhodes of Columbus, Republican nominee for state auditor, pledged a six point program if elected. The plan includes hiring qualified employees, modern accounting practices, swift handling of state business, reduced unnecessary travel, non partisan administration in the bureau of inspection, and auditing reforms.
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Montpelier
James A. Rhodes
Columbus
Bureau of Inspection
Cent Fine for Liquor Violation in Tennessee
Walter Cabe, 42, father of nine, pleaded guilty to selling and possessing liquor. Judge Leslie R. Carr imposed a fine of 1 cent in lieu of costs on the district attorney general's recommendation.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Walter Cabe
Leslie R. Carr
Nixon tears in reunion with Eisenhower confirmed VP bid
In a dramatic in-flight moment Gen. Eisenhower tells Sen. Richard Nixon Youre my boy and Nixon sobs as he learns Eisenhower wants him to stay as Republican vice presidential candidate. The exchange occurred aboard a four-engine plane after Nixon finished a campaign stop in Missoula Montana.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
California
Eisenhower
Nixon
Missoula
Mont
Federal Agents Crack Ohio Narcotics Ring
Federal agents arrested more than twenty people in a Cleveland narcotics ring case tied to a $1,000,000 heroin syndicate. Irwin S. Greenfeld of the Treasury Department Narcotics Bureau said the Cleveland group supplied narcotics to Ohio and Michigan.
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Cleveland
Irwin S. Greenfeld
Michigan
Treasury Department
Narcotics Bureau
Ohio
GOP reports mass mail and telegrams on Nixon VP status
The Republican National Committee reports receiving about 80 000 telegrams and 18 sacks of mail on whether Sen Richard Nixon should remain as vice president candidate. Officials say no precise breakdown is available but they note few unfavorable views. Ohioans are said to favor Nixon staying on the ticket.
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Nixon
United States
Eisenhower
Western Union
National Committee
Cleveland
Wheeling
Missoula
Mont
Washington
Republican National
Sen
Richard Nixon
Robert Humphreys
GOP
Humphreys
Jail fugitives escape with scissors attack on sheriff
Two federal prisoners escaped Clinton County jail using scissors as weapons. George Norman, 22, recaptured minutes later after hiding under a car. Wilbur Virgil Martin, 30, remains at large heading southwest along railroad tracks. Sheriff Howard Botts was injured along with Norman in the struggle.
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Wilmington
Clinton County
George Norman
Dayton
Clemson
S. C
Wilbur Virgil Martin
Norman
Howard Botts
Martin
Botts
Lausche Seeks Planning for Pike Plant Project
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche and 12 officials met with Kentucky and AEC leaders to map organized plans for housing water and police needs tied to the Pike County atomic energy plant near Waverly. They expect 30,000 workers, a 19 month build, and a meeting on Oct 3 with local and state officials to coordinate readiness.
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Lausche
AEC
Pike
Paducah
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Pike County
Waverly
Portsmouth
Chillicothe
Kentucky
Atomic Energy Commission
Eisenhower Affirms GOP Unity Beyond Full Agreement
In a late night address Dwight D. Eisenhower says the Republican party includes all members even if they disagree on some ideas. He notes Democratic attacks on Sen. Joseph McCarthy and Sen. William Jenner while urging loyalty to shared basic objectives and principles.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Eisenhower
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
William E. Jenner
Indiana
Witness Balks Pregnant with Trial Drop in Baby Sale Case
LONG BEACH Calif Mrs Edna Schon 20 freed of charges she sold her 3 month old daughter Linda for 400 dollars after the only prosecution witness refused to testify Municipal Judge Wilbur F Downs absolved her on Wednesday The accused buyer Mrs Elizabeth G Brittain 35 balked on the witness stand saying her testimony might incriminate herself
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Long Beach
Calif
Edna Schon
Schon
Linda
Wilbur F. Downs
Elizabeth G. Brittain
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