May Spring An Upset in Democratic 1960 race
Governor Adlai Stevenson has withdrawn from the presidential race leaving Senator Kefauver as the sole avowed candidate. The Dixiecrats back a candidate but the field remains open and several Democrats are rumored to consider runs. Kefauver gains delegates and has previously surprised party stalwarts by beating Crump in Tennessee.
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Adlai Stevenson
Kefauver
Stout
Crump
Tennessee
National Party
Aaiternold Spring Breathes Through Burning Leaves
A blue haze drifts over the countryside as spring returns and leaves burn away. The scent of burning foliage fills the air while smoke signals the end of one season and the rise of another, a ritual that affects those with hay fever and sinus discomfort.
Taft Gains Ground in New Jersey Delegates Rally
Taft backers call the New Jersey showing a moral victory as he captured 31 percent of the Republican vote without campaigning. Five to six delegates are pledged to Taft, boosting his influence at the upcoming convention and signaling growing support within the party.
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Taft
New Jersey
Editorial Briefs on Graft and Moscow Proposals
The piece argues Moorer never drew a federal salary and critiques Russian peace plans for limiting Western defense. It suggests bold reformers who expose graft could rise to national leadership, noting governors often emerge from state prosecutors and crime fighters.
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Washington
White House
Douglas backs Kefauver for Democratic nomination
Illinois Senator Peal M. Douglas endorses Estes Kefauver of Tennessee as the best available candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. He says he is in Kefauver's army and will not seek the party ticket himself, noting Kefauver has a strong chance to win the nomination.
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Washington
Peal MW
Douglas
D-Il
Estes Kednever
Tennessee
Adlai Stevenson
Uliners
Stevenson
Kefauver
Ilinois
Local real estate transfers include Griswold and Dorsey acreage
Griswold and B F Anderson bought the H H Dorsey acreage on Swede street and will move from the Wright township farm with their son John H Anderson and his family also residing there. Gene Lewis bought the Truitt estate home near the Methodist church.
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Griswold
B. F. Anderson
H. H. Dorsey
Swede Street
Wright Township
John H. Anderson
Gene Lewis
Truitt
Atlantic News-Telegraph Market and Subscription Rates
Evening newspaper summary from 1912 details subscription prices by carrier and mail for Cass county Iowa and nearby areas, with rates for one month to one year and varying regions, noting post office entry and association affiliations.
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News-Telegraph Pub. Corp
D. Simpson
Jas
News Daily Press
Ascoih
Yowa Press Association
National Editorial Association
Atlantic
Cass
Iowa
U. 8
Canada
Campaign by Silence and the Leadership Question in Eisenhower Bid
The essay argues that campaign by silence reflects a leadership principle tied to a superman ideal. It warns Eisenhower must explain his views on FEPC Taft Hartley law and other issues once he campaigns. It notes Abilene as a hoped visit site and outlines reporters' potential questions and economic challenges facing a future president.
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Mussolini
Hitler
United States
George Washington
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Eisenhower
General Eisenhower
Abilene
Kansas
FEPC
CIO
Texas
California
Louisiana
Tax payoffs of asphalt kings exposed in wartime scheme
The column recalls a 1948 payoff of 35,000 dollars to dodge taxes by Virginia contractors W. J. Hardy and F. McKenzie Davison. The money, in a brown Manila envelope, was to fund a Democratic campaign and a supposed Mr X, with Vesey Prince and Clineburg attorneys.
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Washington
W. J. Hardy
F. McKenzie Davison
Pentagon
Sam
Virginia
Hardy
Davison
Asphalt Kings
Howard Vesey
Democratic
Vesey
Democratic Campaign Fund
Shepard
Aso
Tex
Mr. X
Asbestos Kings In Court Case And Capital Power
James J. Shepard Jr and Walter Maloney deny involvement in an attempted fix over the Hardy Davison case. They claim limited consultation and fees, with no influence used. Harry Byrd and others are pressed, while two asphalt kings serve jail terms. The report also notes reformers like Matt Neely and Herman Welker in graft probes, Stalin’s health and May Day plans, and Truman’s expansion of intelligence abroad.
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Shepard
James J. Shepard, Jr
Kansas City
Davison
Walter Maloney
Maloney
Washington
Harry Truman
Missouri
Jackson County
President Truman
Pendergast
Asphalt Kings
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Byrd
U. S
George Hamrickhouse
Richmond
Congress
New York
Arnold Bauman
Herman Welker
Idaho
Senate Rules Committee
Reporter Magazine
Stalin
Kremlin
Truman
Rational Security Council
Global tensions loom as U S intel chiefs brace for new threats
United States intelligence chiefs will be reshaped under Gen Bedell Smith as fear mounts over a possible Korean War resumption and a Soviet push toward East Asia. French premier Pinay warns of a large Communist invasion risk after a Korean clash. Ridgway flags Siberian missiles and a Moscow led underground network targeting the Pacific.
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United States
Pearl Harbor
Bedell Smith
Central Intelligence
France
Antoine Pinay
Pentagon
Korea
Pinay
Indo-China
Japan
Ridgway
Siberia
Molotov
Chita
Par East
Tokyo
trans-Bibérian Railway
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Seven Candies On A Frosted Cake Birthday Rhyme
Edgar A Guest poem notes seven as the birthday number with Jane aging from seven to eight. It reflects yearly changes, birthday rituals, and playful customs. The second piece contrasts population growth since 1900 with a rise in cancer deaths over the past year.
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Jane
Edgar A. Guest
U. S
The Complete Angler Omaha and the First Christian church
A compact item notes Omaha and the First Christian church at Red Oak. The message urges against driving after drinking, promoting safe behavior.
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Omaha
First Christian Church
Red Oak
Montgomery Rites At Elliott Church
Hazel Leona Montgomery 51 died Saturday at a West Point Nebraska hospital funeral held Tuesday at Elliott Christian church Rev Wm Lee officiated Burial followed at Hillside cemetery Survivors include brothers Harold R Saint Crescent and Harry G Saint Council Bluffs Montgomery born in Elliott 1901 lived in Omaha and belonged to Vested Chapter O E S Rainbow Post American Legion Auxiliary of descrip not complete
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Elliott
The
Christian Church
Hazel Leona Montgomery
West Point
Neb
Wm. Lee
Hillside Cemetery
Harold R. Saint
Crescent
Harry G. Saint
Council Bluffs
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Frank Tompkin
George £. Sokolsky
Merry
Drew Pearson
Arlington Aephele Kings
Brown Menila
Pearson
Capital News
Angler
Montgomery
Elliott Church
West Side
LaVista Pleas
Highland
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Sanny
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