Dixie Papers Back Ike as South Eds Favor 1952 Bid
An Associated Press survey of nearly 100 Southern newspapers shows 41 endorsing General Eisenhower or leaning that way, the most ever by editors in the region for a Republican nominee. Many editors who backed Truman or Dewey previously remain uncommitted, while several former Dewey supporters now favor Eisenhower. Oklahoma Florida Alabama supply much of Ike’s strength, with seven Alabama dailies backing him and notable endorsements in Birmingham and Montgomery.
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Atlanta
Dwight D. Eisenhower
South
Associated Press
Adlai Stevenson
Truman
Thomas Dewey
Strom Thurmond
Dewey
Thurmond
Stevenson
Sen
John Sparkman
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
Florida
Virginia
Carolinas
Eisenhower
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Enid
Okla
Ike
Birmingham
Montgomery
Birmingham Post-Herald
Montgomery Advertiser
Dothan Eagle
Fke
Reds Flee Bayonets At Old Baldy In Korea War
U N and Allied forces renewed fighting across Korea as 75 F84 Thunderjet fighters joined air operations while a ground assault recaptured Old Baldy hill near Chorwon. Night battles left hundreds of Chinese Reds reported down the mud slopes, with heavy rain delaying evacuations.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
United Nations
North Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
Old Baldy Hill
U. S
Korea-Manchuria
Tokyo
O. P. Weyland
U. S. Far East
Old Baldy
Chorwon
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
WWII Torpedo Destroys French Dredger at Boulogne
In Boulogne sur Mer France a World War II torpedo exploded while a dredger named Pas de Calais ll was raising debris from the harbor floor Eleven seamen are dead or missing and six are injured as the 1 289 ton vessel sank after the blast rattling doors and windows throughout the town.
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Boulogne Sur Mer
France
Pas de Calais
Boulogne
Bandit Robs Iowa Bank in Ankeny
A two gun bandit robbed the Ankeny State Bank of 25720 dollars at 7 10 am CST taking cash from a vault after forcing assistant cashier Wayne Rowland to open it. The robber fled in a car parked nearby leaving Rowland locked in the vault until another employee arrived.
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Ankeny
Ankeny State Bank
Des Moines
Iowa Bankers Association
Iowa
John Dillinger
First National Bank of
Mason City
Wayne Rowland
Ankeny Bank
John Deere Des Moines
Rowland
Giant atom powered fleet seen
FRANK CAREY reports that the Atomic Energy Commission asked Westinghouse to develop an atomic engine for large vessels such as aircraft carriers. The move follows progress on nuclear powered aircraft and submarine engines, with implications for 100000 mile world cruises and submarines that can cruise submerged indefinitely without surfacing.
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Washington
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Westinghouse Electric Company
AEC
Congress
Drastic Pork Curbs To Be Relaxed Nationwide
Federal rules to curb vesicular exanthema in swine herds are expected to ease state bans in Georgia Florida and Louisiana and resume interstate pork movement. The disease remains swine only and not contagious to humans or other livestock. Geo A Hormel & Company says Atlanta unit back to business as usual under federal permit.
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Georgia
Florida
Louisiana
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Atlanta
Truman Proclaims State of Emergency Over Hog Disease
President Truman announced a state of emergency as vesicular exanthema spreads to 16 states, triggering federal actions to control the hog disease.
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Truman
Kansas City
Temporary Gas Rate Hike Granted by Commission
The power commission allowed Northern Natural Gas Company of Omaha to raise annual wholesale natural gas rates by about 3 million dollars temporarily under bond. The company had requested roughly 10.6 million, but the commission disallowed 7.6 million and ordered new rate schedules for the approved amount, with possible future action pending. The ruling followed a staff motion to dismiss portions of the proposal already decided on June 11.
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Washington
The
Power Commission
Northern Natural Gas Company
Omaha
Neb
Northern Natural
Commission
Northern
Colored Corps in Spam Day Parade
Blooming Prairie businessmen have engaged the Gopher North Star Colored Drum and Bugle Corps from St. Paul for the Spam Day parade. H. B. Lidstone, Austin Chamber of Commerce secretary, said today.
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Blooming Prairie
Gopher North Star Colored
St. Paul
H. B. Lidstone
Austin Chamber of Commerce
CAN'T WIN LOSE QUIT BUT CAN DIE COPTER FRONTLINE VIEW
Reporter James A. Michener describes a helicopter ride with U S Marines in Korea near Panmunjom and a hill inside enemy lines. The piece highlights brutal heat shells and a vivid frontline scene as he recounts artillery missions and the constant threat of intrusion by Communist forces.
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James A. Michener
U. S
Korea
Seoul
Panmunjom
Coast Guard releases photo of four lighted orbs in V formation
Washington Coast Guard HQ released a photograph by 21 year old Shell R. Alpert showing four round lights with two shafts of light in a V pattern. Aghast observers, the two men present noted possible refractive effects or reflections. The image was captured July 16 at the Salem air station lab window after brief sighting of wavering lights.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Shell R. Alpert
Salem
Mass
Alpert
Thomas Flaherty
14 New Polio Cases Reported in State
Minneapolis report states 14 new polio cases push this year total to 204 with eight deaths noted by the state health department. The update reflects ongoing infantile paralysis activity in the region and underscores public health vigilance.
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Minneapolis
State Department of Health
Caravan Band to Bring Day of Festivities to Austin
Austin preps to inaugurate tomorrow Spam Day a annual celebration to draw thousands from Minnesota and Iowa area. Guests urged to bring families a mood to be entertained an appetite and folding chairs if available. Park benches go up on Main Street flanking the four block celebration stage.
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Hormel Girls
Milwaukee Road
Main Street
Austin
Minnesota
Iowa
Stores Close Early for Parade Viewings Then Reopen Briefly
Stores will close at 4 PM on Saturday to allow employees to view the parade. Packages left at stores will be returned to the recipients when the stores reopen at 5:30 PM. Stores will stay open only from 5:30 to 6:00 PM and close again after 6 PM.
Delayed Rites for Eva Peron Set Aug 10
President Peron announced the delayed funeral for Eva Peron will be held Sunday August 10 after her death the prior Saturday. The body lies in state in the Labor Ministry building until August 9 then moves to Congress for a final day of mourning. Burial will be temporary at the CGT headquarters before a memorial is built.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Eva Peron
Peron
General Confederation of Workers
CGT
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Marcusen Park
Hormel
Fox Drive
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