GOP Platform Promises Tax Cuts for Low and Middle Income
San Francisco report shows the GOP platform pledging tax cuts for low and middle income families and small independent business while aiming to reduce government spending and balance the budget. It also vows to maintain defense and expand air, sea, and land power with continued antitrust reforms and equal rights measures. The document emphasizes government integrity, natural resources partnerships, and atomic energy sharing with allies.
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America
Platform Committee
Prescott Bush
Connecticut
GOP
Eisenhower
Atomic
Free Nations
GOP Daffinitions and Political Satire Notes
AP style humorous gloss lists open convention ideas with likened terms and names. Mentions Harold E. Stassen, Harry S. Truman, and Stevenson with playful misdefinitions and light domestic references, including a Cow Palace and televised moment.
City Joins Albert Lea in Asking for Airport
Austin councilmen joined with Albert Lea to file a joint airport statement with the Minnesota Aeronautical Department. The plan cites cost sharing, safety, and service for a 480 to 600 acre mid point airport with estimated $419k to $542k total, funded by federal state and local contributions. The council also discussed an $8,000 damage claim from William Loftus over a city flusher accident, referring it to the city attorney to determine government immunity.
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Albert Lea
Minnesota Aeronautical Department
Austin-Albert Lea
Albert Lea Council
Minnesota
Iowa
Austin and Albert Lea
William Loftus
Clark
Steven
K. K. McMillan
Baldy Hansen
Neveln
R. A. Dunnette
Loftus
Convention Sidelights at San Francisco GOP gathering
The Florida delegation fixed its California Room HQ with no objections. Massachusetts Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. will gavel the convention to order using a mallet carved from Oak from Boston's Old North Church. Pravda reporters arrive. Oklahoma plans to skip politicking for a movie, and Ike enthusiasm shows on the Barbary Coast with a dancer in a revealing act.
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San Francisco
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
North Church
Boston
Oklahoma
State Records 2nd Polio Death of Year
Minnesota records its second polio death of the year an 8 year old Morrison County boy died The Minnesota Health Department reports 58 polio cases so far this year compared with 237 and four deaths at the same point last year
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Morrison County
Minnesota Health Department
Austin Council Advances 2.25 Million Bond for Sewage Plant
Austin council approves a 2,250,000 bond resolution to back a future sewage disposal plant hoping to persuade the Minnesota Board of Health to lift sewer-mains expansion ban. Negotiations with Hormel, plant size decisions, and engineering plans follow. work could take two to three years.
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R. A. Dunnette
Greeley and Hanson
Chicago
Ernest J. Kohl
Millfield
Kohl
Vern Tenhold
Drummond
Carson Sterling
Collins
Victoria Street
Kenwood
Martin calls for GOP Congress from San Francisco
Republican Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr. urged Republicans to work and fight to regain control of Congress and defeat political opposition. He spoke at his installation as permanent chairman of the GOP National Convention and forecast a GOP victory in 1956 with support from Democrats and independents. He highlighted GOP accomplishments under the Eisenhower administration and predicted a Republican president and vice president for four years.
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Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Martin
GOP
America
Two Die In Minnesota Traffic Toll Rises
Two people died in Minnesota crashes Monday night and early today, lifting the highway death toll to 340. Donald E. Schroeder 20 of Kyota Minnesota was killed when his car collided head on with Spencer G Shaw 22 near Rochester on Highway 52. Zahl 40 of Maple Plain Minnesota was killed after his car left a curve on Highway 110, ending in a ditch and field.
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Kyota
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Rochester
Spencer G. Shaw
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Maple Plain
Zahl
Langlie Sets GOP Theme Peace Prosperity At Convention
Washington Governor Arthur Langlie delivered the keynote at the Republican National Convention in San Francisco pledging four more years of honest efficient leadership under Eisenhower. He denounced Democrats as corrupt while praising Republicans for peace prosperity and progress, pairing his speech with sharp attacks on Democratic aims and offshore oil policy.
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Arthur B. Langlie
Washington
Langlie
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S. Senate
Warren Magnuson
William F. Knowland
California
Knowland
Langli
Chicago
Frank G. Clement
Tennessee
Clement
Stevenson Attacks Langlie At GOP Convention Speech
Adlai Stevenson denounced Gov. Arthur Langlie for shamelessly confusing facts and falsehoods in his GOP National Convention speech. He charged Langlie wrongly claimed Stevenson ran Illinois deficits in 1952, noting instead a treasury balance and no tax hike, and offered no apology for the speech.
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Ill
Adlai Stevenson
Arthur Langlie
Washington State
Langlie
Illinois
Republican National Convention Schedule in San Francisco
The program covers today's session with opening events at 4 30 p m CST and a lineup including Sen William F Knowland Massachusetts Rep Joseph W Martin Jr Hoover address and several noted speakers from Illinois Indiana Ohio Hawaii Vermont California Idaho Florida Massachusetts Iowa Chicago Virginia and Washington.
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William F. Knowland
California
Bertha S. Adkins
Marguerite Stitt Church
Ilinois
Cecil M. Harden
Indiana
Frances P. Bolton
Ohio
Joseph R. Farrington
Hawaii
Ivy Baker Priest
United States
Consuelo Northrup Sailey
Vermont
Jacqueline Cochrane Odlum
Louise Shattuck
Idaho
Carl A. Smith
Florida
Mary R. Wheeler
Massachusetts
Elphie Stui O
Iowa
Marie Mason Higgins
Chicago
C. E. Roberts
Virginia
Barrington Parker
Washington
California Group Endorses Nixon Vote Ends Holdout Rift
The 70 member California delegation backed Vice President Nixon for renomination in a voice vote. Gov. Goodwin Knight remained a holdout, arguing no endorsement without Eisenhower's explicit backing. The resolution passed amid loud approval.
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California
Goodwin J. Knight
Nixon
Goodwin Knight
Eisenhower Arrives for 100th Anniversary Convention
President Eisenhower lands at 6:30 p.m. Pacific time amid a flood of welcome in the city celebrating its centennial. A standout plank in a 10 000 word platform calls for tax cuts for low and middle income families and for small independent businesses. Nixon's nomination appears assured by acclamation with formal ticket naming set for Wednesday.
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San Francisco
Eisenhower
International Airport
Convention Stage as Nixon Favored for Second Slot
At the 26th Republican national convention David N. Korgsend spoke after the Minnesota delegation backed Nixon for the second spot. California leans toward Nixon under unit rule while Len Knowland controls two thirds of delegates. Eisenhower’s quick arrival energized delegates as Stassen’s absence looms and his strategy dominates talk.
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David N. Korgsend
Minnesota
Bienna
Nixon
Fairmount R. G. Distad
California
Len Knowland
Jane Powell
Ethel Merman
Pat Nixon
Eisenhower
Zip
Ike
Harold Stassen
Nixon Drive
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