GOP Gains in Deep South Shape 1956 Race
Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall told a Atlanta fund dinner the South is turning toward the GOP as Dwight Eisenhower carries the banner. Adlai Stevenson disputed that view after touring Florida saying he will win the state. Stevenson and Gov. G. Mennen Williams said they are not at war and will discuss differences. Williams criticized Benson’s farm policy. Stevenson called the administration hypocritical on domestic needs. Goldwater warned Midwest farm issues complicate Senate gains but said the GOP outlook improves with focus on New York Oregon Washington Nevada seats. Harriman spoke on foreign affairs as a nonpolitical topic. Sen. Sparkman urged Democrats to resist GOP control of campaign themes. The Democratic chairman Paul Butler spoke on statehood for Hawaii.
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Associated Press
Leonard W. Hall
Adlai Stevenson
Hall
Atlanta
Stevenson
Florida
Eisenhower
Illinois
Oklahoma City
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Williams
Young Democrats
Sen
Goldwater
Arizona
Senate
Washington
Midwest
New York
Oregon
Nevada
Harriman
Averell Harriman
New Orleans
Sparkman
D-Ala
Leonard Hall
Republican National Committee
Paul Butler
Honolulu
Hawaii
Suspend Hearing on Security Risk Firings
Washington senators recessed public hearings on the Eisenhower era security risk firings amid partisan sparring. Senator Neely accused the panel of Republican fakery while Senator Carlson charged the committee with hit and run tactics in the Civil Service subcommittee session.
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Washington
Senate Civil Service
Sen
Neely
D-W. Va
Sen. Carlson
R-Kan
Eisenhower weighs 1956 plans and second term timing
Gettysburg Pa President Eisenhower meets with House Republican Leader Martin and Sen Knowland to discuss his 1956 legislative program and possible second term timing. Knowland urges early disclosure while Democrats plan a parallel tax cut agenda and a State of the Union message.
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Gettysburg
House
Martin
Eisenhower
Congress
Sen
Knowland
Massachusetts
Senate
Shopping Night for Men in Downtown Austin Declared
Monday night will be men’s night with stores open 7 to 9 p.m. in downtown Austin for Christmas buying. Christmas shoppers can shop until 9 p.m. Monday Dec 12. Beginning Dec 19 stores stay open every night until Christmas Eve. Regular Friday closings at 9 p.m. will be observed on Dec 9 and 16.
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Austin
Moon Flight as Possible Soon Says Von Braun
Rocket expert Dr. Wernher von Braun told a RPI Astrophysical Society Troy Astronomy Club audience that man could attempt orbital flights after initial earth satellite launches in 1957-58. He predicted a 10 day moon orbit would follow, with return posing heating challenges needing larger wings.
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Troy
N. Y.P
Wernher von Braun
von Braun
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
Germany
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Astrophysical Society
Troy Astronomy Club
Fiery Train Collision Kills Thirteen in Barnes England
A London suburb crash between an electric train and a standing freight train left 13 dead, 35 injured, including two children. Passengers aided the trapped, as fire melted road surfaces and girders burned red. Mrs Alcock recalled the chaotic escape and loss of shoes amid the flames.
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London
West End
Thames Valley
Barnes Station
Barnes
Central
State GOP Lines Up Delegates For 1956 Convention
Minnesota Republican State Central committee weighs seven at large delegates to the national convention after the executive committee three name recommendation. Names include Elizabeth Heffelfinger George Etzell and Walter Judd with other potential delegates listed. The panel also approved the resignation of party executive secretary Jarle Leirfallom and praised his service.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Republican State Central Committee
GOP
Central Committee
Elizabeth Heffelfinger
Wayzata
George Etzell
Clarissa
Walter Judd
Lucian Strong
John Mooty
Jarle Leirfallom
Republican Party
Leirfallom
Woman found dead in Salem Township home marked as homicide
A 29 year old mother of two, Mrs Alden Aakre, was found dead in her Salem Township bedroom with three chest wounds that appeared to be bullet wounds. Coroner T C Wellner said it apparently is a homicide and ordered the body left undisturbed until examination. The daughter Sandra discovered the body.
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Anthony Alcock
Rochester
Salem Township
T. C. Wellner
Wellner
Alden Aakre
Georgia Tech Students Provoke Gov Griffin Over Sugar Bowl
Angry Georgia Tech students stage all night protest against moving Tech from the Sugar Bowl. They burn an effigy of Gov Marvin Griffin, storm the state capitol, and march to his mansion. A source says Tech will be allowed to play Pittsburgh in New Orleans.
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Atlanta
Georgia Tech
Tech
Marvin Griffin
State
Governor's
Pittsburgh
Griffin
Georgia
Bobby Grier
Georgia State
New Orleans
Sam
South Georgia
State Patrol
Georgia Colleges
Railroad Favored in $90,000 Injury Suit
A federal court jury returned a verdict in favor of the Northern Pacific Railway in a $90,000 personal injury case. Richard D. Wuertz of Brainerd claimed injuries from a collision between his car and a freight train near Fort Ripley in 1954.
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Railroad
Duluth
Minn
Northern Pacific Railway
Richard D. Wuertz
Brainerd
Fort Ripley
Tenneson Booked Aboard Plane To Minneapolis St Paul
Richard Tenneson Alden Minnesota a Korean War American held in Red China is slated to fly out of Hong Kong with Northwest Orient Airlines on Tuesday. The flight arrives at Minneapolis St Paul early Wednesday with fare options of 860.30 for first class and 621.90 for tourist plus domestic taxes.
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Hong Kong
Richard Tenneson
Alden
Minn
Tenneson
Red China
St. Paul
Northwest Orient Airlines
Minneapolis- St. Paul
Northwest Airlines
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Des Moines Fire Drives 100 From Block
A large Des Moines blaze displaced more than 100 people including 47 men at the Salvation Army center and 52 hotel guests. The fire burned a quarter block of brick buildings near downtown, destroying a restaurant, tavern, salvage store, billiard parlor and an industrial arts supply firm. Firefighters reported all occupants escaped unharmed as intense heat shattered Salvation Army center windows.
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Des Moines
Salvation Army Center
State Youth Wins in Sheep Shearing
Nick Walter Luhman of Goodhue Minnesota, 19, won the 4 H amateur sheep shearing contest with a 94.4 score out of 100 after clipping three sheep. He previously won the state shearing contest at South St Paul in October.
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Chicago
Nick Walter Luhman
Goodhue
Minn
South St. Paul
Austin Council Cuts Police to Two From Nine in Budget
Austin city council approved a 1956 budget boosting the tax levy by 3.09 mills after trimming nine proposed new police officers to two and reducing firemen requests. The move left overall employe pay rises intact, funded by a $9,000 extra city appropriation from the Utilities Board and a higher next year transfer of $9,000, with mayoral review pending.
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Austin
Police Department
Baldy Hansen
Fire Department
Austin Utilities Board
Jerry Lund
Utilities Board
Hansen
FBI
Lund
George Dugan
Paul Johnson
Sheriff's Office
Park and Recreation Department
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E. Gobel
Arden Hills
Robert DeWall
Morris
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Robert O. Arnold
Covington
University System Board of Regents
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