Estes Poses Threat Adlai in Minnesota Primary
Minnesota's 1956 presidential primary on March 20 could shape national politics as in 1952. A sweep is crucial for Adlai Stevenson, while anything less may dim his candidacy and hopes for the nomination.
24 Feb 1956
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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1956
Page
1
Minnesota's 1956 presidential primary on March 20 could shape national politics as in 1952. A sweep is crucial for Adlai Stevenson, while anything less may dim his candidacy and hopes for the nomination.
Austin Aero Service Manager Glenn Hovland will pilot Adlai Stevenson's Minnesota campaign travels on March 3 4 6 and 6 aboard a Twin Beech plane with about 23 team members. Stevenson arrives March 1 in Minneapolis and will stay in St Paul hotel as Kefauver gains early ground in southern and western districts with large crowds.
A bipartisan Senate panel of eight was named to probe political pressure lobbying and campaign contributions. Members include Democrats Gore Kennedy and Knowland selection, with Gore nominated as expected chair. The group will organize soon under Vice President Nixon’s oversight.
In Minneapolis the Hennepin County grand jury revisited the February bombings that damaged a labor leader’s home and another man’s car. Witnesses Kenneth Lattin and Edward Redden, Teamsters Local 548 pickets who pleaded guilty to endangering life and property, testified alongside Gerald Connelly and Bryant Flick, also tied to the union, as other defendants face similar charges. Police raided Teamsters offices and a court order bars Connelly from union organizing.
Secretary of State Dulles faces Senate critics at a public hearing by the Foreign Relations Committee chaired by Sen. George. Lawmakers press for clarity on Middle East tensions and the 18 light tanks shipped to Saudi Arabia amid rising Cold War concerns.
Thomas R. Jones resigned as Minneapolis police chief and Mayor Eric Hoyer nominated Inspector E. J. Walling to succeed him. Walling’s appointment, effective April 2, awaits City Council confirmation as Jones becomes chairman of the Minnesota Parole Board.
In Montgomery Alabama about 100 boycott supporters plan a 24 hour walk to work to protest segregation on city buses. Indicted defendants numbering 100 plus face arraignments with trials likely the week of March 19 as arrests climb toward 89. The mass meeting drew thousands and pledged to continue peaceful resistance.
Judges began evaluating more than 600 hogs in two rings at the Minnesota State Spring Barrow Show in Albert Lea. Winners in lightweight and heavy weight classes and pens of three will be reviewed Saturday with the grand champion named around noon.
Dr George M Schwartz of the Minnesota Geologic Survey reports heavy deposits of high grade limestone suitable for cement in Olmsted County and surrounding southeastern Minnesota counties. Field work last summer indicates vast, readily accessible limestone especially near Rochester with some zones estimated at 100 feet deep.
Sen. Thye of Minnesota calls for temporary high price supports until a soil bank plan can reduce surpluses. He opposes permanent rigid supports and notes the soil bank would cost over a billion dollars yearly, with WWII surplus disposal as a comparison.
Austin marks its 100th birthday and county government centennial with a banquet on April 17. Mower County Historical Society and the Austin Chamber of Commerce organize events led by P J Holand with Victor Christgau as speaker. Plans include a new museum at the fairgrounds and a plaque for 1856 county officials.
Light freezing rain covered much of Minnesota and parts of Iowa and Wisconsin overnight and today with mild overnight lows. Roads were dangerously slick east of Windom Willmar Brainerd and Virginia as the state highway department warned. Snow was expected in the north and more freezing drizzle in the south, with a possible mix in the north.
The Soviet press targets the Ministry of Electric Power Stations, led by former Premier Georgi Malenkov, accusing procrastination in a Kremlin speech by Maxim Z Saburov during the 20th Congress. Saburov implied government dissatisfaction with Malenkov's team without naming him.
A Robbinsdale man, Robert Holloway 23, died in a head-on collision on U S 61 three miles north of Rush City. Four others were injured including Mrs George Roubinek and three passengers from Holloway car. All hospitalized in fair condition. The crash occurred on a clear straight section as Holloway was returning to Minneapolis after visiting a roller skating rink. Holloway’s death brings Minnesota traffic toll to 36 for the period.
Three box cars and a caboose from a Duluth Winnipeg and Pacific Railroad freight train were demolished when it collided with the rear of another train near Taft, twenty miles north of Duluth. No injuries were reported.
A Pennsylvania Railroad train derailed near Odenton, Maryland, after speeds of about 80 mph. Five passengers died and more than 100 were injured, with 90 taken to six hospitals and 30 treated and released at the scene. Many details remain uncertain, including the cause. Ex Governor Herbert R. O'Conor was among the injured.
President Eisenhower’s doctor said he might be safer serving a possible second term than before his heart attack. Maj. Gen. Howard M. Snyder refused to confirm a run but noted increased health monitoring as the Georgia vacation continues and Eisenhower heads out for quail hunting.
A Syrian Airways passenger plane exploded in midair near Aleppo with 21 aboard believed killed, according to Damascus airport. The disaster follows two other Mediterranean air tragedies within a week, including a Maltese charter crash killing 50 British soldiers and a French flight crash near Cairo that killed 52.
A January drop in the government cost of living index reduces the index to its lowest since August and triggers a penny hourly wage cut for more than a million workers across auto, farm equipment, and aircraft sectors. GM said the pay reduction affects over 500000 employees starting the first payday after March 1.
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