Muskie Wins Maine Governorship in Republican Stronghold
Edmund S. Muskie, a 39 year old Democratic national committeeman, defeated Gov. Burton M. Cross to become Maine’s governor elect in 1954. The race marked the first Major Democratic win in decades in a state long led by Republicans, with Muskie securing about 55 percent of roughly 248 000 votes. Muskie will head a legislature controlled by Republicans.
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Maine
Edmund S. Muskie
Burton M. Cross
GOP
Margaret Chase Smith
Senate
Nixon
Muskie
Louis J. Brann
Smith
Brann
U.S. Senate
House
Cross
Paul A. Fullam
Colby College
Robert Hale
James C. Oliver
Charles P. Nelson
Thomas E. Delahanty
Clifford G. McIntire
Kenneth B. Coibath
Frederick G. Payne
Payne
Sen. Smith
Congress
Frank M. Coffin
Boy Makes 15-Cent Trip Across Atlantic
Eugene Hart, a 72 pound Brooklyn boy, rode the United States 11 days for 15 cents, after being found aboard during lifeboat drill. He spent the fare on a subway ride to Manhattan and was kept on the liner under a physician’s watch. His mother and uncle met him at the pier as he recounted the voyage and the sea sickness he endured.
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Eugene Hart
Europe
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Manhattan
United States
Hildegard Hart
New York
Vincent Recca
Camria Heights
Queens
Eugene
Eisenhower Dedicates Large Boulder Radio Lab Complex
President Eisenhower visits Boulder to dedicate seven million dollar Bureau of Standards laboratories with Secretary Weeks and Dr. Allen V. Astin. The event marks completion of the nation’s largest radio research lab and an additional three million dollar cytogenic lab for the Atomic Energy Commission, with much work classified top secret. The radio facility studies the ionosphere, the high altitude charged layer of Earth’s atmosphere.
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Eisenhower
White House
Denver
Bureau of Standards
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Allen V. Astin
Bureau
Atomic Energy Commission
Commerce Department
AEC
Yoshida Guided to Testify Before Diet on Shipbuilding Scandal
Prime Minister Yoshida faces an unprecedented summons to testify before a Diet committee over a shipbuilding kickback case. Advisers urged compliance after opposition leaders secured the summons. Yoshida had previously resisted action amid potential fines or jail.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Diet
Liberal Party
Electrician Electrocuted Working On Church Antenna
Petersbury Iowa deputy sheriff reports 35 year old Eu gene Osterhaus an electrical appliance dealer was electrocuted Monday while installing a television antenna on the rectory of St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Petersburg Iowa.
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Petersburg
Iowa
Eugene Osterhaus
St. Peter and Paul Catholi Church
Light drizzle slows Austin primary voting pace
An overcast sky and intermittent drizzle delayed turnout in Austin's primary as polls opened and gradually picked up. City Recorder John Weiland projected 3,000 to 4,000 votes across eleven precincts, with about 11,000 active voters and roughly 25 to 30 percent expected turnout based on past primaries. Local races for state senator sheriff and register of deeds drew the most attention.
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Austin
John Weiland
City Recorder
Weiland
Minnesota
Register of Deeds
Democratic-Farmer- Labor
U. S
Supreme Court
Czech Patrol Fires on Yank Soldiers Near Barnau
In Heidelberg Germany a U S Army border patrol was fired on by a Czech border patrol near Barnau close to the Czech border. The U S patrol did not return fire and no Americans were injured though about 35 rounds were fired. One U S soldier injured his ankle leaping from his vehicle.
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Barnau
U.S. Army
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Republican campaign meet in Cedar Rapids
A GOP conference with National Chairman Leonard Hall as keynote speaker will be held in Cedar Rapids on September 29. The event aims to energize party activists and supporters across the region.
College FFA and 4 H Boys Open Judging at National Barrow Show
The article notes a National Barrow Show event with college FFA and 4-H boys participating in open judging. It highlights youth involvement in agricultural judging activities and regional show coverage.
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Barrow
National Barrow Show Opens With Hog Judging At Fairgrounds
More than 200 college students 4 H and FFA members begin judging hog classes at the National Barrow Show at the Mower County Fairgrounds. Six college teams and 41 4 H and FFA teams compete in breeds including Hampshire Duroc Chester White and Berkshire with grading contests and live animal displays followed by carcass judging and auctions at Hormel facilities.
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Mower County Fairgrounds
Minnesota
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Iowa State College
Michigan State College
North Dakota College of Agriculture
FFA
Iowa
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Bernard Collins
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Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Hampshire
Duroc
Chester Whites
Berkshires
Ike Will Talk at Los Angeles AFL Meeting
President Eisenhower will make a brief informal address at the American Federation of Labor convention in Los Angeles on September 24 as part of a West Coast trip. He leaves Denver September 22 for Missoula Montana and other stops before a Los Angeles rally September 23 and a brief AFL address the next morning.
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Eisenhower
American Federation of Labor
Los Angeles
White House
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McNary Dam
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Hollywood Bowl
James C. Hagerty
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CIO
Atlantic City
About 50 East German Officers Arrested
Report from West Berlin tipster service claims fifty officers in the Russian trained East German army were arrested by state Security police for alleged contacts with Western spy agencies. The tip says they are held in Lichtenberg jail in East Berlin, though no official Western confirmation exists.
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Information Bureau
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West Berlin
Lichtenberg
East Berlin
New Brussels Alliance Wins Italian Support
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and Italian Foreign Minister Attilio Piccioni reached full agreement on a European defense plan. They discussed expanding the Brussels pact to include West Germany and Italy, replacing the now-dead European Defense Community. Eden aims to secure French approval and convene a London conference to finalize a rearmed West Europe defense setup under NATO safeguards.
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Anthony Eden
Attilio Piccioni
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Italy
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France
EDC
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Netherlands
Luxembourg
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Canada
Britain
Ipdc
Konrad Adenauer
United Kingdom
Robert D. Murphy
Adenauer
U.S
James B. Conant
Attlee Opposes U S Seventh Fleet Protection of Formosa
British Labour leader Clement Attlee told reporters in Auckland that he definitely disapproves of the United States Seventh Fleet protecting the Chinese Nationalist area of Formosa and Quemoy.
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New Zealand
Clement Attlee
U. S
Formosa
Quemoy
Carcass Contest Barrows Exhibit and Banquet Schedule
Today schedule includes a live exhibit of car carcass contest barrows at 4 30 p m. with entries accepted by 6 p m excluding truckloads. A national barrow show banquet is at 7 p m. On Wednesday judging begins at 7 a m with Hampshire Duroc at 7 a m, Chester White Berkshire at 11 a m, and Crossbred or Grade at 2 p m. Prize boars and gilts sales follow at 2 30 p m for Duroc 5 p m Berkshire 6 30 p m Chester White and 8 p m Hampshire.
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Duroc
Berkshire
Chester White
Hampshire
Barrow Show Highlights Berkshire and Hampshire Judging
At Crane Pavilion the 4 H and FFA judging ran while college teams lined the fence. Tonight at 7 p.m. in Queen of Angels Hall Dr Earl Butz will speak at the National Barrow Show banquet. About 2 500 animals expected with 400 more pigs on site than last year.
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Hog College
Fairgrounds
Berkshires
Chester Whites
Hampshires
FFA
Barrow
Queen of Angels Hall
Earl Butz
Purdue University
Department of Agriculture
Crane Pavilion
Carroll Plager
Plager
Wf. B. Lidstone
Chamber of Commerce
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