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Marathon Demo Convention Predicts Victory on Late Balloting
Democratic presidential candidates predicted victory for themselves on the fifth or sixth ballot as the party foresees a lengthy convention in Washington. Estes Kefauver led with 257 pledged delegates but still short of a majority. B Russell reported about 300 first-ballot votes and rising thereafter. A San Francisco incident reported a patient robbing a dentist of 140 dollars during an extraction appointment.
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Estes Kefauver
Tennessée
Kefauver
Russel
United Press
San Francisco
Henry Brady
Brady