GOP Chieftains Map 1956 Campaign Strategy
GOP leaders in Chicago chart a 1956 drive pegged to peace and prosperity as Eisenhower weighs a possible TV radio campaign. Leonard Hall notes a late January to February decision window after his Gettysburg meeting with the President who has recovered from a heart attack. Nixon forecasts an overwhelming victory as TV dominates campaigning.
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Eisenhower
Leonard W. Hall
GOP
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Republican National Committee
Gettysburg
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U. S
United Nations
Nixon
White House
Demo Leader Pushes Harriman as Serious 1956 Contender
Carmine DeSapio, New York party chief, said Gov. Averell Harriman is more than a token candidate for the 1956 Democratic nomination. He predicted New York would back Harriman's bid, while Harriman said he would run if the nomination came to him. Stevenson plans the Minnesota primary, Kefauver may challenge in two primaries, and DeSapio warned against predicting the convention outcome.
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Averell Harriman
New York
Carmine DeSapio
Tammany Hall
National Press Club
Harriman
DeSapio
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Minnesota
Florida
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Thomas E. Dewey
Repubicans
London Thief Escapes In Season's Worst Fog
A postal guard was robbed of a mail bag containing 2,300 pounds at a London post office and the thief vanished in England's heaviest fog of the season. The fog halted road and river traffic nationwide while Londoners faced near zero visibility in midafternoon.
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London
England
Star Marie Wilson Adopts Baby Boy in Memphis Tennessee
Hollywood reports actress Marie Wilson and her husband TV producer Bob Fallon adopted a healthy baby boy in Memphis Tennessee after Wilson entertained patients at a local hospital. Fallon completed the adoption and returned with the child to Hollywood following a Memphis hospital visit six weeks earlier.
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Marie Wilson
Tennessee
Bob Fallon
Memphis
Atomic Energy Commission
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French Cabinet Dissolves National Assembly for Early Elections
Paris news reports the French Cabinet, after a no confidence vote, dissolves the National Assembly. Premier Edgar Faure seeks new elections within 20 to 30 days, with date timing tied to Christmas and holiday schedules.
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White House
West Berlin fears new East Bloc blockade confrontation
Western powers prepared a sharp protest over Russia transferring occupation powers in East Berlin to the East German communist government. Bonn officials drafted a report for home governments as Berlin tension rose over Soviet claims that DDR laws now apply to the former Soviet sector.
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Dasher
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DDR
Soviet Union
Dibrova
West Berlin
Otto Suhr
Suhr
Plane Crash at Eielson Air Base Kills 14
The Air Force reports 14 dead after a jet fighter crashed into housing at Eielson Base 26 miles southeast of Fairbanks Alaska. Six children in two families among the dead, eight injured. wreckage of an eight family building demolished as cranes search for remaining victims.
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Man dies before son born after robber attack
DETROIT, Nov. 30 Noory Jablway died today before meeting the 2-month-old son he longed for. The 49-year-old father had lain in a coma since being struck by a cleaver-wielding robber four months earlier in the grocery where he worked. His wife says he always wanted a boy and now will never know. Police seek the robber.
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Noory Jablway
Jabl Way
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Mrs. Grace McDowell Succumbs in Bluefield
Grace Graybill McDowell 78 of 408 South Mercer Street Bluefield died at home at 8 p m after a lingering illness. Born in Amsterdam Virginia June 18 1877 she taught kindergarten 15 years and was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Survived by daughter Mrs S C Bowen and two grandchildren. Last rites at First Presbyterian tomorrow 10 a m with burial at Godwin Cemetery FinCastle Virginia.
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Amsterdam
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Susan Pogue Bell Graybill
Fincastle
Rogersville Synodical College
Rogersville
Tenn
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First Presbyterian Church
H. H. Gordon
Godwin
Hawkins Funeral Home
Blinding Snow Storms Dwindle Nationwide
Winter weather eased across the eastern two thirds of the United States as snow flurries diminished. Jamestown North Dakota registered an overnight low of minus 21 and Grand Forks at minus 3 with widespread readings near or below 30 from New England to Montana while afternoon highs reached the 40s south to the gulf.
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Moss No. 2 Mine Planned in Russell County Virginia
Clinchfield Coal Corp announces approval of Moss No. 2 mine in Clinchfield Russell County Virginia with a projected cost of 4 million dollars and annual output of 1 million tons of metallurgical coal. Full production targeted for late 1956 with about 375 workers. A six mile Norfolk & Western spur from Carbo to the site is approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Cleveland
UMW Leader Demands CIO Loan Payment
United Mine Workers chief John L. Lewis demands repayment of a 1.665 million loan to the CIO amid AFL CIO merger plans. CIO rejects loan claim noting funds were gifts and the merger proceeds smoothly. President Eisenhower may address the joint convention from Gettysburg as unions finalize the federation.
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James B. Carey
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Eisenhower
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Officer Safety Plan Comes Out In Reverse
Detroit district report shows Patrolman John Pedrie observing Buster L. Goff swerve and intoxicated driving. After stopping Goff, Pedrie’s patrol unit collision occurred when his brakes failed and he rear ended a parked car. Goff received 10 days in jail for drunk driving and Pedrie filed damage forms for city payment of 40 dollars.
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John Pedrie
Buster L. Goff
Pedrie
Goff
Mountie Uses Strong Back To Brace Wall And Save Miner
In Windemere British Columbia a Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable used his body to wedge a weakening gypsum and ice wall to save Albert Portman from a collapsing hopper. The 22 year old officer H D Bowyer held the wall spread-eagled for more than an hour while Portman, 50, was freed after workmen evacuated the space. Both men were hospitalized with exposure and injuries.
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Third Degree Burns Fatal To Princeton Woman 64
Miss Ollie Mae Yopp of 404 Prince Street Princeton died at Memorial Hospital from third degree burns over about 90 percent of her body. Fire ignited her night gown after she passed an open stove in her rented room edin Princeton. She lived alone on the second floor. a tenant found her in pain. Funeral arrangements will be set at Memorial funeral directory. She was born in Bluefield, survived by sister Lena Yopp and brothers James Andy and Ernest, with Ernest in Pittsburgh.
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Sir Winston Churchill's 81st birthday celebration in London
Sir Winston Churchill marked his 81st birthday quietly at Hyde Park with a surprise gift from President Eisenhower, a gold medallion bearing a portrait from a painting by Eisenhower. U S Ambassador Aldrich delivered the gift and a letter praising his defense of peace and freedom.
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Mammoth Drive Aims To Cut Road Deaths
Chicago reports SD Day starts Dec 1 as a nationwide push for safer driving. The National Safety Council cites 31,000 highway deaths in ten months, up 7 percent from 1954, with October reaching a record 3,920. The President's Committee urges daily safe driving and a nationwide survey tracks fatalities.
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Integration Debate Roils Virginia Public Hearing on School Policy
In Richmond on November 30, Governor Stanley urged a constitutional referendum to permit public funds for private schooling as part of a plan to prevent enforced integration in eastern Virginia schools. Senate leader Garland Gray defended the public education commission’s work while a packed hearing debated speaker time and procedures.
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Virginia Governor seeks public support for private school tuition plan
Gov. Thomas B. Stanley urged Virginia lawmakers to allow public funds for private schooling via a referendum on a constitutional convention to amend Section 141. The plan aims to permit tuition grants for children who refuse or whose districts do not operate integrated schools, amid a broader commission program on public education.
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Thomas B. Stanley
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Church Council Adopts Pressure Resolution On Grain For Overseas
The National Council of Churches General Board urged 144000 member churches to pressure the US Department of Agriculture to release surplus grain for overseas needy. R Norris Wilson said efforts to free CCC wheat and corn under 1954 law had failed despite appeals to the Republican National Committee and then to Secretary Benson.
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R. Norris Wilson
National Council
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Republican National Committee
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