West Berlin Rally Fights Off Hecklers Over Kidnapping Incident
About 25 000 West Berliners gathered before city hall to protest the communist kidnapping of Dr Walter Linse. Demonstrators clashed with three hoodlums and police rescued a heckler as barricades rose at the Soviet border. Allied authorities approved the barricades after discussions with Mayor Ernst Reuter's cabinet.
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West
Soviet Zone
Linse
Attor‘ney
West Berlin
Jed Hiss
Ernst Reuter
Official Weather Bridgeport and Vicinity Report
Bridgeport and vicinity show fair mild conditions with near 80 daytime highs and lows around 65 tonight. Winds shift from northerly to southerly with light to moderate speeds. tides listed for today and tomorrow.
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Bridgeport
New York City
Boy 5 Drowns In Bethel Brook After Heavy Rain
July 10 Danbury area report details the drowning of 5 year old Jay Kellogg after flash floods swollen a brook near his Rockwell road home. Volunteers searched for hours before his body was recovered about 150 feet from the residence. Deputy medical examiner attributed death to accidental drowning.
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Bethel
Jay Kellogg
Marguerite
Stary
Jane
Bennett Kellogg
Rockwell Road
Walter Richard
Fire Department
Gerald Manion
Clarence Maiga
Kelogg
Albert J. Trimpett
Morris Britto
Britto
WLAD
Danbury
Maiga
Tomlinson
Main Street
Domestic feud ends in multiple deaths near Danielson
In eastern Connecticut a family dispute escalated into a gun battle at Omer LeBarre's home. Leo LeBarre, 34, died after being shot in the neck. Arthur Hess, 31, was wounded and later underwent surgery. Bennett, 40, was killed by a heart attack while in custody. Omer LeBarre and Mrs. Evelyn Messier survived the fray. The officer in charge indicated jealousy over Mrs. Messier sparked the violence.
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Danielson
J Tg
Connecticut
Leo Carroll
Bennett
Arthur Hess
Putnam
Omer LeBarre
Leo
Evelyn Messier
Messier
LeBarre
Hess
LeBere
Major Carroll
448 Over Income Families Face Eviction From State Projects
Hartford July 10 AP Four hundred forty eight families in state moderate rental housing projects face eviction proceedings on October 31 if their income for January 1 to June 30 is over the moderate income limits. The Housing division ordered rural housing authorities to reverify these families’ incomes for the first six months of 1982 and report by August 15. Each over income family must be notified by September 1 to vacate within 60 days. Noncompliance leads to eviction.
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Hartford
State Public Works Department
Albert C. Demers
Public Works
State Delegates Join in Clamor For Eisenhower
Connecticut delegates and alternates to the Republican national convention march and shout on the floor after Eisenhower is placed in nomination. Earlier states pass on the first roll call as Alabama and others prepare to nominate Taft Warren McKelvin Stassen MacArthur plans unfold.
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Chicago
Connecticut
International Amphitheater
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
NATO
GOP
Alabama
Minois
Everett M. Dirksen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Earl Warren
Colorado
Maryland
Theodore R. McKeldin
Minnesota
Harold J. Stassen
Oklahoma
Douglas MacArthur
Bedlam
Platform Voted Without Fight At GOP Convention
The Republican national convention adopted a 1952 platform denouncing the Truman administration and outlining a path for free men to a new day. The 6000 word campaign document criticizes foreign policy and domestic plans, with civil rights moderation not challenged after a threatened floor battle.
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Chicago
Eugene D. Millikin
Colorado
Everett Dirksen
Ilinois
Taft Forces Claim Gains After Early Vote Reverses
Senator Robert A. Taft and his aides rebounded after an earlier setback as Republicans gird for a nominating fight. Taft insisted he expects to be nominated and denied plans to quit or back Gov. Earl Warren or Gen. MacArthur. He said no discussion of the vice presidency occurred in talks with MacArthur.
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Uhiwago
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D.’Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Taft
Earl Warren
California
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Mili
Luce to name Dewey walks out at convention
Chicago July 10 AP Clare Boothe Luce announced she is prepared to nominate Margaret Chase Smith for vice president with a proviso amid contest talk. Everett Dirksen nominated Taft. Dewey walked out as Taft backers rallied, prompting a tense six minute demonstration.
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Luce
Dewey
Dirksen
Chicago
Clare Boothe Wee
Connecticut
Congress
U. S
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Raul
Cnicago
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Br. Dirksen
Taft
Dewe
J. Russell Sprague
GOP
Taft Broadside Attacks Gov Dewey at Convention
Taft headquarters issued large broadsheets calling Gov. Thomas E. Dewey the coldest, most ruthless political boss in the United States. The leaflets labeled Dewey as pulling strings at the Republican convention and claimed his promises are worthless and he led to defeat before. The sheets praised Eisenhower and urged defeating Dewey’s control of the party.
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Chillagy
Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
United States
Dewey
Taft Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tom Dewey
Eisenhower
Ike Backers See Quick Nomination For Ike
Chicago July 19 AP An air of confidence at Eisenhower HQ follows key GOP convention votes and a flood of supporters. McKeldin predicts an initial ballot victory while Lodge cautions he has not claimed it. Porter predicts Eisenhower can beat Truman and win the nomination. Taft forces yield in Texas.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Lodge
McKeldin
Free State
Jack Porter
Houston
Robert A. Taft
Texas
Georgia
Porter
Truman
Blackstone
Women Lose in Battle of Sexes at GOP Committee Fight
At the Republican national convention women delegates failed to block a proposed rules change that would sharpen gender balance on the National committee. Mrs Katharine Murdock of Greensburg, Pa led the effort as the motion to reject the change failed for lack of six states' support. The plan would grant an extra seat to any state backing the measure, altering current parity where each state elects one man and one woman.
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Chicago
GOP
Katharine Murdock
Greensburg
General Gains More Delegates in Bitter Fight
At the Republican National Convention delegates split into factions backing Taft Warren Stassen and Eisenhower. Taft and Warren led a coalition to block an Eisenhower stampede while McKeldin endorsed Eisenhower amid chaotic pre-dawn ballots and noisy demonstrations.
Doorstep victories over tax collectors noted
The speaker reflects on times when success came at the door rather than confronting a crowd of tax collectors, suggesting intimate, personal outcomes over formal demands.
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Margaret
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Harry Manning
Red
Berlin
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Bethel Brook
Danelson
Wielder
Police
Rage
Angelo Patel
Constantine Brown
Herman Bundesen
Erich Brandeis
Barbara Ann
Fai
Margaret Smith
Len. Smith
Gov. Fine
N. Y
Taft Headquarters’ Papers
Taft, Warren
Stassen Farm Coalition
Dwight.d. Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
Sen
Integrity
Repul
American
Willliam F. Knowland
Warren
Theodore McKeldin
Washington
Joseph W. Martin
Stassen
Michigan
Arthur Summerfield
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