State GOP aims for largest Iowa vote in history
Republican State Chairman Robert Goodwin announced Alden Doud of Douds as organizational director to lead a county by county push to maximize turnout. He noted 700000 Iowans did not vote in 1948 and said trained precinct workers will carry the message to every county.
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Des Moines
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Robert K. Goodwin
Alden Doud
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Goodwin
Senator Doud
Republican National Committee
Washington
Doud
Margaret Welsh
Grinnell
David Livingston
Martha Pratt
Indianola
Earl Zarhandt
Decorah
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Michigan Conservation Department
Dickinson County
Upper
Ronnie Lighthill
Thad Isham
Charles
James Leicht
Hollywood Divorces and Marital Mixups Face Spotlight
Bette Davis wins custody of daughter after split from William Grant Sherry while Gary Merrill faces a divorce suit by Barbara Leeds amid romance rumors. Joan Blondell secures a Las Vegas divorce from Mike Todd on grounds of mental cruelty.
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Movieland
Bette Davis
Joan Blandell
William Grant Sherry
Gary Merrill
Bette
Barbara Leeds
Joan Blondell
Las Vegas
Nev
New York
Mike Todd
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Decline of the Convention System in Nominating Candidates
The piece traces the shift from primaries to party conventions as the method for selecting candidates. It notes how the convention system fostered the stereotype of the "smoke-filled room" and how abuses reduced its use to presidential nominations, with limited exceptions such as Connecticut.
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Iowa
Nevada
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