89 Congress Districts Hold Vote Interest
Washington report notes 89 marginal districts will decide control of the House. Both parties target these battlegrounds where a 5 percent shift could flip seats. Democrats hope the midterm trend works in their favor as Republicans contest 1956 results in several states. Nine states host about half of the 89 districts with Illinois Missouri Pennsylvania leading.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Kansas
J. Floyd Breeding
Clifford A. Hope
Merwin Coad
Iowa
Joe Foss
South Dakota
G.O.P
Illinois
Missouri
Pennsylvania
California
New Jersey
Indiana
West Virginia
Canterbury apologizes over Makarios remark
Archbishop Fisher apologizes for calling Archbishop Makarios a bad character and says the criticism was aimed at political aspects only. He clarifies he did not insult the Greek Orthodox leader’s personal character or church office in the Cyprus flare up. He sent a telegram to the Athens Patriarch reiterating esteem for Makarios’ ecclesiastical role.
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London
Canterbury
Makarios
Geoffrey Fisher
Mediterranean
Cyprus
Milans Hippo Pino Dies After Tennis Ball Ingestion
At Milan Zoo the hippo Pino died after an autopsy found he swallowed a tennis ball. The death drew crowds for a final look at the famed animal, though he had few friends in life.
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Milan
Italy
Pino
Hippo
Pino Oe
Man Saved from Chair To Have Family Reunion
Jefferson Georgia AP report says James Fulton Foster, 40, of Greer South Carolina, awaits release after a former policeman Rothschild confessed to the crime. Foster faces pending motions for new trial and acquittal as his family plans a reunion at the Jackson County jail.
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Jefferson, Ga
James Fulton Foster
Greer
S.C
Jackson County
South Carolina
Columbia
Charles Paul “Rocky” Rothschild
Cairo, Ill
Spartanburg
Foster
Charlie Drake
Rothschild
Irene
Joyce
Stanley
James Barrow
Athens
Carlisle Cobb
John
Brooks
Ruhr Vote Today Tests Adenauer Narrow Win Prospect
A tight race in North Rhine Westphalia pits Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democrats against the Socialist Free Democratic coalition. The 10 million voters decide control of the state parliament amid debates over nuclear armament and Atlantic alliance loyalty. The current coalition holds 102 seats to the CDU 95 and FDP 26, with the Center party's 3 members aligned with the government.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
West Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Ruhr
Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democrats
Adenauer
North Atlantic Alliance
Free Democrats
Christian Demolrats
Socialists
Center Party
Cornerstone laid 88 years ago yields long awaited papers
AYLMER Quebec AP Arch ie Martin, who placed keepsakes in the old tin box sealed in the cornerstone of the Aylmer post office 70 years ago, retrieved his documents when the old building was demolished for a new one. Among the finds is a copy of the Aylmer Times dated August 31, 1888, which Martin helped print.
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Aylmer
Que
Archie Martin
The
Aylmer Times
Martin
Women Vote For Mexico 57th President In Landmark Poll
Mexico City AP dispatch notes women vote for first time as 10.4 million voters choose between Adolfo Lopez Mateos and Luis Hector Alvarez. PRI allies expect victory, while labor dissidents target CTM chief Fidel Velasquez amid a calm campaign with wage concerns and rising living costs.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Party of Revolutionary Institutions
PRI
Luis Hector Alvarez
Ciudad Juarez
Texas
Party of National Action
PAN
Miguel Mendoza Lopez
Popular Party
Vincente Lombardo Toledano
Lopez Mateos
Congress
Fidel Velasquez
Mexican Confederation of Labor
Velasquez
Wildcat
Federal District
Publication Day Alcohol Ban Impacts Polls
Sale of all alcoholic beverages was banned Saturday and Sunday. Police have been ordered to full time duty, and soldiers will guard all polling places.
Puerto Rico independence a decision for Puerto Ricans
Gov. Luis Munoz Marin rejected former President Hoover s claim that the United States urges Puerto Rico toward independence He said independence is for Puerto Ricans to decide and that Puerto Rico remains a U S territory He cited Eisenhower s 5 year old UN remark as the only U S record on independence and reiterated independence is up to Puerto Rico to determine.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Luis Munoz Marin
Hoover
Brussels
Munoz
United States
U.S
Eisenhower
United Nations
Congress
Puerto
Widow Charged With Murder of Philadelphia Man
Philadelphia realtor Max Kravitz, 49, was shot dead in his Wynnewood home. His widow Ethel Kravitz, 45, was charged with murder after questioning Trump. no weapon found. The case involves a broken window report and a sister-in-law witnessing events.
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Philadelphia
Max Kravitz
Wynnewood
Ethel Kravitz
Montgomery County
Kravitz
Passon
Chile issues Antarctic claim stamps under 1940 decree
Santiago reports new Chile stamps commemorating the 1940 decree defining Antarctic claims. Two designs will be released, each with a face value of 5 million. London dispatch notes Moscow says 12 dancers from Georgia's ballet begin a South American tour visiting Brazil Argentina Paraguay Colombia Uruguay Mexico and Chile.
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Chile
Antarctic
London
Moscow Radio
Russia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Paraguay
Colombia
Uruguay
Mexico
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