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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1956
Page
14
The piece notes 63 percent of eligible voters cast ballots and highlights union support and broad campaign methods. George Meany and Walter Reuther lead the drive with business partners, retailers, banks, insurers and media distributing materials to voters. It urges turnout on Tuesday.
A Sunday subcommittee led by Senator Gore reported Republicans held more than twice the cash on hand and far higher expenditures than Democrats as of Oct 1. GOP groups had 3.978 million on hand and spent 5.749 million versus 1.091 million in cash and 3.071 million in spending for Democrats, with labor groups contributing 520 thousand.
New York AP report notes a broad nonpartisan business led effort to mobilize voters ahead of Tuesday elections. The American Heritage Foundation reports tripling participation in its current drive, urging all citizens to vote regardless of party.
Five Minnesota teenagers drowned when their car plunged into the Mississippi River near Nelson Wisconsin on Sunday. Names listed include George Billings 17 Marlene Hanson 14 Joan Ziemers 15 Francis Krey 15 all from Wabasha and Jerry Maley 16 Kellogg.
The U S Communist Party denounces uprisings in Poland and Hungary as mass democratic lapses of workers. It faults Moscow aligned tactics and notes internal splits over independence from Soviet influence. The statement criticizes Soviet intervention and highlights party leaders' positions.
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