Eisenhower Uses White House Calls To Spur Vote Drive
President Eisenhower launched a nationwide effort urging supporters to call neighbors to mobilize votes for Republicans. He personally phoned ten people across the country to start a chain, with similar calls by Citizens for Eisenhower. Democrats countered with a parallel doorbell campaign led by Stephen A. Mitchell.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Wilmington
Del
Iowa
Citizens For Eisenhower
Stephen A. Mitchell
Democrats Lash Ike in New Tactic
AP report from Washington outlines a shift in Democratic strategy targeting President Eisenhower. National Chairman Mitchell frames Eisenhower as joining a Red smear, announcing a prepared statement and accusing him of fear tactics in the campaign. Adlai Stevenson and other Democrats respond amid sharp exchanges over Nixon and government communism claims.
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Washington
Democratic High Command
Eisenhower
Mitchell
Congress
Jin
Nixon
White House
Adlai Stevenson
Great Neck
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Stevenson
Killer of Cop Slain Ends Chicago Manhunt
Agostino Amedeo, 26, slain after a chase that ended with fifty eight officers cornering him at a North Side intersection. He fired twice, then collapsed as police returned fire. Detective Lt. Frank Pape led the roundup and declared, I got him. Amedeo had killed Officer Charles Amerino eight days earlier in a tavern ambush.
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Chicago
Agostino Amedeo
Amedeo
Frank Pape
Charles Amerino
Criminal Courts
Dolly del Genio
Pape
Cale Theater
Gus
Weekend Weather Outlook With Snow Flurries Expected
Considerable cloudiness and cold with snow flurries through Sunday. Occasional sprinkles are possible in the afternoon. Tonight's low around 27 to 29 degrees. Sunday's high near 40 to 42 degrees.
Adenauer Dodges Question on U S Congress
In Washington Republican questioners pressed West German Chancellor Adenauer about President Truman's call for a Republican Congress. He responded with a wry quip noting readers should not expect the President to advocate a Democratic Congress.
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Washington
Adenauer
Britain Dockers End 27 Day Strike Vote To Return
Britain's 43 000 dock workers voted to resume work on Monday ending a 27 day stoppage that paralyzed the waterfront. London and other ports will operate with voluntary overtime after a compromise. a review meeting is set for one month. © AP.
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London
Britain
Vic Marney
National Amalgamated Stevedores and ‘Dockers Union
Mammoth Transport and General Workers Union
Child Missing Student Heads to Providence and Boston
Bernice Francer, 13, vanished from her Dorchester home four days ago. She told authorities she traveled to Providence and Boston hotels to be alone with her phonograph collection, carrying a portable record player.
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Boston
Bernice Francer
Dorchester
Providence
Halloween Mardi Gras Parade Opens Cedar Rapids Celebration
Cedar Rapids youths dance tonight at Memorial Coliseum Armory in the annual Halloween Mardi Gras. The event begins at 6 30 p.m. with a downtown parade featuring nearly 30 marching units and five musical groups, followed by a show at the armory.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Memorial Coliseum
Moose Lodge
American Legion Post
Armory
Both Parties To Bid Tonight on Radio and Video
Washington reports the final weekend of the 1952 campaign as Republicans and Democrats prepare last minute appeals to a nationwide radio and television audience. Adlai Stevenson will present the Democratic case at 7 30 CST on TV with radio at 9 30. Republican speakers include Attorney General Brownell and HEW Secretary Oveta Hobby plus Bertha Adkins who will close the bid for votes on NBC networks.
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Washington
Congress
NBC
Adlai Stevenson
Brownell
Oveta Culp Hobby
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Bonds Voted At Wyoming School Bond Approval
A $214000 school bond issue passed in a Wyoming special election by 495 to 95 with four spoiled ballots. The funds will finance construction and equipment for a new wing at the high school.
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the Gazette
Wyoming
Plane Wreckage Yields Two Bodies Found
An American ground rescue team in Wiesbaden reported the discovery of two bodies among the 21 victims of a U S air force C 47 crash in the French mountains. The search continues for the remaining victims as officials confirm all are accounted for in the wreckage.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
France
Air Force
Panic in Snowstorm Causes Fatal Plane Crash
Two Oklahoma City women were killed when a flight chartered to Boulder veered after panic and a struggle with the pilot in a Colorado snowstorm near Colorado Springs. Pilot John P. Lippett survived with injuries. paratroopers located the wreckage and confirmed the two women died.
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Colo
Oklahoma City
Allie Dixon
Stephens Petroleum Company
Juanie Johnson
Labout
John P. Lippett
Denver
Boy Hero Joe Cooper Freed With Fund Drive Plan
Joe Cooper ten and his mongrel rescued from a gas chamber will be sent to Webb School for Boys in Tennessee under the protection of former Gov James A Noe who launches a nationwide Joe Cooper Education Fund to cover expenses. Noe will underwrite the plan and serve as trustee alongside the bank president and the boy’s mother. The fund aims for twenty five thousand dollars to fund the boy’s education.
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West Monroe
Joe Cooper
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Noe
Webb School For Boys
Tennessee
Murphy Blackwell
Central National Bank
Webb
Joe
Tippie
Tina Clark
Morris Griggs
Mystery bidder whispers three way bid for Montgomery Ward
Chicago reports a clandestine financier named Mr. X plans to force a three way contest for control of Montgomery Ward and Company. He seeks insider information on departed executives and hints at a new, progressive management led by himself while opposing Louis E. Wolfson and Sewell Avery.
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Chicago
INS
Mr. X
Montgomery Ward and Company
Sewell Avery
Louis E. Wolfson
Florida
Avery
Wolfson
Jobless Claims Rise Amid Seasonal Layoffs In Textiles
Washington reports initial unemployment claims rose to 272,600 last week, up 18,800 from the prior week. The Labor Department cites seasonal layoffs in textiles and related industries and Columbus Day office closures as factors. Insured unemployment climbed to 1,480,000 for the week ending Oct 16, with two week averages about 45,000 below Oct 2.
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Washington (Lp
Labor Department
Nine Juvenile Suspects Held After Spree Across States
Cedar Rapids youths, nine boys aged 14 to 16, were detained by police in Indiana and Iowa after a 24 hour crime spree. In Winchester Indiana three were taken with a loaded shotgun and ammunition amid car thefts, burglaries, and gas-tank stunts. Cedar Rapids four were under juvenile bureau custody. Clinton and Portland linked chase ended in gunfire. Warrant actions await Cedar Rapids prosecution.
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Winchester
Ind
Clinton
Juvenile Bureau
Davis
Forrest E. Holdeman
Winchester Police
Portland
Holdeman
Jin
Indiana
Iowa
Federal Bureau of Investige
Coins Refused as Alimony Payment By Deputy Clerk
A Waverly woman tried to pay $125 in loose pennies nickels dimes and quarters as alimony to a former wife in Linn county. Deputy Melvin McCalley refused the coin payment and told her to wrap the coins by rolls. She later sorted and wrapped them at a bank where the money was accepted.
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Linn County
William Ray
Melvin McCalley
Ray
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