Stevenson Seeks Notable Running Mate For 1952 Ticket
Adlai E Stevenson plans to bypass geography and seek a top running mate if he wins the Democratic nomination. He considers Hubert Humphrey Robert Wagner Jr Kennedy and Estes Kefauver as potential second on the ticket while predicting a possible deadlocked convention and ongoing fall campaign against Eisenhower.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Averell Harriman
New York
Eisenhower
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Robert F. Wagner Jr
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Sen. Estes Keatuver
Tennessee
Drum and Fife Corps at Woolson Rites for Civil War Vet
In Duluth Minnesota a drum and fife corps played tunes Albert Woolson rapped out as a Civil War drummer boy as his funeral procession moved four miles to a hilltop burial with over 200 uniformed veterans in attendance. The Sons of Union Veterans from Mount Vernon Ohio led the march and conducted services. A fern wreath a single rose and a miniature flag marked the tribute.
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Duluth
Minn
Albert Woolson
Sons of Union Veterans
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Hymn of the Republic
Sons of the Union Veterans
Double Income Urge to Farmers
The National Farmers Union urged Democratic platform drafters to endorse a plan for farm income to rise to an average of 5,000 dollars yearly in 1955 terms, up from 2,200 last year. President James G. Patton outlined the proposal in prepared testimony for platform committee hearings.
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Chicago
The
National Farmers Union Today
James G. Patton
Farmers Union
Patton
Government plans to expand farm aid and price supports
The proposal outlines three measures: broaden programs to boost domestic consumption of farm products via food stamps and related efforts. implement high level farm price supports instead of a sliding scale. and use government payments to supplement farm market receipts when below target levels.
Meanness a Mess at Best Ever Ice Cream Co
Norfolk Virginia Cecil Canada co owner of the Best Ever Ice Cream Co says two trucks of melted ice cream and two inches of water flooded the office floor when he arrived. He theorizes store breakers damaged the office out of spite for no money found, calling it pure meanness.
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Norfolk
Cecil Canada
Benton Critiques Eisenhower Foreign Policy At Platform Hearing
Former Sen William Benton told the Democratic Platform Committee that the nation avoided disaster under Eisenhower policies but warns the Republicans mishandled foreign affairs. He urged returning foreign policy to competent hands, citing a three stage bluff boast backdown cycle and weaker alliances.
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Chicago
William Benton
Connecticut
Democratic Platform Committee
Eisenhower
Benton
Truman
State Dulles
Fragmentary political quote reflects inflation and rents debate
The text presents a disjointed Republican remark criticizing price spreads between rents and goods as a sign of broader economic turmoil. It references independence and the world market context without concrete names or dates.
Topekan May Be Atchison Manager
ATCHISON Topeka park commissioner William Yerkes 42 may be Atchison's next city manager. Mayor A C Ferrell and Commissioner John Grandbouche proposed hiring him, while Commissioner C W Runyan sought delay. A special meeting was set for today. Ferrell and Grandbouche ousted City Manager Add Ellyson last week. Ellyson’s friends filed recall petitions being checked by city clerk Lisle Noble who has been acting city manager.
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Atchison
Topeka
William Yerkes
A. C. Ferrell
John Grandbouche
Yerkes
C. W. Runyan
Ferrell
Grandbouche
Runyan
Ellyson
Lisle Noble
Gasoline Price War Tapers Off in Kansas City Area
A three month gasoline price war in the Kansas City metropolitan area ends as most stations raise prices by six to eight cents per gallon. Independent stations led the return to normalcy as prices for regular grade reach 26.9 to 28.9 cents. Premium coupons had been issued by some stations during the price cuts.
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Kansas City
Average Production Of Crude Oil Drops
Daily average production of crude oil and condensate declined 10 800 barrels to 7 901 150 during the week ended Aug 4. Oklahoma shed 18 400 barrels while Texas rose 11 075 barrels to 3 012 875. Kansas production increased.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
Oil and Gas Journal
Texas
Kansas
Production figures revised in Journal report
The Journal estimates 1956 production at 1.552 billion barrels, up from 1.458 billion a year ago. Colorado falls 600 to 166,500 barrels and Arkansas declines 500 to 75,700. Nebraska gains 800 to 39,400 barrels.
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Colorado
Arkansas
Nebraska
Thieves Crack Safe at Warwick Building Materials Co
Thieves ripped open a large safe at the Warwick Building Materials Co over the weekend and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. They cooled off with soft drinks from a nearby vending machine as police investigated.
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Warwick, R. I
Warwick Building Materials Co
Patron Claims Not Tampering With Machine Used Personal Coins
The report states a patron said they did not tamper with the light metal dispensing machine and instead used their own coins to pay for the drinks, noting no alteration to the device.
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