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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1956
Page
2
T Sgt Charles E Lindsey of Parsons said he will not be in Chanute on Tuesday as planned. He will be at the Chanute post office from 10 to 12 a m September 4 and every Tuesday thereafter.
Arthur Miller arrived from London and refused to name fellow writers who attended 1939 and 1940 Communist party writers' meetings. The House previously voted a contempt citation against him, and Miller said his conscience forbids naming others. He left his bride Marilyn Monroe in London.
Vice President Nixon returned from worrying at his father’s bedside and prepared to lead his re election bid. He traveled with his wife and two daughters Patricia and Julie and planned to confer with Republican leaders on plans focusing on close Senate states in the November 6 election.
Nixon described the weeks ahead as a good fight with the administration, saying good men could present opposition views. He added that his father Frank A. Nixon, 77, in Whitier California, was in good spirits though upset to see them leave as he’s fond of the two girls.
Sindlinger Co reports 1000 set owners polled across 238 counties finding the two major party conventions drew an average 33 million viewers versus 54 million for peak programs. Only about a quarter of sets were turned on as films and sports out drew conventions in many areas amid a radio listening surge.
Cowboy star Roy Rogers told a crowd at the Ohio State Fair that Ohio Governor Frank Lausche received a Texas teaspoon from Governor Al. The playful jab reflects a lively exchange between state leaders during the fair.
Rogers recounted Lausche describing a so called Texas teaspoon at a press luncheon. The large spoon, described as big as a soup ladle, was sent with a note from Lausche thanking Shivers but joking no mouth in Ohio could fit it.
Daniel led with 5,293 at noon yesterday but Yarborough trimmed the margin as returns from counties Yarborough carried came in. Robert Johnson, head of the election bureau, said the result could go either way.
New Orleans police and a bomb expert responded to a time bomb warning at Union passenger terminal after a soaked unclaimed suitcase was found. Firemen and officers ordered the container flooded with water overnight, while two officers discovered a battery operated phonograph whirring inside.
U.S. Senator Price Daniel held a razor thin lead over Ralph Yarborough in the Texas Democratic gubernatorial primary canvass with Daniel at 697,732 votes and Yarborough at 695,209, a margin of 2,523 votes or .08 percent. The unofficial count from the Texas Election Bureau shows Daniel narrowly ahead as ballots continue to be canvassed.
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