First Ballot Win Seen For Adlai
Washington reports Sen Sparkman predicts Adlai Stevenson could win the Democratic presidential nomination on the first ballot or by the second. Lehman backs Stevenson on the first ballot, while Harriman remains Stein son's principal rival. Keynoter decision looms as Kefauver and Kerr vie for support. Chandler touts Kentucky support and hints Stevenson’s weaknesses.
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Sparkman
Ala
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Illinois
Gov. Stevenson
Lehman
Adjaé Stevenson
New York
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Heth Harriman
Paul Butler
Los Angeles
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Henry M. Jackson
Chicago
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Harrimar
Kentucky
A. B
Millions Pray For Return Of Stolen Boy
Westbury New York July 8 The abduction of 36 day old Peter Weinberger spurred prayers from millions across the metropolitan area. Police report little tangible progress with the ransom notes rising from $2000 to $5000 and no solid clues about the kidnapper. Clergy urged any information to be shared with them, and churches kept doors open for potential contact. The mother pleaded for word as authorities reviewed handwriting and past contacts with the Weinberger family.
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Westbury
Peter Weinberger
New York
Weinberger
Thomas F. Code
St. Bridget's
Pinknell
Pinnelt Eaid
Father Code
Ankle Judging Contest Delights Hereford Crowd
In Hereford England an ankle judging event staged before a theater curtain showcased 24 women ages 19 to 81. Judge Dr Cyril Francis announced the prettiest feet, naming winner Mrs Gertrude Pritchard as the curtain rose to reveal the competitors.
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Hereford
England
Cyril Francis
Gertrude Pritchard
Age &l
Virginia County Faces Desegregation Push in Courts
Prince Edward County Virginia, 50 percent Black, 50 percent white, faces fresh federal court action demanding immediate desegregation of public schools by September with progress reports. NAACP lawyers say little has changed since a 1954 55 Supreme Court ruling and a 1969 court order urging desegregation, while county and state defendants cite planned reforms and Gray Plan provisions to resist forced integration.
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Richmond
Virginia
Federal District Court
Prince Edward County
Supreme Court
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Prince Edward
Wie
Clarendon
D.C
NAACP
Charlottesville
J. McIlvaine
Commonwealth of Virginia
Commission On Public Education
Passengers Stranded By Flood in Alabama
Heavy rains washed out highways in south Alabama stranding passengers on a Southern Railway train from Mobile to Birmingham. Dispatchers shifted riders to nearby towns as parts of the line remained flooded and no through service was planned today.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Rathway
Mobile
Birmingham
Ron Thormasvile
Iranni
Ife
Nixon reassures Thailand on SEATO support during Far East tour
Vice President Nixon arrived in Bangkok amid a tightened security plan and spoke of continued U S backing for Southeast Asia SEATO. He emphasized American aid to the Thai government and opposition to neutral blocs led by India while noting improved relations with Formosa and potential direct talks with Red China.
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Bangkok
INS
Richard M. Nixon
Far East
Thailand
Southeast
Asia: Treaty Organization
Nixon
Taipei
Formosa
Pilbulsonggrani
Prince Wan
BIS
Sento
India
United States
Free World
Safe-Crackers Loot $15020 From Evans Super Market
The Evans Super market at Gateway Shopping Center was robbed in a bold burglary early Saturday. A large steel safe was drilled and burned open with an acetylene torch and power drill, yielding $15,020.41 in cash mostly in $100 bills. Manager Carl Wood discovered the break-in at 1 p.m. Sunday after noting a beaten side door. Police investigated with state units and the crime lab but had few clues. The incident is the second Evans market burglary in four months, following a $1,500 theft in April by two teenage ex-employees who later pleaded guilty.
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James A. Haught
the Gazette
St. Albans
Charleston
Evans Super
Gateway
Carl Wood
Wood
Lester Groves
Tess
Evans Market
Small House Destroyed in Fatal Bedfast Widow Blaze
An elderly bedfast widow died in a flash fire that gutted her one story home at 187 Melee St Wilson Hollow near Charleston city limits. Mrs Cora Ann Williams 63 died of smoke inhalation before firefighters could reach her. damage valued at 3500 to the building and 700 to furnishings. Williams had lived in Charleston 40 years and was a Riverview Baptist Church member. She is survived by a daughter Eugenia Jackson of Columbus Ohio six grandchildren and four other grandchildren. The blaze began about 2 a m and fire crews from two companies fought the fire but the home was destroyed. Mrs Williams daughter Mrs Shatrice Rhodes and her husband lived with her.
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Wilson Hollow
Cora Ann Williams
Charleston
Melee St
Wilson
Hollow
Sheatrice Rhodes
Wilson Hallow
Traffic woes shape Philadelphia growth and transit history
A fragmented retrospective traces Philadelphia's rise and traffic hurdles from its 17th century grid to postwar eras. It notes bridges over the Delaware Schuylkill, bottlenecks from elevated Market Street lines, trolley cars, and midcentury policy shifts under Mayor Joseph Larker, pointing toward a drastic parking ban as a sales booster.
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Philadelphia
William Penn
Peon
Delaware
Schuylkill
Todays Definition EGOTIST Awan uihase away as canmtl
A garbled snippet hints at a wordplay definition of egoist or egotist with distorted letters. No clear event, person, organization, or place is identifiable.
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Egotist Awan Uihase
Canmtlyiewtsig
Abs
Man stands in coaster car and is killed at Palisades Park
A 25 year old Florida man Mi ami man stood up in a roller coaster car at Palisades Amusement Park near Cliffside Park and was hurled about 50 feet to the pavement below. His companion Frubert Yohan of Lodi, New Jersey witnessed the tragedy as police said riders were warned to stay strapped in.
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Cliffside Park
Ora
Miami Florida
Marion Leon Yohan
Frubert Yohan
Lodi
N. Jr
Palisades Amusement Park
Hudson River Cliffs
Manhattan
Pita
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Tate
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Frielay
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