State Electoral Splits Again in Southern States
A 1930s style report notes hostility to the Stevenson Sparkman ticket could lead Southern states to split their electoral votes this year with electors voting for different slates. It recalls 1916 West Virginia and 1912 California splits, outlining past results and the now common practice of listing presidential electors on ballots.
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Stevenson-Sparkman
Tennessee
Truman
Thurmond
West
Virginia
Hughes
Wilson
California
T. Roosevelt
Homestead Police Chief Connry Convicted of Misconduct
Homestead Police Chief Thomas F. Counry was convicted of misdemeanor in office by a state grand jury. Co defendants Patrolman Benjamin Buford and Milton Blount were acquitted of conspiracy charges. Sentencing deferred. judge said verdicts warranted. State alleged payoffs to run vice operations in Homestead. Counry denied wrongdoing, citing savings of about 31 000 dollars.
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Keon
Pittsburgh
Homestead
Thomas F. Counry
Allerheny County Criminal Court
Thes
Coulin
Benjamin Buford
Milton Blount
Conlin
Thomas Laban
Lackwanna County
Juraxs
Contin
Halloween Parade and Local News Update from 1932
Community notes report a prohibition raid on East Washington Street with no liquor seized and unconfirmed ties to a West Main Street joint. A junior high dance drew about 30 couples at Cony High School. City clerk G. B. Porter recovers from a crash leaving him hospital bound for weeks. Halloween plans finalize with a parade on October 31 and Rex Theatre judging. Gerty Independents face Lakewood in a pivotal game amid low attendance. A quiz column offers 10 questions with answers on the back page.
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East Washington Street
West Main Street
Cony High School
Rex Theatre
Probe death in Pittsburgh gas furnace incident
Allegheny County coroner probes the death of Edward Felegy, 48, an insurance agent. Felegy and his family were overcome by gas from a newly installed furnace and he was pronounced dead yesterday, with the coroner suggesting a possible heart attack as the cause.
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Venus de Milo
Sofia
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Romania
mid-West
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Jeb 'Stuart
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Edward
Felegy
Felecq
Four Girls Escape Auto Plunge Near Jamestown
A car driven by Shirley E. Brown veered on Kiantone Road two miles south of Jamestown last night. The vehicle plunged through a shoulder and fence, rolled several times for about 30 feet, ending upside down in a ditch. Brown and three other 1-year-old Warren area girls escaped with minor injuries. Brown treated for shock and a sprained ankle at WCA Hospital.
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A& Ves
Kiantone
Jamestown
WCA Hospital
Shirley E. Brown
Warren
Victoria Jullano
Commutation Request Filed For Long Robbery Sentence
Allegheny County prisoner in the state Pardons Board seeking commutation of a 28 to 50 year term for robbery and larceny. Counselor M Barney Cohen says past commutations under a 1937 law allowed total sentence adjustment, not individual terms.
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Frese
Harrisburg
Allegheny County
State Pardons Board
M. Barney Cohen
Albert Carelli
Pittsburgh
Cohen
Cavelli
Georgs H. Earle
Carelli
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Fred Kimball, Inc
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Philadelphia
Associated Press
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Lakewood
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Finis
Athletic Field
Milton S. Eisenhower
Institution of Learning
Horace Greeley
Bunke Hull
WERC
Henry J. Mahady
Veterans For Eisenhower
Republican State Committee
Pennsylvania
Sale Prive
Al’s
Miss Brown
Claire Lowe
Ann Rownd
Russel
Carol Anderson
Homer Danielson
National Bank
the National Bank
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
LEED
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Bob Desmond
Barney’s Firestone
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DELCO
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