Nixon and Stassen Clash Over Open Convention Plans
Vice President Richard Nixon said there would be no trouble with Harold Stassen over the second GOP ticket spot as both left for the San Francisco convention. Stassen vowed to pressure for Christian Herter to replace Eisenhower as running mate while Nixon called for an open convention and expected no closed affair.
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Washington
INS
Richard M. Nixon
Harold
Stassen
Disarmament
Hixon
Jeff
Dif
Suez Plan Rejected By Soviet Powers Clash Over Canal Control
London reports Soviet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shoskin defends Nasser's seizure of the Suez Canal as Egypt seeks a broader international conference. France backs Egyptian ownership and profit transfer, while US and Britain push a limited mediation. Nasser rejects current invitation as Egypt readies for defense of the canal.
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London
Russia
Egypt
Suez Canal Company
Dmitriy
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Shepilor
Christian Pineau
France
Egyot
John Foster Dulles
Vi Snepilov
Suez
FBI identifies Telvi as Riesel acid hurler slain victim
The FBI says Abraham Telvi, a former convict, threw acid at columnist Victor Riesel in New York last April and was killed by a gunman. Two ex-convicts, Joseph Carling and Gondalto Mankki, were arrested in New York on charges of conspiring to obstruct justice in the case. Telvi had a long criminal record and is alleged to have acted alone in the acid attack.
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Washington
Jus- Hee Department
Abraham Telvi
Labor Colomis
Victor Riesel
New York
FBI
Joseph Peter Carling
Gondalto Maanki
Telvi
Oakland
Navy
Lower East Side
City
GPO Genera’ Department
Alameda
Legal Loan Company
Fox-Oakland
Riesel
Ayes
B.S
Paul Williams
Sunmen
Weather forecast hints at fair skies and coastal fog
Skies remain fair through tomorrow and Sunday with morning fog near the coast extending inland. Westerly winds of 10 to 18 mph shift after noon, shaping the coastal weather pattern.
Runaway Robot Plane Probed Over Los Angeles Skies
The Navy investigates a pilotless robot plane that roamed north and northwest of Los Angeles. Air Force interceptors attempted to shoot it down with 208 rockets from two F-89 Scorpions and an F6F Hellcat but failed to hit.
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Los Angeles
Navy
Air Force
Young Airman Faces Court Martial at Parks Base
Parks Air Force Base faces a court martial Monday for 14 year old airman charged with assault and battery against three trainees during a barracks inspection. Canadian-born instructor William Ottan defends the airman. The case draws parallels to Marine Sgt. Matthew McKeon but Ottan's own trial focuses on whether he can pursue Air Force pilot training. If found guilty on more than two counts, the airman could face six months hard labor, two-thirds pay loss, and a bad conduct discharge.
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William A. Otti
Parks
Asi
Bond
Matthew ©.McKeon
Parris Island
Ott
McKeon
Barvheid
Alperta
Donald Mayhew
Pleasanton
Parky Air Force Base
Yease
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Harry
N. D. Fisher
Teannue
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Frederick Robertson
Tf Ott
Fierce Attack At Hospital Director Sparks Board Crisis
Eden Hospital directors accuse Paul Rhodes of self glorification after months of infighting. The acting chair denounces missteps in selecting board colleagues and calls for district attorney review of hospital ties to Castro Valley Community Festival fundraiser. Rhodes pushes for probe. motion fails amid party lines as festival queen promotions and hospital fundraising reach the spotlight.
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Leona Ward
Eden Hospital
Paul Rhodes
Rhodes
Leslie
Williams
Julius Levine
Rhoades
Les
Castro Valley
Add
Valley
Vailey
Harry Blythe
Cline Moser
Hos
Nital
Castro Valley Lions Club
Blythe
Attormey Perry Berdellini
Everts
Levine
Ex Hayward Councilwoman Ruth Rogers Dies in Hayward
Ruth L. Rogers former Hayward councilwoman died Tuesday. Elected 1982 she supported city planning and parks. Survived by daughters Evalyn and Marion, son William, and three grandchildren. Funeral services were private.
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Ruth L. Rogers
Haywards
Hayward
Rogers
Conway B. Roy
First Presbyterian
Evalyn L. Rogers
Marion Long
William L. Rogers
San Francisco
The
Hill and Valley Club
Typhoon Babs Lashes Southern Japan Killing Thirteen
Typhoon Babs struck southern Japan with winds up to 100 miles per hour causing thirteen deaths and heavy property damage. Police reported 40 injured, about 200 homes damaged or washed away, and 200 ships damaged as the storm pushed into the Japan Sea this afternoon.
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Tokyo
Japan
Japan Sea
Man Hangs Self in Ingleside Police Cell
Richard T. Cox, 35, a Colma salesman, was found hanging by a necktie in a cell at Ingleside police station last night after a driving charge. The death was reported as an apparent suicide with authorities continuing the investigation.
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San Francisco
Ingleside
Richard T. Cox
Colma
GOP Plug For Adlai Stevenson In 1956 Convention
Massachusetts Republican leader Joseph Martin endorsed Adlai Stevenson as a strong Democrat and predicted a respectable losing fight. He spoke before departing Logan Airport for the Republican national convention in San Francisco.
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Boston
House
Joseph W. Martin
Mass
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Logan International Airport
San Francisco
West German Court Bans Red Party
West German court bans the Red Party in a final ruling against communists. Police raid party headquarters and front organizations nationwide to enforce the decree dissolving the party and confiscating its property. About 100 people gathered outside the courthouse as the verdict was announced.
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Arlsruhe
Germany
UNS
Supreme Court
Konrad Adenauer
Crop Duster Pilot Crashes in Tomato Field
Fremont reports a crop duster piloted by Roland Lawrence, 32, walked away with minor cuts after his plane struck a guy-wire and crashed and burned in a tomato field on Niles Alvarado road near Decoia road. He worked for L and P Duster service at Centerville airport. The plane was destroyed by fire. sheriff's deputies were notified later.
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Fremont
Niles-Alvarado
Decoia Road
Roland Lawrence
San Jose
Sherff
Lawrence
Centerville
Decoraemen
Strength Gains Claimed By Five At Democratic Convention
At the 1936 Democratic National Convention in Chicago delegates from Four sena tors claim rising strength for multiple vice presidential contenders. Kefauver Gore Humphrey Kennedy and Mayor Wagner vie as the party caucuses shift toward a running mate for Adlai E. Stevenson with Georgia Florida and Virginia pledging votes while others pledged variably.
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Adlai Stevenson
W.fi
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Democrats
Truman
Kefauver
Tenn
Albert Gore
Hubert Humphrey
Minn
John F. Kennedy
Mass
Robert Wagner
New York
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Mefauver
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Georgia
Kennedy
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Gore
Louisiana
Virginia
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Florida
Lai
Kemedy
California Split Most For Estes Facing Kefauver in Poll
California delegates cast 3348 votes in a Democratic convention preference poll for Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, with Hubert Humphrey and John Kennedy also receiving support. The nonbinding poll, taken at a delegation meeting, showed Kefauver drawing southern and some northern support while Kennedy led northern delegates, and Brown backed Humphrey.
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California
Sea Eltes Kefayver
Tennessee
Hubert Hareynesota
John Keane
Massachusetts
Kefauver
Humphrey
South State
George Kilson
National Democratic
Truman
Clair Engle
Edmund G. Brown
Kennedys
Roger Kent
Kentfield
Minnesota
Nixon
Hanfield
Kennedy
Joseph Houghtelling
Sunnyvale
Kenedy
Big City
Min
Johnson Quits Nominee Race
CHICAGO INS Lyndon B Johnson ruled himself out as Democratic vice presidential nominee. He said it looks like a Kefauver Kennedy Humphrey test on the convention floor. The Texan, a kingmaker in the party, urged the Texas delegation to express itself fully and asserted he is not running for vice president. He spoke after conferring with Adlai Stevenson about an open nomination and stayed up late while discussing prospective candidates.
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Chicago
INS
Lyndon B. Jennson
Texas
Johnson
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Jon An
Rescue of Oakland Girl After 150-Foot Embankment Crash
A 17 year old Oakland girl Julia Halsey was pinned for three hours beneath an overturned auto after veering off Redwood road into an East Oakland hills embankment. Her companion Alvin Jonas 30 was injured and both were hospitalized with painful but not serious injuries. Firemen from Oakland and Contra Costa County extricated Miss Halsey at Peralta Hospital doctors reported many cuts bruises and possible fractures.
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Oakland
Julia Halsey
Miss Halsey
Alvin Jonas
Tiffin J Road
Jonas
Redwood Road
Oakland Hills
Contra Coste County
Peralta Hospital
Adlai Pays Courtesy Call On Truman
Adlai Stevenson visited former President Truman in the Truman suite after a long night celebrating his Democratic nomination. Stevenson said Truman offered to visit but he would return to his work and prepare his acceptance speech to be delivered tonight.
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Marty Truman
Stevenson
Truman
Ha Stevenson
Truuman
William McCormick
la Salle Street
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