Political party balance and third party impact in presidential history
A review notes eight Republican and eight Democratic presidents since 1900 and highlights Democratic majorities in Congress with brief mentions of 1912 and 1924 third party influence. It argues the coming election will hinge on GOP or Democratic nominees amid a fractured state Democratic slate.
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Congress
Senate
Kennedy
Theo
Dore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Robert la Follette
John W. Davis
Calvin Cooledge
Davis
National Party
Democratic Party
Soviet Expels Three Stalin Era Leaders
The Soviet Communist party expelled Georgi Malenkov V M Molotov and Lazar Kaganovich in a move linked to long standing purges of Stalin era officials. Suslov in a Central Committee speech accused them of crimes and of seeking to restore tyrannical practices, noting others involved in the anti party group as well.
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Preston Grover
Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Georgi M. Malenkov
V. M. Molotov
Lazar Kaganovich
Mikhail Suslov
Molotov
Khrushchev
Peking
Malenkov
Suslov
Central Committee
Nikolai Bulganin
Klementi Voroshilov
Mikhail Pervyukin
Maxim
Ira Lay to speak at Decatur Rotary Club meeting
Ira Lay executive director Morgan County United Fund will address the Decatur Rotary Club Monday at 12 15 p m at the Lyons Hotel He will discuss how the United Fund is used and its accomplishments The diary notes a 3 12 p m collision at Fuller’s Super Market entrance involving Ira Leo Sparks 46 and Robert L Allen 28 and directs readers to Page 2.
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Ira Lay
Morgan County United Fund
Decatur Rotary Club
Lyons Hotel
United Fund
Fuller’s
Moulton St. W
Ira Leo Sparks
Trinity
Robert L. Allen
Spring Ave
Sun Sunday feature on Alabama springs and Florida travel plans
The article promotes a Sunday feature in the Decatur Daily about North Alabama springs as historic sites and a Florida winter playground with rising motel rates. It notes Canada’s monthly child upkeep payout and questions if a $45 million payoff is excessive.
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North
Alabama
John Knox
Wilds
Florida
Sunshine State
Government of
Canada
All New Decatur Daily
Stevenson Sees Civil Rights Focus of World Opinion
Adlai E. Stevenson told the Commonwealth Club of California that civil rights is the gut issue of the modern world and U S actions on race have global impact. He urged ending barriers and intolerance to show the way in world affairs and noted steps like the nuclear test ban and space cooperation as moves toward ending the cold war. He voiced hope for further US Soviet common interests and agreements.
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San Francisco
Adlai E. Stevenson
United States
U. S
Comonwealth Club of
California
Stevenson
Moscow-Washington
U S and Panama Reach Agreement to Restore Ties
The United States and Panama agreed to end their 11 week breach of diplomatic relations and to discuss disputes. A 150 word accord restoring ties was signed at the Pan American Union as President Johnson spoke with Panama’s Roberto Chiari. Johnson later named Robert B. Anderson as special envoy to resolve issues dating to the 1903 canal treaty.
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Washington
United States
Panama
Pan American Union
Johnson
Roberto Chiari
Robert B. Anderson
Secretary of the Treasury
U.S
Panama Cane Zone
Anchorage Hit By New Earthquake Light Tremor Stirs City
Anchorage shaken by a fresh quake a week after a major event. Police reported no injuries and survey indicated areas damaged previously avoided new damage. Valdez also felt a light tremor with no injuries or further damage.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Valdez
Brazil Begins Economy List
Provisional President Paschoal Ranieri Mazilli flew to Rio de Janeiro with U S cooperation to address Brazil’s economic crisis and post upheaval. The deposed President Joao Goulart’s wife and two children arrived in Uruguay as he reportedly remains in Brazil, with Guzart’s fate uncertain and exile anticipated. Military leaders released Communist labor leaders and Goulart supporters from jail.
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Frank Brutto
Rio DE Janeiro
U. S
Paschoal Ranieri Mazzilli
Brasilia
Brazil
Joao Goulart
Montevies
Uruguay
Goulart Ouster Hailed By Rusk
Secretary of State Dean Rusk called the ouster of Brazilian President Joao Goulart a victory for constitutional democracy. He said the United States would work closely with the new regime to help Brazil recover from economic chaos and noted concerns about extremist elements and a potential move to authoritarian rule. He denied U S involvement in engineering the revolution.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Joao Goulart
Brazil
Rusk
Goulart
United States
World Communist split widens as Moscow targets China
Moscow moves to rally all Communist parties against China amid a widening rift. Premier Khrushchev predicts closer ranks as Molotov Malenkov and Kaganovich are expelled, while Suslov outlines the Soviet stance and Pravda prints a seven page doctrinal speech.
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Moscow
World Communist Movement
Moscow-Peking
Budapest
Khrushchev
Soviet Communist Party
V. M. Molotov
Georgi Malenkov
Lazar Koganovich
Communist Party
Molotov
Peking
Mikhail Suslov
Mikhail A. Suslov
Pravda
Discovery of Homo Habilis May Rewrite Human Origins
British anthropologist Dr Louis Leakey announced the discovery of a new primitve human species in East Africa dating nearly two million years old. The Homo Habilis remains include seven individuals, with a young woman nicknamed Cinderella, and Leakey said Africa is where man really came from.
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Washington
Louis S. B. Leakey
East Africa
L Have
Leakey
National Geographic Society
National Press Club
e.Leakey
Cinderella
Africa
Central
MacArthur Enters Deep Coma After Worsening Battle
Washington(AP) General Douglas MacArthur showed signs of entering a peaceful coma Friday as his bid for life faltered. Lt Gen Leonard D Heaton Army surgeon general reported the five star commander was nearing the deepest unconsciousness, a common final stage for aged illness, in the latest medical bulletin.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Leonard D. Heaton
Army
Heaton
MacArthur
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