Byrd-Backed Candidate Sweeps To Victory In Virginia Primary
Virginia primary results show John Stewart Battle, a 59 year old Charlottesville lawyer and state senator, winning the four way governor nomination with 23 000 votes to spare as the Byrd led organization solidifies control. He carried seven of nine congressional districts, defeating Francis Pickens Miller by a growing margin as rural precincts reported. Miller conceded after Battle built a widening lead. Unofficial AP counts: Battle 127 549 Miller 104 178 Edwards 44 601 Arnold 21 022. Edwards and Arnold pledged support for Battle. Miller did the same after conceding.
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Richmond
John Stewart Battle
Virginia
Harry Byrd
Charlottesville
Francis Pickens Miller
Miller
Horace H. Edwards
Democratic Party
Remmie L. Arnold
Peetisburg
Associated Press
Battle
Edwards
Arnold
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Moss Plunkett
Roanoke
L. Preston Collins
Martinsville
Nick Prillaman
Black man flogged by hooded riders in Tennessee
In Chattanooga Tennessee on August 3 a 70 year old Black laborer Charles Whiteside was seized from his home by six hooded men, dragged to a Black cemetery and severely flogged. Local authorities say no complaints have been filed but will investigate if requested by residents.
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Tenn
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Chattanooga Times
Hixson
Charles Whiteside
W. Corry Smith
Frank Burns
Whiteside
Plants Boom at Oak Ridge
The Atomic Energy Commission reports a thriving isotope market with 7613 shipments of radioactive isotopes to institutions locally and abroad in the last year. Most shipments went to U.S. researchers, while 21 foreign countries received 588 shipments.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
The
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Hawaii Senate debates stevedoring law amid dock strike
Honolulu August 3 Hawaii Senate may vote to place the territorial government into the stevedoring business without seizing the seven firms struck by CIO longshoremen. The bill prohibits hiring strikers and use of the firms equipment while an amendment for seizure was rejected 8 to 0. Peace talks among ILWU leaders and employers remain deadlocked as wage requests and the industry’s bargaining unity draw focus.
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Senate
House
CIO
International
San Francisco
Examiner Morning
ILWU
Harry Bridges
Hawaii
Bridges
Chinese Red Reaction After Amethyst Escape
DeWitt Mackenzie comments on Peiping radio coverage of the Amethyst escape from near Chinkiang. The Nanking news agency cites Gen Yuan Chung-Hsien as boasting of Taiwanese style punishment and demands compensation while the London Admiralty denies the charges. The critique notes haste and incoherence, seeing no clear policy from the Red high command.
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DeWitt
James D. White
DeWitt Mackenzie
Jevel
Peiping Radio
San Francisco
Associated Press
Nanking
Communist New China News Agency
Yuan Chung-Hsien
Yuan
People's Liberation Army
Chinkiang Front
Chinkiang
Amethyst
London
Peipipe
Gen. Yuan
Red High Command
High Command
Isotopes and Radioactive Tracers Expand Applications
Since August 2, 1948 radioactive isotopes from common materials like iodine phosphorus and carbon are used as tracers in medical research and cancer treatment. They help detect brain tumors before surgery and study engine wear by making piston rings radioactive. The Agriculture Department funds plant phosphorus research in 44 states. The AEC is expanding processing facilities due to booming demand.
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AEC
U. S
Young Fisherman Rescued From Flooded Broad River Rock
Robert M Lee, 21, was rescued by two city firemen in a boat after clinging to a rock for 11 hours in the Broad River at Columbia US C. He was trapped by sudden water rise from an upstream dam flood. AP Wirephoto.
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Robert M- Lee
Broad River
Columbia
US. C
Morgan Raps Zoning Laws
Birmingham officials and residents discuss segregation and zoning in North Smithfield. Commissioner James W. Morgan declares Birmingham’s zoning illegal for 12 years, cites dynamite attacks on black homeowners, threats to Rev. Milton Curry, and delays on a black builder’s permit. Morgan predicts a federal appeal and likely loss.
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Birmingham
Ala
James W. Morgan
City Commission
North Smithfield
Milton Curry
Curry
Morgan
Alabama zoning reform bill advances in legislature
The measure from Commissioner Morgan seeks to end the requirement of unanimous city commission votes in certain zoning cases. In Washington, a House bill approved a $995 payment to Moody L. Smitherman Jr. and his father for a 1944 Birmingham traffic crash involving a mail truck. Also notes early iron production believed to have begun before 1300 B C.
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Alabama
Morgan
Birmingham
Ala
House
Senate
Moody L. Smitherman Jr
Rice Gains Ground On Rhone Delta Floodplain
Rice is emerging as a key crop on the Rhone River delta as farmers shift from traditional staples to expand cultivation. Local agronomists note growing suitability of the wetlands for paddy fields and increasing market demand.
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Rhone River
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