Dark Horses Could Change Picture for GOP Nomination
A group of potential dark horses includes Gov. Thomas E. Dewey Sen. Everett M. Dirksen Paul Hoffman and Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Dewey famed for rackets busting in New York City rose to presidential contender again in 1944 and 1948 but was defeated by Roosevelt and then by Truman in 1948.
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Atomic Blast Seen Near Yucca Flat in Nevada
The eighth spring atomic blast flashed above the Southern Nevada sky before dawn at Yucca Flat. It followed a 300 foot tower detonation with about 751 mice used for radioactivity studies. The 20th test since 1951, observers noted the flash was less bright than last Sunday's.
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Man Confessed From Pulpit Freed In Bank Robbery Case
Albert Johnson 23, who confessed involvement in a May 4 church pulpit speech, had bank robbery charges dismissed by District Judge Robert H. Kaul under Kansas two year initiation rule. The Hoyt bank holdup, worth $835, occurred four years ago in Hoyt, Kansas.
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Mayfield Yields Lead Roll Call to Aid Kefauver Nomination
James J. Mayfield, Alabama campaign manager for Tennessee, says Alabama will yield its lead-off roll call to allow Tennessee to open presidential nominating for Estes Kefauver. He claims a majority support from Alabama's 22 delegates. latest count shows Kefauver seven, Russell seven, eight uncommitted.
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Actress seeks alimony from sixth husband in restraining suit
Los Angeles actress Helen Gilbert asks for 750 dollars monthly alimony from her sixth husband James Durant a Phoenix Arizona restaurateur She asks a restraining order to stop him from molesting her and alleges he tried to throw her from an 11th floor apartment window two weeks ago
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County Cadets to Go to Camp
Cadet Samuel F. Evans and Cadet William H. Russell both of the University of Alabama will attend a six week Army reserve officers training corps summer camp from June 21 to August 1 1952 Evans attends the artillery camp at Fort Bliss Texas and Russell the infantry camp at Fort Benning Georgia The program aims to develop leadership apply training and build physical combat traits.
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Fort Benning
Georgia
Reds Set Meet Tokyo
Japan's Communist Party invites Communist and Labor Party delegates from 31 nations to attend its 30th anniversary rally in Tokyo on July 15.
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Barricade for Insulin Fails to Alter British Stand
In Radio Berlin the call for insulin for a diabetic German janitor was rebuffed as British Major General Darcey Irvine refused to allow relief. The Russian response offered to evacuate the man to a hospital, but Karl Von Schnitzler countered that the patient was not that ill.
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Bolivian newspaper La Razón folds after MNR uprising
La Razón, Bolivia's largest paper, ends publication and dismisses 300 employees after the April 9 MNR revolution that toppled the military government and installed Victor Paz Estenssoro. The article notes the paper's opposition to the MNR and its prolonged hiatus.
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Wanger Begins Four Month Sentence for Shooting
LOS ANGELES Producer Walter Wanger started a four month term for the jealousy shooting of Jennings Lang, agent for his wife Joan Bennett. He surrendered quietly at county jail after declining to answer reporters about a reconciliation with Miss Bennett. The couple had been estranged since the December 13 incident in a Beverly Hills parking lot.
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False Teeth Comfort Powder Promises Stable Fit
An old advertisement touts FPASTEETH as a pleasant alkaline denture powder that makes false teeth more firmly attached so wearers can eat and talk more easily. It claims easy sprinkling on dentures and mentions relief from denture breath with a mild taste.
Miss Japan Named Kojima for Miss Universe Contest
Twenty year old Himeko Kojima of Tokyo was chosen as Miss Japan for the Miss Universe pageant in Long Beach California later this month. She stands 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 124 pounds.
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Long Beach
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Prominent 1952 Figures Echo Liberal Labels and Ike Support
The piece outlines Dewey calling himself a true liberal and praising Eisenhower, MacArthur’s potential status as a 1952 prospect, Dirksen’s moderationist stance and Senate bid, and Paul Hoffman’s shift from Studebaker to the European recovery program and Ford Foundation. It notes past MacArthur and Dewey ties and Hoffman’s comment on liberal Republicans.
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