Democrats In Spotlight At Chicago Convention Watch
At the International Amphitheatre in Chicago the Democratic National Committee meets to pick the party’s presidential hopefuls. From Paul Butler presiding to Frank Clement’s keynote, the staged pageant features Rayburn as permanent chairman and a cast including Averell Harriman and Adlai Stevenson, with clerks Frazier and Mauer guiding the roll call.
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Arthur Edson
Chicago
United States
Butler
Paul Butler
Democratic National Committee
Indiana
South Bend
Notre Dame
Dorothy McElroy Vredenburgh
North Birmingham
Ala
Clement
William Jennings Bryan
Oratory
Sam
Rayburn
Speaker
Emery Frazier
George Mauer
Frazier
Whitesburg
Senate
Roosevelt
Mauer
House
Gene Graham
George Bell Timmerman Jr
South Carolina
Warren Magnuson
Wash
Tammany
Carmine DeSapio
Lyndon Johnson
Tex
Harry S. Truman
Stuart Symington
Gov
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Estes Kefauver
Tenn
Frank Lausche
Ohio
Averell Harriman
New York
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Jacob M. Arvey
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Kentucky
Verre Mauer
National Democratic
Clarence Cannon
Sam Rayburn
William N. Miller
Les Biffle
Frank G. Clement
Tennessee
Truman Endorsement Faces Southern Rebuff in Harriman Row
Southern figures led by George Wallace a Clayton Alabama judge say Harriman must be defeated for the nomination. Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina and former Virginia Governor John Battle speak similarly noting Truman's backing could aid Harriman's opponents in Virginia. Stevenson supporters hope the backlash helps their ticket.
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Egate
George Wallace
Clayton
Ala
South
Harriman
Ervin
Sam Ervin
North Carolina
John 8
Battle
Virginia
Truman
Stevenson
Harrian
Illinois
Dr. E M Agee Joins Humble Oil R D Division
Dr. E M Agee has joined Humble Oil and Refining Company’s Baytown refinery research and development division after earning a Ph D in chemistry from the University of Texas in 1953 and completing NSF fellowship at the University of Wisconsin. He is married to Alice Jones of High Point and will work among 160 chemists physicists and refinery staff.
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E. M. Agee
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Baytown
Sr. Magee
Alice Jones
H. M. Jones
High Point
National Science Foundation
University of Wisconsin
University of Texas
Hamble
Britain presses on with Suez conference amid Soviet objections
Britain overrides Soviet objections and proceeds with the international Suez conference at Lancaster House while Iraq seeks last minute mediation and Greece refuses to attend. Soviet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepilov seeks a visa. Egypt’s Nasser looms a possible no.
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Eddy Gilmore
London
Britain
Iraq
Dmitri Shepilov
Moscow
Greece
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Lancaster House
Middle East
Oiltich
Cyprus
Harriman Consorts: Art Gallery Owner Talks First Lady Role
Mrs. Harriman, wife of the railroad magnate, runs an art gallery in New York and designed interiors for trains. She redecorated Sun Valley rooms and Albany’s executive mansion. She would campaign with her husband if he runs, but would not speak herself. She has two grown children from both marriages.
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White House
Albany
N.Y
Harriman
Payne Whitney
Edwin D. Morgan Jr
Cornelius
Sonny) Whitney
She Harriman
Lost Boys Use Scout Training in Nighttime Woods
Two 13 year old boys lost overnight in jungle like woods near Smithfield N C were found by a large search party after more than 300 people two bulldozers two helicopters planes and National Guardsmen joined locals in rescinding. The youths Edward Boyette III and Donald Wallace credited Boy Scout training for staying calm and following a stream until help arrived.
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Smithfield
N.C
Edward Boyette III
Donald Wallace
Boyette
Rt. 70
Eddie
Donald
John Boyette
Keep Cool Motto At Chicago DNC Powwow
Chicago hosts prepare for the Democratic National Convention with air conditioned vehicles and 32 switchboards 4000 telephones 100 phone booths 160 private lines and 1330 trunk lines at venues. VIP entertainment includes Perle Mesta with Sinatra Keel and Monroe while 2500 opera chairs from the Paradise Theater expedite seating. The event runs with advance admissions ending Aug 12.
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Illinois Bell Telephone Co
International Amphitheater
Conrad Hilton Hotel
Paradise Theater
Chi- End
Cago
Chamber Groups Meet This Week
High Point Chamber of Commerce groups plan meetings this week. The fire prevention committee meets Tuesday at 12:15 p.m. for lunch at the Sheraton Hotel to discuss the October program. The industrial planning committee meets Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. at the Sheraton to review the need for more industrial sites in the city.
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High Point Chamber of Commerce
Sheraton Hotel
Sheraton
Weeks Opposes Textile Import Quotas, Says Relief Must Come From Congress
Southern Textile News reports in Washington interview with Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks who opposes import quotas on textiles. Weeks warns quota action could provoke retaliatory limits and nullify trade-barrier gains. Relief for U S mills is viewed as achievable only through Congress, not administration.
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Weeks
Congress
Southern Textile News
United States
Tobacco prices rise as markets report light demand
South Carolina and Border North Carolina leaf sales totaled 20 205 297 pounds last week at an average 48.16 per 100 pounds. Market News Service noted slightly stronger demand, better leaf quality, and extremely light volume. Openings set for Aug 23 on Eastern Belt markets with tentative dates for Middle and Old Belts in early September.
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Associated Press
South Carolina
Border North Carolina
Federal State Market News Service
North Carolina
Fred S. Royster
Bright Belt Warehouse Assn
Association
Royster
Middle Belt
Old Belt
Market News
Auraey
Lgeabilizcation Corp
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Fishbait) Miller
Pascagoula
Tisberry
Dr. E.M. Agee
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Famagusta
Cairo
Ocean
Kremlin
Weather Bureau
New England
Great Lakes
Russ Lane
Windy City
Perle Mesta
Frank Sinatra
Howard Keel
Broadway
Hollywood
Vaughn Monroe
Jock Luzzatte
Barber's Workers Emblem
Ulster Point
College Walle
Oklahoma Town
Ireland
Tinker
Chance
Borodin
Cleopatra's Needle
Roanoke, Virginia
Parke, Davis @ Company
Detroit
Midigam
Koonts-Mcghee Drug CO
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