Mesta Party Delivers a Whale of an Off the Cuff Floor Show
Chicago scene during Perle Mesta's champagne supper drew many guests as TV panelists and reporters mingled with politicians. H V Kaltenborn mimicked Truman, who mimicked Kaltenborn, to loud applause while hosts and performers including Phil Reagan and Vaughan Monroe provided light entertainment.
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Mesta
H. V.kaltenborn
Harry S&s. Truman
H. V. Kaltenborn
Averell Harriman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
M. C
Phil Reagan
Mrs. Mesta
Martha Roundtree
Kattenborn
Truman
Kaltenborn
H. §. Truman
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Harriman
Reagan
Vaughan Monroe
Johnnie Desmond
Rayburn Blasts Republicans Over Foreign Policy and Labor
House Speaker Sam Rayburn, serving as permanent chair at the Democratic National Convention, attacks the Eisenhower administration for poor foreign policy, labor policy, and farm and small business burdens. He accuses the GOP of mismanaging world affairs and shifting income from farm families while calling the army buck-passing a new height.
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Chicago
House of Representatives
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Rayburn
Eisenhower
AFL Members Decide Merger Status in North Carolina
AFL members in Durham face a merger decision with the CIO as the CIO endorses merger and AFL delegates weigh terms or charter revocation. Nominations include Barbee Maynard and Hobby for president with others for VP and secretary treasurer, and district nominees listed. Also notes Princeton professor Hugh Stott Taylor awarded for high octane gasoline research.
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Durham
North Carolina
AFL
CIO
State Industrial Union Council
State Federation of Labor
W. Millard Barbee
Edgar G. Maynard
Wilbur Hobby
W. J. Burton
Salisry
Barbee
Maynard
Hobby
Burton
Afl-Cio
A. L. Gunter
Charlotte
Princeton University
Hugh Stott Taylor
England
All-yellow Banana Reaches Peak Ripeness for Baby Food and Baking
The ripe all-yellow banana is described as ideal for making baby food and for use in baking due to its sweetness and smooth texture. This stage delivers enhanced flavor and moisture, aiding puréed meals and baked goods.
Pair Taken To Raleigh For Tests In Slaying Case
An elderly farmer Kenny Watson 61 and Bernice Quick Chandler 28 face murder charges in the stabbing death of Ida Mae Treadaway 19 whose nude body was found last week near Roberdell Lake. Police plan lie detector tests in Raleigh after fabric items linked to Mrs Chandler were found in nearby woods.
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Raleigh
Laurinburg
Scotland County
George Smith
Kenny Watson
Sandhills
Bernice Quick Chandler
East Rockingham
Ida Mae Treadaway
Roberdell Lake
Rockingham
Mrs. Treadaway
Mrs. Tread
Smith
Democratic National Convention Schedule for Chicago Session
The program lists the Democratic National Convention in Chicago with Wednesday and Thursday sessions. Wednesday opens at 8 p.m. EST with invocation and addresses by McCormack Kerr and Dawson. Thursday features a noon session with roll call and a night session for balloting on presidential nominees.
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Chicago
Paul Magnuson
House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Rep
William S. Dawson
Illinois
White opposes drag racing in any form
State Rep. Thomas W. White of Kinston declared he is unalterably opposed to drag racing in all forms. He denied endorsing last week’s bill to legalize such racing while noting Rep. Percy Vann of Clinton was working on a legalization proposal and stressing Vann would study any bill thoroughly before support.
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Kinston
N.C
Thomas W. White
Percy Vann
Clinton
White
Rep. Vann
Highway Patrol
Obscene Literature Debated By Southern Juvenile Court Judges
Speakers at the Institute of Southern Juvenile Court Judges in BLUE RIDGE North Carolina examined obscene literature and its link to youth crime. Pittsburgh inspector James McKnight showed samples. Judge Marion Gooding said FBI data show a 100 percent rise in rapes by boys under 20 since 1940. The six day institute ends Friday.
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Blue Ridge
N.C
Institute of Southern Juvenile Court
Pittsburgh
James McKnight
Harry Lindeman
Newark
N. J
National Council of Juvenile Court
McKnight
Hugh Reid
Arlington
Marion Gooding
Jacksonville
Fla
FBI
Bowden Hunt
Bartow
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ED Creagh
Perle Mesta
Adlai Stevenson
By Fred S. Hoffman
John Jervis
Asheville
Pittsboro
Ike Blane
Rocky Mount
J. G. Jones
Salisbury
M. C. Cheekwood
Williamston
Charles L. Lee
Floyd Henderson
Cooleemee
Harold Foster
Greensboro
S.C. Jones
Hickory-Morganton-Valdese
William Glasbrook
S.wrenn
Norge Electric
Rep. White
Isenhour Bricke and Tile
Salisbury,n.c
Cheerwine
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Southland
South
Morrey A. Sete
Southern Railway System
Hington, D
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