Kefauver Second in Democratic Ticket At Louisiana Convention
Reporter recalls Estes Kefauver finishing second on the Democratic ticket amid delegate bargaining. Albert Gore is asked about the moment and reacts with quiet pride as Nancy Kefauver gains attention during the convention. The Chicago stockyards president notes rent for the expo hall and jokes about future tenants, livestock preferred.
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Chicago
Estes Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson
Tennessee
Albert Gore
Sen. Gore
William Wood Prince
International Amphitheater
Prince
GOP Platform Echoes Civil Rights Path In 1956 Outlook
GOP platform writers draft a concise 1956 statement paralleling Democrats on civil rights. The Democrats’ plank vows equal rights without discrimination yet avoids court-force, signaling broader cross regional agreement. Stevenson’s nomination marks a shift from Truman era toward new ideas guiding both parties.
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Supreme Court
Stevenson
Roosevelt
Truman
Harriman
Invocations at Chicago Convention Stand Out in Refreshing Pace
In Chicago last week the convention invocations broke from cliché and provided a refreshing atmosphere for delegates and TV audiences. Dr. Conrad R. Willard of Kansas City delivered the prayer before Adlai Stevenson’s acceptance speech, a close friend of Marie Grant, editor of Charity and Children at the Baptist Orphanage.
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Southern Baptist Convention
Conrad R. Willard
Kansas City
Marie Grant
Charity and Children
the Baptist Orphanage
Democratic Convention Reflections From Mrs Dalton
High Point reader Mrs Dalton shares warm impressions of the Democratic National Convention. Her dispatches reveal a humane voice that readers found engaging and candid as she celebrates the event and its people. The excerpt ends with an invocation praising leaders Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver and calling for unity and vision.
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Hunter Dalton
Enterprise
San Francisco
Oil and Politics Tangle Over Suez and Lebanon Pipeline
Editorial notes growing public friction as Suez talks drag on and Lebanon moves to nationalize the oil pipeline from Saudi Arabia to Sidon. The American owned line faces taxes and possible loss of concession, raising fears tanker costs may rival pipeline shipments.
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Egypt
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Mediterranean
Sidon
Persian Gulf
Jordan
Syria
London Economist
Iraq
Oil routes and a potential Israeli canal spark Middle East debates
The article reviews oil pipeline nationalization pressure in Lebanon and Syria and explores alternatives to Suez. It notes American tankers bypassing Suez, mentions a proposed Israeli canal from Elath to Haifa, outlines technical and cost challenges, and recalls past Jordanian actions closing Kirkuk Haifa pipeline.
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Lebanon
Syria
Suez Canal
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Cape of Good Hope
Suez
Tel Aviv
Paris
Israel
Elath
Persian Gulf
Haifa
Egypt
Beersheba
Negev Desert
Negev
Eaath
Jordaan
Kirkuk
State budget talks point to record needs for next year
Lynn Nisbet reports that North Carolina agency heads prepare final budget figures for the Advisory Budget Commission hearings in September. Officials anticipate total needs of 15 to 20 million above current spending to hold services, with schools and higher education set for key review. The state faces a potential next-year shortfall without growth in services or salaries, while a $38.5 million year-end surplus last June may approach 60 million by next June. critics warn the term surplus masks a deficit in services.
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North Carolina
Advisory Budget Commission
Budget Bureau
State Board of Higher Education
Office Dictionary
Kerr Scott
Need for prudent spending in education and health reforms
Notes argue private enterprise seeks profit while government serves citizens and warn against waste in education and health funding. They urge identifying real needs, distinguishing frills from luxuries, and applying budget plans that balance needs with available funds. The NC executive budget process is described as a checking system for bills of particulars.
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General Assembly
Enterprising trips and hurricane warnings from a former editor
Bill Hackney recounts travels from Columbia to Lawrence and describes industry, hotels, and hospitality in New York, discusses de facto desegregation, Ted Williams, Hurricane Hazel and Betsy, a drunkometer joke, and a 352-pound shark and six-foot eight-inch marlin caught near Morehead City.
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Jim
Durham
Monroe
Columbia
S. C
Gulf Stream
Morehead
Charlotte
The Negro Question in Democratic Platform Fight
George Sokolski analyzes the Civil Rights plank clash at the Democratic Convention. He notes Lehman Douglas and Williams pushed the issue, New York’s delegation failed, and New York could swing key blocs to or from the ticket, risking 45 electoral votes if the state malfunctions on Negro votes.
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Paul Douglas
Illinois
Georgia
U. S
Herbert Lehman
New York
Senate
Jacob Javits
Lehman
Ike
Dick Nixon
Douglas
Platform Committee
Rayburn
McCormack
Truman
Chicago
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Sam Rosenman
George Backer
Carmine DeSapio
Robert Wagner
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