Eisenhower Accepts GOP Nomination for Fourth Term
President Eisenhower formally accepted the Republican nomination at the party’s centennial convention in San Francisco. He framed peace as the goal of a “party of the future,” warning that thermonuclear war must be avoided and stressing a united bid for peace “for all time.” Stevenson remains the Democratic opponent with Estes Kefauver as running mate.
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White House
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Mamie Eisenhower
Pat Nixon
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Eisenhower Seeks Victory as Republicans Nominate Him
President Eisenhower accepts the Republican renomination in San Francisco, vowing a decisive fall victory for the party. He praises a forward looking program, pledges effort to win in November, and contrasts the Democrats with a call for peace, prosperity and progress.
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Eisenhower
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Republican Party
Electric fence shifts livestock control to a single strand
The author explains that electrifying a single fence strand reduces labor and improves reliability. A short shock deters animals from crossing and triggers quick repairs if breaks occur. The piece uses the electric fence as a metaphor for spiritual boundaries and self discipline.
Child Bride Of 1920s Dies At 46
New York report states Peaches, famed as a child bride of the 1920s, died at 46 after collapsing in her New York apartment bathroom. An autopsy was ordered by Acting Medical Examiner Sidney Weinberg following the unspecified circumstances. police launched an inquiry into the death.
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Peaches 'Browning
New York Hospital
Sidney Weinberg
Bellevue Hospital
Caroline Heenan
Peaches
Eric Pike
Tat Pathology
Hos
Four Negroes Is Sentenced In Bamberg Rape Case
Seven American soldiers were tried by a U S Army court martial for the mass assault on a 15 year old German girl near Bamberg last July. Four men received life terms and three were given 40 years each. The victim testified from bed due to age and stress. a death sentence was ruled out by military law.
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Wuerzburg
Germany
Bamberg
Wilfried Pillokac
Air Defense Links to Begin Operations in North Carolina
The Air Force announced new air defense links will activate in North Carolina this year. The 810th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron will operate at Winston-Salem and Seymour Johnson to intercept unidentified aircraft. About 349 personnel will be assigned with payroll near one million dollars annually led by Lt. Col. James S. Thomas and Major John Baties. Brig. Gen. Emmett F. Yost confirms base facilities will determine move timing.
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Winston-Salem
Seymour Johnson
Ath Air Division
James S. Thomas
Emmett F. Yost
85Th Air Division
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Highwee
Seer Unies
Cress
Lee
Nixon Plans Vigorous Campaign To Help Eisenhower
Vice President Nixon, accepting renomination, vows to campaign hard to finish Eisenhower's tasks and carry the great message nationwide. He returns to his ailing father in La Habra after addressing the Republican National Convention with applause and fatigue evident.
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Alace
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Adlai Stepping Up Speech Writing Campaign Plans
Adlai Stevenson accelerates speech writing as he travels toward election eve. He aims for victory through personal voter contacts in key states, and outlines a national campaign strategy with James A. Finnegan guiding the effort from his sheep-farm base near Libertyville.
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Adlai Stevenson
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Stevenson
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Missing 16 Airmen Plane Wreckage Found Near China Coast
Wreckage and two empty life rafts from a U S Navy P4M Mercator patrol plane were found by search planes and ships off the Red China coast. No details on the fate of the 16 airmen were released. The State Department asked Britain to check for any Reds’ information.
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Shanghai
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Saddle Islands
Bay of Hangchow
Southern voters split over Ike and Kefauver ticket
In the aftermath of the party conventions both Republicans and Democrats claim civil rights planks can be reconciled with Southern moderates. Florida favored Eisenhower in 1952, while Virginia Texas and Tennessee voted for him elsewhere in the South. Rep William Cramer lauds the softer civil rights stance as a key draw for Southern voters toward the Ike team.
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Eisenhower
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Estes Kefauver
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Virginia
Texas
Tennessee
William Cramer
House
Cramer
Eastern Tobacco Sales Open $1.03 Over 1st Day Last Year
The Eastern Belt markets sold 8,601,794 pounds on opening day at an average of 48.89 dollars, up 1.03 from last year. Volume ranged light to medium with quality down slightly. demand was good and government price support sales estimated at 15 to 35 percent. The North Carolina Middle Belt and Old Belt dates were tentatively set, with maps of price ranges for various leaf grades.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Federal State Market News Service
North Carolina-South Carolina
South Carolina
Fred S. Royster
Henderson
Bright Belt Ware Assn
Royster
Living Costs Jump 0.7 Percent in July Record High
The July cost of living rose seven-tenths of a percent for the second straight month, pushing consumer prices to a record high and boosting wages for about 1 million workers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics cited big gains in groceries and rents with broad price increases.
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Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Areau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Wyan Clague
Clayne
Cab driver confesses kidnapping in Weinberger case
Cabbie Angelo J. LaMarca, 31, confessed to abducting 51 days earlier and abandoning infant Peter Weinberger near Plainview on Long Island. The decomposed body was found by FBI and Nassau County officers as murder questions arise. LaMarca was arrested and charged with kidnapping with ransom sought.
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Angelo J. LaMarca
Plainview
N. Y
Little Peter Weinberger
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
LaMarca
Long Island
Westbury
Mineola
Peter Weinberger
Nassau County
James Farrell
Frank Gulotta
LaMarea
Tobacco growers face shift toward filter tip demand
Raleigh reports tobacco growers feel a market shift as buyers favor darker, heavier leaf for filter tip cigarettes. L. T. Weeks notes reevaluation of top and low grade quality and urges price support adjustments to reflect true market value.
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L. T. Weeks
Tobacco Stabilization Corp
Weeks
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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