Butler Says GOP Has Been Too Soft Toward Soviets
Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler accuses the Eisenhower administration of appeasement toward the Soviet Union. He also notes Khrushchev’s visit and calls for negotiations from a position of strength. Governor Collins named permanent DNC chair and Senator Frank Church chosen as keynote speaker for the Los Angeles convention.
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Butler
Gop
New York
Paul M. Butler
Soviet Union
White House
James C. Hagerty
Washington
Gov
Leroy Collins
Florida
Sen
Frank Church
Idaho
Los Angeles
Collins
Church
Senate
Eisenhower
Democratic Party
Party of
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Khrushchev
United States
Earliest Babylonian Library Found in Clay Tablet Collection
Archaeologists identify an early library in Babylonia consisting of clay tablets dating to about 2000 B.C. The tablets served as the books of Babylonian civilization, revealing early methods of record keeping and literature.
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Babylonia
Democrats Fail To Override Eisenhower Veto In Senate
Congress debated the veto of a 251 million dollar economic aid bill for distressed areas. Senate votes 45 to override and 39 against. Democrats and some Republicans backed override while key Democratic contenders supported the motion. The administration pushes a smaller 180 million plan with doubt a new bill will pass this year.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
J. Allen Frear Jr
Delaware
Paul Douglas
Ill
Kenneth B. Keating
Jacob K. Javits
New York
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
First steam sawmill in the West built in Portland in 1850
A historical note states that the first steam powered sawmill in the Western United States was constructed in Portland Oregon in 1850. It marks a milestone in regional industrial development and timber processing.
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Portland, Ore
Ex-husband Crosby Convicted In Oil Stock Fraud
Francis P Crosby ex-husband of actress Denise Darcel was found guilty by a federal jury of conspiring to defraud via mails in the sale of unregistered oil stock worth 2.3 million dollars. Sentencing set for June 17. co defendants include seven individuals and two firms Texas Adams Oil Co and Philip Gordon Co.
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New York
Francis P Crosby
Denise Darcel
Crosby
Lloyd F. MacMahon
William J. McCarthy
Glenn McCarthy
Guy Watson Gully
Farrell
Joseph Castagna
North Hollywood
Calif
William McCarthy
Texas-Adams Oil Co
Philip Gordon Co
Spring Lake
N.J
Texas Adams
Worth Pettit, Jr
Fort Lauderdale Fla
Leo B. Mittleman
Eugene Meredith
Los Angeles
Philip Gordon
Paul Reicher
Hollywood
J. Leonard Goldberg
Nixon Delegates Pushed Beyond Majority Needed
Nixon for president drive expands GOP delegate lead with Tennessee 28 and Florida 26 delegates voting Nixon. Uncommitted delegates total 124, Nixon at 686 with 666 needed for nomination. Goldwater 29, Rockefeller 1, others 124. Democratic side shows Kennedy 330, Johnson 111, Symington 60, Humphrey 51, Stevenson 16, others 146, uncommitted 27, total 988 of 1521. 761 needed.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Tennessee
Florida
Nixon
Associated Press
Richard M. Nixon
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Ariz
Idaho
S.C
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Ark
GOP
Rockefeller
Chicago
George Smathers
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
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Gerald R. Ford Jr
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