Governors vote tests ambitions in multi state races
Voter turnout is heavy in 32 states as governors election battles unfold. Harriman and Knowland, both underdogs, face Brown in California and Rockefeller leads GOP hopes. Michigan ponder Williams bid for 1960 influence as party lines shift.
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Washington
White House
Averell Harriman
New York
William F. Knowland
California
Harriman
Knowland
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Sameel G. Brown
Brown
Rockefeller
Nixon
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Paul D. Bagwell
Williams
Early off year voting boosts GOP in key states
Moderate turnout reported nationwide with strong Michigan and Maryland participation. Ohio shows a record off year vote while New Hampshire towns favored Powell over Boutin 29 to 11. In New York Harriman versus Rockefeller draws large crowds as Eisenhower votes early in Waterville.
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Watervile
N. H
Wesley Powell
Bernard L. Boutin
New Hampshire
Powell
GOP
Pointe Aux Barques
Mich
Eisenhower
Pope John XXIII Crowned In Glittering Coronation
Pope John XXIII was crowned as the 262nd pope in St. Peter's Basilica amid four hours of rites. Some 200000 spectators filled the square as Cardinal Canali placed the beehive tiara on the pontiff, who spoke the Urbi et Orbi blessing and saluted the crowd. The event marked the first televised papal coronation, with 50,000 inside St. Peter's and a global audience watching.
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John XXIII
St. Peter’s Basilica
Vatican City
Rome
St. Peter's
Pius XII
Nicoala Cardinal Canali Acad
College of Cardinals
Pope John
Angelo Giuseppe Cardinal ‘Roncalli
Venice
Cardinal Canali
St. Peter’s
St. Peter's Basilica
Rivero Aguero Wins Cuban Election Amid Boycott
Former Cuban premier Andres Rivero Aguero won by a wide margin to succeed Batista’s ally in a vote marked by light turnout and violence. Early unofficial totals from 43 percent of precincts show Rivero Aguero with 439,991 votes. Castro had urged a boycott and threats loomed over voters.
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Havana
Andres Rivero Aguero
Fulgencio Batista
Rivero Aguero
Carlos Marquez Sterling
Ramon Grau San Martin
Alberto Salas Amaro
Senate
House
Fidel Castro
Castro
Io Castro
Greensboro Bank Robbers Sentenced to 18 Years Each
Michael Macejka and Henry Zienowicz of New Jersey were sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for the August 28 Guilford National Bank Friendly Road Shopping Center branch robbery in Greensboro. Macejka received an extra four years for an attempted escape on a train to Alexandria Virginia. The total loot was $48,457.46.
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Winston-Salem
Edwin M. Stanley
Greensboro
Michael Macejka
Henry Zienowicz
New Jersey
Friendly Road
Guilford National Bank
Macejka
Alexandria
Elizabeth
N. J
Zienowicz
Passaic
FBI
Sherman Eugene ‘Stewart
Dar' Gan Frierson
Robert H. Cavarley
Thomas F. Kelly
Arthur B. Lea
George Seay
Tar Heel voting shows light turnout in NC primary
Associated Press reports generally light turnout across North Carolina with variation by location. Early voting ranged from Raleigh to Asheville, with B Everett Jordan leading Republican Richard Clarke Jr. in the key 10th District Senate race and Gov Hodges voting in Leaksville.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Raleigh
Asheville
Woodrow Jones
Cataloochee
First
B. Everett Jordan
Richard Clarke Jr
General Assembly
Luther Hodges
Leaksville
Durham
Greensboro
High Point
Richard G. Clarke Jr
Henderson
Red China Accuses Poision Gas Use in Quemoy Clash
Formosa AP report from Taipei says Communist China claims Nationalist garrison on Quemoy used poison gas during 18 hour artillery duel. Nationalists deny gas use and accuse Peiping of propaganda to justify gas. Communists threaten punitive action if gas shells resume.
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Red China
Taipei
Formosa
Com- Quemoy
China
Quemoy
Tali
Mainland
Uvaine
Peiping Radio
Kuomintang
Red Defense Ministry
Cen
Chinese People’s Liberation Army
United States
U.S
State Dulles
Chiang Kai Shek
Liu Hoh-ta
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Peiping
U S And Russians Agree To Enlarge Arms Group
At U N New York the U S and Soviet Union reached a compromise to expand the Disarmament Commission to 81 members for one year. The U N Political Committee approved the move 78 to 0 with France and Cuba abstaining and Jordan absent. Plenary session to grant final approval.
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U.S
United Nations
N. Y
Russia
U. N. Disarmament Commission
U. N
U.N
France
Cuiba
Jordan
Six States Vote on Union Shop Right to Work Measures
Voters in California Colorado Idaho Kansas Ohio and Washington ballot on right to work proposals seeking to ban compulsory union membership. The outcome remains uncertain with close bids anticipated in Ohio Kansas and Idaho as business groups back the measures and unions oppose them amid heavy campaigns.
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Maryland
Ohio
California
Colorado
Kansas
Idaho
Washington
New York
Averell Harriman
Nelson Rockefeller
Cali
William F. Knowland
Knowland
Votes Near His Farm Home in Gettysburg
President Eisenhower voted at the Barlow Fire Hall near his Gettysburg farm, arriving by helicopter and voting at 10:00 a.m. He was the 86th voter, taking 24 seconds to cast his ballot before returning to the White House, accompanied by his son and daughter-in-law Army Maj. and Mrs. John Eisenhower.
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Eisenhower
Barlow Fire Hall
Gettysburg
Washington
White House
Army
John Eisenhower
President
Vibrators and peace of mind in a spiritual frame
The article contrasts consumer vibrators marketed to relieve daily tension with a broader view of relaxation. It likens bodily vibration to release from stress and suggests God’s forgiveness and guidance offer mental and spiritual peace alongside physical relief.
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R. L. Dieffenbacher
NEA
God
Ex-Minister Dr. Austin Budd Conrad dies at 99 in Virginia
Former pastor Dr. Austin Budd Conrad, 99, died at Baptist Hospital in Lynchburg Virginia after a long illness. Born May 1 1868 in Beachville Canada he led Baptist churches in Lynchburg Roanoke South Boston High Point Indiana New York and Pennsylvania and helped locate a Baptist hospital in Lynchburg. He served on the Southern Baptist Convention board until shortly before his death.
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Austin Budd Conrad
First Baptist Church
Virginia Baptist Hospital
Lynchburg
Dr. Conrad
Beachville
Canada
Lena Maude Gray
Mary Olmstead
Roanoke
S. Boston
High Point
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