Opposition to Immediate Vote System Change in High Point
In a mayor called meeting local Republicans protested any rapid shift from 15 precincts to four districts. Township Chairman Rufus Hayworth argued the rearrangement would disrupt party organization and may hurt GOP turnout, while Democrats would lose more votes otherwise. Citizens urged delaying the change to avoid election hardships.
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John Haworth
Elections Board
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Disclosure furor over Nixon Stevenson funds continues
The Nixon case and Stevenson disclosures spark talk of outside earnings for public officials. Analysts predict more investigations and possible legislation to curb outside pay. A NYT suggestion would require monthly accounting for income beyond government salaries.
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Arthur Krock
New York Times
Krock
U. S. Senate
Senate
Nixon
Stevenson
Model home racket warned by civic groups across the land
A warning about door to door salesmen selling imitation stone or brick upgrades as model homes. The scheme uses contracts loaded with fine print to trap homeowners into costly upgrades and dubious commissions. Civic and business groups urge readers to have documents checked and to use local firms they know.
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Dodge
Communism Allegations Reach Back to FDR Era in Government
The piece traces alleged Communist influence in U S government since 1933 following Soviet recognition. It cites the Harold Ware cell in Washington, its spread to agencies from Agriculture to the State Department, and links to Lee Pressman, the Wagner Act, and the La Follette Committee, arguing persistent intrusion into policy and labor law.
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Russia
Harold Ware
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Henry Wallace
Wallace
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State Dertment
Lee Pressman
Nathan Witt
Witt
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Pressman
la Follette
Whittaker Chambers
Adolf Kle
Dean Acheson
Roosevelt
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Yalta
MacKenzie King
Canada
King
Truman
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Amerasia
Philip Jaffe
Kate Mitchell
Mark Gayn
John S. Service
Andrew Roth
Emmanuel S. Larson
Millard Tydings
Subcommittee
GOP Farmer's Battles Typical of Policy Fight
Arnold L. McKinley of St. Ansgar Iowa chairs the Republican Farm Council and leads fights against Department of Agriculture marketing orders for potatoes. The 1950s dispute spans referendums and court tests as McKinley argues two-thirds consent from producers before any such agreements.
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Arold L. McKinley
St. Ansgar
McKinley
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Des Moines
Chicago
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Mr. McKinley
Department of Agriculture
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Minnesota
North Dakota
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Indiana
Iowa
Department
Congress
Suport
Yanks and Ike Top Choice of Bookmakers in New York
Walter Winchell reports bookmakers favor Ike and the Yanks in bets. Odds listed for the Series and first game favor the Yankees with 6 to 5 spreads, and 8 to 5 on the Yanks to win the series. Also notes on unrelated crime, politics, and society items in New York gossip columns.
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Ike
Walter Winchell
Acenhower
Yankees
Madison
Dot King
Toronto
Secret Service
Russia
U. S
Georgi Sarabin
Jelke
Sparkman
Stevenson
New York Times
Aragraph
Henry Beetle Hough
Martha's Vineyard
Simon and Schuster
Gutenberg and the dawn of movable type in printing
A compact history of Johannes Gutenberg and the early development of movable type printing. It covers his Mainz birth around 1400, Strassburg work, the Dryzehn contract, partnership with Faust and Schaef fer, the Marazin Bible around 1450 1455, and his later independent presses.
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Johannes Gutenberg
Columbus
Mainz
Germany
Strassburg
Andreas Dryzehn
Dryzehn
Johann Faust
Faust
Peter Schaeffer
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