Eisenhower campaigns in California as race tightens
President Eisenhower moves campaign events to Los Angeles and San Francisco amid a heated political clash over foreign policy. Democratic Chairman Paul Butler accuses Republicans of turning foreign affairs into a campaign issue while Truman and Nixon resume efforts after a brief pause.
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Eisenhower
California
Paul M. Butler
Los Angeles
San Francisco
White House
Harry S. Truman
Nixon
Milwaukee
Quemoy
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Secretary
State Dulles
Truman
Washington
Butler
Meade Alcorn
Democratic leaders reject Butler plan to split party
Raleigh AP states Democratic Chairman Woodrow W. Jones and National Commiteeman John D. Larkins dismissed Butler claims he controls party stance or that Southern Democrats will bolt. They urged unity, noting no evidence of Southern exit or third party move and backing the party line on platform and candidates.
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Raleigh
Woodrow W. Jones
Paul ‘Butler
Democratic Party
Jones
Butler
John D. Larkins
Larkins
Republican Party
Congress
Almond Faces State PTA Gathering
Gov. J Lindsay Almond Jr. faces about 1000 Virginia delegates at Richmond for a state PTA meeting as schools on integration loom. A 2 p.m. speech could be his first public comment in over two weeks amid renewed pressure on the issue.
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PTA
Richmond, Va
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Almond
National Assn
Soviet Deserter Ponomarenko Believed Secretly Repatriated
London AP reports 22 year old Sgt Anatoli Ponomarenko, who fled East Germany for Britain, may have been kidnapped or secretly flown back to the Soviet Union. Emigre sources fear Red agents seized him near London as authorities say his pistol shows no firing since made.
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London
West
Soviet Union
Britain
Foreign Office
Anatoli Ponomarenko
Red
Scotland Yard
Ponomarenko
East Germany
West Berlin
Motive Probed in Slayings of Four Men by Policeman
New York AP reports police investigator questions what drove James McDermott to fatally shoot four men in a Broadway restaurant, exploring a possible medical or psychological trigger behind the crime.
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New York
James McDermott
Cardinals Prepare For Vote
Vatican City AP reports the Roman Catholic Church enters the final week of pope election preparations as Cardinal Wyszynski arrives. Ninety-year cardinals gathered with two absent including Mindszenty and Stepinac. A large crowd welcomed Wyszynski at Rome station amid mixed exile-and-regime presence.
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Pius XII
St. Peter's Basilica
U. S
State Dulles
Vatican
Josef Mindszenty
Hungary
Comae
Legation
Budapest
Alojzije Stepinac
Tito
Rome
Cardinal Wyszynski
Poland
Italy
Convoys Not Resumed to Quemoy as US Reassesses Policy
State Department said the United States has not resumed convoying Chinese Nationalist supply ships to Quemoy and will not revive the escort system unless military necessity compels it. Secretary Dulles met with President Eisenhower as Peiping radio claimed a new cease-fire, complicating efforts to stabilize Formosa relations with Chiang Kai-shek.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Quemoy
Lincoln White
Dulles
Alaska
China
Peiping
Reds
Chiang
Nationalist China
Formosa
Eyes on the ball and life rules a cautionary note
A short prose piece urges constant focus in golf aviation driving and faith. It warns that distraction can cause accidents and spiritual trouble if one looks away from essential duties or God. The piece emphasizes staying alert to avoid danger and maintain discipline.
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God
Democrats Revise Landslide Projections Ahead of Election
Washington AP reports two weeks until election day as Democrats scale down earlier landslide hopes. Senate leaders like Lyndon B. Johnson remain cautious while forecasts from George Smathers hint at gains of 8 to 12 Senate seats. House gains potential exceed 60. Financing campaigns grows tougher, with Franklin D. Roosevelt’s widow aiding four key senatorial bids including Cannon in Nevada Engle in California McCarthy in Minnesota and McGee in Wyoming.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Apa
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Maine
Eisenhower
Nixon
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Democratic
House
Ure
Smathers Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Committee
Congress
Howard W. Cannon
Nevada
Clair Engle
California
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Gale McGee
Wyoming
Quemoy Pounded Nearly Three Hours by Reds
In Formosa Strait the Chinese Reds shelled Quemoy for 2 hours 45 minutes and then Tatan islet off Amoy as U S Secretary of State Dulles called the renewed fighting a tragedy. Nationalists reported 11 civilians killed and 18 wounded on Quemoy with 41 000 Communist rounds fired in the August 23 start of offshore bombardments.
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McDermott
Broadway
Quemoy
Taipei
Formosa Strait
Tatan Islet
Amoy
Dulles
Fairbanks
Alaska
Natthane
Tatan
U.S
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Peiping Radio 9
State Dulles
Dulles Sees Firing As Tragedy
Secretary of State Dulles called renewed Communist firing in the Formosa Strait a tragedy as he traveled from Eielson AFB Alaska toward Formosa for consultations with Chiang Kai-shek. He said the mission aimed at peace and noted Eisenhower and Chiang supported talks amid a tentative cease-fire extension.
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Eielson Air Force Base
Alaska
Dulles
Formosa
Eisenhower
Denver
Formosa Strait
Eissenhower
Chiang Kai-shek
Alaska Air Command
Fairbanks
Pacific
Pope Pius XII Doctor Resigns Under Fire
Vatican City AP report says Prof. Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi, Pope Pius XII doctor, resigns as director of Vatican City Health Services amid controversy over articles he sold to news outlets. He says he has not betrayed professional secrets and that the medical profession secret ends with the patient’s death.
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Vatican City
Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi
Pius XII
Newseee
Eugene Cardi
National Assn
Italeene
Dortment
Vateth Deak Geseesuns
College of Cardinals
Galeazzi-Lisi
Vatican
Rome Medical Assny
Prosecution unfolds case against Marine sergeant at trial
At Fort Jackson South Carolina the general court martial heard a charge of abuse of power by Sergeant Sovie in Bravo Company of the Fourth Recruit Training Battalion. Pvt Henry of Gainesville testified the sergeant struck him for not snapping to attention, leaving him unable to walk the next day and reassigned him as barracks orderly. Co defendants Wheatley Moman and Holland testified to a chaotic mess hall incident.
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FT. Jackson
S.C
William L. Henry
Gainesville
Fila
Sovie
John G. Shea
Rochester
N. Y
Bravo Company
Fourth
Pvt
Grady B. Holland
Pikesville
Tenn
He 'Weatley
Bridgeton
N. J
J.C. Charles L. Moman
Empire
Ala
Wheatley
Holland
Lovie and Moman
William H. Townsend
Columbia
Pvt. Holland
Sgt. Moman
Mess Hall
M. Flint
Norfolk
Edmond R. Duncan
Logan
W.va
Paul H. Johnson
Hendersonville
N.C
Korea
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Stefan Cardinal
Wyszynski
Ayear
Edmund Leahy
Manhattan
Thomas Joseph O'Hare
Madison Square Garden
Lawrence Davion
Mount Vernon
Larry the Barber
Larry Jenkins
Frank Anderson
Davion
Mantee Coenin
Donate Gils
Red China
R. L. Dieffenbacher
NEA
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