Eisenhower Readies 1954 Campaign Swing in Four States
President Eisenhower prepares a nationwide push with a 9 30 p m Washington speech for the Republican ticket and a Columbine flight to Cleveland Detroit Louisville and Wilmington Del for airport talks with GOP candidates. Adlai Stevenson attacked Nixon and Brownell in Wilmington as Nixon Day sparked Spokane protests. Nixon said undecided voters remain and noted a Democratic shift in some states.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Washington
Columbine
Cleveland
Detroit
Louisville
Wilmington
Del
White House
Republican Party
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Delaware
Senate
Adlai Stevenson
GOP
Nixon
Atty
Brownell
Truman
California
Rocky Mountain
Oregon
Long Beach
Spokane
Wash
Arthur Meehan
E. Dawson Whittaker
AFL
CIO
Labor
Mitchell
Queen Mother Elizabeth Tours New York City Highlights
Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother, visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art and saw The Pajama Game in Broadway. She attended a luncheon at the Waldorf Astoria hosted by the Canadian Club and unveiled a formal portrait of Princess Elizabeth. The club awarded her a gold medal. she wore lilac accessories and received a standing ovation. A photographer prompted a lighthearted "too much profile" moment during the portrait unveiling.
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New York
Elizabeth
England
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Waldorf-Astoria
Engand
Canada
Art Museum
Search Resumed For Two Missing Navy Planes
Coast Guard and Navy units renewed the search for two Grumman Guardian aircraft missing 18 miles southeast of Virginia Beach. The planes with three men aboard disappeared after anti submarine training Tuesday night. a life raft and oil slick were found earlier, with fuel lasting until 11:30 p.m. The crew included Lt. (jg) Frank Thomas McMeeks Hawthorne Florida Lt. (jg) David Wilson Smyth Chatham North Carolina Donald V. Galloway Crmerton North Carolina Stuart LeRoy Carpenter North Hartland Vermont John Rollins Murray Williamsville New York and Furman Darwin Gettys Birmingham Alabama.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
Navy
Virginia Beach
Grumman Guardians
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Jury Selection Slowed in Sheppard Case After Removal
In Cleveland a woman juror was dismissed by the state amid a tense Sheppard murder trial. Genevieve A. Pelsey sobbed and asked to be excused. prosecutor Parrino used a peremptory challenge to remove her. Real estate salesman James Roger Manning replaced juror Thomas J. Solli, who fell ill, as the state retains two challenges and delays a possible nightfall verdict.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Sheppard
Genevieve A. Pelsey
James Roger Manning
Thomas J. Solli
Parrino
Diplomatic friction rises over Moscow privacy and rights
The U.S. Embassy reports a string of run ins with Soviet police against American diplomats in Moscow. Incidents include camera seizures and detentions amid relaxations of Russian rules. Ambassador Bohlen seeks Molotov's personal intervention to safeguard embassy staff.
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Washington
U. S
Moscow
U.S
Charles E. Bohlen
Molotov
Bohlen
State Department
Karl E. Sommerlatte
Houston Stiff
Malenkov
Communist Party
Prisoners Strike at Stanly County Prison Camp
About 50 inmates refused morning assignments at Stanly County Prison Camp near Raleigh with 37 ending the strike by noon. No violence occurred as Asst. Director Robert Allen said staff sought the prisoners grievances while 13 holdouts were confined in the camp sick room.
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Raleigh
Stanly County
Prisons Department
Asstons
Robert Allen
Allen
Fund Drive Reports Reach $104,913 In Pledges
The United Fund Red Cross drive at the YMCA showed $104,913.70 in pledges and cash eight days in, with 57 percent of the $186,000 goal raised and $82,087 remaining. Drives highlight Kiddie To Hosiery Mill 84 percent participation and Diamond Full Fashioned 57 percent, plus other divisions reporting varied totals.
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United Fund - Red Cross
YMCA
Clarence Allred
Drive
Allred
Diamond Full Fashioned
Essential Citizens Club
Americans Press Soviet on Sommerlatte Case in Moscow
U S Ambassador Bohlen met with Foreign Minister Molotov in Moscow to protest Soviet actions against Mrs Karl Sommerlatte and Mrs Stiff amid an incident over photography near a workers club. Soviet press denounced the women while the embassy disputed the charges.
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Moscow
U. S
Charles E. Bohlen
V. M. Molotov
Kremlin
Bohlen
United States
Karl E Sommerlatte
Houston Stiff
Stiff
Sparkle
Pravda
Sommerlatter
DeSapio May Win Prominence In New York Politics
The 46 year old Carmine G DeSapio, Tam many Hall leader, could become a national force if the Democrats win the New York governorship. He spearheaded Averell Harriman’s nomination and would steer the state machine shaping the 1956 presidential delegation and electoral votes.
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New York
Tudsay
Carmine G. DeSapio
Tammany Hall
DeSapio
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Irving M. Ives
Democratic Party Organization
Manhattan
New York City
Tammany
Thomas E. Dewey
Ives
Grand Street
City
Lower East Side
Democratic von
New
Eleven Senators To Campaign In Oregon Contest
In Portland eleven U S senators campaign for the Oregon race between Republican Guy Cordon and Democrat Richard L Neuberger. Neuberger is supported by Henry Jackson Warren Magnuson and Wayne Morse. Cordon is aided by seven visiting Republicans Frank Carlson Frederick Payne Frank Barrett George Malone Edward Thye Herman Welker Arthur Watkins.
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Portland
Ore
U.S
Oregon
Guy Cordon
Richard L. Neuberger
Neuberger
Henry Jackson
Warren Magnuson
Washington
Wayne Morse
Cordon
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Frederick Payne
Maine
Frank Barrett
Wyoming
George Malone
Nevada
Edward Thye
Minnesota
Herman Welker
Idaho
Arthur Watkins
Utah
Umstead opposes plan to cap senators by county
North Carolina Governor Umstead, back from hospitalization after a heart attack, denounced a constitutional amendment that would keep any county from having more than one state senator. He said the proposal threatens popular representation and affirmed his intent to push forward with legislative duties.
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Raleigh
Umstead
Hemingway Wins Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954
American author Ernest Hemingway won the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature, receiving a gold medal and 446 Swedish crowns. The award, announced in Stockholm, will be presented December 10 along with other prizes. Churchill had been a prior favorite. The Sweden Royal Academy cited Hemingway for his adventurous, vivid prose and influence on 20th century literature.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Ernest Hemingway
Gustaf Adolf VI
Hemingway
Alfred Nobel
Royal Academy of Literature
Winston Churchill
Academy
Africa
Kilimanjaro
Iceland
Haldor Laxness
Greece
Niko Kazantzakis
France
Albert Camus
Explosion Kills Three Firemen at Philadelphia Plant
A chemical plant rear yard blast in North Philadelphia killed Deputy Fire Chief Thomas Kline Battalion Chief John J News and John P Gram and injured 24 others including firemen and police. The explosion occurred after a warning about fumes from an ammonia source as crews investigated. The steel tank fractured and debris shattered nearby windows.
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Philadelphia
Thomas Kline
John J. News
John P. Gram
News
Ce Ae Arenyound Erg Laboratories
Governor says hurricane aid will disappoint many towns
North Carolina communities face limited relief as Gov. Umstead cites federal funding caps. State $100,000 and federal $355,000 are allotted for hurricane Hazel relief. Civil Defense official Earl Mader explains funds cover temporary public facilities and not private or revenue-producing systems. Beach erosion work may proceed where publicly owned. All projects require separate approval.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Umstead
Earl Mader
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Mader
Edward F. Griffin
Stevenson Gets Free Radio Time
NBC granted free radio and television time for Adlai E. Stevenson’s talk in response to Eisenhower speeches. The network led a Democratic push for gratis broadcasting, while CBS ABC Mutual and DuMont refused. Stevenson's half hour will air Saturday at 8 30 p m on TV and 10 30 p m EST on radio. Republican leaders demanded parity if Democrats received air time.
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New York
National Broadcasting Co
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
NBC
Stephen Mitchell
Mitchell
Columbia Broadcasting System
American Broadcasting Co
Mutual Broadcasting System
DuMont Television Network
Foley Meena Tapei
Stevenson
Leonard Hall
Hall
Mutual
ABC
CBS
United Nations backs five power talks on disarmament
The U N Political Committee unanimously approves a call for five power talks on disarmament with support from Russia and the West. Veteran diplomats caution a real agreement remains distant as East and West diverge on core points. Soviet delegate Vishinsky warns talks could fail if Western proposals are used as a basis.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
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Queen Mother
Karl BE. Sommerlatte
Mrs. Houston Stiff
Wm. B. Umstead
Bette Elliott
Raleigh Times
Ed Rankin
Noel Yancey
Ralph Howland
Charlotte Observer
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