Upstate Pennsylvania political strategy shifts in 1940s vote
Upstate counties Indiana Cambridge Jefferson Clearfield Westmoreland and Butler emerge as pivotal in statewide races as Democrats and Republicans seek the independent rural vote. GOP hopes hinge on rural support and new attention to upstate needs while urban machine feuding weakens in Philadelphia and Allegheny.
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Commonwealth
Penn’s
Woors
Coutnties
Indiana
Cambra
Jefferson
Clearfield
Westmoreland
Butler
Pinchot
Upstate
Lloyd Wood
Constances
Polgressman
GOP
Miles
Miller
Silia
Sburgh
Philar
Hot Contest In Kansas For Governorship
Kansas voters face a Republican governorship primary as two main candidates, George Templer and Lt. Gov. Fred Hall, vie for the nomination in Elsen Rower's home state. Mayor Joe B Rogers remains a fringe contender while U.S. Senate and House races also proceed with Schoeppel and the six House members axed for renomination.
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Hall
Edward F. Arn
Arn
Templar Hall
Kansas
George Docking
Lawrence
William C. Salome
Wichita
James E. Lawson
Topeka
Kan
Elsen
Rower
George Templar
U.S
Fred Hall
Joe B Rogers
Waverly
U.S. House
Andrew. F. Schoeppel
House
Washington
Cifford R. Hone
Man Robbed Tries False Alarm to Speed Help
Rogers McDonald, five, told Recorder Judge Paul Krause he pulled a fire alarm box to speed police notification after a robbery. The judge said it cost the city nothing, while another man, allegedly intoxicated, was fined one hundred dollars for ignoring the false alarm.
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Pretroit
Rogers McDonald
McDonald
Recorder's
Paul B. Krause
Krause
Neld
Alan
May Repair Ships For Merchant Vessels City
President Eisenhower urged Congress to appropriate 25 million dollars to repair merchant type vessels and strengthen the national defense reserve fleet.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
National Defense Reserve Fleet
West Virginia election sees low turnout across state
Charleston voters faced a muted primary as about 30 percent of eligibile. Sen. M. M. Neely sought renomination amid three Democratic challengers while Rep. Robert Mollohan faced Robert L. Ramsey in a name-only contest. Other incumbents Bailey Byrd Kee stood unchallenged. Rep. Neal and Staggers also faced no opposition. No Senate races in Marland districts. interest centered elsewhere.
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Charleston
W.va
West
Robert Mollohan
Fairmont
Robert L. Ramsey
Ramsey
House
Mollohan
Cleveland M.bailey
Robert C. Byrd
Elizabeth Kee
Will E. Neal
Huntington
Neal
Harley O. Staggers
William C. Marland
Inventions and Facts From Science Briefs
A machine to produce nitrogen gas for aircraft fuel tanks and body cavities reduces explosion risk. Trilobite fossils mark early life, while a self leveling ladder adapts to uneven ground. A baby electric eel can deliver a 120 volt shock. A Mars timepiece shows time month and year on Earth and Mars with four dials. A magnetometer checks mineral deposits from planes. A double star in Cygnus speeds through space at 1,500,000 mph.
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Earth
Mars
Cygnus
Helen Grayce Jones Wins Role as Super Mom at Home and Tours
Dorothea Roe profiles Helen Grayce Jones wife of Spike Jones and mother of Spike Jr Leslie Ann 10 siblings and extended family. She juggles Beverly Hills home tours TV work wardrobe design and culinary prep. Her family reunions fill the Jones house on Christmas and the Fourth of July with relatives and grandchildren.
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Dorothy Roe
Helen Grayce
Spike Jones
Spike dx
Leslie Amy
Helen
Beverly Hills
Spike
Spike Jr
Leslie Ann
Robbery at Venice market nets $5000 and abduction
In Venice California two men forced Ronald Wade from his home to the market he runs. They taped his hands and feet, compelled him to open the safe, and escaped with $5,000. One assailant tossed him $28, saying that was for his trouble.
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Venice
Calif
Orced
Ronald Wade
Nixon to head six member committee on McCarthy conduct
Senator Knowland predicts Vice President Nixon will appoint a six member panel within 48 hours to probe Senator McCarthy after the Senate voted 176 to 12 to create the bipartisan committee. A motion to censure McCarthy and about 50 charges were referred to the committee for study. House-Senate conferees seek a compromise to revise the Atomic Energy Act to permit a research based commercial plant by the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Washington
u—Senate
Knowland
Nixon
Sen
McCarthy
House
Senate
Atomic Energy Comission
Italian Team Conquers K2 Peak in Pakistan
A Rawalpindi dispatch reports an Italian climbing expedition claiming ascent of K2, 26 520 feet, on July 31. The message did not name the expedition or any members who reached the summit.
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Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Godwin Austen
Everest
When Phi Beta Kappa Was Founded
The question set asks when Phi Beta Kappa, the national scholastic honor society, was founded. The answer given is 1776 at William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia. The round includes other trivia items about Cy Young, U S Marine Corps seals, bilingual states, and large snakes.
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Phi Beta Kappa
Scholastic Honorary Society
Willam and Mary College
Williamsburg
Top Red Honors for Soviet Composers Named People's Artists
Dmitri Shostakovich and Aram Khachaturian receive the title People’s Artist of the Soviet Union making history as the two foremost composers honored with this peak state recognition. Their award signals official approbation amid ongoing state oversight of artistic achievement.
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Weenie Soviet
Union
Dmitri Shostakevitch
Aram, Khatehaturian
First Of States A Comet Tale From Texas History
A fragment describes Texas as producing more erudition from a comet head than any other state. It notes the comet moves away from the sun as California and Oklahoma follow, with Texas ahead in influence. The passage emphasizes Texas’ leading position in the narrative.
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Texad
Union
California
Oklahoma
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