GOP Planks Charge High Corruption
Republicans accuse the Truman administration of massive corruption and shielding traitors. The 6000 word platform attacks the Democrats on corruption and notes reform aims while endorsing foreign policy and defense planks approved by Taft and Eisenhower. The document pledges to end corruption and restore honest government, cites communist infiltration, and promises faster mail, statehood for Hawaii Alaska and Puerto Rico.
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Chicago
Truman
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen. Taft
Republican Party
Russia
Hawaii
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Lester Parsons
Virginia
Kenosha to Discuss City Health Problems Tonight
Health issues in Kenosha will be aired at a joint meeting of the city council the health department and the health advisory committee at 8 p.m. A wage increase proposal from a firefighters committee seeks a 60 dollar raise for themselves and officials. The CHC and chamber groups press for a city county health program and a qualified health director within 30 days amid warnings about typhoid risk and unsafe water.
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Kenosha
Health Department
Clinton Young
Community Health Council
CHC
City of
Kenosha County Medical Society
Chamber of Commerce
Kenosha Manufacturer’s Association
CIO Council
Uaw-Cio
Local 72
International Association of Machinists
Local 34
PTA Council
Council of Jewish Women, Tuberculosis Association
Kenosha and St. Catherine’s Hospital
Jerome
Pike Creeks
Lincoln Park
State Board of Health
Pike Creek
Wisconsin Weather: Warm Today with Evening Storms Possible
The state saw generally fair and warmer conditions with scattered thunderstorms and strong winds forecast for tonight. Tomorrow may be partly cloudy and cooler. Last night’s storms affected Wausau and central Wisconsin. Kenosha posted a high of 84 and a low of 52 at the sewage plant, with noon temperature at 79.
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Wisconsin
Wausau
Kenosha
Infantile Paralysis Up Only Six Per Cent
The U S public health service reports 621 new polio cases last week, a six percent rise from the prior week. Since March 30, 2,676 polio cases have been tallied, compared with 1,942 in the same period in 1951. Texas leads with 1,005 cases, followed by California 337 and Louisiana 161.
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Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
Texas
California
Louisiana
Film Studio Fire Destroys Warner Lot In Arson Suspected
A second major fire at Warner Brothers in Burbank raged across 25 acres of back-lot sets and destroyed nine street facades and a 1200 foot long storage shed with 2000 props. Investigators say incendiary blaze likely started at a specific area with no ignition source found. Eighteen workers suffered minor injuries and two had heart attacks.
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Burbank
Calif
Warner Brothers
Studio
Sheriff's
Ed Hatcher
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Hatcher
Patrice Wymore
Errol Flynn
Broderick Crawford
Claire Trevor
Grand Central Station
New York Park
Midwest
Tenement
Philadelphia
Viennese
Dijon
Montemarre French
Bonneyfeather
Eisenhower Leads in GOP Delegate Battle for Nomination
At the Republican convention in Chicago Eisenhower supporters claim a decisive edge over Taft after a rough Georgia and Texas contest. Taft vows an early ballot while Knowland and McKeldin push for Warren, Taft fights to seat pro Taft and pro Eisenhower groups amid bitter floor clashes.
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Eisenhower
Taft
Georgia
Texas
Earl Warren
Harold Stassen
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Paul Walker
Warren
Stassen
Gov. McKeldin
Maryland
John Marshall Butler
Butler
Sen
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
John S. Fine
Pennsylvania
Lone Star State
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Dewey
New York
Agencies Fire About 8 500 Washington Workers Amid Budget Cuts
About half of the 17 000 employees in the anti inflation agencies were notified of 30 day firings as Congress trimmed funding from 103 million to 60 million. Economic Stabilizer Roger L. Putnam warned the move would hurt prices efforts but pledged to press on. The 82nd Congress extended controls for ten months while reducing the agencies power and funding across several departments.
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Washington
Congress
Roger L. Putnam
Putnam
State Department
Defense Department
Treasury, Commerce, Labor, Interior and Post Office Departments
82Nd
Office of Price Stabilization
Wage Stabilization Board
Salary Stabilization Board
Economic Stabilization Agency
Railway and Airlines Stabilization Board
Office of Rent Stabilization
Taft Confers With Warren Amid Campaign Tensions
Taft held a brief unannounced conference with California Governor Earl Warren as his campaign manager accused Dewey of dictating to Eisenhower forces. Stassen proposed himself as a bipartisan compromise to unite the Republican party for a November victory.
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Chicago
U.P
Robert A. Taft
Earl Warren
California
Thomas E. Dewey
Stassen
Self
Harold E. Stassen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican Party
Man Killed in Fall From Tank at Racine Plant
John Vinkovich, 29, of Rockford Illinois, died instantly after falling 94 feet from a water tank at the J I Case Co plant in Racine Wisconsin while measuring the tank for insulation. An insulated steel tape struck a 27 000 volt high tension line during the work. Eric Krueger, 28, also of Rockford, was with him.
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Racine
Wis
U.2
John Vinkovich
Rockford
Ill
J. I. Case Co
Vinkovich
Eric Krueger
Milwaukee Workman Crushed by Flange Pile
Edmund Kos ciedsza 51 a ladish drop forge Co workman in suburban Cudahy was killed today when a pile of 16 flanges toppled onto him weighing pounds Each flange weighed a pounds.
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Milwaukee
Edmund Kosciedsza
Ladish Drop Forge Co
Cudahy
Coonskin Cap Intrudes GOP Convention Scene
A boy wore a Kefauver style coonskin cap on the convention floor while John Fell Stevenson, 16, son of Gov. Adlai Stevenson, appeared in an I Like Ike paper cap. He joked he was curious about Gov. Warren's California daughters.
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Chicago
John Fell Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson
Gov. Warren
California
Truman Sets Emergency Board On Northwest Airlines Dispute
President Truman created an emergency board to probe a dispute between Northwest Airlines and the International Association of Machinists to head off a possible strike. The board must report back within 30 days.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Northwest Airlines
International Association of Machinists
Should Have Read Book Green Bay Borrower Replaces Lost Library Copy
A Kellogg Public Library patron who misplaced a book returns with a new copy titled Three Weeks to a Better Memory. The borrower pays for the replacement, restoring the library card to good standing.
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Green Bay
Kellogg Public Library
Truman Signs Giant 46 Billion Military Appropriations Bill
President Truman signed a 46.6 billion military bill funding the air force to 143 wings by mid 1955 and a second super aircraft carrier. Navy gains include starting a Forrestal class carrier with redirected shipbuilding funds. Army receives pay raises and a Korea combat bonus while overall cuts average about 8 to 15 percent across services.
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Washington
Truman
Air Force
Navy
Army
Armed Services
Korea
Congress
Pennsylvania Red Boss Given 20 Years
Steve Nelson the western Pennsylvania Communist boss was sentenced to 20 years in the Allegheny county workhouse for sedition. He received a $10,000 fine and costs after a six week trial, the judge said, with the conviction on 12 counts.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Steve Nelson
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
Nelson
Harry Montgomery
Puerto Rican delegate Provokes Laughs at GOP Convention
At the Republican National Convention in Chicago a Puerto Rican delegate, Marcelino Romani, ignited laughter during a heated roll call on seating contested delegates. He improvised with requests for polls and misreadings of alternates, drawing steady guffaws before leaving as a temporary roll and another delegate were seated.
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McCarthy
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
Chicago
Lattimore
Hiss
Acheson
Marcelino Romani
Romani
New York
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Eisenhower
Slater
Jose G. Salgado
Taft
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Doris Boudreaux
Republican Credentials Committee
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Boudreaux
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Lke
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Alabama
William F. Knowland
Knowland
Walter Hallanan
GOP
Hoover
Dems
Franklin D. Roosevelt
al Smith
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Smith
FDR
William R. Hearst
Branke Spoosevelt
Jay Heavilin
Ralph Lane
Gov
Southern Michigan
Lansing
Mich
Julian N. Frisbie
Riottorn
William H. Bannan
Ionia Reformatory
Coonskin Cap
Ike
Hector Gonzales Blanes
Walters
Hallanan
Providencia Romas de Villamil
Lyle Slater
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