Eisenhower Clinches GOP Nomination On First Ballot
At the 25th Republican National Convention in Chicago Minnesota shifted 19 votes from Stassen to Eisenhower, giving him 614 of 1 206 total on the first ballot and a path to unity as Taft and Warren supporters staged a noisy but cordial convention. Eisenhower waited at his hotel with Mamie and grandchildren as delegates swung to the general.
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Medical Men Score Council For Inaction In Kenosha Health Row
Kenosha medical men assailed city council for delays in health programs. council debates health director qualifications as typhoid and rumors of paratyphoid surface. residents recount sewage and unsafe waterways, demanding action and a full time health director.
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West Offers Conference on Germany
The Western powers propose a Big Four meeting to form an impartial commission to test if free elections can be held across divided Germany. The plan seeks Moscow consent to based peace on free elections in the Soviet zone and a free all German government with a voice in peace talks. Adenauer signaled a new Big Four conference is likely.
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Follow-the-Leader Ends in Hospital
Milwaukee police report a 14 year old boy, Ronald Feiring, was knocked unconscious and severely burned after touching a high tension insulator on a 40 foot tower during a game of follow-the-leader. His brother Eugene, 13, and friend Franklin Thrune, 14, witnessed the incident. The spark arced 26 000 volts, causing a citywide flicker before responders transported Ronald to hospital in critical condition.
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IKE S high command huddle shapes VP pick
General Eisenhower's top aides met at the Conrad Hilton to choose a Republican running mate. In Abilene Kansas crowds celebrated his nomination with chaos and alarms while Ford announced layoffs up to 72000 workers amid auto industry idle time. Bobby Locke wins British Open with a 287 total after final rounds.
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Truman signs bill funding river and harbor program
President Truman signed an act to appropriate 584 million 61 thousand 600 dollars for the army engineers river and harbor and flood control program.
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Cool air mass lowers Wisconsin temperatures statewide
A cooler air mass moved into southeastern Wisconsin today, expected to drop temperatures tonight and tomorrow. It reached northwestern Wisconsin early, then spread across the state with generally fair but warm conditions in the southeast. Light showers were reported in scattered areas. Kenosha recorded 85 at noon.
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Biggest air raid hurled at Reds over Pyongyang
The United Nations fielded its largest wartime air offensive, using 850 planes against Pyongyang and the Sariwon Hwangju road. In three waves, Allied formations dropped bombs, napalm, rockets and fired thousands of rounds, aiming at rubber and ammunition plants, depots, and military headquarters.
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Elliott Roosevelt Says He Will Vote for Eisenhower
Elliott Roosevelt the son of Franklin D. Roosevelt says he will vote for Dwight D. Eisenhower this fall despite being a registered Democrat. He has been vacationing on a ranch near Meeker, Colorado, since June and expects other registered Democrats to cast ballots for Eisenhower.
Eisenhower Taft Meet After Nominating Victory
General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Senator Robert A. Taft met in Chicago after Taft's Republican nomination triumph. The pair greeted warmly, posed for cameras, and exchanged cordial remarks amid a noisy crowd. Taft pledged support for Ike's campaign and post election efforts.
Last Night They Liked Everybody Spontaneous Sprees
At Chicago convention hall a lively late session featured enthusiastic backers for Eisenhower and Warren. Fred Coogan proposed a fictitious Douglas A MacArthur, while Gov Dan Thornton displayed a mountain prop with Ike peak or bust. Mrs Mildred Younger drew cheers and a fashion contrast from Mrs Howard in Stassen support.
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