Field Left Wide Open For Nixon
The article outlines a broad open field for potential Nixon candidacy with key observers and analysts weighing the prospects and strategic moves ahead of the campaign season.
27 Dec 1959
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Newspaper
La Crosse Sunday Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1959
Page
1
The article outlines a broad open field for potential Nixon candidacy with key observers and analysts weighing the prospects and strategic moves ahead of the campaign season.
Nelson Rockefeller, New York governor and financier, pulled out of the Republican presidential contest citing a lack of support for a primary battle. He refused to name Nixon but indicated he would back the eventual GOP nominees and platform in 1960. Nixon called Rockefeller's move a surprise and said he would remain a national party leader.
The Democratic Advisory Council backed universal disarmament, aiming from police levels up, in a policy statement led by Dr. Ernest C. Pollard. It urged a national peace agency for monitoring, negotiations to curb nuclear tests, and international control of satellite research, with talks including Red China.
U S officials foresee a further delay for a spring summit with Khrushchev as Eisenhower weighs options on extending the nuclear test moratorium and coordinating with Paris talks. A late May opening in Paris appears most probable with De Gaulle and Macmillan commitments complicating earlier dates.
Governor Rockefeller surprised many by announcing he will not seek the presidency. He cited party opposition to intraparty fight and the demands of governing New York, while acknowledging possible unspoken factors and polling among GOP leaders. He said his future notes on Nixon and Eisenhower policies would shape any stance.
Wisconsin Republicans greeted Gov. Nelson Rockefeller with cool reception during a two day visit and many backed Nixon. The withdrawal was called wise by party leaders who noted Rockefeller lacked date winning appeal. Democratic Gov. Gaylord Nelson called the move regrettable for public life. Claude Jasper and other Republicans saw the withdrawal as aiding Nixon and uniting the party for 1960 battles.
Two contributions to the La Crosse State College Fund were announced this week each worth 1000 dollars. Mrs. Helen Hood Trane and an anonymous donor funded the fund alongside a bequest of over 19000 dollars from the late Mrs. Henry Gund for student welfare. President Rexford Mitchell notes rising costs and enrollment increasing the need for scholarships. Faculty administer the awards, screening and selecting recipients.
George Schultz 75 retired La Crosse businessman died Saturday morning in a La Crosse hospital after a long illness. He operated a cleaning business from 1918 to 1945, later with his daughter. Survived by wife Fern, daughter Fern Johnson, two grandchildren, four sisters, one brother, services Tuesday at 2 pm at Nelson Funeral Home, burial in Mormon Coulee Memorial Park Cemetery. He learned tailoring in Chicago and ran shops at 5th Ave, 1225 5th Ave S, and 318 S 4th St.
Iran moved new army detachments to Fakkeh Susangerd and Mousevian near Abadan as border tensions with Iraq escalate over the Shatt al Arab boundary. Iraqi leaders denied troop movements while urging peace and vowing to defend sovereignty.
Mrs Fanny Gross receives a kiss from her brother Lothar Lampel whom she had not seen for a quarter century. She learned Lampel survived German camps and returned from Russia to Poland where an adver tisement started a chain of events leading to the reunion in Los Angeles. Lampel's wife Asia stands nearby.
The Internal Revenue Service asks for 99 154 in additional income taxes tied to a 1954 transfer of Wisconsin Dells land and related holdings to the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. Billings target Emil J. Nelson says the Mussons and Connors realized capital gains via life annuity contracts, arguing the foundation’s annuities were valued higher than stock.
Gov. Orville Freeman ordered martial law lifted in Albert Lea Minnesota and turned 72 National Guardsmen over to local authorities to help keep peace at the Wilson & Co meatpacking plant. The move follows a federal court order to reopen the plant with nonunion workers and sets negotiations in Chicago for the same day.
Pierre de Gaulle, 62, younger brother of President Charles de Gaulle, died Saturday night after surgery for a circulatory ailment. He served as an army officer in both world wars and later led a public life before retiring in 1955 to run insurance and investment firms. President de Gaulle returned to Paris from his country home the same day.
Walter Kidrick Sr., 62, was shot to death at his home near Black River Falls Wisconsin. His wife Rachel Kidrick, 58, is held at Krohn Hospital and given a sedative while investigators probe the despondent man’s death following his son’s July crash.
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