Straw Poll Reveals Ike Lead in La Crosse Voters
The La Crosse Tribune presidential preference straw poll shows Dwight Eisenhower with a write in edge over Taft, 67 votes ahead, with strong participation near 4 percent of the paper on a cross sectional sample. Stassen stronger in rural areas while La Crosse proper favors Eisenhower.
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Eisenhower Successor Speculation Signals U S Lead
Washington chatter centers on General Gruenther or Ridgway as potential SHAPE chiefs with an American as European commander likely. European nations prefer an American head to assure continued U S support amid a divided alliance and evolving postwar roles.
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Eisenhower Plans Europe Command Transfer To Gruenther
General Eisenhower has begun arranging to transfer command in Europe to a successor to be chosen by NATO. The change is targeted for mid May to early June with Eisenhower returning to the United States by June 10. He may resign from the Army if he is not nominated or elected president.
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Oddities From Overseas and Local Oddities
A London Sunday Pictorial item reports Clare Adams from Yarmouth finding a redstart at home after a failed daylong search seven miles away. Wales posts puzzling letters chewed at edges and illegible postcards while snails gnaw at a letter in a village box. Nils Bellman of Ostergotland faces a dismissed case after his wife claims she bit off her own ear lobe. A South Africa Bob-a-Job week tale notes a boy scout earning a shilling by kissing three girls for fourpence each. Mrs Welch in Saffron Walden receives warning calls before hunts. Reynard the rescued fox ends day locked in a bed.
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Mechanics Of Wisconsin Vote By Two Ballots In 1936 Style
Wisconsin readers learn the mechanics of selecting delegates in the April 1 presidential election. Voters choose either Democratic or Republican ballots with no party registration required. The article explains cross voting, delegate pledges, and rules against write-ins to ensure valid ballots and proper delegate selection. It also notes Egypt offers and a brief historical aside on Crimea and diplomacy.
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Brewster Grunewald Deal Ties to Pan American Probe
Washington inquiry centers on a $10,000 payment by Senator Brewster of Maine to Henry Grunewald the wiretap expert. The payments allegedly funded parts of Nixon and Young campaigns while linking Brewster to Pan American Airways and a push to favor one airline over others. The King Committee faced unwritten rules shielding fellow lawmakers from tough questions.
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Taft address draws latecomers and hat claim at auditorium
In Monday column, the Earl of Benson notes D A. and John Bosshard faced entry puzzled in a Taft rally as the janitor warned the balcony was full. Bosshard persisted to claim his hat then gained admission after explaining his wife held it. The Kendall Homemakers Club raised funds via waist inch measurements for Tomah Memorial Hospital.
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Foreign policy muddle in campaign as Truman policy faces critique
James Marlow notes both parties will flood voters with foreign policy arguments. A 80 page State Department booklet aims to explain Our Foreign Policy 1952 while critics urge more direct public outreach by President and Acheson.
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Shrine Temple of Madison joins Midwest Shrine Council
Ten years ago note: Shrine Temple of Madison joins Midwest Shrine Council of eleven shrines across Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa Manitoba Saskatchewan. Frank S. Tatham announces. About 4000 civilian defense volunteers will sign in La Crosse as 500 auxiliary firemen and fitness group students fill blanks. Everett Yerly coordinates this noon.
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