Stevenson Backers Mull Vice Presidential Choices
Democratic supporters canvass potential running mates for Adlai E. Stevenson aiming for a balanced ticket to appeal to Southern delegates. They discuss names like Robert Meyner George Leader Chester Bowles and other liberal figures as the Chicago convention nears.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Tllinois
Stesenson
Chicago
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
George M. Leader
Pennsylvania
Chester Bowles
Connecticut
K U Meeting to Cover Sanitation Problems
The Conference on Sanitary Engineering at Kansas University will meet January 4 to discuss legislative and economic sanitation issues. Speakers include Dr. Harald E. Thomas from Salt Lake City and E. Bruce Meier of Nebraska University, with additional talks by industry representatives from Providence, Kansas City, Cincinnati, and San Francisco.
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Harald E. Thomas
U.S Geological Surf
Salt Lake City
E. Bruce Meier
Nebraska University
Builders Iron Foundry Industries
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Providence
R. I
Ray Lindsay
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McMorris Ettinger
Robert Taft Engineering Center
Cincinnati
Ohio
Weather For Other Areas
Mild conditions prevailed across much of the nation with a slight drop in the Mid Atlantic and colder readings in New England and Michigan. The freezing line stretched from North Carolina to central Montana as a warming trend was expected for the Midwest and light Pacific rain continued.
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Missouri
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Plunging Jet Trainer Causes Mishap in L A
An Air Force pilot diverted a jet trainer to a taxi strip at Los Angeles International Airport and crashed through a fence onto Sepulveda Boulevard. Capt. Dwight J. Cook of Niagara Falls died later. His plane struck a car driven by Mrs. Louise La Montaigne of Oakland injuring her and her husband. she had a possible skull fracture and other injuries.
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Dwight J. Cook
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Cook
Louise la Montaigne
Oakland
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Man Held in California on Wichita Death Probe
Wichita police arrested 43 year old Guy Henderson in Santa Rosa California for questioning in the murder of 77 year old Jim Ross. Hannon said Henderson formerly lived across the street from Ross whose body was found beaten and shot. More than $17000 in cash was found in Rosss garage trunks. Henderson has an extensive police record.
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Dee
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Adlai's Son Remains in Hospital Ten Days
Adlai Stevenson's son Steven, 19, suffered a shattered kneecap and knocked out teeth in a Wednesday truck collision near Goshen Indiana. He will remain at Passavant Hospital for ten days to two weeks. He may resume normal activities like tennis and skiing after recovery. Two Harvard students were reported killed, and Kansas College noted 80 of its 3,848 male students are married.
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Adlai K. Stevenson
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Ind
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Kansas College
Odds and Ends From Here and There Wilson Clears Out His Note Pad
Broadway gossipy snippets from Earl Wilson about mothers, celebrities and backstage moments. Luba Malina fans, Perry Como’s mom worries, Toots Shor crowd at church, Matty Tracy bets, and Dorsey family TV tickets gimmick. Queen Elizabeth line hints wrap the light column.
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Jimmy Dorsey
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Big Industries Expect High Operating Levels In 56
Secretary Weeks says a Commerce Department year end survey shows major industries expect to operate at peak or near peak levels in the first half of 1956. Iron and steel foresee a top production period, with aluminum shipments about 18 percent higher than the first half of this year and 7 percent above the second half.
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Washington
Weeks
Iron and Steel Industry
Helicopters Save 22 Japanese From Stormy Seas
U S Air Force helicopters rescued 22 Japanese crewmen clinging to debris from the freighter Handa Maru off northeast Japan. A destroyer saved three fishermen from another sinking vessel, with six small ships reported missing. Seven crewmen remained in the water as missions continued.
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Asahi
Air Force
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Death of Former Penitentiary Warden Swope at 87
San Francisco reports the death of Edwin P. Swope aged 87 at Stanford Hospital. Swope, once warden of the New Mexico State Penitentiary and former warden of Alcatrax in San Francisco Bay, died last night.
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Edwin P. Swope
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Alcatrax Federal Prison
San Francisco Bay
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Udall Family Rebuilds Home Thanks to S O W Aid
A Udall family of seven grateful for Sunflower Ordnance employees aid after a tornado nearly destroyed their town eight months earlier. A plant fund funded a four-family relief, enabling mortgage payoff, groceries, and time off work to rebuild. The Giddens moved in December 13 and celebrated a Christmas in their new home with no injuries and thanks to Lawrence neighbors.
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Sunflower Ordnance
Udall
Claude Giddens
S.O.W. Employes
Journal-World
Giddens
S.O.W
Lawrence
Hope to Resume Movie Work After Head Injury From Fall
London comedian Bob Hope told newsmen he plans to resume work on a movie Wednesday after a fall during a Christmas performance for GIs in Iceland. He nursed a sore head and two injured fingers. doctors x rayed him and plan further imaging.
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London
Bob Ope
Dennonan
Iceland
Miss Rhodes Falls After Jump Accident
A gymnast recounts jumping to land on the opposite side and landing on her head. The fall caused two fins gers to be hurt, though no bones are confirmed broken. Miss Rhodes expressed upset but blamed the mishap on the accident happening to anyone.
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