Southern Democrats Win First Round in Convention Contests
In Chicago a pro Truman bloc lost seats to anti Truman forces as Texas and Mississippi delegations were recommended for seating by the contest committee. The decisions could tilt the 31st Democratic nominating convention with 52 Texas delegates and 18 Mississippi delegates facing possible binding by the committee’s nominee decision.
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Lfavorite Son
Texas
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Maury Maverick
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Dimiecrats
Adlai F. Stevenson
Ilinoison
Barkley
Benton backs majority rule to end filibuster in civil rights
Sen William Benton of Connecticut urged the Senate to scrap the Wherry rule and allow a simple majority to end a filibuster after 15 days, and a two thirds vote after four days, as Democratic platform drafters prepare a clash over the civil rights plank in Chicago.
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Truman Returns, Attacks Republicans Over Social Security Reform
President Truman arrived at the White House from Walter Reed after a three day hospital stay for a mild sickness. He praised signed bills including a social security boost of about ten million dollars annually while blasting Republican efforts to influence the measure through lobbyists. He warned voters of Republican ties to the American Medical Association and asserted benefits for old age and survivors will rise about six dollars monthly with added credits for postwar servicemen. The president urged protection for disabled Americans while noting medical groups opposed a proposed disability certification scheme.
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45 Are Rescued From Burning Norwegian Freighter Black Gull
45 of 48 aboard the 5,000 ton freighter Black Gull were rescued 65 miles off Long Island after a fierce blaze. Gripsholm ships crew plucked 45 including six women from the sea or a lifeboat. four crewmen remained missing. The ship carried 500 tons of naphthalene.
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Mackinac
Sigfrid Ericson
Associated Press
Bremen
Fred Kerner
Peron at Bedside as Eva Peron Grips With Illness
Reports from the presidential press office say Eva Peron, wife of President Juan D. Peron, is gravely ill but showed some improvement after a Friday turn for the worse. The Argentine government appeared downcast as Peron stays near his wife during this critical period. She underwent major surgery last November after examination by Dr. George Pack, a New York cancer and tumor specialist.
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Juan D. Peron
New York
George Pack
Sunflower youth registration case set for July hearing
The Kansas Supreme Court will hear if Sunflower residents near a government ordnance plant can register as youths. Clerk R. P. Brinkman refused registration. Harold L. Hammond argues residents pay taxes on property. The court ordered registration to proceed pending appeal.
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Yankees Win City League Game Over White Sox 7-5
The Yankees defeated the White Sox 7-5 in a City Recreation League baseball game held this morning in South Park.
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Company H Keeps Equipment But Its Fingers Are Crossed
Lawrence's Company H of the 87th Infantry in the Kansas National Guard remains largely motorized as old vehicles are recalled for NATO support. Brig Gen Nickell says all old equipment has been replaced with new, with no more expected before July 1, 1953. Company H has half its motorized gear turned in and may have to share among returning units while awaiting further orders.
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Rioting in Tehran Over New Premier
Rioting in Tehran erupts over the appointment of new Premier Anmea Qayvam as tanks and armored cars occupy key sites. Demonstrators clash with police after Mossadegh supporters attacked the Parliament area and stormed a newspaper building, with reports of several injuries.
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Qavam
Free Wichita oil salesmen freed amid California extradition fight
Wichita District Judge Howard C. Kline freed Chris Miller Richard Hunt and William Justice, three Wichita oil leases salesmen indicted in Los Angeles for selling Kansas lease interests without California permits. He called the California extradition attempt blackmail and ruled the men sold legitimate interests in five deals with dry holes on three, leases located in Ellis and McPherson Counties.
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William R. Justice
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Muggy Weekend Forecast For Topeka And Kansas
A sultry weekend is forecast for Kansas with scattered thunder showers possible in western and north central areas Saturday night and again Sunday. Highs near the 90s and lows from northwest to east. No new polio cases reported in Douglas County after Dorothy Gentry 15 diagnosed last week with a mild case. she recovers at home and was never paralyzed.
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Navy to Build Second 60,000 Ton Forrestal Carrier
The Navy announced the second giant 60,000 ton Forrestal class carrier will be built at the New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn. Simultaneously the hull of a second nuclear powered submarine will be built at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton Connecticut. West Coast lawmakers had pressed to locate the carrier elsewhere. The keel for the first Forrestal was laid last week at Newport News Shipbuilding.
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No Steel Truce Drives Steel Strike Talks in Pittsburgh
Washington officials pressed for an end to the 47 day steel strike as John R. Steelman said negotiations would resume in Pittsburgh Sunday. A seizure plan was studied, with hope a wage policy committee meeting Monday could move toward a new contract, while CIO President Philip Murray faced firm union shop demands and the industry urged not to sign a contract barring non union workers.
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Blood donors urged as Red Cross seeks 182 more
Desperate bid to meet county quota for Bloodmobile event on Monday and Tuesday. Downtown recruitment sits active this afternoon with tables on Massachusetts Street for donor registration. Red Cross office open Sunday afternoon for signups. 405 is contact. Volunteers, Boy Scouts, and canteen service noted.
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Carlson to Join Eisenhower Campaign in Colorado
Senator Carlson R Kansas plans brief home stop then joins Dwight Eisenhower in Colorado as a campaign advisor traveling with him during the effort. He expects to visit Kansas City and Topeka and spend two or three days at home in Concordia before continuing. Ed Sullivan Sunday 6 p.m. on WDAF.
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Opening of the Helsinki Olympics Declared Official
The President of Finland opened the fifteenth modern Olympic Games before 70 000 rain soaked spectators, in Helsinki. 5870 athletes from 69 nations gathered as the U S team entered, with Avery Brundage and Norman Armitage leading. A vast band played the Olympic hymn while pigeons flew, and a 21 gun salute echoed.
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Salina High creates post. Princeton coach resigns
John Weidmer, longtime coach at Princeton High School for four years, has resigned to take a newly created intra-mural sports instructor position at Salina High School. Weidmer described the job as a new post.
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Citizens Protest Wilson Dam in Russell County
A mass meeting of farmers in Russell County planned resistance to the Wilson Dam on Hell Creek near the East Russell County line. Speakers warned it would flood 1,000 acres of rich river bottom land and discussed the cost of a survey by an engineer. Protests also opposed the Glen Dam project with strong local sentiment.
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Open houses set for Park Hill and Sunset Hill by Lawrence Housing
Sunday open houses will showcase Park Hill and Sunset Hill developments in Lawrence. Park Hill opens 12 50 pm to 9 30 pm with a one way traffic pattern via Vermont Street and Louisiana Street. Sunset Hill opens 2 30 pm to 5 30 pm with model homes and 22 completed houses, traffic from Highway 2440 past the Country Club corner.
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JournalWorld
Registration figures show strong presidential year turnout
City and county elections data indicate higher totals in presidential years with 1950 and 1952 examples. 8,622 voters registered at the city clerk’s office, and diaries note increases in primary and general elections, while Douglas County clerk T. R. Gerhart cites repeal questions and public interest as heavier voting factors.
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T. R. Gerhart
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