Sparkman Sees Democrats Winning President Job
Senator Sparkman asserts Democrats can win the 1956 election with surge in the Midwest New York and California. He doubts Eisenhower’s popularity and predicts Adlai Stevenson will seek the nomination again while noting Midwest farm dissatisfaction and governors' shifts toward Democrats. Butler criticizes administration influence and self serving elites.
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D-Ala
Midwest
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California
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Dixie States
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Paul M. Butler
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White House
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Keating
R-Ny
Rochester
Buffalo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
ABC
Disneyland Opens To Public Opens gates to big day at California park
Disneyland welcomed 30 000 invited guests for a preview though crowds stretched lines and traffic on Santa Ana Freeway swelled. The park expected 60 000 daily at peak with free meals and rides, while cameras delayed operations and a Davy Crockett appearance amused children. Officials hope annual gross of 10 million dollars with average spend of 2 dollars per visitor.
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California
Walt Disney
Disney
Santa Ana
California Highway Patrol
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Davy
Fess Parker) Crockett
Army Withdraws From Asia Bases
Tokyo report says the U S Army will pull back from Asia this fiscal year leaving anti Communist allies to American atomic bombs and untested Asian armies to defend the line. Defense Secretary Wilson confirms another division to be withdrawn and rejects Gen Ridgway’s plea against further ground force cuts.
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Asia
U. S. Defense
Charles Wilson
Army
Matthew B. Ridgway
Far East
U.S. Far East
U.S. Air Force
Seventh Fleet
State Waters Claim 3 Lives
Three people died in Oklahoma over the weekend. Otis Tillman Poteet nine Floydada Texas Bobby James Kerry eight Tahlequah Oklahoma Harry Howard forty Stilwell Oklahoma children drowned Saturday. The Poteet child wandered from family at Lake Texoma and stepped into a hole while wading. The Kerry child drowned in Bar on Fort River north of Stilwell after running ahead and falling into about one hundred feet of water. Howard drowned Sunday in Adair County while fishing Cantrell Pond southwest of Stilwell.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Otis Tillman Poteet
Floydada
Tex
Bobby
James Kerry
Tahlequah
Harry Howard
Stilwell
Poteet
Lake Texoma
Kerry
Baron Fort
Howard
Adair County
Cantrell Pond
Beef consumption projected at 77 pounds per American in 1955
The average American is expected to eat about 77 pounds of beef in 1955.
UN Sees Faure Armament Plan Aimed at Development
At United Nations headquarters in New York delegates express hope that French Premier Edgar Faure’s plan to reallocate part of major powers’ military budgets to a world development fund could speed up disarmament while raising living standards. The idea echoes Eisenhower’s 1953 calls and centers on aiding underdeveloped regions and the poorest populations, though details of eligible projects remain unclear.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Edgar Faure
Big Four
Eisenhower
Faure
Food Budget Share in 1920s Matches Current Levels
The average family in the 1920s spent about 25 cents of its wage dollar for food, roughly the same proportion as today, according to the U.S. Agriculture department.
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U. S. Agriculture Department
Primatene Asthma Tablet Claims Free from Attacks
New asthma tablet Primatene claims to stop attacks and provide hours of relief with no prescription. The ad touts eight medicines in one tablet, easing bronchial tubes and mucus, reducing nervous tension, and offering nightly sleep with a money back guarantee priced at 98 cents.
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New York, N. Y
Whitehall Pharmacal Company
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