Ike's Victory Splits South Into Two Parties
An Associated Press survey eight months after Eisenhower's win finds a narrowing gap toward a two party South but broad regional divides. Missouri shows a foothold for Republicans with gains in the state House and 4 of 11 congress seats, while Kentucky and Oklahoma reveal ongoing infighting and factional struggles hindering rapid GOP gains.
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Eisenhower
Dixie
Associated Press
Southern
South
Don Whitehead
Washington
Southland
Missouri
Kentucky
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
Senate
Larry Hall
Perry Compton
Congress
GOP
Wash
Maryland Toll Span Does Big Business
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge completed its first year with 1,896,826 vehicles using the 4.3 mile span and tolls totaling 3,674,621 dollars. Actual traffic exceeded early forecasts by about fifty percent, signaling strong demand for the new crossing.
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Maryland Toll Span
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Curfew Declared Around Tirah Arab Village
Israeli troops surrounded Tirah on the Coastal Plain and imposed a curfew after a low flying army plane was shot at from the area. The action followed the attack on a military aircraft as tensions rose in the region.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Tirah
Idabel Posse Scours Timberland for Missing Aged Man
Idabel Oklahoma July 31 UP Searchers resume combing rugged timberland nine miles northwest of Idabel for a 70 year old farmer missing eight days. Neighbors searched hills finding footprints and a soap cake near a spring he left July 23. About 30 people including Boy Scouts scoured Little River area by foot and boats hoping he found food and remains alive.
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Idabel
Okla
Here
Bob Williams
Williams
Walter
Garvin
Oklo
Funeral services set for Mrs Kerr in Ada
Ada Oklahoma July 31 Up Services were scheduled at 11 a.m. Friday for Mrs Margaret Kerr mother of U S Sen Robert S Kerr at the First Baptist Church of Ada. The 81 year old pioneer woman died Wednesday of pneumonia at the home of a daughter Mrs Lois Wimberly Oklahoma City Sen Kerr and other family were at her bedside. She was a longtime resident of Ada and Pontotoc county having settled near here in 1894 when she and her husband moved to Indian territory from Texas.
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Ada
Okla
Margaret Kerr
U.S
Robert S. Kerr
First Baptist Church of
Lois Wimberly
Oklahoma City
Senator Kerr
Pontotoc County
Indian Territory
Texas
Diet of Mourning Doves Relies on Weed Seeds
The mourning dove consumes mainly weed seeds, forming the core of its diet. This finding highlights the bird's reliance on agricultural and wild weed flora for food.
Band Leader Sues GOP Drive Head
Duke Andrews, leader of The Duke Quintet, sues Sen. Frank H. Carlson and others for 50000 in a Wichita District Court filing. The petition alleges Carlson as managing agent of Eisenhower national campaign hired the group on June 4, 1952, and that the band worked 140 days but was not paid.
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Wichita
Kan
Frank H. Carlson
Eisenhower
Duke Andrews
Duke Quintet
Carlson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Monroney Votes Against Oil Bill in Senate Vote
Senator Mike Monroney opposed the bill approving federal development of submerged lands on the outer continental shelf as the Senate passed 45 to 43. Oklahoma's other senator Robert Kerr did not vote while attending his mother’s funeral in Oklahoma.
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Washington
Sen
Mike Monroney
Senate
Oklahoma
Robert S. Kerr
Distinguishing Domestic from Wild Guinea Fowl
The article notes that guinea fowl have been domesticated for about two thousand years, but it remains hard to tell domestic birds from their wild counterparts due to similarities in appearance and behavior.
Tumble Into Mine Kills Colorado Man
Telluride Colorado report of a fatal mining accident where Julian Medina 36 died and partner Joe Romero 46 injured after a 100 foot fall in a mine tunnel aboard a hoisting platform. Both men from Questa New Mexico were contracted with Idarado Mining Co.
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Telluride
Colo
Julian Medina
Questa
N. M
Joe Romero
Idarado Mining Co
Idlewild Airport Celebrates Five Year Anniversary
New York reports Idlewild Airport, now a major world air field, marks its fifth anniversary. The airport spans an area equal to Manhattan from Times Square to the Battery and features five runways, the longest nearing two miles.
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New York
Idlewild
Manhattan
Times Square
the Battery
Indian figure cigar sign in England since 1617 era
As early as 1617 the Indian figure appeared in England as a cigar sign indicating a cultural and commercial icon.
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England
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