Local Elections Set In 12 States For Tomorrow
Voters in 12 states go to the polls tomorrow for off year local elections with little national impact. Key races include Kentucky governor and Philadelphia mayor with expectations favoring Democrats. Referendums in Ohio and Kentucky address unemployment pay and lowering the voting age. several states vote in nonpartisan city contests.
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Washington
Kentucky
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Virginia
Mississippi
P. Coleman
Boston
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Arkansas
Connecticut
Indiana
Massachusetts
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Utah
Wyoming
A. B. Chandler
Edwin R. Denney
U. S
Richardson Dilworth
W. Thacher Longstreth
Backstairs at Summer White House
Denver report states the White House is not funding expansion of telephone, telegraph or press facilities at Gettysburg. The three year program to upgrade communications is being accelerated due to a surge of reporters following President Eisenhower.
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Merriman Smith
Denver
Denver White House
White House
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Weather hint on Eisenhower's December plans
The Gettysburg weather note suggests discomfort for long spells. It remains likely that Mr. Eisenhower will spend portions of December in the South, seeking milder conditions.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
South
Get well messages flood Denver White House from schoolchildren
Thousands of postcards and hundreds of phonograph records pour in for President Eisenhower s recovery at Fitzsimons Hospital. Maj. Gen. John T. Sprague and Maj. Walter Tkach led the around the clock watch, ensuring staff comfort and emergency care, while a 69 pound leg of lamb and beef products arrive from a packing house with get well tags.
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Denver White House
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Oveta Culp Hobby
Lowry Air Force Base
John T. Sprague
Maj
Walter Tkach
Air Force
White House
Sprague
Tkach
Lowry
Eisenhower
Fitzsimons
Jet Engine Featured In GM Parade Of Progress In Lawton
General Motors Parade of Progress opens at McManan Auditorium Grounds in Lawton at 6 p.m. Thursday with a cutaway jet engine model and a young lecturer explaining jet propulsion in non technical terms. The free exhibits run 6 to 11 p.m. Thursday and 2 to 10 p.m. Friday to Monday November 11 to 14, including a 40 minute stage show in the Aerodome tent seating 1,250.
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General Motors
Parade of Progress
McManan Auditorium
Lawton
Texan Named Eastern Oklahoma Polio Foundation Agent
Vern Reynolds of New Braunfels Texas was named eastern Oklahoma representative for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis by Basil O'Connor. He succeeds William Epperson and will assist 39 March of Dimes chapters in eastern Oklahoma and in organizing the 1956 drive opening January 3. Last year Oklahoma donations on opening day totaled 70,600 dollars.
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New York
Vern Reynolds
New Braunfels
Tex
Eastern Oklahoma
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Basil O’connor
March of Dimes Organization
Reynolds
William Epperson
Oklahoma County
March of Dimes
Oklahoma
Army to Step Up Program for Gas and Germ Warfare
Army Secretary Wilbert Brucker ordered a boost to the germ and gas warfare program after a civilian advisory committee described chemical biological and radiological warfare as horrifying yet with unique potential. The panel urged a top Chemical Corps officer to oversee germ warfare and integrate it into planning and recommended aggressive intelligence on other nations' activities.
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Washington
Army
Wilbert Brucker
Chemical Corps
Marine Gets Life For Rape Of Okinawa Girl
NAHA Okinawa UP Marine Pfe Raymond E Parker 21 was sentenced to life imprisonment by a military court martial after a 40 minute deliberation. He was found guilty of raping a 7 year old Okinawan girl seized from her father's farmhouse on September 9.
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Naha
Okinawa
Pfe
Raymond E. Parker
Military Board
Memphis, Tenn
Jiro Itosu
Scientists Eye Moon Rocket Feasibility and Timelines
U S rocket men weigh a moon facing mission to photograph the far side. Norman V. Petersen of Sperry predicts feasible moon rockets within the $10 million satellite budget. Other scientists warn optimism may outpace hardware development with Newell of the Naval Research Laboratory noting future lunar flights.
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Washington
U. S
Earth
Norman V. Petersen
Sperry Gyroscope Co
American Astronautical Society
Moon
Petersen
Homer E. Newell, Jr
Naval Research Laboratory
Primatene OTC asthma tablet promises fast relief
A 1955 Whitehall Pharmacal ad touts Primatene as the most used doctor prescribed formula now available without prescription. It claims minutes to stop attacks and hours of relief, with a three medicine combination. The tiny tablets open airways, loosen mucus, and ease tension, offered at 98 cents with a money back guarantee.
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New York, N. Y
Whitehall Pharmacal Company
Square Dances Aid Crippled Kids In School
Oklahoma City reports 30 minute daily square dance sessions as therapy for physically handicapped children at W. J. Bryan School. Physiotherapist Lucy York notes improved strength, coordination, and speech after one week, with children eager to participate and no major falls.
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Oklahoma City
Lucy York
W. J. Bryan School of
Dren
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