Eisenhower and Mitchell Rally Close to Election
In the final campaign days President Eisenhower urges a fighting GOP heart while Democrat chair Stephen Mitchell says victory is within reach. New York is central to both parties with Harriman seeking governorship and Ives potentially shaping the 1956 GOP convention.
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Eisenhower
GOP
Stephen A. Mitchell
Mitchell
New York
Wade
Jack Dempsey
Louis Firpo
Firpo
Argentina
Steve Mitchell
Averell Harriman
Thomas E. Dewey
Harriman
Irving M. Ives
Senate
Eisenhower Republican
Dewey
Ives
Husband Returns, Lover Sinks Right Through The Floor
Tulsa police search an apartment for a reported intruder then discover a man with his foot and leg protruding through a ceiling. He explains he fled to the attic after his visiting woman warned of her husband’s return. Officers release him.
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Tulsa
Okla
Clean-Up Man Killed Cleaning Salt on High Tension Line
Seaford Delaware report states Charles Benney a 40 year old Centreville Maryland man was electrocuted yesterday while removing salt buildup from hurricane damage on a high tension electric line. He was working with a crew near the shore and died at the scene. His death underscores dangers of post storm electrical maintenance in coastal areas.
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Seaford
Del
Charles Benney
Centreville
Fires Follow Student Riot at Alabama State College
In Montgomery two empty campus buildings at Alabama State College for Negroes were nearly burned after students boycotted classes during a demonstration. Firemen could not determine the blaze cause, described as the first sign of trouble since a four hour walkout and violence earlier.
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Alabama State College For
Negro Institute
Hope Fades as Boy Remains Missing in Dakota Prairies
POWERS LAKE ND A dwindling band of searchers hunted for four year old Lavern Eaget who wandered from his farm Sunday. The boy, last seen near his parents Obert and Mrs Enget, followed his father to the pasture while cows were being tended. As hours stretched into day, hope for Lavern’s survival grew dimmer.
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M. D
North Dakota
Lavern Eaget
Obert Enget
Enget
Stock Market Crash Repeat Not Likely Experts Declare
New observations mark 25th anniversary of 1929 crash with cautious optimism. Experts cite stricter margin rules, cash requirements, and regulatory oversight as factors preventing a repeat. Today's market features higher stock counts, stronger institutional investment, and lower borrowings, reducing crash risk.
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Broad Wall Streets
Stock Exchange
Shoeshine
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
Press Labeled Public Opinion Pace Letter
London newspapers set the pace for shaping public opinion says Dr Cyril Garbett archbishop of York. He argues the written word has deeper lasting impact than radio or television and warns excessive television may create superficial impressions among citizens who become leaders.
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London
Cyril Garbett
York
Royal Commision
Dr. Garbett
Britain
Everybody Was Too Drunk To Drive
Detroit court heard Virginia Thompson testify she took the car keys from a drunk companion who was too intoxicated to drive. Traffic Judge John D Watts commended her action but ordered Thompson to sit in court for seven days for driving while drunk herself after police said she drove across a street corner sidewalk and hit a parked car.
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Detroit
Virginia Thompson
John D. Watts
Silent Film Star Leatrice Joy Divorce Granted in Desertion Case
In Los Angeles, Leatrice Joy's husband, aircraft engineer Arthur K. Westermark, obtained a desertion divorce after she left for a television role in 1950 and did not return. Westermark, 60, filed a cross complaint in New York before the trial began, noting their Las Vegas marriage and pending decree.
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Los Angeles
Leatrice Joy
Arthur K. Westermark
New
Westermark
New York
Las Vegas
CE Mg Ag Ig Mar
Gilbert
Cowboy Stew Hikes Garner Contribution
Former Vice President John Nance Garner, nicknamed Cactus Jack, will be 86 next month and has raised his annual donation to the Community Chest by 100 dollars for old-fashioned cowboy stew. The push began with a 50 dollar increase, sparked by J A Scarborough a Uvalde newspaperman who asked about the stew after Garner agreed to the dish.
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Uvalde
Tex
John Nance
Cactus Jack
Garner
J. A. Scarborough
Scarborough
Black chemist threatened over move in Oak Park
In Chicago area Oak Park, Dr. Percey L. Julian, a prominent Black chemist and head of a research lab, reported a letter threatening harm to his children unless his family leaves their 15 room home by November 1. He turned the matter to the FBI. the Julians refuse to move after prior attacks on their house, including a try to burn it in 1950 and a hazardous device in 1951.
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Chicago
Percey L. Julian
FBI
Julian
Oak Park
Julians
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