Kefauver Emerges As Key 1956 Primary Contender
Sen. Estes Kefauver stands as a notable yet unresolved challenger to Adlai E. Stevenson for the 1956 Democratic nomination. Harriman eyes a potential bid as Kefauver’s NH primary win over Truman in 1952 appears to loom over Stevenson’s choice to run again.
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Washington
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Kefauver
Adlai E. Stevenson
Tennessee
Stevenson
Gov
Averell Harriman
New York
Davy Crockett
Illinois
Harriman
George Washington
Solons Probe World Air Race in Senate Study
The Senate Military Preparedness subcommittee investigates whether the United States leads Russia in intercontinental jet bomber and missile development as part of a broad inquiry into air strength. Lyndon B. Johnson chairs the probe, aiming to assess production, procurement and delivery of aircraft engines rockets and missile systems.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Russia
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Armed Services Committee
America
Ike Teases 1956 Run With Golf Talk in Colorado
President Eisenhower continues his work and play vacation near Denver with golf chatter about a possible second term. The latest tease comes on the 10th tee at Green Gables as Dan Thornton and reporters watch. health factors and future plans loom large in the speculation. The First Family attended a Corona Presbyterian Church pulpit dedication in memory of Eisenhower relatives, underscoring a quiet, extended trip away from Washington through October.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Green Gables Country Club
Thornton
Washington
John S. Doud
Corona Presbyterian Church
Nudist Hater Battles The Garden of Eden Showings
Oklahoma City report says Braxton B. Sawyer, a nudist-battling evangelist, returned with five companions to sit through the film The Garden of Eden to protest its obscenity. He claimed the Florida-made movie cost 350000 dollars and urged its cessation as part of his crusade.
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Oklahoma City
Arkansas
Braxton B. Sawyer
Garden of Eden
Sawyer
Vanguard to join mothball fleet, admiralty announces
London report says the British battleship Vanguard, the world’s heaviest armed vessel, will be withdrawn from active service and placed in the mothball fleet, according to an admiralty announcement made Monday.
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Vanguard
London
Admiralty
Sooner Doctors Have New Drug
Oklahoma physicians Dr. Coyne Campbell and Dr. Max Huffman report in the September Oklahoma State Medical Association Journal a new tasteless colorless drug coded 352-B that rapidly lowers blood pressure. It may be taken orally and acts as an anesthetic on brain regions with no male hormone action. The compound remains in testing.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Coyne Campbell
Max Huffman
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Organic Chemistry
Oklahoma State Medical Association Journal
Charges Filed Against Four at Boley Training School
Okemah Oklahoma Four former supervisors at the state training school for Negro boys at Boley face charges of unlawful corporal punishment after an inquiry into 26 inmate whippings. County Attorney John Lacy says they will be arraigned before County Judge Raymond Jenkins upon arrest. Identified defendants are Jeff Irons Grant Parker Robert A Dister and W C Owens.
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Okla
Okfuskee
John Lacy
Boley
Lacy
Raymond Jenkins
Jeff Irons
Grant Parker
Robert A. Dister
W. C. Owens
French Finish Searches of Algerian Red Offices
French police ended raids on Communist party headquarters across Algeria seizing documents. Newspapers linked to the party were also raided as Paris publishes a decree outlawing the Algerian Communist party and affiliates.
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Algeria
Paris
Communist Party
Burglar's Noisy Night Stirs Pasadena Home
Police said a burglar fled the home of Mrs. Zora Harpin after a nocturnal prowling, waking the resident who keeps a sleep shade and earplugs in place. Other items note Elaine Joseph, 16, finding a dime in bread, and a heat wave prompting a bid to air condition city hall at about $1.3 million in Los Angeles.
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Pasadena
Calif
Zora Harpin
Chicago
Elaine Joseph
Los Angeles
Gordon R. Hahn
Earle D. Baker
Milwaukee Zoo Couples Welcome First Offspring in 28 Years
Two cranes at the Milwaukee zoo produced their first offspring in 28 years. The breeding pair, reported Monday, marks a rare successful pairing at the facility and offers a hopeful sign for the species' local population.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Zoo
Fire Damages Springfield Home in Hornet Nest Raid
James Jones used a blowtorch to burn hornet nests under his home in Springfield Illinois. The blaze spread and caused 4000 dollars in damage to the dwelling. He narrowly avoided greater loss as the fire was controlled.
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Springfield
Ill
James Jones
Jones
Balloon shot down in Indiana not from Lowry base
The research balloon shot down near Fowler Indiana with electrical impulse guns Sunday was not from Lowry Air Force Base Denver the Air Force said Tuesday. Maj. Jack Laurie Lowry public relations officer said if the balloon carried animals it is not Lowry's.
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Denver
Fowler
Ind
Lowry Air Force Base
Air Force
Jack Laurie
Lowry
Lowry’s
Pencil Composition Says Nation Geographic Society
A note cites that a lead pencil uses wax from Brazil clay from England gum from Iran zinc from New Jersey graphite from Mexico or Ceylon and sperm whale oil from the South Pacific.
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Brazil
England
Iran
New Jersey
Mexico
Ceylon
South Pacific
National Geographic Society
Saddle Recovered After Theft Report Near Lawton
Sheriff Deputy Carl Phillips said a child's riding saddle reported stolen from a farm house four miles east of Lawton has been recovered. The saddle, taken on Sept. 6, was found Monday west of the farm in a creek bottom.
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Carl Phillips
Lawton
Phillips
Denied Change of Venue in Indiana Murder Trial
A Princeton Indiana judge rejected attorneys bids to relocate the first degree murder trial of Leslie Irvin, confessed slayer of six, to Evansville. The trial date is set for November 14 in circuit court, beginning with Irvin first facing the Kerr killing of W Wesley Kerr, 29, a filling station attendant.
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Princeton
Ind
Leslie Irvin
Evansville
Irvin
W. Wesley Kerr
New York Transit Officials Weigh Conveyor Belt Link
A demonstration in Aurora Illinois showed a rubber belt system moving steel or aluminum cars carrying 16 persons each between Grand Central Station and Times Square in two minutes. Transit officials said they are considering replacing the current shuttle with the conveyor belt concept.
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Aurora
Ill
New York
Grand Central Station
Times Square
New York Transit Authority
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