Delegates Hold Key Spot At GOP Convention
James Marlow reports from Washington that 1,206 delegates will decide the Republican nomination. Taft leads with 464, Eisenhower has 390, others 130, and 209 are uncommitted. Southern bloc seating could swing the race as credentials and temporary seating decisions loom.
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Associated Press
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Mississippi
Taft faction dominates early convention leadership vote
Republicans elected convention officers led by temporary chairman Walter S Hallanan and pledged impartiality. The body debated seating disputed delegations while unable to rule on its own case. Slum clearance financing stalled as Mayor Carl W Rich and officials refused to sign notes.
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Taft
Walter S. Hallanan
Carl W. Rich
Redevelopment Law Is Battled in Ohio Supreme Court
Several Ohio cities argued before the state Supreme Court that the 1949 urban redevelopment act is unconstitutional. The case focused on Cincinnati's West End development and the act's legality under advisement.
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Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
Cincinnati
West End
Printing Contract Being Questioned
Madison County authorities probe legality of paying 690 for printing May 6 primary ballots. Prosecutor Forrest E. Sidener plans to ask Ohio AG C William ONeill to clarify a 1951 ruling restricting state contracts with state employees. Doyle resigned as executive secretary to State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson.
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Madison County
Forrest E. Sidener Jy
Ohio
C. William O’neill
O'Neill
Sidener
Clarence J. Doyle
Doyle
Joseph T. Ferguson
Community Chest Expansion Urged in Ohio Campaign
The Ohio Community Chest Association urged about 100 community chests to include the United Defense Fund in campaigns. The resolution asks chests to raise 1,398,535 for the UDF, comprising USO American Social Hygiene Association American Relief for Korea United Community Defense Services National Recreation Association and United Seamen's Services.
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Ohio Community Chest Association
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United Defense Fund
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USO
American Social Hygiene Association
American Relief For Korea
United Community Defense Services
National Recreation Association
United Seamen’s Services
Ancient Whale Bones Unearthed At Palos Verdes Dig
Work at a Palos Verdes site halted as workers uncovered fossilized bones of a prehistoric whale. Dr. Hildegarde Howard of the Los Angeles County Museum identified the bones as a whale likely 25 to 40 feet long from seas 20 million years ago.
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Los Angeles
Palos Verdes Hills
Hildegarde Howard
Los Angeles County Museum
Crosby to Make TV Debut With Bob Hope for Olympic Fund
Bing Crosby set for television debut on June 21 in a marathon fund raising program with Bob Hope. The Columbia Broadcasting System and National Broadcasting Company will air the 12 hour special nationwide starting at 10 p.m. to benefit the American Olympic Committee.
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New York
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Company
Hired Hands Work Shorter Hours as Farm Employment Falls
Washington report from June 11 states hired hands average 91 percent of a full day, about two hours less than the farmer boss. Agriculture Department notes farm employment at 10,863,000, down 150,000 from a year earlier due to workers leaving for the armed forces and urban jobs, plus machinery and labor saving practices.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Cleland Rescued After Sea Ditch in Wonsan Bay
Lt Cmdr Cook Cleland, 1951 National Air Races winner, was rescued Tuesday after ditching his crippled plane in rough waters off Northeast Korea. He survived after Communist flak hit his gas tank during the emergency.
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