Nixon rushes to father as illness threatens
Vice President Richard Nixon arrives in La Habra to be at his dying father Frank Nixon 77 after learning he was stricken at 4 am. Doctors say the abdominal ailment is critical and could be fatal. Nixon plans to stay at his father's bedside through Thursday if possible and may miss his renomination speech.
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Frank Nixon
la Habra
Julie
Tricia
Nixon
Richard Nixon
San Francisco
Don
Frank
United Air Lines
Los Angeles
Whittier
Orange County
Long Beach
Eittor Nixon
Eisenhower Ends Campaign Talk Aims for Real Victory
President Eisenhower is set to tell the Republican National Convention his acceptance speech on Thursday to stop predicting victory and work toward it. Adlai Stevenson calls GOP promises tax cuts election-year talk. Contents note pages A-3 and A-21 with various sections listed.
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Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Two Doctors On Hand As Nixon Father Dies Or Risks
Vic Nixon senior, gravely ill with abdominal aorta aneurysm, lies in a Mirada Avenue home near Whittier as his wife Hannah. doctors attend in an atmosphere of quiet vigil. The couple’s pastor and friends visit while a nurse and family physicians monitor his condition.
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LA Habra
Vic
Frank A. Nixon
Hannah
Nixons
Mirada Ave
Whittier
Los Angeles
Stacy Wesner
East Whitties Friends Church
O. ©. Marshburn
East Whities
Colorado sportsman killed by lightning near Vallecito
Durango, Colrado reports 30 year old Vance Reed was killed by lightning while fishing from a boat at Vallecito Reservoir, 25 miles north of Durango. Reed, an employee of the Vanadium Corp of America, was alone. fellow fishermen towed the craft to shore but could not revive him.
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Durangyu
Colg
Uri
Vance Reed
Durango
Jing
Vallecito i Reserveln
Reed
Vanadium Corp. of America
Weather briefing notes variable cloudiness and warmth
Generally clear through Thursday with variable high cloudiness. Temperatures trend warmer across the period with no significant precipitation expected.
India Urges Rejection of U S Suez Plan
London AP India urged the London conference to reject the U S Suez Canal plan saying it would be vetoed by Egypt and close talks. Spain backed the plan with a reservation while India warned Egypt would reject it and keep Egypt in control of the canal. The debate covered international control versus Egyptian control and possible staff changes if non Egyptian personnel quit.
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London
India
Egypt
Spain
U. S
V. 1
Krishna Menon
United States
Selyn Lloyd
Bomber Vanishes With Two Americans Aboard
A converted B 26 medium bomber carrying Capt. S Gray and navigator D Jarvis from Keflavik Iceland to Scotland with luggage for the French Air Force disappeared early today. An alert radioed to all ships on the Iceland Scotland route after no signal was received since takeoff. The aircraft, ferried by Fleetsway Inc of Burbank California, carried 20 personnel and was en route over the North Atlantic when it disappeared.
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London UP
Tceland
Scotland
Isla
Fleetsway, Inc
Burbank
Calif
Gray
D. Jarvis
Keflavik
Iceland
California Delegation Backs Nixon At GOP Convention
Vice President Nixon gains unity in California as Governor Knight withdraws his bid and confirms Eisenhower’s choice. Mary Tibbitts drops plans to nominate Knight while California’s 70 delegates pledge support for Nixon at the convention roll call. Jack Crown notes Nixon’s absence but sees no shift in political outlook.
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Goodwin Knight
Knight
Mary Tibbitts
Woodland
Eisenhower
Nixon
Jisenhower
California
Tidbiits
Wife Kills Ft Bragg Soldier After Bible Reading
Mrs Doris Copeland told police she prayed and read the Bible after a dream then shot her husband M Set Edward J Copeland 39 at his Lafayette Village home in Fayetteville North Carolina. She was held for questioning as authorities investigated the estrangement and reconciliation attempt.
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Fayetteville
N.C
UPI
Ft. Bragg
Cumberland County
A. Glenn Buchanan
Edward J. Copeland
Lafayette Village
Smiley, Tex
Doris Ellen Copeland
Smiley
Youth Drowns in Alamites Bay After Tube Incident
A 16 year old Long Beach boy Harvey Thomas White drowned today in Alamites Bay at the foot of 68th Place He slipped from an inner tube in 20 feet of water and failed to reach the tube His brother Kenneth 14 and a friend summoned lifeguards who reached the scene and recovered the body White was taken to Community Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead He had been in the water about 15 minutes during a neighborhood outing accompanied by a friend’s mother.
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Long Beach
Alamites Bay
Harvey Thomas White
Poinsettia St
Allend
Uceguards
Young White
Kenneth
Leroy Jensen
Harvey
Eisenhower Aid Seeks Nixon Second Nomination at Convention
President Eisenhower said Harold Stassen planned to ask the convention to second Vice President Nixon for a second term. He noted Stassen to be a team player and said the move aimed to ease Nixon off the ticket. Eisenhower dismissed talk of interviewing candidates and urged a real hearing for Stassen. He also advocated a Republican Congress and spoke of Dewey's NY politics status.
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San Francisco
Eisenhower
Harold Stassen
Stassen
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
White House
Congress
Thomas E. Dewey
Senate
New York
Dewey
Bell Nurse Slain by Ex-Spouse in Bell Home
A 40 year old nurse, Sue Dement, was shot three times by her former husband Foster after he forced entry to her Bell home. Connie Dement, 16, escaped through a window with her siblings as the suspect fled. Police booked Foster Dement on suspicion of murder. he gave no statement.
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Bell
Sue Dement
Hivas
Foster
Freeman
Gerald Maxwell
Siete
Dement
Connie
Stetement
Blaze Kills 5 Children in Apartment
A gas explosion sparked a rapid fire in a suburban Argo apartment Tuesday night, killing five Davis children Nike 4 Allen 3 Jacklin 2 Denise 1 Rickey 3 months. Jack Davis escaped uninjured while his wife Alice 25 was severely burned. Firefighters arrived within minutes and brought the blaze under control after 22 minutes, but the five room unit was ruined.
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Chicago
Jack Davis
Argo
Alice
Nike
Allen
Jacklin
Denise
Rickey
Davis
Republican Program at San Francisco Convention Day One
The Republican National Convention opens with music and a Young Republicans parade. Dewey of New York delivers the address as states roll call for presidential and vice presidential nominees. Committees are appointed to notify nominees and escort them for speeches and ballots.
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San Francisco
Seséjade
Thurslave
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
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