Kefauver Seeks California Lead in Tough Primary Fight
Sen Kefauver said he was doing all right and urged voters in California to back his bid for the Democratic nomination. He criticized Stevenson as a civil rights crusader and equivocation on integration, while campaigning door to door and addressing crowds in San Francisco Union Square. He warned that Stevenson might lose big delegations and pledged to press for housing, health measures, and decency in race relations.
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Gpi
Estes Kefauver
California
Kefauver
Stevenson
Florida
Francisco
Adlai E. Ster
Nois
Dem
Tennessee
Sader
New York
Michigan
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Union Square
Democratic Party
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Enery
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Oregon
Minnesota
Adlai Gay and Optimistic in California Stretch Drive
Adlai Stevenson camps in California brace for the upcoming presidential primary. He deflects personal attacks, stresses party issues, and predicts a Democratic win in California while noting Kefauver’s strength in the Los Angeles area. He criticizes Eisenhower and Nixon build-up tactics amid a crowded campaign trail.
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Adlai Gay
California
Senate approves $2.37 billion for seven health agencies
Senate Appropriations Committee proposes 2,372,023,281 for Labor and Welfare agencies, boosting health research funds for cancer and heart programs. The total for the year beginning July 1 rises by 8,197,881 over Eisenhower’s request and 76,042,500 above the House vote. A conference committee will resolve differences. The panel adds 57,912,000 to the overall appropriation while trimming some items.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Labor and Welfare
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Iowa Delegates Free but Favor Adlai Stevenson
The Iowa delegation to the Democratic national convention will go uninstructed but indications show a majority favor Adlai Stevenson. The state convention named 82 delegates and alternates to cast Iowa's 24 votes, choosing 32 district delegates and 16 at large. Of those willing to express a choice, 21 supported Stevenson and 14 supported Kefauver.
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Iowa
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Sen
Estes Kefauvyer
Cara Brown
Miss Brown
Thaddeus M. Machrowicz
D-Mich
Gala Academy Week Ends Fleet Sails With 1 825 Middies
A naval academy gala week ends as 1,825 midshipmen sail the Chesapeake aboard two battleships four cruisers and 18 destroyers for a three month cruise in European waters led by Rear Adm. McManes on the USS Iowa and Capt. Brooks on the USS New Jersey. Amid weddings after Friday’s graduation, 1,180 midshipmen from NROTC programs join later in Norfolk for sea service while others marry in Annapolis area churches.
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Chesapeake Bay
Naval Academy
Academy
Towa
New Jersey
Charles B. Brooks Jr
Academy Academic Board
Sparkman Heads Ala.'s Delegation to DNC
Senator John Sparkman won Alabama's 52 member delegation by 39 to 10 over Laurie Battle, pledging to oppose any bolt from the Democratic Party. He warned such action would aid a Republican victory and pushed for a Southern acceptable platform while predicting Stevenson would win in November.
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Montgomery
Ala
John Sparkman
Friday Knight
Alabama
Laurie Battle
Birmingham
Sparkman
Battle
Adalai Stevenson
Cooper Ends Kentucky Senate Bid Decision
U S ambassador to India and former senator Sherman Cooper will not seek the unexpired term in Kentucky's U S Senate. Republican officials announced ahead of the State Central Committee meeting that Cooper's decision was communicated from a Boston hospital where he will undergo a minor throat operation. The committee plans to choose a nominee or set a selection procedure for the November race with Thurston Morton as a potential running mate.
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John ‘Sherman Cooper
U. S. Senate
Kentucky
GOP
State Central Committee
Cooper
U. S
India
Davey Daniel
Albert W Barkley
Daniel
Thurston B. Morton
Louisville
Marton
Earle Clements
Boston
Italy Russia Pact Boosts Trade by 53 Million Dollars
Rome reports a signed exchange agreement between Italy and the Soviet Union for 53 million dollars this year, up 25 percent from 1955. The political advertisement notes the broader economic ties and growth in bilateral commerce.
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Rome
Italy
Soviet Union
Michigan Democrats Back Civil Rights Pledge At Convention
A Michigan Democratic convention backed a civil rights declaration aiming to end segregation and urging federal action. The plan seeks nationwide circulation and a place before the National Platform Committee in Chicago. It follows past fights over loyalty pledges and racial representation in Detroit and the First District race involving Cara Brown.
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Mich
Michigan
Chicago
G. Men
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Williams
Blair Moody
D-Mich
Congress
Senate
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First
Kuchel Seeks Governor Endorsement Backing
Sen Thomas H Kuchel on a Southern California campaign tour said he would be most honored if California’s governor looked kindly on his bid for re election He noted Gen Knight had publicly commended him and called the governor a good friend Kuchel faces Dems Sem Yorty and State Sen Richard Richards in the race
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Thomas H. Kuchel
California
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