Eisenhower to visit his Texas birthplace in Denison
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower returns to Denison on June 21 as a guest of the Gold Star Mothers. He will also meet Texas and Louisiana delegations at the Republican national convention in Chicago amid split support between Eisenhower and Taft. Delegates from Texas and the Taft camp influence the convention as Gold Star Mothers plan a motorcade and reception.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gold Star
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Eisenhower
Chicago
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
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Douglas MacArthur
Taft Forces Tighten Grip on Convention Power
Taft backers seize key convention posts in Chicago ahead of the July 7 GOP gathering. MacArthur is keynote while Hallanan Millikin and Martin head major committees. Eisenhower supporters react with mixed views as delegate alignments shape the race for 604 necessary votes. The Democratic race features Dever Kefauver Harriman and Russell amid intraparty tensions and campaigning in New York Washington and Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Aziz
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Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
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Eisenhower
New York
John Foster Dulles
Pete Jersey
Maryand
Taft
New Jersey
Maryland
Richard Russell
Georgia
Associated Press
Fire damages half block chemical warehouse in Chicago
A spectacular extra alarm fire swept a Witco Chemical Co warehouse in Stickney Township on the far southwest side, causing an estimated 500000 dollars in damage. Dense smoke rose hundreds of feet as the one story building storing carbon blocks asphalt stearates driers and naphtha burned through last night.
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