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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1952
Page
2
A barge loaded with 90 cattle ran aground off Santa Cruz Island in four feet of water. The Coast Guard reported the tug Bacona went to aid the grounded craft while a Santa Barbara cutter arrived to drive some cattle ashore. More cattle were being rounded up on the island.
Washington June 24 UP Harold E Stassen expressed disappointment with the conservative stand of Gen Dwight D Eisenhower and Sen Robert A Taft on civil rights He plans to influence the GOP toward a more liberal position and urges a strong federal FEPC anti poll tax and antisynch law to be included at the convention Marti Robertson age 18 and James Henesy 21 were held on narcotics charges in Los Angeles after officers found more than 10 ounces of marijuana They admitted placing marijuana smoke over a canary and two puppies causing dizziness
With two weeks to the Republican Convention 1206 delegates are named and talks rise of placing Gen Douglas MacArthur on the ticket taft followers favoring second spot. Eisenhower leads Taft in delegate counts as Democrats near their convention and Stevenson is favored by most Indiana delegates. Kefauver pushes to end Senate filibuster while Russell Harriman vie for support and regional barbs shape the nomination race.
In Hollywood on June 24 vandals invaded the Blessed Sacrament Church desecrating the Catholic house of worship. A vase was broken at a statue of Christ obscene lipstick words covered walls lit candles scattered literature flooded the baptismal chamber and stairs leading to the choir loft.
Former Sen. Sinclair Weeks, head of the Republican finance committee, urged Sen. Robert A. Taft to withdraw and back Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Taft called the suggestion ridiculous in Baltimore after meeting Maryland delegates, while Weeks argued for a supreme act of self denial to unite the party for an Eisenhower victory.
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