Political battle shapes up in 44th District race windup
Voters face a split contest with Klockstein U.S. Rep race and 44th District positions, Democrats Nussell Sanders and Brive Strader contend with Grant and others, crossfiring and double nominations looming amid shifting party loyalties and billboard messaging.
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Klockstein
Richard Nussell
Coy Sanders
Grant
Dan Brive
Paul Strader
Hosmer
Raymond C. Simpson
Dixie Train Fares Rise Five Percent in South
Basic passenger fares in the South were increased by 5 percent at midnight, aligning with other regions effective May 1. The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the hike proposed by rail lines to add about 3.3 million dollars annually, covering territory east of the Mississippi and south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers.
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South
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi River
Ohio
Potomic
Graham Asks Court to End Sentence In Appeals Drift
Graham told court that he wanted the sentence carried out and his lawyers indicated uncertainty about appealing. Judge McDonald noted Graham had threatened self harm and warned the court should not enable that. Defense counsel listed 41 objections to the trial and asked time to gather records for a possible appeal, though no definite plan was stated. If no appeal is filed, Colorado executes typically occur in Canon City by dusk on the Friday of the order, making Aug. 31 likely.
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Simpson
Hosmer
Congress
Assemblyman
Grant
Joseph AL. Kenrick
Kenrick
Graham
Charles S. Vigil
McDonald
Bert Keatingall
Colorado
Canon City
Supreme Court
Los Angeles County Diagnostic Association
Long Beach
Galiformia
Siate
Rineling Bros Sued Over Elephant Light Failure
Mrs. Lucille Shewbert filed a circuit court suit seeking 105000 dollars damages for injuries to herself and her children from a November collision between an automobile and a circus elephant. The suit names Rineling Bros Dna and Ringing Bros Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows Inc. as defendants citing no warning lights near the elephant.
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Wesl Palm! Dna
Ringing Bros.-Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows, Inc
Lucille Shewbert
Prep Youths in Tomato Egg Battle in Knoxville
About 100 West High School boys fought with eggs tomatoes and lettuce on Cherokee Boulevard in Knoxville Monday night. Police dispersed the melee involving members of three social fraternities, rounding up about a third of participants. No injuries. street mess cleaned by inmates after safety director offered juvenile home or street cleanup as punishment. A 14 year old called it all in fun and another worried about a parent’s reaction.
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Knoxville
Tenn.i
Cherokee Blvd
City Jail
David Garrison
Girl Turns Back on Red College Bid
Hong Kong report says 18 year old Leung Pui Kan, a Singapore student, abandoned plans for a Communist China college education after her father Leung Cheeh-sing intercepted her at the airport. He claimed Communists enticed her with promises and warned she was breaking her mother's heart. The girl, arriving with her father on a Dutch liner, appeared tense but waved farewell as she boarded a flight home.
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Hong Kong
Leung Pui Kan
Singapore
China
Leung Cheeh-sing
Pui Kan
Sonja Henie Divorced by Socialite Husband
West Palm Beach court grants Winthrop Gardiner a divorce from Sonja Henie the ice skating star on desertion and mental cruelty claims. Gardiner says they spent only two weeks together in over six years of marriage begun December 1949. Gardiner’s wife, Sonja’s mother, attended. she countersued denying allegations.
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Sonja Henie
West Palm Beach
Winthrop Gardiner
Gardiner
Sonja
Belated Honeymooners Ran Out of Cash Head Home
Lafayette residents Mr cost soon exhausted their cash and Mrs Harry Shumaker and their four while on a belated emergency trip to St Elizabeth Hospital in Hollywood Calif their twins and five sets of twins were among the children born after their marriage. The couple began a $1600 honeymoon eight weeks ago to celebrate their 14th wedding anniversary and vacation.
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Lafayette
Ind
Harry Shumaker
Shumaker
St. Elizabeth
Hollywood
Calif
Shumakers
Bination
Jotrip
Producer Heads Mission to Spain
Richard Aldrich named head of the U S Economic Mission to Spain in Madrid succeeding Roy L Rubottom. Aldrich has served as deputy chief for a year as Congress weighs a 43 million dollar aid request to Spain.
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New York
Richard Aldrich
Gertrude Lawrence
U. S
Spain
Aldrich
Roy L. Rubottom
State Department
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