Heavy early voting in U S and major districts
Early turnout ran strong across the nation with about 30 percent of registered U S voters casting ballots by 8:30 a m in several states despite rain and cold. In New York area Brooklyn showed slower start then quick gains while Los Angeles County registered voters surged past the 1950 pace and officials predicted 70 to 75 percent overall turnout with heavy activity in Maryland Virginia suburbs and Chicago and Ohio cities also reporting brisk begins. President Eisenhower urged participation calling for choosing programs and leaders while Stevenson urged voting as the core of democracy.
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L. A
Los Angeles
Ben Hite
Hite
Burbank
New York State
Maryland
Virginia
Washington
Potomac
Joal T. Broyhill
John C. Webb
Prince Georges County
District of Columbia
Populous
Silver Springs
Baltimore
Chicago
Ohio
New Jersey
Truman
Independence
James A. Farley
New York
Eisenhower
Congress
Cnable
Miesenhower
James C. Hagerty
GOP
Stevenson
Campaign rhetoric and party forecasts brace for Congress shift
The piece notes Democratic and Republican leaders predicting gains in Congress amid campaign remarks about peace and prosperity. It includes Nixon and Eisenhower endorsements, with Hall forecasting GOP seats and Mitchell projecting Democratic gains, plus a Utah deer-hunting tale of a trapped skunk.
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Eisenhower
Nixon
America
Congress
Harry S. Truan
Senate
Sen
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Hall
GOP
House
Stephen A. Mitchell
L A Bullets Stop Denver Theft Suspect in Chase
Los Angeles police chase a man named Preston B. Davis 27 who had a Colorado grand theft warrant. Davis was shot in the left arm after leaping a one foot cliff during escape attempts, then booked at a jail for Colorado authorities after treatment for minor wounds.
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Los Angeles
Poli
Colorado
Preston B. Davis
Sam Butler
Charles Brady
Davis
Denver
Sill
Brady
Golf Pro's Wife Dies By Own Action In Nicotine Poisoning
Los Angeles coroner rules Mrs. Mary Vor Elm 46 died of nicotine poisoning in her home amid testimony that she drank from an insecticide bottle after Reverend A Ford, Von Elm's protege, had been drinking with her. Ford faces morals charges with bail set at 3000 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Mary Vor’ Elm
George von, Elm
Bobby Jones
Frederick Newbarr
Rev A. Ford
von Elm
Ford
Rationing of Water Not for the Birds
MVER stringent water restrictions ban outside irrigation in the area. Earl L. Mosley water board superintendent says the policy does not harm birds and residents may place water pans in yards for birds while the aim remains saving water.
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MVER
Earl L. Mosley
The
Water Board
Mosley
Uranium Claims Filed in Riverside County Far East Desert Area
Riverside County reports filed claims by 141 individuals and groups for uranium on ground east of Desert Center near the Coxcomb Mountains. Jack Ross cites instruments indicating a promising strike and credits John Salmon, a Los Angeles tool engineer, with the original discovery while noting Salmon reportedly observed the area from the air.
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Riverside County
Riverside
County
Desert Center
Jack Ross
Ross
John Salmon
Los Angeles
Ice Tray Trap Snags Thief in Los Fetiz District
In Los Fetiz, 27 burglaries targeting home refrigerators prompted a trap using an ice cube tray. A 60 year old nurse, Emily Staich, was seized by the Wilsons in their driveway and later booked on burglary suspicion after an alarm from the jarred device sounded near midnight.
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Los Angeles
Los Fetiz
Emily Staich
Jack Haley
John Wilson
Wilsons
Miss Staich
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