Record of off year election firsts and oddities
United Press reports a sweep of political firsts and oddities from Tuesday's off year elections. Highlights include Thurmond the first write in Senate winner in South Carolina, Harriman the first New York Democratic governor in 12 years, Bailey first woman lieutenant governor in Vermont, McKeldin the first GOP governor re elected, and first postwar GOP congressmen in Texas and Florida. San Francisco voters rejected restoring the cable car system but approved a $7 million modernization measure. Texas shows women winning jury service rights. South Carolina moves to strike anti dueling oaths from office vows. Cambridge village votes wet on liquor, with boundary line split. Georgia ballot oddly includes Betty Jones for governor and Sonja Henie listed as a voter. A Knoxville woman marks the first voter of the day after a hospital birth.
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U.S. Senate
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Theodore R. McKeldin
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Freedom Bid by Murder Suspect Due Freedom
Los Angeles based on the murder case of James Hartley, Sheldon Dewitt Rich seeks release via habeas corpus as his Las Vegas grand jury questioning looms. Rich waives extradition and will be moved to Las Vegas by a Clark County deputy after the court appearance. Rich, Hartley, and John Fuller belonged to local 108 AFL of the Sheet Metal Workers. C A Nichols, 39, Gardena, held at county jail for questioning. Nichols is serving six months for assault. Fuller has police protection after returning from five months in hiding.
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Bead Man Re elected Salem Clerk Wins Eighth Term
Walter P. Ballinger, 77, was reelected to his eighth term as Salem County clerk Tuesday night. He died last Thursday.
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Nobel Prize Winners Highlight Caltech Honor and German Physics
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the 1954 Nobel Prize in physics jointly to Walther Bothe of Heidelberg and Max Born for laying the foundations of modern nuclear physics. Linus Pauling of Caltech is expected to win the chemistry prize, while the literature prize went to Ernest Hemingway and the Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded this year.
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Max Born
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Linus C. Pauling
California Institute of Technology
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Thomas H. Weller
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Cleveland
Western Reserve Medical School
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Nobel Committee
Communists and Nationalists Exchange Air Blows Over Formosa Islands
Air warfare near Formosa continues as Nationalists and Communists exchange strikes over the Trehen and Tachien island groups. Nationalist bombers hit Tourmen and Tachien while Red planes bomb Paichuan and nearby targets. One raid marked the first Red air attack on Nationalist off shore bases.
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Truman Says Results Suit Me Very Well After Election
Former President Harry S. Truman greeted election news with a wide smile and said the results suit him very well. He noted the gains were not overwhelming but favorable for Democrats amid continuing postwar debates.
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Pasadena Smog Row Sparks Opposition to Act of God Claim
Pasadena Citizens Antismog Action Committee rebukes county counsel Harold W. Kennedy for labeling smog an act of God. Cochairmen Francis Packard and E James Lee insist pollutants are man made and urge practical fixes without blaming divine forces. They also report a suspected sabotage attempt targeting a county witness meeting by someone posing as a committee worker.
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Citizens’ Antismog Action Committee
Harold W. Kennedy
Citizens’ Committee
Francis Packard
E. James Lee
Sacramento
Pearly Gates
Ex Convict Excused From Sheppard Jury
In Cleveland today juror James R. Manning a real estate salesman with a sex conviction was excused from the Sheppard murder trial at his request. The defense sought a mistrial which was denied Manning said he could not be unbiased or unemotional and would be a headline. Judge Blythin ruled Manning made a horrible mistake for not disclosing his 11 year old morals conviction and replaced him with first alternate Jack Hansen. Defense attorney demanded a mistrial following the dismissal.
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Edward Blythin
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William J. Corgan
Do You Agree The Spooky Spoon Counting Tale
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