Double Board System Proposed to Improve Election Counting
The piece urges modernizing California election machinery with a double board system in large precincts to split ballot reception from counting. It argues absentee ballots, long ballots, and slow public returns hinder efficiency and accuracy, and calls for cautious ballot referendums and stronger push for reform by a bold legislator.
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Election Board
Public Information Services
California
Legislature
Board of Supervisors
Campaign Signals Shifts in Eisenhower Era Leadership
Marquis Childs notes a weak pattern of leadership in the 1954 off year elections. Eisenhower offered limited pride in Republican results as hotly contested races split across states. Stevenson emerges for Democrats with rivals Williams and Lausche gaining prominence, while labor backing helped McNamara in Michigan. The South veered right with Dixiecrat influence, and New York favored Harriman amid Tammany caution. Overall turnout rose after a weary campaign with little constructive offer.
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Adlai Stevenson
Michigan
Ohio
G. Mennen
Soapy
Lausche
Williams
Nancy
Patrick V. McNamara
Homer Ferguson
Eisenhower
Detroit
CIO United Auto Workers
AFL
South
J. Strom Charmand
South Carolina
Fisenhower
New York State
Tammany
Averell Harriman
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Organized Labor
Harriman
Roosevelt
Ilinois
Paul Douglas
1956 GOP Sweep Hinted After Tight Midterm Losses
Washington reports a cautious forecast of a possible Republican sweep in 1956 as the midterm results showed narrow margins for both parties. Local issues dominated, with coal and anti Communist debates shaping Senate and House contests, while President Eisenhower’s campaign efforts tempered a potential Democratic landslide.
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Illinois
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McCarthy
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Mel Carthy
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New York
New Jersey
Middle West
Watkins Committee
Nixon
West
Rep. Walters
House Committee On Un-American Activities
House
American Legion
United States
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America
Senator Soaper Says Always Exhilarating Autumn Drive
Bill Vaughan notes seasonal pleasures and family scenes while a British move to preserve pubs sparks talk of historic events. He jokes about wartime prizes, media, and a Maryland professor predicting rising juvenile court records as debate on parenting and youth conduct continues.
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Midlands
Just Folks by E A Guest The Record
A poem lamenting how records only show final scores and winners and losers. It argues that suffix details like reasons for losses are absent from scores and lines, leaving readers with the bare outcome and not the story of what might have been. The poet critiques record keepers for not listing the arguments or circumstances behind results.
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Jack
Long Beach Revisited Real Estate and Local Highlights
Ten years ago October real estate saw 11.6 percent more transactions than September and 29.7 percent higher dollar volume. Wingy Manone was set to perform with his orchestra at the Municipal Auditorium. A look back also recalls Armistice Day parades, warm desert winds, and a 17-year-old bicycle accident. Three Poly High faculty members presented a one act comedy Bibs at the school.
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Wingy Manone
Poly High
H. E. Oliver
Mabel Platz
L G. Nattkemper
Press Telegram Newsroom Credits Snapshot
The passage lists newsroom staff and advertising offices for The Press Telegram, naming roles from publisher and editor to executive editor and general management. It also notes national advertising reps with multiple office locations in New York Chicago Detroit Minneapolis St Paul Los Angeles San Francisco and current bureau maintenance details.
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National Advertising
Ridder-Johna, Inc
New York
Chicago
Wrigley
Detroit
Penobscot
Minneapolis
Foshay Tower
St. Paul
East 4Th St
Los Angeles
Winning Blvd
San Francisco
Sutter Ste
Preas-Telegrave
Comic Advertising
Metropolitan Group
Ric
Nation's Editors See No Clear Trends in Election
A roundup of editorials shows mixed reactions to Tuesday's off year vote. Some papers call it no decisive national trend, others cite a moral victory for Republicans or a renewal of Ike's standing. Many editors note the midterm losses align with historic norms and refuse a mandate for either party.
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Eisenhower
New York Times
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
White House
Congress
Oklahoma City Daily OnIshoman
Julsa Tribune
Roach Invader In TV Sets And A 1906 Pitching Oddity
A quirky piece notes roaches thriving in dark heated TV interiors feeding on paste glue and moisture from food. It also recalls Nick Altrock's 1906 relief appearance for the White Sox where he struck out the side by picking off a runner.
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Nick Alt- Too
Chicago White Sox
White Sox
Altrock
Portraits by Metcalfe Love Verse Card
A short love poem by Metcalfe expresses intimate devotion to a beloved. The speaker pledges lifelong devotion, vows not to speak these words to others, and asks for mutual commitment and a lasting embrace. The verse centers on exclusive affection and eternal union.
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