California Gives Eisenhower Biggest Vote Total in History
In California with a Democratic majority over 500000, Eisenhower posted the largest presidential vote total in state history amid near complete results. Stevenson trailed. GOP gained five House seats, Senate and Assembly margins widened, Prop 3 passed tax-exempting private nonpro fits schools, Prop 7 altered cross filing, Prop 5 and 6 approved loyalty measures. Knowland won renomination and likely reelection. Hallinan and Borough trailed in the major third party and write-in tallies.
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Eisenhower
Morris Landsberg
San Francisco
Dwight DR. Eisenhower
Stevenson
Congress
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Assembly
Senate
University of California
Richard M. Nixon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
J . Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
William F. Knowland
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Knowland
Borough
Vincent Hallinan
IPP
Henry Wallace
Stuar Hamblen
Douginseed
Ken W. Borough
Christian Nationalist Party
Christ's Ambassadors Conclave Opens in Costa Mesa
Delegates to Southern California gather for Christ's Ambassadors Youth Convention a three day session at Municipal Auditorium starting Friday. Rev Dean Duncan of Costa Mesa chairs the event with an estimated 3000 youths expected. Concerts each evening precede the main service and sessions are open to the public.
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Southern California
Christ's Ambassadors
Municipal Auditorium
Dean Duncan
Costa Mesa
Vietminh Supply Base Captured Near Hanoi
French union forces push toward Phu Tho and capture the village of Phu Ho on the Red River supply route 60 miles northwest of Hanoi. Phu Ho sits 45 miles from Hanoi and between Phu Tho and Vietminh stronghold Tuyen Quang, a key Vietminh logistics hub. French troops meet light resistance as they advance from the Phu Tho bridgehead toward the northern sector.
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Indochina
Phu Tho
Phu Ho
China
Red River
Tuyen Quang
Tuyen Quanglong
Yunnan Province
Stevenson Electoral Votes Hit Dixie for Stevenson Win
In a Dixie dominated result Adlai Stevenson captured 89 electoral votes from nine states Alabama Arkansas Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina and West Virginia. He led in Kentucky by 1527 votes with a 484 036 popular tally to Eisenhower’s 482 509 as precincts remained unreported. The article notes two Chicago orphans Shirley and Kathryn seeking guardians to enlist in the Marines.
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Adlai Stevenson
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Iday
Alfred H. Smith
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Eisenhower
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West Virginia
Local Street Corners Mentioned in Van Nuys Area
A fragment listing addresses and streets in the Van Nuys and surrounding Westside areas. Mentions Ventura Boulevard Sepulveda Boulevard Westwood Whittier Philadelphia and Comstock in a terse location-style note.
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van Nuys
Ventura Blvd
Westchester
Sepulveda Blvd
Westwood
Westwood Whittier
Philadelphia
Comstock
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