Eisenhower Kicks Off Campaign From Gettysburg Farm
President Eisenhower gathered Republican leaders at his Gettysburg farm for a one day picnic rally to launch his re election campaign. 800 GOP readers from across the nation attended as he planned to speak at Washington and Newton Iowa and later from Peoria Illinois. The event featured tents bunting and a large outdoor program with Vice President Nixon and other leaders present.
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Recount Seen in Razor-Thin Maine Ballot Recount
In Augusta Maine the state called in all ballots from Maine’s 1st district race to safeguard results amid a razor-thin margin. Democrat James Oliver led GOP incumbent Robert Hale by about 28 votes after a late-night update, with an official tally due after a gubernatorial meeting.
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Stevenson Attacks Nixon and Eisenhower Over Civil Rights
Adlai Stevenson broadened his campaign with a New York speech attacking the “new face” of Nixon and President Eisenhower’s civil rights stance. He accused the president of backing desegregation opponents and urged a climate of compliance with the Supreme Court ruling. He spoke after a regional set of grass roots meetings as he prepared for a nationwide kickoff in Harrisburg.
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Daniel Wins Texas Democratic Party Leadership At Rowdy Convention
In Fort Worth a turbulent Texas Democratic convention backed Daniel as party head after Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn urged unity. Daniel’s victory followed his endorsement of Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver and approval to mobilize the party for the 1956 ticket amid protests over seating disputes and liberal versus conservative factions.
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Kefauver to Launch 15-State Truth Campaign
Democratic vice presidential candidate Estes Kefauver will begin a 15-state campaign tour on Friday to relay the administration’s alleged failures. Campaign director James A. Finnegan said Kefauver will tour major towns across Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Montana, Oregon, Washington, the Dakotas, Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, with stopovers in Tampa, Sarasota, Beadenson, St. Petersburg, Orlando, and Cleveland. The tour aims to inform voters on the perceived shortcomings of the Eisenhower-Nixon era ahead of the election.
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Nixon to Start 1956 Campaign in California Rally
Vice President Richard M. Nixon begins his 1956 re election drive with a September 18 rally at Whittier High School in California. He will Depart Washington and stop briefly in Indianapolis before arriving in Whittier, a longtime campaign site since 1946.
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