Stevenson woos Dixie to back Democratic ticket
Adlai E Stevenson seeks to unite the South behind his 1952 run as he campaigns with Kefauver in Knoxville and Sioux City. He blames Eisenhower farm and labor policies, accuses Benson of half truths, and cites AFL-CIO endorsement as proof of growing disillusionment. Stevenson aims to recapture farm votes and solidify Democratic gains in the region.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Knoxville
Tenn
Ers Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Stevenson
National Labor Relations Board
Gen
Kefauver
Afl-Cio
Midwest
Truman
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Hintz Gets 3 Years In Scandal
Springfield reports banker Edward A. Hintz a principal in the Orville E. Hodge case was sentenced in Sangamon County Circuit Court to one to three years in prison for conspiracy. He pleaded guilty and drew a total $3,000 in fines on two indictments. He awaits transfer to U. S. District Court Chicago to begin a three year term for misapplication of $457,000 in federally insured funds. Ex-Auditor Hodge continues a separate 12 to 15 year state sentence and concurrent federal term. The case centered on a million dollar state check cashing swindle involving fraudulently cashed warrants at Southmoor Bank Trust Co. of Chicago.
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Springfield
Ill
Edward A. Hintz
Orville E. Hodge
Sangamon County
Hintz
L. E. Whithire
U. S. District Court
Chicago
U. S. Dist
John P Barnes
Hodge
Southmoor Bank Trust Co
Atty
Latham Castle
Congratulations joke about roses and heiress marriage
A light humor exchange where an old man boasts how he wooed an heiress. He claims he won her heart by sending 25 red roses on her 30th birthday, delivering a playful punchline about the unlikely courtship.
Labor Drive to Clean Racketeers From Unions Expands
AFL-CIO executive council moves to curb hoodlum influence by restricting chartering of locals and demanding legitimate worker cores. Arrest of racketeer Johnny Dio tied to Riesel case sparks vow to purge union corruption as South tensions persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Walker
Forest Park
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Federation
FBI
New York
John DioGuardi
Johnny Dio
Dio
Victor Riesel
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Riesel
Meany
Senate
Lee W. Minton
Philadelphia
The
Glass Bottle Blowers Union
Matthew Woll
Convicts Seize Dump Truck in Escape Bid Near Montgomery
Two convicts died and 13 were injured when a dump truck carrying 30 maximum security prisoners overturned after a rear pursuit by guards. The escape was led by Roy Eugene Pruitt and Elbert H. Rice who seized the vehicle at knife point. Authorities say two suspects died in the wreck and patrols rounded up the rest, with manslaughter charges under consideration for the two planners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
w—Kilby
Frank Lee
Lee
Noah O. Hasty Jr
James Williams
Roy Eugene Pruitt
Franklin County
Elbert H. Rice
Jefferson County
Trusty
Elvin Bradley
W. G. Smith
G. E. Moore
Pruitt
Rice
Bradley
Moore
Smith
EOKA claims forged documents in Cyprus turmoil
In Nicosia and Limassol EOKA charged British plots to distort the struggle for union with Greece. Britain insisted the papers were genuine and cited Archbishop Makarios as a target. A British major was wounded, a sentry shot, and Gov. Gen. Harding warned of an uneasy period as tensions rise on the island.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
EOKA
Makarios
Britain
Limassol
Mediterranean
Greece
George Grivas
Teers Boyd
Dighenis
Leslie Glass
Kitium
Larnaca
Yerolakkos
John Harding
J Fear
Hope
Inmate Complains of Civil and State Rights Violation
An Albuquerque federal court documents a disgruntled New Mexico state serger inmate filing a complaint claiming he has been framed and that his civil rights and state rights have been violated.
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Albuquerque, N.M
New Mexico State
Serger
Weather forecast and temperatures for Miami Valley
The official forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and continued warm weather across today tonight and Friday with a high near 88 and a low around 70. Wednesday peaked at 89 degrees by 4 p.m. and the overnight low was 71. Rain yesterday and early today totaled about 0.02 inches.
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Miami Valley
For Her Protection Woman Is Jailed In Riesel Case
New York AP report says Mrs. Leni Miranti, wife of an alleged co conspirator, is jailed in $100000 bail as a material witness in the Riesel acid attack case. Her husband Gondolfo Miranti and Joseph Carlino face $100000 bail on conspiracy charges. Dio, Tuso, Bando and Carlin also arrested with $100000 bonds. Thomas Dio held $75000. All await a hearing next Wednesday.
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NEW York
Leni Miranti
U.S
Earle Wyre
Sar
Riesel
Abraham Telvi
Lower East Side
Johnny Dio
Charles Tuso
Domenic Bando
Charles Carlin
Joseph Carlino
Dio
Thomas
Thomas Dio
City
Nixon's Dad Reported Weaker in Whittier Calif
Frank Nixon 77 father of Vice President Richard M. Nixon was reported weaker this morning. Dr I N Kraushaar said his temperature rose two degrees since Wednesday night to 101.6 and that he is very credibly ill. The doctor advised the vice president not to return at this time as Nixon vacations with his family at Manteca.
Plane Down in Alaska Kills Nine, Six Missing
A Canadian Pacific Airlines DC6B crashed near Unimak Island Alaska killing at least nine of the 22 aboard. Seven survivors reported with six unaccounted for. Pilot radioed a fire before the crash nine fifty eight p m Kodiak time. Search planes and ships aided by doctors faced extreme weather.
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Kodiak
Alaska
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Unimak Island
Alaska Peninsula
Kodiak Naval Station
Poveda
Tokyo
Vancouver
B. C
Cmdr
W. W. Clark
Naval Station
Clark
Cold Bay
Adak
Cyprus bases emerge in Suez crisis as France troops sail
London reports three ships carrying French troops head to Limassol Cyprus to ready a joint base with Britain in the Suez crisis. Britain approves French use of Cyprus to deter Egypt and defend nationals amid rising tensions with Nasser. Paris cites protection of French interests.
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Cyprus
London
Mediterranean
Limassel
14 Man Jury Tours Brink’s Robbery Locations
A 14 man jury, trying eight men for the 1,219,000 Brink’s Inc. robbery of 1950, left the Suffolk County Courthouse to visit sites tied to testimony. Their first stop was the Brink’s counting room on Prince Street in Boston’s North End, where masked bandits carried out the historic cash haul.
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Boston
Brink's Inc
Suffolk County
Brink's
Prince Street
North End
Two Britons Named In Egypt Spy Plot
Cairo authorities named two more Britons as members of an alleged spy network aiming to topple President Nasser. Seven Britons, including two embassy secretaries, are implicated along with several Egyptians. Swinburn confessed and alleged Saint John and Cox as prior contacts. Zarb, Swinburn, and Pituck were arrested while Flux and Gove were ordered to leave Egypt. The British embassy denies espionage links.
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Cairo
Egypt
Nasser
James Swinburn
Arab News Agency
Mohammed Mossadegh
Iran
Britain
anglo-Iranian Oil Co
Abdel Kader Hatem
P. Saint John
Cox
Hatem
Swinburn
Saint John
James Zarb
Marconi Radio-Telegraph Co
Charles Pittuck
J. B. Flux
J. G. Gove
Riot at Clinton High As Three Arrested In Clash
Violence flared over school integration at Clinton High. Three men were seized after a melee in front of the school. A crowd of about 100 broke a jail window while tomatoes and a forbidden sign were hurled at a passing Negro woman. Dewey Hopper, John Carter, and Bill Day were detained.
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Clinton
Tenn
Clinton High
Dewey Hopper
Clinton High School
John Carter
Bill Day
Jess Braden
D. J. Brittain
PTA
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Egy
Indus
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Herbert C. Paschen
Cook County
Illinois
Nixon
France
Eden
Suez
Suez Canal
Suez Committee
Robert G. Menzies
Paris
North Atlantic Alliance
East Mediterranean
French Defense Ministry
Aule
Brest
Marseille
Arromanches
Toulon
Algeria
Brink’s
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Washington, D. C
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