Democrats Rally in Chicago Defying Republicans in 1956 Plans
Democratic leaders led by Adlai Stevenson and Harry Truman rallied in Chicago to mount a united challenge to the Eisenhower administration. They promised a fighting congressional campaign on foreign policy, farms, and big business while criticizing coattail politics and urging voters to hold Congress accountable. Truman and Stevenson framed the effort as a crusade to save the country and limit corporate influence.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Truman
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Ilinois
United States
Govs
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Allan Shivers
Texas
Stephen Mitchell
Congress
Mitchell
Rep
Rayburn
House
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
General Motors
Plea for a Trieste plebiscite roils Italian Yugoslav tensions
Italian Premier Pella urges a full plebiscite for Free Trieste to decide Italian or Yugoslav control while Tito in Split warns Italians not to attack Trieste by force. Western powers recall 1948 calls for Trieste's return to Italy as settlement talks stall.
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Trieste
Belgrade
Giuseppe Pella
Free Trieste
Tito
Yugoslavia
Italy
Adriatic
Split
Britain
Russia
Pella
United States
France
Moscow
West
Pennsylvania Wins Miss and Mrs America Crowns
Evelyn Margaret Ay of Ephrata Pennsylvania won the Miss America title after beating 51 contestants. Erna Snyder, a 24 year old mother of two from Reading, captured the Mrs America crown. Ay, 20, a UPenn student, weighs 132 pounds and stands 5 feet 8 inches. Snyder weighs 115 pounds and is 5 feet 4½ inches tall.
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Evelyn Margaret Ay
Erna Snyder
Asbury Park
Miss Ay
Evvy
New York
Ephrata
University of Pennsylvania
Mayoral Primary in New York Divides Democratic Wings
In New York City a bitter primary pits Conservative Impellitteri against New Deal backed Robert Wagner Jr. The fight tests party control for New York State and could shape the delegation to the next Democratic national convention. Rival Harold Riegelman and Rudolph Halley also seek the mayoralty with broader implications for November.
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New York City
Vincent R. Impellitteri
James A. Farley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Impellitteri
Manhattan
Robert F. Wagner Jr
New Deal
Wagner
Americans For Democratic Action
New and Fair
Herbert H. Lehman
Averell Harriman
Foreign Aid
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
New York State
Harold Riegelman
Rudolph Halley
Senate Crime Committee
Riegelman
Halley
Harriman
Roosevelt
Bernard Baruch
Thomas E. Dewey
Iran Pushes Trial Plans for Mossadegh
Tehran reports that Iran's government ordered a court martial for former Premier Mohammad Mossadegh. An Army court is questioning him, with charges expected this week based on actions between August 16 and August 19 during the royal transition and uprising.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
Fazollah Zahedi
Zahedi
Ballet Tours U.S. New York Opens Sadler's Wells Run
The Sadler's Wells ballet began its third U.S. tour with a warm reception at the renovated Metropolitan Opera House in New York. The London company will perform here for weeks before visiting 25 cities nationwide.
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New York
Sadler's Wells Ballet
U.S
Metropolitan Opera House
United States
McCarthy Seeks Revision of ASNE Charge
Senator McCarthy wrote to seven ASNE members urging a correction of their report about his questioning of James A. Wechsler of the New York Post. He argued the committee’s majority misstated the facts and warned the charge could mislead the public about press freedom.
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Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
American Society of Newspaper Editors
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New York Post
James A. Wechsler
Post
ASNE
Wechsler
Sen. McCarthy
Edison Assistant Dies At 87 In San Francisco
Cornelius E. Nestor, 87, longtime associate of Thomas A. Edison, died yesterday in San Francisco. He began working with Edison at age 12 in East Orange New Jersey and claimed to be the first to envision using wax cylinders to record music.
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Cornelius E. Nestor
Thomas A. Edison
Nestor
East Orange
N. J
Outburst at Maryland Reformatory Triggered by Umpire Call
More than 100 inmates rioted at the Maryland State Reformatory for Males after a disputed call in a reform school league baseball game. Sixty three inmates rioted at bedtime, 40 in a basement dormitory joined later. Guards and police subdued the violence with tear gas and hoses. a staff umpire may have made the controversial call.
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Hagerstown
Maryland State
Raymond
Western Maryland Institution
James W. Curran
Maryland
Reformatory League
Reformatory
Antique Cars Parade Through Cleveland on Glidden Tour
The Glidden Tour brings a rolling museum to Cleveland with 335 antique cars from 23 states and Canada. Most pre 1915 entries, many US made. the parade travels to Columbus for Ohio sesquicentennial, then Detroit events with a Willys Motors celebration led by tenor James Melton in a 1907 Rolls.
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Euclid Avenue
States
Canada
Columbus
Ohio
Loudonville
Detroit
Toledo
Willys Motors
James Melton
Opera and Television
New York
Ship Docks 377 Ex-POWs On Way Home
SAN FRANCISCO Planes trains buses and autos sped happiness across the nation as another shipload of repatriated prisoners of war arrived. 377 soldiers were home. Some faced brief processing delays before reuniting with loved ones.
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Letterman General Hospital
Marine Phoenix
Ola Riddle
Richmond
Calif
Herald Kapsch
Mitchell, S. D
Meier
Reds
McCarthy Opens Inquiries on Communists in United Nations
Senator Joseph McCarthy leads a New York hearing on Communists in the United Nations. He plans to hear most witnesses behind closed doors and to examine U N literature printed by the government printing office without legal authorization.
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Joseph McCarthy
Wis
Senate
United Nations
McCarthy
Washington
U. S
U.N
Ex-Convict Howell Surrenders to New York Police
William Howell 35 of Ridgefield New Jersey surrendered to Bronx police after being sought in multiple states in connection with the murder of labor leader Thomas F. Lewis. Edward Ryan 45, another ex convict, was killed in a gunfight with police while fleeing. Howell denied involvement, saying he fled due to his criminal record.
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Thomas F. Lewis
Howell
Ridgefield
N.J
Bronx
Lewis
Edward Ryan
Ryan
New York Daily News
Margart
New York City
Yugoslav Pilot Seeks Asylum in Italy
A 26 year old Yugoslav Air Force pilot seeking asylum in Italy identified himself as Lt Nicolas Jakses of Jasenac. He fled Communist Yugoslavia in an American built Thunderbolt fighter and landed yesterday at Aviano in the north.
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Italy
Ansa
Nicolas Jakses
Jasenac
Aviano
Chiang's Son Arrives Heads For Washington
Lt. Gen Chiang Chin ku o son of Chiang Kai shek and commander of the Nationalist Air Force arrived by plane in San Francisco and will leave Wednesday for Washington to report to the U S government on matters connected with the Nationalist regime.
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Chiang Chin-kuo
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Washington
United States Rejects Chinese Peace Conference Demands at UN
At the United Nations in New York the United States spokesman rejected Peiping’s call for a round table Korean peace conference and for neutrals to join. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Murphy defended the two-sided U.N. plan approved by the Assembly, while delegates anticipated renewed debate after officers are elected. Secretary Dulles arrived for the opening, and U.S. delegates assembled at Park Avenue headquarters for briefing.
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U.N. General Assembly
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American Association For the United Nations
New York
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Ohio
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D-Sc
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James Wadsworth
James D. Zellerbach
San Francisco
Archibald J. Carey Jr
Chicago
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Charles Mayo
Mayo Clinic
Oswald B. Lord
U.N. Human Rights Commission
Indians Stop Outburst Of Anti Reds
Panmunjom report says 320 Allied prisoners refusing return have arrived at Kaesong. Wilfred Burchett cites Red commanders but did not specify numbers or nationalities. Indian guards quelled small anti communist outbursts as 1 800 Chinese and 8 000 North Koreans are handed over to demilitarized zone custody.
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Kaesong
Wilfred Burchett
Tony
Burchett
Paris l'Humanite
Red Command
AFL Chief Claims Durkin Quit Over Eisenhower Break
Washington The AFL president George Meany says Durkin quit as secretary of labor after Eisenhower repudiated a Taft Hartley agreement. Durkin cited a 19 point proposed change deal. Meany believes the White House influenced his resignation. Possible successors include Flemming and several labor and political figures.
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Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Martin P. Durkin
Washington
AFL
George Meany
Eisenhower
Durkin
Meany
Nbc-Tv
Secretary of Labor
Labor
Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce
Phil Pearl
NBC
Georgetown Faces Critical Water Supply Situation
Georgetown Ohio faced a critical water supply as Lake Grant released water to aid the system. Brown County game protector Max Howard said the release would be increased today to revive the situation.
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Georgetown
Ohio
Lake
Grant
Max Howard
Brown County
UN To Receive 1953 Freedom House Award
The United Nations will collect the 1953 Freedom House award for Korea service. A bronze plaque will be presented to US Navy Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold on Navy Day.
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Freedom House
United Nations
Korea
USN
Dag Hammarskjold
Navy
Weather Forecast: Cloudy Skies and Showers Across Ohio
Vandalia forecasters warn of cloudy skies and possible showers across the Miami Valley tonight and tomorrow. Ohiowide, showers are possible tonight with partly cloudy conditions Tuesday and warmer in places, while Kentucky east portion may see similar trends. A drizzle began at dawn today with 0.02 inches of rain by 8 am and modest temperature changes from yesterday and today.
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Miami Valley
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Kentucky
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