Harriman Nominated for New York Governor at New Democratic Convention
Averell Harriman, 62, former Republican and Roosevelt administration official, won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination on the first ballot amid a bitter state convention fight. Roosevelt Jr. conceded after Harriman led 541 to 217 with crucial Onondaga County votes sealing the victory.
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New York
Averell Harriman
Roosevelt
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Harriman
U.S
Irving M. Ives
John A. Alinsky
Buffalo
Onondaga County
165Th Regiment Armory
Eleanor Roosevelt
Paul E. Fitzpatrick
Fdr Jr
Upstate
James J. McGuiness
Albany
Leo Quinn
Daniel P. Leader
McGuiness
Fitzpatrick
Plan to Abolish Alabama Public Schools Proposed
A legislative committee and Alabama Bar Association lawyers urge a constitutional amendment to end mandatory public schooling in Alabama and allow state subsidized private schools. The plan would remove public school references from the constitution, permit tax funds and private schooling, and grant parental choice for race based education while safeguarding officials from lawsuits.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Alabama Bar Association
Supreme Court
Albert Boutwell
Birmingham
Senate House Committee
Alabama Public Schools
Gordon Persons
UN Names Committee Members After Shelving Red China Bid
The ninth UN General Assembly elected seven vice presidents and seven committee chairmen after shelving the Red China seating. Van Kleffens was chosen Assembly president amid the continuing U.S. backed move to exclude the Central People's Government. Prime candidates included Urrutia, Thors, Copland, Nosek, Asha, Saras in, and Garcia Amador.
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Red China
United Nations
N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
U.N
Security Council
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Anguiangndl Willian
Burma
Ecuador
Beelee N. van Kleffens
Netherlands
Portugal
Assembly
Politigil
Francisco Urrutia
Colombia
Thor Thors
Iceland
Douglas Copland
Australia
Jiri Nosek
Czechoslovakia
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
India
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
People’s Government
China
General Assembly
Vishinsky
Peiping
Chou En-lai
Kuomintang
Chiang Kai-shek
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U. S
Dulles
Lodge
Republic of China
Central People’s Government
van Kieffens
Prince Wan Waithayakon
Thailand
van Kleffens
Price Wan
Bold jail break attempt halted in Cabell County Jail
In Huntington West Virginia a group of six inmates attempted to break out using a heavy steel table leg to pry a cell door. Deputy Jailer Lakin Rowsey and a trusted prisoner stopped them after a rapid sequence of events.
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Huntington
W. Va
Cabell County
Lakin Rowsey
Rowsey
William Moses
Moses
Beck Says No Wrongdoing in Union Welfare Funds Probe
Los Angeles AFL leader Dave Beck expressed surprise if investigators find Teamsters misuse of welfare funds. The twin inquiries by House and Senate focus on multi billion dollar union benefit plans as Beck seeks more control over funds, while resisting immediate constitutional changes before the 1957 Teamsters convention.
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Los Angeles
AFL Teamsters
Dave Beck
Beck
House
Samuel K. McConnell Jr
R-Pa
House Labor Committee
American Federation of Labor
Senate
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Teamster Union
Stengel Signs New Contract With Yankees
Casey Stengel, 64, signed a two year deal to manage the New York Yankees through 1956. He has led the club to six straight pennants and three World Series titles in five years, with the 1955 season placing second to the Indians. The contract runs to January 1, 1955 with pay around 95 thousand dollars per year including a pension and a 10 thousand dollar annual gift.
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NEW York
Casey Stengel
New York Yankees
Stengel
Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Tims
Dixon Returns Home After 18 Months as Prisoner
Dixon, reported by International News Service, returns to U.S. soil after eighteen months held as a prisoner of the Chinese. The arrival marks a long-awaited end to his detention and will be followed by official clearance and possible reunions.
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New York
Donald Dixon
Eisenhower Launches Far West Speaking Tour
President Eisenhower begins a three day campaign swing through Montana Washington Oregon and California with a restrained approach. He travels from Denver to Missoula Walla Walla and ends in Los Angeles before addressing the AFL convention in Los Angeles.
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Eisenhower
Denver
Congress
Far West
GOP
Leonard Hall
White House
Hall
Truman
Montana
Washington
Oregon
California
Missoula
Mont
Walla Walla
Wash
McNary Dam
Washington-Oregon
Los Angeles
American Federation of Labor
Montesi Sex and Dope Scandal Sparks Arrests in Rome
The Wilma Montesi case returns to the headlines with the arrests of Piero Piccioni and Marquis Ugo Montagna in Rome. Piccioni, 32, faces aggravated manslaughter charges linked to Montesi’s death, while Montagna is accused of aiding and abetting. Both are jailed in Regina Coeli as officials pursue further leads and passport seizures touch officials and royalty.
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Rome
Wilma Montesi
Piero Piccioni
Italy
Ugo Montagna
Mario Scelba
Piero
Attilio Piccioni
Piccioni
Ostia
Montagna
Regina Coeli
Queen of Heaven
Wilma
ANSA
Saverio Polito
Polito
Miss Montesi
Raffaele Sepe
Court of Appeals
Sepe
Prince Maurice of Hesse
Victor Anne I
Hesse
Prince Maurice
Kimono Cabinet urges reform in geisha house roles
Tokyo report states a 13 woman kimono cabinet in a Japanese women's forum proposes reforms for geisha houses. Members, including authors and civil servants, advocate ambassadors own realism, tax cuts, and social measures such as education pay raises and fireproof housing.
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Tokyop
Japan
Woman's Forum
Woman's Magazine
Kimono
Raicho Hiratsuka
Denmark
United States
Ayako Ishigaki
Chieko Yamamoto
Fumiko Funada
Kikue Yamakawa
Keiko Shimizu
Yoko Matsuoka
Hanako Muraoka
Ohio Turnpike Auditor Calls Report False
Ohio auditor James A. Rhodes attacks the Turnpike Commission audit as politically motivated. Chairman James W. Shacknessy denounces it as a monstrous smear while Gov. Lausche defends Shacknessy’s integrity amid findings of 1949 to 1953 land costs and insurance purchases tied to firms linked to the commission chair.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Turnpike Commission
James W. Shacknessy
James A. Rhodes
Frank J. Lausche
Shacknessy
Donald C. Cook
Rhodes
Lausche
Turnpike Commission
C. William O’neill
General Assembly
Shocknessy
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co
Columbus
Ohio
State
Commission
Auditor of State
Robert S. Beightler
Senate May Be Recalled This Month
Washington indicates leaders plan to recall the Senate soon to consider censure charges against Sen. McCarthy. Mark Trice, secretary of the Senate, will issue the call on instructions from Republican Leader Knowland and Democratic Leader Johnson, with a five day notice promised. The six senator censure committee held an afternoon session as its chair Sen. Watkins declined to say if this was the final meeting.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
Mark Trice
Trice
Knowland
Calif
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
McCarthy
Sen
Watkins
Utah
Tthis
Nine Airmen Eject From Damaged C82 In San Bernardino Crash
Nine airmen parachuted from a disabled C82 cargo plane that crashed and burned in the San Bernardino mountains. Norton Air Force Base reported three survivors found at Running Springs, identified as Maj James M Wagner Lt Alfred M Gathercoal and Capt C G Chapman, all from Sioux City Iowa. Conflicting reports on totals followed as search parties relayed word.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Air Force
John Austry
Norton Air Force Base
James M. Wagner
Alfred M. Gathercoal
C. G. Chapman
Sioux City
Iowa
Running Springs
Big Bear
Lake Arrowehead
521St Air Defense Group
Hill Afb
Ogden
Utah
Norton
Ben Scarpero
AF Public Information
Los Angeles
Six States Lead in Key Senate Fight Coverage
Republicans target Delaware Illinois and Ohio while Democrats focus on Kentucky New Jersey and Wyoming in the 1954 Senate battle. Morse of Oregon could aid Democrats with party alignment. Maine re elected Smith.
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Washington
Republica
Senate
Delaware
Ilinois
Ohio
Kentucky
New Jersey
Wyoming
Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
Sen
Morse
Oregon
Orga
New Mexico
Iowa
Talesnado
Montana
Massachusetts
Idaho
Alben W
Ley
John
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