Scranton’s steady rise to top GOP roles in Pennsylvania
United Press International profiles Gov. William Scranton of Pennsylvania, detailing his cautious decision style, 16 years in office, and decisive pushes for tax reform and unemployment changes. The piece notes his wealth, Yale education, and early political molding by his mother, as well as his World War I pilot service and Pentagon ties. It also highlights his moderate GOP stance and willingness to clash with factional pressures.
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United Press International
William W Pere
Pennsylvania
Scranton
State Department
Congress
House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mary
Voles
Worthington Scranton
Yale
Christian Verter
Eisenhower
Indiantown Gap
GOP
Washington
Republican Party
Hospital Potions and Minor Skin Care Costs
Fragmentary ad style note describing hospital quality dressings for minor skin injuries. Mentions Silky a month, Soothes, and Weees pom with titch wirk-sore hands and dry scalp. References Moroline with price 17 cents and 27 cents as alternative.
Lodge Backs Scranton Hope for GOP Nomination
Maxwell M. Rabb, national chairman of Ambassador Lodge’s campaign committee, announced the organization’s support for Pennsylvania Governor William W. Scranton in the Republican presidential race. Rabb spoke after meeting with former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and said Lodge would keep its delegates and back Scranton at the convention and in the general election.
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Gettysburg
Henry Cabot Lodge
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Maxwell M. Rabb
Lodge
Scranton
Rabb
Dwight J. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
South Viet Nam
De Gaulles Images Vary In Roosevelt Churchill Notes
State Department releases wartime Roosev elt Churchill dispatches from 1943 noting De Gaulle was viewed as a mixed figure. Roosevelt cracked jokes about De Gaulle while Churchill and Eden warned he created trouble. The papers show U S policy favored North Africa action and delayed French government formation. De Gaulle rose to lead the French Committee of National Liberation in exile as Allied forces pressed the war.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles de Gaulle
Winston Churchill
de Gaulle
Joan of Arc
Roosevelt - Churchill
State Department
U.S
Roosevelt
Churchill
Europe
Department
Richard
Phillips
France
Shim
Clemenceau
Anthony Eden
Ete
Graf
London
National Committee
French North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Henry Honore Giraud
North Africa
Giraud
North
Africa
Brazenville
Brazzaville
French Congo
Is Gaulle
Committee of National Liberation
Fisenhower
Robert Murphy
Catholics Plan Viet Demonstration in Kontum
AP reports a Roman Catholic demonstration is scheduled for Sunday in Kontum, Saigon's similar protest last week cited. About 10,000 Catholics from Kontum and nearby areas are expected to join, reflecting strong local Catholic sentiment.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Kontum
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