Stevenson backs whistlestop plane and train campaign
Adlai Stevenson approves a nationwide whistlestop campaign by air and train. He schedules a Sept 13 30 minute national TV address with full participation by Harry S Truman and Estes Kefauver. Campaign manager James A Finnegan outlines plans as Stevenson meets at his farm near Libertyville Illinois.
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Adlai Stevenson
Harry S. Truman
Estes Kefauver
Stevenson
James A. Finnegan
Philadelphia
Twenty Eight Arrested for Failure to Pay Traffic Tickets
Twenty eight persons were arrested on warrants for failure to pay traffic tickets from Friday through Monday morning. Most had about two unpaid tickets, with one individual holding five. Chief James C. Kelly said the practice, in effect about six years, requires payment of fines plus court costs.
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James C. Kelly
Kelly
City Hall
Pursuit Continues for Angola Prison Escapees
Angola Louisiana authorities intensified the manhunt for three dangerous convicts who escaped the Angola State Penitentiary yesterday using a spoon-cut key. Identified are Raymond Bailey 24 New York 14-year burglary escape. Robert George 38 New Orleans 20-year narcotics escape. Luther Palley 40 Tulsa 35-year for attempted murder burglary escape. The trio fled in a 1955 Illinois plated car found abandoned between Zachary and Baker about 10 miles north of Baton Rouge.
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State Penitentiary
Maurice Sigler
Illinois
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Baker
Baton Rouge
Sigler
Raymond Bailey
New York
Robert George
New Orleans
Luther Palley
Tulsa
Okla
Republicans approve civil rights plank for platform
The Republican Platform Committee endorsed a civil rights plank favoring integration in public schools and supporting Eisenhower era remedies. Senator Prescott Bush praised the language as harmonious and stronger than the Democrats, while Southern delegates voiced mixed feelings about floor consideration. Dirksen influenced the draft to be tougher in Chicago.
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Virginia
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Illinois
Chicago
Dirksen
Rob't H. Hope 52 Dies During Travel En Route to Shreveport
Robert Harp Hope a 52 year old Monroe attorney died of heart failure while driving from Colorado toward Shreveport. He had reached Santa Fe New Mexico when the fatal attack occurred. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. in the Bonita Methodist church with Rev. C G Cagle and Rev. W F Ragsdale officiating. Blackwell Golden Funeral home Bastrop handles arrangements. Pallbearers include Cecil Harp Paul Harp Scott Byatt all of Bonita and Jim Doyle L L Futtrell.
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Bonita
Colorado
Shreveport
Santa Fe
New Mexico
C. G. Cagle
W. F. Ragsdale
Blackwell- Golden Funeral Home
Bastrop
Cecil Harp
Paul Harp
Scott Byatt
Jim Doyle
L. L. Futtrell
Caddo 4-H FFA Tractor Clinic Honors Turner and Boney
Miles Turner of Byrd High School and Paul Boney of North Caddo High School won first place in the junior and senior divisions of the Caddo 4-H and FFA tractor clinic contest held in Shreveport.
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Shreveport
Miles Turner
Byrd High School
Paul Boney
North Caddo High School
No Setup In Borrowing Hint Reserve Board May Take Anti inflation Step
Prospects of continued brisk economic activity and rising prices fuel speculation that the Federal Reserve Board may raise the discount rate again to curb inflation. Officials cite steel wage increases and the highway program as inflationary factors with employment at high levels. A rate hike would tighten credit and raise loan costs, impacting business and consumer expansion.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Eisenhower
Minneapolis
San Francisco
Suez conference stalls as Egypt and West drift apart
At the 22 nation Suez conference Egypt and the West remain far apart on canal control. V K Krishna Menon proposes a dual tier management plan while Dulles meets with Shepilov to push for an international canal authority. Military action seems increasingly unlikely as Eden favors moral pressure.
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Suez
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India
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U.S
State Dulles
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Menon
Wisdom lauds Kefauver pick over Kennedy for VP
San Francisco. John Minor Wisdom of New Orleans praises the Kefauver Kennedy choice, saying Kennedy would have hurt Republicans in the South. Wisdom predicts easy GOP gains in Louisiana, notes Eisenhower’s strong 1952 showing, and expects no trouble with a civil rights plank.
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Massachusetts
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Kefauver
Harriman
New York
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Minnesota
Wisdom
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Heat Wave Breaks With Thundershowers Monday
A heat wave ended Monday as thundershowers cooled the area. Morning temperatures held near 80 with a 0.41 inch rainfall and a forecast for a cooler spell lasting several days. The Selman Field report noted a noon high of 78 and scattered storms are expected to continue into Tuesday with 65 to 90 degree conditions.
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Monroe Man Killed in Highway 80 Crash
A 60 year old Monroe man died after a two car collision on Highway 80 near Calhoun. A. M. Johnson 19 year old of Eros was charged with negligent homicide and other offenses. Johnson was treated and released. two other occupants of his car were treated and released. The Vallery vehicle occupants include Abraham Vallery his wife and two children all hospitalized with injuries.
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Abraham Vallery
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Charles Vallery
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Conway Memorial Hospital
Chester Owens
Lester Jackson
Diana Dors and husband assault photographer at party
Beverly Hills report says Diana Dors and Dennis Hamilton attacked United Press photographer Stewart Sawyer at a lavish party near her estate. Sawyer, knocked to the ground and beaten, suffered a broken nose and facial injuries while witnesses described Hamilton acting aggressively and Dors shouting. Sawyer denies pushing the couple into the pool.
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United Press
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Sawyer
Miss Dors
Louis Shurr
Howard Shoup
Dors
Knight Welcomes GOP To Frisco As Nixon Omission Stirs Talk
SAN FRANCISCO AP California Governor Goodwin Knight welcomed the Republican convention and praised Eisenhower as the era’s leading statesman. He pledged California’s 32 electoral votes for Eisenhower and independent Democrats, but made no explicit endorsement of Nixon. Knight also noted he would back Nixon if Eisenhower asks again.
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Nixon
Goodwin J. Knight
Sen
William Knowland
Knight
V. P
Eisenhower
Eisenhower backs State Dept ban on newsman passports to Red China
President Eisenhower fully supports the State Department policy denying passports for travel to Communist China. Acting Secretary Herbert Hoover Jr said the White House approves the Aug. 7, 1956 policy statement. The department kept the ban due to Red China's delay in releasing Americans imprisoned despite a pledge to allow home.
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Eisenhower
State Department
Red
China
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White House
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Red China
Nixon poised for easy renomination at 1956 GOP convention
United Press survey shows Richard M. Nixon leading nearly all delegates as the 1956 Republican convention opens in San Francisco. With Eisenhower renominated, Nixon appears set for second spot on the ticket, despite Harold Stassen's challenge and a confident convention mood.
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Richard M. Nixon
Harold E. Stassen
United Press
Nixon
Eisenhower
Washington
Masked Robbers Busted in Park Avenue Restaurant Shootout
A gun battle at Town and County Restaurant on Park Avenue ended with the robber gang killed and two captured. A police sergeant was wounded as officers swept in after a parking lot attendant witnessed the robbery through a kitchen window. Cashier Murray Friedlander handed over about $200 during the holdup.
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Park Avenue
Park Ave
Murray Friedlander
Friedlander
Ike and Adlai to Visit Louisiana for Campaign Push
President Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson are slated to campaign in Louisiana before the November election. Louisiana backed Stevenson in 1952 with 53 percent to 47 percent for Eisenhower, in a close race. Stevenson carried the state despite Governor Kennon’s backing and key Democratic leaders. Next year Stevenson will gain support from Governor Earl Long and rival mayor deLesseps Morrison, both previous Stevenson backers.
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Eisenhower
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Stevenson
Illinois
Robert Kennon
Democratic Organization
Earl Long
Long
deLesseps Morrison
New Orleans
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