Stevenson Accepting Nomination Calls for Governing Nation Over Election
Illinois governor lauds governing over winning in a convention acceptance speech. Stevenson foresees Republican attacks but argues working people are better off. Monroney praises the speech as Roosevelt-like, while Truman vows to help Stevenson. Kefauver prospects discussed for VP race as delegates weary of further wrangling. Russell pledges loyalty to Stevenson amid southern bolt fears.
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Kefauver
Russell
Averell Harriman
New York
Stevenson
Senator Monroney
Oklahoma
Monroney
Roosevelt
Truman
Harriman
Moody
Michigan
Humphrey
Minnesota
Dixie
Adlai Stevenson Early Life and Political Rise
The article outlines Adlai E Stevenson II born February 5 1900 in California and raised in Bloomington Illinois. It notes his father Lewis Green Stevenson and connections to Hearst finances and Hearst newspapers. It mentions his education in Lausanne and early temperament including a broken nose, ending with a note that the second article covers Stevenson’s prewar career.
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Stevenson
California
Pacific Coast
Midwest
Lewis Green Stevenson
Lewis Stevenson
Arizona
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Sen
George Hearst
Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Grover Cleveland
Los Angeles
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William Randolph Hearst
Bloomington
Cal
Li Ae
Elizabeth
Helen Davis Stevenson
Charles Dickens
William Makepeace Thackeray
Walter Scott
Lausanne Switzerland
Bloom
GOP Platform Rally Yields First Ballot Wins At Iowa Convention
At the Iowa GOP convention Elthon and Ropes won on first ballots for nominations with Elthon receiving 1 523 votes and Doud 998. Ropes led with 109 in a five way race, and both nominations were needed as no candidate hit 35 percent in June's primary. Electors at large were named Dorothy Houghton and Howard Hill, with a new central committee and state chairman Schramm.
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Ropes
Farmer
Senate
A. L. Doud
Douds
R. J. Oltman
Storm Lake
Ralph B. Slippy
Waterloo
Black Hawk
Slippy
Allt
Page County
Doud
Wayne M. Ropes
Peter A. Jessen
Fxira
Dorothy Houghton
Red Oak
Howard Hill
Minburn
Iowa
Central Committee
Robert Buckmaster
W. L. Robinson
Hampton
F. L. Abbott
Osceola
Allen Whitfield
Des Moines
Bess Cowden
Sidney
Schramm
Tank Blasts Barber Shop Near Front in Seoul Korea
Allied observers report a UN tank shelling an outdoor barber shop behind the front northwest of the punch bowl area. A North Korean soldier in the chair and three others awaiting cuts fled to a ditch as a shell struck, leaving no barber and no customers.
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Seoul
Korea
J-P
United Nations
Bo Ebauw
Eisenhower Nixon ticket urged to restore honest government
The statement calls for Pay-As-You-Go federal road appropriations with no tax increases, a study of property tax inequities, and corrective steps to prevent future flood damage in Iowa. It also backs civil defense funding, aggressive soil conservation, strong Republican farm policy, and the election of Eisenhower and Nixon.
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Iowa
Congressional
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
U N Walks Out Of Korean Truce Talks For Week
Allied negotiators accuse the Communists of hypocrisy and leave Panmunjom, ending the first open session in three weeks. Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison Jr. says he will return August 3, and staff officers may hear any points before then. Eighteen off the record talks since July 4 failed to resolve prisoner exchange.
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Munsan
Korea
William K. Harrison, Jr
United Nations
Coton Farmer Dies In Plane Crash Near Ames
Marvin L. Sorenson a 27 year old flying farmer from Nevada Iowa died from burns after his single engine plane stalled on takeoff from a D A Jay farm field east of Ames and crashed into a corn field. His brothers Dick and Kermit Sorenson pulled him from the wreckage before he died later in a hospital.
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Ames
Marvin L. Sorenson
Nevada
Sorenson
D. A. Jay Farm
Kermit Sorenson
Jay Farm
Farher
Davenport Chiropractor Dies After Pole Accident
Davenport chiropractor Dr. A G Wieser, 51, was fatally injured Friday when he fell from a pole while assisting with relocating power poles on a farm he owned northwest of Davenport.
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Davenport
A G. Wieser
Here
Celery as a Hot Vegetable Side Dish
Dice celery and cook in a covered saucepan in one inch boiling salted water until tender about 15 to 206 minutes. Season with salt and pepper if needed, then finish with butter or margarine.
Greek Freighter and U S Ship Collide Off British Columbia
A Greek freighter the Triton and the American liner Baranof collided off British Columbia. The Triton suffered a gaping hole and two engine room crewmen were missing. The Baranof reported its bow stove in but no serious damage and no injuries among passengers or crew.
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Wash
British Columbia
Coast Guard
Triton
Coliner Baranof
Ketchikan
Alaska
Joseph Ramsauer
The
Baranof
Des Moines Juveniles Arrested in Railway Vandalism Ring
Eight youths were arrested in Des Moines Friday after a seven month spree of thefts and vandalism at the Northwestern railway freight yards. Railroad Special Agent C. E. Kelly estimates losses could reach thousands of dollars. Detective Nick Kerpon says the boys admitted starting a fire between box cars last January, demolishing one car and severely damaging another, and stealing cases of canned vegetables.
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Des Moines
Northwestern Railway
Railroad
C. EF. Kelly
Nick Kerpon
Railcar Mischief and Heist Amid War History Note
A list of railroad crimes includes stealing cargoes from sealed cars such as tables lumber cheese and freight items plus tampering with machinery and setting fire to railroad ties. The note also recalls Rome beginning the Punic War against Carthage in 264 B.C.
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Rome
Carthage
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