Better way to select a presidency candidate urged at conventions
Editorial notes that both Democratic and Republican gatherings in Chicago wasted time on seating disputed southern delegates and heated rhetoric. Delegates surrendered seats to alternates during prenomination duties while demonstrations and roll calls devolved into noisy, costly theatrics. Calls grow to streamline procedures, prebuild platforms, and compress key speeches to speed the process.
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Chicago
Erwin Canham
Christian Science Monitor
Sam Rayburn
Muscatine Melon Season Signals Vine-Ripened Bounty
Deputized guards patrol local melon patches as Muscatine anticipates on the vine melons. Residents celebrate true home grown cantaloupes and watermelons, noting early greens shipped long distances lose flavor. Local pride fuels talk of Muscatine melons gaining fame as buyers seek authentic fruit.
Possible GOP Democrat Romance Seen by Edson
Washington correspondent Peter Edson reports a behind the scenes romance between Kefauver and Nixon families from Chicago conventions. David Kefauver and Patricia Nixon attend the same school, amid Chicago political chatter. The piece also recounts Green’s hat draw idea and mentions the Blackstone Hotel as a center of aging politicians and key Democratic figures during the conventions.
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Allan B. Kline
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Crossword Puzzle Clue List From Historical Page
Crossword puzzle grid clues across and down covering music terms, geography, anatomy, plants, and common phrases. Includes entries such as Songstress, Rugged mounta crests, Feudal ter, Oxidizing enzyme, Mechanical man, Christmas carol, and Chefs, plus vertical clues like Donated Persia promontory and Fur bearing aquatic mammal.
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Labor rivals clash over Truman Reuther influence in Chicago
The piece notes Chicago labor power, CIO leaders like Walter Reuther and Philip Murray, and AFL concerns. It describes bitterness over Barkley’s treatment, Truman’s “slap,” and Labor’s Capitol Hill influence, with age, loyalty, and future leadership under debate. It also covers women’s limited political clout and hints at Eisenhower-Nixon appeal and Southern strategy.
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Barkley
AFL
John L. Lewis
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Philip Murray
Walter Reuther
Auto Workers Union
Reuther
Murray
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Labor
Sam Gompers
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Alben
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Ike
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Ralph Jackson Named on Board of Supervisors
Ralph Jackson of a farm south of Joy was named supervisor of Millersburg township succeeding the late Max Love who died in a farm combine accident on July 11. The appointment by Frederick Swanson and two justices of the peace fills the unexpired term ending in 1953. Love had been elected for four years in 1949 and had chaired the board of supervisors and served on the Mercer County Hospital board.
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Board of Supervisors
Mercer County Hospital Board
Love
Foster Schultz
Sherrard
U S Hires 28 600 New Employees in June
Washington reports 28 600 new federal civilian workers hired in June, mainly in temporary vacation relief roles, bring total employment to 2 603 300 as of July 1. It marks the largest monthly rise since June of last year.
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