May Campaign Leads To Air Blockade In 1956 Race
Chicago reports GOP leaders consider Eisenhower campaigning mainly by television and radio with a late decision on running. Leonard W. Hall cites possible delay to late February or March. and plans for a large TV time buy. Berlin talks warn of a Soviet move transferring occupation powers to East Germany, risking a new blockade and Western protest.
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Billy Meyer to Retire After Half Century in Baseball
Billy Meyer, 63, longtime player-manager-scout, retires from baseball after a stroke left him paralyzed on the left side. He said he asked the Pittsburgh club to release him and may do a little scouting if health returns. Meyer began his career in 1909, peaked in 1948 as Major League Manager of the Year with the Pirates.
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Candidates to Be Present at Oklahoma City Meeting
Democratic presidential aspirants Adlai Stevenson Estes Kefauver Harriman and others will address the Young Democrats national convention in Oklahoma City over three days. Kefauver will keynote tomorrow Harriman to speak at Saturday banquet with Sparkman Williams and Mennen Williams among others. A debate over Moderation follows Stevenson's call for a moderate tone as Williams and Harriman reject the label. Senator Mike Monroney is also slated to speak.
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Convention split over seating delegates at 1956 nomination race
The party faced a split as Stevenson supporters and others argued over seating at the convention. A Credentials Committee sealed a Texas faction of loyal Democrats led by Melvin Handleman, while another group seeks recognition. Four candidates contest the local group leadership with no clear majority.
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Mountie Uses Back to Save Man by Crumbling Wall
WINDEMERE B C Nov 31 A Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable used his body to wedge a weakening wall of gypsum and ice for over an hour to save a trapped man. Forty men freed Albert Portman aged 22 as Constable H D Bowyer aged 24 spread-eagled his body to hold the crumbling wall from collapsing on him. Gypsum is a light rock like material.
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Potomac River Valley Yields Indian Remains Note
Two men hospitalized after a gypsum hopper collapse. Portman fell into the filling hopper and, with leg protrusion through the bottom, drew air until rescuers dug him out. The constable endured exposure to the icy wall while officials guarded the scene. An officer stated no replacement could move lest the gypsum collapse on the trapped man.
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