Nixon defied Eisenhower on 1956 ticket hint in diaries
Carnegie Mellon professor John Crecine says Eisenhower sought to sway Nixon from running in 1956 but stopped short of forcing him off the ticket. The diaries and memos, released via the Eisenhower Library, reveal talks with Len Hall on offering a cabinet post and pressuring Nixon to decide quietly.
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Pittsburgh
Richard Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
Carnegie-Mellon University
Eisenhower
Nixon
John P Crecine
CMU
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Abilene
Kan
Len Hall
Bob Anderson
Anderson
Treasury
Hall
Crecine
John F Kennedy
White House
Balloon DaVinci team cleared to remove downed craft in Ohio
DaVinci Trans-America balloon owners granted permission to lift the two ton gondola from a Spencerville meadow after a storm forced the transcontinental attempt to end. FAA investigator Ray Stern planned talks with crew before departure. Injured passenger Vera Simons, four aboard include Rudolph Engelmann and NBC cameraman Randy Birch. The crew had chased a distance record of 139 hours six minutes from Tillamook Oregon and weather turned deadly with snow and ice adding weight at 14,000 feet.
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Lima, Ohio
DaVinci Trans-America
Ohio Meadow
Ray Stern
Federal Aviation Administration
Spencerville
Ohio
Vera Simons
McLean
Rudolph Engelmann
Boulder
Fred Hyde
Prairie Village
Kan
NBC
Randy Birch
DaVinci
Tillamook
Ore
Engelmann
Allen County
Chicago
Indiana
Illinois
Kucinich Advances to Cleveland Runoff in Tight Primary
In Cleveland, Dennis Kucinich survives a tough primary, winning 36,515 votes to 47,743 for his Republican rival George Voinovich amid 42 percent turnout. Voinovich leads in 22 wards, including all 13 black wards, to advance to the November runoff for the 50,000 a year mayoral post.
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Voinovich
Cuyahoga County
Kucinich
Lake Erie
Westinghouse faces damages trial over uranium contract reneging
U S District Judge Robert R Merhige Jr presided as Westinghouse Corp and several utilities battle in Richmond over damages for ending uranium supply agreements. The trial will assess liability for billions in damages from Long Island Lighting, South Carolina Electric and Gas, and others after earlier settlements and out of court talks.
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Richmond
Westinghouse Corp
Agai Lo
Robert R Mertuge ‘Jr
Mied Westinghouse
Agaor
Long Island Lighting
South Carolina Electric and Ponds Power & Light Co Tr
Merhige
Ismes Wiham
Spong
Coline
Wiham & Mary
Law Schon
Alabama Power Co
Texas
Houston Lighting & Powers
Virgiia
Electte & Power
Elecine
Tennessee Wales
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Fulton J. Sheen
Patrick's Cathedral
New York
the News
Frederick
Westinghouse
Hyers
Creatve Media Resources
Coll Chore
Buffington
Bulington Lane
Taneytown
Volkswagen
HONDA
AUDI
Shockley
Honda Inc
Shockley Volkswagen, Inc. Audio
Frederick Ares
Frederick, MD
Terstown
Montgomery County
Maryland National
Maryland National Bank
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