Adlai's Stand Shocks South at Democratic Convention
Adlai E Stevenson faced strong Southern dissent over his call for unequivocal approval of the Supreme Court ruling banning segregation in public schools. Mississippi Governor James P Coleman led Dixie Democrats who fear a walkout, while Stevenson remains the South’s most acceptable option and Harriman lags behind. Coleman warned the platform committee could reshape the situation, and Southern unity hangs on possible compromise.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Supreme Court
Mississippi
Coleman
Dixie Democrats
Platform Committee
Averell Harriman
New York
Democratic Party
Never Try To Change A Woman in Kansas Primaries
In Richland Kansas Andy Gray urged a Democratic ballot in the state primaries with Georgia Neese Gray, the U.S. treasurer and Kansas Democratic committeewoman by his side. He recalled their 1953 marriage noting his Republican roots and quipped about managing political power through marriage. He added that it never pays to underestimate the power of a woman.
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Richland
Kas
Andy Gray
Kansas
Georgia Neese Gray
United States
Gray
Military headgear shift and 1893 bath box utility
On August 15, 1855 the U. S. Army cap was replaced by a black felt hat with a feather ornament. Three feathers indicated field officers, two for company officers, one for enlisted men. A copper lined bath box popular in 1893 doubled as a bath tub and storage for clothes when not in use.
Cannady Bechtle Wedding In Trinity Church
Betty Ann Cannady and Duane Bechtle exchanged vows in Trinity Methodist Church. The ceremony featured a double ring rite, palms and red roses, with music by Doris Hjorth and Joe Henning II. Attendants wore ice blue gowns, a reception followed in the basement, and the couple plans a wedding trip to the Ozarks.
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Cannady-Bechtle
Trinity Church
Trinity Methodist Church
Betty Ann Cannady
Frank Cannady
Duane Bechtle
Chester Bechtle
S. Cherry
R. B. Craig
Doris Jane Hjorth
Joe Henning II
Cornelia Zielsdorf
Topeka
Janice Yokum
Louis Dodd
Colorado
Kay Cannady
Princeton
Richard Cannady
Amy van Loenen
Harlan Cannady
H. D. May
Lester Catton
Garnett
Byron Robison
Tau Beta
Wichita approves new school bonds 14 092 to 5 836 in primary
Wichita voters approve a $12,510,000 school bond issue by 14,092 to 5,836 with 101 of 183 precincts reporting in the yesterday primary. Herald want ads get results.
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Wichita
Ed Sullivan improves after car crash in Derby
Ed Sullivan, recovering from a two car collision in Seymour, was described as "full of the fighting Irish again" by a nurse at Griffin Hospital. He faces a possible early discharge after a chest cold raised fears of pneumonia, but CBS spokesman Eugene Schrott said danger is very slight. He will host his show next Sunday night with Phil Silvers.
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Derby
Conn
Ed Sullivan
Eugene Schrott
CBS
Griffin Hospital
Sullivan
Phil Silvers
Seymour
Schrott
Fearful Polio Epidemic Looms Over Chicago
Chicago faces a rising polio outbreak with 609 cases and 13 deaths as clinics ramp up inoculations of thousands of children with Salk vaccine. Public Health Service cites 1330 as the epidemic threshold. political leaders at the Democratic National Convention see no mass inoculation plan for delegates.
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Chicago
U.S. Public Health Service
Karl Meyer
Labor Avoids Demo Convention
Organized labor leaders stay away from the Democratic convention scene in Chicago. They limit participation to observers as GOP charges of union influence loom. James McDevitt and Jack Kroll reportedly will skip the event, with AFL-CIO guidance discouraging direct union meddling beyond a Platform Committee delegation.
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Chicago
Washington
James McDevitt
Jack Kroll
Afl-Cio
Afl-Cto
Buenos Aires Concentrates One Fourth of Argentina’s Population
A quarter of Argentina’s population, 17 424 926, resides in Buenos Aires and its surrounding suburbs. The data highlights the city’s dominant demographic role within the nation.
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Argentina
Buenos Aires
Dispute Over Crash Blame Between Two Ocean Liners
NEW YORK Swedish Stockholm and Italian Andrea Doria clash over blame for the July collision south of Nantucket Island. Each line accuses the other of reckless turns. Courts will hear the case as millions in damages are at stake. 52 dead or missing, Doria sunk, Stockholm repaired.
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New York
Stockholm
Andrea Doria
Nantuck Island
Mass
Doria
Change Of Address From County Jail In Albuquerque
A letter to the Internal Revenue Service from a detainee reports a change of address. The writer notes he filed his income tax from the county jail in Albuquerque, New Mexico, around March 26, 1956, and has since been sentenced to the U S penitentiary at Leavenworth Kansas.
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Albuquerque
Internal Revenue Service
New Mexico
U. S
Leavenworth
Kansas
Begin Destroying Incendiary Bombs at Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Denver report says 30,000 napalm incendiary bombs are being destroyed at Rocky Mountain Arsenal. Col. William A. Johnson, acting commander, notes the process will take at least two years as bombs burn fiercely in a large pit. Steel casings will be sold for scrap.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
William A. Johnson
Army Chemical Corps
Waves Navy unit founded by Congress in 1942
The Waves, the U S Navy women’s service element, were created by an act of Congress on July 30 1942. While World War I had yoemanettes, they lacked the enlisted status granted to Waves.
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U.S. Navy
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