Florida voters split as 1956 race nears election
Florida faces a tight presidential contest with 200 000 new voters since 1952 many in state residents. Republican leanings in Pinellas County contrast with Putnam County where Democrat B Pearce predicts a Stevenson tilt due to new industrial workers. Local voters like Robert Dunn cite working class friendliness of Stevenson while party leaders push a stronger 1956 mobilization to restore Democratic status.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Harold Ballew
St.Petersburg
Pinellas County
Putnam County
Eisenhower
Palatka
Adlai Stevenson
Robert Dunn
Gainesville
Democratic Party
Stevenson
C. D. Bullett
Milligan
Rice Fields Spread Over Madagascar Acres
A historical note states that Madagascar, an island off Africa’s east coast, contains more than 1,750,000 acres of rice fields. This figures underscores the island’s agricultural scale and reliance on rice production.
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Madagascar
East Africa
Road Link By Next Summer
Oklahoma City state Highway Department chief engineer Gomer H. Bittle estimates midsummer next year for paving a connection with the new Kansas turnpike. Contracts for the four mile link between the turnpike and U S 177 north of Braman in Kay County will be let in about two months. The project will convert the turnpike into a present highway until the interstate route from Oklahoma City to the Kansas line is completed. An initial Oklahoma turnpike plan shifted to a four lane free interstate highway after federal state highway program approval.
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Oklahoma City
Gomer H. Bittle
State Highway Department
Kansas Turnpike
Bittle
U. S. 177
Braman
Kay County
Kansas Line
Geologists Describe Peat Compression Rate Into Coal
Geologists estimate peat compacted into coal at about one foot every 10 000 years. The note mentions child prodigy singer Trudy Richards who retired from a professional career at age 13 to return to school.
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Trudy Richards
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Tom Clark
John M. Harlan
Herbert Brownell
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Geral D. Morgan
Brennan
J. Lee Rankin
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Walter Wyatt
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