Democrats Turn To Truman for Campaign Help
Democratic leaders seek guidance from former President Truman on eve of a major money drive to win Congress. Adlai Stevenson and Stephen Mitchell plan to meet in Independence, Missouri. Funds target totals include 475,000 for House and 175,000 for Senate with a 1,455,900 1954 budget goal and 150,000 1952 deficit. Stevenson to tour eight cities starting Omaha Nebraska.
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Kansas City
Starry S. Truman
Congress
Adlai Stevenson
Stephen Mitchell
Truman
Independence
Stevenson
Canada
Lewiston
Mont
Mitchell
Chicago
James E. Finnegan
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Finnegan
Mike di Salle
Toledo
Office of Price Stabilization
Paul Butler
Indianapolis
Robert Butler
St. Paul
Australia
Cuba
Senate
House
Omaha
Neb
Peek-a-Boo War Ends as Army Wives Reined In
In Frankfurt, Col. John Dilley orders U.S. Army wives and daughters to avoid revealing outfits such as bare midriff sunsuits and low-cut dresses. Backlash emerges but obedience grows as critics concede the colonel’s push.
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Frankfurt
Germany
John N. Dilley
U.S. Army
John Dilley
Dilley
Amer Army
Kefauver Victory Amid Violence Marks Tennessee Primary
Tennessee voters kept Sen. Estes Kefauver as a presidential candidate while Gov. Frank Clement won re election in the Democratic primary. Ray H. Jenks won the Republican Senate nomination though he did not seek it. In Lexington a former Korean POW presiding sheriff candidate killed a patrolman in a shooting spree massing violence during the election day.
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Nashville
Tenn
Estes Kefauver
Frank Clemert
Tennessee
Ray H.jenks
Army-McCarthy Heling
Senate
Kefauver
Pat Suston
Clement
Gordon Browning
Lexington
Earwig Invasion Reaches Rockingham Exeter Areas
A new insect, the European earwig, is spreading in Rockingham and York Counties with distinctive pincers and short wing covers. About three quarters of an inch long, it resembles a water bug or German cockroach and was first recorded in July 1952. It has appeared this summer in Hampton, Durham, Stratham, Portsmouth, and now Exeter.
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Rockingham
York
James G. Conklin
Hampton
Durham
Stratham
Portsmouth
Earwigs
Exeter
Injunction Hinted To Stall Strike Of Atomic Workers
The White House weighing an eight day Taft Hartley injunction to halt a threatened strike by CIO atomic workers at Oak Ridge Tennessee and Paducah Kentucky. Government mediation failed with no progress and President Eisenhower may order the Justice Department to seek a court order. Workers supply the nation with uranium material for atomic and hydrogen bombs.
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Washington
White House
CIO
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Paducah
Whiley P. McCoy
Joe
Eisenhower
Justee Department
McCarthy Probe To Be Held in Public
Senators selected to lead a public inquiry into Senator McCarthy's conduct favor openness with safeguards to avoid a vaudeville atmosphere. The six members will report on moves to censure McCarthy and expand probes into alleged Communist infiltration of defense plants. The committee, chaired by Howard W. Smith? (not specified) and including key figures Watkins Case Stennis Ervin Morse Fulbright, aims for a judicial inquiry without prejudging issues.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wls
Special Committee
Boston
Nixon
Senate
Sen
Flanders
Edwin C. Johnson
Stennis
Miss
Ervin
Wisconsin
Sens
Fulbright
Johnson
Ark
Morse
Watkins
Utah
Case
Carlsen
Wis
Arthur V. Watkins
D-Cole
Francis Case
Frank Carlson
Kan
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Sam J. Ervin
U S Shrugs Off China's Refusal Of Plane Protest
Washington officials called Peiping s rejection of American protests over July 23 airliner killings a gesture not altering the record against Red China. The U S renewed notes demanding punishment and damages while noting Britain s damages settlement and China s apology to Britain.
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U.S
China
Washington
Peiping
Hainan Island
United States
Reds
Red China
Britain
Legal maneuvers may win doctor temporary liberty
Cleveland doctors and Bay Village residents watch as Dr Samuel Sheppard appeals to halt a preliminary murder hearing. Attorneys challenge the arrest legality while Prosecutor Cullitan warns against any break in continuity, pledging swift grand jury action if further irregularities emerge. The case centers on the July 4 death of Marilyn Sheppard and Sheppard’s alleged extramarital affairs.
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Cleveland Win
Bay Village
Frank T. Cullitan
Samuel Sheppard
Court of Appeals
Swank
Gershom M. Barber
Sheppard
Harley
Common Pleas
Frank J. Merrick
Ohio
Lossman
Marilyn Sheppard
Residents face hard choice as Portsmouth borrows tighten
City Manager Robert C. Violette warns Portsmouth nears limit on borrowing for proposed sewer, water, incinerator rehab, and a new senior high school and pool. Five sewer projects total 278,370 dollars plus incinerator rebuild, plus park lot funding push capacity to about 351,362 dollars. A council vote on selling highway land to Ray C. Webb sparked a challenge to Councilman Eugene P. Soles resident status and a dispute over residency rules and future voting rights.
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Fortsmouth
Robert C. Violette
Violette
Penhallow Street
Dennett Street
Market Street
Bartlett Street
Peirce Island
Eugene P. Soles
New Castle
Ray C. Webb
Soles
Webb
Arthur Capone
Dennett St
Sales
Thomas FE. Flynn
Alabama City of Sin Ghost Town amid martial law
Phenix City remains under unconventional martial rule as a seven week manhunt for the Patterson killer continues. National Guard troops patrol to curb vice, closing neon cafes and honky tonks, suspending licenses and padlocking gambling and narcotics crimes while civilian police lose gun rights.
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Alabama
Patterson
Sin
Ft. Benning
Phemix City
Russell County
Gordon Persons
Six Dead as Whisky Blaze Ravages Pekin Plant
A two day fire at the American Distilling Co plant in Pekin Illinois killed six and injured 33, destroying 4 buildings and damaging 3 of 13. Officials expect production to resume near full scale by Monday, with about 600 workers to return.
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Pekin
Ill
American Disilling Co
Uncle Sam
Russell R. Brown
Greenwich
West German Spy Defects to East in Berlin
West Berlin police report an intelligence agent, Karl Albrecht Tiemann, disappeared into the Soviet zone amid claims he defected to the Communists and carried sensitive information. He had recent ties to Dr. Otto John’s Berlin office, a figure who crossed to the East in July. The East zone gave John political asylum. authorities deny Tiemann’s status as a ranking member.
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John
France Struggles to Bridge European Army Disagreement
Paris reports Pierre Mendes France's cabinet made no progress toward a compromise on the European Army. Defense minister Koenig opposes, industry minister Bourges- Maunoury supports, with no common ground found. An August Assembly debate and late August Brussels talks loom as the timetable aims for a September vacation.
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Parism
French National Assembly
Pierre Mendes- France
Mendes-France
Pierre Koenig
Maurice Bourges- Maunoury
Industry
Commerce
Koenig
Bourges- Maunoury
Brussels
EDC
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Mrs. Dondero
City of Sin
Phenix City
Ala
Albert J. Patterson
France
U. S
Senator Robert W. Upton
Rye Town Hall
Frances Goss
F. Harrington
Portsmouth Area
Upton
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