Willkie gains vote in 1940 bid amid ballot box find
In Old Saybrook Connecticut a 33 year old Willkie vote found in an attic ballot box by Republican registrar Barbara Maynard. Despite the find Franklin D Roosevelt still leads with about a million vote margin while Willkie’s tally stands at 22,348,481. Auto dealer John Koons of Falls Church Virginia plans a Labor Day weekend Florida trip for about 350 workers and families financed with two DC-10 charters and a boat party aboard the Paddle Wheel meen. The expense is projected around 355000. Koons says happy workers are important.
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Wendell L. Willkie
Franklin D. Rooseveela
Willkie
Old Saybrook
Conn
Barbara Maynard
Willkle
John Koons
Falls Church
Florida
Koons
Oceanside
Fort Lauderdale
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Livestock Pack Reopenings Spur Live Steer Purchases
Industry officials say at least three packing plants have reopened in Los Angeles as markets begin buying live steers for supermarket chains. Some facilities face losses to move calves through custom slaughter and reduce supply gaps.
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Los Angeles
Packer
Mach
Tom Kardashian
Great Western Packing Co
Vernon
Union Packing Co
Vernon and
Senate OKs Standard Oil study in California
The California Senate approved SCR75 calling for a study of alternatives to the $40 million yearly gasoline contract with Standard Oil. The measure cites alleged monopolistic tendencies and references a controversial letter by Standard Oil President Otto N. Miller. If a multi company contract proves cheaper for state employees, the bill could curb the current single-supplier arrangement.
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Sacramento
UPD
Standard Oil Co
Senate
Standard Oil
Alan Robbins
North Hollywood
Assembly
Robbins
Standard
Ottto N. Miller
Miller
U.S
David A. Roberts
Los Angeles
Alameda County Supervisor Arrested After Citizen's Arrest
Alameda County Supervisor Robert Te. Stan Won, 44, was jailed on public intoxication and disturbing the peace after his wife Yvonne Hannon persuaded him to surrender to a hospital for alcoholism treatment. Police said he was booked Tuesday night and released on $130 bail.
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Alameda County
Robert TE. Stanwon
San Leandro
Hammon
Yvonne Hannon
Fairmont Hospital
Hannon
Highway Patrol
Alameda
Oakland
Solon votes on border welcome for draft evaders
Rep F Edward Hebert says he will greet draft evaders at the border with marshals and three meals a day behind bars. He spoke at the National Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in New Orleans, which awarded him the gold medal of merit. The VFW opposed amnesty for deserters and dodgers and urged trial for those who ran from duty.
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F. Edward Hebert
D-La
United States
Hebert
House Armed Services Committee
National Veterans of Foreign Wars
New Orleans
Congress
VFW
First Family Together Briefly At Western White House Visit
Tricia Cox arrived at the Western White House in San Clemente on Thursday to fill in for Julie Eisenhower during a visit to a Dubuque Iowa center for mentally retarded children. Eisenhower had come earlier in the week to support her father before his Watergate news conference. Henry Kissinger, nominated as secretary of state, asked if he should be called Dr. Kissinger or Mr Secretary. He replied with a twinkle that “Excellence” would be sufficient.
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Tricia Cox
White House
San Clemente
Julie Eisenhower
Dubuque
Iowa
Eisenhower
Miami
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
Dr. Kissinger
Kissinger
Excellency
Ex Liberia chief's sons held in New York
Two sons of late Liberia president William Tubman were arrested in New York on marijuana and stolen property charges. Police found a stolen checkbook and drugs in William Tubman Jr and Ambrose Tubman's apartment. Tubman Jr faced an additional charge of passing a bad check. TheTubmans cited student and unemployed statuses respectively.
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New York
UPI
William V. S. Tubmat
Liberia
William Tubman Jr
Ambrose Tubman
U.S
Sunken Houston’s bell sent to U.S. ambassador in Jakarta
A 500 pound bell from the sunken U S cruiser Trouston was delivered today to U S Ambassador Francis J Galbraith in Jakarta. Maj Gen Suha di first Indonesian marine corps commander also handed over a machine gun and a telescope from the cruiser sunk by the Japanese in the Battle of the Java Sea in 1942. About 500 Houston crew members were lost.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
U.S
Trouston
Francis J. Galbraith
Suhadi
Supervisor Hayes Improves After Cerebral Artery Spasm
County Supervisor James A. Hayes remains in satisfactory condition at Long Beach Memorial Hospital after a cerebral artery spasm at his Rolling Hills Estates home. Doctors report improved speech, numbness fading, and ongoing treatments to dilate the left brain artery and lower blood pressure as Hayes begins physical therapy and receives visitors and inquiries.
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James A. Hayes
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
Hayes
William = Todd
Rolling Hills Estates
Todd
4Th District
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Echeverria
General Electric
Frigidaire
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AVB
Associated Volume Buyers
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