Internal GOP split widens after California sweep
In San Francisco, Governor elect Edmund G Brown Jr heads to Palm Springs as Democratic gains prompt a power struggle. Knight blasts Knowland, vows stay in politics after losing the Senate bid, signaling a party fight over leadership as Brown leads with about 2.99 million votes to Knowland’s 1.99 million and Engle’s 2.09 million in California’s 1958 election.
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Eisenhower Plans Hunt With Humphrey in Ohio and Washington
President Eisenhower announces a hunting weekend with first secretary George Lumphrey at the exclusive Cedar Point Club on Lake Erie near Toledo before a Tacoma visit with his brother Edgar. He will speak in Seattle Monday to diplomats from the Colombo Pact nations.
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Columbo Pact
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Wrong Button Push Sends Bryan Kin Daughter To Congress
Mrs Rudd Brown granddaughter of the late William Jennings Bryan appears defeated in California s 21st District race for Congress. The note lists various pages and sections of the newspaper where readers can find editorial, sports, and features including Theaters The World and Wilson stories.
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Rudd Brown
Willam Jennings Bryan
California
Hal Koyle
Demos Win All but One of Top Offices in State
Nearly complete returns show Democrats winning all but one state office and gaining control of the Legislature and the congressional delegation. Secretary of State Frank Jordan trails Henry Lopez. Gov. Edmund Brown leads Knowland. REP CLAIR ENGLE defeats Knight for Senate. Democrats win 16-14 in Congress, 27-18 in Senate, likely 50-40+ in Assembly. Republicans lose lieutenant governor, controller, and treasurer races.
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Knowland
Brown
Californ
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Frank M. Jordan
Henry
Lopez
Los Angeles
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F. Knowland
Red. Bluff
Goodwin J. Knight
U.S
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California
Congress
Assembly
Rescue awaited as polar ice island splits in two
Twenty one personnel from International Geophysical Year station Drifting Station A faced a hazardous wait after a violent Arctic storm split the 10 foot thick ice floe 660 miles northeast of Barrow and 600 miles northwest of Thule. Alaskan Air Command prepared for a cross water dash to the runway half for pickup. The stranded group includes 11 Air Force men, 9 scientists, and a Barrow polar expert Father Cunningham.
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International Geophysical Year Station
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Thule
Greenland
Ee Ee
Air Force
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Weather outlook with fog and sunshine Friday clear
Fog and low clouds persist tonight and into Friday morning then mostly sunny by Friday. Temperatures hold with little change, maximum near 16 degrees by noon today.
Statewide vote totals show governor and senator tallies
Latest counts list precinct totals and candidate tallies for Governor Knowland and Brown, along with results for Controller Cranston, Treasurer Betts, Secretary of State Lapet, Attorney General Hillings, and more. Figures include party initials, multiple candidates, and precinct counts across the state.
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Brown
Esssesee
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Anderson
Powers
Controller
Hillings UR
Knight
Engle
Errors Recount Sets County Vote Totals After Major Miscounts
The Regis trar of Voters ordered recounts in two Congressional and five Assembly districts plus county supervisor race after about 10,000 vote errors changed outcomes. Absentee ballots, 40,000 plus, will be counted later. early leads shifted amid discovery of tabulation mistakes affecting Hiestand Debs and Ruybal outcomes.
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Registrar of Voters
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Allison
Tursday
Edward TR. Raybal
Edgar W. Hirstand
Tite
Roybal
Jouncilman
Ernest E. Debs
Hiestand
Hart
Rudd Brown
Ruybal
Lutille
Erro
Debs
Hlestand
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Hile
Market Upsurge Pushes Stocks To Fresh Highs
A strong buying surge lifted the market with gains across chemicals motors and steels. Traders noted inflation psychology after the Democratic victory, aided by higher retail sales and a GM forecast of more auto demand. The Dow at 2 pm was 557.75, up 7.07, while the AP average stood at 292.90 at noon.
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Motors and Steels
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Frederic Donner
General Motors
Associated Press
Ridder Adds Daniel H Ridder as Co Publisher at The Independent Press Telegram
Daniel H Ridder is named co publisher of The Independent Press Telegram, joining Herman H Ridder and continuing Ridder Publications West Coast expansion. He formerly led St Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press and is active in civic groups. Bernard H Ridder will manage St Paul papers and Duluth titles.
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Ridder Publications Inc
Long Beach
Press-Telegram
Daniel H. Ridder
Independent Press-Telegram
Ridder Enterprises
California
St. Paul Dispatch
Pioneer Fress
St Paul Civie
Community Chest Drive
Downtown St. Paul Inc
Greater St. Paul Development Inc
Junior Achievement
Chamber of Commerce
Bureau of Advertising
R Natonal Newspaper
Tion
Minnesota Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Bernard H. Ridder Dn
Duluth Herald
News-Tribune
St. Paul
Duluth
Cuba Airliner Seized by Rebels Ends With 28 Safe
A Cuban airliner on a Havana to Guantanamo run was seized by rebels in eastern Cuba. All 28 aboard are reported safe, including one American, with the plane parked on a rebel airstrip. The hijacking targets Batista’s regime and Castro’s forces, who have disrupted regional travel.
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Havana
Cubs
Fidel Castro
International Red Cross
Robert * Montgomery
U. S.naval Base
Guintanamo Bay
Armando Piedra
Guido Kohly
Amaro Cantilo
Oriente Province
Guantanamo
Manzanillo
Holguin
Oriente
Castro
Yigencio Batista
Andres ‘Rivero Aguero
Batista
Thief Holds Up Liquor Store for 3436
Brunswick New Jersey scene notes a 31 year old Charles Brew entering George Lichtman's liquor store with a butcher knife demanding money. He fled in a car that stopped at red lights, Lichtman pursued and pinned Brew with his truck. Police found 485 dollars and the weapon. Brew charged with armed robbery.
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Brunswick
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George Lichtman
Lightman
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Lichtman
Mars Venus rocket plans touted as possible now
Washington AP reports a top NASA official said America can fire rockets to Mars and Venus now. He noted favorable launch windows in 1959 and 1960 with Thor Able combinations sending instrumented robots to the planets. Mars launch would be delayed by alignment and orbital timing, Venus about 250 million miles away in 151 days.
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Space Agency
America
Mars
Venus
Reedi
Ing Sedel
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Nowill
D. Sanders
Advanced Technology i
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
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Sanders
Tate
Air Force
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Earth
Jintao
Seizure Struck Pair Kills Two Friends Near Streator
In Streator Illinois Frank W Liptak a 64 year old state police sergeant and Edward Fedash a 63 year old auto mechanic long time friends rode together when Fedash grew ill and asked to be driven home. En route he collapsed and Liptak also fainted at the Fedash home. A doctor later pronounced both men dead from heart seizures.
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Streator
Ill
Frank W. Liptak
Edward Fedash
Liptak
Fedash
Liptah
U S Lets Contract Plan Rocket to Orbit Moon
The Defense Department awarded Pratt and Whitney a design contract for a liquid-fuel upper-stage rocket to enable placing a satellite of several thousand pounds into orbit. The nine million dollar initial design funding accompanies an estimated 23 billion dollar total program. The Atlas-type launcher would use the high-energy upper stage to reach orbital deployment.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pratt and Whitney Division
United Aircraft Corp
Capnasticne
Florida
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