Eisenhower Seeks Silent Nod to Nixon as Running Mate
In San Francisco a mood favored naming Vice President Nixon as Eisenhower's running mate. Stassen pressed to ditch Nixon, but Nixon held broad delegate support and Eisenhower was expected to be renominated with Nixon as choice. Brownell signaled no early running mate announcement.
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Nixon
E. Stassen
San Francisco
GOP
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Jeaard W. Hall
Eisenhoower
Nixon's Father Critically Ill Forces Nixon to Fly Home
Vice President Richard M. Nixon cut short attendance at the Republican National Convention to fly to Whittier California where his father Frank Nixon 77 is in critical condition after a ruptured stomach hemorrhage. Frank Nixon is bedridden and in serious danger according to his physician who said survival is unlikely. Ben Nixon of Los Angeles will accompany the vice president as he travels from the convention.
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Heerter
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Goldwater
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Los Angeles
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Stassen Seeks Address to GOP Convention Faces Unity Objections
The push by Harold E. Stassen to address the Republican National Convention met strong opposition. Sen. William Jenner and Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. voiced doubts, while Vice President Nixon urged allowing speech. Stassen, not a delegate, would need unanimous consent to speak amid plans to nominate a vice presidential candidate.
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San Francisco
Harold E. Stassen
Sen
William Jenner
Indiana
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Stassen
Nixon
Jenner
Rep
Martin
West Virginians Advertise State On Today Show
A group from West Virginia appeared on Dave Garroway's Today program at dawn to promote the state. Led by Cecil F Underwood of Sistersville, delegates from the GOP convention wore miners hats to highlight West Virginia as the nation’s top coal producer, with faces like Francis Love Wheeling and others referenced.
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San Francisco
West Virginia
Dave Garroway
Cecil F Underwood
Sistersville
Underwood
Garaway
Francis Love
Wheeling
Congress
Hardin Harmer
Clarksburg
Andrew Douglas
Parkersburg
Col
W. H. Ballard
Welch
E. Wyatt Payne
Huntington
House of Delegates
Woman Released From Raleigh County Jail After Family Request
An area woman reported to be suffering from a mental condition was released today from the Raleigh County Jail. Her family reportedly asked for the release and plans for her to receive further attention. Fair tonight except for four valleys. Lowes H-50 in east and in west Thursday, parts cloudy and warm.
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Raleigh
Froger
Weather outlook with cool to warm spells and scattered showers
Five day outlook shows average rainfall around 0.434 inch with cooler early period followed by warm conditions by Saturday afternoon and cooler again by Sunday night. Scattered showers expected Thursday night and possibly Sunday, with West Virginia normals listed for north and south regions. Beckley notes normal conditions.
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Sligny
West Virginia
Beckley
Funeral services for Pvt Frank A Donahue
Funeral services are planned in Santa Fe New Mexico for Pvt Frank A Donahue who drowned last Friday in the New River. His body was to be removed from Webb and Quesenberry Memorial Chapel to Santa Fe. Donahue, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Donahue Route 2 Box Auga Fria Santa Fe, belonged to the 313th Engineer Company. His unit trained at Camp Prince testing bridges. The Army said the fatal accident occurred off duty.
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Frank A. Donahue
Santa Fe
N. M
New River
Tomright
Webb and Quesen
Camp Prince
Western Big Three confront Egypt over Suez plan
London talks among the Western powers aim to pressure Egypt on the Suez Canal plan. Dulles meets Indian envoy Krishna Menon and officials from Britain and France as the group weighs international control versus Egyptian management. A committee may inform Nasser of decisions and open negotiations.
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V. K.krishna Menda
India
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Christian Pineau
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U.S
Eden
Dmitri Shepilov
Shepilov
Kefauver Receives Warm Tennessee Welcome
Sen Estes Kefauver Ban cratio vice presidential nominee drew about 3000 supporters from Monroe County and east Tennessee to the Monroe County Courthouse lawn. He spoke for 53 minutes then shook hands and signed autographs before visiting his ill father at the family home nearby.
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Madisonville
Tenn
Estes Kefauver
Bancratio
Monroe County
East Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains
Kefauver
Robert Cooke Kefauver
Moore Waives To Grand Jury Hearing In Armed Robbery Case
Moore and Beckley respondents appeared before Magistrate TW Thurman for arraignment in Raleigh County on armed robbery charges. Preliminary hearing reset to a Raleigh grand jury date with bond set at two thousand dollars.
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Beckley
Raleigh County
TW Thurman
Hemes
Raleigh
Breaking and Entering Investigated at Crab Orchard Drive In
Police investigate a break in at the concession stand of the Crab Orchard Drive In Theatre. Details on the incident were not available at press time.
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Crab Orchard Drive
Stevenson Labels GOP Tax Pledge Election Talk
Adlai Stevenson denounces Republican tax cut promises as mere election talk and says Eisenhower opposes cuts while favoring debt reduction. He outlines a pre campaign tour with Kefauver, stopping in Santa Fe, Bonneville Dam, Sioux City, Knoxville, Chicago, and more regional stops planned for the following week. He aims to discuss plans with local leaders and present the key issues of 1996.
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Libertyville
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Kefauver
Santa ‘Fe
N.M
Bonneville Dam
Wash
Sioux City
Ifowa
Knoxville
Tenn
Chicago
Huge Cloud Seen on Face of Mars Reported
Dr Sadas Murayama of the Tokyo National Science Museum reports a huge yellow cloud 1400 miles long and 360 wide observed on Mars near the southern hemisphere six days ago. The scientist speculates it could be a gigantic dust storm in a Martian desert.
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Toyko
Sadas Murayama
Tokyo
Convention Sidelights on Frisco Stevenson Street
The piece notes Stevenson Street in San Francisco as a publican hub with satirical stickers about Ike and Abe Lincoln in town for a Republican National Convention. It mentions a Dixieland trombone player and whimsical props like a chimpanzee named J Fred, plus anticipation of Trew Simpson marrying John Mann next month after intervention.
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San Francisco
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Stevenson Street
Ciene
Abe Lincoln
Trew Simpson
John
Coal Firms Weigh Stock Exchange Between Pocahontas and Pittsburgh Consolidation
Pocahontas Fuel Company and Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal discuss a potential stock swap offering 2 5 8 Pittsburgh shares for each Pocahontas share. The plan hinges on regulatory steps and shareholder approval, with meetings delayed and leadership roles to shift if the deal proceeds.
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A. R. Kees
Pocahontas Fuel Company Inc
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Pocahontas
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Consolidation
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Virginia
Tennessee
Matthews
George H. Love
Thew
Miner in Satisfactory Condition After Mine Accident
James Leslie Kin Kincaid, 37, of Layland, is listed in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital after back injuries from a state fall at the Layland mine of the New River and Pocahontas Coal Co. A London to Iceland flight with two Americans aboard disappeared today.
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James Leslie Kin
Icaid
Raleigh General Hospital
Kincaid
Hoover at Democratic show garners praise amid rough telecast
A television reviewer lauds Herbert Hoover’s performance at the San Francisco convention despite critique of pacing and overlong female speakers. The piece notes Hoover’s calm delivery, applause, and a calm, Buddha like presence while other segments and Madison Avenue influence draw jeers from the audience.
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Herbert Hoover
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