Reforming the Electoral College Debated in Senate
Political debate centers on plans to award electoral votes by the popular vote or by district. Key proposals include Daniel Kefauver, Mundt Coudert and Humphrey options, with wide support but House hurdles and state ratification required.
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Karl Mundt
R-S. D
New York State
New York
Senate
Price Daniel
D-Tex
Estes Kefauver
Dtenn
Daniel-Kefauver
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sen. Mundt
Frederic W. Coudert Jr
R-N. Y
Congress
Naional
Sen
Mundt
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Daniel Kefauver
House
Young Sen Jackson eyed as possible Democratic VP pick
Washington Senator Henry M. Jackson emerges as a potential Democratic vice presidential candidate. His fate may hinge on his Senate probe into ballistic missile lag comparisons with the USSR. Adlai Stevenson and party strategists see Jackson as a balancing choice against Nixon.
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Central Press Association
Washington
Henry M
Scoop
Richard M. Nixon
Jackson
Nixon
Herbert Hoover JR
Eisenhower
Hoover
State Department
Capitol Hi
Four notable deaths cross continents in a week
Beckley memory honors Dr. Jess L Lineweaver and Louis Bromfield from the Davis Stuart Orphanage to the editorial page. Fred Allen’s passing is noted along with Mrs Irene Joliet Curie who sacrificed her life for science.
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Beckley
Paris
Columbus
New York
Fred Allen
Irene Joliot-Curie
Lineweaver
First Presbyterian Church
Davis-Stuart
Lewiburg
Stuart Davis
Presbyterian Church
Raleigh County
Board of Education
Chamber of Commerce
Louis Bromfield
Country
Bromfield
University Hospital
Malabar Farm
Mansfield
Ohio
Woodrow Wilson High School
Charles Hodel
Case Records of a Psychologist The Worry Clinic Case
Clarence W. Moody publisher of the Hawk-Eye Gazette in Burlington argues that newspapers should educate and steer public opinion not merely reflect it. He favors leaders who use facts from investigative work to vote for what is right, contrasting steerer journalism with chameleon reflection.
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Case R
Clarence W. Moody
Hawk-Eye Gazette
Burlington
Town
Congress
National
House of Representatives
Washington
Moses
Aaron
Tracy Ann and the two and a half year old ogre
In New York a mother and father describe Tracy Ann's rapid change from angel to ogre as she nears age three. The toddler toys with moods, tests boundaries, and asserts independence, while the parents reflect on parenting myths and the emotional growth of children.
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New York
Francis
Tracy Ann
Tracy
Frances
New York City
Joan of Arc
Tracy Rane
Eisenhower Leaves Civil Rights to Congress
President Eisenhower signals a congressional commission should study Southern civil rights tensions. He cited subpoenas and balanced, bipartisan representation but suggested no immediate White House action and warned of no rushed conference. Congress shows little appetite amid a southern bloc’s anti‑integration stance.
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Washington
Eisenhower
South
White House
Congress
Supreme Court
Congres
Prayer text from John Sutherland Bonnell at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
The note presents a prayer asking for guidance in worship and discipline as believers seek God in prayer. It closes with a blessing from minister John Sutherland Bonnell of New York City Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church.
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John Sutherland Bonnell
N.Y. C
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Military Men in News At Home and Overseas
Two area men arrive at Fort Lewis Washington for duty with the Second Infantry Division. Pvt. Robert D. Clark and Pvt. Carlos Schoolcraft, both 17 or 20, are sons of Princeton and Buckeye residents. Clark and Schoolcraft entered the Army in October 1955 and trained at Fort Jackson. Other notices include Mel Freeman and Charles F. Dillon Jr. appointed recruit company leaders at Great Lakes Naval Training Center. Pvt. Dallas Lilly arrives on Okinawa to join Ryukyus Command’s 596th Engineer Company. Airman C. Leo Meadows processed at Parks AFB and en route to Japan after training at Sheppard AFB.
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Fort Lewis
Wach
Second Infantry Division
Robert D. Clark
Hubert L. Clark
Princeton
Carlos i Schoolcraft
Samuel M. Schoolcraft
Buckeye
Clark
Ninth Regiment
Army
Fort Jackson
S.C
Pvt. Schoolcraft
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Melin K. Freeman
Robert R. Freeman
Daniels
Charles F. Dillon Jr
Charles F. Dillon
Okinawa
Ryukyus
Pvt
Dallas Lilly
Olive E. Lilly, Lillybrook
596Th Engineer
Parks Air Force Base
Calif
Japan
Leo T. Meadows
Lewis D. Meadows
Far East
Sheppard Air Force Base
Tex
Fat Boy Farouk Quits Europe for Iraq Move
Fat Boy Farouk Egypt's ex king plans relocation from Europe to Iraq signaling a shift of influence. The report notes a dramatic weighty quip about Europe's loss and Asia's gain as part of a satirical dispatch. An Australian expert begins repairing a 300 mile sheep-protecting fence, expected to take two and a half months.
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Fat Boy
Farouk
Egypt
Europe
Iraq
Asia
News Dispatch
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Raleigh
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W Va
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Aily
West Virginia
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Terre
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Crane
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Hurlock
America
Clarence Moody
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By James Marlow
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