Convention Seats Rigged For Or Against South
In Los Angeles UPI reports southern delegates to the Democratic national convention face seating near exits as National Committee Chairman Paul M. Butler allocates back-of-hall seats to lagging fund contributors. North Carolina Arkansas Florida Virginia sit in relatively good positions, while Mississippi South Carolina and Georgia are placed toward the rear or near exits. Additional seats back the Dixie bloc are joined by Arizona Montana Kentucky North Dakota and Puerto Rico and the Canal Zone.
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Los Angeles
UPI
National Committee
Paul M. Butler
Butler
Delaware
Texas
Florida
Virginia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Louisiana
Tennessee
Dixie
Arizona
Montana
Kentucky
North Dakota
Canal Zone
Puerto Rico
Miami
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Democratic Party
Smathers
Sensate
Democratic Campaign Committee
Congress
Record highway deaths hit 420 during Fourth of July weekend
National Safety Council reports a new high of 420 traffic fatalities over the three day Fourth of July period, with California and Ohio posting 30 plus deaths and Alaska, Delaware, New Hampshire spared. Officials warn reckless driving boosted the toll and expect it to rise with late reports.
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Alaska
Delaware
New Hampshire
California
Ohio
National Safety Council
Council
Sarasota broker sought in Mexico City over real estate fraud
Assistant state attorney James Adams says Sarasota broker Mrs. Jane Hopkins is in Mexico City and extradition steps are underway to face grand larceny charges. He notes about 69 900 dollars involved in questionable real estate deals and loans, with deposits, down payments, usury charges, and multiple deeds on the same land.
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Jane Hopkins
Sarasota
Mexico City
James Adams
Adams
Hopkins
Notary Publics
Sarasota Woman Wins Southern Chess Championship
Sarasota resident Mrs. Kama Martin capped the women's title at the Southern Chess Tournament in Natchez Mississippi. The event brought nationwide recognition to her hometown over the weekend. A separate amusing anecdote notes a Dallas matron learning a maid she trusted is actually a man in disguise. The Piasa Restaurant in Sarasota celebrated 51 years with a best motto award. Also quoted is Senator Kennedy weighing President Trumans claim of an open convention.
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Sarasota
Kama Martin
Natchez
Miss
Dallas
Classified Amusements and Pages Index
The page lists sections for classified ads amusement items comics editorial notices and a scorers column. It notes page references including 12 14 15 16 4 10 11 13 and 6 7 for women sections and related features.
Yule Season Brightens Hickman Home With Family Reunion
Christmas Day festivities at 1636 Caribbean Way honored Mrs. William Hickman and her three children who just returned from a 15 month Vienna visit. The gathering, hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hickman, included a decorated tree gifts for five children and a turkey. Mrs. William Hickman's Marine husband is stationed in Oklahoma. The reunion also celebrated the Hickmans' daughter Bonnie Doroschow and her two children from Birmingham Alabama.
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Robert Hickman
Caribbean Way
Dale Doroschow
Debbie
Birmingham
Ala
Hickman
Hilde
Christopher
Robert
Vienna
Austria
Hickmans
William T. Hickman
Bonnie Doroschow
William Hickman
U.S
Okinawa
Nation's Newest State Had Flags Aplenty
In Hawaii the fiftieth star joined the flag as statehood celebrations marked the first year. The flag's journey began in Maine with Sgt. Cynthia J. Stroheker and traveled via Boston, San Francisco, and Honolulu arriving at 3 50 p m Hawaii time. A ceremony at Iolani Palace honored Hawaii as the union's newest and westernmost state.
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Poland Springs
Maine
United States
Union
Hawaii
WAF
Cynthia J. Stroheker
New Gloucester
Boston
American Airlines
San Francisco
Pan American
Iolani Palace
Algerian Rebels Press Concessions for Peace Talks
In Tunis AP reports Algerian rebels demand concessions from France as a condition for renewed peace talks. They say a revised French stance is necessary before sending another delegation to arrange cease fire negotiations for Ferhat Abbas to travel to Paris.
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Tunis
Tunisia
France
Ferhat Abbas
Paris
Castro Cabinet Eyes Retaliation In Cuba Sugar Dispute
Castro ministers met at the presidential palace to draft orders seizing American sugar mills as Eisenhower weighs action on Cuba sugar quota. Conrado Becquer urged workers to stand ready for forceful measures while state media rails at Congress. Oil supplies from the Soviet bloc loom as eight tankers rush to bolster Cuban refineries.
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Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Presidential
Conrado Becquer
Cuba
Castro
Revolucion
Reds Bush
Political Cup Runneth Over As Meet Nears
Los Angeles AP Democratic platform drafters debate farm aid and crop controls as the 104 member committee plans a near final farm plank before the nominating convention. Debates include high price supports, civil rights, health care, education, housing, and growth with Kennedy and Johnson feuding over health and vitality claims.
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Los Angeles
Resolutions Committee
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Congress
Eisenhower
Platform Committee
Democratic Farm Advisory Committee
Herschel Loveless
Iowa
Calude R. Wickard
Charles F. Brannan
Clinton P. Anderson
New Mexico
Sen
Spessard L. Holland
Florida
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Shuman
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