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Florida Voters Elect Pepper Opponent and Texas House Seat
In Florida George Smathers defeated Sen. Claude Pepper in the Democratic primary by over 65,000 votes, signaling a shift in party dynamics. Texas elected Republican Ben H. Guill to fill an unexpired term, a landmark since 193? era, asserting protest and regional influence. The Treasury opened the largest peacetime savings bond drive to July 4 with Liberty Bell replicas touring the nation. Secretary Acheson announced immediate U S aid to Indochina to counter guerrilla warfare and bolster anti communist efforts in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Rama IX, Phumiphon Aduldet, was crowned king of Thailand in a grand coronation.
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Florida
George Smathers
Claude Pepper
Texas
Ben H. Guill
Gene Worley
Guill
Washington
Powers That Be
John W. Snyder
U.S
Columbia
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Georges Paccard
Annecy-le-Vieux
France
Treasury Department
Snyder
Acheson
Paris
Indochina
Far East
Bao Dai
Cambodia
Laos
Moscow
Ho Chi Minh
U.S. Senate
Smathers
Pepper
Truman