Public Opinion Splits On Ike And Stevenson Choices
Gallup poll results show 72 percent pleased with the Republican convention choice Ike Eisenhower, while 54 percent approved Stevenson for the Democratic ticket. Attention to conventions ran high, with 82 percent for Republicans and 78 percent for Democrats, newspapers outrunning radio and TV for reach, and many voters undecided or not pleased with party selections.
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Stevenson
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VFW Opposes U.N. Study and backs military training
The Veterans of Foreign Wars condemned UNESCO education in public schools and called for universal military training with a large trained reserve. The resolution urged stopping trade with Czechoslovakia and demanded the release of William Oatis. It also supported a federal bonus for veteran examinations.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
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Veterans’ National Convention
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William Oatis
Associated Press
Betty Hutton Plans Film and TV Ventures After Paramount
Betty Hutton announces she is free of Paramount after 12 years and will form a new company with husband Charlie O Curran. They will direct all projects, shoot in England this summer, then make The Life of Sophie Tucker for major studios and launch half hour television films directed by O Curran.
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New York
England
Sophie Tucker
Columbia
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World War II Medal of Honor winner charged with false report
Maynard H. Smith accused of arranging a fake rescue last week at the YWCA Building in Washington. Clark King District of Columbia corporation counsel says Smith and a friend staged the incident to gain political leverage and mentioned Smith’s gubernatorial ambitions in Virginia.
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Maynard H. Smith
Washington
Clark King
District of Columbia Corporation
Smith
Lucille Whomble
YWCA
King
Virginia
Sun Cooker Aims To End Charcoal Barbecues
British scientists unveil a sun cooker that concentrates heat with mirrors and lenses onto a cooking chamber. The device could spark solar energy development for industry and suggests a future free of backyard charcoal. The horned toad of the American Southwest is a lizard.
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British Information Service
American Southwest
Married in Hospital After Car Crash Wedding
Cpl Floyd Wood wed in Saratoga Hospital with a Methodist pastor officiating while he lay in bed after a car accident that also left two buddies injured. The best man wore an eye patch from facial abrasions. A third soldier remained seriously hurt in the same room.
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Floyd Wood
Saratoga
Cpl. Wood
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