Truman Warns He Will Decide Before Convention
Former President Truman spoke in Chicago saying he will announce his preferred Democratic presidential nominee before the party convention meets next Monday. He has not decided which candidate to support and may address civil rights specifically at the Platform Committee session before the convention.
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Chicago
Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Gov
Averell Harriman
New York
Platform Committee
Stevenson
Supreme Court
Bomb Threat Suspect Held in Buffalo
Karl Klahs of Depew was arrested in a downtown telephone booth after placing a string of bomb threat calls that forced WBEN-TV off the air and canceled part of its telecast. Police traced threats made through the night and early morning with no bomb found.
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Wben-Tv
Karl Klahs
Depew
Statler
WBEN
Wlahs
Alaska aims for statehood via traditional method
Roscoe Drummond explains on the editorial page how Alaska uses a historic approach to pursue statehood. The section lists pages for Amusements, Senior Bridge, Forum Classified, Way Thing City Life, Slave Deaths, Women's Editorials, Letters, and sports and financial items with references to Today’s Pictures on pages 16 and 34-45.
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Alaska
Roscoe Drummond
Truman Visits Democratic National Convention In New Suite
Chicago feature notes former President Truman touring a redecorated 10/Sheraton Blackstone suite. A bathroom telephone is highlighted as a privacy feature inspired by Harry Hopkins. The piece recalls 1940 Democratic traditions and mentions the Missouri Waltz piano display.
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Chicago
Harry S$. Truman
Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel
Harry L. Hopkins
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hopkins
Thomas Jefferson
Blackstone
Fire destroys coal trestles on Basin Street in Syracuse
Fire at 101 and 307 Basin St and 301 Basin St tears through wooden trestles of The People's Ice and Coal Co and Acme Fuel Co. properties. About 1,000 tons of coal and conveyer belts burn as heavy girders collapse. damage estimated at 35 thousand dollars. Fire blamed on an acetylene torch. Esther Waldby reported the alarm.
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People’s
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Kirkpatrick St
Francis R. Ferren
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Esther Waldby
Acme
Eden Sees Suez Peace and British Postpones Airlift
London reports Britain delaying a major Mediterranean airlift to troop out or redeploy forces in response to the Suez crisis. Prime Minister Eden urged peaceful negotiations while warning force remains a last resort. The airlift postponement lasts at least 24 hours as an armada forms along Britain's coast.
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War Office
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West Germany
Hope Fades for Miners Trapped in Bitter Heart Mine
In Marcinelle Belgium rescuers abandoned hope for about 250 miners trapped by a blaze at the Bitter Heart mine. Nine dead and 243 missing after flames rekindled, as teams on the 3000 foot level faced new bursts of fire and toxic gas.
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Marcinelle
Belgium
Andre van Heuvel
Not Guilty Plea Entered In Liverpool Hit Run Case
A 64 year old Eastwood man James Fenimore Cooper was arrested as the hit run driver who struck 12 year old Betty Lou Browne of Liverpool. He pleaded not guilty to leaving the scene of an accident causing bodily injury. Bail set at 1500. The victim remained in a coma at St Josephs Hospital. Sheriff credited two Liverpool attorneys for the arrest and said Cooper drove a late model two tone grey Oldsmobile with a broken right headlight.
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Liverpool
James Fenimore Cooper
S. Edwards Ave
Bert Reardon
Cooper
Irving Orth
Justice Orth
G. Carlton Browne
Second St
St. Joseph's Hospital
Albert E. Stone
Gordon T. MacArthur
Merrill B. Pratt
Brownes
Sheriff's Department
Solomort Spector Motors Co
Tit W. Genesee St
Accs
Weather Outlook Segues To Scattered Showers
Weather forecast by forecaster William Hayes warns of scattered thundershowers today as a Midwest moisture surge moves in. Rain is expected to continue into tomorrow afternoon with a high near 83 degrees and a low around 42 as conditions ease.
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Wiliam Hayes
Hayes
Midwest
Vatican shifts St. Joseph feast to Labor Day regionally
Vatican's Congregation of Rites approves moving the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker from May 1 to September 3 in the United States and Canada. Bishops in both nations requested the change to align with Labor Day, a move tied to Pope Pius XII's prior establishment of the feast.
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Congregation of Rites
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Canada
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Morhouse to Second Nixon's Nomination
L Judson Morhouse, chairman of New Yorks 96 vote delegation, will second Nixon renomination at the San Francisco convention. He says Nixon asked him and the state delegation will express unanimous support. Morhouse notes the delegation reaffirmed loyalty to Nixon despite Stassen and Herter talks.
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L. Judson Morhouse
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San Francisco
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Christian A. Herter
Massachusetts
Morehouse
Harold Stassen
Herter
Stassen
Eisenhower
Republcan
Westchester GOP Probes Post Office Over Not for Nixon Stamp
County Clerk Edward Warren leads a Republican inquiry into a post office matter after a letter bearing Not for Nixon appears with an official stamp. The letter is traced to Nixon, New Jersey, after it had been misaddressed to Westchester County.
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U. S. Post Office
Nixon
New Jersey
Dulles to Meet With U N Chief for Middle East Talks
United Nations, N Y INS report Secretary of State John Foster Dulles invited Dag Hammarskjold to a luncheon in New York to discuss the Middle East. The looming Suez Canal crisis is expected to dominate the private talks.
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Natural Gas Rates Face Modest Hikes in Syracuse Area
Niagara Mohawk proposes higher rates for about 98 000 customers in Syracuse Oswego Valley raising yearly gas bills by 221.04 dollars with residential increases under 25 cents monthly while commercial users gain a rate cut. The PSC plan also lowers rates for 71 400 customers from Canastota to Little Falls and Watertown to Mexico including Oneida Rome Utica Sherrill Frankfort Ilion Herkimer Adams Pulaski.
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Oneida
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Utica
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Frankfort
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Pulaski
Week's Polio Tally Lowest Since 1947 in News Report
Washington reports 739 new polio cases in the week, the lowest for the period since 1947. Chicago remains the major concentration area with 147 cases, 90 paralytic, while Utah and Salt Lake County show smaller counts. Through Aug 4 total cases reach 5,315 for the year, well below 1955 figures.
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Health Service
Burma Air Crash Claims 21 Lives
A Burma government Dakota airliner with 17 passengers and four crew crashed in central Burma while on a Rangoon to Mandalay routine flight. Initial reports indicated no survivors.
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Rangoon
Union of Burma Airways
Mandalay
New Strike Talks To Open Monday
Officials of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co and the United Mine Workers local plan new talks Monday at 10 am to resolve a strike now 13 days old. The strike idled 939 workers of Local 12 915. The union cites wage increase amount and retroactive date as the dispute.
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Mechanicville
West Virginia, Pulp and Paper Co
United, Mine Workers Local
UMW
So You Think Hobbs Is Stingy Joke Card
A humorous quip about Hobbs being stingy, noting he goes to lunch early to save money before his appetite arrives. The line plays on frugality with a playful punchline.
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Hobbs
Brink's Jury Box Empty In Boston Robbery Trial
In Boston Superior Court the jury box is empty for the third day of jury selection in the Brink's robbery trial. Eight defendants face trial for the January 17 1950 heist. about 200 potential jurors have been questioned and excused or challenged, with many admitting opinion on guilt or innocence. Defendants include Joseph F. McGinnis Anthony Pino Henry D. Baker Adolph Malfie Thomas F. Richardson James J. Faherty Michael V. Geagan and Vincent J. Costa.
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Superior Court
Brink
Joseph F. McGinnis
Anthony Pino
Henry D. Baker
Adolph Malfie
Thomas F. Richardson
James J. Faherty
Michael V. Geagan
Vincent J. Costa
Stassen Sees 50-50 Chance For Herter On GOP Ticket
Harold Stassen announced that Massachusetts Governor Christian Herter now has a 50 50 chance to win the Republican vice presidential nomination. He said Herter's campaign to replace Nixon is gaining rapidly with daily fresh support. Stassen said his judgment now places Herter at a 0 50 chance, up from one in a hundred two weeks ago.
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INS
Harold E. Stassen
Massachusetts
Christian Herter
Stassen
Herter
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
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Nerws
Berlin to Write GOP Theme Song
Mrs Wester Todd of New Jersey announces at the Republican National Convention that a special theme song may be written by Irving Berlin for the event. The exact title and completion status are not disclosed and may not yet exist.
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