Taft Eisenhower clash heats Chicago bid for GOP nomination
In Chicago Senator Taft and General Eisenhower race to lead the path to the 604 Republican convention votes. The contest centers on delegate seating and a preconvention strategy as Taft narrows the field with support from MacArthur and Hoover while Eisenhower backers vow further protests and pressure.
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J. Russel Sprague
New York
Ian Eisenhower
Taft
Douglas MacArthur
Herbert Hoover
Associated Press
Republican National Committee
Humphrey calls for Senate probe into campaign funding practices
Sen Hubert H Humphrey urged an immediate Senate investigation into presidential campaign funding and conduct. He introduced a bill and asked the elections subcommittee led by Sen Guy Gillette to require disclosure of funding sources and expenditures and to identify all committees supporting presidential candidates. The move came late in the session with little adjournment chance, but Gillette vowed to monitor the 1960 campaigns.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate
Minnesota Democrat
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Nere
BP Thas
Guy Gillette
Iowa
Humphrey
Cillette
New record seems sure near Yalu by United States liner
The S S United States, a 53 000 ton liner, powered through thick fog toward a possible new Atlantic crossing record, aiming to beat Britain's Queen Mary as she approaches Bishop's Rock off the English coast. Passengers aboard the 1700 trained crew and passengers celebrated Independence Day as the ship faced a heavy mist.
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S. United States
America
S. S. United States
Sayinne
Bishop's Rock
English
Britain
Ambrose Light
United States
Newfoundland
Audit Ordered Into Alien Property Unit By McGranery
Attorney General McGranery ordered an independent audit of the Alien Property Office in Washington. The review, to be conducted by Price Waterhouse, aims to probe agency operations amid congressional probes into alleged mismanagement of enemy assets. McGranery stated the audit is part of his broader government cleanup efforts.
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Washington
Alien Property Office
McGranery
Harold I. Baynton
Friends of the Administration
Wiley
Wis
Department
Senate
House
Justice Department
J. Howard MicGrath
Newbold Morris
McGratyl
Morris
Price- Waterhouse
New York City
Politicians head to Republican jamboree amid travel woes
A crowded departure from Washington bound for a Chicago Republican gathering. Pullman cars report cracked ice in wash basins and luggage racks. Frederick C. Othman contributes a diverting column on the editorial pace as regular features and sections are listed for the day.
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Wachington
Chicoree
Frederick C. Othman
Boy Rescues Collie Trapped in Culvert
A small boy crawled into a culvert, stripped to his underclothes, and tied a rope to a collie trapped for eight hours. State police and bystanders watched as the dog was pulled free, then vanished before officers learned the dog's name.
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Boy
Dog
Allies Study Draft Note to Russia on German Elections
Allied readers reviewed a revised Big Three note to Russia about German elections. West German edits were incorporated by U S Britain and France. The note aims for a limited Big Four talks on a supervised free election process and a neutral commission. Chancellor Adenauer urged firmer wording with guarantees of free elections and a independent united Germany before a final peace treaty.
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Paris
Russia
West Germany
U. S
London
Kremilin
Germany
Konrad Adelnaver
Restaurant owner pleads for return of records after robbery
A California restaurant owner reports a theft that stripped the business of a safe containing cash and records. The ad in a local newspaper asks the burglar to return the records, warning that without them the internal revenue report cannot be completed.
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Rfrrkgeleyv
Calif
Xan
Mystery Shelling Sought Man Targeting Rudolph Diprizio
Police search today for a person described as an “ergoma niac” who has been egging the home of Rudolph Diprizio. Neighbors report repeated splattering incidents with no stated motive.
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Rudolph Diprizio
Diprizio
North Korean officer school damaged in vast air raid near Manchuria
U S Air Force reports a major raid on Sakchu near the Yalu border damaged a North Korean officer training school and 142 barracks. In air battles over Manchuria and Korea, 21 Red MIGs were destroyed or damaged as Sabrejet pilots claimed 12 confirmed kills. Allied weeklong air operations reported no losses by US aircraft.
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Korea
Yalu River
Manchuria
Far East
Sakchu
Northwest
Suiho
Fifth Air Force
Navy
Marines
Taft accuses Eisenhower of wild charges over Texas delegates
Senator Robert A. Taft blasted Gen Dwight D Eisenhower saying he makes wild charges because he lacks enough delegates to win the Republican nomination. Taft accused Eisenhower supporters of using propaganda to override the convention and threaten party harmony. Eisenhower rushed to Chicago to join pre convention activity.
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Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
Ohio
Eisenhower
G.O.P
G.O.P. National Committee
Taft
Texas
Com‘mittee
Disputed Delegates Lineup Settled by RNC
The Republican National Committee resolved 96 delegate disputes by state. Texas 38 votes split 22 Taft 16 Eisenhower. Florida 18 votes seated Pro Taft regulars. Georgia 17 votes for Taft. Kansas 22 votes dispute one for Eisenhower. Louisiana 15 votes largely Taft. Mississippi 5 votes. Missouri 26 votes one disputed. Puerto Rico 3 votes three pro Taft delegates seated after Taft Eisenhower fight not involved.
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Ohioan
National Committee
Texas
Eisenhower
Lone Star
Taft
Republican National Committee
Florida
Georgia
Kansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Paero Rico
Police Fire Routs Score of Thugs
In New York City police crews fired seven shots early today and routed a group of armed attackers who had trapped three women and a man in upper Manhattan. Officers seized seven knives two pipes several bludgeoning tools and two poisons during the raid. One assailant was wounded in the leg. no officers or victims were hurt.
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New York
New York City
Upper Manhattan
Holiday Accidents Toll Over 300 in July 4 Weekend
City and national safety officials reported over 300 deaths during the July 4 holiday weekend. Traffic fatalities led the count with about 90 daily deaths this year, while drownings and miscellaneous accidents added dozens more.
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Chicago
The
Safety Council
Eisenhower accuses arrogant men as he heads to Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower tells Clinton crowds that a “little group of arrogant men” threaten the G O P nomination and the people’s will. He says the struggle between right and strong matters more than who wins the nominating fight as his campaign tightens en route to Chicago.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Clinton
Eisenhower
Brothers Drown When Canoe Capsizes Off Genesee
In Rochester two Cash brothers Samuel 24 and Hubert 18 drowned when a canoe with Albert Dean 125 tipped about 50 feet from shore in the Genesee River. Dean swam to shore unaware the others could not swim.
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Rochester
Samuel
Hubert Cash
Genesee River
Albert Dean
Ishore
Hubert
Bathers Help Capture Suspected Pursesnatcher at Coney Island
A group of about 100 bathers at Coney Island yesterday grabbed a suspected purse snatcher and turned him over to police. The man wore a woman's bathing suit at the time of the incident.
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New York
Coney Island
Yester
A! Swoman
Civil Rights Plank Stirs G O P Friction at Convention
Republican platform leaders in Chicago struggle to finalize the civil rights plank as subcommittees fail to deliver. Senator Eugene D Millikin of Colorado says drafts from 10 subcommittees exclude civil rights, forcing full committee action if unresolved.
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Chicago
CPI
G.o.pl
Eugene D. Millikin
Colorado
Platform Committee
Milligin
Stuntman Breaks 24 Hour Parachute Jump Record
Neal Stewart, 27, of Birmingham Alabama, beat the prior 24 hour mark by making 124 parachute jumps in 23 hours 50 minutes at Grand Prairie Texas. He used an emergency chute after line tangles and faced hours of grounding by winds, with a near full day of jumps from a small plane.
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Tex
Neal Stewart
Birmingham
Ala
John W. Swedish
Town
Stewart
New York Delegates Join Empire State Victory Special
Most of New York's 96 Republican convention delegates depart today on an Empire State Victory Special train. The York Central Railroad service leaves at 3:45 PM and will stop at Albany Utica Syracuse Rochester and Buffalo to pick up remaining delegates aboard the journey to Chicago.
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Chicago
York Central Railroad
Albany
Utica
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Comfortable Fair Weekend for Syracuse Promised
A warm weekend is forecast for Syracuse as a low pressure area moves east from Chicago. Expect clear, sunny skies with highs around mid eighties and humidity rising after yesterday's cold front, making Sunday ideal for outdoor activities. Overnight temps look to dip to 62.
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Chicago
The
Mercury
Independence Day Observance Quiet Across New York
New York reports minimal celebrations on the Fourth as the Supreme Court Building and the UN Building did not glow with colors. The rest of the city largely followed suit with subdued observances.
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New York
Supreme Court
Mother's wartime note to son in Army breakfast delay
A mother writes to her son in the Army urging punctuality to avoid making the division wait for breakfast. The humorous missive highlights a caring home front tone amid military life.
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