Democratic platform draft pursues reform and unity
The platform advocates revision of the civil rights plank to broaden minority protections while avoiding state power clashes. It argues for labor reform, fairer immigration laws, and continued UN backed peace efforts in Korea, pledging to oppose discrimination and improve government processes.
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Senate
Lehman
McCormack
John Sparkman
Alabama
Perlman
Maryland
Sparkman
G.O.P
Haseen
South Korea
Korea
United Nations
United Nat Wharfs
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Poland
Tron
Congress
Truman
Free America
New Jersey Woman Granted Birthdate February 22 1905
Miss Alice Leighton a 47 year old woman received an official birthdate from Judge J Edward Knight after appealing to the Monmouth County Court. The birthdate Feb 22 1905 was recorded for Social Security purposes. She had long sought a birth date since being kidnapped as a child and living without knowledge of her birth. She called it a birthday she had always wanted and noted Washington's Birthday as the date.
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Freehold
N. J
New Jersey
Alice Leighton
J. Edward Knight
Miss Leighton
Monmouth County Court
Leighton
Washington
Barkley Faces Labor Intrigue Over Age At Convention
A group of union leaders Walter Reuther Harrison Kroll and others pressed Barkley about his age and pulled support before the Democratic convention. Vice President Barkley withdrew from the race after a heated exchange and amid reports of White House talks and Kefauver Harriman rival maneuvers.
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Walter Reuther
Ganere Harrican
Jack Kroll
Barkley
Lewis
Reuther
United Automobile Workers
CLO
Harrison
A.F.L
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Kroll
C.lo
Washington
United States
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Reuiher
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Averell Harriman
New York
White House
Conrad Bilton
Kefauver
dHarrman Alu Fraklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Interior
Oscar Chapman
Frank McKinney
Matthew Connelly
Preacher Swindles Jail Inmates Then Vanishes
A man posing as a preacher visited the county jail in Columbus Mississippi and prayed with a drunken inmate. Spectators donated funds toward the fines, the preacher left with five dollars and was never seen again. The jailed man vowed revenge if he ever found him.
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Columbus, Miss
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Laim
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James
Price & Als
John
Frank Stimson
General Motors
GMC
Robert C. Church Church Rd., Baldwinsville, N. Y
Canastota
S. Peterboro St
Canastota, N. Y
South State
East Washington St
J. P. Ryan's Sons, Inc
Williams St
Cazenovia, N. Y
van Denburg Truck Corp
N. Y
Oneida Motor Car Co., Inc
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