Democratic platform pledges for education and civil rights
The platform calls for federal aid to education without dictating policy, expanded maternity and child welfare services, veterans benefits, and school lunch programs. It advocates postal service improvements, civil service protections, and stronger civil rights laws while urging statehood for Alaska and Hawaii and autonomy for DC. It emphasizes equal rights, government efficiency, and global peace under democratic leadership.
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Children's Bureau
Congress
Truman
Wes
Democratic Party
Democratic platform shifts toward civil rights and federal action
Northerners push stronger civil rights plank while Southerners seek harmony. The two sections demand an end to Senate filibusters and expand federal protection of rights, voting, education, and economic opportunity, with Truman era loyalty safeguards and tax reductions promised.
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Lehman
New York
Humphrey
Minnesota
Benton
Connecticut
Sparkman and
Holland
Florida
Willis Smith
North Carolina
Senate
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Democratic Party
United States of America
G.O.P
Democrats
Truman
Prostam
Poland
Europe
Germany
America
Klan Flogging Testimony Shocks North Carolina Court
In Columbus County Superior Court nearly a dozen former Klansmen testified about 13 floggings that terrorized the southeastern tobacco region. Witnesses, who pleaded guilty to participation, accused Klan Imperial Wizard Thomas L Hamilton of Leesville South Carolina of issuing the flogging orders.
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Whiteville
N. CC
North Carolina
Columbus County Superior Court
Thomas L. Hamiliton
Leesville, S. C
Sleep man on tracks prompts train emergency stop
A New York Central passenger train halted after an emergency signal when a man lay across the track. Jordan Brown, 41, of Berthenville Oklahoma, told police I just got tired and thought it was time for me to go to sleep. He faced a trespass charge.
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Jordan Brown
Berthenville
Okla
Brown
Veep
Democrats Hear Words To New Campaign Song 1952
The Democratic National Convention heard the official campaign song Dont Let Em Take It Away. The chorus extols farmers and workers and attacks Republican promises while urging voters to keep what they have had for 20 years.
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Chicago
INS
Weather And Tragedies From Sudden Storms And Lightning
Two lives ended as a 38 year old farmhand Earl Martin was fatally injured by a falling tree while driving a tractor at Constable. Ellen Ripley a 25 year old Hamilton schoolteacher was killed by lightning during a family picnic at Lake Moraine Madison County. Twin rain squalls disrupted Syracuse power and phones, felled trees, with heavy rain in the south end. Hancock Airport reported no rain and no measurements. estimates range from three tenths to a half inch.
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Earl Martin
Ellen Ripley
Hamilton
Lake Moraine
Madison County
Syracuse
Weather Bureau
Hancock
1285 Korea GIs Home Oakland Calif
The transport ship brought 1 285 U S army combat troops from Korea to Oakland California. Also aboard were 250 Colombia members of an infantry battalion that fought in Korea for fourteen months.
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Korea
Oakland
Calif
Howard E. Wood‘lord
L. S Army
Colombia
Stevenson Seen as Possible Democratic Nominee At Convention
The Democratic Convention views Illinois Governor Adlai E. Stevenson as a leading, though reluctant, possible nominee who could challenge General Eisenhower. Analysts note a strong Stevenson surge and debate the second spot on the ticket with Senators Kefauver Russell Sparkman and Fulbright among contenders. Vice President Barkley’s striking appearance energized the hall, though he will not seek office this campaign.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Dwight D. Eisenhower
G.O.P
Truman
Stevenson
William Jennings Bryan
J Stevenson
LWA
White House
Richard Russell
Georgia
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
John Sparkman
Alabama
William Fulbright
Akansas
Fields marks 50th Arbor Day in Nebraska City
Frank Fields observes Arbor Day for the 50th consecutive year planting a tree on the holiday in Nebraska City. He first planted an Arbor Day tree in 1902 and continues the tradition each year.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Frank Fields
Fields
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