Eisenhower Campaigns Across States Face Shifts in Support
In Indiana the pro-convention Eisenhower group stays active while agreeing to cooperate with Taft allies. Debates flare in Virginia, South Carolina, Louisiana, and Mississippi over the Democratic platform civil rights plank. Byrnes backs voting against the platform in South Carolina. Richmond News Leader endorses a non-Democratic candidate in Virginia. Mississippi hints at Eisenhower endorsement. Louisiana backs Stevenson-Sparkman. Eisenhower, Nixon and GOP leaders plot high level strategy as Dem contests unfold nationwide.
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Oriole Hangs Itself While Building Nest
Robert Green reports a Baltimore oriole near Chillicothe, Ohio, found hanging by a noose of its own making while attempting to add horsehair to its nest. He called it a once in a million accident in nature.
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Robert Green
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Navy Flier Rescued After North Korea Anti Aircraft Welcome
Lt. Henry S. Barbour of Yazoo City Mississippi, attached to the U S S Princeton, attacked Pukchong twice in North Korea. Communist anti aircraft crews fired on his plane both times. He ditched in the Sea of Japan the first time and was rescued. The second encounter left him with shrapnel wounds to the arm and he was treated near an Army field hospital.
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Long-Term Follow-Up Seen For Psychiatric Discharged Veterans
Odom proposes ongoing monitoring for released mental patients to prevent relapse into psychosis. He notes potential requirements to report to authorities for examinations could aid public safety but may affect patients psychologically socially and economically. He cites VA’s six to twelve month follow-up and warns many released patients later become dangerous again, including thousands from VA and other institutions.
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Stevenson S absent Unitarian ties in Springfield church life
Gov Adlas Stevenson is described as a regular Sunday worshipper who attends Unitarian or Presbyterian services when in Springfield. He sometimes goes to an Episcopal pro-cathedral on Christmas Eve and identifies with the Unitarian Church of Bloomington, IL, his old family home, though Springfield lacks a local Unitarian church and he usually attends First Presbyterian Church in town.
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Unidentified Flying Saucers Studied by Air Force Experts
Air Force specialists discuss optical, radar, and weather factors in saucer reports. A new tele scop ic camera can capture 150 degrees of sky. other sensitive devices to be employed. Radar blips and misidentifications linked to inversions, rockets, and weather conditions are noted.
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Flying Saucers in Buffalo Identified as Weather Balloons
Captain George H. Emmitt of the Buffalo filter center says reports of flying saucers in the area are based on weather balloons. He notes 4,000 to 10,000 balloons are released daily by private and government groups and asks residents not to report sky objects unless authentic and quite spectacular.
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Searchlight on Cloud Creates a Saucer
Washington Pentagon and Lovett details describe a misseen phenomenon aboard a New York to Washington flight. Lovett explained a searchlight interacting with a moonlit sky and a tuft of cloud created the illusion of a flying saucer keeping pace with the plane.
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Escape Artist 14 Returns to Custody
Dallas police re-arrest a 14 year old known as an escape artist after four jailbreaks from the county juvenile home this year. He allegedly stole 48 automobiles and led police on three high speed pursuits up to ninety miles an hour. He will be sent to a boys reform school.
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Filipino Troops Push Huks in Zambales Mountains
Manila reports fifteen hundred Filipino troops advancing against about 300 Huk rebels led by a Tarue kin in the high Zambales range. Army units say progress is slow due to heavy rain, mud, and swollen rivers.
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