Lucas Dirksen Senate Fight Heats Illinois Campaign
The Illinois Senate race between Democrat Scott Lucas and Republican Everett Dirksen centers on Truman administration policy. Dirksen attacks the Fair Deal and foreign aid while Lucas defends his 16 years in Congress and clashes over the Mundt Ferguson bill and social programs. Both trade charges of flip flopping amid a Republican push against Truman leadership.
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Louis J. Kramp
Associated Press
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Senate
Truman
Scott W. Lucas
Everett M. Dirksen
Lucas
Illinois
Taft
Ohio
Dirksen
Washington
Congress
State Acheson
Taft Campaigns in Illinois Calls for Independent Congress
Sen Taft urged liberty loving citizens to defeat rubber stamp lawmakers and elect an independent Republican majority to stand up to President Truman. He framed the choice as liberty under Republicans versus socialism under Democrats, criticizing Lucas and praising Everett Dirksen. More than 5000 heard him at an outdoor Galesburg rally as Taft downplayed the Taft Hartley Act and accused Truman aides of overreach and communist influence in PAC origins.
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Dirksen
Douglas
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Senate
Illinois
Calesourg
Ill
Taft
Ohio
Everett M. Dirksen
Galesburg
C.N.O
Truman Letter Brings 2500 To Marine League
President Truman s letter that angered the Marine Corps netted the Marine Corps League 2500 with a plan to print 75000 copies sold for one dollar each. The league expects an additional 75000 if sales continue, with proceeds used after the November 7 elections.
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Marine League
Chicago
U.S. Marine Corps
Marine Corps League
League
George T. Bullen
Stalin’s. Leathernecks
Harry Frasier
Frasier Associates, Inc
Gordon L. McDonough
California
Growing Season May Set Record
The summer of 1950 looks to be one of the longest growing seasons on record with a frost-free September extending crop life. May 8 recorded the last killing frost at 28 degrees, September averaged 63.45 degrees against 64.3 normal, and rainfall fell to 1.82 inches from 3.1. The period's cool and dry pattern favored corn, planted late due to a wet spring, and may yield grain of good quality.
Britain Sends Second Unit of Troops to Korea
A second British contingent of about 800 men from the 1st Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles sailed from Liverpool aboard the Empire Pride for Korea. War Minister John Strachey, at the dock, said there is no definite answer on how long the force will be away, as the government had already sent 1,500 troops from Hong Kong and planned a total of 5,500 troops to Korea.
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Korea
Royal Ulster Rifle Regiment
John Strachey
Strachey
Hong Kong
Recall Election Set for Los Angeles Mayor Bowron
Los Angeles voters will decide on Nov. 7 in a recall election against Mayor Fletcher Bowron after City Council ordered the measure onto the general ballot. The recall gained 89,427 valid signatures with about 200 more, following a dispute that went to the State Supreme Court. Bowron faces accusations tied to claims of clean crime and corruption during a period when police officials were indicted, though all were later cleared in court.
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Walter C. Peterson
State Supreme Court
Bowron
Frank Shaw
Los Angeles
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