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California Campaign Turns To Glamour and Rivalry
Washington notes in 1950 political primaries that Helen Gahagan Douglas challenges Senator Sheridan Downey in a dramatic California contest. Downey’s irrigation valley clash, Ickes and Straus clashes, Roosevelt vs Warren in governorship, Nixon facing Hauser in the Senate race dominate the primary scene on June 6.
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Washington
California
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Sheridan Downey
Douglas
Pacific Slope
Downey
Hamancheguer
Senators
Central Valley
Riem
Democratic Party
Commissioner of Reclamation
Michael W. Straus
Straus
Secrretary of Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Harry Bashore
Ickes
Reo
Bashore
Tekes
Hetter
Marine Corps
James Roosevelt
Fdr
Roosevelt
Earl Warren
Jimmy Roosevelt
Warren
Richard M. Nixon
Hiss
Fred Hauser
Superior Court of
Los Angeles