Stevenson Rejects Another Plea That He Enter Race
Chicago reports Gov. Adlai Stevenson again refused to run for the Democratic presidential nomination. Sen. Estes Kefauver Averell Harriman and their aides pushed liberal aims at the convention while Stevenson maintained his position. Union leaders sought a Stevenson draft, but he urged Illinois delegates not to nominate him.
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Stevenson
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Estes Kefauver
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Texas
Mississippi
Truman
Cook County
Joseph L. Gill
Jacob M. Arvey
Arvey
Barkley
Chiang Kai-shek on halting Communists and Formosa risk
In an AP Q and A Chiang Kai-shek says blockades need not trigger world war and Nationalists can recover China without foreign manpower. He cites intent to attack Taiwan, links mainland victory to avoiding a broader war, and notes Soviet support to Red China.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Far East
Chiang
Taiwan
Asia
Red China
Free World
Republic of China
Russia
Korea
Helena Highway Workers Burned
Two state highway department employees, Lawrence Doggett and Harry Kirkham, were badly burned when their truck with a stripe painting trailer caught fire 18 to 20 miles north of Helena while cleaning painting equipment with gasoline. Both men, aged 25 and 31, were hospitalized with second degree burns.
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Helena
U.P
State Highway Department
Lawrence W. Doggett
Alta
Harry S. Kirkham
North Jackson
Doggett
Kirkham
Sieben Flats
Great Falls
Labor Leaders Weigh Blending Forces for Democratic Ticket
Chicago July 18 AFL and CIO leaders at the Democratic national convention discussed pairing Averell Harriman or Estes Kefauver, or a Harriman Kefauver ticket, with plans for a joint AFL CIO strategy. They also considered Adlai Stevenson for top ballot placement but doubted his candidacy. Murray touted a November victory and tied CIO support to candidate and platform choices.
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Chicago
AFL
CIO
Averell Harriman
Estes Kefauver
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
George Harrison
Harrison
Mutual Security
Harriman
Sen
Tennessee
Harriman-Kefauver
Gov
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Sens
Richard Russell
Georgia
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Chary
Russell
Senate
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Murray
Eisenhower
Overtime Parking Fines Paid by Mail in Burbank
In Burbank California July 18 a new system lets motorists pay overtime parking fines by placing the ticket and a dollar bill in an addressed envelope and dropping it in a mailbox. The officer leaves the citation with instructions on the windshield.
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Burbank
Calif
Democrats Address Attacks on U S Economic Policies
Chicago July 18 Democratic platform drafters faced criticism from business groups led by the National Association of Manufacturers the Investors League and the National Association of Real Estate Boards arguing government competition and controls threaten capitalism. Drafters retort private prosperity remains high and pledge no new public funds for private plant building while criticizing public home ownership as risky and unfair.
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Chicago
Roosevelt-Truman
National Association of Manufacturers
The
Investors League
National Association of Real Estate Boards
William Jackman
New York
Investors League, Inc
John Sparkman
Alabama
Jackman
Sparkman
William J. Grede
Milwaukee
Herbert H. Lehman
Paul B. Guthery
Truman Signs Social Security Expansion Measure
President Truman signed a 540 million dollar per year expansion of social security benefits. About 42 million retired persons will receive monthly increases of 5 dollars or 1242 percent. Roughly 32 million recipients of public assistance will share a 300 million dollar boost in federal grants to states. Aged and disabled payments rise 5 dollars monthly starting Oct 1 for two years, with eligibility for matching state funds. The blind receive a retroactive 5 dollar increase to July 1 through Sept 30 1954. Dependent children gains 3 dollars a month from Oct 1 to Sept 30 1954.
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Washington
Truman
State Timber Sales Set New Record
State Forester Rutledge Parker announced a new record for Montana timber sales totaling 1,216,631.50 dollars for the past fiscal year. Rental income added 15,423.11 dollars. Over seven years timber sales have yielded about 4 million dollars, with a large stock of virgin timber remaining in Flathead Lincoln Lake Missoula Powell Ravalli Sanders and Mineral counties.
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Missoula
Rutledge Parker
Montana
Parker
Flathead
Lincoln, Lake, Missoula
Powell, Ravalli, Sanders
Mineral
Precincts canvassed as Butte election counts revised
Ten of Butte's 63 precincts were officially canvassed Friday afternoon. The board noted small changes, mostly five vote losses for several candidates including Lt. Gov. Paul Cannon and others, with one two vote gain. Officials present included Joe H. Sullivan, William T. Duckham, William Kopach, and Mary Ball aiding.
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Butte
Paul Cannon
Cannon
Lee Metcalf
Congress
Joe H. Sullivan
William T. Duckham
William Kopach
Frank Gorsh
Mary Ball
Kopach
Mike Mansfield
U. S. Senate
Calvin Coleman
Elmer Clark
Daniel McCarthy
Maurice Hennessy
Henry Bate
Francis E. Walsh
James D. Freebourn
Robert Marsenich
J. J. McCaffery, Jr
Metcalf
William Meyer
Horace Casey
Duckham
Ofce
Eva Peron Improves After Night at Buenos Aires Hospital
Eva Peron, Argentina's critically ill first lady, showed slight improvement during the night in Buenos Aires. Medical officials reported she remained in a precarious condition but was resting and responding to treatment.
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Eva Peron
Buenos Aires
Argentine
U.P
Argentina
Taxable Valuation in Silver Bow County Rises
Silver Bow county's total taxable valuation jumps to 30,104,115 this year from 25,338,960 last year, with the 1952-53 assessed valuation at 92,785,285 versus 85,611,240 the prior year. Assessor Joe Lester cites a county wide building boom centered in Butte as the main cause.
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Silver Bow County
Joe Lester
Lester
Butte
Eisenhower to address American Legion convention in New York
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower accepted an invitation to speak at the American Legion national convention in Madison Square Garden New York on August 25 The announcement came as he rested at a Colorado cattle ranch and his aides consider additional speeches before the Chicago Democratic convention and the November election.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The
American Legion
Madison Square Garden
New York
Legion
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Hagerty
Rockies
Fraser
Colo
Donald R. Wilson
Clarksburg
W. Va
Here
Brown Palace
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Los Angeles
Truman
Chicago
Aksel Nielson
Allied Troops Press Old Baldy Drive in Korean Front
Allied infantry attacked across muddy slopes of Old Baldy to drive a Chinese Communist battalion from its foothold on the western front near Chorwon. Heavy rains slowed progress while heavy artillery rained on both sides. By late Saturday morning one slope was held by Allies and the opposite slope by Reds.
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Seoul
Korea
Old Baldy
United Nations
U. S. Eighth Army
Chorwon
T-Bone
Fifth Air Force
Truce Talks At Panmunjom See No Progress On Prisoner Exchange
Negotiators in Panmunjom held another secret session with no public word on progress. Allied spokesmen said prisoner exchange remains the main hurdle to an armistice, while Alan Winnington asserted no surrender by Koreans and Chinese to pressure.
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William P. Nuckols
Nuckols
Alan Winnington
London Daily Worker
Winnington
Panmunjom
Peiping Communist Radio
America
Arnall Rejects Plea of One Firm for $5.50 Price Hike
Washington July 18 AP A new move to seize part of the strike bound steel industry under the draft law was reported under serious consideration at the White House. Price Stabilizer Ellis Arnall rejected a petition by the Wierton Steel company for a five dollar and fifty cent per ton price rise.
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Washington
White House
Ellis Arnall
Wierton Steel Company
Arnall
Justice Department
Defense
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Arnal
President Signs Controversial Agricultural Bill
President Truman signs a new farm bill guaranteeing price supports at 90 percent parity through 1954 for cotton, wheat, corn, rice, tobacco and peanuts. The measure ends the sliding scale for 1953 and 1954, delays parity shifts for several crops, and aims to bolster farm income ahead of the November elections.
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Washington
Truman
Butte Weather Forecast Highlights Saturday Thunder Showers
Partly cloudy Saturday morning, then cloudy with scattered thundershowers in the afternoon and evening. Temperatures range 42 to 76, with Airport-Minn 38 to 78. West of Divide fair with scattered storms. East of Divide fair with showers west and central Saturday night, highs 75 to 90.
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School of Mines
Divide
Terrific Blast Wrecks San Carlos Magnesium Plant
A huge explosion at the Sequoia Metal Craft plant in San Carlos, Redwood City area, burns at least three men and destroys the magnesium facility. Fire follows, molten magnesium erupts from a heat treating furnace, and damage is estimated at about $150,000.
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Redwood City
Calif
San Carlos
Sequoia Metal Craft Company
Burdette Walker
Ship Reported Afire Off Long Island
A Norwegian freighter, the SS Black Gull, was reported afire 65 miles southeast of Montauk Point off Long Island. It sent an SOS at 10 22 p m and later said the ship was abandoned with all lifeboats burned or lost. Forty one people remained in the water without life rafts.
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Montauk
N. Y
Montauk Point
Long Island
Brenton Reef
Rhode Island
Four Die in Twin Engine Plane Crash Near Ashton Idaho
Four persons were killed when a twin engine plane crashed and burned Friday night north of Ashton near the Wyoming border. The dead were Lee Morrison 18, George Vanetta about 40, and Mr and Mrs Hershal M Wilcox about 40, all residents of Bakersfield California.
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U.S
Arrow
el Segundo
Munsan
Associated Press
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