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Democrats Battle At Convention Reflections From Iowa Delegates
Iowa’s Democrats and Republicans faced similar convention trials with lengthy sessions and heated caucus debates. Delegates argued over loyalty, seating and candidate support, while national figures praised the process though not without criticism. Independent telecoms opposed a state regulatory panel, and a Des Moines dinner will honor Fred R. White upon his retirement as Iowa highway chief. Dorothy Dix’s life as a famed crime columnist and reformer is surveyed in a late August feature.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Iowa
Chicago
Kefauver
Stevenson
Euster
Jake More
James Schramm
George O’malley
Eisenhower
Robert Loetscher
Dubuque
Sen
Rourke Hickenlooper
Ike
A. E. Augustine
Loetscher
Augustine
Des Moines
White
Fort Des Moines
George Gilmer
Elizabeth
George
New Orleans
The
New Orleans Picayune
Picayune
Dorothy Dix
New York Journal
New York
Kansas
Carrie Nation
Dorothy
Carrie
Journal
Louisiana
New York Evening Globe