Byrd Portraits and Southern Shifts in 1952 Race
Virginia senator Byrd stayed noncommittal as fellow southerners backed Stevenson Sparkman while Eisenhower gained traction in several southern states. Nixon criticized Stevenson as Truman’s captive and praised Eisenhower as a reformer.
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Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Gov
Adlai Stevenson
John J. Sparkman
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Washington
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Repub
Lican
Sen
A. Willis Robertson
Byrd
Richard M. Nixon
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Tut
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Florida
North Carolina
Daniel Reed
House
Ways and Means Committee
Salt Lake City
Utah
U. S
Arthur V. Watkins
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
WWII Medal of Honor Hero Rescues Despondent Mother
Washington scene as Maynard H. Smith a Medal of Honor recipient, climbs to a sixth floor ledge to talk a suicidal mother, Mrs. Lucille Whomble, from jumping. Firemen aided the rescue. she recovers, family of five, Smith resides in Falls Church, Virginia.
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Washington
Maynard H. (Snuffy) Smith
Lucille Whomble
YWCA
Smith
Whomble
USO
Falls Church
France
Federal Funds Exceed Half Million For County Roads
Pima county will receive more than $587,100 in federal aid for its secondary road system this year. County engineer Bruce Ellis says the total road program, including county matching funds, reaches $829,300 with projects on St. Marys road West Speedway bridge East 36th street and more benefiting defense plant access.
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Pima County
Bruce Ellis
St. Mary’s
Silver Bell Road
West Speedway
Santa Cruz
East 36Th Street
Mission Road
Sasabe
Robles Ranch
Ellis
Nehru and Cabinet Accept Salary Cut in Parliament
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and cabinet colleagues approved a bill reducing ministers pay to 472 dollars monthly. They will gain a rent free furnished house a 105.50 dollar expense allowance and a government auto loan, while a Communist amendment to set salaries at 210 dollars was rejected.
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New Delhi
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Austria Seeks End to Occupation From Russia and Allies
The Austrian government has requested U S assistance to end its occupation by Russia and Western powers. Negotiations among the United States Britain France and the Soviet Union have spanned five years with only a few issues remaining unsettled. American officials doubt the Russians will surrender their hold in the Soviet zone before a broader East West settlement.
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Washington
Austria
United States
Russia
Britain
France
Mexico Opera Star Sues for 110000 Over Hollywood Crash
Alma Pedroza, a soprano from Mexico City, sues for 110000 in superior court against Walter R. Mudd, car owner, and Arvid Thompson, air force member, claiming injuries from an April 7 Hollywood collision in which she was a passenger. She alleges a fractured vertebra in the neck.
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Los Angeles
Alma Pedroza
Mexico City
Opera Company
Hollywood
Walter R. Mudd
Miss Pedroza
Arvid Thompson
Air Force
Mudd
Pedroza
Arrests End Twine Mill Sitdown in Chicago
Police ended a 24 hour sitdown strike at International Harvester twine mill in Chicago arresting 97 men and 44 women for dis orderly conduct. All released on $10 bonds from an Independent Farm Equipment United Electrical Workers union. The protest targeted moving operations to New Orleans.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
Independent
Farm Equipment United Electrical Workers Union
Harvester
Twine Mill
Robert L. Ray
New Orleans
Blue Island Avenue
Two Missing After Plane Crashes Into Chesapeake Bay
BETTERTON Md Two persons are missing after a single engine amphibious plane crashed into Chesapeake Bay shortly after takeoff. The water impact followed a water lift off and a flare burned for 15 minutes before going out. The pilot is unnamed and a woman believed identified as Leona J Miller of Drexel Hill Pa was found in the water.
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Betterton
Chesapeake Bay
Walter E. Kulley
Leona J. Miller
Drexel Hill
Basel Sees 126-Year High July Average 71 Degrees
Basel records show July as the hottest month in 126 years of weather data with an average temperature of 71 degrees. The report notes Basel City’s climate record and notes the unusually high monthly warmth.
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Basel
Switzerland
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