Eisenhower Targets Labor Vote In AFL Convention Bid
Eisenhower shifts campaign plans to address the AFL national convention in New York as he seeks labor support. Stevenson's camp awaits AFL endorsement as CIO already backs Stevenson. Southern loyalty remains a hurdle for Republicans, with Mississippi pledging electors to Stevenson Sparkman ticket.
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Dwight. D. Eisenhower
GOP
New York
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
AFL
CIO
Stevenson
South
Mississippi
South Carolina
Georgia
John J. Sparkman
Referendum challenge filed in Arizona court
Warner Mattice and Raymond Langham filed in Maricopa County Superior Court to stop the November ballot referendum on activating the state public employee retirement act. They seek to prevent Secretary of State Wesley Bolin from certifying the referendum, arguing petitions are unverified and lack valid signatures.
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Maricopa County
Warner RB. Mattice
Graham
State Senate
Raymond G. Langham
Gila
House
Wesley Bolin
Paul M. Roca
Mattice and Langham
Remember Me Remember Me With Shackelford Opens Credit Finance Co
An advertisement announces the new Credit Finance Co. at 131 N. Stone. Winn Shackelford invites past and new customers to visit the shop offering fast financing on signatures for autos, trucks, trailers and other needs with evening appointments available.
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Credit Finance Coo
N. Stone
Winn Shackelford
Credit Finance CO
Pennington
Utility Chief Lands Future of Arizona
Arizona Public Services president Henry B. Sargent told the Pacific area general meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers that Arizona is a promising industrial frontier. He cited cheap power, the rearmament program, population shift westward, and defense dispersal as drivers of growth, noting manufacturing plants rose from 186 in 1940 to 583 in recent years with payrolls expanding from under 10 million to about 100 million annually.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Henry B. Sargent
Arizona Public Services 60
Pacific Area
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Hotel
Westward Ho
Sargent
Convention of Engineers
Recover Body Of Boy Who Drowned Aug. 10
Maricopa county sheriff's office reports the recovery of Hosie Lee Harvey 17 from Salt River near Coon's Bluff several miles downstream from Bluepoint where he drowned during a family outing on a Sunday. Relatives say he was swept under by the swift current.
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Phoenix
WUP
Maricopa County
Plowing Contest Sees Stevenson Bid Garbled in Rochester
At the national plowing contest in Kasson Minnesota on Sept 5 6 Eisenhower will speak and Stevenson will not attend. Rochester committee chair Robert Hurrie confirmed Eisenhower acceptance for Sept 6 while Stevenson was not invited for that day. The flap centered on conflicting notices from Stevenson and Wyatt with officials calling it a mistake.
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Rochester
Minn
Kasson, Minn
Robert Hurrie
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Springfield
Jrl
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Wilson Wyatt
Stevenson
Hurrie
Wyatt
Harrie
Eisenhower
Truman
Jim Lannigan
Philip S. Duff Jr
First Pony Ride Turns Tragic in West Town NY
Clarence Arthur Horler, 12, and his father bought a pony. after the father left for chores the boy rode alone and was dragged through a field and pond. He died soon after at a hospital. The father cited a rope tied from the boy’s waist to the saddle horn, unclear how the accident occurred.
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Westtown
N. Y
Clarence Arthur Horler
Clarence
Phoenix Gets 13-Story Apartment Building
Construction bids for a 13-story 50-apartment complex on the Heard estate in Phoenix will be opened September 10 in the Lescher and Mahoney office. The $2,000,000 steel and concrete building fronts Central Avenue and Monte Vista with a 93 foot setback, per Burke C.
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Phoenix
A.P
Heard Estate
Lescher & Mahoney
Central Avenue
Monte Vista
Central
Burke C
Payne and Albert Brugger Promote Cooperative Apartments
Payne and Albert Brugger are identified as promoters of cooperative apartments in the community development effort.
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Payne
Albert Brugger
Co-Operative Apartments
218th Traffic Fatality Is Mesa Woman 70
Flora B. Briggs 70 owner of the Budget shop died after her car collided with a parked truck in Mesa. Patrolman Joe True said she apparently suffered a heart attack and lost control. Her death marked the 218th highway fatality in the state this year, compared with 228 on this date last year.
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Mesa
Flora B. Briggs
South Side Hospital
Joe True
Briggs
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