Taft Eisenhower Deadlock Seen For Republican Nomination
A three month race for the Republican presidential nomination appears headed for a deadlock between Sen. Robert Taft and Gen. Dwight Eisenhower. Illinois and Kentucky delegate results could push Taft toward 200 marks, while Eisenhower contends for New York and New Jersey votes. State conventions and upcoming primaries keep the horse race close with both men courting key delegations.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Illinois
Eisenhower
Kentucky
Kansas
New York
New Jersey
8 Safety Rules For Bike Riders
Eight road safety tips from the Associated Press emphasize single file riding near the shoulder obeying signals carrying gear on a rear carrier keeping hands free for steering not hitching to vehicles moving off the roadway for repairs riding with headlights and reflectors at night wearing light clothing and walking bikes through busy intersections. The piece notes a safety campaign cut bike injuries over a decade and adds a brief aside on the term big inch for pipelines.
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Junior
Bicycle Institute of America
National Safety Council
Nowata Attorney J Wood Glass Dies at 71 in Oklahoma
J Wood Glass 71 prominent Nowata attorney and oilman died after months of illness in Oklahoma hospital. He arrived in 1902 helping develop the Nowata oil field, led local banks and oil ventures, and served as director or officer of Henderson Oil Co and State Federal Building and Loan, with long church service and a 1904 marriage to Eva Payne Embry. Survived by wife, son J Wood Glass Jr, daughter Mrs Edmond G Bradfield, two brothers, a sister.
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Tulsa
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Washington and Lee University
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J. Wood Glass Jr
Edmond G. Bradfield
New York City
Thomas R Glass
Saint Augustine
Fla
William Wood Glass, Jr
Hattie Wood Davis
Walnut acreage declines in Orange County crops
Walnut production in Orange County dropped from 17 150 acres yielding nearly 18 million pounds in 1923 to 1 000 acres producing 510 pounds this year. Commissioner D W Tubbs cites codling moth and husk fly as major factors, with growers moving north as walnuts fade in the county.
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Calif
Orange County
D. W. Tubbs
Rep Gary to Visit Korea and Japan Far East tour planned
Richmond Virginia Rep J Vaughan Gary D Va and four House Appropriations Committee members will travel to Korea and Japan on a Far Eastern inspection tour. He aims to see how funds are spent and to seek local advice on countering Communism in the Pacific. The group will join Coast Guard officers on a regular flying inspection of Pacific navigational facilities.
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J. Vaughan Gary
D-Va
House Appropriations Committee
Korea
Japan
Gary
Virginia
Pacific
Coast Guard
Veteran Snake Handler Bitten at Roundup in Okeene
In Okeene Oklahoma a veteran snake handler Russell Strayhorn aged 47 was bitten on the hand by a rattler during the 13th annual Rat tesnake Roundup. The event drew over 15 000 hunters and 1 684 reptiles were captured alive. First aid was given by Vern Dale Shipman a 17 year old Watonga Eagle Scout.
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Okeene
Okla
Russell Strayhorn
Vern Dale Shipman
Watonga
Strayhorn
Voters to park free at Carlyle polling place change
Voters in Carlyle can park free near the polling place for the 1962 elections as the Clinton County courthouse area ends metered parking that once housed Carlyle’s polls. County leaders had removed polling sites to push metered spaces but voters will now have parking in residential areas.
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Clinton County
Carlyle
Remarkable lemon grows on small plant in Roland
H. V. Van Wyck, who planted a lemon seedling two years ago in Roland, reports a lemon that grew to 12 inches in circumference and weighed about a quarter of a pound after two lemons dropped from the plant.
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Roland
Man
H. V. van Wyck
Tragedy Strikes Anew In Life Of Crippled Girl
Minnie Rose Webb, now 19, is severely ill with meningitis in John Gaston Hospital Memphis. A charity patient, the once crippled girl from Covington Tennessee gained aid after trainmen noticed her on a porch in 1945 and provided a wheelchair and ongoing support.
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Memphis
Tenn
Minnie Rose Webb
Webb
Covington
Minnie Rose
John Gaston Hospital
Illinois Central
Illness Strikes Minnie Rose During Marble Game
Minnie Rose fell ill Saturday while playing with her brother and has remained unconscious since. Earlier, she received gifts and was taken to a St. Louis crippled children's hospital for treatment and her condition followed.
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St. Louis
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Minnie Rose
Cigarette Production Figures Reported by Bureau in 1951
The Bureau of Internal Revenue lists regulation size cigarettes produced in 1951 as 418 801 913 666. This figure may be revised until the Commissioner's annual report is issued in 1953.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Mother of Departments recognized as Interior
The Government Department known as the Mother of Departments is the Department of the Interior. It has long served as the proving ground for governmental activities that led to the creation of the Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and other federal agencies.
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McM
Department of the Interior
Department of Agriculture, Commerce
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