Women Get Attention at Both Parties Conventions
Democrats and Republicans woo women voters with economic and social arguments as the 1920 suffrage milestone meets modern political clout. The piece notes rising female employment and property ownership, the influence on budgets, and campaigns citing policies like a $1 minimum wage and early Social Security eligibility. Eleanor Roosevelt is cited as a counterpoint to the Republican effort.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Eisenhower
Leonard W. Hall
Ike
Pennsylvania Avenue
Eleanor Roosevelt
Luce Declined as First Lady Pick for Ike Campaign
GOP strategists say Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce is unsuitable for First Lady due to sharp tongue aristocratic stance and controversy. They contrast her with Mamie as Ike’s companion on campaign trips and TV appearances.
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Clare Boothe Luce
GOP
Ike
Siesta
Rome
Eleanor
Mamie
Adlai Stevenson’s church affiliations and marriage
A son of a Presbyterian father and Unitarian mother, Adlai Stevenson has been a lifelong Unitarian and belongs to Bloomington Illinois church, with special permission also to hold membership at Lake Forest First Presbyterian. He married Miss Ellen Borden of Chicago on December 1 1928 at Fourth Presbyterian Church Chicago Illinois.
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Adlai Stevenson
Bloomington
Illinois
First Presbyterian Church
Lake Forest
Ellen Borden
Chicago
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Storm toll rises as Korean coast hit by severe gales
Dispatches from Seoul report 50 to 60 dead and several hundred missing, mainly fishermen, after fierce storms battered the western Korean coast. Also noted are local social updates including Avis Funkhouser returning to Hagerstown after a visit with her father on Washington Street.
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Tokyo
Seoul
Korea
Avis Funkhouser
Hagerstown
R. J. Funkhouser
Washington Street
Joseph Miller
Lee Massey
Miller and Massey
Tree diseases linked to fungal infections and toxins
Dutch elm disease and maple wilt are caused by internal fungal infections that clog the sap stream and release toxins harmful to the tree. The result is widespread decline and potential death for affected maples and elms.
Heroin Laboratory Seized in Beirut by U S and Lebanese Authorities
Lebanese customs officers and U S narcotics agents smashed a large drug ring shipping heroin to the United States and fueling Beirut addicts. A Beirut heroin laboratory was seized directing by Captain Edmond Azizi with 12 kilograms of pure heroin recovered. The suspect Mustafa Al Harise, 31, fled the raid and has a long narcotics history.
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Beirut
Rome
U. S
United States
Lebanon
Charles Siraguso
U.S
Bureau of Narcotics
Europe
Middle East
Edmond Azizi
New York
Siragusa
Mustafa al Harise
Harise
Narcotics Underworld
Mother of Two Dies of Polio in Richmond Hospital
Petersburg records show Mrs. Elizabeth Brooks Vick 36 mother of two died Friday in a Richmond hospital from bulb ar polio. She was the first polio victim of the year in Petersburg and was married to a surgeon. she had not received any Salk vaccine.
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Petersburg i
Elizabeth Brooks Vick
Richmond
Petersburg
Vick
Asy Salk
Busiest western river coal port hits 9.5 million tons in 1954
Clairton Elizabeth Pa the busiest coal port on the western rivers processed nearly 9.5 million tons of coal in 1954 indicating the scale of activity at that hub.
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Clairton-Elizabeth Pa
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Park Avenue
F.D.R
White House
Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
N. Y
Cihisie
E.H
Berryville
Wiliam P. McGuire
Adirondacks
London
England
Rosa Lovell
E. Piccadilly ST
Willis Bicycle Shop
Virginia Restaurant
GE Electric Iron
Tomor
NORGE
Berryville Ave
Winchester Service
Calvin R. Cain
Mervel W. Adams
N. Cameron ST
George
Rvuanoke, Virginia
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