West Confronts Egypt Over Suez Canal Plan showdown at London talks
At a London conference the Big Three seek to back international control of the Suez Canal with 17 nations supporting the plan. Egypt's Nasser is unlikely to accept any proposal while India backs an alternative keeping canal control national.
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Stevenson Calls GOP Tax Promise Election Talk
Adlai Stevenson denounces Republican tax cut promises as election talk. He criticizes Pres Eisenhower's stance and praises debt retirement plans. Stevenson speaks with reporters at his farm as he readies a flying campaign tour with Estes Kefauver and DNC leaders.
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Lehman Declines Reelection Hinting Wagner as Next
Sen. Herbert H. Lehman of New York announced he will not seek another Senate term, retiring at year end. He suggested Mayor Robert F. Wagner as a possible successor, though Wagner said he is not a candidate. Lehman, 78, plans to campaign for Stevenson this fall and retire after a long liberal Democratic career.
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Eisenhower Terribly Handicapped Physically, Says Justice Minton
U S Supreme Court Justice Sherman Minton cautions that President Eisenhower may be terribly handicapped physically for the forthcoming period. He expresses concern over the president's health and ability to lead in the near term.
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Stanley Asks Gray Commission to Back His School Program
Gov. Stanley pressed his plan for segregated schools before the Gray Commission. An executive committee report approved his proposal 6-4 amid legal concerns for enacting both a student assignment plan and withholding funds from integrated schools.
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Gas Explosion Claims Five Children in Suburban Apartment
A gas blast in a housing project apartment in Argo, CHICAGO area, killed five children of a Negro couple. Owner Jack Davis survived with his wife Alice badly burned. victims were Mike 4, Allen 3, Jacklin 2, Denise 1, and Rickey 3 months.
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Eisenhower Moves to Cement Nixon Nomination at Convention
President Eisenhower announced that Harold Stassen planned to drop the dump Nixon campaign and seek permission to second Richard M. Nixon for a second term. The San Francisco convention opened with Eisenhower taking command as indications grew he would keep Nixon as running mate.
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Thirty Complete Dale Carnegie Course Graduates Here
Thirty people received diplomas at a graduation dinner for Dale Carnegie Leadership Class 164W held at the George Washington Hotel. Directors John W. Darnall and Normand W. Leas led the ceremony with remarks and the invocation by Victor L. Ridgeway.
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Hoover's Emotional Moment Highlights GOP Convention
At the Republican National Convention Herbert Hoover drew warm applause as the first major emotional moment. The event featured women speakers with signs forming a hidden message about Republican unity while cabinet members spoke to nontelevised sections.
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GOPs United Front at San Francisco Convention
Special to The Star. The Republican convention in San Francisco features a united front behind Nixon after factions in Chicago four years ago. Vice President Nixon gains support while Gov. Christian Herter is pressed by Stassen and Hoover delivers a moving, elder-statesman performance with his son, the undersecretary of state, listening.
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Virginia Republicans settle civil rights plank at convention
San Francisco report says Virginia GOP backs Eisenhower Nixon after civil rights plank approval. Delegates debated Harmon and Merrick dissenters, Harmon citing federal overreach. platform committee moved to back state sovereignty and local education control. Harmon resolved to speak as individual, not trigger a floor fight.
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Roanoke
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Ike 1956 signs and maverick buttons light up San Francisco
At the Republican National Convention in San Francisco delegates and attendees sported Ike 1956 stickers on street signs and wearers displayed novelty pins and ties. A Dixieland trombonist Abe Lincoln and others teased politics with humorous buttons like Dump Everybody and Get Ahead with J Fred as convention humor spills into street life.
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Winchester School Board Elects Robinson Chairman
Robinson Sr. H Delmer Robinson Jr elected chairman of the Winchester School Board succeeding the late John H Rosenberger. Board members include Dr. B B Dutton Mrs Henry Moling Howard Shockey Herbert Solenberg James March Virgil Strader and William Fauver meets monthly. Excellent Elberta peaches now ready. No Sunday sales. Conner Bros Stephens City Va. (Ap-8 -22-11)
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Howard Shockey
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Nixon's Father Critically Ill Prompting Quick Convention Departure
Vice President Richard M. Nixon rushed home from the Republican National Convention after learning his father was critically ill in Whittier California. Nixon planned to fly to Los Angeles today and be joined by his brother Don Nixon who had been at the convention.
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Convention Dilemma Stirring as Stassen Tests Nixon Support
The article describes a possible convention showdown over Nixon's renomination, with Harold Stassen seeking an open convention and Eisenhower’s near-certain renomination. Stassen may attend after Nixon’s renomination, before the vice presidential roll call, as Eisenhower’s influence dominates.
Officers Find Diamond Lost In Cow Palace
Sheriff deputies conducted a needle in the haystack search of the Cow Palace for a 642 carat diamond worth $12,000. Mrs. Russell Havenstrite of Los Angeles reported the stone dropped from her ring and missed it until returning to her downtown hotel. Sgt. Bill Moran found the diamond an hour later in a neighboring box and received a $50 share with colleagues.
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Virginia five day forecast shows warmth and scattered showers
The Virginia forecast calls for fair tonight the interior 48 to 56 and coast 56 to 62. Thursday brings partly cloudy and warmer conditions with scattered showers likely Thursday night or Friday and again Sunday. Total rainfall expected from a quarter to a half inch.
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