The American political convention circus returns
The piece surveys national political conventions, noting their mix of comedy, drama, and boredom. It discusses delegate roles, voting cues, platform preliminaries, and notable historical quirks, while affirming conventions as the best method to nominate a president despite their peculiarities.
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Thomas Hart Benton
Paul T. David
Ralph M. Goldman
Richard C. Bain
Brookings Institution
Texas
Mississippi
Florida
Georgia
Taft
Red Cross Sets Annual Meeting
The Winchester Frederick County Chapter American Red Cross will hold its annual meeting on July 18 at 7 30 p m at the George Washington Hotel. Officers and Directors for the coming year will be elected and voting members include donors of one dollar or more from the spring drive.
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Winchester-Frederick County
American Red Cross
George Washington Hotel
Utility meters read through binoculars in Phoenix
Phoenix Public Service Company equips meter readers with binoculars to work from the street or alley proving dogs and locked gates no longer hinder readings. The device allows beaming down meters from afar and improves efficiency for workers patrolling urban blocks.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Kennedy family expects second child this year
Question period at a New York news conference at the Hotel Roosevelt followed by AP Wirephoto coverage notes the Kennedy family expecting a second child later this year with daughter Caroline, two.
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New York
Hotel Roosevelt
Caroline
Virginia Farm Price Index Falls 2 Percent in June
The Virginia index of prices received for farm commodities slid two percent to 260 percent of the 1910-14 average for the two weeks ending June 15, with declines in beef cattle, calves, potatoes, hay, and most grains. Hog prices rose, offsetting some losses. poultry and eggs changed modestly. The mid June index dropped to its lowest since February and was down from a year earlier.
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Virginia
Virginia Crop Reporting Service
U.S
Deerfield News Briefs Highlights Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Ronald Heimberger and sons of Arlington visit Mrs Heimbergers father Albert McDonald. Donna Westin returns from Memorial Hospital. Buzzy and Barny Anderson back from Clifton Forge Elks Camp. Yard party planned by Marlboro Presbyterian Church on July 30.
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Ronald Heimberger
Sons
Arlington
Charles Putty
Front Royal Road
Beatrice McDonald
Ruth
Mabel Richard
Julian Steele
Virginia Swartz
Carroll Smith
Marlboro Presbyterian Church
Parity Indexes Move Amid Monthly Shifts
The June index fell one per cent from May the largest monthly drop since December 1955 yet still rose for the month overall. Farm product prices declined less, keeping the Parity Ratio at 79 one per cent below May and two per cent under the previous year.
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