Rockefeller Backer Sees Nixon Trailing Kennedy in Poll
Chicago report says Draft Rockefeller Committee head William Brinton claims Nixon trails Kennedy in five key states after a survey by Political Analysis Associates Inc. The poll shows New York Kennedy 51% Nixon 26% California 49% Nixon 33% Pennsylvania 50% Nixon 29% Illinois 48% Nixon 27% Texas 50% Nixon 27% The piece notes Rockefeller hopefuls push for a convention nomination while Nixon supporters dispute any move to second place.
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Platform Committee
Robert L. McManus
Political Analysis Associates Inc
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Kennedy
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Pennsylvania
Illinois
Texas
Adlai E. Stevenson
Los Angeles
Congo crisis deepens as U.N. force swells and Belgian tensions rise
Wigny flies to New York seeking a U.N. arms embargo proposal and an international probe into Belgian settler brutalities. UN Undersecretary Bunche reports troops from Sweden Italy Canada Burma and several Latin American countries are joining Maj. Gen. Carl von Horn to form a mainly African U.N. force now at 3500 troops. Belgium asks for Belgian withdrawal and Lumumba threatens Moscow aid if Belgians stay. Belgian envoy says paratroops are being sent to five points in the Oriental Province.
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Ralph J. Bunche
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Burma
U.N
Carl von Horn
Middle East
Palestine
Soviet Union
United States
Leopoldville
State Department
Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba
Moscow
Jean van den Bosch
Oriental
Virginia Farm Group Seen for Demo Ticket
John B Vance of Amelia, president of the Virginia Farmers Union and a delegate to the Democratic National Convention last week, says the organization will likely back the Democratic ticket in the presidential election. He stressed the view is his own and that Kennedy is sincerely dedicated to preservation and strength.
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John B Vance
Amelia
Virginia Farmers Union
Vance
Virginia
John F. Kennedy
Trombay reactor begins operation near Bombay in India
India's second research reactor at the atomic energy establishment in Trombay near Bombay went into operation this week. It ranks among the largest isotope producers and sits in a steel shell with a 12 foot diameter and 134 foot height, covered in aluminum. A concrete base houses the control room and equipment, with a ball shaped background structure being an 850000 gallon emergency cooling water tank.
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Atomic Energy Establishment
Trombay
Bombay
Ball
Belgium Losses 34 Soldiers in Congo Plane Crash
A Belgian transport plane crashed into a volcanic peak near Goma in the eastern Congo, killing 34 Belgian soldiers and wounding seven. The C119 Flying Boxcar carried airfield defense personnel dispatched to reinforce Belgian bases in the Congo.
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Brussels
Belgium
Congo
Goma
Lake Kivu
Farmland Aid Aims to Benefit Families and Farmers
A stated program focuses on supporting family farmers through policies and funding to improve farm viability and rural prosperity. Officials stress practical aid and long term stability for agricultural livelihoods.
Clear Choice Urged on U S Farm Policy
Chicago AP report on farm leader Charles D. Schuman urging Republicans to offer a clear farm policy choice between controls and freedom. He criticizes the Los Angeles plank for more restrictions and aligns with Eisenhower era farm programs.
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Republican Party
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American Farm Bureau Federation
Republican Platform Committee
Schuman
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Plank
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