Couple returns from Soviet Union seek better life
Morris and Mollie Block along with their adopted 13 year old Joanna spoke at Kennedy Airport about five years in the Soviet Union. They described loneliness poverty and lack of freedom in Odessa and said socialism as practiced in the USSR was deformed. They arrived with about 1.10 and said they sold belongings to pay for the trip home.
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New York
Morris
Mollie Block
Soviet Union
Odessa
Kennedy Airport
Joanna
Block
Karl Marx
U.S
Scranton Considers Presidential Run Against Goldwater
Reports say Scranton, deeply unsettled by GOP leadership trends, may announce a candidacy to challenge Barry Goldwater for the national convention. Scranton’s potential bid arises after Goldwater’s vote against cloture on civil rights filibuster and amid a GOP field including Rockefeller Smith and Stassen.
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Scranton
GOP
Maryland
Barry Goldwater
Arizona Republican
Goldwater
Senate
Scranton Long
New York
Neson A. Rockefeller
Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
Minnesota
Harold Stassen
Rockefeller
Michigan
George Romeney
Nomi
Scranton Presses Bid After Eisenhower Meeting in Gettysburg
The article reports Scranton seeking the Republican nomination after meeting former President Eisenhower in Gettysburg. Eisenhower urged Scranton to be more available for the race and the week of activity followed that encounter.
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Scranton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Virginia Republicans prepare for state convention in Richmond
Local GOP delegates and alternates from Winchester and Frederick County head to a Virginia convention in Richmond. J Kenneth Robinson of Frederick County is slated as keynote at 10 a.m. Delegates include E R Huntsberry Jr Howard Wilbur Eugene Babb and alternates James Cook John Ramey Wayne Whitham Donald Baughman and Alfred Snapp Sr.
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Virginia
Richmond
Winchester
Frederick County
J. Kenneth Robinson
E.R. Huntsberry
Howard Wilbur
Eugene Babb
James Cook
John Ramey
Wayne Whitham
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