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...1341n 1933, Charles's grandson, Charles 2nd, was kidnaped, held for 17 days on a South Dakota ranch, was ransomed...
Dewey told newsmen little they wanted to know. He used the moment for its psychological effect on the enemy. He exuded victory. Delegations had been calling on him all day. He rolled off a list: Oklahoma, Maine, Alabama, Indiana, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Oregon, Wyoming, Rhode Island. It was probably the high point of the war of nerves. "I have no understandings, arrangements, bargains or deals with anyone in the United States for anything," he said...
...Senate. There it ran head on into a waiting filibuster by Henry Wallace's running-mate, Idaho's Glen Taylor. While the floor emptied and the galleries filled, Taylor talked for eight hours and 33 minutes. At 1:10 a.m. Saturday, he was spelled by North Dakota's lone ranger, Bill Langer. Opponents of the draft sat back and chuckled. Two of the most unpopular men in the Senate were doing their work for them...
...Authors Karl E. Mundt and Richard M. Nixon both won political triumphs last week. In South Dakota, Mundt won the Republican nomination for the Senate, is an almost certain winner in November. In California, Nixon won both the Republican and Democratic nominations, assuring him of re-election...
Last week a dove of peace shuttled hopefully between the Israeli and Arab capitals. It was a white Dakota plane, with red crosses painted on the wings and body. The wings also bore, in bold, black letters, the words "United Nations" in English and French. The plane's principal passenger was 53-year-old Count Folke Bernadotte of Sweden, president of the Swedish Red Cross and U.N. mediator for Palestine. His mission was to win Jewish and Arab acceptance of a cease-fire agreement...