Word: virginia
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...Democrats are generally favored to win Republican seats in Ohio and Pennsylvania, which would still give them control by 49 to 47. Democrats have dwindling outside chances to win G.O.P. places in California, Connecticut, Idaho and Maryland. But Republicans have even solider hopes of upsetting Democrats in West Virginia and Oregon...
This is how TIME correspondents last week rated the 48 states: Solid for Stevenson: The South is shrinking as a Democratic realm, but Adlai can depend on Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and despite an independent ticket favoring Virginia's Senator Harry Byrd, South Carolina...
...Virginia: The States' Rights ticket, headed by former Internal Revenue Commissioner Coleman Andrews, will not win but may hold the balance of power in a toss-up state. Last week's estimate: Adlai ahead...
...West Virginia: Adlai leads by margin that may be surprisingly narrow. Republican Candidate Chapman Revercomb has strong sleeper chance against Democratic Governor William Marland for the Senate. 8 Wisconsin: Ike should win. So should Republican Senator Alexander Wiley...
Dispatched Heckler. Returning to Washington, Ike next day headed a National Security Council meeting, prepared campaign treks: a one-day sortie into Virginia and Florida, another to Tennessee, Texas and Oklahoma. Meanwhile, the White House neatly dispatched a heckler. Columnist Drew Pearson's report that Ike had suffered a relapse in Minneapolis during his swing last fortnight (see PRESS) was categorically denied by Press Secretary James Hagerty, and later by scores of Minneapolis officials and police guards who shook hands with Ike just before his departure. At week's end the President entered Walter Reed Hospital...