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Politics & elections, 1952

1,643 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 83

Truman Alters Election Plan

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 25

NEW YORK, Thurs. (I.N.S.) -- President Truman has booked the entire fifth floor of the Chicago Blackstone Hotel for a week before the start of the Democratic convention…

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Woman M.L.C. Candidate MRS. G. MELVILLE

The Biz · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 12

Mrs. G. Melville, president of the Women's Central Organising Committee of the N.S.W. branch of the A.L.P., will be a candidate…

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State C'ttee Denies Wheat Bd. Election R. A. O'neill Not Present at Special Meeting

The Land · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 2

A SPECIAL MEETING of fee State Wheat Committee on Tuesday passed a motion declaring that the implication that any direction was given Committee members in regard to selection of Australian Wheat Board…

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President's election tip

The Sun · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 7

WASHINGTON, Thursday.--President Truman said today the struggle for the Republican…

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Report To Parliament May Expose Financial Scandal Promoters Named In Company Probe

Truth · Sunday 6 July 1952 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sat.—A sensational report which will blow the lid off company flotations totalling more than £4 million will be presented to the Victorian State Parliament shortly…

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"Smear" Campaign on V.c. Union Candidate

Truth · Sunday 6 July 1952 · page 39

Communists on the waterfront had started a lying whispering…

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Harry Currie's U.S. Round-up Republican Feud Over Candidates

Truth · Sunday 6 July 1952 · page 38

NEW YORK, Saturday.—On their "Glorious Fourth" of July, Americans found themselves in a political flap…

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Little Chance Of Early State Election

Truth · Sunday 6 July 1952 · page 8

The Ashfield by-election, with its 10 per cent swing to Labor, has given the Government a safe majority independent of the suport of Mr. Geraghty, M.L.A., and has no…

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Watersides' Ballot Candidates Ignore Anti-Red Warning Seven Join in "Ticket"

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 6 July 1952 · page 4

Seven A.L.P. members have defied the A.L.P. executive's warning that it will not tolerate collaboration with Communist candidates in the Waterside Workers'…

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Isolationism Thrown Out Election Changes In Policy

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 July 1952 · page 3

CHICAGO, Mon. -- The Republican Party yesterday announced a foreign policy plank for the presidential elections,…

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Bomb Threat to Palace, Parliament

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 23

LONDON, Tuesday.-- An anonymous telephone call threatening to blow up Buckingham…

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Bomb Threat to Palace, Parliament

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 23

LONDON, Tuesday.-- An anonymous telephone call threatening to blow up Buckingham…

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Bomb Threat to Palace, Parliament

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 23

LONDON, Tuesday.-- An anonymous telephone call threatening to blow up Buckingham…

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Bomb Threat to Palace, Parliament

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 23

LONDON, Tuesday.-- An anonymous telephone call threatening to blow up Buckingham…

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Bomb Threat to Palace, Parliament

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.-- An anonymous telephone call threatening to blow up Buckingham…

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Bomb Threat to Palace, Parliament

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 23

LONDON, Tuesday -- An anonymous telephone call threatening to blow up Buckingham…

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Bomb Threat to Palace, Parliament

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.-- An anonymous telephone call threatening to blow up Buckingham…

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Peaceful Elections Surprise Mexico

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, July 7 (A.A.P.).—Mexicans yesterday elected Adolfo Ruiz Cortines President of their…

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Republicans Seek Candidate Noisy Scenes As Convention Opens

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 3

CHICAGO, Tues.--Cheers and feet-stamping for rival candidates, the whirring of television and newsreel cameras, the blaring of music and the waving of signs marked the opening of the…

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Republicans Seek Candidate Noisy Scenes As Convention Opens

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 3

CHICAGO, Tues.--Cheers and feet-stamping for rival candidates, the whirring of television and newsreel cameras, the blaring of music and the waving of signs marked the opening of the…

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