St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-10-12
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Gin trouble" this campaign year
and don't mind using the scare
technique on the Republican
faithful 10 get them busy. Rob
bic has the good doctor-politi.
clan worried.
On Tuesday the same day Ike"
arrives in the Twin Towns, Demo
Gratis and other supporters Of the
Stevenson Kefauver ticket will
gather at a closed circuit TV din
ner at $50 per plate in a campaign |
fund raising effort at the Hotel
Nicollet.
Eisenhower forces raised five
million dollars In one night at
dinners earlier In the year.
Ballee imagines the Democrats
will settle for far less than that.
Campaign funds are hard 10 get.
the Democrats report Bailee is
told that the folks at the two
Dawson meetings in the Twins
Sunday, dug down in their pock-
etbooks, when the hat was passed
at both meetings and not a grum-
BILE was heard More and more the
ordinary citizen is finding that the
way TO insure good government is
10 be Interested enough in II TO
contribute financially to the can
didate or party Of their choice.
The Old Man. who hasn't bet on
baseball game since he was In
high school is crabby as the dick
ems now since Robinson, Campan-
ella and Co, couldn't repeat Tues
days feat and win the national
pennant.
Bailee has n certain amount OF
sympathy for the farmer who has
been losing his money gambling 1,
with Olson Highway sharpies who
went home, got his pistol and
started throwing lead around As ;
long AS he didn't kiln anybody,
that Is. Just nicking them a little
might teach them not to take ad-
vantage Of the suckers-but 1t
won't. ,
The Minneapolis POstoffice 1,
was In u other this week hunt
Ing for n letter from Senator Ed ,
Thyes office addressed 20 the ST.
Paul RECORDER, which the
senator apparently wanted In
tercepted. Wonder what was In
that letter.
Musta been something power !
fully important or wrong about 9
the Thye missive since the unusual
request to intercept 1t before IL
reached the ADDRESSED was sent
out marked URGENT.
Bailee heard the Minneapolis
Paper Co, got the letter and the
Postoffice got 1t back. Guess
Brother Thye is happy but his
happiness will not stin the cur
iosity OF what was In the letter
addressed to the paper and why
was is necessary to have 1t inter
cepted7
The interviewer in the Mime
apolis Park Board office who tells
prospective employees, whites.
that Is, "Nicollet Field is going
downhill because 80 many colored
people are moving in that area"
The young St Paul bond sales
man who thinks his boss doesn't
know he has a speck of tag In
his blood stream. His boss doesn't
care a boot because the boy is a
top producer of sales
A Rare Thing: A political candi-
date who doesn't cry poverty
everytimc a newspaper ad solicitor
approaches him,
The TAN tale about st, Paul
man breaking his hand on
"Shorty's" head was found not TO
be true.
Robert McFerrin, the MetropoH-
tan star is diminutive in size.
Most operate baritones are six
tooters and real robust men. When
McFerrin sang TO several thousand
people at the Artists Course open
ing concert, few In the audience
knew he had been constantly
under doctors care since his ar
rival because Of q cold in his
throat.
Despite this, he gave thrilling
concert even while suffering an in
disposition.