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Elle Ei i AUV :lf gluing 'K FO ps se, A A MMM The party conventions and election campaigns seem to some Americans to be democracy in action, but sadly to many others they are an opportunity to whoop up excitement in a rather jumbled contest . . . on ra z1'f1rkli11g plain, Szuepf wifb C'0lIfIlSC'l1 ularnzs of sfrugglr and fligbf, Wbl'l'f ignoralzzf armies clash by night. But TV helped Americans to better understand politics and conventions, and also brought, through the televised crime hearings, Senator Estes Ke- fauver into the battle as an early candidate. Witty Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic nominee, was the darling of the intellectuals. In this now famous photograph he showed his utter disregard for material comfort. The national conventions were as noisy and as hard- fighting as ever. Mr. Republi- can swallowed hard but re- conciled himself fbut not all his followersj to the Republi- can nominee. KE
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In Washingtoii outspoken Harry Truman was serving his last term as President, and his administration was busy fighting all sorts of scandal charges. Here he is shown with Eisen- hower, who was only a general then. Across the seas dogged Winston Churchill defeated the Laborites, and to most Americans England was now herself again. A79 .ll . Vi -fn I' But what really excited Americans, next of course to Li'l Abner's and Daisey Mae's marriage, was che courage of Captain Henrik Carlson who spent six lonely days in .Ian- uary, 1952, on his sinking ship, the Flying E1z1fc'rj1risi'.
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The Republicans cried It,s time for a change. And Change, things did, but not just in government. Brockton-born Rocky Marci- ano pulled the rocking chair out from under aging Jersey Joe Walcott to become the new heavy-weight champion. Rising new comedian, Jerry Lewis, made contortion humor, both facial and vocal, popular and had most Amer- icans laughing. New shows flitted in and out of television, but one of che most eyecatching and enduring of the new programs was Jack Webb's Dnzgncff. Vocalists dominated the pop- ular music field and new favorites like boyish Eddie Fisher fand even without a crew-cut!j wowed the teenagers. All we want are the facts, ma'am.,' wr f 3 fi
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