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Henderson Daily Dispatch
Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina
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In Nebraska's Republican primary for the 1948 Senate nomination, Senator Hugh A. Butler defeats Dwight Griswold, who was backed by Harold Stassen. Stassen's support in Nebraska appears lost, though he eyes Minnesota's July 8 primary. Senator Glenn Taylor also backed Griswold for his international and domestic views. Butler opposes foreign measures like lend-lease and Bretton Woods.
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Butler Defeats Stassen-Backed Man In Primary
(By The Associated Press)
Senator Hugh A. Butler, administration handpicked by Dwight Eisenhower? Nebraska voters yesterday picked Hugh A. Stassen? for the state's Republican Senate top spot in 1948.
In another primary contest, Senator George E. Davis supported by Gov. Dwight's Democratic? Senator Glenn Taylor, who helped to write the San Francisco United Nations charter, backed Griswold because he liked the three-term governor's demand that America play international role, and what he called Griswold's "progressive" views on domestic issues.
Against Foreign Measures.
Butler is a senator who voted against lend-lease, the British loan draft act, NATO?, and the Bretton Woods financial agreement. Dwight Griswold said Butler wants to "sidetrack internationalism."
Stassen has a chance to begin in Minnesota's July 8 senatorial primary whatever place he lost, Nebraska yesterday. But it's rather clear now that he cannot count on Nebraska's votes in the presidential nominating convention. His supporters only Edward J. Thy? against Senator Henrik Shipstead in the Minnesota primaries.
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Nebraska
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Yesterday
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butler defeats griswold in republican primary for 1948 senate nomination; stassen's support in nebraska lost
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Nebraska voters select Senator Hugh A. Butler over Stassen-backed Dwight Griswold for Republican Senate nomination; Butler opposes international measures; Taylor backs Griswold for progressive views and international role; Stassen focuses on Minnesota primary