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Show THE BIG SHOW Chicago's 'Cow Barn' Will Be Site of Political Conventions By Walter A. Shead WNO WaahlnfloB Correspondent To some from the rural areas, Chicago's "Cow Barn" will be a familiar sight, but to thousands of others, both delegates and visitors to the national political conventions next July, the 1952 setting for the presidential nominations may seem unrealistic. - For the site of the two national conventions has been switched from the traditional Chicago stadium on the Windy City's west side, to the International Amphitheatre at the Chicago Stock Yards, home of the famous International Live Stock Ex- Ijuatuun ana umer Dig agricultural shows. This year's conventions add up to 21 national political conventions conven-tions held in Chicago, 13 of them for the Republican party and eight for the Democrats. Republicans will convene on Monday, Mon-day, July 7, with the Democrats following fol-lowing them into the amphitheatre two weeks later on Monday, July 21. There will be 1199 Republican delegates, dele-gates, 105 more than were recognized rec-ognized at the 1948 convention in Philadelphia, while the official Democratic delegation will be 1,230, four less than the 1948 total. |