Kennedy Wins Wisconsin Primary Over Humphrey
In Milwaukee Kennedy defeats Humphrey with 56 percent of the Democratic vote gaining 20 delegates. Nixon reports surprisingly large GOP showing without campaigning. Kennedy emphasizes support from farmers and labor, while Humphrey notes a solid finish despite the lack of a strong challenge.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Afl-Cio
Washington
Nixon
GOP
Mind power talk reveals memory tricks by Fitzgerald
Orville G. Fitzgerald demonstrated memory techniques at Talk of the Month Club show reviewing how to recall names and numbers. He outlined concentrated review over rote learning and noted two memory levels, with youth shown as capable and intelligent.
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Orville G. Fitzgerald
Talk of the Month Club
Fitzgerald
Worker Killed, Another Hurt At Garden City Construction
Milford Vernon Campbell, 36, of Garden City, was killed when a cable he held touched a high voltage line. Fellow worker Larry Pickens of Deerfield was hospitalized but not believed to be seriously hurt. Both men worked for Kreutzer Construction Co. on a new grade school project.
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Garden City
Milford Vernon Campbell
Larry Pickens
Deerfield
Kreutzer Construction Co
Food Prices Higher at Wholesale This Week
Dun and Bradstreet reports a 2 cent rise in the wholesale food index to $5.94, tracking the cost of one pound each of 31 commonly used foods. The index remains below the $6.16 level recorded in the comparable 1959 period.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet Inc
March police bonds and fines rise by fifty-two
Police court bonds and fines totaled 359 in March, up 52 from February. Parking penalties held steady at about 222. The month saw 1,082 parking meter tickets, 862 February tickets, and 5 traffic arrests for reckless driving, with 24 accidents causing 5 injuries and 29 prisoner meals.
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Police Department
Convicted Killer Bobby Joe Spencer Faces May 19 Hang
TOPEKA AP Bobby Joe Spencer convicted killer of Mrs. Ruby Blanton is scheduled to hang May 19. The Kansas Supreme Court set the date after rejecting his appeal. Spencer admitted killing the 59 year old in her Kansas City home during a Feb 9 1959 robbery. Crist, serving life, was his roommate and accomplice.
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Topeka
Bobby Joe Spencer
Ruby Blanton
Kansas City
Kansas Supreme Court
Spencer
Blanton
Gaither Eugene Crist
Crist
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Log Shows 127 Deaths
Kansas traffic death log for 24 hours to 9 am reports 127 fatalities in the 1959 comparable period, reflecting the year 1960-90 traffic toll data in Topeka.
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Topeka
Kansas
Puzzle Solved in Salina Egg Dye Mystery
Mrs. Carroll Mattison learned her kindergartner Vicki needed a blown eggshell for a school dyeing project. A teacher clarified the request, confirming no harm or dead eggs were required.
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Salina
Carroll Mattison
Vicki
Erie Voters Defeat 40000 Swimming Pool Bond Proposal
Erie voters defeat a proposed 40000 swimming pool bond by 21 votes 259 to 238 with 3 invalid ballots in a special election. Turnout was heavy about 500 of 600 registered. The pool would have been built on old high school grounds on land donated by the board of education.
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Board of Education
Bruce Foster
Humboldt
Courtney W. Moses
Robert G. Osborn
Carl Beagley
George T. Garvie
Yates Center
Edwin E. Ross
Vernon Henson
Frank N. Johnson
Walter Lesline
Ted West
Kansas
Associated Press
Liberal
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Hoisington
Methodist Hospital
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Leavenworth
Seneca
Chetopa
Kinsley
Baxter Springs
Oswego
Clay Center
Columbus
Lyons
Olathe
Pratt and McPherson
Ottawa
Wellington
Ural Langford
Matt .F. Dwyer
Horton
Southeast Area Meets Here To Discuss State Centennial
About 65 representatives from southeast Kansas chambers of commerce historical societies and civic clubs attended a Kansas Centennial Commission preview and planning conference. Maurice Fager and Roger Kirkwood led discussions on state centennial goals including tourism, industry growth, population boost and regional celebration plans. Joe Melnyk noted no local centennial committee had formed in Chanute. F. W. Brinkerhoff presided, with lunch at the Tioga.
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Kansas
Maurice Fager
Roger Kirkwood
Fager
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Kirkwood
Joe Melnyk
Chanute Chamber of Commerce
F. W. Brinkerhoff
Pittsburgh
the Tioga
Commission
Pittsburg
The
Kansas Centennial Commission
Tioga Hotel
Miss Chanute coronation to crown May 27 show
Chanute plans a Miss Chanute coronation May 27 in the Memorial Building. The JayCees Jaynes and Teen Canteen board sponsor a talent program to fund operations, with the winner advancing to state Miss Kansas and then Miss America.
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JayCees
Jaynes
Student Teen Canteen Board
Memorial
Kansas City
Chanute Trade
Bombproof Grave Fund Set For Protection Of Remains
Mary Evelyn Elliott who died February 18 leaves $1,000 to build an underground reinforced concrete vault in Greenfield cemetery Hempstead Long Island. The plan covers her remains and those of her late husband to survive war hurricane or earthquake damage to the burial vault.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Mary Evelyn Elliott
Greenfield Cemetery
Hempstead
L. I
Supreme Court Overrules Deramus Rehearing Motion
The Texas Supreme Court overruled a rehearing request in the Deramus case. W N Deramus III sought a writ of mandamus to stop Dallas Judge Thornton from jailing him on contempt arising from a court order blocking a street crossing by Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad trains.
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Austin, Tex
Texas Supreme Court
Missouri-Kansas-Texas
W. N. Deramus III
Deramus
Dallas
W. L
Jack) Thornton
Milk Price War Continues In Topeka Grocers Cut Milk
In Topeka one milk price war nears a close while another gains steam as prices drop to 17 cents per half gallon. Grocers lose 17 cents per half gallon with processors paid 34 cents, and grocers hope processors curb the sagging prices.
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Topeka
Settlement reached with Holland Furnace over Steeves case
A settlement of 6315 was reached between Holland Furnace Co and Mrs. Caroline Steeves in Chanute for a furnace installation that led to arrests of three men. The firm admits full responsibility, with Mrs. Steeves keeping the furnace and agreeing to corrections. two ex-employees had given misleading impressions. Charges of obtaining money under false pretenses persist against Harold Ten Eyck Carlos Hensley and Robert O Carlson.
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Holland Furnace Co
Caroline Steeves
S. Kansas
Harold Ten Eyck
Carlos Hensley
Robert O. Carlson
Ten Eyck
Pittsburg
Holland
Holland, Mich
Carlson
Hensley
Erie
Crawford County
Associated Press
Don Musser
Chanute
Neodesha
Steeves
Topeka
Atty
John Anderson
Anderson
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Kansas
Kansas Weather Forecast Much Warmer in State
In Kansas temperatures stayed mild despite a cold front from the north. Tuesday highs reached around 80 in Garden City and 56 in Olathe, with overnight lows from 40 to 54. Forecasters expect a fair, mild, partly cloudy trend with highs near 80 in the southwest and upper 60s along the northern border.
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Topeka
Kansas
Garden City
Olathe
Dodge City
Wasser
Consultant Swengros Named Health Education Consultant
TOPEKA AP Glenn V Swengros an elementary physical education consultant in Kansas City Kansas schools has been appointed a consultant in health and physical education for the state Department of Education effective June 6.
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Topeka
Glenn V. Swengros
Kansas City
Kas
State Department of Education
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