Vigorous GOP Drive Dominates Kansas Governor Race
Clyde Reed Republican nominee pledges a hard hitting general election campaign contrasting the Democratic administration. He denounces its large budget and attacks on education while Rolla Clymer praises party unity and Reed’s leadership. The GOP platform committee also endorses a severance tax discussion amid Reed's push for fiscal restraint and steady state services.
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Topeka
Clyde Reed
Reed
GOP Party Council
GOP
Kansas
Council
Rolla Clymer
el Dorado
Parsons
Clymer
Republican Platform Committee
Republican Party
Sam Mellinger
Emporia
Ailee Henry
Oskaloosa
Herb Chittenden
Hays
Harold Jennison
Healy
Mellinger
James Pratt
Democrats Claim Kansas Crisis in Gov Race
Kansas Democrats led by Governor George Docking vow a strong campaign with an outstanding candidate slate to save the two party system. Rep. Dale Saffels warned of a crisis as he criticized the old guard and highlighted contributions scrutiny, while Docking urged a full Democratic slate and a stateHouse majority for broad representation.
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Topeka
Dale Saffels
Garden City
Democratic Party Council
Kansas
George Docking
Saffels
Docking
Old Guard
House of Representatives
State Committee
Frank Theis
Arkansas City
Ruby Harris
Marion
Myra Kleisen
Dodge City
Tom Corcoran
Clay Center
Urer
D. J. Saia
Frontenac
Ruth Davis
Bartlett
Florence Kelly
Chanute
David Doyle
Parsons
Malcolm Lee
Wichita
Charline Kenyon
Augusta
John Montgomery
Junction City
Cora Elder
Lyndon
Elmer Hoge
Overland Park
Earl D. Rohrer
Osawatomie
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Record 1958 Update
Kansas traffic fatalities reported by the state accident records section show 2 deaths in the last 24 hours and 332 to date in 1958, compared with 342 in the same period of 1957. Police warn to watch for school children crossing streets in school zones after August 28.
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Topeka
Kansas
Police Department
Fat Stock Sale at Erie Brings Mixed Yet Strong Bids
Erie fat stock sale at the Neosho County Fair totals 12416.59 with grand champions in beef and hogs selling for varied prices. Angus steer brought 39 per hundred pounds to Home State Bank and Neosho Valley Co op. fat lambs and steers posted higher bids than 1957, while hogs and reserve champions also saw solid demand from local buyers.
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Jerry Whitworth
Ira Whitworth
R. J. Chanute
Naff and Bolze Hardware
Neosho County
Erie
Whitworth
Neosho Valley
Busy Bees
John Gorton
Hampshire
Kenneth Swiler
Willing Worker's
Oscar Swiler
Earlton
Joyce Anderson
Donald Anderson
Chanute
Swiler
Souchsee Eee
Home State Bank
Neosho Valley Coop
Sharon Johnson
Bill Frederick
Deuey Grain Co
Galesburg
David Swiler
Byrd Clark Investment Co
Earl W. Hole
Bank of Commerce
Joyce Womeldorff
St. Paul
Richey
Lowell Sharp
William C. Weir
McClaren Real Estate
Phil Dryden
County Crops Tour Proceeds With Farm Stops
Erie area farmers join the County Crops Tour with stops at the Pat Thurman farm for weed control tests in corn, a soybean variety plot with Roy Starbuck, and Clifford Culbertson’s Sudangrass fertility plot. Gene Cleavinger and Hunter Stone assist as speakers.
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Erie
Gale Mullen
Gene Cleavinger
Hunter Stone
Tennessee Valley Authority
Pat Thurman
Roy Starbuck
Clifford Culbertson
Culbertson
Thayer
Culbertson Farm
Stone
Man Killed After Crash in Eskridge
Eskridge resident B. B Babb, 70, was killed when he stepped into the road to inspect his damaged car after a head on collision between two vehicles. The state patrol reported he was struck by another car.
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Eskridge
Kan
B. B Babb
State Highway Patrol
Quemoy Bombarded Again as Chinese Reds Step Up Shelling
Taiwan reports fierce Chinese Communist bombardment of Quemoy and nearby Tan Islets for a fourth day. Nationalists say about 930 shells struck in three dawn rounds, followed by 5500 shells in a 2 hour 40 minute afternoon strike. U S Seventh Fleet alerted and 11600 Marines ordered from Singapore aboard four transports and four ships.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
Tan Islets
Defense Ministry
3Rd Marine Division
Singapore
Train Derails Near Buffalo In Missouri Pacific Freight Crash
Seven cars of a Missouri Pacific freight train derailed one mile north of Buffalo around 4 30 p m yesterday. Two cars overturned and three loaded with wheat and flour. No injuries reported and track cleared. passenger service delayed about 90 minutes.
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Buffalo
Missouri Pacific
Osawatomie
Coffeyville
Little Rock
Ark
Kansas City
Mass Protests Prompt Review of Truck Parking Ban
About 60 attendees, including truckers and merchants, jammed the Chanute city commission meeting to oppose no parking zones for trucks. Officials ordered immediate removal of your signs and agreed to form a committee with truck and business representatives to study the proposal before action.
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Memorial Building
Dahlgren
Blackston
Chambers
South Santa Fe
Jack Thompson
Cecil Fowler
Glen Kaufman
Roy Wells Jr
Bill Bath
Fred Manley
City Commission
Dale A. Dahlgren
Marlin Blackston
Chamber of Commerce
Thompson
Chanute
Leslie Cable
Cable
Chanute Sales
Neal McCoy
McCoy
Dean Skinner
Zoning Board of Appeals
Larson
Main
K. Cook
S. Santa Fe
Cook
2Nd
1St
William T. Hunt
First Presbyterian Church
Bath
Commission
Eight Die In Two Car Crash Near Kansas City
Two cars collided on a curve on U S Highway 71 bypass near Harrisonville Missouri killing eight people and injuring two. The dead include Andrew Boyd Jones 34 and his wife Letha 30 their children Susie 5 and Larry Gene 9 Earl R Jones 52 Richie Galloway 5 Maurice Jones 43 Norman Wayne Jones 35 and Myrtle Arlen Galloway 25. Injured were Mrs Galloway Leo Charles Jones 14 and others. Police said one car crossed the center line on dry pavement with good visibility. The crash occurred four and a half miles north of Harrisonville. The Andrew Jones family had arrived in Nevada to visit relatives when the tragedy struck.
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Harrisonville
Here
Andrew Boyd Jones
Sun Valley
Calif
Letha
Susie
Larry Gene
Earl R. Jones
Nevada
Andrew Jones
Richie Galloway
Maurice Jones
Kansas City
Norman Wayne Jones
Huntington Park
Myrtle Arlen Galloway
Rickie and
Earl Jones
Leo Charles Jones
Earl
Maurice
Norman Jones
Highway Patrol
R. L. Hampton
Galloway
Charles O’rear
Butler
Harrisonville Hospital
Andrew
Waterloo
Iowa
Two Chanute Firms Plan Relocation
McCune Clothing Co. at 9 E. Main will move to 7 E. Main near Oklahoma Tire and Supply, with a Sept. 10 opening after remodeling. Harmon Jewelry at 3 W. Main will relocate to the former McCune site around Sept. 15, as the Chanute Building and Loan Association plans expansion.
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Chanute
McCune Clothing Co
E. Main
Harmon Jewelry
W. Main
Don C. McCune
Robert L. Harmon
McCune
Oklahoma Tire and Supply
Harmon's
Merchants Plan Sidewalk Bazaar for Sept 11
Merchants met at the Silver Grill to organize a sidewalk bazaar in Cha nute on September 11 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Specially priced merchandise will be displayed outside participating shops. The plan follows success of similar events elsewhere. Les Matthews outlined new downtown decorations to be showcased within a week. Dale Fairchild chaired the meeting.
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Chanute
Silver Grill
Les Matthews
Chamber of Commerce
Matthews
Dale Fairchild
Fair Cool Area Forecast For Kansas Today
Topeka AP reports fair weather and continued cool temperatures across Kansas. Highs yesterday ranged from 71 in Olathe to 88 in Garden City with overnight lows from 47 in Goodland to 65 in Chanute. Light eastern rains measured in several towns. a few showers possible in the west tomorrow. Relative humidity at 1 pm was 29 percent. barometer 28.94 inches and falling. Forecast calls for fair and warm through Wednesday with tonight near 60 and Wednesday high around 85.
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Osc
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Olathe
Garden City
Goodland
Chanute
Concordia
Manhattan
Salina
Emporia
Wichita
About 20 from Chanute to push Ottawa South highway
A Chanute delegation of about 20 people plans to travel to Topeka tomorrow to support the Ottawa South super highway proposal at a State Highway Commission hearing. Les Matthews, Chamber of Commerce manager, said private transport is arranged and departure is at 7 a.m. from the Memorial building.
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Chanute
Topeka
State Highway Commission
Les Matthews
Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Building
Matthews
Car hits hotel clerk at Sixth and Quincy
Topeka police report Ed Lynch desk clerk at the Colonial hotel killed when a car struck him at the downtown Sixth and Quincy intersection last night.
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Topeka
Ed Lynch
Colonial Hotel
Sixth
jQuincy
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