Record Vote Shows High Turnout Despite Slipping Percentages
AP tally reports a national record 70,621,479 Americans voted in the recent election. The 1960 turnout was 63.1 percent with 118.9 million voting age people. participation fell to 62 percent this year. Forty states saw declines, while 10 of 11 former Confederacy states posted gains. Georgia Arkansas South Carolina Virginia each rose notably. President Johnson led with 49,126,218 votes.
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Christmas Program Highlights At Erie Schools And Community Groups
The Erie area held a Christmas program at the high school gymnasium with scenes titled Christmas Everywhere and Christmas Troubles performed by Group 1 and Group 2. Church groups and local clubs hosted gatherings, devotions, gift exchanges, and meals, including a county road department ham dinner at the courthouse. Local families attended events and noted children birthdays and community activities amid other holiday gatherings.
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Lyons Market Robbed of Five Thousand Dollars
Lyons Kansas AP reports a McDermod Food Market robbery at closing time with loss around 5000. The incident occurs amid discussion of Johnson's nationwide margin and a record political vote, with details incomplete and unclear in the text.
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Santa Claus Falls. Councilman Fractures Skull
NEW FRANKLIN Mo AP Santa Claus handing out candy to children on a downtown sidewalk fell from the back of a truck during a parade route. City Councilman Dwight Balley who was in costume as Santa sustained a skull fracture and was reported in fair condition at the University of Missouri Medical Center in Columbia.
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