State Check Scandal Involves $800,000 in Fraud
Springfield reports the state cash involved in the check cashing scandal reached about $800,000 in an official estimate by Attorney General Latham Castle. The figure, higher than prior estimates of $540,000, covers warrants cashed under questionable circumstances in the auditor's office led by Orville E. Hodge, who resigned amid the probe.
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Springfield
Ill
Latham Castle
Orville E. Hodge
Atty. Gen. Castle
Castle
Hodge
Modest Farm Startups Demand Large Capital Investment
In Tampa Florida Dr Marshall O Watkins of the Florida Agricultural Extension Service says a beginner aiming for 3000 to 4000 a year from farming needs 50000 to 100000 to start. He warns that shoestring ventures bring lifelong debt as land seeds pest control and equipment have risen in price.
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Tampa
Fla.p
Florida
Marshall O. Watkins
Florida Agricultural Etension Service
Watkins
Soil Bank Agreement Time Is Extended
Farmers gain more time to sign soil bank agreements and to plow under or cut crops on land retired from production. The Agriculture Department extended deadlines because county stabilization committees could not sign up all interested farmers this year. Farmers now have until July.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Truth Patrol Decries Hall Spending In Kansas
Atchison Kansas Gov Fred Hall faced a Flying Truth Patrol of lawmakers who claim 78 of 111 GOP members back the effort. They accuse Hall of spending 28143 state funds in 18 months on mansion furnishings and office rooms including a 2295 desk for his use.
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Atchison
Fred Hall
Kansas
GOP
Lawrence
Hall
Statehouse
Salk Polio Vaccine Urged for Children
TOPEKA Parents urged to vaccinate children with Salk polio vaccine before the late summer peak. Dr. Thomas R. Hood says one shot builds about 70 percent immunity and a second raises to about 80 percent. eligible are children six months to 19 years and expectant mothers.
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Topeka
Thomas R. Hood
Hood
Kansas
Two-Term Plan If Docking Elected Governor
George Docking, candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, said today he has no intention of serving only one term. He told a conference of supporters that he pledges to pursue a two term plan if elected.
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Docking
Great Bend
George Docking
State Race Echoes Campaign Promise for Kansas Return
The article cites Docking urging Kansans to keep him in office to complete his term and notes the call for unity. It discusses political strategy and references the broader national mood with mentions of the New Deal and McKinley era rhetoric. A Bolton contest deadline is set for July 31.
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Kansas
Topeka
Roosevelt
McKinley
Bolton
Time for a Pay Raise for Greenfield Field Driver
Paul Kemp of Greenfield Mass holds the municipal field driver post and rounds up stray cattle. He argues his pay has not changed since the Civil War and notes he has not had four calls so far this year while earning only 10 cents a day.
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Kemp
Greenfield
Mass
Paul Kemp
Bolton offers $25 for 1956 campaign slogan
Rep Oliver P Bolton Republican from Ohio announces a $25 U S Savings Bond prize for the best 1956 campaign slogan for the Republican party. He cites President Eisenhowers phrases progressive moderates and dynamic conservatism as examples guiding the contest.
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Washington
Oliver P. Bolton
Ohio
U.S
Bolton
Eisenhower
Indiana Delegates to Democratic Nominating Fractured on Kefauver
Delegates from Indiana to the Democratic National Convention go to Chicago uninstructed beyond the first ballot. They are pledged to Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee for the presidential nomination.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Chicago
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
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