California Early Primary Voter Turnout Reported Light to Moderate
California voters turnout varied in early voting with Los Angeles County at about five percent in the first hour and Sacramento at three to seven percent. Campaign observers show Adlai Stevenson leading the race for the Democratic delegates while Kefauver supporters dispute the edge. Fresno and Oakland reports indicate modest to stronger turnout in specific measures and areas.
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Stevenson
Kefauver
Registrar of Voters
Thomas A. Toomey
San Francisco
Sacramento
Fresno
Wally Powell Wins Fort Scott Golf Tournament
Chanute golfer Wally Powell claimed the Fort Scott Country Club championship on Sunday with rounds of 35 and 33 for a total 68. The event drew 132 players from Southeast Kansas competing for $750 in prizes donated by local merchants.
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Wally Powell
Chanute
Fort Scott Country Club
Powell
Kansas
Fort Scott
Cigarette Tax Funds Distributed to Kansas Counties
A quarterly distribution of 691503 from the cigarette tax has been made to Kansas counties. Amounts ranged from 100291 for Sedgwick County to 667 for Stanton County.
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Topeka
Kansas
Sedgwick County
Stanton County
District Neglected Says Oren Gray in Campaign Tour
Republican candidate Oren Gray toured Neosho County criticizing the Third District as neglected. He pledged that if elected to Congress he would tackle unemployment, labor, and farming problems with immediate and special attention.
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Oren Gray
Parsons
Gray
Neosho County
Congress
1,200 Degrees Awarded At Kansas University Commencement
In Memorial Stadium 12,000 watched as 1,200 seniors and postgraduates from 36 states and 26 countries received degrees. Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy delivered the commencement address, with brief remarks from Gov. Fred Hall and Clement Hall of the board of regents.
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Lawrence
University of Kansas
Memorial Stadium
Franklin D. Murphy
Fred Hall
Clement Hall
Board of Regents
Cattle and Hog Prices Steady in Kansas City Markets
Livestock market report shows cattle steady with 5,500 head and hogs 2,500 head trading actively. Cattle demand for high good to choice fed steers and heifers ranges 19.00 to 22.25 per hundredweight, with other grades 11.00 to 21.00. Hog highlights include U S 1 to 3 barrows and gilts 16.50 to 17.50, sows 14.25 to 15.75, and bulls 12.25 to 14.50, alongside varied feeder weights. Parson's hog figures show top at 16.75 to 17.00 and lighter weights 15.50 to 16.25. Cattle at Parson’s 25 to 50 higher with steers 17.00 to 19.00 and 20.50 top, and cows 10.00 to 13.00.
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Kansas City
USDA
U. S
Parsons
Saar Valley Transfer Agreement Reached in Luxembourg
French Premier Guy Mollet and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer agreed on a path to transfer the Saar Valley to Germany. The deal envisages a three year transition for customs union, continued French coal rights, and an international canal linking the Moselle and Rhine, aiming for a treaty by January 1.
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Guy Mollet
Konrad Adenauer
Saar Valley
Germany
West Germany
France
Saar
Moselle
Rhine
Lorraine
Old Marble Champion Not Awed by Moderns
G. H. Ogden an 87 year old from Ashland Kentucky crossed the state line to watch a nibs marble tournament in Huntington West Virginia. He said there was a time when he could beat the modern players and give them a battle.
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Huntington
W.va
G. H. Ogden
Ashland
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Topeka Area
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section show 1 in the last 24 hours. To date in 1956 total 252, compared with 228 for the same period in 1955.
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Topeka
Kansas
Market Report and Price Ranges for Cattle and Grains
Cattle prices show stock cows 9.00 to 11.00, calves 1.00 higher, prime veals 21.00, good to choice vealers 17.00 to 20.00, utility 13.00 to 15.00, plain calves 12.00 to 13.00. Sheep 50 lower, spring lambs 25.50, good to utility lambs 18.00 to 20.00, ewes 3.50 to 5.00, breeding ewes 6.00 to 18.00. Chicago market notes butter steady, eggs steady, wheat up in Chicago, Kansas City grain prices mixed, hay receipts none.
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Chicago
U. S
U.S
F.o.b
Wall Street Edges Up Amid Small Market Gains
In New York the stock market inched higher late in the day with gains of 1 to 2 points in key sectors and losses capped at about a point. Volume was estimated around 1.7 million shares, modest but above yesterday's 1.5 million, the third smallest yearly total.
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New York
Vatican Likely Sets Oct 7 for Pope Innocent XI Beatification
Vatican sources say the beatification of Pope Innocent XI will likely occur on October 7. Earlier plans had targeted later this month, but officials say the earlier date allows sufficient time for a solemn ceremony and proper preparations.
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Vatican City
Innocent XI
Vatican
Congregation of Rites
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