Erie County candidate filings completed
County Clerk Marion Showalter announced that filings for county offices were closed at noon. Republicans and Democrats are represented in offices including Commissioner 1st District Oliver Craig and E. P. Patterson, Sheriff candidates Lee Knapp Jack Reynolds Ralph Sparks Gerald Sloan, County Attorney Richard Ashley, Forsythe, State Rep J J Volmer McGuire, Treasurer Lewis Edwards Lock, Clerk of District Court Merle Estes Jones, Superintendent Hazel Meeker, Clerk Carroll Olson, Marshal Merrill Moore, City Judge Robert Pennington, Register Ava Jeffrey, Probate Judge John Hemphill, Coroner H F Swain, and St Paul Constable Howard Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Marion Showalter
Oliver Craig
E. P. Patterson
E. C. Bolt
Charles Norris
Perry Wilkerson
Lee Knapp
Jack Reynolds
Ralph Sparks
Gerald Sloan
Richard Ashley
Charles Forsythe
J. J. Volmer
George McGuire
Lewis Edwards
Lloyd Lock
Merle Estes
Reba Jones
Hazel S. Meeker
Carroll R. Olson
What Happens Trip to the Moon Second One Better
Dr. Woodburn Heron of McGill University reported at a Harvard Medical School symposium on isolation experiments with 60 college men. Subjects showed hallucinations and declined intellectual function while isolated, with aftereffects including vision and size-constancy disturbances lasting hours.
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Boston
Woodburn Heron
Montreal
McGill University
Harvard Medical School
Parking meter receipts and bounced checks spark humor
Police ponder human nature after a youth paid a 25 cent overtime parking penalty with a personal receipt made via a check. The check bounced for insufficient funds. Twelve Chanute residents appeared on Dave Garroway's show and were photographed in New York. Mrs Harris and family toured The Price Is Right, were interviewed, and later traveled with the Davids to Saudi Arabia where Mr David already works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Dave Garroway
New York
Harris
Bill Cullen
Davids
Saudi Arabia
Mr. David
Ralph Sparks II enters Neosho sheriff race in August
Ralph Sparks II of Chanute announced his candidacy in the August Republican primary for Neosho County sheriff. Reared in Erie and Centerville townships, he lives on a Centerville farm with wife and three children, previously inactive in public office. He works with Sparks Electrical and Sparks Diskin Motor Co, and volunteers with Veterans of Foreign Wars-Elks youth baseball. He belongs to the Sunflower Masons and attends local churches.
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Ralph Sparks
Chanute
Neosho County
Sparks
Erie
Centerville
Erie High School
S. Highland
Mike
Danny
Luanna
Barney Morgan
Veterans of Foreign Wars-Elks
Diskin and Sparks Electrical Co
Sparks-Diskin Motor Co
Sunflower
The
Masons
Methodist Church
First Christian Church of
Thunderstorms Forecast Across Kansas Cities
Forecasters expect scattered thunderstorms tonight and Saturday with partly cloudy skies. Kansas temperatures forecast slightly below normal with rainfall around an inch or more, highs in the 70s to mid 80s and lows in the 50s to 60s. Rainfall totals varied across towns including Garden City and Wichita.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wichita
Garden City
Hill City
Dodge City
Goodland
Garretts Arrive as Garretts Take Over Parsonage
The Rev. and Mrs. Charles Wesley Garrett arrive with four children from Winfield and move into the local Methodist parsonage. Dr. Garrett succeeds Rev. Judd H. Jones as minister. Mr. Jones, Mrs. Jones, and daughter Terry Lee relocate to Kansas City Kansas, assigned to Washington Avenue church. Parsonage address noted as 1219 N. 22nd.
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Charles Wesley Garrett
Winfield
Dr. Garrett
Judd H. Jones
Jones
Terry Lee
Kansas City
Kan
Washington Avenue Church
Late filings show no major surprises in end of candidate rush
Topeka AP reports that by noon today most candidates filed for the August 5 primary. Notable moves include John Montgomery withdrawing from Democratic Congress race in the Fourth District and Dale Spiegel entering the Democrat attorney general bid.
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Topeka
John Montgomery
Junction City
Congress
Dale Spiegel
Emporia
Docking
John Stice
Wichita
Frank Theis
John Rupps
Hays
Ellis County
Frank Manning
Kansas City
William Bell
Pittsburg
Crawford County
Virgil Smith
Ottawa Insurance
Emmett Bales
Kansas Supreme Court
New Operation Ends Corn Pain Forever
Dr. Lester A. Walsh of Midland Texas announced a simple surgery to remove a small bone piece from a toe to relieve pressure that causes corns. The operation slices open the toe and, by removing the bone, stops corn formation on the toe and between toes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Lester A. Walsh
Midland
Tex
Walsh
Southwestern Chiropody Congress
Caney Man Elected to National Junior Chamber Post
Upson, 33, of Caney Kansas, was elected a vice president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce at its national convention. He is one of ten regional vice presidents named during the meeting.
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Upson
Caney
Kan
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Spirited Fight Shapes Up In Kansas House Race
The filing deadline for the August 5 primary produced a split view of races in Topeka. Democratic chairman Frank Theis announced a full slate of 125 candidates for the House, while Republicans counted 118 or 119, leaving at most five seats unfilled. The GOP holds 83 seats to 42 for Democrats. Senate control is 32 to 8 in favor of the GOP.
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Topeka
House of Representatives
Frank Theis
GOP
House
Senate
Eisenhower Reviews U S Defense Strategy At Quantico
President Eisenhower arrived at Quantico in rain for the Defense Department annual conference with top brass. He met Secretary McElroy and Lt Gen Twining before a Pacific briefing by Adm Stump and planned informal talks with Dulles and Herter amid ongoing defense discussions.
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Quantico
Eisenhower
America
Washington
Defense Department
Defense McElroy
Merrill B. Twining
Marine Corps
Pacific
Adm
Felix B. Stump
U.S. Pacific
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Christian A. Herter
Defense
Water Needs Prompt Democratic Criticism in Third District
CHETOPA A Democrat running for Congress labeled Rep. Myron V. George lackadaisical on water needs in the Third District. F C Doty of Pittsburg urged action before Neosho valley water shortages, noting funds were not secured for John Redmond dam despite a House appropriation to begin construction.
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Chetopa
Congress
Rep
Myron V. George
Rkas
F. C. Doty
Pittsburg
Democratic Women's Clubs
John Redmond
Neosho Valley
Doty
House
El Dorado Bond Found South of Yates Center
A $25 U S savings bond issued to Herbert Lowrance or Opal LaVerne Lowrance was found in a field 42 miles south of Yates Center, more than 60 miles from El Dorado after the June 10 tornado. Lawrence Elliott discovered the bond while cultivating a field.
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EL Dorado, Kas
U. S
el Dorado
Yates Center
Herbert Lowrance
Opal LaVerne’ Lowrance
Lawrence Elliott
Rural 44 Bucks School Trend Near Chanute Plans Expansion
Rural School 44 near Chanute defies closures by planning expansion to two rooms and a second teacher as enrollment rises to about 31. A committee will study building a larger facility west of the present site, with hot lunches discussed but disapproved.
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Larry Mathews
Chanute
Nelle Stevens
Erie
Lois Slater
Rural School 44
Riverview
Shaw
Carl Grady
Slater
S. Wilson
Tribune
Inmates Refuse Food and Work at Federal Prison Protest
At Leavenworth, 1900 plus inmates declined meals and work in a nonviolent protest over prison dining hall fare. Warden Looney reported a majority refused to eat and to work, with jeering but no violence. About 300 of 2200 ate, others milled in yards or stayed in cells while dining hall groups were organized.
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FT. Leavenworth
Eas
Federal Penitentiary
C. H. Looney
Industry
Looney
Senate rejects auto excise tax cut bid in 44 32 vote
The Senate voted 44 to 32 against an amendment to reduce the federal excise tax on autos from 10 to 5 percent and auto parts from 8 to 5 percent. Sen Prescott Bush criticized the auto industry for approaching Congress seeking relief. The move followed a prior surprise Senate vote against excise taxes on passenger tickets and freight despite administration opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Prescott Bush
R-Conn
Congress
Charles E. Potter
R-Mich
Light Turnout Reported In Wheat Referendum Votes
Early voting in the referendum on wheat marketing quotas shows a light turnout in Neosho County and mixed participation in Wilson County. By 11 am Cha nute had five ballots, with Erie ASC noting light turnout elsewhere and Fredonia ASC reporting fairly heavy voting.
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Neosho County
Wilson County
Chanute
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Erie
ASC
Fredonia
Tioga Township
Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Building
Sentences for Arma Bank Burglars Reach Five to Ten Years
Three of four men who pleaded guilty to the $35,000 First State Bank of Arma burglary received five to 10 year terms. Dolan Allen Young drew five years, Carl Edward Jackson ten years, and Richard Dale Jackson eight years. Oran Murray Young’s sentencing was delayed to allow a plea in the separate $5,000 Hume Bank burglary.
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Kansas City
Kan
First State Bank of
Arma
U. S
Delmas
C Hill
Dolan Allen Young
Carl Edward Jackson
Richard Dale Jackson
Twe Jacksons
Oran Murray Young
Hume, Mo
Missouri
Kansas
Youngs
Iola Man Arrested On Driving Charges
Bill Howard Holeman 28 of Iola was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated and reckless driving after a truck left the highway US 59 169 scene 12 miles north of town. His father said Holeman was driving. Bond set at 150. Other drunk driving arrests followed in Erie and Iola with hearings set. Bliss Elder was jailed on license suspended driving with 100 bond.
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Bill Howard Holeman
Iola
Holeman
George Roger Brown
S. Western
Erie
Everett Earl Grady
E. Walnut
Brown
Grady
Bliss Elder
Earlton
South Santa Fe
Riot Near St Louis After Traffic Stop
About 35 residents from Meacham Park near Kirkwood clashed with St Louis County Police after a 17 year old was arrested for careless driving. Seven were arrested as four patrol cars responded. Officer Seger was struck by a brick and treated for injuries. The youths Lawrence Jackson and others faced charges of assaulting an officer inciting a riot and resisting arrest.
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ST. Louis
Little Little Rock
Meacham Park
Kirkwood
Richard Seger
Lee W. Lawrence
Seger
Lawrence
Alfred S. Jackson
Jackson
William Hayden
Sylvester Johnson
Joseph M. Brown
Joseph Rodgers
R. H. Johnson
City commissioners weigh Wilson & Co. water plan
City commissioners met in an unofficial session at the Memorial building to discuss recommendations from Wilson and Co about municipal water supply, treatment plant and distribution improvements. A specific water improvement program is expected to be voted on at the regular meeting next Tuesday.
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Memorial Building
Wilson & Co
Salina Engineering Firm
Airman Killed as Ex-Convict Held in Terminal Stabbing
At Kansas City a 20 year old airman Robert L. Hunter of Frederick Ohio was stabbed to death at a bus terminal after a woman’s suitcase was burned by a cigarette. Earl Bayless Ward 41 of Tulsa Oklahoma an ex convict was arrested two hours later. Jerald B. Denham 22 said Hunter and he waited for a bus to Richards Gebaur Air Force Base at Grandview. The suitcase owner Miss Sadie Bruce 24 of Oklahoma City identified herself and said she was a student headed for Ames Iowa. Ward had been released from Leavenworth last year after 10 years for bank robbery.
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Kansas City
Robert L. Hunter
Frederick
Ohlo
Earl Bayless Ward
Tulsa
Okla
Jerald B. Denham
Hunter
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base
Grandview
Sadie Bruce
Oklahoma City
Ames
Iowa
Denham
20Th Air Division
Ward
Leavenworth
Kan
Oklahoma
Two Cars Collide On Bridge At Erie
Two cars collided on the Neosho River bridge on US 59 south of Erie about 2 40 p m yesterday. Doris Louise Cox and Dennis R 1 and William J Boaz of Walnut were involved. Cox stopped to yield right of way on the one way bridge. rear of Cox’s 1949 Chevrolet and right front of Boaz’s 1951 Ford were damaged.
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Erie
Doris Louise Cox
Dennis R. 1
William J. Boaz
Walnut
Neosho River
US 59
Here
Jack Reynolds
Reynolds
Cox
Geide
Oneway
Chevrolet
Boaz
Ford
Water service shutoff on North Steuben Saturday morning
City of Chanute issues notice that water will be turned off on North Steuben from Pine northward between 8:00 and 9:30 a.m. Saturday to allow a change in water lines.
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North Steuben
Pine
Chanute
TV Quiz Queen Seeks Bank Loan Amid Winnings
Elfrida von Nardroff, 32, NBC Twenty One quiz star with 253000 dollars in winnings, applies for a summer vacation loan. She has no job and no husband to cosign, but banks rush to approve citing her security of TV fame. She returns to the show next Monday. taxes would take about 200000 if defeated.
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New York
Brooklyn
Elfrida von Nardroff
Miss von Nardrof
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Dr. Heron
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Cindy
Jay Tabor
Dee Anne
Roy David
Medina
Jerry
Carol
N. Wilson
Ralph Sparks II
Wasser
Elmo Mahoney
Dorrance Farmer
Milo Sutton
Salina
Mahoney
Glenn D. Cogswell
Shawnee County
Joe Henkle
Kimball Backus
Bethel
Robert Jennison
Healy
Ashford Manka
George Hart
U. S. Senate
Robert Stratton
John Carr
Stphen
Graf Stratton
Ross Busenbark
Manhattan
Arthur Dawson
Russell
Stephen N. Lawrence
Hillsboro
Paul Shanahan
Shanahan
U.S
Arma Bank
Commissioners
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