State Redistricting Rule Big Impact on Politics
The Supreme Court ordered federal courts to hear legislative apportionment cases, potentially shifting power toward urban areas. Leaders like Sen. Stennis and Rep. Baker weigh in as states adjust district lines after the 1960 census, with implications for both state legislatures and potential congressional districting challenges.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tennessee
U.S
Congress
Ralph J. Rivers
Alaska
Marguerite Stitt Church
Illinois
Chicago
Charles S. Rhyne
Herman E. Talmadge
Dga
Howard H. Baker
Rtenn
John Stennis
D-Miss
Kiwanis Pancake Day nets about 90 dollars in Erie
Erie Kiwanis Club president Marion Richey reports approximately 90 dollars was netted from Pancake Day ticket sales. Proceeds will fund the city's summer recreation program.
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Erie
Marion Richey
Kiwanis Club
Harry Dill
Ellen Robinson
Columbus
Earl Robinson
Pam
Alan
George L. Hendricks American Legion Post
Wilson Hall
Frederick Swan
Paul Casady
Ralph Caldwell
Sherry
Chanute
Oshkosh residents seek street name change to Webster
Six Oshkosh residents petition the City Council to rename Mr. and Mrs. John Shiremen Street to Webster Street They argue motorists confuse the current Speedway Avenue with the speedway and want a safer clearer designation for the area Residents hosted Erie Pinochle Club Saturday night at their home.
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Oshkosh, Wis
Oshkosh
John Shiremen
Webster
Erie
Sam Ricketts
Speedway Avenue
Memorial Planned For Clutter Family
The Kansas Cooperative Council announced a memorial for the Herbert W. Clutter family at its annual meeting. A $5,000 registration center will be built at Rock Springs Ranch near Junction City, a 4-H camp. The Clutters were murdered at their Holcomb farm home on November 15, 1959 in a robbery. Richard Eugene Hickock and Perry Edward Smith were sentenced to hang. Clutter was a director of the Consumers Cooperative Association and president of the Garden City Cooperative Equity Exchange.
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Hutchinson
Read the advertisements as regularly as you do the news
Classifieds urge consistent ad reading alongside news coverage. The ad note implies readers should watch both sections equally, suggesting balanced attention to promotions and articles for full information.
Frost Pledges More Poems On Birthday
At a black tie dinner in Washington honoring Robert Frost on his 88th birthday, Chief Justice Earl Warren lauded the poet. Frost read his closing poem twice and hinted another book is forthcoming, saying the final lines signal a new volume. Attendees included Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Cabinet members, congressmen, diplomats, and jurists.
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Washington
Robert Frost
World of Letters
Earl Warren
Frost
Black Tie
Robert F. Kennedy
North American Baptist Meeting in Joplin Holds 2000 Attendees
About 2 000 Baptists gathered in Joplin Missouri for the annual convention of the North American Baptist Association. The event brings together church leaders and members from the region for worship and discussions.
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N. American Baptist Meeting
Joplin
North American Baptist Association
Mrs. Watkins Is Honored by 4-H Leaders
Neosho County residents Mrs. Henry Watkins of Erie along with fellow 4-H club leaders was honored for 21 years of service at the Kansas 4-H Leaders Conference in Hutchinson. Attendees included leaders from Neosho County such as Mrs. Collins of Galesburg and Mrs. Lassman and Mrs. Brune of Chanute with sessions led by university extension staff and remarks by John W. Banning.
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Erie
Henry Watkins
Neosho County
Lucky 13
4-H
Brazil
Mexico
T. Sherron Jackson
Calvary Baptist Church of
D. O. Silvey
Conway, Ark
A. R. Reddin
Central Baptist College of
Association
Hutchinson
Kansas State University
John W. Banning
Federal Extension Service
Washington, D.C
Watkins
Charles Collins
Galesburg
Robert Lassman
Ervin Brune
Chanute
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Nets
Paul Beard
Wichita
Floyd Kiser
Terrill
Pike
Pat Perkins
Clutter
Mrs. Watkins
W. Main - Chanute
Cole Leverenz
Edna Peterson
Tom Krokstrom
Dick Coykendall
Ralph Willcott
Mer
Pamic
Beauty College
P. O
Kans
Christian Church
Long-Bell Lumber
Philco
T.V
Ed Caldwell
Caldwell
Mahlon Morley
Nat'l Vice-Press
Nat'l
Caldwell's
Caldwell’s
First National Bank of Chanute
Ashbrook Garden Club
Hampton Walter G
Chalmers KL
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