Rayburn Attacks Eisenhower Republicans In Joplin
House Speaker Sam Rayburn blasted President Eisenhower for courting a Republican Congress during a Democratic rally in Joplin. He cited voting margins on farm price freezes, reciprocal trade, foreign aid, housing, and community facilities to argue Democrats backed keys of the Eisenhower program. He praised Sen. Stuart Symington and Rep. Charles H. Brown for strong records.
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Joplin
House
Sam Rayburn
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
Rayburn
Benso
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Charles H. Brown
Symington
Brown
Community Notices From Walnut Across Legion Tour And Club Meetings
Walnut community notes cover a Legion auxiliary breakfast for 25 guests during a district coffee tour led by state and district leaders. Library board met October 14 with Fern Bohlander presiding, 100 books donated including 84 from Chanute, and a Book of the Month titled Victoria and Albert. Obituary notice for Charley Kanute, 77, died September 29 in Mason City, survivors include daughter Esther Lee and sister Anna Hares ton. Walnut PTA met October 13 with a Hoop-De-Doo skit and film Freedom Highway. Twentieth Century club hosted by Mrs. Irvin Shively with speaker Mrs. A J Jefferson of Girard on Hawaii. Refreshments served to 13 members and 11 guests. Milburn Stellies accompanied his father Sam Stel.
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Walnut
Gard Lee
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Legion and Auxiliary
Fern Bohlander
Walnut Library
Chanute
Linda Hershberger
Len Herod
Milbern Stellies
Ray Bishop
Victoria and Albert
Evelyn Anthony
John Fluber
Dan Kennedy
Charley Kanute
Mason City
Iowa
Esther Lee
Glendale
Calif
Anna Hareston
Walnut Pta
Milburn Stellies
Sam Stel
Falls, visits, and a rescue at Porterville festival
In a Porterville area column, local residents are listed visiting relatives across several towns including Spokane, Belle Plains, and Springfield. A boy sustained a broken leg when a horse fell on him, was pinned, and treated. another boy survived a near drowning after a water rescue during the Porterville fall festival.
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Spokane
Wash
Dorsey Welty
Tony van Leeuwen
Charles Fredrick
Kansas City
Donald Jones
Harold Jones
Jones
Pittsburg State College
Theodore Neises
Albert Neises
Belle Plains
Oscar Elpers
Terry
Barbara
Henry Moore
Columbia
Oliver Killough
Porterville
Dan Kennedy
Ray Barnhart
Chanute
Earl Kennedy
Dennison
Tex
Cyril Lancaster
Kennedy
J. L. Moore
Mary Markley
Joe M. Johnson
Fort Scott
Kelly Marsh
Galena
Jim Machin
Gerald Eggleson
Springfield
Ben Eggleson
Pauline Green
Lloyd Elbrader
Gene Richards
George Fannen
Humesville
Imo Weston
Ai Porterviet
Mother Saves Child From River Despite Not Swimming
Norma Jean Harkins, 20 and pregnant with her third child, saved her 18 month old son James Jr. from drowning in the Meramec River near their Fenton Missouri home after he fell from a boat dock. A passerby helped pull them to shore as the mother declared she could not swim.
Phillips University Quartet Is Featured at First Christian Church
The Royal Ambassadors a Phillips University men’s quartet from Enid Oklahoma will sing at the 9 30 a m Sunday morning worship service at First Christian church C C Briggs assistant to the university president will participate Phillips University is a church related higher education institution supported by Christian churches in Kansas Oklahoma Nebraska Colorado and Wyoming
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Royal Ambassadors
Phillips University
Enid
Okla
First Christian Church
C. C. Briggs
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Students hang K State athletics chief in effigy over ticket dispute
MANHATTAN Kan AP Students angry over Kansas State College ticket policy hanged H B Lee director of athletics in effigy. The piece notes last year tuition and activity tickets included 10 home basketball games while this year students pay 5 extra plus 1 for the December doubleheader. A historical aside mentions Baker University receiving 100 from Abraham Lincoln in 1864.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State College
H. B. Lee
Federal Reserve Boosts Discount Rate Across Five Districts
The Federal Reserve raises the discount rate to 2.2 percent in Philadelphia Minneapolis Richmond St Louis and Dallas to tighten credit and curb inflation. Other districts keep 2 percent for now with plans to raise later. Markets expect only a temporary effect on short term rates.
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Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Board
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
Richmond
St. Louis
Dallas
Treasury
Wall
New York
Pacific Coast Exchange
Tribune by Carrier at Thirty-Five Cents Weekly
A historic notice notes newspaper delivery via carrier for a weekly rate of 35 cents, with details on subscription terms and service area.
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the Tribune
Docking Breeding Lead Western Poll in Hutchinson
Hutchinson News straw poll shows Governor George Docking and Congressman J Floyd Breeding leading their Republican rivals in the 5th District with totals from 22 of 33 counties. Governor Docking 1,574. Reed 1,266. undecided 140. Breeding 1,444. Hope 1,372. undecided 167. Right to work amendment Yes 1,735. No 787.
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Hutchinson (Ap
Hutchinson News
George Docking
J Floyd Breeding
Docking
Reed
Congress
Breeding
Hope
Three Hunters Missing in Montana Snowstorm
Two Minnesota hunters and one from Wyoming remained missing in southern Montana snowdrifts near Lame Deer. More than 50 searchers combed deep snow while a hunter from Belgrade, Clyde Williams, 72, died in the storm. The Northern Cheyenne Reservation faced drifts up to 30 feet with lines down and highways blocked.
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Miles City
Mont
Minnesota
Wyoming
Montana
Robert Pittman
Sheridan
Wyom
Minneapolis
Lame Deer
Pittman
Clyde F. Williams
Belgrade
Cheyenne Indian
NAACP Slams Gov Docking Over Open Door Policy
In Wellington AP report Kansas NAACP president Dr. Charles R. Roquemore says Gov. George Docking employs an open door policy that excludes the NAACP accusing state leadership of denying access to the civil rights group and its activities.
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Wellington
George Docking
National Assn. For Advancement of Colored People
Kansas
NAACP
Charles R. Roquemore
Governor Docking declines NAACP convention invitation
The article notes Dan Sparks shot his wife and himself after an incident near Goodland. It also covers NAACP efforts to meet with Kansas Governor Docking and Republican candidate Clyde Reed on race relations. Reed met with 27 members in Hutchinson on Oct 5 for 90 minutes. Docking did not respond to the Sept 25 invitation and refused the Topeka NAACP convention invitation.
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Docking
Goodland
NAACP
Clyde M. Reed
Hutchinson
Reed
Roquemore
Topeka
Man Kills Himself After Wounding Wife
In Goodland Kansas a man under a restraining order shot his wife in a roadside cafe and then killed himself. Authorities report the couple had prior court actions and the incident is being investigated as a domestic violence case.
Canada’s First Native Poet Grandnephew Tied to Crime Note
A report notes that a husband beat his wife with a cane and threatened further abuse. It also identifies Oliver Goldsmith as Canada's first native-born poet and mentions he was a grandnephew of the Irish poet Oliver Goldsmith.
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Oliver Goldsmith
Canada
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