Straw vote chaos and local voter opinions in Kansas
Remarks overheard by a reporter during a straw vote tour reveal voter ambivalence and confusion. Citizens cite disinterest, inability to vote due to knowledge or legal constraints, or age and accessibility issues. The piece notes mistaken draft notices and reports on off street parking discussions in Sublette, Satanta, Hugoton, and Elkhart amid a rain shift in rural turnout.
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Sublette
Satanta
Hugoton
Elkhart
HDU Fun Night Friday at 4-H Club Building
Finney County home demonstration units sponsor the annual HDU Fun Night Friday at 7 p.m. in the 4-H Club building. Mrs. Elsie Branden says members supply a pot-luck supper and bring their own table service. Games and entertainment include a humorous reading “The Soldier” by Sharon Kells and an accordion solo by Yolande Childers.
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Finney County
HDU
Elsie Branden
Sharon Kells
Yolande Childers
Briar Hill Rezoning Endorsed by City Planners
The Finney County Garden City Planning Commission recommended rezoning Briar Hill from U2 multi family to U1 single family excluding the home for the aged site at the southwest corner. They also approved replat of East Village between Laurel and Chestnut east of Anderson. Kansas traffic death log notes 24 hours to 9 am Thursday for July 52 in 1962 versus 303 in 1961.
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Finney County Garden City , Planning Commission
Briar Hill
East Village
Laurel and
Chestnut
Anderson
Topeka
Kansas
Seven Die in Highland Head-On Crash Near US 36
A head on collision on US 36 east of Highland left seven dead and one fatally injured. Four victims were Lowry Air Force Base servicemen from Denver. three were Highland residents. Speed likely a factor with no witnesses, cars demolished and fire not reported.
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Highland
Kan
US 36
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Kansas
Lowry
William F. Stevenson
Rockville
Edward G. Wieland
Orchard Park
N. Y
James F. Clarkin
Holland Patent
Earnest W. Poff
St. Francis
Wis
Larry L. Shay
Terry W. Lewis
Michael D. McKay
Bill Gibson
Gibson
Air Force
Boys Sweep Up Vandalism Near College and Park
Three youths ages 12 and 13 vandalized streets near the junior college and St. Marys playground by smashing bulbs. Police identified them and had them clean up broken fragments for over half an hour under supervision.
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St. Mary's
Pearson Leads Narrow First District Straw Poll
In a multi county straw poll, Sen James Pearson leads with 853 votes to Ed Arn's 834 as 484 ballots are undecided in the Pearson Arn Republican Senate race. Dole tops Breeding 1419 to 1162 with 641 undecided in the Congressional GOP contest. Saffels holds a solid lead in Finney for governor while Hart leads in several northwest counties. Breeding edges Dole in four counties with undecided totals noted.
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James Pearson
Pearson
Ed Arn
Pearson-Arn
U.S. Senate
Andrew Schoeppel
Bob Dole
J. Floyd Breeding
Tinue
Hart
Kansas
Rawlins
Sherman
Decatur
Cheyenne
Gove
Commanche
Saffels
Meade
Clark
Thomas
Logan
Kiowa
Edwards
Pawnee
Tinney
Joseph Poizner
Kansas City
Wichita
Ken Smith
State Highway Commission
Breeding
Dole
Finney County
Comanche
Larned
Frank Carlson
John Anderson
Carlson
Joe Corpstein
GOP
Anderson
Ford County
Harvey Crouch
Hutchinson News
Salina Journal
Garden City Telegram
Albany Faces Major Racial Strife Demonstrations
Albany Georgia readied for large anti segregation protests as leaders Ralph Abernathy and Martin Luther King Jr urged mass jailings amid ongoing unrest. About 800 supporters met to pledge willingness to face arrest as more than 1000 have already been jailed since December. Police, state troops and county officers waited to act.
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Ralph D. Abernathy
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Abernathy
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Politician Leads 2 Lives in NC and Virginia
North Carolina GOP chairman William E. Cobb admitted leading a double life. He kept a Roanoke home under W Edward Cobb with a girlfriend and two children, while living in Morganton with his wife and adopted son. He said he would resign as state GOP chairman and withdraw as a senate candidate. Cobb, Yale graduate and World War II Marine veteran, had steered the party to its strongest statewide showing in 1960.
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N.C
William £. Cobb
North Carolina
Charlotte Observer
Roanoke
Times
Cobb
Morganton
Observer
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Senate
Yale
GOP
W. Edward Cobb
Linda
Nwo
Court Rejects Soblen Appeal in Britain
The British Court of Appeal rejected Robert A. Soblen's plea for habeas corpus relief and release in Britain. The defence argued detainment was unlawful while the government said Soblen, an American held as a Soviet spy, entered the UK illegally and should be expelled.
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London
British Court of Appeal
Robert A. Soblen
Britain
Soblen
United States
Interior Ministry
Jerusalem
Israel
Ari Ankorion
Supreme Court
Thousands Flee as Algeria teeters toward civil war
Conflict deepens as Ben Bella loyalists seize key cities in western and eastern Algeria while Ben Khedda’s government dissolves into retreat. Mass exodus of Europeans to docks and airports continues as Kabylie guerrillas fortify hills and call for nationwide resistance.
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Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella
Oran
Algerian
Tiaret
Algeris
Constantine
Bone
Algiers
Ben Youssef Ben Khedda
Mohamed Khidder
Khidder
Ben Khedda
France
Kabylie Mountains
Guerrilas
Wilaya
Amlet
Kabylie
Garden City Band To Offer Extra Concert At Stevens Park
Garden City Municipal Band adds a Friday concert at Stevens Park after signs it would end the season. Alton Foster leads a 65 piece ensemble featuring Dvorak, Sousa, Catron and Brubeck influenced works with soloists Rueford Roper and David Catron. Don Threlkeld departs to Ogden, Utah.
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Stevens Park
Garden City
Alton Foster
Don ‘Threlkeld
Ogden
Utah
Foster
Dvorak
New World Symphony
John Philip Sousa
Rifle Regiment
David Catron
Hugoton
Beelzebub
Telegram
Propane Truck Blast Rips Berlin Town
A tractor trailer carrying propane gas exploded in Berlin New York at 5 20 p m causing a major fire. The driver died and 16 people were hospitalized with ten in critical condition. A local woman died of a heart attack and a 179 year old church burned. Dozens of homes were damaged or destroyed and a school bus barn was ignited. Widespread injuries and property loss followed as residents fled.
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Berlin
N.Y
New York
Gene Merrills
Mabel H. Wager
McLucas
Robert Moses
Moses
Haskell Finney Old Settlers Picnic Dates Set
Plans for the 59th annual Haskell Finney County Old Settlers Picnic set for August 15 and 16 in Haskell County. Event alternates counties. last year at Cecil Snodgrass farm. Committee lists Marie Kells secretary and Sam Kells treasurer with James Duncan Ethan Quackenbush and Faye Stone. Finney County Free Mails go to post office box patrons and rural residents. call Estensian Office BR 6-3205 if missing. August 28 29 and 30 dates noted for the fair.
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Haskell-Finney County
Old Settlers
Haskell County
Cecil Snodgrass Farm
Marie Kells
Sam Kells
James Duncan
Ethan Quakenbush
Faye Stone
Finney County
Estensian
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