Population declines in Syracuse and Hamilton County
Syracuse shows a population drop to 1610, down 118 from 1728 the prior year. Hamilton County totals fall to 3018 from 3200, with eight townships showing varied changes while Richland and Medway townships gain. Coolidge also loses residents, leaving 112.
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Syracuse
Coolidge
Hamilton County
Paul M. Johnson
Richland
Medway
Liberty
Kendall
Lamont
Bear Creek
Coolidge City
Syracuse City
Six Seeking Sheriff's Office in Seward County Primary
In Seward County the GOP race for sheriff heats up as Wallace Roehr Jr. becomes the sixth candidate just before the noon deadline. He joins J E McNabb Milton Rice John Long and Noah Welsch on the Republican ticket to face Democrat Zed Coffey in the general election. Races also loom for state representative county superintendent and two county commissioner seats.
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Wallace Roehr, Jr
J. E. McNabb
Milton Rice
John Long
Noah Welsch
Zed Coffey
Coffey
Seward
State
Two Primary Contests in Scott City
Scott County voters face only two contests in the August 7 primary, Sheriff and Probate Judge, with the general election also likely only in the sheriff’s race. Five major-office candidates compete in the sheriff race, three Democrats and two Republicans, while two Republicans seek the probate judge nomination and no Democrats have filed for that office.
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Scott City
Scott County
Carl J. Sheils
A D. McLean
Lester Beebe
GOP
Robin Brittan
Ralph Nickel
Warner
Sheriff P., &. Warner
Ralph Hollingsworth
W. H. McQuitty
Eva King Smith
Gladys Robbins
James Wallace
Helen Smith
C. EB. Conine
L. C. Baker
Boulware Grain Company Marks 50 Years in Scott City
Scott City reports the Boulware Grain Company celebrating over fifty years of family service. Originating in 1906 as a mercantile and grain business in Modoc, it remains the only Scott County business under the same family for half a century. M. E. Boulware and D. L. Countryman started the venture, with Boulware later purchasing his partner.
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Scott City
Boulware Grain Company
Modoc
Scott County
M. E. Boulware
D. L. Countryman
Mercantile and Grain Company
Boulware
Grant Farmer Elected School Board Officer
In Ulysses the Grant county high school board approved a $136000 operations budget for next year and named Arthur B. Williams as district treasurer. Williams will serve three years, replacing Earl B. Williams who did not seek another term. The starting date for the nine month term was set as Sept 4, with last year’s operations totaling $129,493.44.
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Ulysses
Grant County High School
Arthur B. Williams
Williams
Williams Williams
Earl B. Williams
Grant County
Boyd King
Colorado Forest Fire Brought Under Control
A fire northwest of Corte, Colorado burned an estimated 1,200 acres of timber before firefighters from neighboring communities, aided by rain, contained it after nearly 24 hours. Sheriff A. u. Anderson reported the loss and noted ownership passing to Theo Boulware, who now runs the Modoc business with the grain firm celebrating its golden anniversary and expanding storage.
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Corte
Colo
Here
A. u.Anderson
Theo Boulware
Boulware
Modoc
Reuben
Wives blamed for high death rate for men in Levittown
In Levittown Pa a outspoken Mrs Agnes Ferguson Murdoch argues modern wives overwork husbands after work and that cooperation means husbands handle more housework. She cites 44 years of marriage managing a 15 room home and seven children among her proof.
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Levittown
Agnes Ferguson Murdoch
Dren
Pork Prices To Be Higher
The Agriculture Department reports spring pig crop at 59,085,000 head, down 8 percent from last year, signaling smaller pork supplies for the coming spring and winter and likely higher hog prices. The forecast influenced farm politics and follows prior price declines after expansion. The department also projects an 8 percent smaller fall pig crop at 35 million head for 1956.
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Washington -Withe
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Grant Farmer
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Marmaduke
Alexander
Onlin
Safeco
Heinemann
Agency
Garden City
Telegram
Ford
Fords
Witther
Eka
Kio Inuyanes
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