Confusion Over Illinois Primary Results In 1952
Reports show President Eisenhower leading Republicans with 723,267 votes and Adlai Stevenson top Democrats at 703,291 in unofficial returns. Some precincts withheld counts. Knowland and Daly also listed on GOP ballot while Kefaufer and Lausche had scattered write-ins. Official canvass awaited.
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Chicago
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
William F. Knowland
California
Lar Daly
Estes Kefauger
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Delegates Here Set For State GOP Meet
Douglas County announces a 20 member GOP delegation for the state convention at Hotel Broadview Wichita. The group includes 12 district and at large selections, with 10 delegates and 10 alternates to the national convention and two presidential electors to be voted in the August Kansas primary. The delegation will vote by the unit rule. Attending Douglas County delegates include George V. Allen Richard Allen Baldwin Charles Banning Marion Barlow Robert Charlton John Clevenger Dr Harry Craig Mrs E P Day Robert Ellsworth Charles Edmon derson Mrs Viola Gerstenberger D E Hunsinger Russ Mosser Robert Ogler William Pendleton Dolph Simons Harold Snider Charles D Stough Paul Ulrich.
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Douglas County
George W. Allen
GOP
County Central Committee
Broadview
Wichita
Kansas
Central Committee
George V. Allen
Richard Allen
Baldwin
Charles Banning
Marion Barlow
Robert Charlton
John Clevenger
Harry Craig
E. P. Day
Robert Ellsworth
Charles Edmondson
Viola Gerstenberger
Eudora
D. C. Harris
W. C. Hunsinger
Russ Mosser
Robert Ogler
William Pendleton
Dolph Simons
Harold Snider
Charles D. Stough
Paul Ulrich
Missing Sunflower Sears Burglary Probed by Police
Lawrence Police Department and Douglas County sheriff pursue thefts from Sears Roebuck in Sunflower. Loss over $500 includes toaster deep fryer pots pans TV set table radio irons and clothing. Entry via east door screen cut window hole and door unlocked. investigators suspect truck removal.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Sears
Governor Fred Hall Honor Cocktail Party at Hotel Eldridge
Gov. Fred Hall will attend a private 5 p.m. cocktail party in the Grill Room at the Hotel Eldridge Monday. The event precedes a Lions Club zone social at Kansas University Memorial Union. Attendee count about 10. organized by Jack Maxwell, with no public invitation.
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Fred Hall
Eldridge
Memorial Union
Kansas University
Jack Maxwell
Second District
Young Republicans
Maxwell Bald
Accident death rate in the United States steady
The report notes the annual rate of accidental deaths in the United States is about 57 per 100000 people, highlighting a persistent public health concern across the population and regions.
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United States
Richards Elected Jay Golf Captain At Kansas
Lawrence senior Bob Richards has been elected captain of the Kansas University golf team. Richards has led KU for three years and will join Ed MacGee in forming a four man lineup to challenge Nebraska and Omaha universities this weekend at the Lawrence Country Club. Kim Davies and Bill Sayler earned third and fourth spots after rounds of 75 and 77, topping Mark Nardyz, Lloyd Klaus, and Larry Gutsch who shot 81, 82, and 8 respectively.
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Bob Richards
Lawrence
Kansas University
Richards
K. U
Nebraska
Omaha
Kim Davies
Bill Sayler
Mark Nardyz
Lloyd Klaus
Larry Gutsch
Lawrence Country Club
Ed MacGee
Hayden Enters Douglas County Commissioner Race
Will Hayden a 62 year old Grant Township farmer announces as a Republican candidate for Second District county commissioner. He has long service in local boards and farming groups and runs a 28 acre farm near the University Land with his son in law Eugene Nunemaker. Hayden is first time filing for county office and has five daughters and eight grandchildren.
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Douglas County
Will Hayden
Grant Township
Dougal Grant
Eudora
Palmyra
Lawrence
Hasden J
Hayden
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Oak Ridge
PMA
Farmers Co-Op
Fle
Charles Robinson
Kansas University
Hayren
Louie J
Bismarck Grove
Kansan in London Advised to Bite Lip for Harmony
A London Time report notes heavy British criticism of U S foreign policy and urges Americans in England to act as goodwill ambassadors. Maj Gen Roscoe Wilson and the U S Information Service stress mutual education to improve Anglo American ties amid about 50 000 U S troops and bases across the U K. Truman counsels restraint. biting one s lip is the advised stance for visitors and servicemen alike.
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Dolph C. Simons Jr
London
Doubet
United States
England
U. S
Near East
South
America
Roscoe Wilson
Air Force
Wilson
United Kingdom
U. K
Air Fore
Sol
United States Information Service
Information
U.K
Gen. Wilson
U. S&s
U.S
Harry Truman
Thornton Harder debate to draw crowd at KU
About 250 persons are slated to attend a debate between Dar Thornton former Colorado governor and Marvin Harder Wichita University professor and former state Democratic chairman at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Union ballroom Kansas University. A 6 p.m. dinner precedes the event part of Political Emphasis Week with moderator Stephen Bailey of Princeton.
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Dar Thornton
Colorado
Marvin Harder
Wichita University
Memorial Union
Kansas University
Stephen K. Bailey
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Princeton University
Thornton
Harder
Bailey
YMCA
YWCA
Citizenship Clearing House
K.U
William Allaway
Korea
Japan
Far East
Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Play Day Event Set to Start Friday in Douglas County
About 60 rural Douglas County grade school students will join the annual play day beginning at 9 a.m. Friday at Baldwin Lecompton Vinland and India Schools. Activities include games singing folk dancing and track events with four centers coordinating committees led by Marian Madi and other volunteers.
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Douglas County
Baldwin
Lecompton
Vinland
India
Marian Madi
Josephine Drake
Virginia Pearson
Doris Pratt
Cecile Roney
Blad
Absentee ballot rule change and local events in Lawrence
Lawrence notes: county clerk says absentee ballot eligibility expands this year allowing anyone out of town to apply. Primary in August and general in November. Red Cross offers standard first aid course at 7:30 p.m. in the Community Building, instructor Dr. Marian Brockway. Washburn athlete Art Carder returns to track, high jump specialty, 6-8 best, tied for second at a Topeka meet against Omaha University after a year of injuries and a car crash that killed two Missouri residents.
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D. E
Mathia
Marian Brockway
Red Cross
Washburn University
Art Carder
Perry
Carder
Washburn
Topeka
Omaha University
Omaha
Missouri
Mrs Mildred Potter Dies in Leavenworth Hospital
Mrs Mildred Carpenter Potter, 30, of Leavenworth, wife of Ethan Potter and Kiwanis president, died Wednesday evening at Cushing Memorial Hospital from a kidney ailment. She taught at Concordia then Hutinson High School, was KU graduate, survived by daughter Joan, parents, sister Martha Carpenter Eberhardt, brother John Carpenter. funeral Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church, burial at Peabody.
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Mildred Carpenter Potter
Leavenworth
Miller J. Carpenter
Vt .St
Cushing Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Hut ‘Chinson High School
Potter
K.U. Law School
Joan
Martha Carpenter Eberhardt
Phoenix
Ariz
John Carpenter
Ala
Trinity
Lutheran Church
Harold Hamilton
Peabody, Kas
County traffic fines for improper right turn
William Albert Ross of Hoyt was fined 10 dollars plus costs in County Court on Wednesday for making an illegal right-hand turn.
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William Albert Ross
Hoyt
Lawrence High Students Win KU Scholarships in 1956 57
Lawrence High seniors Raymond L. Nichols and Charles H. Roberman were named among 42 high school seniors nationwide to receive Kansas University scholarships for 1956 57. Nichols earned a need based Summerfield scholarship while Roberman secured an A G Mitchell Honor Scholarship of at least 250 dollars. Judy Aikens of Sunflower, a DeSoto High School senior, won a Donnelly Honor Scholarship with a 200 to 600 dollar annual award.
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Raymond L. Nichols
Ala
Charles H. Roberman
R. 1. St
Kansas University
Lawrence High School
Nichols
Raymond F. Nichols
Summerfield
Roberman
Charles W. Roberman
A.G. Mitchell
Lawrence Area
Judy Aikens
Sunflower
DeSota High School
Deaths and Funerals In Lawrence Area
Mrs. Gertrude E. Stevenson 85 of Lawrence died this morning at 825 Ind. Sr. She was widow of T. C. Stevenson former secretary of the Lawrence Building and Loan Association. Survivors include granddaughter Miss Sally Stevenson and grandson E. K. Stevenson Jr. Funeral 10 a.m. Saturday at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev. Albert G. Parker III officiating. Burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Carl R. Steed of DeSoto dies. services 2:30 p.m. Friday at DeSoto Methodist Church. Orville E. Smith 67 of 829 Tenn. St. dies at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Barber at Eldridge Hotel and WWII veteran. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev. M. C. Allen and Rev. Ernest Klein. Burial McLouth Cemetery. Survivors wife Warvel, two sisters Agnes Mohler and Ruth Titerington, and three brothers Elger Otis Horrace, all of Lawrence.
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Gertrude E. Stevenson
Lawrence
Ind. Sr
T. C. Stevenson
The
Lawrence Building and Loan Association
Sally Stevenson
E. K. Stevenson Jr
Winfield
Rumsey Funeral Home
Albert G. Parker III
Oak Hill Cemetery
Carl R. Steed
DeSoto
DeSoto Methodist Church
Steed
St. Luke's Hospital
Kansas City
Orville E. Smith
Tenn
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Eldridge
Scottish Rite
American Legion
Masons
Rumsey Funeral
M. C. Allen
Ernest Klein
McLouth Cemetery
Warvel
Agnes Mohler
Ruth Titterington
Elger
Otis
Horrace
Death of Russell R. Lutz in Englewood Colorado
Mrs Lee McCain received word of the death of Russell R Lutz age 40 in an Englewood Colorado hospital He had lived in Lawrence for 12 years moving from Lawrence to Colorado in October 1955 The text also mentions an Eile Bewrpree address at 342 1 but the details are unclear and not fully legible
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Russell R
Bob) Lurs
Lee McCain
R. I. St
Bob) Lutz
Englewod
Colo
Lutz
Lawrence
Colorado
Eile Bewrpree
Convicted thief chooses jail sentence in Chicago case
A Chicago man convicted of auto theft prompted his own punishment when Judge Alexander J. Napoli asked what sentence he deserved. Adam Schumacher replied six months in jail, and the judge agreed, sentencing him to six months in the hoosegow.
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Chicago
Alexander J. Napoli
Adam
Schumacher
Jal
Mala
LCC Golf League Debuts with Sixty Plus Players
The Lawrence Country Club launched its first Men's Night Golf League on a Wednesday night drawing over 60 members. Prizes awarded for low gross and low net with teams led by captains including Jim Hesler Bill Meller AJ Hack and others. League play will be on the second and fourth Thursdays each month with non-team players invited to sign up.
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Lawrence Country
Divors
Joe Traylor
Spooners
al Cornwell
al Lauter
Lang Blasters
Lynn Padan
Whiffers
Ken, Whitenight
Liecyd McMinn
Vint Warner
Bill Metier
Metler
Denton
I. W. Hartley
Bill Moore
al Gallup
Norton
Two Die In Virginia Coast Flood After High Tides
Norfolk Virginia see flood chaos as Hampton Roads coastal area dried from tides the highest in two decades. The storm caused two deaths a North Carolina pleasure craft sailor and a crewman from the trawler Cherokee at Hampton placed.
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Tidewater
North Carolina
Hampton, Va
Ponca City Police Investigator Describes Reported Fight
A Ponca City Oklahoma police officer who investigated a reported fight described the incident as non serious saying a man was trying to put his two kids to bed. The officer stated nothing serious occurred.
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Ponca City
Okla
Pon ‘Ta City Police
Memorial Hospital Births and Dismissals List
At Memorial Hospital in Eudora and Baldwin many residents are named in a long hospital notices page listing births and dismissals. The section includes names such as Bessie Kurtz Sarah Rockhold Lucile Parker Ione Berger Emma Weybright Patricia Baas and baby, Jo Siroky Mary Pibce Delore Manchinville and Ralph Hiddleston among others with addresses in Eudora Baldwin and nearby areas. A birth is announced for Ralph Hiddleston and his wife in Baldwin on a Wednesday.
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Steven Walker
S. St
Bessie Kurtz
Eudora
Sarah Rockhold
Baldwin
Howard Hargrove
Prairie Ave
Lucile Parker
DeSoto
Ione Berger
Barker Ave
Lon Buzick
Mass
Emma Weybright
Tenn
Larry Ott
Helen Wallace
Locust St
Charles Howell
Clathe
Robert E. Osborne
St. George Had
Don Joslin
Patricia Baas
Su' Conn. St
Danny Newman
Imo. St
Virginia ‘Turner
Estella-White
J. St
Johanna
Markets at a Glance Mixed Trading in Stocks and Grains
Market notes show mixed stock activity with early gains trimmed, bonds firmer, and grain futures weak. Kansas City reports wheat and corn quotes with old crop soybeans firm and hogs, cattle, and sheep trading unevenly. A Wall Street day ends with a moderate intraday rise turning mixed as selling broadens, led by oil shares.
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Wall Street
New York
Chicago Man to Present Talk on Russia Tour at UNESCO Meeting
Milton D. Rutherford, Chicago businessman, will give an illustrated talk titled A Tourist's View of Russia at the Douglas County UNESCO meeting in Memorial Union, Kansas University, at 6 30 p m Thursday April 19. He and his wife and daughter visited Leningrad Kiev Odessa the Ukraine and Moscow last August. They photographed freely including what are believed to be the Kremlin interior. Officers will be elected and committee reports provided. Tickets available from listed local businesses and university offices.
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Russia
Milton D. Rutherford
Chicago
Douglas County Council
Unesco
Memorial Union
Kansas University
Rutherford
Leningrad
Kiev
Odessa
Ukraine
Moscow
Rutherfords
Kremlin
Bell Music Co
Lawrence National Bank
Gene Doane Agency
Norris Bros
Chamber of Commerce
School of Education
School of Journalism
YMCA
K. U
Thankful note on kindness after illness
A grateful message thanks everyone for the beautiful cards flowers food and other acts of kindness during a recent illness and expresses appreciation for being so well remembered.
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Illinois
Gary
Fred Halll
Eetellet
Acacia Lodge No.9
Carpenter
Coe
Manet Marion A. Bar
Jay
Bryce Cooke
Overland Park
Cooke
Journal- World Photo
Mildred C. Potter
Leavenworth Hospital
Lawrence High
Virginia Coast Line
Memorial Hospital
Ralph Hiddleston
K. C. Cash Grain
W — Wheat
Shorts
Livestock
Arizona
New Mexico
N. Y
Admiral
Aled Ch
Alls Cha
Am Tel&Tel
Atchison
Ts du Pont — Eens
Eagle Pressmersmene
Foot Mach
Ford Mot
Dynam
Elec
DIK Gen Motors
Goodyear
Gulf Oil
Homestic
Hary
Int
Paper
Shoene Aos
Sota
Kan P & L
Martin GL MY Z
M&m Ag DY Monsan Ch
Mont ‘Ward
Nat Bisc
BOS
Central Any
Ohio Oil
Olin
Penney JC Fa
Phill Pet
Plough
RCA
Rayonier
Reyn
St Jos
Sears Rock
Sinclair O
Socony
Spen Chem
Trans Air
UN Pac
BT US Steel
Westg el
Woolworth
Lennis Johnson
Mary Milleret
Farmers Insurance Group
Fred A. Bremer
Ralph Burnett
Henderson
Andy” Anderson
New Hampshire
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