Anderson Wins GOP Governor Nomination In Tight Kansas Primary
Kansas Republican primary results show Attorney General John Anderson narrowly defeating McDill Boyd for the GOP nomination. Boyd conceded after Anderson built an unofficial margin near 8,000 votes with hundreds of precincts yet to report. State Rep. Addington trailed in third as Docking looms in fall race.
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Topeka
Kan
John Anderson
McDill
Huck) Boyd
Boyd
Phillipsburg
Anderson
William Addington
Wichita
Sedgwick County
Edge Leen
George Docking
Docking
Kansas
Board of Regents
Theis
Senate
Henkle
Great Bend
Showers Expected to Help Drought Affected Area
Scattered thundershowers are forecast for this area tonight easing the heat wave that followed consecutive 100 degree days. A soaking would benefit crops as temperatures cooled from 101 Tuesday and 100 this afternoon. Tonight’s low near 70 with Thursday’s high around 90.
Congress Race For Russell Is Taken by Dole
Robert Dole won the Republican nomination for Kansas 6th District congressman by about 500 votes, leading Keith G. Sebelius and Phillip J. Doyle after 553 precincts. William A. Davis captured the Democratic nod in the same district, while in the 3rd District state Sen. Walter L. McVey led a five-man GOP field and will face incumbent Denver Hargis in November.
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Dole
Russell County
Kansas
Keith G. Sebelius
Norton
Phillip J. Doyle
Beloit
William A. Davis
Goodland Farmer and Stockman
Davis
E. C. Riley
Cawker City Automobile and Implement
Walter L. McVey
Independence
McVey
Ralph O
Brownfield
Winfield
Frank Layden
Frontenac
John F. Vermillion
Jack W. Shaw
Galena
Denver Hargis
Hargis
William H. Avery
Marshall G. Gardiner
Leavenworth
Newell A. George
Robert F. Ellsworth
Lawrence
Garner E. Shriver
Wichita
William I. Robinson
J. Floyd Breeding
Joe W. Hunter
Geneseo
Breeding
George
Denver D. Hargis
Reuther Sees Labor Backing Johnson For VP Ticket
Walter P. Reuther, UAW president, said labor will support the Kennedy Johnson Democratic ticket for vice president. He spoke after a Kennedy news conference at the senator's Hyannisport home. Reuther noted labor’s backing for two "excellent" candidates and said the movement will work hard for the ticket. Kennedy invited Reuther as Economic Policy Committee chairman to the event.
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Hyannisport
Mass
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Lyndon B. Johnson
Reuther
John
Kennedy
Johnson
Organized Labor
Richard M. Nixom
American Labor Movement
Sen
America
Michael V. di Salle
Ohio
Weather Summary Northeast Kansas Tonight Through Thursday
Scattered thundershowers tonight with partly cloudy skies tomorrow and Thursday. Not quite as warm tonight and Thursday. Low tonight near 70. High Thursday near 90. Temperature readings show varied values through the afternoon and night, with historical highs and lows noted for this date.
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Kansas
New York Stocks Close Lower on Broad Decline
The closing average for 60 stocks fell to 213.4, down 0.7 points as market broad weakness continued. Major movers included declines across diversified issues and industrials with volume uncertain and investors awaiting further guidance.
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New York
Record turnout in Douglas County primary results
Voters packed the Journal-World offices as results poured in with over 6,000 phone calls and lengthy lobby crowds. Key races included Don Hults versus Milton Allen for the Fifth District Senate, Robert Ellsworth sweeping the Second District GOP race, and incumbents like Walter Kampschroeder fending off Clarence Schaake. County turnout set records with 9,935 in Douglas and 7,373 in Lawrence. final canvass due Friday with absentee ballots already counted.
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Journal-World
Douglas County
Lawrence
John Anderson
George ‘Docking
Docking
Hillcrest
Jdst
Nixon Opens Hawaii Campaign Flight Yet Historic
Vice President Richard Nixon and Pat Nixon boarded a chartered plane at dawn for a campaign swing to Hawaii the first presidential candidate to visit the 50th state. Nixon land in Honolulu around 11 30 a m and vowed to keep the peace with firmness and a disarmament goal while blasting Kennedy for taking the low road. He praised Eisenhower era strength and said labor leaders back Kennedy's platform.
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mid-Pacific Islands
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Alaska
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United States
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Democratic
Washington
Ezra Taft Benson
Massachusetts
Cabbie Held in Bomb Hoax
FBI agents in Reno arrest a taxi driver on charges of falsely reporting a bomb on Vice President Nixon's campaign plane. A caller warned the aircraft was not going out, causing a brief delay while searches found no bomb. The suspect is Leonard Dale Sage, 34, once a professional wrestler known as Johnnie Savage.
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FBI
Reno
Nev
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
United Airlines
Hawaii
Los Angeles
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Leonard Dale Sage
Sage
Johnnie Savage
Completely modern facilities
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Voters Respond To Beat Marks a City County
Douglas County voters turned out in record numbers for a thrilling primary election. Total county vote reached 9,935, up 1,641 from 1956, with City of Lawrence scoring a record 7,373 and 55 percent turnout of 13,325 registrations. Outside city total was 2,562, beating 1958 turnout of 6,634.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
Douglas County Primary Totals Hit Tight Sheriff Race
From a Page 3 chart in the Journal World the Tuesday Douglas County primary results show a five way GOP sheriff field narrowed to three with Fred Broeker edging Charles Edmondson and Ralph Freed by 59 votes in a 7,669 total. Edmondson led Allen in the Fifth District race while Hults defeated Allen, Brecheisen beat Wagner for Second District commissioner, and Kampfschroeder won Third District with Schaake and Banning close behind.
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Charles Edmondson
Ralph Freed
Broeker
Edmondson
Freed
Bowen
Jones
Benjamin H. Bowen
P. W. Jones
Eugene R. Miller
Douglas County
Donald S. Hults
Milton P. Allen
County Commission
Henry C. Wagner
Philip Brecheisen
Walter Kampschroeder
Charles E. Banning
Robert Schwanzle
Herbert J. O'Bryan
H. C
Mike) Murphree
Clarence H. Schaake
Sen
Hults
Allen
Jefferson County
Brecheisen
Wagner
Harvey M. Booth
Kampschroeder
Schaake
Banning
Train collision rocks Williamson station in West Virginia
The Norfolk and Western Powhatan Arrow collided with another passenger train at Williamson station, sending about 35 people to hospitals. The Roanoke to Cincinnati service originated in Cincinnati and was due to stop at Williamson. cause unspecified. Two cars mounted the platform, and the roof was damaged.
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W. Va
Norfolk and Western
Roanoke
Williamson Railroad
Cincinnati
C. O. Wooten
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