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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1956
Page
9
The report lists participants including Robert J. Pickett of Nevada Missouri and Kansans Martyn L. Apley of Washington Ronald L. Chilcoat of Topeka and John from the state as part of the program.
The article notes the subject as past president of Mt Dread Aerie 308 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and a state officer of the organization. It states he was born near Louisville, Kentucky, and attended public schools in California and Pennsylvania, plus two years at West Virginia University.
Mrs. Helen Hartzell widowed by Captain James S. Hartzell who died in France in 1944 seeks the Democratic nomination for Douglas County Treasurer. A Kansas University School of Business graduate, she lives at 2020 Ohio Street with two daughters Elaine and Mary Jane. She has held KU bookkeeping roles and now works at General Alliance Co. Hartzell is active in VFW and American Legion Auxiliaries and is an Overbrook High School and KU 1941 graduate.
County Commissioner Second District candidate Stone announces party bid. He farms 240 acres in Palmyra Township raising Hereford cattle and served 15 years on Vinland School Board. He has six children, five daughters and one son. His son William, a KU electrical engineering graduate and WWII bomber pilot, was killed in action in the South Pacific.
Douglas County native Ww. L. Billy Richards announces his bid for the Third District county commissioner seat. A recent farmer near Big Springs, he runs a 360 acre grain and dairy operation two miles east of town on U.S. Highway 40. Richards has 12 years on the Big Springs school board, is married to Ruth Nace of Lecompton, and they have two daughters, Virginia Rainbot of Kansas City and Billie Jean.
Louis 0 Campbell of Lawrence seeks the Democratic nomination for Douglas County Sheriff. Born in Tonganoxie he moved to Lawrence in 1943 and worked at Jayhawk Box Factory Sunflower Ordinance Works and since 1950 as a plumber. He married Virginia Martin and they have three children. He is a Christian Church member and this is his first bid for office. The piece notes the nation’s farm income decline in 1932 1934.
The Western League saw four teams swap positions after last night's games. Amarillo beat Topeka 7-3 to tighten the race as Lincoln swept a doubleheader relief, 18-15 and 4-3, over Albuquerque, while Sioux City defeated Pueblo 10-2 and 7-4, and Des Moines edged Colorado Springs 5-3. Colorado Springs visits Des Moines tonight, and others host as Albuquerque at Lincoln and Amarillo at Topeka.
Robert Chalender Fr Riley and Joe Parman of 804 Conn. St were fined 10 dollars each today in police court for drunkenness.
The St. Louis Cardinals suffer through a brutal set at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field as Edwin Duke Snider stars with three homers and five RBIs, fueling a 3-1 series win for the Dodgers while Kansas City drops into last in the American League cellar after Washington’s sweep. Snider’s 30th homer underscores the Cardinals’ continued decay at their current home.
Promising lightweight Kory Calhoun, 21, seeks a 23rd straight win when he meets Charley Cotton, 26, in a 10 rounder at St. Nicholas Arena New York. Calhoun holds 22-0 with 12 knockouts while Cotton is 41-9-1 with 22 KOs and a four fight unbeaten run.
Ten students at Kansas State University in Manhattan received $400 scholarships. Recipients were chosen for academic merit and are part of East Scholar programs. The awards support continuing studies across multiple disciplines.
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