Canvass Tight in County Race Wards Off Recount Fear
The official canvass shows Elmer Ousdahl leading Republican challenger Clarence Schaake by 25 votes with absentee ballots still arriving and possible recounts at the winner or loser’s expense. Prescott Underwood temporarily filled Ousdahl’s seat during the tally. In other notes, blood donations were sought for AB positive type for Mrs. Lucy Hunsinger at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. In Poland, Adlai Stevenson said Khrushchev’s China trip shaped Soviet summit tactics and urged broader US–Soviet exchange.
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Elmer Ousdah
Clarence Schaake
Ousdah
Ousdahi
Prescott
Pete) Underwood
Ousdahl
Commission
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lucy Hunsinger
N.Y. St
Shawnee County
Hunsinger
Bess Gleason
Toda
Khrushchev
Moscow
Stevenson
Poland
Soviet Union
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Josef Cyrankiewicz
Khnushchev
Security Council
China
United States
Father and Son Shot to Death in Benicia Automobiles
In Benicia California a father 44 and his 11 year old son were found shot to death in a parked car on a side road. The 13 year old daughter was critically wounded by a bullet to the head and lay on the front seat. The father identified as John A McDonald Jr a 44 year old sergeant first class with Army ties. A rambling five page note was found on the visor. The estranged wife and the children were involved and the father had recently come from Fort Monroe Virginia to visit.
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Benicia
Calif
Gene Gelling
John A. McDonald, Jr
Ft. Monroe
Suisun Bay
San Francisco
Sixth Army
M.donald
Wilkes-Barre
Yvonne
Kansas City Prices Drive Farm Market Report
Wholesale eras and various produce quotes fill the Kansas City market column. Prices for eggs poultry butter and hogs are listed with weights and ranges, noting steady to higher movement for barrows and gilts and lighter activity in sheep.
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Lawrence
Dulknal-World
Kansas
K. C
Kansas City
Memorial Hospital Admissions and Dismissals Noted
Memorial Hospital lists admissions for Nancy E. Duane Ruth Hughes Everett Gannaway Bruce Newman Sadie McGrew Michael Paterson May Starkey Betty Johnson and more. Dismissals include Anna Elliott Janet Bookout Laura Nutt Lela Henson and John Arensberg among others. Crosby announces birth of a son in Los Angeles weighing 7 pounds 9 ounces at 11 42 a m. Market summaries from New York Chicago provide stock, bonds, cotton, grain, and livestock highlights.
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Nancy E. Duane
Stouffer
John Arensberg
Powers
Ruth M. Hughes
Everet E. Gannaway
Ten
Bruce
Henry W. Winklmeier
Anna Elliott
Ottaway Jamies B. Stone
Lincoln St
Janet Bookout
Laura Nutt
Waverly
Lois. Reochhold
Lela Henson
N. J
St. Linwood
Payne
St. Michael John Stan
Crosby
Los Angeles
Bing Crosby
Bing
Kathy Grant
Queen of Angels
New York Stocks and Kansas City Grain Prices Mixed
Closing stock quotes from New York show varied results while Kansas City reports include cattle counts, wheat and corn prices, soybeans, and livestock futures. Local market notes list oats, barley, rye prices, poultry, eggs, and hogs with current receipts and premiums.
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C. Cash
Gra
Kansas City
L&dry
Farmers Cooperative Assn
Bareley
Measure Faces Possible Veto
Washington Secretary of Welfare Arthur Flemming said he would recommend veto if the Local Security bill passes in House form. He said he checked his testimony with Eisenhower's Budget Bureau and approved the 7 percent rise in old age and survivor benefits but opposed 28.5 million dollars in federal grants to states for public assistance in the first year.
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Washington
Arthur
Flemming
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Eisenhower
Capitol
N Y Woman Slain by Merciful Mate in Hempstead
A 70s year old man, William Gersi, allegedly killed his wife Nell 74 after years with Parkinson's disease. He reportedly told police he aimed to end her suffering with a mercy killing, then attempted to take his own life. She died. he faces murder charges and is hospitalized under observation.
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Hempstead
William Gersi
Nell
Packinenn
Coa H
Ant Sen
Meadowbrook
Deaths-Funerals Mrs. Higley 85 of Lawrence
Mrs. Frank A. Higley 85 of 205 A 1 St died Thursday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after five days there. A Lawrence resident for 15 years she was born March 3 1873 near Bushnell Illinois and married Frank A Higley in 1897. Funeral 1:30 a.m. Saturday at Cooper Warren Chapel with Rev Paul Hett officiating. graveside at Northville Cemetery. Survivors include three daughters Mabel Pullin Ida Conran Ava Milett and a son Duane plus three other sons and a sister.
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Frank A. Higley
Frank A
Martha Lodema) Highley
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Highley
Lawrence
Atchison County
Bushnell
Ill
Cooper-Warren
Paul Hett
Northville
Carl Amyx
Garvin Gillum
O. B. Shipman
Homer Laughlin
Louis Kuhn
Homer Reusch
Mar
C. Milett
E. P. Pullin
Ida Conran
Homer
Mabel Pullin
Route
Ava Milett
la. St
Duane
Foy
Winfield
Marvin
Hercules
Calif
Preston
Yulaganga
Ala
Adam Butler
Atchison
Fire and car link in Kierdorf case unfolds
Investigators tie a scorch marks car to the Latreille cleaners fire that killed Frank Kierdorf. A scorched flashlight, a gas device explosion, and a staged attack narrative emerged as key details. Donald Keller is being questioned, tied to guiding Kierdorf and the used Cadillac sale. Herman Kierdorf and Frank both had armed robbery records and testified before a Senate inquiry.
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Adams
Thery Cleaning Establishment
Frank Kierdorf
Latreille Cleaners
Kierdorf
Flint
Pontiac
Donald Edward Keller
Detroit
Keller
Herman
Open House Planned At Local Samaritan Lodge
The new Samaritan Lodge on North Michigan Street near Lawrence Memorial Hospital will host an open house Sunday from 2 to 5 pm and 7 to 9 pm. Built by P Everett Sperry and sons Kenneth and Corwin as a home for aged and convalescent residents, it aims to be more than just a place to stay. Corwin Sperry plans to build a nearby home to stay close, while the building is fire proof with no stairs and has approvals from the State Board of Health Department of Social Welfare and State Fire Marshal’s Office.
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Samaritan Lodge
Michigan Street
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
P. Everett Sperry
Kenneth
Corwin
State Board of Health
Department of Social Welfare
Local Bar Association Supports Judicial Amendment Plan
The proposed Amendment would replace direct voter elections for Supreme Court justices with gubernatorial appointments from three nominees and retention by majority vote. The bar association plans to provide speakers to explain the amendment, with Judge Hugh T. Wedell as state chairman and local leaders coordinating county outreach.
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Supreme Court
Bar Association
Hugh T. Wedell
James L. Postma
Lawrence
Douglas County
Dean Major K. Slough
KU Law School
James Willis Black
One Car Accidents Fatal In Missouri and Kansas Areas
A series of fatal and severe accidents near St. Joseph Missouri Perry Kansas Sunflower Village and Lawrence involve Kansas University students Henry Free Charles Crank and Paul Grader plus a Topeka couple on their honeymoon and a Leavenworth woman. Funeral plans for J W Murray longtime Journal World editor and Paterson were incomplete.
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Kansas University
Henry Free
St. Joseph
Charles Crank
Perry
Paul
DeSoto
Sunflower Village
Topeka
Leavenworth
Lawrence
J. W. Murray
Journal-World
Jefferson County
Paterson
Men Reach 4 Gs In Navy Lab Space Flight Test
Johnsville Pa AP two men rode a Navy built space ship in a metal sphere at the Naval Air Development Center. They accelerated to 18 000 miles per hour equating to 0 Gs at takeoff and for six seconds their weight rose twenty times to more than a ton and a half. Carter C Collins 33 of San Francisco and R Flanagan Gray 38 of Levittown Pa both in biophysics division led the test the first time humans exceeded 0 Gs.
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Carter C. Collins
San Francisco
R. Flanagan Gray
Levittown Pa
Laboratory
Biophysics
Collins
Johnsville
Naval Air Development Center
Philadelphia
Earth
Final Vote Near on School Aid Plan
The House advances toward a final vote on a billion-dollar federal education aid plan. The four year program would fund scholarships, student loans, graduate study, matching grants for science teaching equipment, and guidance for students. The Senate plans a similar bill next week.
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Washington
House
Uppontnis
Senate
Wall Street Mixed. Heavy Business Surges In Early Session
The Day in Wall Street reports a higher stock market this afternoon with gains in several divisions. Volume reached about 3,800,100 shares versus Thursday's 3,290,100, signaling broad activity amid early trading.
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Wall Street
New York
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