Precinct posts unfilled after Douglas County primary turnout
In Douglas County 13 of 117 precinct party posts remain vacant after the Tuesday primary with no filings and no write-in votes. Republicans show more vacancies than Democrats, to be filled later by central committee mayors. List details numerous precincts with missing or unlisted candidates across Lawrence, Eudora, and surrounding areas.
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Douglas County
GOP
Lawrence
Ane Ward
Travis E. Glass
Camora M. Nash
Robert A. Haggart
Laura Rankin Haggart
F. C. Allen
Frances C. Taylor
H. E. Fustace
Ethel High
W. C Wonsinger
Lucille D. Hunsinger
Robert F. Elseworth
Elizabeth Giffin
George M. Miller
J. W. Holmes
M. S. Winter Jr
Marguerie Lackwood
T. Douce
Veya Melvin
Oscar Miles
Gertrude Clark
Charles BD
Stough
Nita Belle Rankin
Gordon Brown Jr
Carrie Brown
E. H. Duncan
Jessie Scott
Herman Osborne
Minnie Liggett
Ward
Charlie Zook
June Henry
Clinton
Jesse Sutton
Myra G. Banning
Eudora—Curtis Diedrich
Viola V. Gerstenberger
Grant
Dorothy Alford
Kanwaka
Sam F. Buchheim
J. M. O'Connor
Lecompton
G. E. McClanahan
Florence Wingfield
Big Springs
Fred Hartman
Marion
North Baldwin
F. C. Leitaker
Genevieve Cragoe
South Baldwin
Leo Smith Sr
Anna Marquardt
Yvinland
A. G. Hammond
Margret
Hammond
Black Jack
East Wakarusa
H. W. Craig
Dorothy Leary
West Wakarusa
George V. Allen
Lucille F. McCreath
Willow Springs
Paul Ulrich
New Mexico Town Filled By Ceremonial Visitors
Gallup New Mexico hosts the annual inter tribal Indian ceremonial drawing thousands of visitors. Officials of the Ceremonial Association expect around 16 000 white visitors and 12 000 Indian attendees before Sundays final performance.
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New Mexico
Gallup. N.M
Gallup
Local Support Draws Sen Humphrey For Minnesota Friends
Democratic aspirant Docking promotes a vigorous campaign as he seeks the governor nomination. He plans to discuss platform details, Right to Work positions, and party unity, while headquarters arrangements and strategy options remain under discussion.
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Sen. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey Seeks Democratic Ticket As Convention Nears
In Chicago Senator Hubert Humphrey said he backs a Democratic victory year and expects no party split at the convention. He stressed farm policy and Eisenhower foreign policy as major issues and noted he has been promoting Adlai Stevenson for top of ticket without a firm commitment from Stevenson for the vice presidency.
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Chicago
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Washington
Humphrey
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson Ag
Tuesday Primary Votes in Kansas Reach 1930s Highs
The Tuesday primary produced the state’s largest vote total since the early 1930s with Republican governor candidates surpassing 275000, the highest since 1934. Democratic gubernatorial votes topped 151000, the party’s best since 1936, and the combined GOP and Democratic total exceeded 426000, a level reached only in 1932 and 1934.
Demo Keynote Address To Be Fighting Talk
Gov Frank G Clement of Tennessee previews the Democratic National Convention keynote as a fighting speech to be delivered Monday night He avoids discussing his vice presidential prospects or the role of Tennessee’s delegation.
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Chicago
Frank G. Clement
Tennessee
Clement
Area Storm Brings Mixed Weather to Douglas County
Heavy rains boosted Lawrence rainfall to 1.75 inches for July as drought lingered. Strong winds and an electrical storm caused scattered power outages but limited wind damage. Native grasses farebest, brome grass may rebound with more rain, and temperatures hovered in the 80s after a cool spell.
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Wertzberger
Douglas County
Lawrence
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Federal employees' pay averages for 1955
The Civil Service Commission reported the average federal employee in the continental United States earned $4,102 per year in 1955. Half of 2,045,626 employees earned that or less, and the other half more. The 1955 average rose $192 or 4.9 percent from 1954. In the Washington area, averaging $4,345 for 220,597 workers, pay rose $375 or 9.4 percent.
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Washington
United States
Civil Service Commission
Missourian Booms Symington as Stevenson Veep
Mark R. Holloran a Missouri Democratic national committeeman says Senator Symington would make a good vice president for Adlai Stevenson. He argues Symington fits the qualifications Stevenson seeks for a running mate.
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ST. Louis
Mark R. Holloran
Missouri
Sen
Symington
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Holloran
Primary Tabulation Finishes in Kansas State Election
Kansas returns from Tuesday's primary show War ren W Shaw leading Republican governor with 153,938 and Fred Hall 121,498. Docking tops Democratic governor with 76,187 over Woodring 75,333. Carlson leads Republican senator race with 210, am while Walter Biddle trails. Aylward wins Democratic senator bid with 53,203 over Kilian 16,748. Cushenbery leads Republican Supreme Court No.6 primary with 4,624. Morgan 33,530 tops. Arvin leads Republican lieutenant governor with 103,786. McCulsh 138,72 trails. Lawrence 73,823 heads Republican secretary state results. Shann han 157,382 wins. Anderson Jr. tops Republican attorney general with 128,927. Eckedall 28,849. Butters 39,273 and Sowers 39,273 not specified. Cameron leads Republican insurance with 52,612. Sullivan 166,819 wins. Carr tops Republican state printer with 84,178 against Volland 136,600. Henkle Sr. tops Democratic lieutenant governor with 69,864. Stewart 53,624.
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Docking
Gay
Fred Hall
Kansas Labor Party
Republi Tan
Warren Shaw
Decking
Topeka
Frank Theis
Theis
Chicago
Woodring
Lawrence
Othat
Kansas
Warren W. Shaw
George Docking
Harry Woodring
Frank Carlson
Concordia
Walter Biddle
Leavenworth
Paul L. A
Paul E. Wilson
Lyndon
Lester C. Arvin
Widi
John McCulsh
New
Republican Secraneey
Ostate
Stephen N. Lawrence
Hillsboro
Paul R. Shanshan
Salina
John Anderson Jr
Olathe
Frank F. Eckedall
Emporis
James W. Putnam
W. F. Butters
John Lancelot
Wichita
John W. Sowers
Robert M. Cameron
Kansas City
Frank Sullivan
Joan Carr
Ford Volland Jr
Joseph W. Henkle Sr
Great Bend
Ewell Stewart
Right to Work Plank Set as Chamber of Commerce Goal
The State Chamber of Commerce sent telegrams to both Democratic and Republican platform committees urging a right to work plank. It argued such a provision would protect worker freedom and curb union racketeering, noting Gov. Hall’s veto of a right to work bill helped defeat him in the Kansas GOP primary and that labor leaders’ influence is overstated.
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Jefferson City
State Chamber of Commerce
Democratic
Republican
Chamber
Kansas
Fred Hall
Judge Delaney Resigns After Primary Loss in Kansas
Judge A. O. Delaney Jr., appointed by Gov. Fred Hall for a district seat covering Brown Doniphan Nemaha counties, resigns after losing renomination to Ches ter C. Ingely by 112 votes. Delaney, a Republican, will leave office next Wednesday to return to private practice. no Democratic candidate remains for the post.
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Hall
Delaney
John Gernon
Hiawatha
Brown
Doniphan
Nemaha
Deaths and Funerals Parade in Lawrence Area
Linda Sue Kirkman infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Kirkman Linwood died Tuesday in Lawrence Memorial Hospital Graveside services were at 4 p m Wednesday at Linwood Cemetery She is survived by her parents the maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs William Hanek of Linwood and the paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs George Kirkman of Linwood Edward Edwin Westfall formerly of Lawrence died Tuesday in Oklahoma City Oklahoma He had lived in Kansas City Kansas for 30 years Funeral services at 10 a m Saturday at Rumsey Funeral Home Rev Allen B Mitchell will conduct burial in Oak Hill Cemetery Westfall is survived by his wife Myrtle two daughters Mrs Esther Longebaugh of Oklahoma City and Mrs Ruth Mosser of Los Angeles a son Clyde of Kansas City Kan a sister Mrs Charles Vetter of Watertown S D and two brothers Guy Westfall of Kansas City Kan and Walter Westfall of Kansas City Mo William P Romine former Lawrence resident died Tuesday at the Masonic Home in Wichita He had lived with a sister Mrs Jessie Parett in Finley Ky until February when he moved to Wichita Services at 2 p m Friday at Schubert Funeral Home Rev George H Woestemeyer will conduct Graveside services by Lawrence Masonic Lodge No 6 at Oak Hill Cemetery He is survived by his sister and one son David of Weskan
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Linda Sue Kirkman
Robert Kirkman
Linwood
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Linwood Cemetery
William Hanek
George Kirknan
Edward E. Westfall
Edward Edwin Westfall
Lawrence
Oklahoma City
Okla
Kansas City
Kas
Rumsey
Allen B. Mitchell
Oak Hill Cemetery
Westfall
Myrtle
Esther Longebaugh
Ruth Mosser
Los Angeles
Calif
Clyde
Charles Vetter
Watertown
5.D
Guy Westfall
Walter Westfall
William P. Romine
Masonic
Wichita
Jessie Parett
Finley
Schubert Funeral
George H. Woestemeyer
Lawrence Masonic Lodge No. 6
David
Weskan
Ottawa Resident Margaret Nicely Dies at 100
Margaret Belle Nicely of Ottawa Kansas died today at age 100 She would have turned 101 in September The obituary notes her long life and residence in Ottawa Kansas.
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Ottawa
Kas
Margaret Belle Nicely
Lawrence items highlight city ratings and road changes
Lawrence city actions include the Kansas Inspection Bureau keeping fire insurance at Class Five with upgrade suggestions such as a third fire station and more firefighters. Airport bond margins were slim in Lawrence Salina and Chanute, while a Kansas City baseball ticket program offered free youth seats. A new traffic light system at 6th and Mass Street aims to ease east west conflicts, with rules to keep lanes, avoid amber, and watch signals. No orthopedic clinic in August. next Kiwanis clinic Sept 1.
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Lawrence City Commission
Kansas Inspection Bureau
Lawrence
Inspection Bureau
6Th and
Mass. Sts
E. J. Allison
Allison
Kaw River
KU Students Win Morse Fund Engineering Awards
The Col. Robert H. Morse Memorial Foundation funds six KU students for engineering awards with an initial $500 prize to Cletus Isbell, Maurice Wildin, and Jerry Jones. Renewals for juniors to seniors depend on continued academic and extracurricular excellence.
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Cletus Howard Inbell
Maurice W. Wyldin
Jerry James Jones
John L. Lightstone
Russell E. Hayes
Leonard George Seulter
Col
Robert H. Morse
Fairbanks, Morse and Co
John
Morse
Isbell
Harry H. Isbell
Alamo, Tenn
K.U
Wildin
Mildred Wildin
Hutchinson
Hutchinson Junior College
Jones
Marvin R. Jones
Frankfort
Suelter
Alfred H. Suelter
Manhattan
Greeks on Cyprus launch protest after hangings
In Nicosia the Greek population staged a general strike in response to the dawn executions of three Greek Cypriots convicted in the underground movement for union with Greece. British authorities anticipated further rebel reprisals but no immediate violence followed. Shops stayed closed and workers stayed home, echoing last May’s spontaneous shutdown after prior executions.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Greece
Memorial Hospital Admits and Discharges List
At Memorial Hospital admitted: Anna Marie Stewart 1306 Oak Hill Ave Norman Cellan 743 R.I. St Frances Roche Sunflower Bert Koosber Perry Shirley Blanton Tonganoxie Ernest Bracken 732 Locust St Ted Beatty 104 Ky St Lorraine Cox Linwood. Discharged: Mrs Alice Gibler 1612 W 22nd Terr Edith Flora 1933 Leonard Ave Maudie Housewirth DeSoto Anna Marie Stewart 1306 Oak Hill Ave Charene Tribble Linwood Thelma Randell and baby Baldwin Mary Sandidge and baby DeSoto Edna Lee and baby Route 4 James Belcher 633 NY St Anthony Congeilo 432 Mo St a daughter Wednesday Robert L Storrs 818 La St a daughter Wednesday.
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Anna Marie Stewart
Oak Hill Ave
Norman Cellan
R.I. St
Frances Roche
Sunflower
Bert Koosber
Perry
Shirley Blanton
Tonganoxie
Ernest Bracken
Locust St
Ted Beatty
Lorraine Cox
Linwood
Alice Gibler
W. 22Nd St. Terr
Edith Flora
Learnard Ave
Maudie Housewirth
DeSoto
Charlene Tribble
Thelma Randell
Baldwin
Mary Sandidge
Edna Lee
James Belcher
N.Y. St
Anthony Congeilo
Mo. St
Robert L. Storrs
la. St
High Winds and Storms Rake Kansas Regions
Severe weather lashed Kansas with high winds and electrical storms causing property damage. Tornadoes were sighted near Smoky Hill Air Force Base but reportedly caused no damage. A 50 foot brick smokestack at Willis nursery south of Ottawa collapsed, injuring one employee as workers scattered. McPherson and East Atchison endured fires, downed transformers, and minor damages from lightning and rain totals ranged from .10 to 1.0 inches.
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Kansas
Smoky Hill
George Denk
McPherson
Fairview
Brown
Atchison
East Atchison
Market Snapshot Stocks and Commodities Mixed Across Exchange
Kansas City wheat and corn prices shown with No 2 hard at 2.16 and No 2 yellow around 1.67 to 1.69 while soybeans hover near 2.36 to 2.41. Livestock trade softer. cattle and calves down, hogs steady to mixed. Overall volume about 2,600 shares as markets steady amid Suez Canal tensions and global risk tones.
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C. Cash Gra
Kansas City
High Low
Livestock
USDA
U. S
Ohio
Santa Fe
Cult
yal _Dute
Lawrence Accident Toll Rises With July Injuries
Sixteen people were injured in 57 Lawrence street accidents in July, amid rising tolls that outpace July 1955 figures. Police Chief John Hazelet warned the city’s accident counts continue to mount as total damage reached about 9,690 dollars.
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Lawrence
Althout
John Hazelet
K U Prof to Speak at Wyoming Meeting
Kansas University geography professor Walter Kollmorgan will open the Missouri Basin Research and Development Council meeting in Laramie Wyoming August 15 through 17. He will discuss conditions in the Great Plains and the Kansas Basin Research Project funded by Resources for the Future. The 10 state gathering will hear Gov Milward L Simpson greet the delegation. Other speakers include W Paul Brann of Arkansas University and Wilbur T Billington of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
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Walter Kollmorgan
Kansas University
Missouri Basin Research and Development Council
Wyoming University
Laramie
Wyo
Kollmorgan
Great Plains
K.U
Resources For the Future,Inc
At Foundation
I M. C. Mundell
Council
College of Commerce and Industry
Wyoming
Milward L. Simpson
W. Paul Brann
Arkansas University
Wilbur T. Billington
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Vandals Scattered Lights at Fort Scott Church
Vandals entered Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Fort Scott last night and broke lit vigil lights and lamps. They carried a school zone traffic sign into the church and left it in an aisle. Rev. John Rustelka discovered the damage two hours after leaving at 9 p.m. A week earlier $12 was stolen from a Salvation Army donation box at the chapel.
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Fort Scott
Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church
John Rustelka
Salvation Army
Heraz
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