Platform Drafters Hone Farm Plank Amid Civil Rights Debate
Chicago reports that Democratic platform drafters focused on making the farm plank appealing to a broad base while civil rights remains a top issue as North and South factions seek a compromise. Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt urged a plank acceptable to both regions, hinting at whether to endorse the Supreme Court ruling on school desegregation.
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Chicago
Platform Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
City eyes Belmont Fairfield street upgrades and sewer projects
Progress on street paving and curb and gutter work continues in the Belmont Fairfax area with multiple blocks in Ousdahl Road Twenty-First Terrace and Prairie Avenue scheduled this week. Additional backlogged paving, future bids, and three sewer extensions are planned, with some contracts under Kansas Construction Co. totaling 63 dollars.
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Ousdahl Road
Belmont-Fairfax
Twentieth Terrace
Ohio Street
Twenty-Third
Third Street
Mississippi
Clinois
Yale Road
Crestline
Crestline Drive
Ninth
Ninth Street
Terrace Road
Iowa
Arkansas Street
Ohio Stret
Montana Street
Park Hill
Walnut
Elm
Emery Road
West Hills Parkway
Ninth Terrace
Rockledge Road
Alabama
James Farr
Sunset Drive
Prairie Avenue
Brookdale Addition No. 3
Brookdale
Easy Street
Shady Lane
Fifteenth Street
Town and Country Addition
Kansas Construction Co
Town and Country
Fritzel-Kapfer
Anderson Tract
West Hills
Rockledge
Brookdale Addition
Sunset Hill
Schwarz Acres
Kansas Confisaation Co
Homewood Gardens
Hagman Reelected Fifth Term as Crawford County GOP Chair
William R. Hagman of Pittsburg was reelected Saturday to a fifth term as chairman of the Crawford County Republican Central Committee at the organizational meeting.
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Girard
Kas
Pittsburg
Crawford County Republican Central Committee
Democratic Convention Telecast Schedule for Chicago Coverage
Telecast plan for the Democratic national convention in Chicago lists daily channel blocks across channels 4, 5, 9, and others from Monday through Friday. Times cover morning, afternoon, and evening slots with changes subject to schedule adjustments.
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Chicago
Don’t Try To Guess Length Of Convention
Chicago notes show Democrats have solid odds on a five day convention with potential delay over nominee row. History cites ballots from 2 to 16 days, with nominations on first ballot by Jackson and many later on varied ballots. Since 1932 Democrats rarely exceed four ballots to pick a candidate.
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Chicago
Andrew Jackson
John W. Davis
Woodrow
Wilson
James M. Cox
Franklin R. Roosevelt
John Nance Garner
Robbers Hit Kansas City Firms In Dual Cash Hauls
Two armed robbers struck in downtown Kansas City taking about $33,900 from a credit union secretary and a tobacco company auditor. The first heist targeted Lou Eve Phelps as she returned to her office, a gunman breaking her arm, and a leather bag of cash was carried to a waiting car. The second robbery saw Cecil Priley’s employer’s agent lose around $3,900 as bandits snatched the money from his car before fleeing.
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Kansas City
Lou Eve Phelps
Chicago, Burlington & Quincey Railroad Credit Union
Kansas City, Kas
Fr. S. Edwards Tobacco Co
Cecil Priley
Births and admissions list from Memorial Hospital
The notice lists admittees and dismissals at Memorial Hospital including Samuel Buckley Sunflower Rosalie Wasson 1303 Del St Martha Quinlan 1402 Tenn St Esther Hadl 1520 W 22nd St Frank Mathena Lecompton Fort Harrell St Louis Thomas Jackson 603 Lincoln St James Slagle 800 Maine St William Nieder 1408 Conn St Bonnie Taylor 1845 Maine St Charles Crowder Konner Springs Goldie Hess Route 3 Fred Weixoldfer Eudova Thelma Warkinton Hotsington Robert Byrd TLR Y. St. DISMISSED Meda Clarkson 936 Ky St Michael Atwell 415 Forrest Ave Earl Pallas Kansas City Mo Barbara Cookman Linwood Sandra Stoors and baby girl Births Mr. and Mrs James Gilliland 513 Elm St a son Sunday Mr and Mrs Forrest Wheatly 1814 Ky St a daughter Sunday Mr and Mrs LeRoy Karlin 304 W 4th St a daughter today Mr and Mrs Roy Taylor 636 Miss St 4 daughter today Mr and Mrs Norman Storer 141 Summit St a son today Mr and Mrs Joseph Hendricks Endora a son today Mr and Mrs Harvey Rew 2022 R J St a son today Mr and Mrs Don Williams 325 Locust St a daughter today
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Samuel Buckley
Sunflower
Rosalie Wasson
de. St
Martha Quinlan
Tenn. St
Esther Hadl
22Nd St
Frank Mathena
Lecompton
Fort Harrell
St. Louis
Thomas Jackson
Lincoln St
James Slagle
Maine St
William Nieder
Conn. St
Bonnie Taylor
Charles Crowder
Konner Springs
Goldie Hess
Fred Weixeldorfer
Eudova
Thelma Warkinton
Hotsington
Robert Byrd
Tlr
Y. St
Meda Clarkson
Ky. St
Michael Atwell
Forrest Ave
Earl Pallas
Kansas City
Barbara Cookman
Linwood
Sandra Stoors
William Hopkins
W. ‘4Th St
Norma Knapp
de Soto
Mary Tefft
Crescent Rd
Mabel Staden
Marton Haun
Cleo Donner
Baldwin
John Kliower
Rosalie Wassow
Del
James Gilliland
Elm St
Forrest Wheatly
LeRoy Karlin
W. 4Th St
Roy Taylor
Miss. St
Norman Storer
Summit St
Joseph Hendricks
Endora
Harvey Rew
R.J. St
Don Williams
Locust St
Deaths and Funerals D C Serviss
D C Chubb Serviss aged 90 formerly of Linwood died Saturday in Santa Monica California. A rural mail carrier in Linwood his funeral arrangements are incomplete his body to be returned to Linwood for services and burial. He is survived by four sons Roy Linwood Howard Venice Calif Tom Kansas City Mo Ted and two daughters Mrs Lottie Evans God Calif Mrs Blanche Hale Santa Monica Calif and Mrs Vella Anderson Norfolk Va.
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D. C
God, Calif
Blanche Hale
Santa Monica
Calif
Vella Anderson
Norfolk, Va
Rotary Luncheon Hosts 42 Foreign Students at KU
Lawrence Rotary Club welcomed 42 visiting students undergoing orientation before term enrollment at U S colleges. Adm William Terrell chaired the program with guest speakers Eiji Umene of Tokyo and Asghar Fathi of Tehran. Umene, an engineer, will enroll at Case Institute in Cleveland next month and Fathi, a sociologist, will attend the University of Washington in Seattle.
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Rotary
K.U
Adm
William Terrell
Art Wolf
Lawrence Rotary Club
Eiji Umene
Tokyo
Asghar Fathi
Tehran
Iran
Umene
Case Institute
Cleveland
Ohio
Fathi
University of Washington At
Seattle
Local Democratic Leader To Medical Center Today
Frank McDonald, 1124 Emery Road, Jeng-lime Douglas County Democratic leader, was scheduled to enter Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City this afternoon. Bedfast for 12 days with Bell's palsy, he was to be a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago but canceled after failing to respond to treatment. An alternate will take his place.
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Frank McDonald
Emery Rad
Douglas County
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
McDonald
Bell
Chicago
No Trace of Minister Lost on Trip in Kansas
Kansas City Missouri and Kansas authorities report no word on Rev. Thomas Harlan 30 pastor of the Church of God at Crane Missouri missing while traveling from Fort Scott to Kansas City He had left Fort Scott to enroll for graduate work at the Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City Seminary officials say he has not checked in Relatives describe him as blue eyed blond 6 feet 2 inches tall about 170 pounds
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Kansas City
Kas
Missouri
Kansas
Fort Scott
Thomas Harlan
Church of God
Crane
Baptist Theological Seminary
Moore Burger Drive In Opens on West Sixth
A Moore Burger Drive-In will open Tuesday at 1511 W 6th, marking the first Kansas location for Harry Moore and Tib Scallon Jr. of Blackwell Oklahoma who operate six Oklahoma drive-ins. The Kansas site includes a patio and will run 11 p.m. to 11 p.m. daily except Friday and Saturday closes at midnight.
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Moore Burger Drive-In
Harry Moore
Tib Scallon Jr
Blackwell
Okla
Oklahoma
Stillwater
Black,well
Cushing
Muskogee
Sapulpa
Norman
Kansas
KU Med Professor Wins Grant for Rheumatic Fever Study
Dr. Tom R. Hamilton, chair of Medical Microbiology at KU Medical Center in Kansas City Kansas, received a 5800 grant from the American Heart Association for a one year extension of a three year project. He leads a study of 50 rheumatic fever families with Dr. Anton Diehl and Dr. Wallace Lane. Initial findings show reduced infections leading to rheumatic fever via protective penicillin.
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Tom R. Hamilton
Kansas University School of Medicine
Kansas City
Kan
American Heart Association
Hamilton
Anton M. Diehl
Children's Convalescent Center
Wallace Lane
Kansas City, Wyandotte County
Kas
K.U. Medical Center
Hamilton and
Diehl
Prominent lawyers aid Fort Sheridan training
Three Lawrence area attorneys join the U S Army Reserve school program at Fort Sheridan in the Judge Advocate General’s department. Major ranks and the Douglas County probate judge participate while others travel by car from Lawrence. Local paving progresses on a six mile south turnpike stretch near Lawrence with Tecon Corporation contracts exceeding four million dollars for a 200 mile segment from Bonner Springs to Lawrence. Visitors will view the Fisher Memorial Bridge dedication and the first pavement travel on the Kansas Turnpike north of Lawrence with Lt Gov John McCuish attending in Gov Fred Hall’s absence.
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Fort Sheridan
Milnais
U.S. Army Reserve School
Judse Advocate General’s Department
Mic Jor
Charles Rankin
Douglas County
Richard Allen
James Lester
Oskaloosa
Jefferson County
Lawrence
Teron Corporation of
Dallas
Douglas-Leavenworth County
Tecon
Bonner Springs
Leavenworth County
Kaw Valley
Here
Fisher Memorial Bridge
Kansas Turnpike
West Lawrence
John McCuish
Fred Hall
San Francisco
Grants total $336,090 to twenty colleges in St Louis
The Dan forth Foundation announced grants totaling $336,000 to ten liberal arts and ten teacher-training colleges in St Louis. Executive director Kenneth I. Brown said the funds aim to help individual students gain a more rounded experience. Kansas University officials noted KU likely not included as it is not exclusively a teacher-training college.
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ST Louis
Danforth Foundation
Kenneth I. Brown
Foundation
Kansas University
K. U
Market Report Mixed with Cattle and Grain Movements
Stocks ease while bonds and grains show varied moves in slow trading. Cattle and hogs rise gradually with steers and yearlings at higher quotes, while oats and soybeans hold firm amid crop forecasts. Wheat futures swing and livestock estimates point to modest gains in Kansas City and St. Joseph markets.
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Kansas City
W. St. Joseph
New York
Allied Ch
Tel&Tel
Atchison
Beech Aire
Beth Steel
Bran Airc Lly
Chi Ri Pac
Chrysler
Tsa
Monsan
NY Central
iNo Am
Ohio
Uta _Poach
Penney
Phill Pet
Plough
Proct & G
RCA
Rayonier
St Jos
St Reg
Sears Rock
Sinclair O
Socony
Spen Chem
Cal
Ind
Stoke van C
Aire
UN Pac
US Steel
Woodworth
Poultry Prices and Wall Street Slump Report
The report lists poultry items with varied grades and weights including hens under four pounds, fryers, old roosters, white ducks, geese, and guineas with specific prices. It also notes Wall Street stock prices fell further in quiet trading with about 1.8 million shares changing hands, amid Democratic convention news and Suez Canal fears, with Gulf Oil and other leaders dropping modestly.
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Wall Street
New Yo
Gulf Oil
Santa Fe
Speeding Defaulter Forfeits $9 Bond in Court
Albert Arnold Green of Route 4 forfeited a $9 bond today in Police court on a speeding charge.
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Albert Arnold Green
Route 4
McLouth Youth Killed In Motorcycle Mishap
Richard Thomas Holmes 19, former Winchester High School football star, died when his motorcycle overturned three miles north of McLouth on Highway 6 92. He would have been Tarkio College sophomore next fall. Funeral at Hebern Baptist near Winchester. burial in Pleasant Valley near Stanley. Survivors include parents Mr and Mrs Hubert Holmes two sisters Barbara and Lara Lee Holmes and grandmother Mrs Delilah Chaney.
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Winchester High School
Richard Thomas Holmes
McLouth
Holmes
Kaneasaty
Winchester
Tarkio College
Tarkio
Hebern Baptist Church
Pleasant Valley
Stanley
Johnson
Hubert Holmes
Barbara Holmes
Lara Lee Holmes
Delilah Chaney
Overland Pari
Leawood Resident Dies in Kansas City Hospital
John D. Mohler, 65, a retired Standard Oil Co engineer and former St. Joseph city engineer, died early today at a Kansas City hospital after suffering a heart attack about a month ago. He lived in Leawood, Kansas, and retired four years ago.
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Kansas City
John D. Mohler
Standard Oil Co
Mohler
Leawood
Kas
St. Joseph
Marriage Licenses Issued in Probate Court Topeka
Marriage licenses granted to William E. Nixon 25 and Mary L. Crowley 24 both of Topeka and to John H. Leiker 36 and Bernice Grittin 34 both of Topeka as recorded by Probate Court.
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William E. Nixon
Mary L. Crowley
Topeka
John H. Leiker
Bernice Grittin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hagman
Lawrence Lodge No. 6
A.M
Dolph Deplue
W.M
George W. Mole
Doric Lodge No
Eudora
Master Masons
Enoch E. Wright
W. M. Georns Gerstenberger
Upe'y
Channel 4
Channel 5
Memorial Hospital
Sen Estes Kefauver
Adlai
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Kefauver
Cash Grain
Dea
N. C
Hartford Accident and Tademasty Company Insurance
A Migrew Investment Co
Complete Insurance Service
George Noland Insurance Agency
George Noland
Lyman Wiley
Speeder
America
George Hedrick
WM. R. Terrell
Tinnvestment Bankers
Douglas County State Bank
The
Bank of Friendly Service
F.D
Funk
Cooper E
Warren
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