Primary Victors Certified Today By Canvass Board
The State Canvassing Board certified winners from the August election. George Hart won the Democratic U S Senate nomination by 463 votes over Paul Aylward, while George Docking took the Democratic gubernatorial nod by 996 votes over Harry Woodring. In the Republican race Warren Shaw led Fred Hall for the subernatorial nomination, and incumbent Frank Carlson led the U S Senate field. Carlson and Hart will meet in the November election.
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Topeka
Tony
State
Secretary of State
George Hart
Wichita
U. S
Senate
Paul Aylward
Ellsworth
George Docking
Lawrence
Harry Woodring
Hart
Aylward
Fred Kilian
Martyn Kort
Docking
Woodring
Warren Shaw
Fred Hall
Shaw
Hull
Francis Holton
John O. Stewart
Associated Press
Frank Carlson
Walter T. Biddle
Carlson
Lawrence Daily Journal World Republican primary totals and past results
The Lawrence Daily Journal World notes 287,150 votes in the Republican primary and 152,082 in the Democratic primary. It mentions Hall's lower total than in 1954, recalls a 195? plurality over George Tem, and cites a 30 year erratic victory for the party's nominator Donald Muir by 627 votes.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Hall
George
Donald Muir
Parties Set State Leader Votes After National Conventions
Kansas Democrats and GOP will elect state chairmen and officers at separate meetings. Theis is expected to be re elected Democratic state chairman. Shaw backs James Pratt for GOP chair. Docking backs Theis. Parties draft platforms on state issues with unions and work ban debates likely. Hal is in California and not expected back until September.
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Frank Theis
Arkansas City
Warren W. Shaw
Topeka
James Pratt
Lloyd Ruppenthal
George Docking
Theis
GOP
State House of Representatives
Hotel Jayhawk
Shaw
Docking
Fred Hall
California
San Francisco
Hall
Victory Speech and Kansas Democrat Ticket Results
Docking issued a post victory statement pledging to lead a united Democrat team for governor and state offices. The report itemizes extensive election results across districts, listing GOP and Democratic counts for Congress, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state auditor, treasurer, attorney general, state superintendent, insurance, state printer, and supreme court races.
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Docking
Kansas
Democrat Party
A F
Throwkemorton
Donald T. Ramsey
Frank Sullivan
Robert Cameron
Rex Allen
Ford Voiland Jr
John Carr
Mc Lillie Washabaugh
Dusties
Supreme Court
Poaltion
Herald FR. Fatser
Paulie Cuuh
4-H Club Boy Benny Leads Chickens to Honors
Benny Rowing, a 4-H club member, excelled in culinary arts and farm work at the Rowings' farm. In 1953 he won grand champion, reserve champion, and junior champion ribbons with three chickens, and he plans to study electrical engineering after entering junior high this fall.
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Benny
Hichsehood
Bomb hits pastor’s home in Montgomery Alabama
Police report a dynamite explosion damaged the home of Rev. Robert Graetz 27 white pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in a NegroMontgomery district. Graetz active in the eight month boycott, family away from home, no injuries. Graetz is a member of the Montgomery Improvement Association supporting rides for Black workers.
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Montgomery
Ala
Robert Graetz
G. J. Ruppenthal
Graetz
Trinity Lutheran
Lawrence fair moves to new location for first time
The Free Fair will open at the Lawrence fairgrounds marking its first move from Big Springs. Mrs. Raymond Wagner and Richland Foods help run the event with 4 H. Clyde Husted notes a larger fair on a budget set for the Big Springs site and hopes Lawrence will attract more merchants and participants. The board aims to spark farming interest, connect participants, and aid youth development in Douglas County.
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Kaloosa
Raymond Wagner
Richland — Foods
Lawrence Fairgrounds
Big Springs
Lawrence
Ber Springs
Clyde Husted
Fair
Free Fair Board of Directors
Douglas County
Divorces Filed in District Court
Suits for divorce filed by Helen Marie Fletcher from Kenneth Lester Fletcher Sr Barbara J Thompson from Thomas J Thomson and Mildred C Sharp from William P Sharp.
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Helen Marie
Fletcher
Kenneth Lester
Fletcher Sr
Barbara J. Thompson
Thomas J. Thomnson
Mildred C. Sharp
William P. Sharp
Wetumka Sucker Day Celebrates Townspeople's Trickery Tale
Wetumka Oklahoma marks the annual Sucker Day parade amid long running festivities after a con man named F Bam Morrison posed as a circus advance agent and left town with funds in 1949. The event draws about 6000 residents and visitors, featuring floats from Oklahoma City and McAlester, a ski contest, boat races, and other entertainments.
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Wetumka
Okla
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
McAlester
Atwater
F. Bam Morrison
Morrison
Hays
Frogs, toads flood Lawrence yards amid dry spell
Rich land Shawnee County centennial fair features cheerful whistle contest for kids sponsored by Mrs. Georgia Neese Clark Gray. An anonymous judge visits each Saturday as children compete for a silver dollar prize. Kansas University notes frog dispersion moreso after recent rains, not a flood threat. Nassau Hall 200th anniversary stamp set for Sept 22 at Princeton post office with first day cancellations offered.
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Life Magazine
Richland
Nassau Hall
Princeton, N. J
Princeton
N. J
Couple Arraigned Over Burning Cross on Lawn
Clayton K. Jones and Phyllis Jones, both aged 32 and 30, were charged with violating a state riot law after a kerosene soaked cross was burned August 14 on the lawn of George Lawson’s home in an all white Columbus neighborhood to force a Black family to move. They were released on $250 bonds each and face arraignment Tuesday on a misdemeanor count.
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Columbus
Ohio
Clayton K. Jones
Phyllis
George Lawson
Vatican States It Has Copy of Russ Arms Plea
Vatican circles said the Soviet Union turned a copy of its parliament disarmament plea over to the Vatican. A Vatican source said D P Pogidaiev delivered the plea to Papal nuncio Giuseppe Fietta, stressing there was no official contact, only a meeting between two diplomats.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
D. P. Pogidaiev
Rome
Mser
Giuseppe Fietta
Italy
Supreme Soviet
Pogidaiev
Russia
Police Raid Cypriot Farmers Union in Nicosia
In Nicosia five police raided the Cypriot Farmers Union headquarters, seized records, and arrested two officials amid ongoing tensions after EOKA leaflets rejected British surrender demands. The raid follows previous investigations into extremist links and a lethal blast, marking the first crackdown since a truce on August 16.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Eventys
EOKA
Union
Missouri Guardsmen Called to Watch Traffic Over Labor Day
Gov. Phil M. Donnelly announced the National Guard would patrol Missouri highways over the labor day weekend to reduce the traffic toll. He urged rigid enforcement of traffic laws and stiff penalties for violators, saying safety programs have failed to curb fatalities.
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Missouri Guardsmen
Jefferson City
Donnelly
Wreck Victim Dana R. Bishop Dies in El Dorado
The 38 year old Dana R. Bishop of Syracuse died in an El Dorado hospital, becoming the second victim of a highway crash west of Beaumont on Tuesday. His father S. D. Bishop, 72, was killed outright when the car went off a curve and struck an embankment.
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EL Dorado
Dana R. Bishop
Syracuse
el Dorado Hospital
Beaumont
S. D. Bishop
Bishop
Local Boy Five May Be First Paralytic Case
Ted Conklin Jr. nine? age appears miswritten five, son of Mr and Mrs Ted Conklin of 615 E 12th St is likely Douglas County first paralytic polio case of the year. At Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City tests continue before a definite diagnosis. He was admitted after two days of leg weakness and has normal leg feeling with no ascending paralysis.
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Ted Conklin Jr
Ted Conklin
12Th St
Douglas County
Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence Area
Obituaries note the death of Mrs. Johanna Hayward 77 of 907 W 6th St and two other local figures Dick S Schroeder and Mrs Augusta Jost with funeral plans and survivors listed. An average of 10 mice per farm acre cited by National Geographic Society closes the item.
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Johanna Hayward
W. 6Th St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Skinner Funeral Home
Coffeyville
Herman‘ D. Reinken
Charles Emerick
Denver
Cole
Dick Hoffman
Magdelina
N. M
Louis Deutschman
Las Vegas
Nev
William Paul
Rumsey Funeral Home
The
National Geoographic Society
Former KU Class Speaker to Address Institute Conference
Freda Dixon of Dixon Associates will be guest speaker at the third annual Institute Class Conference at Kansas University. About thirty University Extension staff from Kansas City Wichita Garden City Colby and Lawrence will attend. Dixon, a former KU student and management consultant, will discuss Leadership in Extension Management. T. Howard Walker will speak on The Road Ahead. extension staff will lead discussions on sharing experiences and management responsibilities.
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Freda Dixon
Dixon Associates
Kansas City
Kansas University
Wichita
Garden City
Colby
Lawrence
Miss Dixon
K. U. Stuent
Pennsylvania
Lawrence Leiter and Co
Kansas
City
T. Howard Walker
Memorial Hospital Births and Admitted List
Memorial Hospital reports multiple admissions including Mrs Helen Kennedy and Mrs Kate Caldwell among others at various addresses. Notable births include Edith Gordon and baby girl at 212 Mound View Dr and Mrs Martha Roberts and baby boy at 1502 W 22nd Terr. Mr and Mrs James O'Toole welcomed a son Friday at 616 W 11th St.
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Helen Kennedy
Ark. St
Kate Caldwell
Ky. St
Gerald Lamb
Helen Bushyhead
Janie Holiday
Oskaloosa
Melvin McClelland
Maple Lane
Nellie Folks
R. 1
Joseph Matewsk
Tonganosk
William Goble
Etta Brockman
R. I. St
Barbara Ritter
Mo. St
Harold Smith
Maple St
Carolee Collins
Calif. St
James Light
Eudora
Edith Gordon
Moundview Dr
James Watson
Tonganoxie
Martha Roberts
W. 22Nd
Owen F. Ward
Elm St
Gunhild Buckman
Utth and
Mo. Sts
Janice Wagg
James O'Toole
11Th St
Rice Family Reunion At McLouth Methodist Church
The Rice family reunion will be held Sunday at the McLouth Methodist Church. Dinner is served at noon. All relatives and friends are invited to attend.
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McLouth
Market News Livestock Prices Mixed At Kansas City
Kansas City market report shows cattle futures with varied shifts as slaughter steers slip up to 50 cents, fed heifers rise up to 25, cows and bulls gain up to 50, vealers steady. Hogs mostly steady to down 25 with lighter weights weak. Sheep and lambs mostly lower with spring lambs 19.00-20.50 and utility lambs 14.00-18.00. Texas feeder lambs listed at 17.50. Extra, 60 percent A cattle mix listed by A C Produce.
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Kansas City
USDA
Nebraska
Texas
Commodity price listing shows poultry and dairy terms
The notice lists varied prices for poultry items such as hens and fryers, butter grades and fat, and grains like wheat and barley. It includes weights in pounds and per pound prices, with several encoded terms and unclear lines, reflecting a historical market brief.
Marriage Licenses Issued by Probate Court
Marriage licenses issued include W. E. Johnson and Lawrence Neal Arthur Gleason 21 Lawrence and Clara Ann Hardy 19 Tonganoxie Oscar F. Crane 39 and Jean Menzel 33 Topeka Robert T. Ford 19 and Anita Kay Grinstead 18 Lawrence.
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W. E. Johnson
Lawrence
Neal Arthur Gleason
Clara Ann Hardy
Tonganoxie
Oscar F. Crane
Jean Menzel
Topeka
Robert T. Ford
Anita Kay Grinstead
Dickinson 4-H gains top money at Central Kansas Free Fair
VIEW-Sixty Dickinson exhibitor won 13096 dollars from auctioning pi stock at the Central Kansas Free Fair. Steers sold for 27 to 47 cents a pound with the champion steer from Abilene receiving top pay. Pigs and lambs also sold as stalls closed. The Wild Bill Hickok rodeo crowned Duane Hennigh of Laverne Oklahoma as the winning cowboy for a second year despite a bull riding injury. The Purple Heart medal was established on August 7, 1782 for U.S. servicemen wounded in action.
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Dickinson
Kansas
George T Jr
Abilene
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Allen Engler
Howard
Miller
Errett P. Scrivner
Newell A. George
Myron V. George
Oren Gray
Jack Warren Shaw
Denver D. Hargis
Henry M. Smith
Ed St. Rees
John D. Montgomery
Jay Berryman
John Www. Crutcher
J. Floyd Breeding
Morris Coover
Z.arthur Nevins
Wint Smith
John C. Weelk
Mildred Otis
Stephen N. Lawrence
Verne H. Aaron
Halt
George Robb
John J. Williams
Richard T. Fadely
A. L. Wolfe
John Anderson Jr
James W. Putnam
Frank Eckdall
Harr
G. Wiles
William F. Butters
John E. Lancelot
John W. Sowers
Harry G. Wiles
Alabama
KKK
Beulah Waller
Ku Klux Klan
Macon
Tune Chasers
Douglas County Free Fair
Frank
Wiziarde
Cowtown Wranglers
Juggiers
Lang and Lee
Pat Kelly
Ray Conklin
K. U
Russ Arms
Cypriot Farmers Union
Dick S. Schroeder
Rio Vista
Calif
Lawrence Paper Co
China
India
Burma
Trinity Lutheran Church
Lawrence American Legion
Vergie
Dick Barton Schroeder
Flora Schroeder
Augusta E. Jost
Augusta Elenore Jost
Miss. St
Bremen
Germany
Romney
Harold Hamilton
Oak Hill Cemetery
Dietrich
Omaha, Neb
Dwight
Bartlesville
Mrs. C. Ranenberg
Pine Bluff, Ark
Louising Sol
Cleveland
Mary Kay
Murphy
Marlene Kauntz
Ann Stokar
K.U. Students Institute
Memorial Hospital
Rumsey
Fred W
Oscar B. Rumsey
Ous
Indiana St
A. C
Farmers Insurance Group Auto — Truck — Fire — Life
Gerald R. Owens
Fred A. Bremer
Porter Hunt
Baldwin District
C. O
Andy" Anderson
W. St. Dial VI
Eeeter
U.S
Decker-Cay Real Estate
7 East Ltd
Insurance Agency
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