Christmas Holiday Traffic Toll Drops Slightly From 1955
Three day Christmas weekend deaths totaled under 500 with about 15 percent fewer fatalities than 1955 and 1953. The National Safety Council cited 71 million cars on the road, weather hazards and law enforcement efforts as factors in the lower toll, while holiday travel and earlier AP surveys showed varying counts across periods.
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National Safety Council
Plains States
Midwest
Governors Christmas card costs top ten years records
State records show governors mailed Christmas cards at public expense for at least a decade. From 1951 to 1959 the tab for printing varied from 2 4 to 6 cents per card, with figures for Docking Hall Arn and Arn’s earlier terms noted.
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Topeka
State Printer’s Office
George Docking
Controller's Office
Docking
Fred Hall
Hall
Edward F. Arn
Arn
Capitol
Republian
William Turrentine
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Schoeppel
Turrentine
Frank Carlson
Rockefeller withdrawal upends 1960 GOP race
Washington observers report Gov. Nelson Rockefeller quitting the Republican presidential bid. Nixon is seen as front runner for the nomination with the running mate choice still open. Democrats face a fight over religious and regional issues as they prepare to contest Nixon in November.
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GOP
Richard M. Nixon
New York
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Rockefeller
Chicago
Nixon
Baltimore
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Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Morton
White House
Los Angeles
John F
Douglas County Retail Surges in First Half 1959
First comprehensive figures for Douglas County show strong retail activity in the first six months of 1959 led by Lawrence as the county’s business hub. Auto appliances and high priced goods led the recovery with total county retail at 56.753 million for the year ending July 1, 1959, and a share of national business rising despite a small population.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
United States
Standard Rate and Data Service
New Year Traffic Period Seen as Rugged Test by Law Officers
County sheriffs and city police report a near accident free Christmas period with light arrests. Officials warn the upcoming New Year weekend could bring more danger as weather and heavy travel increase crash risks.
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Sheriff's Office
Highway Patrol
Police Department
Dale Chappell
Lawrence
John Hazelet
Fateful Fifties Ten-Year Look Back by Relman Morin
The editor notes a decade of radical change ending in the 1950s. Relman Morin surveys shadow and light from nuclear brinkmanship to medical breakthroughs, European unity efforts, Khrushchev’s disarmament call, and shifts in Yugoslavia and the Middle East as the decade closes.
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Associated Press
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Free World
Earth
Stalin
Europe
Iron and Steel Community
Euratom
Nikita Khrushchev
China
Tibet
Dalai Lama
Orient
Middle East
Russia
Red China
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Woodring Divorce Petition Filed in Topeka
Mrs Helen Coolidge Woodring sues former Kansas governor and secretary of war Harry H Woodring for divorce citing extreme cruelty and neglect. The couple married July 25 1933 in Washington D C and have two living children Melissa Sager and Cooper C Woodring with a late son Markus deceased. Cooper is a KU senior and a property settlement is reported agreed.
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Kanii
Harry H. Woodring
Kansas
Helen Coolidge Woodring
Woodring
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Alf Landon
Woodrings
Melissa Sager
Cooper C. Woodring
Markus
Cooper
University of Kansas
Lawrence Growing Faster Than State and Nation
Federal Census figures and a Lawrence Chamber of Commerce survey show Lawrence increasing 31.4 percent since 1950, with permanent population near 25,000. Projections by city planner Robert Kipp estimate Lawrence could reach 56,000 by 1970 and 80,000 by 1980, including KU students.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Sunflower State
Colorado
Robert Kipp
Planning Commission
Kipp
Riverside Sewe rs Deemed Legal In Court Action Here
Riverside Sewer District No. 8 encompassing 1 115 715 acres including the Lawrence Country Club was ruled legal and valid by District Court Judge Frank R. Gray. He also affirmed per acre cost assessments for the main sewer and noted current construction and future expansion plans with limited development to date.
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Riverside
Lawrence Country Club
District Court
Frank R. Gray
Gray
County Commission
Caltery Chemical
Hallmark Cards Inc
Samaritan Lodge
Samaritan
Hallmark Cards
Callery Chemical
Midwest Storm Halts Traffic Snows Blank vast Midwest
A historic winter storm swept the central states with wind driven snow stranding motorists. In Russell Kansas almost 100 spent the night in homes and city hall basement as drifts blocked roads and U S routes closed.
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Russell
Kan
Snowy Day Marked By Light Traffic and Rain Totals
Light snow with below freezing temps left slick streets and one minor wreck. The weekend brought 1.16 inches of rain, making December the wettest since 1947 with 1.61 inches counted and total rainfall for the year at 38.20 inches.
Willkie’s Brother Dies In Wisconsin Home
Herman Willkie aged 65 and younger brother of Wendell L. Willkie died today at a rest home in Oshkosh where he had been a patient for six years. He had been ill since he was stricken in Berlin in 1952 during a State Department mission.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Herman Willkie
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Berlin
State Department
New Trial Move Filed For Lee Andrews Death Sentence
A motion for a new trial was filed today for Lee Andrews 19, sentenced to death for killing his parents and older sister. The defense alleges court discretion abuse and says the verdict contradicts the evidence. Andrews a former University of Kansas student pleaded temporary insanity. The state contends he acted to inherit family property and cash.
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Kansas City
Lee Andrews
Andrews
University of Kansas
Weather notes Northeast Kansas winds fall to lessons
Cloudy and colder tonight with diminishing winds and a low near 25. Tuesday will be slow to clear with high 35 to 40 and lighter winds. Readings show a morning low around 38 and afternoon near 54 to 68 depending on time. yesterday’s highs and lows were 63 and 51, with a 0.55 inch rainfall today. Sunrise Tuesday 7 37, sunset 5 12, humidity around 98 percent.
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Kansas
Undey
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