Blind Senator in Oklahoma Primary Race
Oklahoma City July 7. Blind Senator T. P. Gore fights to stay in the U S Senate as a field of newcomers contests the Democratic ticket in the first primary. Gore trails Gov. E W Marland with eight Republicans and many Democrats seeking renomination in a high turnout, with pensions and tax measures on the line.
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Oklahoma City
T. P. Gore
U. S. Senate
Oklahoma
E. W. Imland
Josh Let
Congress
University of Oklahoma
Gomer Smith
Townsend, Old-Age Pension
Gore
Lee
Smith
Senate
Herbert Hyde
U. S
Charles F. Urechel
Robert W. Kellough
Tulsa
Horace McKeever
Enid
Marland
The
Conservation Commission
Shelterbelt project reports high tree survival in Kansas
Pi Jonetles A Scott, state director, announced 78.5 percent survival from 298,682 trees planted the week of June 15, with nursery stock faring better than wild stock. Earlier 1925 spring plantings showed over 50 percent survival across 264,000 trees. Total Kansas project cost reached 381,341.70 dollars with 231,468.67 spent on wages. 775 people employed last year. The state group holds 13,000,000 seedlings needing care until establishment.
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Manhattan
Kan
Pi— Jonetles A. Scott
Kansas
Scott
Kansgas
Cold Shower Advice From Roper Hospital Officials
Charleston doctors debunk cold showers as a cooling method and advise using water at body temperature. They warn exertion in heat causes salt loss through sweat, leading to headaches. a pinch of salt in water is suggested to replace lost minerals.
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Charleston, S. C
Roper Hospital
Speeding Automobiles Spread Flower Seeds in Texas Roadways
Speeding automobiles spread flower seeds along Texas roadways as a state highway department project aims to beautify the highways. Jack Gubbels, landscape architect for the Texas Department of Highways, explains the effort and its practical aims.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Jack Gubbels
State Highway Department
Highway seeding plan spreads seeds by speeding trucks
Gub bels describes a method planting 50 tons of wild flower seeds along highways. Plants grow and seed as trucks pass, spreading seeds farther. Letter heads reference business and Phone 22. The World Co. v.
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Gubbels
the World Co
Oysters Measured 30 Inches Across Near Boquillas
In the Big Bend area, oyster diameters reached 30 inches, illustrating prehistoric abundance near Boquillas within the district later to be part of the proposed Big Bend International park. Dallas reports mention Mexico’s illiteracy and a literacy drive, while officials note a geologist in the National Park service directing about 20 percent of the budget toward youth education.
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Boquillas
Big Bend International Park
Mexico City
Mexico
Charles N. Gould
National Park
Lecompton Social Roundup and Community Notes
Mrs. Fri McClanahan and Adalyn hosted relatives for Mr McClanahan's birthday with ice cream and cake. Visitors included Roberta McClanahan from Topeka and Clarence Reed of Lawrence, plus the Glenn and Cramer families visiting Lecompton. The Lecompton school hires for 1956 57 include Clarence Smith as principal and Naomi Edwards Teresa Anderson Dorothy Porterfield. 4 H club activities featured a card party ice cream social and a talk by Marie Cottrell with reports from Manhattan. Phyllis Martin returned from Stormont hospital and local weddings and visits were noted.
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Fri McClanahan
Adalyn
Frank McClanahan
Madalyn McClanahan
George A. Glenn
Arlington
Colo
M. C. Cole
Clarence Glenn
V. J. Cramer
Stormont Hospital
Larry Richard
Cramer
Lecompton R.H. 8
Toneka
Cora
Hew
Lecompton
Topeka
Marie Cottrell
Manhattan
Eileen Glenn
Margaret Goodrich
Mae Carr
Maxine Maust
Phyllis Martin
Hom
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Seg
Dallas
Big Bend
Dates
Topeke
Charles Wells
Galdys Welcher
Beloit
Verne Hall
Kansas City
Mrs. Hall
George Richards
Dorothy
Bierman
Williams
Sunny
Lawrence Paint & Wallpaper Store
Lawrence, Kan
Gee
Scipe
Vulcan
Kansas Public Service CO
Shantung
Bemberg
Belding
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