Battle over GOP delegates tightens as Chicago convention nears
In Chicago the Taft Eisenhower fight tightens with delegates and rules shaping the Republican convention. Kansas delegates show firm support for Eisenhower with 20 backing him and two for Taft as credentials disputes loom over the final program. The Texas and Kansas contests move to the floor as observers await the credentials committee report.
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Chicago
Sen
Taft
Gen
Eisenhower
American Jury
Tenunis
Senhower
California
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Minnesota
Maryland
National Committee
Kansas
Sunflower
Credentials Committee
Texas
William Horton Jr
Atwood
Horton
Rod Bentley
Gove
Bentley
Hill Falls to Reds as UN forces push in Korea
U S Eighth Army reports Allied infantrymen in the east took 42 North Koreans and wounded 65 others while Chinese counterattacks on a central ridge recaptured a hill after U N troops had held it hours earlier. Thunderjets bombed Changjin Reservoir No 2 power plant as raids aim to stop generators being restored.
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Seoul
Korea
P—U. N
U.S. Eighth Army
USNL
U.N
U.S
Changjin Reservoir
Kansas forms seven member contour maps advisory panel
A seven member advisory committee on topographic mapping in Kansas has been formed with its first meeting planned for this fall. Members include six state agency reps such as Ross Keeling of the State Highway Commission and Dr Harold Myers of Kansas State College, with Dr John C. Frye as chair.
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Kansas
John C. Frye
State Geological Survey
Ross C. Keeling
State
Topeka
Harold F. Myers
Department of Agronomy
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Dwight Metzler
State Board of Health
Lawrence
Maurice E. Fager
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
R. V. Smrha
Division of Water Resources
State Board of Agriculture
Dave Leahy
Forestry, Fish, and Game Commission
Pratt
Two Life Insurance Short Courses at K U Next Week
The sixth annual Life Insurance Marketing school at the University of Kansas on July 13 14 attracts over 50 attendees from several Midwestern states. Purdue University Life Insurance Marketing Institute faculty will run two simultaneous courses including a career track for underwriters who attended KU before. The program covers leveraging social security tax regulations investment trends and recent court rulings with Hal L. Nutt Fred K. Kimball and Russell M. Logan from Purdue attending.
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University of Kansas
A. McFarland
Lawrence Extension Center
Life Insurance Marketing Institute
Purdue University
K.U
Hal L. Nutt
Fred K. Kimball
Russell M. Logan
Purdue Institute
Indianapolis attorney and accountant to lecture
Robert R. Girk of Indianapolis, noted attorney and accountant, will deliver a lecture.
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Robert R.girk
Indianapolis
Leci Ture
Liquor Licenses May Come to Topeka Township
TOPEKA Topeka Township in Shawnee County is set to become the fourth Kan township where retail liquor stores may operate after population certification. County official John Towle says the township exceeded 11,000 residents this year, with 1952 population at 93,637 and the county total at 116,774, up from last year.
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Topeka
Shawnee County
Kan
John Towle
State Liquor Control Office
Liqquor
Johnson County
Sedgwick County
Towle
Negroes Seek Access to Topeka Pools
The Topeka city commission received a NAACP request to open all city pools to Negroes. The matter was taken under advisement. The city owns three pools, with one currently operating as a pool for Negroes.
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Topeka
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Doctor Resigns to Lead Texas Tech Adult Education
Manhattan Kansas Dr. Per G. Stensland who has run off campus activities for the Kansas State College Institute of Citizenship since 1948 resigns to head the new department of adult education at Texas Tech nology College Lubbock. The resignation becomes effective September 15.
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Manhattan
Per G. Stensland
Kansas State College Institute of Citizenship
Texas Technology College
Lubbock
Asbestos First Used in Auto Brake Linings in 1906
The article notes that asbestos was first utilized in automobile brake linings in 1906, marking an early industrial application of the material and hinting at later health and safety concerns associated with its use.
Unclear fragment hints at a Bozeman visit request
Fragmentary dialogue mentions a break in last year and a wish for closer contact. References a resident of Bozeman and a plea to visit, with phrases like daydreaming and returning. Content is fragmentary and lacks clear action or outcome.
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Bozeman
M. Henri
Eureope
W Ling
Daily Chronicle
Henri
Mortanans
Bridger Canyon
Ummer Cabin
Larote
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K. U
Massachusetts
Penney
Bizes
Catalina
Phang
Jacquard
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