Pearson Faces Opponent in Kansas Senate Primary
U S Senator James B. Pearson is the sole Kansas incumbent facing a primary challenge as Bob Dole and all House members run unopposed in the Republican and Democratic races. Pearson's challenger is Harlan Dale House from Edson. Pearson vows confidence and steady campaigning across the state.
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Topeka
Kan
U. S
James B. Pearson
Washington
Kansas
Pearson
Bob Dole
House of Representatives
Joan Finney
Kansans weigh Pearson primary fight amid reform aims
The article details Republican pressure on Senator Pearson over the years and his private polls showing strength. It profiles Democratic contenders in Kansas 4th District such as Stevens and Paris with notes on their campaigns, priorities like tax reform and Social Security, and personal backgrounds.
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Stevens
Wichita
New Library Adopts Microfilm Checkout System Aug opens
Lawrence Public Library will open at Seventh and Vermont with a microfilm checkout desk. A 16mm camera will photograph borrower card book card and due date, allowing quick returns and overdue tracking. Fines for children’s books remain waived to keep young borrowers engaged.
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Lawrence Public Library
Seventh and
Vermont
Mayo
DeSoto Days Haystacking Contest and Raft Race
DeSoto Days features a 7:30 haystacking contest and an 8 pm egg toss and dance with bingo and a drug education display opening Friday. Great Kaw River Raft Race entrants from multiple towns start at 9 am Saturday, finish by 1 2 pm, with a $50 prize and traveling trophy for top five and seven-man crews. A parade at 10 am, mule jumping at 4 pm, and a 6:30 pm pony pull anchor Saturday events.
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Overland Park
Bonner Springs
Gardner
Edwardsville
Leavenworth
Valley Falls
Atchison
Shawnee
DeSoto
Eudora
Baldwin
Kansas River Bridge
Mishap Hurts Youth Near Lawrence
A car driven by Wade H Baker twenty one of 2448 Winterbrook Dr overturned at 3 35 p m on an unmarked county road about five miles west of Lawrence Douglas County Sheriff reports Baker treated for cuts and bruises and released from Lawrence Memorial Hospital
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Wade H. Baker
Winterbrook Dr
Lawrence
Douglas County
Senator Ellender Dead at Age 81
Allen J. Ellender of Louisiana dies at 81 after a heart attack at Bethesda Naval Hospital. A longtime Senate leader on Agriculture and Appropriations, he backed the New Deal early and later opposed civil rights measures. Survived by son Allen J. Ellender Jr. and seven grandchildren.
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Senator Ellender
Washington
Allen J. Ellender
Huey Long
Louisiana
U.S. Senate
Senate
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Frankin D. Roosevelt
Allen J. Ellender Jr
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Frank Carlson
Charles D. McAtee
Bill Roy
Congress
Garner E. Shriver
Bill Linker
Wyoming
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John S. Stevens
Harlan Dale House
Edson
Goodland
Robert Docking
Rovar
Vern Miller
House
Kansas State University
Finney
Carlson
McAfee
Paris
Linker
Arkansas
Wayne Mayo
Senate Agriculture Committee
Appropriations Committee
Nixon
Spiro Tagnew
Ellender
United States Senate
Mike Mansfield
Democrats
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Kansan — Legionnaire
Farm Bureau
Robert E. Hoffman
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Bill Welliamo
Pol BP
Rosswisk
As van Hnn
West 27Th Street
Tn Diss
Charles C
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Ray Stoneback
B.egoodrich
BFG
F.E.T
Massachusetts
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