Sullivan Seeks Douglas County Probate Judge on Democratic ticket
John Sullivan, 29, of 1511 Powers St, announced as a candidate for Probate Judge on the Democratic ticket. He will resign his post as prosecuting attorney for delinquent sales tax accounts to devote full time to the campaign. Sullivan cites the Juvenile, Probate and Criminal courts and pledges full and accurate records of all transactions.
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John Sullivan
Powers St
Charles Rankin
Sullivan
Kansas
Norton County
Lawrence
Kansas University
KU Law School
Law Review
State Department of Revenue
Episcopal Church
The
Elks Lodge
Democrat Party
Eugenia Leasure
T. J. Leasure
Douglas County
American Bar Associations
Meeting Notice of Knights Templar Conclave
Stated conclave of Knights Templar at 7 30 Tuesday night. Requesting all Knights to be present. Elder Jacob A Myers Commander In Chief Anderson Recorder Adjutant In charge.
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Temar
Eaglyacoba Myers
O. C. Anderson
Weaver Memorial Dedication At KU Courtyard
About 250 people attended Sunday afternoon ceremonies for the Arthur D. Weaver Memorial Fountain Court beside the Kansas University Museum of Art. Gifts from the Weavers of Lawrence and the Veatchs of Kansas City funded the court, fountain, and sculpture. Dr Edward Maser spoke on the court yard’s evolution as Chancellor Murphy accepted the gift. Ribbon cuttings honored Mrs Veatch and Mrs Weaver.
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Arthur D. Weaver
Museum of Art At
Kansas University
Kansas University Museum of Art
A. B. Weaver
Lawrence
N. T. Veatch
Kansas City
Spooner- Thayer Hall
Edward Maser
Franklin D. Murphy
University
Veatch
Weaver
Maser
Courtyard sculpture court funded by local families
Extremely gratifying that the project has culminated in a permanent open air sculpture courtyard. Gifts from the Weaver and Veatch families provide works permanently installed, including LeGros French Fountain Group, Maillol Portrait of Auguste Renoir, and Kolbe Resurrection. Constant Construction Co. built the court, donated by J. L. Constant. Design by Prof. Alton C. Thomas and Harold E. Blitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weaver
Veatch
Pierre LeGros the Elder
Auguste Renois
Aristide Maillol
Georg Kolbe
Constant Construction Co
Lawrence
J. L. Constant
Alton C. Thomas
Harold E. Blitch
Memorial services for Harry C. Downs in France
Deaths notes Harry C. Downs died June 10 in Calais France. Memorial services set for 2 p m Thursday at Trinity Episcopal Church with Rev. Robert C. Swift officiating. Downs, 1646 Ala St, former president of the Douglas County Humane Society and founder of Downs Travel Agency now Maupintour, to be buried at Oak Grove Cemetery Kansas City Kaw. Family requests no flowers and contributions to the Douglas County Humane Society Box 650 Lawrence.
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Harry C. Downs
Calais
France
Trinity Episcopal Church
Robert C. Swift
Downs
Ala. St
Cora
Oxford University
London
Douglas County Humane Society
Downs Travel Agency
Maupintour
Oak Grove
Kansas City
Kaw
Lawrence
Mourns 76 year old Cressie Behymer dies in Douglas Co
Cressie Behymer aged 76 of 924 North H Street died early Sunday in Douglas County Convalescent Hospital. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev. J. J. Krimmer to officiate. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. She is survived by her husband Otto of the home.
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Cressie Behymer
N. H. St
Douglas County Convalescent Hospital
Rumsey Funeral Home
J. J. Krimmer
Oak Hill Cemetery
Otto
Death of Mrs. Mabel M. Glass at 68 in Lawrence
Mabel M. Glass 68 of 905 Tenn St died Sunday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after months of illness. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church and had lived in Lawrence 40 years. Funeral 1 a.m. Wednesday at D W Newcomer Sons Chapel Kansas City with burial Mt. Washington Cemetery. Donations to Cancer Society. Survived by son Travis E. Glass former Douglas County sheriff 3051 W 8th St daughter Eloise Harding husband an Army chaplain in Germany five grandchildren.
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Mabel M. Glass
Tenn. St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
First Presbyterian Church
Lawrence
D. W. Newcomer Sons
Brush Creek
Paseo
Kansas City
Mt. Washington
Cancer Society
Cooper-Warren Chapel
Travis E. Glass
Douglas County
8Th St
Eloise Harding
Germany
Razing of Old Lawrence Junior High Underway
Workers in Lawrence have spent a week on the initial steps to raze the old Manual Building and the former Clyde V. Bell property to clear space for a new Douglas County State Bank on West Ninth Street. Razing should finish in about 90 days with bank construction beginning next year and completion targeted for January 1, 1962. The article also notes baton twirling registration for the Recreation Commission and a population revision for Douglas County from 43 849 to 43 821 by the Census Bureau due to possible tabulation error.
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Manual
Lawrence Junior High School
Clyde V. Bell
Bell
Douglas County State Bank
West Ninth Street
Kentucky
Tennessee
National Census Bureau
Washington, D.C
Douglas County
Robert Haggart
Lawrence
Kansas Second District
Hapgard
Charles Banning Joins Third District Race for County Commissioner
Charles Banning of Route 5 becomes the sixth Republican candidate for Douglas County Third District Commissioner subject to the August primary. A former two term commissioner and two terms as sheriff, he owns 400 acres and farms 480 acres with his son Warren. He cites fiscal experience and taxpayer concern and plans active campaigning. Democrat Delbert Richardson opposes the winner. Banning and his wife have two children.
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Charles Banning
Route 5
Walter Kampschroeder
H. C
Mike) Murphree
Robert Schwanzle
Clarence Schaake
Herbert O'Bryan
Banning
Douglas County
Warren Banning
Lutheran Church
Farm Bureau
Delbert Richardson
Warren
Robert Mason
Contaminated wheat dispute fuels farm liability concerns
Local farmers and officials wrestle with mixing contaminated grain into clean stock raising fears of lawsuits. Debate centers on who bears liability when mixed wheat cannot be traced to a single producer. Officials note aerial spraying may have occurred in the danger period. Senators Carlson and Curtis planned talks in Washington to resolve FDA rulings.
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Lefholz
Smart
Erhart Flying Service
Delbert Erhart
Washington, D.C
Wheat State
Frank Carlson
Bkan
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Secretaries of Agriculture and Welfare
FDA
Kansas Track Team Prepares for NAAA Trials in California
Easton and six teammates remain in California for the NAAA Trials at Bakersfield and Palo Alto while two others stay behind. The Jayhawks plan workouts to ease pressure, with return to Lawrence set for July 3 and coach heading to the Olympics on August 1.
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Califoria
NAAA
Bakersfield
Palo Alto
Easton
Lawrence
U.S
UCLA
Wilbur Johns
Elvin (Ducky) Drake
Johns
Ducky
Kansas
Berkeley
Emmy Awards Telecast Shifts to Home Viewers Tonight
Hollywood reports a streamlined Emmy ceremony airing at 8 PM CST on NBC. The 12th annual event will have no studio audience and cut awards from 42 to 22 with some minor honors announced rather than presented. Fred Astaire and Arthur Godfrey host.
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Hollywood
NBCTV
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Fred Astaire
Arthur Godfrey
Last Minute Candidates File Before Primary Deadline
A surprise candidate challenged incumbent Andrew F Schoeppel for the Republican U S Senate nomination just before the August 2 primary filing deadline. Henry P Cleaver of Lawrence and Robert Allen Peck of Kansas City Kansas filed for the GOP nomination for the 2nd District. Other last minute filings include state and district offices across Kansas with no Democratic opposition to Gov Docking.
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Topeka
Andrew F. Schoeppel
U. S
Henry P. Cleaver
Lawrence
Schoeppel
Secretary of State
Robert Allen Peck
Kansas City
Kan
Cleaver
Peck
George Docking
Dale Spiegel
Emporia
William M. Ferguson
Wellington
GOP
J. Floyd Breeding
Newell George
Denver D. Hargis
John W. Sowers
Wichita
Lillie M. Washabaugh
Natoma
Robert F. Ellsworth
Keith Sebelius
Norton
Congress
Ellsworth
State Senate
John C. Montgomery
Junction City
Sam Mellinger
Kansas House
Bertil Swensson
McPherson
Burford L. Sharkel
Fort Scott
Howard E. Barstow
Larned
George Riffel
Stockton
Alvin Bauman
Sabetha
Virgil L. Smith
Ottawa
David W. Wheeler
Newton
H. W. Hickert
Bird City
John Pierson
William H. Ward
Marion
Jack W. Janssen
Lyons
Sid L. Calbert
Kansas
William H. Addington
John Anderson
Olathe
McDill (Huck) Boyd
Phillipsburg
Cleaver to Campaign in Kansas City July 4
Henry Cleaver, a long-time resident who moved from East Hartford, plans campaign stops in Kansas City on July 4 and seeks additional speaking engagements before then. He has lived in the area for 11 years while pursuing scholastic training.
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Philadelphia
Kansas City
Cleaver
East Hartford
Wagner files for Post in Douglas County primary race
Henry Wagner of 642 N. 2nd St. filed today in the Douglas County Clerk's office as a Republican candidate for the Second District County Commission. He faces Philip Brecheisen of rural Eudora in the Republican primary. Democrat Harvey Booth of rural Baldwin is the only other candidate for the post currently held by Will Hayden who will not seek reelection.
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Douglas County
Henry Wagner
N. 2Ng St
County Commission
Wagner
Philip Brecheisen
Eudora
Harvey Booth
Baldwin
Will Hayden
Memorial Hospital Admissions and Dismissals Listed
Memorial Hospital reports admissions for Harvey Sellers Herbert Flowers Cecil Ford Virgil Wilson Mrs Shirley Gorton Letha Dunham Garland Butts Mrs Carrie Murphree Gertrude Priestly Philip Ernest Mrs Neta Johnson Elizabeth Billingsley Christopher Byers Darlene McCoy Mrs Wilma Barber Doris Sloan Donna Sweeten Charles Transue and others. Dismissals include Betty Petrie and baby boy Ethel Flory Baldwin Helen Miller Robert Harper Renate Lothholz Grace Happy Mary Pierce Oliver Dickson John Bulson Hazel Bidwell Gertrude Priestly and others.
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Harvey Sellers
Herbert Flowers
DeSoto
Cecil Ford
Virgil Wilson
Shirley Gorton
Letha Dunham
Garland Butts
Carrie Murphree
Gertrude Priestly
Philip Ernest
R.L
Neta Johnson
Kansas City
Kan
Elizabeth Billingsley
Tonganoxie
Christopher Byers
Park Hill
Darlene McCoy
Linwood
Wilma .Barber
Doris. Sloan
Doris
Doyle
Beulah Ray
Donna
Sweeten
Charles Transue
Betty Petrie
Baby Boy
Ethel Flory Baldwin
Helen Miller
W. 5Th
Robert Harper
N.Y
Renate Lothholz
Eudore
Grace Happy
Mary Pierce
Oliver Dickson
John Bulson
Ottawa
Hazel Bidwell
Lyon
Massie Transite
Virgil Facklam
Mill
Lola Page
Eudora
Glean Miller
Hora van Neste
Roberta Pearson
Jean Jeffries
Aine Spencer
Rae Salamone
Kansas
City
Kanthur Nease
Virginia Matta
Anmette Hamm
Estellana
Hart Wife of Treasurer Dies in Wichita
Mrs Alla Hart aged 62 wife of State Treasurer George Hart died unexpectedly in a Wichita hospital today.
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Wichita
Alla Hart
George Hart
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A. D. Weaver
Ed Maser
Demos
Lawrence Lodge No. 6
Mon
Ralph A. Altice
W. M
Geo. W. Mole
Mabel B. Glass
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Adv
Recreation Commission
Veterans Park
Sunset Hill
Hillcrest
Pinckney School
Woodlawn
East Heights
New York
Cooper
Oxygen
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Jane
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South Carolina
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Valis Gorton
Doyle Murphree
J. Wiliam Walker
Tenn
Robert Barber
Son Todsiy
Lawrence Memorial Co
America
WM. Terrell
Mass
George Hedrick
Carl Mingos
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