Four Governors Favor Son Option in Kennedy Fight
Glacier National Park Mont Four favorite son governors say they oppose locking up the Democratic nomination for Kennedy at the convention They plan to place their names before Los Angeles for a first ballot vote The quartet includes Loveless Docking Brown Meyner Freeman who discuss drafting Stevenson and caucus timing with Humphrey also a contender.
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Glacier National Park
Mont
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Los Angeles
Edmund G. Brown
California
Adlai E. Stevenson
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
Herschell C. Loveless
Iowa
George Docking
Kansas
Kennedy
Orville L. Freeman
Minnesota
Hubert H. Humphrey
Brown
Loveless
Freeman
Docking
Sen
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas Trails
Huge Tax Bill Extends Four Billion Federal Taxes
The Senate sent to President Eisenhower a bill extending four billion dollars of federal taxes for another year and raising the debt ceiling. It extends the 52 percent corporate income tax and various excises through June 30, 1961, with travel and telephone levies dating to World War I. The House passed the compromise act Monday.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Treasury
Creek Channel Plan To Be Discussed In Leavenworth County
Army engineers revived since 1956 plan to widen remove brush and trees straighten bends and dredge Big Stranger Creek. Project would boost flow by up to 65 percent and reduce bottomland flooding amid 35 members of the Big Stranger Drainage District Assn including H. L. Bryan and Richard New meeting with engineers in Kansas City.
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Nganoxie
Big Stranger Creek
Leavenworth County
Army Engineers
Big Stranger
Congress
The
Drainage Association
H. L. Bryan
Richard New
Kansas City
Indicted Suspect Tied to Dual Slayings in Virginia and Maryland
Federal grand jury charges Melvin David Rees Jr. with kidnapping and murdering Virginia mother Carroll V. Jackson Jr. and her daughter Susan Ann and, separately in Virginia, kidnapping and killing two other Carroll Jackson family members. Rees, a Memphis jail inmate, was arrested after fleeing in Arkansas. Bodies found in Md and Va last year.
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Baltimore
Melvin David Rees Jr
Virginia
Rees
Memphis
Tenn
Carroll Jackson
West Memphis
Ark
Carroll V. Jackson Jr
Susan Ann
Bumpass
Louisa County
Mt. Tabor Road
Gambrills
Jackson
Janet
Fredericksburg
Deaths-Funerals Forrest V. Mills
Forrest V. Mills 73 of 1213 Pa. St. Lawrence resident since 1951 died Monday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital He was a retired KU night watchman Funeral services 3 30 a m Wednesday Rumsey Funeral Home Rev Ronald Bo anenblast to officiate with burial Oak Hill Cemetery Surviving wife Ruth Mills one step daughter Mrs Earl Coffman two sisters Mrs L Sandquist Mrs Neva Harrison and three step grandchildren
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Forrest V. Mills
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Kansas University
Rumsey Funeral Home
Ronald Boanenblast
Oak Hill Cemetery
Ruth Mills
Earl Coffman
Conn. St
L. Sandquist
South Gate
Calif
Neva Harrison
West Des Moines
Iowa
Tax Payment Advice Prompts Early Renewal of Vehicle Tags
Mrs. Bennett notes 94 percent pre paid before vehicle tag purchases and more people used mail to pay taxes this year. The treasurer warns those yet unpaid for personal or real estate taxes will incur extra interest, with an additional collection fee once sent to the Sheriff's office.
Hanna Tops Two in KC Junior Stroke Play Qualifier
John Hanna of Lawrence shared top honors with Tom Kreuger of Kansas City after 18 holes in the second annual 72 hole KCGA Junior stroke play event at Santa Fe Hills. Hanna shot a 61 in qualifying. Thirty six holes today then another 36 Wednesday. Field cut to 100 after Monday. Players over 18 are ineligible.
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John Hanna
Lawrence
Tom Kreuger
Kansas City
Santa Fe Hills
Hanna
Theft Reported After Cash Stolen From Car
About $500 in receipts for the Dine-A-Mite at 23rd and La Streets was taken from a locked car owned by Charles Bergen early Sunday, police said today. The suspect fled the scene.
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Charles Bergen
23Rd
la. Sts
Theis Defends Record and Calls for Federal Aid and Diplomacy
Theis tells local Democrats he can get the job done and favors federal aid to education with local administration. He supports a national scholarship plan, seeks a diplomatic shift in foreign relations, criticizes inflation and high interest rates, and accuses Schoeppel of failing Kansas economics while praising Douglas County Democrats for two party strength.
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Theis
Kansas
Sen. Schoeppel
Senate
Eisenhower Likely To Veto Federal Pay Raise Bill
President Eisenhower seems inclined to veto a bill boosting federal employee pay by about 7.14 percent. GOP leaders after a White House visit say the president will probably veto the measure affecting roughly 1.67 million workers. Rep. Charles Halleck noted the conversation suggested a veto.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
House
GOP
Halleck
County Court Fines and Jail Terms In Local Traffic Cases
In the Courts County Court Donald Crank of Paris Illinois fined 150 for driving while license suspended and open bottle. Charles Huff of Kansas City fined 300 and sentenced to 90 days in jail for DUI and open bottle. Other defendants bound over to district court on larceny charges. Traffic violations list multiple defendants with fines from 5 to 20 dollars for speeding lacking licenses or minor driving, plus muffler issue and driving left of center.
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Donald Eugene Crank
Paris
Charles Huff
Kansas City
Richard W. Brown
Wren Building
Gaylin W. Snodgrass
Route 1
Charles Thompson
N.J
James C. Lyle Jr
Iowa
Donald Ralph Morley
Eudora
Arden Ott
Hugo K. Blaas
Tenn
Charles Graves
Clathe
Virgil Ireland
DeSoto
John Steele
Route 4
Z. H. Hatfield
Prairie Village
Lewis Perlman
Ernest Waldrich
Route 5
John D. North
W. Edgewood Dr
Legion Horse Show This Weekend Sets Kansas Record
The 16th annual Lawrence American Legion Horse Show starts this weekend at the 4 H Fairgrounds. With 218 horses entered in 416 events across 48 classes from harness to ponies, officials prepare barns and arenas for a record turnout in Kansas. Entries close Friday at 5 p.m. and show nights run Friday through Sunday at 7 p.m.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Driver Unhurt After Wreck on Kansas Turnpike Near Lawrence
Davido E Crowley 22 of New Franklin Missouri escaped injury in a one car accident on the Kansas Turnpike about 144 miles east of East Lawrence interchange during a rain storm at 2 a.m. Damages totaled 150 for the pickup and 50 for turnpike property. In a separate two car crash about 10 miles west of West Lawrence interchange Frances Leola Gill and William H Wiseman were treated for injuries. Dr Harry Craig and his son were treated and released.
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Davido E. Crowley
New Franklin
East Lawrence
Crowley
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Turnpike
West Lawrence
Frances Leola Gill
Kansas City
Willliam H. Wiseman
Topeka
Trooopers
Gill
Harry Craig
Craig
Harrry Craig Jr
Bank Sells Site on Massachusetts Street
Douglas County State Bank officials announced the sale of a 50 foot business location at 846 Mass St to Duane Kraft who will continue using the space as a furniture store. Kraft plans improvements while the bank moves its new facility to the West Ninth Street area after purchasing the old Manual Junior High School building and adjacent property. The Massachusetts Street sale was handled by the Barlow Agency.
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Douglas County State Bank
Mass. St
Duane Kraft
Kraft
Underwood
Manual
West Ninth Street
Massachusetts Street
Barlow Agen
Richard Griffith Installed as Sunset Optimist Club President
Richard C. Griffith will be installed as president of the Sunset Optimist Club at a 6 30 p m banquet at the Sirloin Club succeeding Don Decker. Griffith is production manager at Lawrence Hallmark Cards Inc plant and resides with his wife at 1820 W 21st Terr They have a son David 18 months old The Griffiths moved to Lawrence last July. Other officers installed include Richard Benson and C O Nauman vice presidents Kenneth Jennings treasurer Eric Clabaugh secretary and Robert Faulk Robert Nelson C W Swenson and Kevin Remick as board members outgoing officers are Earl Fowler Swenson vice presidents and Gene Drake secretary treasurer.
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Richard C. Griffith
Sunset Optimist Club
Sirloin Club
Don Decker
Griffith
Lawrence Hallmark Cards, Inc
W. 21St St. Terr
David
Griffiths
Lawrence
Richard Benson
C. O. Nauman
Kenneth Jennings
Eric Clabaugh
Robert Faulk
Robert Nelson
C. W. Swenson
Kevin Remick
Earl Fowler
Swenson
Gene Drake
Hospital Births and Residents List Noted
Memorial Hospital records a long list of births and residents including Mrs Beverly Moore 1405 Haskell and Mr and Mrs Roy Moore 1405 Haskell a son Monday. Other entries name residents across De Soto Osawatomie Linwood Baldwin Bonner Springs and Overland Park with several newborns noted.
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Beverly Moore
Haskell
Sandra Perlman
DeSoto
Melvin Jones
Belle Crest
Robert Bailey
E. 11Th
Lila Blasi
A.I
Louise Yates
Osawatomie
Barbara Gregg
Ala
Carolyne Ervin
N.J
John Peters
Barker
Eugene Brune
W. 7Th
Maxis Routh
Baldwin
Wanda Jones
Homewood
Dorothy Wolfe
Bonner Springs
Loraine Bowling
Michael Landers
Carmen Collins
Calif
Effie Snow
Randell Tingle
Perry
Donna Jennings
Georgella Lyles
Roy Moore
Monday
Billie Ervin
Paul Jones
Billy Joe Routh
Market News Roundup From New York and Chicago Sessions
Markets showed a continued decline in stocks with mixed bond activity. Commodities featured higher cotton on buying, steady to weak cattle and hog gains, and varied grains with wheat steady and soybeans down. In Kansas City eggs and poultry prices moved, with details on various weight classes and butter at global price ranges.
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New York
Chicago
Derby Grain Market Prices Reported for Wheat and Poultry
Derby Grain Inc lists wheat at 1.70 per unit and shell corn at 1.05 with barley at .72 and mile at 1.50. Poultry prices show hens 6 lbs and over at 12, hens 4 14-6 lbs at .09, under 41/2 lbs at .06, old roosters at .05. Eggs Grade A large at .26, Grade A mediums and Grade B at .22, undergrade .18, current receipt .22. Butter Premium at .48, No 1 at .45.
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Derby Grain Inc
Kansas City Market Report Cattle Hogs Sheep Prices Mixed
Livestock market summary shows cattle 3 700 head calves 100 steady to firm across categories with good to average choice steers 22.00 26.00, vealers 20.00 24.00 and feeder steers 22.50 25.00. Hogs 3 200 head active with barrows and gilts 17.00 17.75 and sows up to 25 higher. Sheep 2 000 head with spring slaughter lambs 50 cents to 1.00 higher and mixed spring feeder lambs 16.25 blunt summary of ranges and changes from the Kansas City cattle hog and sheep market.
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Kansas City
Wheat and stock markets grain and shares report
Kansas City grain prices show wheats, corns, oats and soybeans with bids and futures opening lows. New York market closes with a quiet retreat led by mixed rail, steel and oil shares while bonds improve and select tech and defense names climb modestly.
Organized Confusion Stars In KU Theater's Next Play
KU Theater presents Morning's at Seven directed by Arthur Kean a comic drama by Paul Osborn set in two back yards over 24 hours with age spread leads and a 12 year courtship ending in a shotgun wedding. Tickets available 1 to 5 pm at Murphy Hall Box Office.
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KU Theater
Kansas University Theater
Arthur Kean
Paul Osborn
Kean
Charlie Chaplin
Lou Lyda
Theodore Swanson
Georgia O. Ryther
Cora Swanson
Kay Carroll
Aaronetta Gibbs
Maurine Jones
Ida Bolton
Millard Denny
Carl Bolton
David H. Jones
Homer Bolton
Patricia Walters
Myrtle Brown
Sandra Hopkins
Sharon Barlow
Lynn Kazmayer
Allan Glines
Arley Allen
Linda Holt
Sarah Corliss
Bob Moberly
Eleven Dead in British Coal Mine Disaster at Six Pells
A blast at the Six Pells coal mine in Abertillery Wales trapped 44 men about 1000 feet underground while at least 11 workers were killed. A National Coal Board official said rescue could take hours or days as roof rock collapsed into the working level.
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Abertillery
Wales
Six Pells
British National Coal Board
Turnpike Revenue Rises in May in Kansas
May proved the Kansas Turnpike’s best month of the year with net earnings of 394 874 dollars, up 27 500 from May 1959 and covering 90 percent of the tollway’s interest needs. Total revenues reached 531 962 dollars with tolls 457 982 dollars and ancillary income 73 980 dollars.
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Wichita
Kansas Turnpike
Gale Moss
Turnpike
Moss
the Pike
Liquor Advertising Climbs 13 Per Cent
New York AP report shows national liquor ad expenditures in daily newspapers rising 13 percent in the first quarter from a year ago. Media Records, Inc. for the Bureau of Advertising of the American Newspaper Publishers Assn. tallied total spending at 8.101 million dollars versus 7.147 million.
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New York
Media Records, Inc
Bureau of Advertising of
Assn
Summer Ad Address Reminder Note
An advertisement urges readers to send the Journal-World to a summer address and provides a phone number VI3-1000 for contact.
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Journal- World
Chaney Associates Opens New Insurance Office in Hillcrest
Chaney Associates a new Lawrence insurance firm opens at Hillcrest Shopping Center across from Hillcrest Bowling Center. Partners John Chaney Wes Santee and Don Fisher bring combined expertise to offer complete insurance services in one location. The office features eight private offices and a conference room.
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Hillcrest Bowling Center
Chaney and Santee
Holmes, Peck and Brown Insurance
Fisher
Richardson Insurance Agency
Santee
Driver Escapes Injury After Lone Star Road Crash
About 2:30 am a one car collision 314 miles southwest of Lawrence on Lone Star road caused estimated $200 damage. Everett C. Barnes 20 of Route 5 was not injured per Undersheriff Ben Bowen. His car failed to slow for a stop sign then veered into a ditch.
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Lawrence
Lone Star Road
Everett C. Barnes
Route 5
Ben Bowen
Bowen
Barnes
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Stouffer Place
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Linwood
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Overland Park
Linda Wickland
Tonganoxie
Edward Watson Jr
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Lucille Ray
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Wall Street
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