Candidates Mining Old West for Votes
Democratic candidates for the presidential nomination mined in the West for votes this Memorial Day weekend. Johnson Symington and Kennedy chased delegates in Washington California and South Dakota with Stevenson also involved in California. Spokane hosted the big West state convention where 27 votes were at stake. Delegations in South Dakota remained uncommitted after a closed session in Pierre. Johnson hinted at a possible return before the fall vote while praising Humphrey as acceptable for the highest office. Symington pressed California delegates amid Nixon veto worries, and Brown noted Stevenson’s residual support growing.
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Missouri
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Albert D. Rosellini
Stevenson
South Dakota
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Herseth
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
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Fort Thompson
S.D
California
Los Angeles
Eisenhower
Richard M
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White House
CBS Face the Nation
Brown
Washington
Henry M. Jackson
Goldwater
Nevada Financier Charged With Major Tax Evasion
Reno financier La Vere Redfield, 62, arrested on an eight count federal indictment alleging evasion of about 903 thousand dollars in income taxes for four years. Indictment filed in Carson City claims Redfield underreported income and used false returns. maximum penalty could reach eighty thousand dollars in fines plus prison time.
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la Vere Redfield
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U.S
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Redfield
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Bea
Lake Tahoe
Major Damage From Two Local Wrecks Weekend
Two weekend car crashes caused major damage to three vehicles and minor damage to a fourth. In the first incident at 8:85 a.m. Saturday, a moving car driven by Ory W. Rogers collided with Ralph Wayne Jenkins’s parked car on Leonard Avenue in front of Jenkins’s home. Rogers blamed a street bump for the veer. In the second crash, Wilma Ruth Miller’s car struck A Abdul-Rahim’s parked car at 11th and Y Streets, causing major damage to Miller’s vehicle and minor damage to Abdul-Rahim’s. Four other weekend wrecks caused only minor damage.
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Leonard Ave
Ralph Wayne Jenkins
Pa. St
Jenkins
Rogers
Wilma Ruth Miller
A. Abdul-Rahim
Ky. St
11Th and
Y. Sts
Abdul-Rahim
Explosion and fire damage in Waldo district KC
An explosion and fire caused heavy damage to three buildings in the Waldo business section on Kansas City's south side Sunday night. No injuries reported and loss totals not estimated. Cause undetermined. Damaged were Jasper's Restaurant, Joe's Barber Shop, and Harper's Rug Co Waldo branch. Two girls in a car near the scene said the explosion was in the barber shop.
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Waldo Business
Jasper's
Joe’s
Waldo
Harper's Rug Co
Meeting Notice for Lawrence Lodge Funeral Attendance
Special communication of Lawrence Lodge No. 6 AF and AM on Tuesday May 31 at 1 30 p m to attend the funeral of Brother J Fred Stubeck Sr Ralph A Altic W M and George W Mole SecAdv
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J. Fred Stubeck
Ralph A. Altic
W. m
George W. Mole
Memorial Day at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence
Visitors praised Oak Hill Cemetery on Memorial Day weekend noting lush green grass and thousands of blooming roses and peonies. Cars filled driveways as families decorate graves early. sexton Ed Smith and staff received compliments for the well kept grounds. A resident recalled the 1911 Lawrence tornado striking Elm Street and the surviving reed organ surviving the destruction.
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City Cemetery
Sexton Ed Smith
Oak Hill
Hurter Faces Rapid Field in Memorial Day Auto Race
Indianapolis AP reports sensational rookie Jim Hurterise travels in the Travelon Special as he battles mechanical ailments to challenge a veteran field in the Memorial Day race. A crowd near 250,000 was expected outside the 51 year old track with police estimating 330,000 lining downtown for the parade. Thousands visited the Speedway grounds for the final round of an $80,000 golf tournament as part of race week events.
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Ind
Jim Hurterbise
Speedway
Nixon Delays Farm Policy Move Until Campaign
Vice President Richard M. Nixon plans to wait for the fall campaign to publish a detailed Republican farm program. He hints at reflecting study results in party principles at the Chicago convention while avoiding early divergence from Ezra Taft Benson’s program. Nixon says he will back Eisenhower’s program during Congress, but if Congress stalls he may propose a separate program as the presidential nominee.
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Richard M. Nixon
Chicago
Nixon
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
Eisenhower
Congress
Journal-World Reminder Adress Notice
A brief ad reminding readers to ensure the Journal-World is mailed to their summer address with a contact phone number VI3-1000.
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Adv
Memorial Hospital births and listings in Sunnyside area
A social page lists names and addresses of new babies born to numerous local families including Mrs. Joyce Shana and baby girl at Stouffer Place and Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Pestinger in Kansas City Kansas. Other entries note several weddings and births across Sunnyside Linwood Oskaloosa and Eudora with multiple households reporting a son or daughter today or over the weekend.
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Nellie Scott
N.Y
Joyce Shana
Stouffer Place
Cecil Amyx
Lois Clark
Dick Pucka
Alice Standing
Marilee Fisher
Charley Henson
Carolina
John Pence
Oskaloosa
Richard Doss
W. 5Th
Grace Douce
Grover Johnson
Eudora
Dorothy McKinsey
Deveda Hoard
Roberta Wilson
R.I
G. W. Langston
E. 13Th
Pauline Freeman
Ohio
Betty McCool
Belle Haven
Patricia Cole
Lois Helm
Margaret Redstone
Louise Hall
Mich
Stanley Myers II
Wilma Elm
Baldwin
Alice Barnett
Carrie Murphree
Robert Walter
Dennis Payne
Earl Meyer
Route 2
John Stewart
Bruce Yeakel
Ark
John Wise
Limwood
Phillip Pestinger
Kansas City
Kan
Mrs Irving Hill Recovering After Emergency Appendectomy
Mrs Irving Hill of W Eight Street underwent an emergency appendectomy Friday night at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and was reported very well today. She is expected to leave the hospital early this week.
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W. 8Th St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Hill
Rhee Stays In Seclusion As South Korea Criticizes Exile
In Honolulu AP reports Syngman Rhee remains quiet in exile while South Korean officials condemn the departed leader for leaving his home as tensions over his absence rise.
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Honolulu
Syngman Rhee
Questions Aimed At Widow In Woman's Murder
Kansas City police prepared to question 20 year old widow about the murder of Patricia Jones 23 mother of two. Jones was shot four times and found in a wooded area near Independence Missouri. The probe centers on Sharon Kinne whose husband Walter Jones Jr 23 was killed last March 19. Also involved is ice cream salesman John Boldizs 21 who dated Kinne the past two years. Boldizs and Kinne helped locate the body after Kinne allegedly asked Boldizs to aid in finding Jones who had disappeared Thursday. Boldizs and Jones both requested lie detector tests. Police say Kinne claimed Jones was having an affair. A separate shooting death of Kinne's husband James A. Kinne 25 occurred while he slept. police say the couple's 214year-old daughter was present and may have fired the gun.
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Kansas City
Patricia Jones
Internal Revenue Bureau
Boldizs
Jones
Sommerer
F. A. Jones
Wendl Gray
Kenneth Shaw
Jefferson City
Memorial Day Traffic Warns and Weekend Travel
The Highway Patrol warned drivers to obey traffic rules as Memorial Day weekend activity surged. Nationally four people die in traffic accidents every four hours and the Safety Council forecasts a record total by midnight. Law enforcement will work overtime to curb incidents during the heavy travel period.
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Highway Patrol
National Safety Council
Escape Convicts Routed by Housewife and Boy
In Missouri, two armed robbers overpowered a prison guard and held a Jefferson City home hostage then fled before bloodhounds tracked them. A housewife and a farm boy helped locate the fugitives, who surrendered after a lengthy pursuit ending about 25 miles southwest of Jefferson City.
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Missouri
Cecil Clayton
Lillibridge
David Parrish
Mary Strobel
Clay County
Parrish
St. Louis
Alfred Andres
Oscar Sommerer
Sommerer
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George
Floyd
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Capitol Business College
Sommerer Place
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