Voter mobilization details and polling locations in Lawrence area
Officials urge early voting to ease election counting. City measures include a bond issue and a year lease for a Board of Regents source. Transportation for voters without cars is provided by the Junior Chamber and Lawrence Automobile Dealers Association. Rotary and Jaycees distribute vote reminder tags. Polling places listed by ward and township with changes noted for East Wakarusa India School relocation.
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Journal-World _ Gty
Board of Regents
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence Automobile Dealers Association
Rotary Club
Jaycees
Lawrence Dairies
Pinckney School
6Th St
8Th
Vt. Sts
Wes High School
9Th
Ky.ts
City
Mass
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Ass. St
Liberty Memorial
Mass. Sts
Kraft Truck and Fractor Co
Sts
Fifth Ward
New York
N. Y.-St
Iith
Woodlawn
Elm St
Clinton
Township
Eudora
Grant
White
Kanwaka
Hig Springs
Cree Feed
Lesompton
Marion
KU Graduate Tillman 0 Peters Killed in Korea
First Lt. Peters, a 1950 graduate of the University of Kansas School of Education, was killed in action in Korea on Oct. 15. His home was listed as Duca. He served in the Infantry in Japan during World War I, taught in Rawlins Wyoming, and was supervisor of physical education before returning to active duty about a year ago.
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Tillman
Peters
University of Kansas School of Education
Korea
Duca
Japan
Rawlins
Wyo
Local Births Reported From Memorial Hospital
At Memorial Hospital families announce births and arrivals. Names include Anna May Hibner Lenora Dowers Lorraine Heirs Mabel Holloway Martha Wise Peggy Mor ay Anna Wygart Nyla Mc Kenney Christine Fire Alfred Heck Belle Mor crow Bernarda Meza Rayburn Jr Theda Chandlee Louise Minton Aubrey Martin Perry Oliver John Estes George Faler and others. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Martin Saturday and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Perry Oliver Sunday. The list notes addresses and locations in Sunflower Baldwin Sunnyside and University of Kansas Medical Center area.
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Anna May Hibner
E.th St
Lenora Dowers
Anna Wygart
Joseph Rayburn Jr
Theda Chandlee
Louise Minton
Aubrey Martin
Perry Oliver
John Estes
George Faler
Slyons
Class of 1953 Convocation Prepares for Nov 15 Day
Nearly 400 University of Kansas seniors attended the Class of 1953 convocation in Fraser Theater to finish plans for Class Day on November 15. They will march to Memorial Stadium for the K A Oklahoma A M football game, sit together at the game, and lead halftime activities under teacher Mrs. Ralph Graber with social studies classes.
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Ecinc
Tay
Ee Ned
Ralph Graber
University of Kansas
Fraser Theater
Dread
Memorial Stadium
K.a.oklahoma
FORGER TO LANSING Burkett is sentenced for forgery in district court
Albert Diomedes Burkett of Indola Indiana was found guilty on two counts of forgery and passing and uttering a forged instrument and sentenced to terms of five to ten years to run concurrently at the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing. Accomplice reportedly escaped during the downtown checks. Other court actions included Shoemaker pleading guilty to assault with intent to kill and receiving 60 days, Witters entering not guilty plea to obtaining money under false pretenses with trial set next week, and several others facing charges or continued hearings for driving under the influence and forgery, with some pleas or dismissals noted.
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Albert Diomedes Burkett
Indola
Ind
Kansas State
Lansing
Judge Means
Burkett
William A. Miller
Ellsworth Leroy Shoemaker
Muncie
Kan
Jerry E. Witters
Kansas City
C. E. Kendrick
Eldridge
Means
Arthur’ Leo Tarpy
Del
Richard Theodore Gibson
Lawrence
Navy
Alfred M. Humphrey
Richland
Thomas S. Diffey
Diffey
John E. Steele
Route 4
Ross I. Patterson
Frank Black
la. St
Joseph Maichel
Crum Endorses Stevenson Over Eisenhower in 1952 Vote
Bartley C. Crum longtime Republican attorney and former Western campaign manager for Wendell Willkie announces he will vote for Gov Adlai E Stevenson. He opposes Dwight D Eisenhower citing public positions and associates and says Stevenson is best for the presidency.
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New York
Bartley C. Crum
Adlai E. Stevenson
Crum
Willkie
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Abilene Plans Celebrations If Eisenhower Wins
Abilene prepares for celebration if Dwight D. Eisenhower wins the election. Fire sirens and the steam whistle at the local creamery will mark victory, a fire engine will parade the city, and Abilene High School may dismiss with a band parade. Registration tops 4,500 over the record. locals predict Ike could capture 75 to 80 percent in Abilene and Dickinson County.
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Abilene
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ske
Ike
Fisenhower
Abilene High School
Eisenhower
Dickinson County
Signs to Go Up Near P Condit Farm After Cow Shot
Otto Gartung found his cow dead with 10 to 12 birdshot holes in the side on the P Condit farm after a pheasant hunter allegedly aimed at a bird but hit the cow. He says no hunting signs were posted yet but will be soon.
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Liberal
P. Condit
Otto Gartung
Gartung
Deaths and Funerals for John Decker William R Whitney and Cecil F Howard
Funeral services for John Decker 89 were held at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev H M Sippel officiating and Oak Hill Cemetery burial. William R Whitney 76 of 321 Ind St died Saturday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and private services were held at Rumsey Funeral Home followed by cremation with Dr Harold G Barr in charge. Cecil M Howard 44 died at home 1023 Vt St after a long illness survived by wife Virginiana and daughter Margaret Janice
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John Decker
County Convalescent Hospital
Rumsey Funeral Home
H.M. Sippel
Oak Hill Cemetery
Wiliam R. Whitney
William R. Whitney
Ind
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Harold G. Barr
Cecil F. Howard
Cecil M. Howard
Vt. St
Virginiana
Margaret Janice
Brannan Says GOP Frightens Farmers Amid Corn Price Debate
Brannan questioned if GOP policies would cut corn price supports in mid 1952, then doubted it. He noted corn and wheat traded below the government price support rate. He cited CCC stocks at Sept 30 of 291 million bushels, arguing much of it had moved to a falling market as corn sold for less than $1.60 per bushel.
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Aiken
CCC
Brannan
Conflicting Stories Reported in Sunday Highway Crash
A wreck occurred at 8 10 p m Sunday about 12 miles west of Lawrence on U S Highway 40 involving George Golins Route 3 and Roy Hillebert Topeka. Both drivers gave conflicting accounts while eastbound. Golins denied lights and blamed Hillebert rear ending while standing near his car. Hillebert blamed Golins turning onto the highway. Golins cited for driving without lights and Hillebert cited for reckless driving. Patrolmen estimated vehicle damage.
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Lawrence
George Golins
Route 3
Roy Hildebert
Topeka
Goling
Hillebert
Golin
Cnte
Founder’s Son to Helm Vickers Petroleum Co
Jack Vickers Jr., son of the founder, was named president of Vickers Petroleum Co., Inc. effective Monday. He succeeds John S. Wertz, president since the 1947 death of C. L. Henderson, with Wertz becoming chairman. Vickers Petroleum, a major independent, operates in the Mid-Continent region, mainly Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.
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Wichita
Jack Vickers Jr
Vickers Petroleum Co., Inc
John S. Wertz
C.L. Henderson
John A
Jack
Vickers Sr
Wertz
Thn
Monye Vickers Petroleum
Mid-Continent
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Stop Sign Penalty for Elsie K Humphries
Elsie K Humphries was fined 10 and costs in County County Saturday for failing to stop at a stop sign.
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Elsie K. Humphries
Robber Collared After Ft Worth Heist Loot Found
Police and FBI nab Floyd Hill after a tip led to a garden hoe at a field where $128,000 of a $248,000 robbery loot was buried in a vacuum jug near Azie. The crime targeted exiled Cubans Madriaga and De La Torre at the Western Hills Hotel, with bonds and earlier armed robberies linked.
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FT. Worth
FBI
Azie
Ft F. Madriaga
Candido de la Torre
Western Hills
Carlos Piio Socarras
A. C. Howerton
Fulgencio Batista
Thermy
Hill
U. S
Leavenworth
Loraine
Lead Prices Raised by St. Joseph in New York Market
The St. Joseph Lead Co raised prices by a half cent per pound. The New York lead price reached 14.5 cents per pound while the St. Louis delivery price stood at 13.80 cents per pound.
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New York
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Bids for Federal Office In Wichita Due Dec. 30
Bids for a new Wichita federal office building or leased space will be opened in Kansas City at 2 p.m. December 30. The project calls for 64,000 square feet in a modern air conditioned fluorescently lit building within 1.5 miles of downtown. Specifications may be obtained from Ward Harper or Lynn Brodrick.
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Wichita
Wichita Federal
Wlre
Kansas City
Ward Harper
General Services Administration
Kansasity
Harper
Lynn Brodrick
Internal Revenue
Fires Reported Across City With No Damages
Two alarms sounded before noon with trash fires at 945 Ind St at 12 50 a m and at 9th and Del Sts at 11 40 a m both caused no damage. A grass fire Sunday on Learnard Ave near 1800 block caused minor damage.
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Ind. St
9Th
del. Sts
Learnard Ave
Markets At a Glance and Wall Street Moves
Market notes show higher bids and profit taking with varied farm prices and steady hogs. cattle and calves mixed, many higher. Wall Street gains limited as rails lagged while motor and radio shares edged. Grain futures mixed with wheat near 2.41 to 2.44. Divorce suits edited in district court.
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Wall Street
New York
K. C. Cash Grain
Kansas City
Marriage License Issued In Probate Court
A marriage license was issued Saturday in Probate Court to Robert Johnson, 24, and Roberta Elder, 23, both of Linwood.
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Robert Johnson
Roberta Elder
Linwood
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