Oklahoma Holds Heated Democratic Runoff for Governor
Oklahoma voters faced a crowded runoff slate in statewide contests as attorney William O. Coe and Senate leader Raymond Gary contested the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Gov. Johnston Murray ordered agents into counties to guard against fraud while 400000 Democrats and 40000 Republicans moved toward the August runoff outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Madill
Johnston Murray
Raymond Fields
Guymon
Fred Mack
U. S
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
Roy J. Turner
Reuben Sparks
Woodward
Gary Coe
Community Notes From Local Trips and Visits
A sequence of brief society items lists camping companions on Apple River Canyon, visits to and from Monroe Janesville Monticello and Rockford, a ninth birthday party, a Washington trip by Harold Matzke family, a funeral in Janesville, and guests in town including Boston and Chicago visitors. The notes mention weddings, family visits, and residents returning from or traveling to Michigan Iowa and Florida with numerous names and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Ludwig
Homer Wideman
Richard Yaun
Jacob Gruenewald Jr
Dennis Zimmerman
Apple River Canyon
Lillian Yaun
William Bell
Ed Hartwig
Fred Hartwig
Monroe
Earl Feldt
Monticello
Arthur Hartwig
F. E. Matzke
Nathan
Harlan Hartwig
Harry Newcomer
Spring Grove Township
Esther Larson
John
Ralph Frey
Clinton and
Beloit
Elaine Andereck
Harold Matzke
Pleasant
Carol Meinert
Elmer Lundeen
Rockford
Messrs
Mmes
Harry Smith
Wesley Jordan
Frank Jordan
Frank ‘Siedschlag
Frank Jr
Marvin Siedschlag
Nola
Russell Matzke
Beth
William Norder
Roland Keer
Wendell Wunschel
Leland Jordan
E. P. Haberman
William Beightel
Elmer Asmus
Henry
Glenn Wunschel
Charles Patton
George Blair
Miami Fla
Harrison Grenzow
Adlai Stevenson Not Seeking Presidency, Son Says
Anchorage story quotes John Fell Stevenson saying Adlai Stevenson does not want to be president. He adds the elder Stevenson is not campaigning, just helping the Democrats pay off the deficit from the 1952 campaign. The remark comes during a visit to Alaska.
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Adlai
Anchorage
Alaska
John
Fell Stevenson
Adla Stevenson
Young Stevenson
Gore to Fight Radio Time Battle Before FCC
Sauk City reports Leroy Gore will meet with the Federal Communications Commission to challenge Mutual Broadcasting System's refusal to grant him time to respond to MBS commentator Fulton Lewis Jr. Gore, leading the drive to recall Sen. McCarthy, says he will confer with the FCC in Washington this week and has handed the case to his lawyers. He contends Lewis claimed a judge ordered surrender of petitions. the court did not. Gore notes the Joe Must Go Club did not file a financial report because the county district attorney impounded the books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sauk City
Leroy Gore
Federal Communications Commission
Mutual Broadcasting System
MBS
Fulton Lewis Jr
Washington
FCC
Gore
Mutual
Lewis
Joseph R. McCarthy
Tim
Dist
Atty
Harlan Kelley
Sauk County
Lodi Light Plant Fire Burns Three Workers
Lodi Wisconsin Robert Carberry superintendent of the municipal light and water utility was severely burned and two coworkers narrowly escaped injury at the Lodi disposal plant when a wall of flame engulfed him as unfamiliar gas odors were detected. Carberry was taken to Madison hospital for treatment. The fireproof building was burned. Trial postponement in Green Bay for former Brown County veterans service officer George K Nitz on embezzlement charges moved to Sept 13 after district attorney request.
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Lodi
Wis
Robert Carberry
Municipal Light and
Roger Clemens
Wilburry
Carberr
Carberry
Madison Hospital
Green Bayp
George K. Nitz
Brown County Veterans Service
Dist
Bernard Bertrand
High Bonds Set For Holdup Thio
Milwaukee three men charged with kidnapping and armed robbery in a $4,700 holdup last Thursday are held under bail totaling $55,000. Dist Atty Mc Cauley said the group is among the toughest in Milwaukee County. Owens faces $15,000 bond for abduction of Winfred Bodart. Putnam and Harris each have $20,000 bonds. Harris case continued to Aug 9. Owens' wife Joan and Caravella also face charges with varied bail. Two other spouses charged with vagrancy. Jerome Di Maggio remains at large on kidnapping and robbery charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Myron Gordon
Dist. Atty
William J. McCauley
Milwaukee County
John J. Owens
Winfred Bodart
Putnam
Marie
Lorraine Gogolewski
Jerome DiMaggio
Thorp Firm Acquires Two More Wisconsin Finance Firms
Francis J. Conway announced Thorp Finance Corp has acquired the capital stock of Ace Loan Co of Cudahy and Consumers Loan Co of Prairie du Chien. The firm’s assets exceed $21,000,000, with a new Thorp home office under construction to coordinate activities across five locations.
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Aworp Finance Corp
Wisconsin
Ace Loan Co
Cudahy and
Consumers, Loan Co
Prairie du Chien
Francis J. Conway
Conway
Thorp Finance
Thorp
Monticello and area social notes and visits
Monticello news records a reunion at the Herman Legler cottage near Albany with multiple Schlittler and Legler relatives. Numerous weekend visitors and day trips are listed from Madison New Glarus Albany Browntown Racine and Rockford along with travel to Yellowstone Lake and Lake Ripley. A paragraph on Canada’s 1867 unification closes the social notes. Also reported is a car pedestrian fatality near Racine identified as Raymond C. Johnson 44 of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Schlittler
Dave Legler
Andrew Legler
Edward Schlittler
Walter
Schlittler
Herman Legler
Albany
Beth Ann Becker
Madison
H. A. Becker
H. H. Hoesly
New Glarus
Buddy Marty
Yellowstone
Robert Dibble
Racine
Mary Sue
Wendy Jane Dibble
Kublys
Robert Holcomb
Anna Kelling
Charles Leonard
Wilbert Marty
Columbus
Albert J. Marty
Laramie
Wyo
Donna Karlen
Dubuque
C. W. Karlen
Jacob Voegels
Charles Schnitzler
Janet
Anna Schnitzler
Alice Lien
Blanchardville
Royal Voegeli
John B. Hoskins
Douglas
Jean Ann
Highway 41
Here
Raymond C. Johnson
Chicago
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Arnold Rechsteiner
New York
Hollis
Schuett
Nancy
Mary Kay
Dean
Schuman
Michael
Young
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