Democrats Face Financial Crisis Aired By Butler
Democratic National Committee chairman Paul M. Butler warned of a financial crisis endangering the party’s 1956 campaign. He cited a GOP fund of about five million dollars vs Democrats around one hundred thousand, urging urgent fundraising to fund nationwide television and public issue presentations.
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Washington i
Paul M. Butler
Butler
Washington
Republican National Committee
Gas Tax Refunds Highlight Non Highway Use
TOPEKA authorities report refunds of more than 8 million dollars from the 5 cent gasoline tax to non highway users during the first eight months of the current fiscal year. The refunds total about 28.5 percent of 28 million in collections, about 200 thousand more than last year. The National Safety Council notes most tractor accidents occur when machines are driven too fast.
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Topeka
The
National Safety Council
Fragmentary note on campaign committees distribution
Fragment mentions a jet sent to national Senate and House campaign committees with half allocated to state committees. No further details on dates people or places are readable.
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Jet
National
Senate
House
Four Wheat Varieties Dominate 1956 Kansas Plantings
Topeka Kansas wheat farmers rely mainly on four varieties for the 1956 crop Wichita Pawnee Kiowa and Comanche accounting for 21.2 18.2 15.6 and 15.3 percent of planted acreage respectively Other notable shares go to Ponca 12.6 Triumph 9.3 Tenm ary 2.1 and Red Chief 0.6 percent Last year Red Chief held 3.6 percent.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wichita
Pawnee
Kiowa
Comanche
Ponca
Triumph
Tenmary
Special College Qualification Test Offered May 17
Washington Selective Service announced a special college qualification test for students who could not take the regular tests held yesterday and on November 17. Applications must be postmarked by midnight May 7 and can be obtained from local draft boards.
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Washington
Selective Service Today
Fashion Pattern 4887 Sizes 10 to 18 byAnne Adams
Newest pattern line offers a versatile fashion for jackets overblouses and beachcoats in a far eastern oak print. Sizes 10 through 18 with 16 requiring 3% yards of 35 inch nap fabric. Pattern includes illustrated instructions and cinched waist with a cummerbund. Send 35 cents plus 5 cents additional for first class mail to Anne Adams Pattern Dept New York. Include name address zone size and style number. Invest in U S Savings Bonds.
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Anne Adams
Ottawa Herod
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Disappearance of Evelyn Throsby Scott Surfaces in Grand Jury
Los Angeles reports swirl around the 63 year old Evelyn Throsby Scott missing for over six weeks. Her husband Ewing Scott faces a looming grand jury probe with no charges yet, amid questions on her fate and the couple’s estate valued at $600000.
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Los Angeles
Evelyn Throsby Scott
Ewing Scott
Scott
Milwaukee
Juneau
Alaska
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Eisenhower
William F. Knowland
Califor
D.A
Scalt
Engineering Scholarships TOPEKA to 4000 a year at KU Kansas
Engineering scholarship programs are being established at the University of Kansas and Kansas State with total potential annual awards of four thousand dollars. The plan aims to attract and support students pursuing engineering careers.
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Topeka
Clull Engineering
University of Kansas
Kansas
Cotton production on 26 million acres equals past 40 million
A report claims the United States can now yield as much cotton from 26 million acres as was produced on 40 million acres a quarter century ago. Separately a homemaker era metric estimates washing half a million dishes in a lifetime, about 70 Empire State Building height stacks.
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United States
U.S
State College to Offer Civil Engineering Scholarships
J Ballard announced a new program for state colleges effective in 1958 57. The association will provide a 500 scholarship in civil engineering at each school renewable for the four year course. The plan aims to aid students amid growth in infrastructure and highways.
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The
Ottawa Herald
State College
Kansas Con
U. S. Atracty and Tractors Agsn., Inc
W. Ballard
Ballard
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