Three Members of Congress Emerge As Dominant Figures
The 1955 Congress produced three dominant Democrats: Sen. Walter George of Georgia, Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, and Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas. George shaped foreign policy in the Senate, Johnson and Rayburn steered legislation through with quiet efficiency, while McCarthy and others faded from the spotlight as the year ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Walter George
Georgia
Sam Rayburn
Texas
House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
George
Eisenhower
Reliance
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Truman
Domi
Nant
Flanders
Vermont
Watkins
Utah
Knowland
California
Johnson
Rayburn
News From Williamsburg Local Social Roundup
Community notes from Williamsburg recount visits and gatherings across Ottawa county. Families from Melvern Ottawa and other towns spent weekends with relatives in Ottawa and nearby communities while polio shots were administered by Tequa H D A volunteers. Several trips included Cheyenne Yellow stone and California visits with kin and friends.
Lane Households Share Weekend Visits and Birth
Sunday gatherings tied Ottawa area families together with visits to Huffmans Prothes Weber and several other households. Alvin and Ralston welcomed a 7 lb son Donald Eugene born July 25 at Ransom Memorial Hospital Ottawa. Lane M Y I joined Ottawa youth for an ice cream social at Forest Park and the Pottawatomie Valley 4 H tour visited Tulsa.
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Clarence Huffman
Carl Fuller
Mary
Ottawa
Charles Fuller
Sadie Miller
California
Alvin Ralston
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Donald Eugene
Ray Servais
Wesley Weber
Donna Cole
Ed Prothe
Black
Bill Christian
Bill Neill
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Jay Swogar
Stevie
Osawatomie
E. F. Brownlee
John Banks
Doris
Paola
Stevie of
Clif
E. C. Nicholas
Virgil Nicholas
Colorado
Art Holland
DeSoto
Jerry Triplett
Donald Higdon
Jim van Horn
Ner
John Osawatomie
Higdon
Velma
Lottie Burnett
Pottawatomie Valley
Alvina Banks
Katy Theele
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Lane M. Y. I
Forest Park
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Washington
Purina
Athletics
Peoples National
Bank of Ottawa
CURBY
S. Main
Pho
America
Cacy
Firestone
Firestone Money Saver
Cralu
Firestone Stores
Williamsburg
Mary Blair
George Blair
David
Woodlyn
Jerry Emond
Paul Blairs
Wichita
Frank Stansbury
George Huddlestons
Clifford Blairs
Paul Fogle
Kansas City
Bob Bethell
Jimmy
Judy Blair
Flossie Gregg
New Castle
Del
Pennsylvania
May H. Dobbs
Alicen Dufour
Ralph Pitts
Olathe
Dufour
San Antonio
Tex
Martin Wayne Pitts
Leslie Mallory
Eldon Koons
L. T. Pattie
G. W. Turrell
I. L. Heth
Tequa H. D. A
Claude Smith
Rich
Yellowstone Park
Joe Greeve
Oliver
Bob Yockey
Daughters
Emporia
Peter Greeve
Jesse Edgecomb
Gary Horne
Dee
Arno Hornes
Homer Eddington
Debby
Independence
Anderson
H. C. Milliken
Fred Griffin
Carl Rubick
Richmond
J. H. McFerrens
McCune
Kas
Karl Reese
Roy Bethell
Harold Bethell
Orville Thornbrugh
San Diego
Stanley Davis
Frank Davises
Ervin Chambers
Patricia
John Fritts
Pomona
D. D. McMillan
Quenemo
N. E
Otis Jr
C. C. Burgess
C. E. Miers
Terry
N. E. Blairs
Lane
Huffmans
Ford Teter
Misses Ginger
Joy Brownlee
Donald Smith
Ricky
Loretta Edwards
Belgie
Merle Cole
Gene Mount
Ison
Topeka
Pete Hiles
Olan Johnson
Briscoe
Dru
N. Main
ERA Lda
John Deere
Ottawa Tractor & Implement Co
Benedeee LU
FORD
Van
the Price Motor Company
W. 3Rd. St
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