Republicans Bet Ike Will Run Again In 1956
Washington reports a Chicago governors conference shows Republicans betting on President Eisenhower's 1956 run, while Democrats express gloom if he stays out. Many GOP governors see no clear rival, while Democrats name Stevenson Harriman Keefeauver as potential contenders, with hints of internal divisions and strategic nudges.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
Stevenson
Harriman
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Lausche
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
George N. Craig
Indiana
Craig
Will Move From Farm topeka Residents Quietly Moving
Mrs. Ralph Vickers plans to move from her Briles community farm the first of September after purchasing the house from Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Moore. The Gospel Four quartet performed at the Methodist church in Topeka, to a well received Sunday night audience. Various local residents and families were noted for travel, service, and community activities including military discharges, lodge honors, and home purchases.
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Ralph Vickers
Vernon Moore
Briles
Gospel Four
Topeka
Leo Anderson
Oscar Lewis
Fred Redman
Sheldon Sudduth
Methodist Church
Johnson Drug Store
Johnsons
Junior Gorsage
Ozarks
Forrest Dryden
Air Force
C. A. Smith
Alan Daugherty
Baldwin
Grand Lodge of Kansas
Smith
Wellsville Lodge
Evan Phillips
Joelene
Kansas City
Floyd Phillips
Warren Dale Phillips
Germany
Air
C.A. Smith
Milo Hills
Ottoman
Pacioima
California
Densil Cox
Bill Burgoon
Roy
Lowell Collins
Ray Wiggins
Larry
Lulu Slusher
George Rose
Linda
Roger
Lindsborg
Royce Myers
Pam
Dee Ann
le Roy Childs
Darrell
Kathy Hapgood
McPherson
Gilbert Todd
Eddie
Hobbs
N. M
Merle Todd
Theodore Mitchell
Youth Killed in Highway Crash Near Girard
Eighteen year old George Hill of Girard was thrown from a car and killed when it struck a concrete culvert on a country road near here. Two other youths were injured, one critically. Bob Bennet, 18, the driver, sustained major injuries, and Bob Mittlentead, 18, Appleton Wisconsin, was reported in critical condition with a fractured skull. Tests indicate night air temperatures near bluegrass sod can be six degrees cooler than at shoulder height.
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Radley
Kas
George Hill
Girard
Bob Bennet
Bob Mittlentead
Appleton
Wis
Women Demand Equal Rights In Presbyterian and Methodist Churches
The American Association of Women Ministers adopted two resolutions at its 36th annual national assembly in Kansas City. One asks presbyteries to back the Presbyterian General Assembly’s favorable view on admitting women as ministers. The other requests the Methodist quadrennial general conference in Minneapolis to admit women to membership in conference bodies. A third resolution opposes universal military training. Rev. M Madeline Southard of Topeka founded the association.
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Akansas City
The
American Assn. of Women Ministers
Presbyterian
National College
Presbyterian General Assembly
Minneapolis
Congress
M. Madeline Southard
Topeka
Association
Two Killed In Car Truck Crash Near Harbine Nebraska
A head on collision between a car and a semi-trailer transporting hogs near Harbine Nebraska left two dead. Louis Wayne Valentine 25 and Donna Lacy 22 of Fairbury Nebraska died in the crash. Truck driver Robert Albert Claytonia Nebraska was hospitalized with cuts and bruises. Valentine had worked as a railroad telegraph operator in Kansas and recently moved to Fairbury from Reinard Iowa. Sheriff Dale Hughes said the cause of the crash could not be determined.
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Louis Wayne Valentine
Donna Lacy
Fairbury
Neb
Robert Albert
iClaytonia
Valentine
Narka
Kas
Reanor
Iowa
Jefferson County
Dale ‘Hughes
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Chicago
Wellsville
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
Adlai Stevenson
Averell Harriman
New York
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
San Bernardino
Calif
Tom Porter
Cherryvale
Lea Chamberlain
Lulu Seager
Lorin Seager
Wayne Powell
Miller and
Carol
Pittsfield
Mass
Walter Forrest
Gardner Hospital
Millard Hill
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Dickie
Bobby Bowser
Manhattan
Dwight Leitaker
Lottie Johnson
St. Joseph Hospital
Emporia
Oscar Johnson
Kramer Drug Store
Saffron Glass Co
S. Hickory
America
McAn
Vas
Dean Berlin
Herald
School District
John G. Kaiser Drug Store
State School Book
Depository
Masonic
LN Ee
Penney's
Penney’s
Rohe
Penney
Orion
Cardigan
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