Editorial warns GOP overconfidence in 1956 election
The piece notes national leaders fear complacency among Republican voters as Eisenhower seeks a second term. It recalls 1948 when Dewey led polls but Truman won, urging aggressive turnout. Stevenson plans a vigorous campaign and higher stakes for Republicans to mobilize voters by Election Day.
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G.O.P
Leonard Hall
Thomas E. Dewey
Harry Truman
Dewey
White House
Truman
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Dent
Republican Party
Ike
After All Home Towns Change By Elm
A visitor returning after 65 years finds towns altered by modernization. Old landmarks remain but the social fabric shifts as new fronts replace wooden storefronts, concrete sidewalks replace wooden, and parking meters appear. Most memories fade. the quest to reconnect with past residents proves often disappointing.
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Masons
Odd Fellows
This and That Thinking Ahead column notes
A rambling column covers hotel notices about bed smoking fines, ashtrays as bedside fixtures, holiday cards, national convention selection pains, New York workers compensation ruling on coffee breaks, misreported San Francisco delegates, gin breath after rallies, homogenized milk, old sayings about fools and money, and a local coffee circle’s Labor Day highway death guessing game.
Simple Finances in Kansas Pressure for Tax Hikes
A political group in Arkansas City backs no new or higher taxes unless a national emergency arises. The piece argues Kansas must raise taxes to fund public services as present levies are insufficient. It predicts the next Legislature will likely raise taxes, probably through a higher sales tax, shifting the burden to the least able to pay and covering future spending.
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Arkansas City
Kansas
Wife Won Over Former Sweetheart
Dr. George W. Crane discusses a wife winning back her former lover amid advice on romance and marriage dynamics. The column offers reflections on trust, loyalty, and communication within couples, illustrating a timeless dilemma through practical guidance.
Marriage Survival Lesson From Opal and Dr Crane
A dated tale recounts Opal and Frank in a six year marriage with two children, crediting Dr Crane’s tests for good wives and a plan of virtue and praise. Opal’s patience, prayers, and strategic attentiveness lead to Frank affirming freedom from his former love, while public life and church activity frame their domestic triumph.
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Frank
Crane
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Wyandotte
Hopkina Syndicate
Melol
Radio Listings Showvarying Programs Across Stations
A fragmented radio schedule lists shows on KTJO KMBC WDAF and others including campus news jazz dinner music and top of the evening segments. Mentions programs like Ditson Show Open House and Three Score with various call letters and times though details are garbled.
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RTJO
KMBC
WDAF
KTJO
HMBC
KTIO
Roger Fredrik
Eee
Rtso
Basie
Ted Heath
EMSC
Count Basie
Frederick
Oregon
Ditson
WDAB
Newa
Morgan Beatty
Conney
Missouri highway shifts and regional plans noted
The article reports that communities south of here plan to upgrade the K T highway from Winita Oklo while Miami Bourbon and nearby counties expect the Jefferson highway to run through the eastern tier. NM anticipates the eastern route over western Missouri. Kansas road work influences optimism for Forest Park Fair setup and livestock pens, with updates from D H McCullough J R Killough and D W Thompson. Ray Hartshorn writes from the Mexican border about a heavy army camp storm and catching four rattlesnakes. Fred Baldwin of Pomona buys a new Overland from John Nelson and Son.
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Franklin
Winita
Oklo
Miami
Bourbon
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Kansas
Ray Hartshorn
Fred Baldwin
Pomona
Mr. Baldwin
Overland
John Nelson
Ready-bought sponge-cake cups become Baked Alaska
Ready-bought sponge cake cups are filled with ice cream, wrapped, and frozen. When needed, top with meringue and bake at 450 degrees for about six minutes to yield Baked Alaska for a party.
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Alaska
Jehovah thy God guides to profit and path of life
Prayer fragment thanks God for life and holy guidance directing them. It asks to be alert to divine guidance and to pattern life after Jesus Christ, concluding with the Lord's Prayer as a model.
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Jehovah
God
Jesus Christ
Do You Trust Your Wife TV Plans and Local Waste Debate
A collage of entertainment notes reports Danny Thomas’s new electrically operated wheelchair andJerry Lewis hiring Darren McGavin as his straight man for The Delinquent. Edgar Bergen on Do You Trust Your Wife prospects says he fears being washed up in two years. A local Ottawa tax debate questions a new garbage ordinance, city dump history, and a proposed public vote. The piece ends noting San Marino’s founding 16 centuries ago.
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Danny Thomas
Jerry Lewis
Darren McGavin
Liberace
Dublin
Great Britain
England
Edgar Bergen
James Cagney
Robert Montgomery
Tom Mix
Roach
Ottawa
L. C. Geiger
Highland Cemetery
Ed Curby
Estabrook
Weather Course at Kansas State College in Manhattan
A new fall course titled Introductory Meteorology will be offered at Kansas State College Manhattan. Taught by Wil Jem Vanderbyl a former Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute staffer the course covers weather forecasting theory climatology earth energy intake and basic meteorological terminology.
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Kansar State College
Wil Jem Vanderbyl
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Holland
Vanderby
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