Kennedy Retreat From Wisconsin Primary Boosts Humphrey
Boston AP reports that John F Kennedy may skip Wisconsin, boosting Hubert Humphrey in the Democratic race. Robert Kennedy urges his brother to stay out, citing Wisconsin as Humphrey’s backyard and signaling a potential convention surge for Humphrey with Minnesota and nearby delegates. Stevenson could gain scattered support if Kennedy sits out.
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D-Minn
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New Hampshire
Minnesota
South Dakota
Los Angeles
Senate
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Sen Hugh Scott Named Kansas Day Banquet Speaker
The Kansas Day Committee announced Senator Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania will be the principal speaker at the Kansas Day banquet in Topeka on January 29. Scott led the Republican National Committee as national chairman in 1948-49 and has served eight terms in Congress.
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Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Scott
Republican Party
Republican National Committee
Senate
Congress
Fog Delays Kansas City Airport Flights
Low fog shrouded Kansas City airport from Tuesday into Wednesday causing cancellations and groundings. Some arrivals resumed, with Continental diverting a jet to Denver and passengers rerouted to St Joseph. Burlington added trains to serve travelers while hotels reported upticks in registrations.
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Continental Airlines
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St. Joseph
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Omaha
Chicago
Burlington Railroad
Traffic Reward At Amherst For 1959 Zero Fatalities
Amherst Mass town manager Allen L Torrey announced Wednesday night there will be no charge at parking meters Friday to reward motorists for completing 1959 without a traffic fatality.
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Amherst
Mass
Allen L. Torreyeg
Volcano On Hawaii Flows Into Sealess Night
Honolulu AP reports glowing lava issuing from a Ka poho fissure on Hawaii Island’s lower slope. The flow headed toward the sea, less than a mile away, while the eruption posed no immediate threat to nearby settlements. Kanehoa residents had evacuated earlier after earthquakes opened a mile of fissures and a large crater. Kilaueaiki crater, erupting since November, lies about 28 miles to the west.
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Honolulu
Kapoho
Hawaii Island
Kaneha
Kilaueaiki
Oppose Bill On Primary Spending
Washington AP reports strong opposition from Republican and Southern Democratic senators to extending a clean elections bill to cover primary campaigns. The amendment, offered by Senators Henning and Keally, would apply the measure to primaries and nominating conventions, arguing primaries decide elections in about a third of states.
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Washington
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Thomas C. Hennings Jr
D-Mo
Keneth B. Keally
R-Ny
House panel approves federal charter for Hall of Fame near KC
Washington lawmakers report that the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday advanced a bill to grant a federal charter to the Agricultural Hall of Fame located near Kansas City Kansas. The action signals formal recognition and potential federal support for the agricultural honors institution.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Agricultural Hall of Fame
Kansas City
Kan
Farmers Receive Far Less For Hogs In 1959
A government livestock report shows prices farmers got for hogs in 1959 were about 28 percent lower than 1958. Chicago barrows and gilts averaged 20.28 dollars per hundred pounds in 1958, dropping to 14.84 in 1959, and the hog to corn price ratio fell from 16.8 to 12.3 to one, signaling reduced profitability. meanwhile prison food protests at a state facility describe convicts refusing regular meals since Sunday and remaining meals covered by Christmas packages.
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Washington
Chicago
John W. Turner
Turner
Prison Hunger Strike At Utah State Prison Enters Fourth Day
Nineteen convicts at the Utah State Prison remained on a hunger strike for a fourth day. Confined to a segregation block for rule infractions, they protest a new policy affecting inmate conditions.
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Utah State Prison
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