Late Filing Rush Insures GOP Demo Scrap At Polls
Franklin County primary prospects feature a surge of late filings with Democrats outpacing Republicans. Names listed include O L Rathjen Democrat for county clerk Ena Rundle Democrat for register of deeds Jay J Scott Republican for county superintendent Lois King Democrat for clerk of the district court Earl L Richardson Democrat for county commissioner Dr W Harry Lennard Democrat for coroner and Lloyd Stafford Democrat for state representative.
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O. L. Rathjen
Ottawa
Ena Rundle
Pomona
Register of Deeds
Jay J. Scott
Lois King
Earl L. Richardson
W. Harry Lennard
Lloyd Stafford
Jay J. ‘Scott
Mulberry
Christina Wake
E. Logan
RFD
Gum Vending Machine Stolen From Grain Office in Larned
A gum vending machine was stolen from a grain company office in Larned Kansas on Wednesday night. Thieves broke in and left the cash box intact. the machine was later found nearby.
Weather forecast shows clouds and showers through Saturday
County forecast notes considerable cloudiness with scattered showers mainly late afternoon and night. Cooler today and tonight, continued cool Saturday with highs in the 70s and lows mid 50s to 60s. Yesterday hit 85, record highs and lows listed from 1906 and 1918. detailed hourly temps provided.
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Wevenee
Redress sought in Detroit for teaching undressing
Harold Fink, 32, sues for 1417 in Common Pleas court, claiming 667.83 spent on costumes and 750 for his time teaching Marie Tappan, stage name Vicki, the art of striptease. Tappan, 20, separated from her husband, says their relationship was social, not business. He missed work days, nearly twice fired from railroad clerk job.
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Detroit
Mich
Harold Fink
Fink
Marie Tappan
Virgil Smith Files For State Insurance Commissioner Nomination
Virgil L. Smith an Ottawa insurance man filed as a Democrat candidate for State Commissioner of Insurance. He traveled to Topeka to file and met with Democratic state chairman Frank Theis in Gov George Docking’s office. Smith, 29, resides at 535 N Sycamore with his wife and two children and has served on the Ottawa planning commission along with the Elks lodge and the Ottawa Lions club.
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Virgil L. Smith
Ottawa
State Commissioner of Insurance
Smith
Topeka
Frank Theis
Democrat
George Docking
N. Sycamore
Ottawa Planning Commission
The
Elks Lodge
Ottawa Lions Club
Truce Broken In Lebanon
Fighting erupted near the British Embassy in Beirut shattering a truce that had held since Dag Hammarskjold arrived. A man on the ground floor of a building opposite the embassy was shot and died later. Another rescuer was wounded as Falange supporters in red armbands cordoned the area until the ambulance left with the wounded man.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Falange
Five word def for new chemise style by Garcia
Philippine President Carlos P. Garcia offered a five word definition for the new chemise style in feminine fashions. He described it as a sack full of goodies in a National Press Club speech on Thursday.
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Washington
Carlos P. Garcia
National Pres
National Press Club
Start Swimming Program Monday in Ottawa
The Ottawa Recreation Commission will start swimming classes Monday June 23 at Forest Park Pool. Ages kindergarten to 14 may enroll, while 15 and 16-year-olds can join the Junior Life Saving Course. Free classes require a doctor signed health certificate. Harold Wallace directs, Patsy Hughs assists. Out of city children may attend Mon Wed Fri sessions.
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The
Recreation Commission
Carnegie Library
Cleta Hill
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Forest Park
Harold Wallace
Patsy i Hughs
KABIE Tour In Brief Stop Here
Members of the Kansas Agriculture Business Industry Education tour visited Ottawa today arriving at 10:30. They toured Bennett Creamery and Model O Day factory, then met with the Chamber of Commerce for a luncheon. They left after 1 p.m. to head to Topeka. The tour ends in Emporia tomorrow.
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Kansas Agriculture
Ottawa
Bennett Creamery
Chamber of Commerce
Topeka
Emporia
Ample Farm Labor Supply in Ottawa Area
Seasonal farm work is available in Ottawa as local Employment Security Division reports 20 to 25 applicants ready for hay harvest and cultivating corn and beans. Most workers are local students from Ottawa Manhattan and Lawrence seeking summer work to fund next year’s tuition. Wheat harvest is delayed by rain and mechanization reduces labor needs. barley harvest proceeds with limited help.
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Ottawa
Bob Wasson
Calvin C. Ewing
Manhattan
Lawrence
Ewing
Franklin
Anderson
Miami
Kansas
Kansas candidates file for state offices before deadline
Topeka AP reports office-seekers had until noon to file for the Aug. 5 primary. Democratic Gov. Docking’s pardon attorney Dale Spiegel aimed for attorney general. John Stice opposed. Frank Theis filed a Democratic slate including John Rapps state treasurer, Frank Manning secretary of state, William Bell state auditor, Virgil Smith state insurance commissioner, Emmett Bales Supreme Court position No. 2. Republicans vyed with Elmo Mahoney for Congress Sixth District, Glenn Cogswell seeks lieutenant governor, with Kimball Backus, Robert Jennison, Ashford Manka also in the GOP race. George Hart seeks state treasurer as Democratic nominee. Robert Stratton seeks state printer. Stephen N. Lawrence runs for secretary of state against incumbent Paul Shanahan.
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Topeka
Dale Spiegel
George Docking
John Stice
Wichita
John Rapps
Hays
Ellis County
Frank Manning
Kansas City
William Bell
Pittsburgh
Crawford County
Virgil Smith
Ottawa Insurance
Emmett Bales
Kansas Supreme Court
Elmo Mahoney
Dorrance Farmer
Congress
Milo Sutton
Salina
Mahoney
Kimball Backus
Bethel
Robert Jennison
Healy
Ashford Manka
George Hart
U. S. Senate
Stephen N. Lawrence
Hillsboro
Paul Shanahan
Lawrence
Shanahan
Federal inmates strike over dining hall food at Leavenworth
AP reports a majority of Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary inmates refused to eat or work in a nonviolent protest against prison meals. Warden C H Looney noted jeering but no violence, with about 300 of 2200 inmates dining yesterday. About 500 went to jobs without breakfast. others remained in cells.
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Ft, Leavenworth, Kas
Federal Penitentiary
C. H. Looney
Tte
Lonney
Looney
Free Lodging Provided Hagerty by Ponte Vedra Club
Tampa report says James C. Hagerty and wife received free lodging meals and golf lessons totaling 260.97 from Ponte Vedra Club near Jacksonville Beach for five days January 27 to February 1 1957. Ponte Vedra Corp president Le Master said Hagerty offered to pay but the club refused. Hagerty confirmed paying only for golf lessons, noting the club would not accept payment.
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Tampa
J. P. le Master
Ponte Verda Corp
Hagerty
Mayhugh Courson
Washington
Vanguard Test Delayed Again
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP an attempt to launch a Vanguard satellite rocket was scrubbed at 3 30 am CST because of technical difficulties A firing of a basketball sized satellite originally was set for 9 30 pm Thursday For several hours the slender rocket sat outside its service tower bathed in lights Several holds were called ranging from a few minutes to three hours There was no announcement when the next effort would be made to shoot the rocket.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Vanguard
To Name Stanley New Federal Judge
The Star reports Arthur J. Stanley Jr., a Kansas City lawyer, will likely be sent to the White House next week for appointment to the vacant federal judgeship in Kansas. Stanley, 57, is a Republican and a World War veteran who heads one of Kansas City’s largest law firms.
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Kansas City
Washington
Arthur J. Stanley Jr
Kas
White House
Kansas
Stanley
Senate Rejects Car Tax Cut
Washington AP reports the Senate rejected a proposal to cut the federal excise tax on automobiles. The 44 32 roll call defeated Sen Prescott Bushs amendment to reduce the levy from 10 percent to 5 percent and auto parts tax from 8 to 5 percent amid administration opposition following a surprise vote to repeal passenger ticket and freight taxes.
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Washington
Senate
Prescott Bush
R-Conn
Congress
Charles E. Potter
R-Mich
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Neb
Charlotte Phillips Thompson
C. D. Lyman
Kansas City Power & Light Co
Franklin County
J. T. Morrisey
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Marilyn Albert
Paola
Peg Carr
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Elaine Reichard
Williamsburg
Miss Albert
Hutchinson
Don White
White
ST. Louis
Bruce Spears
E. 1Th
Ruby ‘Schwarz
W. 6Th
0. L. Rathjen
S. Main
Lyn Whirley
Ofelita Ivey
Donald L. White
Willow
Robert L. Pinet
Ruel W. Mitchell
W. 4Th
Max R. Gilmore
E. 15Th
Don Collins
Maple
Tommie J. Fritts
Ivan Brown
N. Mulberry
Mary Shepherd
Wellsville
Lloyd B. Greaves
B. B. ‘Phillips
Sycamore
Earl N. Richardson
Beech
Elm
Robert A. Anderson
S. Cedar
Lloyd A. Stafford
S. Hickory
Justice of the Peace
Gardner P. Walker
S. Poplar
George W. Lathrop
Lamb
Locust
Republican
C. L. Rathjen
Leo Beller
Pat Potter
Ellen Schleif
Dorothy Hamiston
Peg Martin
Art Meisel
Clausie Smith
Virgil L, Smith
Garfield, Jr. High
Field
Garfield
Endy
Lincoln
Hawthorne, Jr. High
Hawthorne
Kabie Tour
Maimi
Franklin Courtly
Sumner
Harper
Barber
Glenn D. Cogswell
Shawnee County
GOP
Joe Henkle
Robert Stratton
Richard Maxwell
RFC
Rig Farris
ASC
Lamar Phillips
Leavenworth
Ike
LeMaster
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