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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1948
Page
3
The Hich Area Mark announces the Fairfax Industrial District Silver Jubilee event will take place tomorrow. Officials expect local businesses and residents to join the commemorative activities marking the area’s growth and community ties.
Plan outlines a major Kansas City Kansas jubilee with a 10 30 parade through Fairfax industrial area. Two chambers of commerce the Fairfax Industrial association and the Kansas State Industrial commission back the celebration drawing 800 top industry leaders for a noon luncheon at the General Motors plant.
Philadelphia report notes magician Arno Bast finds his motor car broken into on a downtown street. Thieves took his magic equipment including hat and rabbits, leaving the illusionist with vanished props and no show.
A study of thirty Community Chest recreation agencies shows volunteers supply 99 percent of the labor while 1 percent are trained in group work. Miss Georgiana McLarnan chairman presented the findings to the volunteer service bureau at 1020 McGee Street. A city-wide training program for volunteers is planned for this fall.
Police say twelve members of the special crime prevention bureau checked the area after vandals damaged seven large Hartman school windows at 7933 Main Street. Earlier, teenagers in an old car smashed more windows along the district between Sixtieth and Seventieth streets.
James E. Hanks 57 of Kansas City Kansas injured in a hit and run on U S 69 six miles west of Excelsior Springs. His left arm nearly severed and he was treated at the Veterans hospital where his condition improved. The truck driver fled and patrols search a cattle truck. Riding with him were Silas Campbell 60 and Charles Lanier 58 both of Kansas City. Hanks is an elevator operator at the general post office in Kansas City.
The fragment notes a publisher notice from The City Star with delivery rates and circulation details referencing dates and locations, but the text is garbled and incomplete. It mentions June 3 and a volume number 268, with scattered references to delivery and country coverage.
On Broadway from Linwood to Westport a two day trial of a wrong side traffic plan shows drivers saving 10 to 15 minutes per trip as three lanes handle rush hour. Pedestrians face greater danger near Valentine and Ambassador hotels lacking lights and crossings. Police report smoother traffic but call for lights and signs to protect walkers.
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