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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1956
Page
3
Authorities will examine bentonite deposits in relation to an ongoing Kansas mining inquiry. The study aims to assess bentonite as a source for bleaching clay used across multiple industrial applications.
Transit workers walked off the job today causing a daily ground to a stop. Robert Bardeen chief supervisor for the Transport Co. declared the strike on. Workers demanded higher pay and better conditions.
Three Lawrence High School speech and debate students led a Kiwanis Club program at the Eldridge with teacher Victor L. Capper introduced by Mayor John Crown. Students presented a recitation, a debate on reading instruction, and an oration on American soldiers in Korea choosing communism over voluntary repatriation.
The Lone Star Home Demonstration Unit shifts its meeting to Tuesday April 24 with Mrs William G Rice The Five and Fifty unit meets Monday at 622 Forrest Ave guest speaker a foreign student Roll call invites improvements in government The Cottonwood 4 H Club discusses 4 H Sunday May 6 appoints committees and members attendances include Sharon Transmeter Chuck Broadwell Sharon Chappell Mrs Albert Transmeier leads clothing demonstrations and the club plans agricultural tours Members initiate new 4 H members attend a skating party and a barn dance. leaders and guests listed with dates and locations across Cottonwood Well Dressed for School and Learning to Sow phases feature demonstrations and projects.
A Pan American Stratocruiser veered 140 degrees off course while on autopilot and stranded 54 passengers on a dirt airstrip in west Samoa. New Zealand civil aviation authorities refused to clear the craft with passengers aboard, planning to fly an empty plane to Fiji and return passengers later. The stranded crew and passengers awaited fresh arrangements as officials investigated the incident.
Mrs J R Pearson of Los Angeles and Miss Bertha Sellards of Washington DC visit Lawrence as guests at the Hotel Eldridge. Prof E E Bayles travels to Chicago for a Coronet Films educational movie using the science lab. distribution to high schools in about two months. Mrs Fred Saxman returns from Watkins Memorial Hospital after a two week stay. Miss Lydia Sain and Mrs H B McCarrall attend the Quest Club meeting in Chanute. Sain has over 25 years with the club and spoke on Japanese prints. Mr and Mrs W H Quakenbush return from Coffeyville where he testified as an expert in a forgery case. Mrs George Weyermuller leaves for Chicago to attend her son Gordon Weyermuller’s wedding in Evanston. Fred Soxman and George W Kuhne attend the funeral of Sewell Martin in Emporia. Mr and Mrs James Head of Hialeah Florida welcomed daughter Kathleen, joining two older daughters Laura Ann and Jana Dee. Edna Mill, head of Home Economics at Kansas, speaks at the Ohio State Home Economics Association meeting in Columbus on Human Values in Home Economics. Miss Hill represents the American Home Economics Association as first vice president. Raymond Stuhl of KU will coach the cello section for the Music Educators National Conference in St. Louis. the orchestra includes five Kansas students. Thor Johnson of the Cincinnati Symphony will direct. Russell Tunnels and William Ives of the State Geological Survey are in Wallace County today and Saturday.
British reporters covering Grace Kelly before her wedding to Prince Rainier offer blunt tips on royal bearing. Alan Dick of the Daily Herald says she must learn to act regal, noting two missteps on arrival. Critics mock her oversized hat obscuring her view and her balcony greeting as too casual.
The National Association of Postmasters for the 2nd Congressional District holds its annual convention in Lawrence at the Municipal Building. James H. Parsons says the event familiarizes postmasters with post office operations and changing regulations. Mayor Crown and E R Zook greet, with round table discussions and a 6 30 p m banquet at Eldridge Hotel led by Rev Dale Turner.
The Douglas County Republican Women's Club holds its regular meeting at 2 p.m. Monday in the Community Building. Prof. Clifford Ketzel of Kansas University's Political Science Department will speak. The meeting is open to all interested persons.
Public transit workers in Milwaukee begin a strike affecting service for an estimated 200,000 riders, disrupting daily commutes and prompting city officials to seek a quick resolution.
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