Wrecks in Area Heavy For a Second Weekend
Pleasant weekend weather drew hundreds of motorists onto area roads, triggering a second straight week of wrecks. Eleven injured at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, with four still serious from the prior week, and seven treated after the most serious Saturday crash. Damaged cars involved Eldred Lathrom and Olin McDonald on K-10 east of Lawrence. McDonald’s wife Forest MacDonald was seriously injured. A second crash north of Baldwin Junction on U.S. 59 involved Carolyn Hereford Mendenhall and Alin Dean Samuels. all three treated and released. A third accident on a county road near 24th and Haskell Avenue saw Louiza Carr injured and released. Several previously injured individuals remained in hospital in guarded condition.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Consumer Farm ‘Chemicals Association
Lawrence
Eldred Noble Lathrom
Olin Primrose McDonald
Belton
Lathrom
McDonald
Forest FacDonald
Sylvia Lavon
M& Friend
Floyd Wiedner
Kansas City
Earl Dgan
Dale Bilis
Johnny Lee Elis
Earl Lathrom
Ellis
Baldwin Junction
U.S. Highway 59
Carolyn Hereford Mendenhall
Emporia
Alin Dean Samuels
Noah
Cal
Etha Champ
Samuel
24Rd
Haskell Ave
Miss Carr
Torganoxie
Leavenworth
Walter. E. Moore
Wichita
Geraldene Eisenring
Charles Harshaw
Car- Bon
Colo
Overbrook
Otho Brent- Singer
Proodles Suspenders and Ancient Wardrobe Misfires
A humorous tale traces suspenders to 306 B C Phoenicians and notes early pants aimed to hold them down but lacked buttons for centuries. A cousin recalls a powerful elastic pair that pulled so hard a man could not walk, with a dramatic shower overhead.
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B.C
Ley
Charles Atlas
Stan
Wrecked vehicle helper injured in Overbrook incident
A man assisting a wrecker near Overbrook sustained multiple fractures including jaw and pelvis when involved in a Sunday night accident. He remained in fair condition at Lawrence Memorial as internal injuries were later found. Funeral plans set for a relative with services Wednesday at Rumsey Funeral Home.
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Overbrook
Lawrence Memorial
Lane J Star Lake
Douglas County
Deaths and Funerals in Douglas County
Multiple obituaries from Douglas County list Mary Stonestreet 58 at St. Luke's Hospital Kansas City Missouri William Stonestreet director Kansas City Community Chest and United Fund and Clara Barkley survive. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday Newcomer's Chapel Kansas City burial Memorial Park Cemetery 2 p.m. Graveside. Also Samuel E. Hill 62 lifelong Douglas County resident retired cafe operator died at home 1124 N J St surviving Blanche Hill siblings and nephews. Services 3:20 p.m. Wednesday Rumsey Funeral Home burial Clinton Cemetery. Robert E. Schroyer 86 Lecompton retired farmer died Topeka hospital born Clyde 1869 survived by daughters sons and siblings. Funeral 7 a.m. Wednesday Rumsey Funeral Home Rev Harold Lundgren. Burial Lecompton Cemetery. Susan Nancy A. Baker 80 died Saturday at 921 Miss St survived by son Perley Baker and four daughters plus siblings and many grandchildren. Funeral this afternoon Rumsey Funeral Home graveside Key West Cemetery Lebo. Edith Asinnie Houk 54 died Saturday at Stull lifelong Douglas County resident survived by husband.
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Frank Houk
Larry, Houk
Ruby Caruthers
Rouite
Pearl Schneider
Ohio Sr
Marvin Houk
Richland
Anna Buchheim
Emma Nutter
Louis Buchheim
William C. Buchheim
Tujunga
Calf
Rumsey Funeral Home
Robert B. Hayes
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Stull
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mary Stonestreet
Mary Howard Stonestreet
Lawrence
Luke's Hospital
Kansas City
William Stonestreet
Samuel E. Hill
N. J. St
Douglas County
Massachusetts Street
Blanche Hill
Blanche More
Charles Hill
Howard Hill
Arthur Hill
Sacramento
Calif
Duane Hiddleston
Robert E. Schroyer
Lecompton
Topeka
Clyde
Jawa
Ross Cole
Tenn
Guy McClanahan
Effingham
W. H. Douglas
R. F. Wiksten
James C. Schroy
Susan Baker
Susan Nancy A. Baker
Miss. St. She
J. F. Baker
Perley Baker
Hazel Madden
Waverly
Florence Baker
The
Shame
Lois Miton
Denver
Ruth Oswald
George Saunders
Eurekay
R. R. Marshall
Key West
Lebo
Edith Houk
Edith Asinnie Houk
Fire tears through Episcopal church in Lawrence
Sermon at Trinity continues from page 1 as Mc Kittrick and helper Bob Kirkham search through smoke filled church. Firemen battled 15 men with four trucks and a 110 foot ladder while some timbers fell injuring none. Ministers offered space at other churches for Episcopal services.
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McKittrick
Bob Kirkham
Kansas City
Lawrence
Jack Todd
Std and
St. Sts
Swift
Don Wilson resigns from Kansas University post
Donald G. Wilson, chairman of KU's electrical engineering department, will leave at semester's end to become assistant director of research at Stromberg-Carlson Co. in Rochester New York. He joined KU in 1947, earned a Harvard PhD in 1948, and held leadership roles in engineering societies.
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Donald G. Wilson
Department of Electrical Engineering
Kansas University
Stromberg-Carlson Co
Rochester
N. Y
K. U
Wilson
Harvard
MIT
Kansas City
Institute of Radio Engineers
Committee
American Association of Electrical Engineers
Ala
T. DeWitt Carr
School of Engineering
Carr
Minister for Iraq Criticizes Organization Over Rights Failures
A minister comments on the organization’s inaction regarding human rights. He cites concerns about North Africa and Palestine and doubts the body’s ability to act in line with those standards.
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North Africa
Palestine
Friday Meet Opens Weekend at Interscholastic Relays
Lawrence prepares for the Interscholastic Relays weekend with open houses across departments. Friday starts the action as hundreds of high school athletes arrive for decathlon preliminaries and Relays proper, drawing an expected 20 000 spectators. Santee Kansas Wes features in the Glenn Cunningham Mile with a possible sub four minute effort as the queen is crowned at 3 pm.
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Lawrence
Santee
Pride of Kansas
Wes Santee
Glenn Cunningham
England
Roger Bannister
Australia
John Landy
Flames Gut Church in West End Fire Destroys Kansas Episcopal Building
Fire gutted an Episcopal church begun in 1870 at the west end of the building near the sanctuary. No service had been held since the Brahms Requiem. Possible causes included the organ blower or basement boiler room. Losses exceed 50,000. The blaze followed other major fires in a year. Salvation Army served coffee and doughnuts to firefighters.
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Robert C. Swift
Swift
Atchison
Kansas
Grace Cathedral
Topeka
Sterling Furniture Co
Mass
Markets At a Glance Stock Trends and Kansas City Livestock
Markets show gains in rails and grains with wheat higher and cotton weaker. Kansas City livestock reports slow slaughter with mixed prices for steers, heifers, and hogs. grain prices move higher on strong wheat, corn, and oats bids. Wall Street opens buoyant on defense stocks and firmer aircraft shares amid Red Chinese air power fears.
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K. C. Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
K.C. Cash Grain
Wall
Siet
New York
Formosa
Birth notices and listed names from Memorial Hospital
A flood of names appears for births and residents connected to Memorial Hospital and nearby towns. An array of families from Sunflower Belton Neal Perry Gentry Tonganoxie and Winfield are noted with births and parent names, plus addresses and a few baby genders.
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Elmer Stultz
Winfield
Martha Jane Scribner
Charles Lilly
Haskell Ave
Clara May Kramer
McLouth
Natalie Nesmith
Theresa Georgakas
Hilltop
Shirley Hand
Tonganoxie
Thomas Lee
Elm St
Wilda Chandler
Ed Doyle
Carla
Market gains extend as industrials lead advance
Investors saw broad support from motors railroads and airlines with gains across steels, coppers, chemicals and oils. Du Pont posted first quarter earnings of 2.00 per share versus 1.56 a year earlier, with other advancing names including Union Pacific New York Central Western Union U S Steel Chrysler Montgomery Ward Boeing Douglas United Aircraft General Dynamics Bell American Viscose Celanese Phelps Dodge United Airlines and U S Gypsum.
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Celanese
Phelps Dodge
United Airlines
U. S. Gypsum
Wading Pool Debate Ties to Lawrence Club Plans
Local moms ask Lawrence Country Club to add a wading pool during ongoing pool construction. Officials say it’s not too late to alter plans and boosters argue the addition would be cheaper now than later.
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Lawrence
Clyde Reed Jr Speaks At Kansan Board Dinner May 14
Clyde S Reed Jr editor of the Parsons Sun will speak May 14 at the Kansan Board dinner, the KU Memorial Union ballroom hosting about 300 attendees. Reed heads the William Allen White Foundation and the event awards journalism students for work on the University Daily Kansan.
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Clyde S. Red Jr
Parsons Sun
Kanesan Board
Kansas University
Kansan
K. U
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Oconomowoc
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Kay Tucker
Fort Hays State College
Becky Culpepper
Kansas State College
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Kansas Relays Committee
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Lawerence
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Securities Investment CO
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