Giant Earth Movers Start Soon on Pike
Giant earth moving equipment will begin grading north of Lawrence for the Kansas Turnpike project at the Kaw River bridge site. List-Clark Co. will handle about 2 million cubic yards of earth, with 10 earth movers, a 200-ton drag line, and additional machinery en route.
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Kansas Turnpike
Kaw River
Lawrence
W. Lee Meredith
List-Clark Co
Frank Anfred
Meredith
List-Clark Cor
Union Pacific-Rock Island
List-Clark
Memorial Hospital Births and Addresses Listed
Miss Roberta Loney and Barbara Poland are among residents named. a baby girl was born today at Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. John Lewis at 1445 Prairie St. Other names include Elsie Marshall Tonga noxie James K. Mathes and Mary Worthington with multiple addresses in Ottawa Perry Leavenworth and Kansas City entities.
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Elsie Marshall
Tonganoxie
James K. Mathes
N.H. St
Alice J. Harrison
W. 8Th St
Donna Thompson
Miss. St
Mildred Brubaker
Baldwin
Judith E. Smith
Barker Ave
Gregory Mills
DeSoto
Ralph E. Puckett
W. Am St
Iris McKinney
Samuel Brien
Emerald Dr
Carrie Williamson
Pa. St
Velma Loney
Ottawa
Lola Hays
Floyd Weidner
Kansas City
Joan ‘Tynan
Leavenworth
Jay Douglas Hamilton
Jeffrey Hamilton
E. South Park St
Roberta Loney
S. St
Barbara Poland
Tenn. St
Mary K. Worthington
Perry
Randy Scott West
Mary Tes
Sunnyside
Esther F. Becks
Mich
Stella Pine
Elm St
John Lewis
Prairie St
Wichita Narcotics Theft at Wholesale Firm
Two armed men robbed a wholesale drug firm on Wichita’s north edge of the business district this afternoon. They escaped with cash and narcotics, about $100 in cash and a morphine container containing several pounds of morphine worth thousands in underworld trade.
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Wichita
Droodle prompts Dior critique over exposed knees
A quirky note mocks fashion satire and a designer reaction to a doodle that shows legs. A speaker claims to have calculated losses in executive thinking time from exposed knees, jokingly tying it to Venezuela’s national income.
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Christian
Dior
Venezuela
Young Czech Flyers Escape From Prague In Stolen Plane
Karel Kucera age 20 and Zdnek Machilner age 19, workers at a Communist aircraft parts factory, said they overpowered a guard at Kolin and flew a stolen sport plane 140 miles to a Bavarian field. They landed after a three hour flight seeking asylum in the West and hope to join the U S Air Force.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Karel Kucera
Zdnek Machilner
Kucera
Thad
Kolin
Prague
U.S
Argentine Priest Held In Disrespect to Peron
In Rafaela Santa Fe Province Rev Antonio Lorenzo Frattin a Roman Catholic priest was arrested by federal police on a charge of disrespect to President Peron The charge stems from remarks made during a religious service He is the 18th Catholic priest arrested in Argentina since the church row with Peron began last November.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Antonio Lorenzo Frattin
Rafaela
Santa Fe
Peron
Father Frattin
Reber Praises Co H After City Civil Defense Drill
The Kansas City area defense drill tested readiness of Co H and local agencies with authentic coordination. Reber commended the unit for 100 percent effort and noted the alert ended by 9 pm with all personnel dismissed and returning home.
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Reber
Co. H
Lawrence
Kansas City
AF Men Escape Injury As Plane Forced Down
Clay Center Kansas six airmen aboard a Smoky Hill AFB twin engine plane escaped injury when the craft made an emergency landing at Clay Center municipal airport. Officials cited engine trouble as likely cause though no statement issued. The plane overshot the runway and bounced across two ditches and Highway 24, lightly damaging the aircraft after hitting a telephone pole.
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Clay Center
Kas
Smoky Hill Air Force Base
Salina
U. S. Highway 24
Appraisers Named in Douglas County Turnpike Condemnation
District Judge Frank Gray appoints Merle McKinney Emil Heck and Clifton Calvin as appraisers in the Kansas Turnpike Authoritys third condemnation action. The case covers the planned turnpike route from the proposed interchange northwest of Lawrence east to the Leavenworth County line.
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Merle McKinney
Emil Heck
Clifton Calvin
Frank Gray
Douglas County
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Lawrence
Leavenworth
New Mayor at El Dorado Named in City Swap
KastA Joe D. Faulconer a dairy operator and fifth term city commissioner was chosen to succeed I H McIntire lumber dealer as mayor of El Dorado.
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EL Dorado
Kasta
Joe D. Faulconer
Faulconer
I. H. McIntire
Lawrence High to stage A Murder Has Been Arranged ghost play
Lawrence High School will present Emlyn Williams ghost story A Murder Has Been Arranged at 8 p m Friday and Saturday. Merle Paulson directs a nine member cast including Dolores Skeet Alan Coombs Yvonne Richardson Raymond Nichols Kathy Morgans Charles Malone Carolyn Carter Barbara Sample and John Pritchard. The play is set on the stage of the St James Theatre in London and follows a murderer whose ghost walks.
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Lawrence High School
Emlyn Williams
St. James Theater
London
Merle Paulson
T. W. Richardson
N. 3Rd St
Yvonne
Clementine
Raymond Nichols
Meurice-Mallins
Ala. St
Kathy Morgans
Kathy
Otis Morgans
Haskell
Paul Malone
Ind. St
Carolyn Carter
E. Russell Carter
Jasper
Barbara Sample
Leo Sample
Vt. St
Worker Hurt In Fall At City Water Plant Site
The job superintendent for Mel co Inc was injured about 2 PM today in a fall at the city water plant addition at 3rd and Miss Sts. Charles Powell of 1508 VT St fell 1744 feet from the top of a settling basin wall to the basin floor. Nature and extent of injuries not yet determined by hospital officials.
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Melco., Inc
3Rd and Miss. Sts
Charles Powell
Vt. St
Injury at Lawrence Transfer Co. car brake failure injures man
Ralph Puckett of 601 West 23rd Street was hurt when his car brake failed and rolled down a small incline at Lawrence Transfer and Storage Co. on North H Street. He was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital for a deep laceration to the hand a sprained knee and elbow bruises. The physician said he was in good condition earlier today.
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W. 23Rd St
Lawrence Transfer “and
Representative Hurt in Farm Accident in Phillips County
Phillips County state representative Otis from Phillipsburg was seriously injured last night in a farm accident. She suffered a broken leg and a back injury when she fell beneath the wheels of a hayrack.
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Phillipsburg
Kasm
Mildred Otis
Phillips County
JCS back use of A arms to defend Quemoy Matsu
New York Times reports that a majority of the Joint Chiefs of Staff favor employing atomic weapons if Quemoy and Matsu are to be defended. Gen Ridgway opposes U S participation, but Radford Carney and Twining support continued US aid and force projection to the Nationalists.
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New York Times
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Matsu
Matthew B. Ridgway
Army Chief of Staff
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Ridgway
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Pescadores
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Italy Statement Denied by Corsi
Washington report about Edward Corsi denying he said Ethiopians were better off under Mussolini. Cable quoted by Roy Wade described Corsi’s remarks during a Greek refugee camp inspection. Corsi, fired by Dulles as refugee adviser, called the administration’s refugee plan sabotage as senators probe his charges.
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Edward Corsi
State Department
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Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Committee
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Roy Wade
Wade
Dulles
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Kansas Relays Exposition Highlights Scout Visitation Day
K university reports visible student work for the weekend Exposition with Sigma Tau trophy to honor the best display Judges include two Lawrence students K U Extension plans to host about 1500 Boy Scouts from Kansas and Western Missouri representing 50 troops in 40 communities
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K. U. Engineering
T. de Witt Carr
Lawrence
Norman Wilson
N. H. St
Barton Hoglund
Mass
Kansas
Water sewer work begins at 12th and Haskell in Lawrence
Construction starts on the 10th project in a 3 million dollar city water sewer expansion. A 24 inch relief sewer runs from Twelfth Street toward the Santa Fe tracks then west along Nineteenth and Twentieth Streets to 22nd and La. Hankamer Excavating of Topeka will build offshoot mains to serve Lawrence area west and south of the Kansas University campus.
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Haskell Ave
Lawrence
Mize and Dixon Construction Co. Mission
Twelfth Street
Santa Fe
Nineteenth Street
Nineteenth
Twentieth Streets
22Nd and
la. Sts
Hankomer Excavating Co
Topeka
Kansas University
Hankamer
E. J. Allison
Deaths and Funerals Stauffer Rites
Funeral services for George W. Stauffer aged 51 who died at his Route 5 home will be held at 2 p m Friday at Rumsey Funeral Home. Masonic graveside rites by Acacia Lodge No 9 will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery with pallbearers listed. Patsy Welsh ten year old daughter of Mr and Mrs W F Welsh of San Jose Calif died Wednesday of leukemia after illness since June last year. Funeral set for San Jose. She was the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Vernon Roy residing at 705 Me Street. Her mother is the former Lois Jean Roy of Law area.
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Patsy Welsh
W. F. Welsh
San Jose
Calif
Vernon Roy
Lois Jean Roy
Lawrence
Charles C Paine 73 Dies Inglewood Former Lawrence Foreman
Word reached friends here of the death Monday of Charles C Paine 73 at his Inglewood California home. He formerly lived in Lawrence and was for many years a service foreman for the gas company. He is survived by his wife Dora Paine and two daughters Reba of Modesto and Gladys of Tucson. Funeral services and burial were held Saturday in Inglewood.
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Charles C. Paine
Inglewood
Calif
Lawrence
Gas Company
Dora Paine
Reba
Modesto
Gladys
Tucson
Ariz
County traffic fines levied in county court
Three persons were fined in county court for traffic violations. Charles Harris received costs after a suspension like charge. Dale Oakson and Ton Ranoxie were fined $10 and costs for passing in a no passing zone. John Charley Lewis of 1445 Prairie Ave. was fined $25 and costs for reckless driving.
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Charles Bernard Harris
Suiaip Slayyear
Caopa Gy
Dale Roy Oakson
John Charley Lewis
Prairie Ave
Voters Reject KU Honor System In Wednesday Balloting
Kansas University students rejected an honor system by a wide margin as 2600 voters chose George Sheldon for student body president and Beverly Jackson for vice president. Richard Sheldon, former president two years earlier, is his brother. Allied Greeks and Independents AGI dominated student government, winning the presidency and vice presidency with 25 candidates to POGOs 20. Fredrica Voiland was the sole winner among unaffiliated candidates.
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K. U
All Student Council
George Sheldon
Salina
Beverly Jackson
Merriam
Sheldon
Richard
Ann Arbor
Mich
University Veterans Organization
Old Society of Pachacamac
AGI
Lawrence Bank alarm scare and local notes in Kansas city
Excitement in downtown Lawrence as police and deputies swarm around the Lawrence National Bank after a burglar alarm falsely triggered. Other items note Wes Santee and Kansas Relays activities, parking warrants, sunny forecast, and three workers repainting Uncle Jimmy Green statue at KU Law School.
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Lawrence National Bank
Jimmy Green
K.U. Law School
Chi Omega
Jimmy
Shot damages screen at residence in city
George Seaman of 1020 R I St reported a shot from an air rifle damaged a screen window and curtain in his home Wednesday. Leonard Walker of 709 Me St said two boys broke windows in his garage, police were told.
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George Seaman
R. I. St
Leonard Walker
Me. St
Parole Granted After Assault Case in County Court
Ralph Siroky of 743 FE. 13th St. fined 25 dollars and paroled for two years from a 30 day jail term in County Court. He was charged with assaulting Clifford Hamill of Kansas City near Ray's Truck Stop on Route 3 early Sunday in the altercation.
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13Th St
Siroky
Clifford Hamill
Kansas City
Wkas
Ray
Route 3
Markets At A Glance In Trading Mixed Highlights
Stocks lower with moderate declines while bonds show mixed to firm government notes. Cotton and corn rise on demand and weather, wheat gains on dry southwest conditions. Feeder hogs drop 25 to 50 cents, top price $17.65, cattle mostly steady with steer top $30.50.
Steady Market Snapshot Of Livestock Produce And Wall Street
Steady lamb and hog market notes with prices for lambs 80 to 90 pounds at 21.00 to 50, utility and good wooled sheep up to 100 pounds and lighter at 7.00. KC produce lines show eggs, butter and poultry prices. The Day in Wall Street: New York stocks fall after a string of advances with moderate decline.
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Wall Street
New York
Wheat and livestock quotes from Kansas City market report
Kansas City market report lists wheat futures and cash prices across grades with exact car counts. Also covers cattle calves hogs and sheep with price ranges, weights, and comparisons to prior activity.
Red Cross group tours Forbes Air Base in Topeka
Seven members of the local Red Cross chapter visited Forbes Air Base in Topeka on a Wednesday tour with Air Force personnel. The group, led by Mrs. Clarence Schaake, toured the restricted area by bus, viewed jet planes costing $2 million each, inspected the 100-bed hospital with obstetrical ward and nursery, and visited the new noncommissioned officer service club while attending a Sunflower Council of Red Cross meeting and a hospital luncheon.
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Topeka
Air Force
Forbes Air Base
Sunflower Council of Red Cross
Clarence Schaake
H. B. Krimminger
Leslie Stevenson
M. J. Patterson
J. W. Murray
Douglas Jennings
A. T. Hodges
Three City Fires Prompt Two Alarm Calls
Lawrence firemen responded to two alarms this morning. At 425 Wisc. St. a trash fire ignited a barn roof causing about 50 dollars in damage. At 1648 Pa. St. a short circuit in wiring used for tile glue started a small blaze with slight damage. Firefighters were also summoned Wednesday afternoon to 1506 Oak Hill Ave. for a furnace smoking but with no damage.
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Lawrence
Lester King
Wisc. St
Pa. St
Bowers Construction Co
John Miller
Floyd Sample
Oak Hill Ave
Henry VII carried personal lock on travels tied to door
Henry VII traveled with his own lock, which was screwed to his bedroom door for security. This detail highlights royal precautions and personal belongings accompanying the Tudor king on journeys.
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Henry VII
Threat of Veto Looms as House Approves Postal Pay Boost
Washington reports a House vote of 224 189 along party lines approving an 8.2 percent postal pay rise for about 500 000 workers, risking a presidential veto after Eisenhower rejected a 7 percent hike without revenue offsets. Senate had favored 10 percent but cost estimates vary from 171 to 220 million dollars yearly.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
House
Formosa tensions ease as British back U S plan
Special Mission was active during a calm in the Formosa situation prompted by Red China’s moderate stance at Bandung. The Robertson-Radford mission signals a possible shift toward a softer U S policy, with Britain reluctant but ready to join a Formosa defense guarantee. Britain seeks evacuation of Quemoy and Matsu and UN oversight of Formosa, while a cease-fire line could split Formosa from the mainland.
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Formosa
Quemoy
Matsu
U.N
Volga River Flood Delays Stalingrad Hydroelectric Work
Tass reports spring floods on the Volga slowing the completion of the Stalingrad hydroelectric station. Elsewhere in the Soviet Union, weather is spotty with some farmwork delays, while Moscow enjoys sunny weather after last week’s snow.
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Tass
Volga
Stalingrad
Soviet Union
Everley Couple Celebrates 60th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Sohn Everley of Eudora thank relatives friends and neighbors for cards flowers and gifts on their 60th anniversary. The note also thanks neighbors friends relatives and the nurses and doctors for kindness during a hospital stay. Leon Johnson.
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