City amends building code for wiring permits
Ten amendments to the city building code take effect today after city commission approval. A key change requires a building permit and inspection for all wiring projects, closing a loophole used to avoid safety checks. Some oppose the measure, joking about needing a permit to replace a burned out bulb.
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Journal- World
Tigsion
Massachusetts Street
Montana Street
Ninth Terrace
Pennsylvania Street
East Fifteenth Street
Sunset Drive
Max Wilhelmi
Richard A. Barber
Rural Boards Meet At New School Site
The Douglas County rural school boards and administrators met Tuesday night at Kaw Valley School east of Lawrence. Speakers included George J. Frey on the book rental program, G. W. Reida on good school principles, and W. W. Wright on finances and policies. Wright urged ample budgets with emergency funds and explained levies as well as revised census timing to May 1 and inclusion of all children. Emma Berg, county superintendent, issued the yearly supplies for the meeting.
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Douglas County Rural School Boards
New
Kaw Valley
Lawrence
Tech
George J. Frey
G. W. Reida
W. W. Wright
Frey
Reida
Wright
Emma Berg
K State Probing Fight Involving Two Athletes
Manhattan Kas The central disciplinary body of Kansas State College studies an alleged fight involving two football players Gene Meier captain elect and Don Miles guard. The incident occurred last weekend at a dormitory carnival and may involve others. The tribunal will review the case next Monday with the authority to recommend expulsion for guilty students.
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Manhattan
Kas
Kansas State College
Gene Meier
Don Miles
Fisher Elected To Head Jaycees
Don E Fisher, local insurance agent, was elected Tuesday night as the new president of the Lawrence Junior Chamber of Commerce. He succeeds Harry Starks and has lived in Lawrence since ten years ago to attend Kansas University after World War I service. Also elected were Don Welling as first vice president Tom Pogany as second vice president Clinton Daniels secretary Dick Loufek treasurer and ten directors. A film promoted the Teen-Age Road-E-O program with a May 4 event planned at the municipal parking lot on New Hampshire Street. The group approved sponsoring the Jaycee Bookwagon again this summer to circulate children's books at city playgrounds.
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Don E. Fisher
Lawrence
Terr
Peggy
LaDonna
Optimist Club
American Legion
Don Welling
Tom Pogany
Clinton Daniels
Dick Loufek
Don Hay
Richard Huff
Ken Coy
Jim Shirley
Howeard Conkey
Charles Zook
Jack Dysart
Wes Norwood
Bob Jaeger
Ralph Lengel
Jaycees
New Hampshire Street
Lawrence Free Public
Two-Car Crash Causes $700 In Damage At Intersection
Police report a Tuesday afternoon collision near 17th and La. streets caused about $700 in damage. No injuries were listed. Drivers were Randolph R. Adams, 20, of 161244 Tenn, Sr., and Edna Dyer, 42, of Route 2, Baldwir.
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17Th and
la. Sts
Randolph R. Adams
Tenn, Sr
Edna Dyer
Baldwir
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Hollingsworth Service set
Funeral services for Mrs. Qilie Hollingsworth who died early Tuesday will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev. Harold Hamilton in charge. Burial will follow in Clinton Cemetery.
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J. Hollingsworth
Qilie
Hollingsworth
Rumsey Funeral Home
Harold Hamilton
Clinton Cemetery
Reed Speaks Out on Kansas Growth and Education
Reed argues that the next election is crucial for Kansas' growth. He accuses the Democratic administration of inactivity and promises focused economic development and job creation. He defends Republicans as the party of progress and pledges full support for education and teachers while urging higher school funding.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Reed
Republican
Party of Progress
Weea Wen
Topeka
Revival Begins at East Heights Church Tonight
Special Services start Rev William L Crews, mission scholar at Haskell Institute, leading a revival at East Heights Baptist Church at 7 30 p m today. Services run nightly through Sunday May 4 with Antioch and Calvary Baptist churches cooperating in the simultaneous crusade. Sunday School and training union push attendance goals for the final day. Rev J R Huddlestith pastors the church.
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Southern Baptist
Haskell Institute
East Heights Baptist Church
Antioch
Calvary Baptist
Training Union
J. R. Huddlestith
Kansas University Plans Eight-Week Summer Theater
KU will run an eight week Summer Theater session June 8 to August 2 in the Music and Dramatic Arts Building. Lewin Goff directs with 20 students, auditions start Saturday, and four major productions including The Petrified Forest and The Diary of Anne Frank are planned. Credit may be earned in acting and stagecraft.
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Lewin Goff
University Theater
Music and Dramatic Arts Building
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Goff
Universty Theater
Anne Frank
Jack Brooking
Gordon Beck
Virgil Godfrey
Herbert L. Camburn
Dick Bergen
22Nd St
Ken T
Bank Baker
College
Helmetta
N. J
Glenn Bickle
Kansas City
Bill Henry
Fine Arts
Parkville
Phyllis Miller
Education
Elwood
KU Theater
Invest-In-America Week Observances at KU Enroll 50 Speakers
More than 50 speakers will participate in the Kansas University observance of Invest-In-America Week starting Saturday. The program includes campus talks, a Kansas Union luncheon, and city events as KU becomes the first university to join nationwide celebrations themed Money at Work Means Men at Work.
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Kansas University
Jason ‘Ott
Tenn. St
Grant
Napier
Wichita
Ott
Lawrence
Riley Burcham
Audra Drennon
Kelvin Hoover
Chet Jones
Woodrow Miller
Dolph Simons
William D. Wolfe
Ed Abels
John Weatherwax
E. R
Zook
Grant Napier
Bob Billings
Russell
Cretan Carter
Jennings
Carlos Campuzano
Kansas City
Two Brothers Held For salon Hold Up in Dallas
Two brothers Billy Lambert age 27 and Clifton Lambert age 21 are in custody after allegedly holding up a reducing salon and forcing about 18 women to strip at gunpoint. They were picked up in a stolen auto and are being questioned about other crimes by sheriff's officers.
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Dallas
Tex
Billy Lambert
Clifton Lambert
Lyons Optimist speaker promotes life insurance week
Bill Lyons of the Lawrence Association of Life Underwriters told the Lyons Optimist Club that most life insurance premiums are reinvested locally. He said funds support housing and business mortgages as well as school and municipal bonds, aiding community development during Life Insurance Week.
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Bill Lyons
Lawrence Association of Life Underwriters
Infant Found Dead After Being Taken From Crib at Home
Five week old infant Sandra Carrick disappeared from a Kingsville home and was found unconscious nearby. She died after hospitalization. Police say head trauma and bruises. mother claimed 15 minutes in the yard while washing. Investigators questioned two young children as part of the case.
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Kingsville
Tex
Sandra Carrick
J.C. David Carrick
Kingsville Auxiliary Naval Air Station
Carrick
Tom Simons
B.D. Condon
Oshkosh
Wis
Georgia Governor's Brother Charged in Money Swindle
Atlanta reports that R. A. Cheney Griffin and Baxley mayor J. M. Dunn, both Democrats, were indicted by Fulton County grand jury on charges of taking money to influence the governor. A related case involved a $1,500 expense for a land recreation transfer, with a bench warrant issued for Dunn and Cheney Griffin posting bond.
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Atlanta
Marvin Griffin
Baxley
R. A. (Cheney) Griffin
J. M. Dunn
Fulton County
Cheney Griffin
Fulton Solicitor General’s Office
Dunn
Superior Court
Jeptha C. Tanksley
Paul Webb
Hospital Births and Andover Names at Memorial Hospital
At Memorial Hospital a list of births and local residents appears. Baby boy Powell born at 1920 Alabama Street and Mrs Evelyn Herratrom with a baby boy in Tonganoxie are noted alongside multiple addresses and names including Mr. and Mrs. McElDowney, Mr. and Mrs. Spears, and Mrs. Barbara Johnston, among others.
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Powell
Ala. St
Charles Long
Oskaloosa
Evelyn Herratrom
Tonganoxle
Clyde M. Neely
Mass. St
George Brittain
South
Mra
Wilda Carver
Eudora
Barbara Johnson
E. 9Th St
Emma Plank
Monaco seeks ban on Lady Docker from Cannes Riviera
Monaco asks France to expel Lady Docker from Cannes under a 40 year old accord allowing bans across the Riviera. Police will deliver the order. Docker vows legal pushback after a dispute over her son's attendance at a royal christening and alleged insults to the royal family.
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France
Prince Rainier
Monaco
Britain
Docker
French Riviera
Rainier
Cannes
Mediterranean
Alpes Maritimes Department
Pierre-Jean Montil
Govrnor
Alpes Maritime Department
Lady Docker
Canner
Lance
Prince Albert
Drive Credited In Big Car Sale Drive
New York reports the You Am to Buy Now anti recession campaign credited with at least fifty million dollars in car sales that would not have occurred otherwise. The American Newspaper Publish ers Association Bureau of Advertising, meeting in New York, estimates the campaign begun two months ago in Cleveland has run in about 250 communities. Albert Spendlove of the Philadelphia Bulletin notes newspaper advertising can stimulate the economy when properly used.
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New York
Bureau of Advertising
ANPA
Eudora High seniors plan Houston Galveston trip
27 students depart at 10 50 p m for a long weekend travel to Houston and Galveston accompanied by several adults. Jerry Schafer son of Paul and Mrs Schafer, an 1881 Indiana Sr star and Harvard scholarship recipient, is a key figure. Lawrence High guard turned tackle Schefer, 200 pounds six feet, played as a sophomore and junior and senior. Lawrence Historical Society meeting scheduled 7 p m in the John Steuart Curry Room Kansas Union with drawings of early residents and scenes.
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Eudora High School
Houston
Galveston
Mra
Robert Slapar
Allen Westerhouse
Veral Neil
Jerry Schafer
Paul Schefer
Ind. Sr
Lawrence
Harvard
Schefer
Baersoe
Lawrence High
Hhs
Schafer
The
Lawrence Historical Society
John Steuart-Curry
Kansas Union
Clearing Way For Deportee's Return Home
U S officials eased the path for Wil grape to return home after briefly deporting him to Finland. Immigration Commissioner Joseph M Swing authorized Helk kila's homeward return at U S expense on grounds of technical issues while continuing efforts to deport him for past Communist Party affiliation.
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Washington
U.S
Wilgrape
Finland
Communist Party
Joseph M. Swing
Helkkila
House Proposes Tax Changes To Bolster State Finances
Lawmakers consider shifting funds from a 12.5 million residue back to local units while applying remaining sales tax revenue to state deficits. Proposals include raising cereal malt tax to 3.10 per barrel, tightening liquor permits, and a 5 percent withholding on wages for state tax. Also offered are options for intangible property tax at 3 percent or current 5 mill levy, plus higher high school funding levies and county district tax caps.
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County General High
Harold McHenry Begins 26th Year At McLouth Station
Harold McHenry marked his 26th year as an service station operator this week in McLouth. The McHenry station opened April 18, 1983, around when road links to Tonganoxie were paved, boosting traffic and business. He has worked for four oil companies, is married with two children Jane and David, and active in Kiwanis and local affairs.
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Harold McHenry
McLouth
McHenry
Tonganoxie
Unke
Leavenworth
Lawrence
Topeka
Kansas City
Jane
David
In the Courts Divorces Filed and Traffic Violations
In the Courts section a divorce case is filed by Raymond A White against Pauline Whitebread. A traffic violation note records William Laughlin of 1231 LA as cited for failure to yield the right of way.
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Raymond A. Whitebread
Pauline Whitebread
William Laughlin
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