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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1955
Page
4
An impromptu column describes a global travel boom with tourists flocking to Paris London and Amsterdam. Elders pack ships and planes seeking distant experiences amid rising fares and crowded routes.
Kansas House of Representatives on a Wednesday accepted an offer from Communication Equipment and Engineering Corp. to supply a roll call vote machine. Rep. Edward W. Bearman of Hoyt, committee chairman, said the firm presented a price of about 10 aeothe.
Mee Pirdie Harvey planned to visit family and attend the wedding of Carolyn Harvey and Elwin Lee Miller at Park Methodist Church on April 16. Mrs Ralph Bentley hosted the Study Club with remarks by president Mrs Marle Simon and chair Mrs Mayetta Decker.
A three day centennial celebration opens in Manhattan Kansas with a parade and the pageant The Manhattan Story presented at Kansas State College Fieldhouse Tomorrow and Saturday feature 200 local actors in seven scenes recounting the citys founding and the Hartford steamer incident Also on the program tribal dances buffalo burgers a fine arts festival beard contests and a centennial queen contest winners to be announced tomorrow
The report notes gusts up to 50 mph in the East and Southwest as a Rockies storm moves east. Salt Lake City records a late spring snowfall of 8.1 inches. Malad and Popecatella in Idaho see up to three inches. Nevada and Utah see record lows around 11 to 14 degrees with frost warnings. Tornadoes damage farm buildings near Shawnee Oklahoma and tunnels spotted near Carnegie. Overall, most of the nation enjoys fair weather.
Saigon engineering student Ang Dinh Dang won third prize of 100 dollars in the Texas section Institute in Aeronautical Sciences student paper contest held in Fort Worth. His paper title was Turbulent Boundary Layer Displacement Thickness In Compressible Flow.
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