Turnpike land appeals prompt 17 contested appraisals
Seventeen appeals filed in Douglas County District Court contest appraisers awards in Kansas Turnpike condemnation. Awards total 48,470 for 250 acres across Sections 29 30 and 31. List details individual owners, acreages and awards for Sections 29 30 and 31.
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Beattie Collins
Andy Hess
Parnell
Douglas County
Fred H. Hartman
William P. Henry
Gus Hartman
Ernest F. Wulfkuhle
W. L. Richards
William A. Anderson
Mary M. Richards
Frank V. Wulfkuhle
C. A. Dittrich
Andrew H. Bahnmeier
E. Karl Bahnmeier
Elmer G. Balmmeier
Francis R. Wempe
Six Die in Headon Olathe Wreck Near Emporia
Six persons were killed last night in a head on collision about a mile southwest of Olathe Kansas. One more victim remained in fair condition. Victims include Thomas Connery Jr Donald Grauberger Lloyd McIllvane and his wife Edith Ann Fowler Floyd Rice and Violet Rice. Violet Rice 33 was treated at St Marys hospital Kansas City after surgery. The Emporia residents were returning from a Kansas City baseball game. Witness Donald L Anderson Toledo Iowa said the northbound car drifted inside the curve then swerved centerward causing the crash. He paced his speed at 50-55 mph a few car lengths behind.
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Olathe
Kas
Here
State Highway Patrol
Thomas Connery Jr
Donald Grauberger
Kansas City
Lloyd McIilvane
Emporia
Edith Ann Fowler
Floyd Rice
Rice
Violet
St. Mary's Hospital
Donald L. Anderson
Toledo
Iowa
Anders
Anderson
Iowan
Parole Considered for Louis Shoulders in Greenlease Case
Chairman Scovel Richardson said the Federal Parole Board is examining possible parole for Louis Shoulders, former St. Louis police lieutenant convicted of lying about handling the $600,000 Greenlease kidnapping ransom.
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Washington
Scovel Richardson
Federal Parole Board
Louis Shoulders
St. Louis
Preliminary Waiver In Assault Case Ties to May Court
Charles N. Curtiss 47 of 1321 Tenn. St. waived preliminary hearing in County Court on assault with intent to kill and was bound over to the May term of District Court on a $1,000 bond. He was arrested after Dwayne M. Henry, 223 N. 4th St., filed a complaint alleging the assault last night. Henry said Curtiss used a hammer to smash Henry’s car windshield near Ray’s Truck Stop Route 3. Henry and Charlotte F. Highman were in the car at the time.
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Charles N. Curtiss
Tenn. St
Curtiss
Dwayne M. Henry
Henry
Ray
Route 3
Charlotte F. Highman
E. 9Th St
Billy Hodson
The Mambo and Space Helmets Debate
A satirical piece discusses the mambo as a sacro iliac condition set to music and mocks dancers by imagining a global weight shift that could alter Earth's orbit. It cites Gandhi's assassination on January 30, 2948 as a dated aside.
Traffic ease for visitors buoys Lawrence fans
Major league baseball has helped Lawrence residents by showcasing efficient traffic handling at big events. In Kansas City games, visitors suffer snarls, while locals enjoy smoother flow here. The report notes improved coordination and turnout for an ongoing citywide infrastructure effort.
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Lawrence
Kansas City Athletics
K.C
Lawrence Fans See Athletics Pound Yankees 6 to 0
April weather ran hot as Lawrence sports fans packed to more than 33,000 at a Friday night game where the Kansas City Athletics routed the New York Yankees 6 to 0. Offhand chatter focused on catches and pitching by Shantz and Rizzuto’s warmups as locals enjoyed the win and plan to return. A Sunflower woman reported losing over $500 in bonds. police found the purse and bonds undisturbed at the market dairy bar shortly after.
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Kansas State College
Lawrence
Ron Webb
Franklin Houser
Manhattan
Kaw
Maple Hill
Kansas City Athletics
New York Yankees
Bobby Shantz
Phil Rizzuto
Local Birth Announcements Across Towns
Memorial Hospital reports multiple birth notices including Mrs. Caroline Tibben 1315 E. St Arthur Watkins Route 4 Susan L Olson DeSoto Jennifer McKinley 909 W 6th St Ralph Puckett 601 W 23rd St Mrs Joyce Huson and baby girl Eudora Mrs Avs Bergen and baby girl Sunnyside Mrs Mildred ale and baby boy 1728 Mich Mrs Shirley Conrad and baby ae Tonganoxie Mary Margaret Church 758 Lake St Catherine Tarpy 1225 N Y St Mrs Vera McClelland and baby boy Sunflower Mrs Betty Chambers 1539 Mass St Mr and Mrs James Gilliland Baldwin a daughter Friday Mr and Mrs Gerald L Hall 742 Locust St a daughter Friday
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Jennifer McKinley
W. 6Th St
Ralph Puckett
W. 23Rd St
Joyce Huson
Eudora
Avs Bergen
Sunnyside
Mildredale
Mich
Shirley Conrad
Ae Tonganoxie
Mary Margaret Church
Lake St
Catherine Tarpy
N. Y. St
Vera McClelland
Sunflower
Betty Chambers
Mass
S&t
Marriage Licenses Issued by Probate Court
Marriage licenses were issued Friday from Probate Court to Ronald Lee Anderson 18 Perry and Shirley Ann May 16 Oskaloosa Gratz B Price 39 and Jean Ann Scott 25 both Topeka Robert Fugene Truitt 27 Topeka and Virginia Lee Hayes 25 Denver.
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Ronald Lee Anderson
Perry
Shirley Ann May
Oskaloosa
Gratz B. Price
Jean Ann Scott
Topeka
Robert Fugene Truitt
Virginia Lee Hayes
Denver
Dismissal in Dan W. Elms peace disturbance case
A county court Friday dismissed a charge of disturbing the peace filed earlier this week against Dan W. Elms of general delivery Lawrence.
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Dan W. Elms
General Delivery
Lawrence
Journal-World Hosts 42 Guests at A’s Yankee Game
Forty two members of the World Co. news, office, advertising and composition staffs were guests of the Journal-World on a trip to the Kansas City Athletics New York Yankees game in Kansas City. The Athletics blanked the Yankees 6 0 as Bobby Shantz hurled a three hitter and a record crowd of over 33 000 watched.
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New York Yankee
Andy Carey
Kansas City Athletics
Vic Power
Power
Bobby Shantz
Elmer Vale
Journal-World
The
World Co. News
New York Yankees
Kansas City
Athletics
Yankees
K. C
Fire call answers blaze at railroad ties stack
Lawrence firemen responded at 10 a m to Std and Del Sts where burning trash set a pile of railroad ties alight. Damage was slight.
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Lawrence
Std
del. Sts
Ex Nazi Hess on Prison Hunger Strike Reported
Berlin based Rudolf Hess, former deputy Fuehrer, reportedly began a hunger strike at Spandau prison. Lt. Col. H W Farle, U S commandant, refused to confirm or deny the report while the U S High Commission did not deny it. Unofficial sources say Hess started the strike last Tuesday on his 61st birthday.
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Berlin
Rudolf Hess
Fuehrer
Nazi Reich
Spandau War Crimes
H. W. Farle
U. S. High Commission
Hess
Clyde Taylor Dies at 53 in Lawrence Home
Clyde Taylor, 53, died Friday at his home at 515 Wis. St. in Lawrence. He is survived by his wife Anna, his mother Aquilla, sisters Mildred Taylor and James Dixon, and brothers Eugene, Gus of Lawrence and Harold of Toledo. Funeral services will be Monday at St. Luke's AME Church with time to be announced.
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Clyde Taylor
Wis. St
Anna Taylor
Aquilla Taylor
Mildred Taylor
James Dixon
Lawrence
Eugene Taylor
Gus Taylor
Harold Taylor
Toledo
Ohio
St. Luke’s Ame Church
Haskell Institute Student Waives Hearing on Burglary Charge
Vernon Noah Bryant, 17, waived preliminary hearing in County Court on second degree burglary and was bound over to the May term of District Court. Grand larceny was dismissed. Bryant faces a burglary at Chief Lunch on 23rd Street and Barker Avenue and remains jailed after failing to post $1,000 bond.
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Vernon Noah Bryant
Haskell Institute
Bryant
23Rd St
Barker Ave
Be Kind to Animals Week Starts In Douglas County
Animals will celebrate Be Kind to Animals Week starting Sunday as part of the 41st annual effort. Douglas County Humane Society spearheads the drive with more than 600 animal welfare groups in the US and Canada. Mrs. James S. Moore, president, urges year round care for pets and better homes, noting funds are needed for sustaining animal welfare programs in Lawrence.
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Douglas County Humane Society
United States
Canada
James S. Moroe
Ind. St
Douglas County Society
Lawrence
J. A. Buzzle
la. St
Ruth Litchen
Frank Stockton
Elizabeth Cox
Burton W. Marvin
Kansas University Journalism School
Bill Mayer
Journal-World
Dolph Simons Jr
Edwin F. Abels
The
Lawrence Outlook
Arden Booth
KLWN
Helen Shaw
Charles Gordon
Emma Berg
Humane Society
Be Kind To
Meyerson Receives Fulbright Lectureship in Denmark
Dr. Lee Meyerson, assistant professor of psychology at Kansas University and expert on deafness and blindness, is awarded a Fulbright lectureship. He will lecture on child psychology at Copenhagen University and the Society and Home of Cripples, and conduct research in Denmark. The grant follows a Danish request in 1954 to aid educational and public health programs for handicapped children. Meyerson has been named a fellow of the AAAS and APHA, a notable honor for a psychologist.
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Lee Meyerson
Kansas University
Department of State
Meyerson
Copenhagen
Denmark
Copenhagen University
American Association For the Advancement of Science
American Public Health Association
APHA
Hillcrest PTA Holds Sex Education Class at Motta Home
The Hillcrest PTA hosts a parent education session for pre school caregivers at 8 p.m. Tuesday at 901 Murrow Court. The class, titled Sex Education That Makes Sense, aims to provide practical guidance for discussing the topic with young children.
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Hillcrest Pta
Glenn Motta
Murrow
Market News Cattle Prices Jump At Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City market report shows slaughter steers and heifers sharply higher with good to low choice heifers 50 lower, cows 50 higher, bulls up to 50, vealers and killing calves steady. Full instances of gains reach 75.
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Kansas City
USDA
Kansas City Produce Market Prices Summary
A chaotic ledger of Kansas City produce values lists eggs extras and 60 percent A at 35.5, 60 percent A at 33.5, standards 34. butter grade A solid 63.5 Ib, quarters 64, fat 40-45 per Ib. Poultry totals show hens 444 lbs, derby 445 lbs, fryers 2 to 3 pounds white 29 red 28, broilers 2 lbs up 28, roosters 9-10, breeder turkeys 1.0 b farm hens 21 toms 21, Beltsville white ducks 5 lbs up 12, geese 10 lbs up 10, guineas 10.
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Kansas City
B. Farm
Beltsville
Agricultural Market Prices Snapshot
Wheat $2.08, oats 70, kafir $2.30, corn $1.40, soybeans $2.30. Poultry hens under 4% lbs 8, over 415 lbs 16, cocks .6. Butterfat .48 and .51. Eggs .29. Hogs $16.00.
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