Ohio Woman Struck by Lightning Survives Golf Course Incident
Mrs. Gordon Wetzel, 33, of Mentor, was struck on the Lost Nation Golf Course on July 29. The bolt harmed her hearing, burned and singed clothing, melted fabric, and left her with a hand injury and a cast bearing a message from her husband. She faces recovery at Euclid Glenville Hospital.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Gordon Wetzel
Mentor
Euclid- Glenville Hospital
Lost Nation Golf Course
Painesville
Lawrence area deaths of Peters Torneden Blaker funeral notices
Kathryn Peters 38 of 2047 Barker Ave died at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a month long illness. Julius Torneden 47 of 71344 Mass St died after overheated on a driveway. Anna Blaker 61 died from injuries in Kansas City Kansas auto crash. Funeral services listed with times and locations.
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Kathryn Paulene Peters
Barker Ave
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
John
Lawrence National Bank
John William
Stephen
First Christian Church
Harold G. Barr
Julius A
Scoop
Torneden
Mass
Town Street
The
Baptist Church
Cooper-Warren Chapel
Frank Jennings
Oak Hill Cemetery
Anna Kannenberg
Sa. St
Arthur Edwards
Walnut St
Anna Helen Blaker
Kansas City
Kan
Rumsey Funeral Home
Kermit Smith
Reno
Edmiston's Celebrates First Anniversary In Lawrence
Edmiston's Dept. Store at 845 Mass. St. marked its first birthday in Lawrence with a big celebration. Mayor Weatherwax cut the ribbon to start the second year as store officials pledged a strong year ahead. Roses for the first 500 women and balloons plus suckers for children highlighted the event.
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Edmiston’s
Dept
Mass. St
Lawrence
John Weatherwax
President Signs Bill For TVA Financing Reform
President Eisenhower signed a TVA self financing bill despite a provision he called wholly unacceptable The measure authorizes TVA to issue up to 750 million dollars in bonds to finance new power plants to avert a regional power shortage within about three years The bill also includes a proviso favored by private power companies to curb future expansion of the TVA service area
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Washington
Eisenhower
TVA
Vagrancy Sentences and Divorces Filed in Washington Courts
In Criminal Court, police cases awarded 15 days for vagrancy to Frank Jankowski Leroy Razvoza and Homer Faulconer all of Washington Pa. In divorce matters, Floyd B Haas sues Maude P Haas. Laura Wise granted from Lawrence Wise Phyllis Holden from Willis Holden and Walter Randall from Shirley Randall.
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Frank Jankowski
Washington, Pa
Leroy Razvoza
Homer Jack Faulconer
Madeline Lane
Floyd B. Haas
Maude P. Haas
Laura L. Wise
Lawrence E. Wise
Phyllis Holden
Willis R. Holden
Walter H. _Randall
Shirley Ann Randall
Sneaked Five-Dollar Bill Triggers Counterfeit Ring Bust
In St Louis a hiding wife’s discovery of a counterfeit five dollar bill led Secret Service to raid a fake currency ring. Suspects include Dallas S Barr 28 Webster Groves and four St Louisans Melvin E Rhodes 33 Norman S Bennett 36 George G Haines 37 and William James Lindquist 26. All but Barr arrested in Louisiana.
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ST. Louis
Secret Service
U. S
W. Francis Murrell
Dallas S. Barr
George G. Haines
William James Lindquist
Barr
Louisiana
McCue Named Head Coach at Kemper Military School
Charlie McCue former Lawrence High School and Kansas University halfback is selected head football coach at Kemper Military School Boonville Missouri. He will be aided by Robert Felling of St Joseph Missouri. McCue graduated KU 1958 and last coached at Norborne Missouri. He held LHS records for carries yards per carry and scoring in 1951 and 1952 and his 1374 ground yards and 17 touchdowns in 1951 remain records. He also set a 9.44 yards per carry mark in 1952.
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Charlie McCue
Lawrence High School
Kansas University
Kemper Military School
Boonville
McCue
Kemper
Robert Felling
St. Joseph
Norborne
LHS
Charles V
Chuck) Mather
Polio Count Reaches 100 in Kansas City
Kansas City records its 100th polio victim as Lloyd Bellamy, 23, is admitted to the University of Kansas Medical Center. Four confirmed cases Wednesday raised the tally to 99, with Children’s Mercy Hospital reporting two non resident cases, Tisha Willard and Timothy Fairbairn, plus siblings Terry and Timothy Fairbairn.
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Kansas City
Lloyd Bellamy
University of Kansas Medical Center
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Tisha ,Willard
Russell Willard
Chillicothe
Timothy Fairbairn
Henry Fairbairn
Kearney
Terry Fairbairn
Timothy
Vacation Pak service for Journal-World delivery
Advertisement notes a Vacation Pak service for readers to save issues while away and receive them in a bundled package upon return. It highlights convenience for the carrier and reader, emphasizing uninterrupted access to Journal-World issues during travel.
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Journal-World
Adv
Nixon Backers Rally with Training Schools Across Kansas
Sam Mellinger, Kansas GOP chairman, announced a series of training schools for Republican workers to strengthen county organizations. First session in Olathe August 14 15 with follow ups in Topeka Parsons and Emporia. Nixon backers optimistic while Rockefeller weighs 1960 bid. governors conference yielded little on Democratic contenders.
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Topeka
Sam Mellinger
GOP
Mellinger
Kansas
Olathe
Parsons
Emporia
Brucker Softens Part of Address on Soviet Union
Secretary of the Army Wilber M. Brucker altered a prepared speech during his remarks to the Association of the United States Army. He kept the core message but removed sharp criticisms of Khrushchev and Soviet threats in favor of noting the friendly reception given Vice President Nixon and prospects for better understanding.
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Brucker
Soviet Union
Washington
Wilber M. Brucker
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Khrushchev
Assn
U. S. Army
Moscow
Richard M. Nixon
Young Izaak Waltons To Get Prizes Friday
Winners in the Douglas County Sportsman's Club kids fishing contest will receive prizes Friday at 7 30 p m in building 2 at the Fairgrounds. Oliver Beaman will present. Read details of top catches and runner ups from the Marys Lake event run by the Shermans and the club.
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Douglas County
Sportsman’s Club
Mary’s Lake
Fairgrounds
Oliver Beaman
Eric Smith
Jim Freeman
Mike Harris
David Stine
Jeanette Wahseck
Charlie Norris
Harold Sherman
Shermans
Sportsmen’s Club
Memorial Hospital Admissions and Births
Memorial Hospital lists admissions for Mary Lou Leonard Anita Johnson Earl Williamson Grant Eichhorn Lillian Hermansen Mary Myers Reva Justus Lottie Rist Ollie Stone Nancy Davis Carol Sheppard Rebecca Banks Marie Dahl and others. Dismissals include Frances Kurtz Lela Phillips John Strong Warren Eudaly Ida Deay Gary Harshberger Ella Mary Yee and baby boy. Births include Harry Rayton Phillip Leonard Floyd Rist Norman Fuqua and others.
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Mary Lou Leonard
Brook St
Earl Simmons
Miss. St
Anita Johnson
Earl Williamson
del. St
Grant Eichhorn
Emerald Dr
Lillian Hermansen
Wren Apts
Mary Myers
Reva Justus
Ark. St
Lottie Rist
Ollie Stone
Lecompton
Nancy Davis
Lindenwood Lane
Carol Sheppard
N. H. St
Rebecca Banks
Marie Dahl
N. H St
Frances Kurtz
Eudora
Lela Phillips
Sharon McWilliams
Johnson Ave
John Strong
Topeka
Warren Eudaly
E. 18Th St
Ida Deay
Ky. St
Gary Harshberger
Ella Mary Yee
Vt. St
Mary Colman
Caroline Bailey
Nannie Charlton
Tenn, St
Jean Riggs
Ind
Dorothy Korb
Tonganoxie
Wanda Webster
Thomas Curtis
Baldwin
Agnes Shockley
Ind. St
Richland Plans A Talent Contest
The Richland Fair will host a two night talent contest on August 17 and 18 with finals on August 19. Entrants must submit name age address phone number and type of act to Fair officials. Groups may enter as a single act and each number may run up to five minutes. A record player will be provided and used for all accompaniments. Contestants should note preferred appearance night and mail entries to Fair Secretary Richland. A $25 prize plus other awards for finalists.
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Richland Fair
The
Fair Association
Fair
Richland
Escaped Kansas Patient Charged With Lincoln Girl Rape
Harlan Lynn Noble, 48, an escapee from Larned Kansas mental hospital, is charged with raping six year old Theresa Dowding in Lincoln Nebraska. Police say Noble left an apartment and remains at large. the girl was beaten and hospitalized but recovering.
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Lincoln, Neb
Kansas
Lincoln
Harlan Lynn Noble
Larned
Kan
Theresa Dowding
Joe Carroll
Noble
Kansans Invite Khrushchev to Visit Kansas
Abi lene and Manhattan joined Thursday in inviting Premier Nikita Khrushchev of Russia to visit Kansas. A telegram extending the invitation was sent to President Eisenhower and signed by Wendell Gugler Abi lene Chamber of Commerce president Ray Martin Manhattan mayor Henry B. Jameson Abilene newspaper editor and president Old Abilene Town Co. James A. McCain Kansas State University president.
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Manhattan
Kan
Abilene
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Kansas
Eisenhower
Wendell Gugler
Abilene Chamber of Commerce
Ray Martin
Henry B. Jameson
Old Abilene Town Co
James A. McCain
Kansas State University
Farm Conservation Reserve Yielding Odd Investments
A reporter examines farms placed in the conservation reserve across several counties, noting landlords earning about 2 889.90 from rental payments while land quality varies. Some plots have been bought as investments, with futures unclear after the contract period.
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Union County
Iowa
Minnesota
Cass
Teacher Attacker Sentenced in N Y
In Chicago AP report a judge sentenced Pauline Partee to 30 days in jail for tearing a first grade teacher’s dress in a racially mixed New York school incident. Judge Butler said probation not an option amid concerns over teacher authority. Paradies testified the shirt was ripped during an attempt to help a pupil.
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Chicago
Joseph Butler
Pauline Partee
New York
Miss Partee
Biedler School
Evelyn Paradies
Gregory Powers
Khrushchev Visit Could Speed U S Congressional Adjournment
Soviet Premier Khrushchev may hasten the end of the current session as Congress eyes an early adjournment around September 5. Lawmakers prefer not to be in session for a joint meeting with Khrushchev amid disapproval of communism and possible international friction.
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Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
Congress
United States
Khrushchev
Senate
House
Lawrence teacher elected KVATA director at state conference
Roy Cropp a vocational agriculture teacher and Future Farmers of America sponsor at Lawrence High School was chosen as one of six KVATA directors at the annual KVATA state conference at Kansas State University Manhattan Lester Crandall of Ellsworth was named KVATA president The conference runs through Thursday
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Roy Cropp
Future Farmers of America
Lawrence High School
Kansas Vocational Agriculture Teachers Assn.y
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Lester Crandall
Ellsworth
KVATA
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Boston
Forresta
Ohio
Mrs
Kathryn Peters
Nixon
Rocky
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
White House
Illinois
William G. Stratton
Stratton
Iillinois
Izaak Waltons
Harry Rayton
St. St
Phillip Leonard
Floyd Rist
Route 2
Norman Fuqua
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mid-Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes Region
Rockies
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Desert
Northern Plains
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Erre Taft Benson
Lucas County
Keith Kent
N.Y
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Phamacy
Maine
Ae Allison
Loa
Thomas
Nik
Cropp
Wight
Wik
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