Fifteen Die as Greyhound Bus Burns After Wreck Near Bloomington
A Greyhound bus traveling from Indianapolis to Bloomington crashed into a bridge abutment on Highway 37 and burst into flames. Fifteen people died, including eight women four men and two children, with survivors recounting escapes through a rear window and front door. The bus carried 28 to 37 passengers. identification was hampered by the charred remains. Authorities and relatives awaited confirmation as the disaster unfolded near Bloomington, Indiana.
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Evaneville
Billy Ellerbrook
Dale Aikman
LaPorte
Camp Campbell
Debria
Leona
Indiana National Guard Armory
Wayne Cramer
Highway 37
Glen van Horn
WTTS
Wells Richardson
Evansville
van Horn
Edgar Davis
Davis
Billy Elerbrook
Oklahoma towns end rent control under housing expediter order
Washington announces that housing expediter Tighe E. Woods ends rent control today in several Oklahoma cities and towns including Marlow Dunton Highland Park Warr Acres Edmond El Reno and Lindsay as part of local decontrol actions. Skyhawk Plunge now closed. Baseball Thursday night Independence Missouri versus Lawrence. ta Adv.
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Oklahoma
Marlow
Dunton
Stephens County
Highland Park
Tulisa
Warr Acres
Edmond
Oklahoma County
el Reno
Canadian County
Lindsay
Garvin County
Incomes Climb for Consumers in Early 1948 Half-Year
Washington reports consumer incomes rose 2.6 percent in the first half of 1948 compared with 1947, reaching an annual rate of 213.4 billion dollars. Personal incomes increased from April to June as farm receipts and factory payroll gains boosted spending power and inventories were trimmed by about one billion dollars. Dr. Edwin G. Nourse noted firmer business rents and the stock market’s strength signaling improved sentiment.
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Edwin G. Nourse
Vaughn pressed to hurry Tanforan track permit
Washington reports Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughn asked White House aide to speed permits for the Tanforan race track. Vaughan, Truman’s military assistant, visited Tighe Woods on January 12 1948 and urged quicker action amid a looming California track commission decision. Woods also wrote to the Justice Department seeking court order modification.
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Lawrence Legion to Send 15 Delegates to Wichita Convention
The Dorsey-Liberty Post of the American Legion Lawrence plans to send 15 delegates to the state convention in Wichita this weekend. George Starkey, post service officer, will participate in the rehabilitation committee forum Sunday morning. Delegates also include Frank Sullivan Robert Charlton Robert Graham Alan Fisher Ernest Klooz Howard Moore Ernest Pontius John Andrews Don Edmondson Richard Gibson Harold Elliott Joe Kennedy Miarvin Goebel and Jack Tucker.
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American Legion
Lawrence
Wichita
George Starkey
Starkey
State Office of Veterans Affairs
Frank Sullivan
Robert Charlton
Robert Graham
Alan Fisher
Ernest Klooz
Howard Moore
Ernest Pontius
John Andrews
Don Edmondson
Richard Gibson
Harold Elliott
Joe Kennedy
Miarvin Goebel
Jack Tucker
Bradley presses France as backbone of NATO defense plan
General Omar Bradley told Congress that France should receive the bulk of American military aid for Europe to defend NATO, urging rapid approval of a 1.45 billion arms program while acknowledging no effective China plan. He and other chiefs testified in a closed session with key Senate committees.
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R-Mich
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Navy
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Hoyt Vandenberg
Vandenberg
Congress
Western
Omar Bradley
Drunken Driver Fined After Kaw River Train Sideswipe
Earl W. Frasier of Lawrence pleaded guilty in police court to drunken driving after a Kaw river bridge sideswipe. He was fined 75 dollars and his license suspended for a year by Police Judge Wayne Allphin. The four car freight, headed to Bonner Springs, sustained extensive damage to its left side.
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Lawrence
Earl W. Frasier
Vermont Street
Wayne Allphin
Frasier
Polive
Bob Cline
Bonner Springs
Jim Collins
Bill Cox
Here
Interstate Commerce Commission
Stock Market Index Closes Up Slightly at 65.1
The closing average for 69 stocks rises to 65.1 with gains led by notable movers. Investors monitor market activity as trading ends on the day.
First Hearings For Dealers Having Unstamped Liquor In Stores
Topeka August 10 Hearings opened on the first of 32 Kansas liquor retailers cited for untaxed liquor. Ed C Stramel Bruce Alton Wingerson and R W Domme appeared with Wingerson admitting sale of four unstamped half pints. Others claimed haste and confusion in the start of legal sales.
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Topeka
Kansas
Ed C. Stramel
Bruce Alton Wingerson
R. W. Domme and
Domme
Wingerson
Control Director's Office
Arethur A
Herrick
1949 Corn Yield Is Looking Better
The agriculture department forecasts the 1949 crop totals as of August 1 with corn at 3,538,257,000 bushels and wheat at 1,131,830,000. Compared with last year and the ten year averages, corn rises while wheat declines. details cover winter and spring wheat, oats, barley, sorghums, hay, soybeans, potatoes, tobacco, and milk production in July.
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Dry spell battered by scattered Kansas showers
Topeka reports a partial break in the dry spell as scattered showers move through central Kansas. A. D. Robb says expect partly cloudy skies through Thursday with afternoon or night thundershowers, temperatures steady with highs 83 to 90 and lows 65 to 70. He cites notable rainfall in Scandia 2.51 inches, Belleville 1.88, Barnard 1.09, plus numerous smaller totals across the state.
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A. D. Robb
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Ellsworth
Miltonvale
Concordia
Hutchinson
Anthony
Salina
McPherson
Goodland
Tribune and Garnett
Denyer
Cubs blank Pirates 2 0 on four hitter by Lade
Aug 10 Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 2 0 as pudgy right hander Doyle Lade hurled a four hitter. New York Giants beat Boston 4 1 with late runs. Yankees edged Red Sox 3 2 after six inning rally. Also ad for Independence Mo vs Lawrence Colts Thursday night.
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Doyle Lade
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Pittsburgh Pirates
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Boston Braves
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New York Yankees
Joe Dobson
Boston Red
Red Sox
Polio Cases Rise Nationwide With 10000 Reported
About 10,000 infantile paralysis cases are reported nationwide with 36 states having more cases than last year. Dr Hart E Van Riper, medical director of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, announced the figures after a foundation meeting on pooling funds for polio victims. Arkansas shows 490 cases and Oklahoma 521 as of July.
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Hart E. van Riper
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Associated Press
van Rper
Foundation
Federal Security Administration
Truman Signs New Armed Services Unification Bill
President Truman signed a major armed services unification bill in the oval office. Johnson immediately created a National Defense Management Committee with General Joseph T. McNarney as chairman to reduce defense spending while preserving military effectiveness. The measure tightens Secretary of Defense Johnson’s control over the armed forces and limits National Security Council membership.
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Beu Receives Doherty Foundation Scholarship for KU Study
Robert D Beu son of Mr and Mrs R D Beu of 1142 Rhode Island street is among 94 scholars awarded Doherty Education Foundation grants He will enter his senior year in petroleum engineering at the University of Kansas this fall He is a Liberty Memorial High School graduate class of 1946 Mr Bell is a Cities Service foreman.
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R. D. Beu
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Henry L. Doherty Education Foundation
University of Kansas
Liberty. Memorial High School
Bell
City Water Rate Hike Sparks Business Alarm
The Lawrence city council ordered a 20 percent out of town water rate increase for industrial users up to 1,000,000 gallons monthly, plus a base charge of 39 dollars before that. Chamber of Commerce directors at a noon luncheon warned the raise could chase away potential industries while officials noted a plan to extend water service to key industrial areas if options for 20 acres are secured.
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Drop in Tax Take for Kansas in First Half of Year
Federal tax collections in Kansas totaled 259 920 485 01 for the first half, down more than 30 300 000 from 1948. July receipts were 20 086 150 82, down 7 700 000 from July 1948. Six month totals show declines in income tax, withholding, miscellaneous taxes, social security, unemployment, and rail retirement contributions.
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Wichita
Kansas
Lynn Brodrick
U. S
Internal Revenue
Hogs hit new high for year on Kansas City market
Hogs rose to 23.50 per hundred pounds in Kansas City, the year's peak since November 22. The price up 5.85 from April lows and 8.25 below the UMs record. Chicago live hogs also advanced, signaling strong market demand this date.
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Chicago
Flight at 101 Ends for Baldwin Civil War Vet Ride
Rev. C. Wo. Bailey, 101, veteran of Baldwin and former Methodist minister, flew his first airplane from Ramsas Cry to Los Angeles yesterday. He plans to visit relatives in California with an independent, upbeat outlook noted by family and publicity at Kansas City airport.
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Rabiwin
Haker University
Beaming Mailman Brings Hope To Ailing Billy
A Kansas boy, Billy Ramseyer, age six, battles leukemia at home near Lawrence after long hospital care. The postman on Route 3, A H Clark, visits daily bringing letters and small joys to the frail child as his family and community rally around him.
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Fred Rumseyer
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
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Altho Billy
Knowledge Hill School
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Lamar
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Metsinger
Billy Ramseyer
Fred Ramseyer
Route 3
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Estes Studio
KU Honors List Includes Record 367 Students
The University of Kansas College of Liberal Arts and Sciences reports 367 students on the spring honor roll, 16 percent of enrollment. Dean Lawson notes 64 students earned all A grades, with 2 percent at 3.00 average. Lawrence residents with honors include James Ogden Alyea, Joan Joseph Williams, Nancy Ann Campbell, Barbara Hurwitz, and many others across numerous departments.
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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University of Kansas
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Dean Lawson
Joseph Whitewater
Joan Joseph Williams
Joan McCamish
Anthony
Anna Mary Murphy
Caney
Wilbur B. Noble
Leavensworth
Frances
Elaine Richert
Newton
Dorothy Jean Scroggy
Wichita
Edith Stedard Weigand
Burlingame
Nancy Ann Campbell
Roger Lane Clubb
Delores Ann ‘Dean
Lamont Waite Gaston
Ruth
Barbara Hurwitz
Rita Lorayne Roney
David Branch Rowlett
Jane Helen Semple
Lloyd Elton Shenemar
Duncan Ryan Sommerville
James Baker Sommerville
Georgette Euegenia Spears
John W. Twente
Maretha Hall Unkefer
Harry Mitchell Wardin
Edith Stodard Weigand
Loreen Edward White
Patricia Jeanne White
Whalefred
Ann Wilson
Rogge Attacks Clark As Senate Mulls Nomination
John Rogge former assistant attorney general under Tom Clark told the Senate judiciary committee that Clark had neither the statute integrity nor ability for a supreme court seat Rogge testified for Henry Wallace's Progressive party and spoke over an hour after starting his attack on Clark's role in the administration's inquiry program.
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