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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1957
Page
4
Market notes list prices and figures for poultry and grains. Items include hens at varying prices per pound, capons, butter grades, and grain prices such as wheat, corn, soybeans, and barley. Reads like a period price ledger with multiple poultry and grain entries.
Braves widen the NL lead to about three games after a five game winning streak and a string of strong performances. The Red mentioned sweep of Cincinnati, alongside a 3-2 win over St. Louis, boosts their position as St. Louis and Chicago chase closures.
Lyman K Hoffine aged 39, a former Lawrence resident and KU student, drowned at Pensacola Beach Florida during a family vacation. He and his two sons were swept 80 yards offshore by a powerful undertow. Hoffine died saving the boys. Survived by his wife, daughter, and relatives in Metairie and Cottonwood Falls. Body at Tharp-Sontheimer Tharp Funeral Home New Orleans. Funeral 2:30 pm Sunday at Munholland Memorial Methodist Church Metairie.
A Phoenix rock and roll dance erupted in violence sending eleven youths to hospitals. Police and deputies arrived in force, with Officer Roger Hersey leading the response. The shooting victim was Carl Watson, 20, struck in the head, chest and abdomen after an argument with Chriswell Jones, 24, an airman from Williams Air Force Base. Jones was detained for questioning. A second youth, Frank Soto, 20, sustained neck and shoulder stab wounds and was hospitalized.
Baldwin contractor Charles Rockers says copperheads are plentiful this season. He says he destroyed 180 snakes in four days, with the largest about two feet long. In the first three hours he and an associate killed three copperheads around timber and brush where they were found.
The Kansas Power and Light Co reported theft of 600 pounds of copper wire valued at 140 dollars. The thieves climbed over a fence at the company lot on West Sixth Street using a ladder. T. Hough, K P and L manager, notified police Friday.
Jockey Johnny Longden, 47, hospitalized after Royal Zaca reared in the starting gate at Del Mar causing a right leg fracture. Doctors predict a three to six month recovery and no immediate retirement. Longden, a 30 year veteran with 5090 winners, has endured multiple prior injuries and aims to return.
U S Attorney Laughlin Waters says Amen Industries Inc used food as partial payment for child labor in Panorama City. He filed criminal charges against Bo Amen, president, for illegal employment of 50 children ages 9 to 15, failure to pay minimum wages, falsifying records, and shipping goods produced by child labor across state lines.
A Senate House conference committee approved a public works bill totaling 26 104 for Missouri and 22 545 000 for Kansas for the fiscal year starting July 1. It covers army engineers water projects and the reclamation bureau. The Strawn Reservoir in Kansas was deleted from the House list. planning funds for Kansas projects were added. Major items include 17 million for Table Rock Dam in Missouri and 10 million for Turtle Creek Dam in Kansas.
Work will resume Monday at the Kansas gypsum plant after a week-long strike over wages. A five-cent-an-hour wage boost and fringe benefits were negotiated in a contract signed yesterday by National Gypsum Co. and Local 5508 of the United Chemical Workers Union. The walkout affected 110 men.
Colorado Springs report says Sheriff Earl Sullivan of El Paso County doubts 88 year old Mrs Mestine B Roberts will be found alive after she was last seen Monday descending Pike's Peak. She had hiked the 14 000 foot summit each year for 14 years and the search would continue today.
Veteran Vir go Akins, 32, from St. Louis, upset 21-year-old Sugar Hart with an eighth round knockout at Cleveland Public Hall. Hart led early rounds, but Akins swung momentum with a seventh round knockdown and finished 49 seconds into the eighth to claim the bout.
Missed putts on wet greens prompt advice to reduce break on sidehill putts when greens are water coated. The article explains that water makes balls roll through grass, demanding a firmer pace and smaller break, and suggests a revised approach for damp conditions plus a mail offer for a booklet by Cary Middlecoff.
National League and American League results and schedules across major teams. Philadelphia, New York, Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, and others feature in Saturday lineups and Friday night results. American Association and Southern Association scores recap standings with several city clubs facing key matchups.
In a night of abbreviated play the Lincoln Chiefs clung to their league lead as Topeka and Lincoln both lost to lower-ranked clubs. Pueblo defeated Lincoln 7 5 in 11 innings, Colorado Springs beat Topeka 6 3 ending a 32 1 3 inning scoreless run. Sioux City Amarillo Des Moines and Albuquerque traveled.
In San Francisco 81 year old Marvin Hickarm told police he received a polite brush off from two teenage girls who stopped him on the street to ask about a seat. He said they brushed Tore off then he realized his wallet containing $47 was missing.
St Paul edged Wichita 52 to hand the league leaders their fourth straight loss in American Assn action. Bill La joie and Dick Gray drove in two runs each with doubles as St Paul bunched hits in the third and seventh. Minneapolis beat Indianapolis 2 1 to gain a game on the Braves while Denver shut out Charleston 4 0 and 5 0 in a doubleheader.
New York Giants defeated the College All-Stars 22 to 12 at rain soaked Soldier Field led by Charley Conerly two touchdown passes to Ken MacAfee. Billy Ray Barnes scored the All-Stars lone touchdown with two Cothren field goals keeping the game close before Giants add scoring drives and safety sealed by Dick Nolan.
Amos Alonzo Stagg, soon to be 95, and his wife Stella, 81, are feted at a College of the Pacific dinner. The event marks their 63rd anniversary and honors Stagg’s long coaching career including time at Yale, Chicago, COP, and Susquehanna.
Authorities in Algiers seized copies of Le Monde after a paid advertisement in the Paris Weekly Express reported a French Army captain resigned from his regiment in Algeria due to harsh methods employed by the Army command against nationalist rebels.
TAMPA FL A history teacher argues that the popular image of pioneers as physically perfect is a myth. He contends many pioneers were miserable and sick, challenging the idealized view.
Dr J Ryan Beiser of the University of Tampa argued in a Tampa Times guest column that novels and films depict a dangerous, misleading view of outdoor vitality. He warned about accidents exposure decaying vegetables and poor hygiene outweighing benefits of outdoor activity.
Ark City certified public accountant John Williams will spearhead the Democratic fund drive Dollars for Democrats. The drive aims to solicit many small contributions and is sponsored by national, state, and local party organizations. Williams ran for state auditor last year and spoke at the 1956 party council.
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