Canadian Air Crash Claims 79 Dead in Quebec Swamp
A four engine chartered airliner carrying veterans and families crashed near Ste. Croix, Quebec, during a summer thunderstorm. Seventy nine people died, including six crew, making it Canada's worst air disaster. Lightning was considered a possible cause. The fuselage sank into a swamp as rescuers pumped out the water hole and searched for bodies.
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DCI
Quebec City
Canada
Thetis
Firaain
frean-Paul Pauline
Lothimere County
Rockies
Maritime Central Airways
London
Toronto
Imperial Veterans Division
Canadian Legion
Ontario
Norman Ramsay
Montreal
Iceland
St. Lawrence River
Quebec
Canon Alexandre DeBloir
Ste. Croix
St. Lawrence
Yellow Light Caper Leaves Mystery in City Skies
Two plant workers Floyd Grant and another observer, Williams, watched a bright object travel under clouds and vanish over the horizon for about a minute. Police and civil defense reported to the Highway Patrol. no word returned, leaving the event unresolved and labeled a mystery with playful nod to aliens.
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Page
Floyd Grant
Lindley
Topeka
Luther Convention Delegates Explore Lutheran Activities
The article describes L.L.A. delegates at a Luther convention engaging in talks and daily discussions after sessions. The basement of Strong Man hosts over 30 booths showcasing Lutheran church activities, books, jewelry, and publications while attendees stay in University housing and meals are arranged at Memorial Union and the Ballroom.
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L.L.A
Strong Man
United Lutheran Church
K.U
Memorial Union
Shortage of Public Libraries in the United States
MOSCOW OP-PRAVDA reports a new crisis in American life an acute shortage of public libraries. The Commins! newspaper notes libraries largely sit in aristocratic city areas where plain workers avoid visiting. It cites 17 million Americans served by only 7,500 public libraries.
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Moscow
Pravda
Commins
United States
Lawrence Sports Shine With Local Triumphs Across Summer
Lawrence clubs report strong shows in youth and amateur sports. High School football ranked top in Kansas, KU basketball placed second, Junior Legion and Elks teams earned high finishes. 19th Street Merchants won Rossville Babe Ruth invitational. Legion softball eyes state title as Douglas County fairs set dates for 4-H and county events with style show and judging.
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Lawrence
Kansas University
Junior Legion
Elks
19Th Street Merchants
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Minnie Smith
The death of Mrs Minnie Smith a former Lawrence resident occurred Sunday in Tacoma Washington. She was the widow of E D Smith former director of agricultural projects in eastern Colorado during Hoover administration. Funeral services will be Friday afternoon in Lincoln and burial there. Surviving relatives include Mrs Nettle McCanles Miss Eva McCanles Miss Lulu McCanles and Joseph M McCanles.
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Minnie Smith
Lawrence
Tacoma
Wash
E. D. Smith
Colorado
Lincoln
Nettle McCanles
Smith
Eva McCanles
Lulu McCanles
14Th St
Joseph. M. McCanles
Tenn, Sr
Flora M. Burnett
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Cooper-Warren Chapel
Re. R. E. Lunt
Topeka
Memorial Park Cemetery
Burnett
C. C. Burnett
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Ingleside
Wreck Near Eudora Sends Two Persons To Hospital Today
Two people were taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a two vehicle crash about 2 1/2 miles southeast of Eudora on a county road. Vernon Ferrell 25 of Eudora Route 1 and Terry Lee Jones 14 of Eudora Route 2 suffered injuries. Ferrell driver of the pickup and Jones passenger.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Eudora
Vernon Ferrell
Terry Lee Jones
Ferrell
Roy Lee Greenwell
Lawrence
3Rd and
North Sts
Marilyn Patterson
Maple Lane
Eldon Martin Bailey
Lake St
Bailey
Albert Clarence Worden
U.S. Highway 24
Wilfred G. Tis
Minneapolis
Minn
Vernon F. Little
N. H. St
North Second Street
Leslie D. Bryant
John H. Means
McLouth
Four Killed By Dynamite Blast In Yreka Calif
YREKA Calif A part time gold miner released from jail on a wife beating charge detonated a homemade dynamite bomb targeted at his wife. He died instantly along with his son Ted 16 his daughter Charlotte Sturgis 20 and her husband Doug 25 who tried to wrest the device away. The blast filled the yard with body parts and scorched clothing. Mrs Smith survived shock and hysteria while a neighbor reported the confrontation outside the house. Undersheriff Bantch labeled the incident murder and death by own action.
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Yreka
Calif
Sheriff's Office
Wilbur Smith
Ted
Charlotte Sturgis
Doug
George Bantch
Smith
Bantch
Clara
Patricia Swickard
Siskiyou
Dr Joseph Jacobs Speaks at Lawrence Rotary Meeting
Dr Joseph Jacobs dean of the Kansas City School of Dentistry spoke at the Lawrence Rotary Club noon meeting. The appearance was arranged by Dr Paul Kincaid, chairman of the Health Service Committee.
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Joseph Jacobs
Kansas City School of Dentistry
Lawrence Rotary Club
Paul Kincaid
Health Service Committee
Drunk Driver Jailed In Kansas City Police Court
Masterd V. Smith of Kansas City Kansas was fined 160 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in jail for DUI driving with no license in possession and a defective muffler on his car.
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Masterd V. Smith
Kansas City
Kas
Post Office Reward for Efficient Mail Handling
Ray E. Cooper a temporary Lawrence Post Office employee is honored with a certificate and a $10 award for a suggestion that saves time and money. His idea to machine cancel forwarded first class mail on the back eliminates hand-cancellation on the front, saving about 10 minutes daily or roughly $114 yearly. Postmaster James H. Parsons presents the award alongside officials Arthur E. Summerfield and Frank Barr. This marks the local office’s first such award.
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Ray E. Cooper
Lawrence Post Office
Post Office Department
James H. Parsons
Cooper
R. E. Cooper
Arthur E. Summerfield
Frank Barr
Journal-World Photo
Daily Sketch offers prize of a man to readers
The London Daily Sketch declares a new prize a man. It features Chris Powell a 4% year old former army major described as tall and fit who could drive a car ride a horse fence and use a gun. The contest details will be announced later with suggested uses such as asking for a raise baby-sitting or house chores.
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London UI
Daily Sketch
London
Sketch
Chris Powell
Powell
Cary Grant
Lecompton Bond Vote Set For August Seventeenth
Lecompton Joint District No. 36 will hold a bond election on August 17 to approve a 90 000 bond for enlarging the school plant. Voting takes place at Lecompton Elementary School from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Lecompton
Lecompton Joint District No. 36
Anderson Out of LMA After Hospital Dismissal
Attorney General John Anderson Jr. was dismissed this morning from Lawrence Memorial Hospital after an illness. He was admitted Friday with an attack of flu, hospital sources said.
Drunks jailed in police court sentences
Two men received jail terms in police court for being drunk. Clarence Blevins of 631 North Street got 30 days and Watson F. Mill of 303 Lincoln Street also received 30 days.
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Clarence Blevins
N. St
Watson F. Mill
Lincoln St
Hospital Admissions Dismissals and Births in Local Notices
Memorial Hospital lists admissions including Mrs Barbara Meredith and Mr Louis Knight among many others. Dismissals mention Mrs Roberta Reed and Mrs Gertrude Goldman, plus several babies born to area families. Birth announcements include Mr and Mrs Vern Montgomery a son and other new arrivals from Tonganoxie and Eudora communities.
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James Marvin
Baldwin
John North
Elm Ave
Roberta Reed
Conn
Ray Morris
Eudora
Ruby Sullivant
N. Y. St
Boy Atwell
Alden Brownlee
Ohio St
Bob McCubbin
Tonganoxie
Gertrude Goldman
Oskaloosa
Helen Gore
Ky. St
Ella Brewer
Mattie Chew
Kansas City
Sandra Byrum
Miss. St
Dale Babbitt
Richland
Velma Johnson
Martha Hauk
Doris Beobe
Harvard Rd
John Anderson Jr
Topeka
Vern Montgomery
Lonnie Bundy
David Hauk
Leo Meredith
J. W. Drury
Dean Alexander
James L. Brannan
Unsolved Problems Face Union Council
The AFL CIO Executive Council meets amid unsettled issues. George Meany may shift the December convention to Miami Beach, with Dec 4-10 dates canceled for unknown reasons. Jurisdictional fights between former AFL craft unions and CIO shop unions loom, while corruption inquiries into several unions await action. Maurice A Hutcheson faces potential ouster as Carpenters leaders await grand jury results. Cross of Bakery and Confectionery Workers faces Ethical Practices scrutiny over a substandard contract and a loan. No action on the Teamsters case is expected until an August 28 hearing set by the Ethical Practices Committee.
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George Meany
Afl-Cio
Miami Beach
Executive Council
AFL
CIO
Ethical Practices Committee
Carpenters Union
Indiana
Meany
Carpenters
Maurice A. Hutcheson
J James G. Cross
Cross
Senate
Ing
Zion (III.) Industries
Martin Philipsborn Sr
Zion Bakery
Teamsters
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Pleas ant Grove project bid openings set for next Thursday
New bids on the milelong creeper lane project for Pleasant Grove Hill five miles south of Lawrence on U S Highway 59 will be opened next Thursday in Kansas City. Earlier bids were rejected by the State Highway Commission as too high.
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Pleasant Grove Hill
Lawrence
U.S. Highway 59
Kansas City
State Highway Commission
Card of Thanks from the Mumford Family
The Mumford family thanks friends for kindness and sympathy shown at the death of their father.
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Issoudun
Luther
Remy Lodge No. 1
A.F &A.M
Woodrow Walker
W. M
George W. Mole
Secy
U. S
India School
Douglas County
Mrs
Thomas Lash
McMichael
Eugene Clements
Ridgeway Blue Lodge
Losh
Santa Fe
Overbrook
Capitol Post No. 1
American Legion
Ridgeway Masonic Lodge
Jacobs
Claudio Cordi
Eiger
Grindelwald
Switzerland
Alfred Helepart
Cordi
Carton
Sanitary
Lawrence House
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
North Carolina
Mere & East
Memorial Hospital
Barbara Meredith
4Th St
Mary Brannan
Elizabeth Shreve
Opal Kerns
North
Marilyn Bundy
Josephine Montgomery
Evadene Sohn
Wellsville
Louis Knight
Walnut Dr
David Pugh
Ottawa
Nickerson
Vernon R. Terrill
Edmund J. Kenney
DeSoto
Milt Stoffer
Are Investment CO
The
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
F.d.ic
Douglas County State Bank
the Bank of Friendly Service
Chicago
AFL Cio Executive Council
Lems
Hutcheson
C. Willam Blaier
Frank Chapman
Pleasant Grove
Mumford
Vermont
Old Salvation Army
Barlow Agency Real Estate Insurance
George Hedrick
WM. R. Terrell
Fitch, North & CO
Rtment Bankers
New Hampshire Street
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