Hurricane Diane Threatens Carolina Coast
Hurricane Diane neared the Carolinas with reduced but still dangerous winds of about 100 mph. Warnings extended from north of Wilmington to Fernandina as forecasters projected a possible turn toward the northwest and an impact on the upper South Carolina and North Carolina coast by Wednesday morning.
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Diane
Carolina Coast
Taday
Wilmington
Virginia Capes
Fernandina
Fla
Weather Bureau
Myrtle Beach
D. C
Tanigit
South Carolina
North Carolina
Connie
Folsom predicts 1956 Dem victory with Truman at ticket
Gov James E Folsom of Alabama reiterates his forecast that the Democratic ticket will win in 1956 with Harry S Truman leading. He said Truman is a candidate and if nominated he will be elected, noting his past accurate prediction of Truman’s 1948 win.
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Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
Harry Truman
Folsom
Truman
Mr. Truman
Three Men Injured In Wreck East Of City
Three men were seriously injured Monday afternoon east of Lawrence on Highway K-10 near India School after a car hit a grain truck and struck another vehicle. Driver Stan ley H Beecroft 33 of DeSoto lost his left arm and suffered multiple injuries. Marcellus Hobart Herman 39 of Olathe had a broken arm and other injuries. passenger Leroy H Fish of Kansas City Kansas had a broken arm concussion and facial injuries. Truck driver Eugene A Born 27 of Eudora was uninjured. Damage to vehicles substantial. investigators from highway patrol and sheriff’s deputies participated.
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India School
Lawrence
Stanley H. Beecroft
DeSoto
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Beecroft
Cage stars join Wichita freshman basketball prospects
Bob Mertens a 6 foot 4 inch forward from Pratt Kansas and Charles Rimkus a 6 foot 1 inch guard from Danville Ti join the University of Wichita freshman basketball prospects. The two players are highlighted as new additions to the squad's emerging talent pool.
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Wichita
Bob Mertens
Pratt
Kas
Charles Rimkus
Danville
Universiy
Doodles and a Broad A Tale in Brooklyn
A fragmented tale traces a broad A through misuses and misadventures in Brooklyn. It hints at decline from idle life to becoming a symbol tied to slang and anonymous figures, ending with an odd objective to sell it to Ralph Edwards.
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Brooklyn
New York
A.A
Ralph Edwards
Milburn Roadster to be sold for restoration
An antique 1914 Milburn electric Roadster, once shown at Lawrence events and carrying dignitaries, goes to auction at 3 p.m. in City Hall after city officials deemed repair and display impractical. The car, with a tiller steering, five batteries, and two dash jump seats, has 16 488 miles but requires extensive cleaning, painting, and new batteries.
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Milburn
Lawrence
Raymond Goff
Route 4
Water Department
Albert Henley
Journal-World
E. A. Sloan
Kansas City Horseless Carriage Club
Milburn Light Electric
Tnday
Sept 20 Date For Tuttle Creek Bids
Army Engineers set Sept 20 for bids on the second stage of the Tuttle Creek Dam outlet works. The Kansas project north of Manhattan will involve excavation of earth and limestone shale fills, construction of an intake tower and conduits, and hydraulic gates. Congress provided funding to resume flood control work this year. Easements to landowners will be single payments varying by flood frequency and remain with the property.
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Kansas City
W—Army Engineers
Tuttle Creek
Blue River
Manhattan
Congress
Tractor accident kills Sigel farmer E G Steele
E G Steele a 1 year old farmer from Sigel was killed when a tractor he was operating overturned near his home seven miles southwest of Lawrence. Details of the overturn are unavailable. He was born in Old Belvoir community and lived in Douglas County. Funeral plans pending. He leaves wife Amelia J Steele two sons Jane Edwin Stesie and Ervin Steele and sister Hattie Cope of Evans Ind.
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Edward G. Steele
Sigel
Steele
Belvoirt
Douglas County
Lawrence
Clinton Presbyterian Church
Hospital Births and Names Reported at Memorial
List of newborns and new parents from Memorial Hospital includes Mrs. Lillian Marie Johnson Mr. Arthur Jones Mrs. Lydia Lathrom Clarence C. Stewart Stanley Beecroft Mrs. Ethel Weidman Mrs. Susie Reynolds LeRoy Fish Wayman Jennings Marcellus Herman Miss Gretta Georgeson St Matthew Cannon Janice Musick Le land Smith Phyllis Bagby and baby-boy Jane Heald and baby boy Goldie Gibler Peggy Spencer Forrest Booth Brinton Wedel James Taylor baby Floyd Miss St Edith Stewart and baby girl Dorsey Goff Rosalie Waner baby girl Gleniece Harmon Mr. and Mrs. John Hamilton Jr a daughter Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ikenberry Baldwin Route 2 a daughter Mon Mr. and Mrs. Hale Daugherty Mon day Mr. and Mrs. Darlas Gammill Eudora a son today Mr. and Mrs. Jack Thomas a son today Mr. and Mrs. Dale R. Oakson a son today Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Grammer a son today
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Lillian Marie Johnson
Mo. St
Arthur Jones
E. 14Th St
Lydia Lathrom
Ohio St
Clarence C. Stewart
Stanley Beecroft
DeSoto
Ethel Weidman
N. J. St
Susie Reynolds
Perry
LeRoy Fish
Kansas City
Wayman Jennings
Eudora
Marcellus Herman
Clathe
Gretta -Georgeson
Matthew
Phyllis Bagby
Richland
Jane Heald
Barker Ave
Goldie Gibler
Peggy Spencer
Forrest Booth
Wellsville
Brinton Wedel
Tonganoxie
James Taylor
Highland Drive
Floyd
Edith Stewart
Dorsey Goff
Route 5
Rosalie Waner
Gleniece Harmon
Hale Daugherty
Murrow Ci
Deaths and Funerals Jeseph R. Pearson
Joseph R. Pearson died Monday at Methodist Hospital in Rochester Minnesota. His body lies in state at Funk Cooper Warren Mortuary until 9 30 a m Wednesday. Funeral services will be held at 11 a m at the First Methodist Church officiated by Rev Albert Bramble. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Jeseph R. Pearson
Joseph’ R. Pearson
Methodist Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Funk-Cooper- Warren
First Methodist Church
Albert Bramble
Oak Hill Cemetery
Vagrancy Sentence for San Antonio Man
John B. Anthony of San Antonio Texas received a two day jail sentence in police court on a vagrancy charge. The brief judgment reflects a routine Hollywood era city court action with no remainin details.
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John B. Anthony
San Antonio
Tex
Hiatt demands specific reasons for discharge in court action
Hiatt, in a continuing case, presses Kiger for exact written grounds of his July discharge citing statute requirements. A district judge ordered data within five days. Hiatt vows to seek an early hearing if an appeal by Kiger is filed, and says he seeks a fair shake and will "try my case in court." Also reports a drunk driving conviction of Robert Lee Allen with fines and jail time.
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Kiger
Hiatt
State Civil Service Board
Gov. Hall
James D. Gilmore
Independence
Harold P. Trusler
Emporia
Hall
Shawnee County
Kansas Supreme Court
Lawrence
Robert Lee Allen
Perry Jt
Kansas Opens Basketball Season at Allen Fieldhouse
NCAA picks Kansas and Jayhawks hope to challenge for a conference title and regional berth. Coach Allen, in 46 years, vows to give a battle while acknowledging Missouri, Colorado and Nebraska as strong foes. Kansas begins Dec 5 against Northwestern and ends March 10 vs Colorado, with tickets likely from $3. regional play will feature Big 7 and Missouri Valley teams.
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St. John's
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K.U
K.U. Athletic Office
Missouri Val. Jer
Kansas
Northwestern
Allen Fieldhouse
Colorado
Boulder
Michigan Street
Twenty Third Street
Nineteenth Street
Iowa Street
Markets At a Glance: Mixed Commodities and Irregular Stocks
The day features mixed signals across markets with irregular stock activity and copper strength. Wheat and corn show weakness, hogs and cattle display varied moves, and butter and poultry price ranges in Kansas City are noted. wall street operates irregularly with a downward tilt overall, copper leading gains and steels and railroads dropping amid quiet trading.
Topekan K C Cash Grain Award At Kansas City Market
Market report from Kansas City highlights cash grain bids for wheat corn and other commodities. Wheat prices range with No 2 hard at 2.11 to 2.25 and No 3 around 2.04 to 2.46. corn bids include 22 cars with No 2 white 1.48 to 1.59 and No 3 1.45 to 1.49, among others. Also listed are soybeans, bran, shorts, and livestock notes with cattle, calves, vealers, and hogs priced, plus local market quotes for wheat kaffir corn barley oats and eggs.
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K. C. Cash Grain
Kansas City
USDA
Governor Faces Mandamus Over State Employee Dismissal Hearing
The text describes conflict involving state employees and officials. Trusler and Gilmore accuse Hiatt of coercion and improper duties due to selling state insurance. They secured a writ of mandamus directing the governor to address higher allegations. Hall seeks to remove board members after a hearing on Hiatt’s dismissal appeal. The governor cites political partisanship as a reason to block the board from judging the case.
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Truster
Gilmore
Trusler
Hall
Hiatt
Slow Down and Live posters to boost safety campaign
More than 16 000 postal vehicles in 3 000 cities will display Slow Down and Live posters from today through August 31. The National Conference of State Safety Coordinators sponsors 101 days of intensified publicity from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Postmaster General Arthur E Summerfield notes the campaign to prevent on duty motor vehicle accidents since 1934, reducing accidents and halving direct repair costs. Also reports on grasshoppers damaging crops in Kansas, cool Lawrence temperatures, and local 4‑H fair access routes with road detours near East Nineteenth Street. Three divorce suits filed in District Court: June Miller v Kenneth L Miller, Lola F Houseworth v Herl Wilson Houseworth, Donald Dean Whitcomb v Beverly Ann Whitcomb.
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National Conference of State Safety
Post Office Department
Arthur E. Summerfield
June Miller
Kenneth L. Miller
Lola F. Houseworth
Herl
Wilson Houseworth
Donald Dean Whitcomb
Beverly Ann Whitcomb
Hill Pleads Innocent On Assault Charge
John Francis Fill, 22, pleads innocent to rape charges in Kansas City Kansas. Arrested at a farm house near Nevada after a 14 hour drive from Kansas City. A signed statement from Edna Bowdre alleges imprisonment and rape. Preliminary hearing set for Aug 23. bond denied. Hill held in county jail. Bowdre’s statement also links to a suspect in a missing person case.
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Kansas City
Kas
John Francis Fill
Edna Marie Bowdre
Hill
Nevada
C. Clyde Myers
Miss Bowdre
Hitt
Wilma Allen
Kansas Ciy
Police hold gas thief suspect Clarence Dyer in vagrancy case
Clarence Dyer a 41 year old resident of S16 N J St was jailed on a possible vagrancy charge with bond and trial date not set Detective Dick Stanwix said Joe Robinson a taxicab driver named Dyer as the man he saw siphoning gasoline from a truck parked at 1146 Pa St shortly before midnight Monday Robinson said he was struck in the jaw when he tried to stop the theft The chase by Robinson and another driver ended with the fleeing man abandoning his car at the north end of New York Street Bloodhounds failed to produce a trail At 2 20 am Dyer reported a stolen car to police and officers said his vehicle matched the abandoned car description on New York Street
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Clarence Dyer
N. J. St
Dick Stanwix
Joe Robinson
Haskell Ave
Dyer
Pa. St
Monnday
Robinson
New York Street
Card of Thanks for Myrtle Harvey Family
The Harvey family thanks neighbors friends and relatives for cards flowers and food during the illness and death of Myrtle Harvey.
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Myrtle Harvey
Harvey
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