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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1957
Page
10
Washington report on military planning calls for further manpower cuts to offset rising costs. Secretary of Defense Wilson says a 2 percent, 2.3 million man force by July 1959 is possible, with limited drafting to maintain size and a 100,000 reduction by year end.
In a midtown St Louis apartment fire last night three people died and one was seriously injured. Victims were Mrs Lillie Smith Massoline Sophie Cooper 50 and Clifford Hudspeth 38 all named as Necroes. Mrs Rena Skates sustained a back injury after leaping from a fire escape. Fire crews worked a four alarm blaze that began at the rear of the building and kept on the scene for hours. Two firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation and heat exhaustion.
A large gathering of relatives and friends from Sunflower and nearby towns visited the Russell Greer home for a Sunday dinner. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Walliams and children, Mrs Nalls’ brother and wife, Mrs Higgsborough’s family, Marian Walin and children, Mrs Conway and sons, and many others from the area sharing meals, stories, and plans for future get togethers.
Clay Center Daily Dispatch announced it has bought the Wakefield weekly News. The subscription lists will be merged and the News will cease publication. Akbert Berlin, former News owner, will run job printing and office supply business. sale price not disclosed. The move stems from financial losses tied to the Wilford Dam project.
Winchester hosts a recent Horse Show with over 500 attendees. Officials announce proceeds totaling 600 dollars will be donated to Leavenworth County Hospital.
French police seized L'Humanite today for an editorial accusing the government of condoning torture in its crackdown on the Algerian revolt. The act spotlights tensions between press freedom and state security during the crisis.
Cooler air moves through the middle Atlantic states and Ohio Valley while heat and humidity persist from the Carolinas to Texas and Oklahoma. Showers and thundershowers are forecast in the mid Atlantic, Kentucky, Tennessee and scattered in the Midsouth with fair cool conditions in the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi Valley. Thunderstorms are expected in parts of the Rocky Mountains and the desert Southwest, with brief rainfall in southern New England and the mid Atlantic yesterday. Block Island suffered 2.18 inches of rain in 15 minutes causing power outages. The destroyer Maloy was ordered from Groton to supply emergency electricity.
Representative Smith of Kansas criticized plans to open a liquor store at Schilling Air Force Base in Salina. He argued there is no justification and that it would encourage alcohol consumption among service members while unfairly aiding private liquor interests. He sent the letter to Secretary of Defense Wilson detailing his stance.
Douglas County farmers cast 57 mail ballots this month to elect nine community Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committees. ASC office manager Eben Farley said the reply was stronger than the former meeting system and noted ballots were counted Wednesday. The new officers for each township include chairman, vice chairman, regular member, first and second alternates. Election results list names for Clinton, Eudora, Grant, Kanwaka, Lecompton, Marion, Palmyra, Wakarusa, Willow Springs townships with the respective winners.
Pravda says the United States expelled Syrian Ambassador Farid Zeineddine in helpless anger over what it calls an imperialist plot to overthrow Syria. Damascus retaliated by expelling three U S diplomats and the U S ambassador, while State Department rejects the charges as slander.
In Philadelphia a flash fire trapped a parked car killing 3 year old Patricia Palmer and 4 year old Patrick Palmer while their father William J. Palmer had gone to repair a hunting rifle. He had left a cigarette lighter and cigarettes on the front seat and investigators think the children may have lit the lighter.
Oklahoma oilfield completions slipped to 114 for the week though oil producers rose by five to 72. Twenty seven dry holes were recorded, gas wells increased to five with no new service wells. New work locations climbed from 150 to 163.
Pfc. Harry J. Humes, 33, of Ft. Hood was found shot to death in his car yesterday on a country road two miles west of McGregor Texas. Authorities investigated the fatal incident as a likely suicide or self-inflicted gunshot. The 33 year old serviceman served at Ft. Hood and was from the central Texas town area.
The United States assured Canada that information provided about Canadian citizens will not be released to Congress without Canada's consent. The note, made public to the Canadian ambassador, follows a April request for assurances on safeguarding security data. The issue arose after ambassador Herbert Norman's suicide in Cairo amid Senate charges he was once a Communist.
Reno s Busy Bees annual picnic supper was held Aug. 7 in the 4 H building at Leavenworth County fairgrounds in Tonganoxie with charter members Mary Conrad and Hazel DeHoff present. The Reno Community Club met Aug. 9 after a month’s vacation, with Kenneth Nafus presiding and reports by Nadine Moore and Charles Bowman. A September covered dish supper will honor Reno school teachers and Rev. Marlin A. Pullman gave a talk to farmers. Several local residents attended as guests while others were absent for harvest heat.
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