Light scattered showers pass Kansas with brief heavier pockets
Weather report shows showers moved across Kansas last night with light to moderate totals. The Eastern region saw the heaviest rains about 1.10 inches at Trading Post and La Cyene while other areas stayed mostly fair. Forecaster Tom Arnold noted cooler temps southeast and east with highs around 70s to mid 90s and nights in the 50s to 60s.
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Lindsburg
Horton
Fort Scott
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Osawatomie
Burdick
Ness City
Parsons
Garden City
Admitted airs and births noted in local column
A jumble of names and events mentions Nettie Turner Gerald Parnell Williamstown and others. It notes births to Mr and Mrs Charles Johannsen on Barker Ave and a 96th birthday observed for the oldest twin sisters in Kan with long local ties.
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Nettie Turner
Gerald Parnell
Williamstown
Willams Lee
Frank Rus
Charles Johannsen
Barker Ave
J. F. Nigh
C.M. Thompson
Kan
Droodles on Eskimo family sledding and hunting life
The piece humorously imagines Eskimo family groups hunting and traveling. It references an Eskimo husband with a child, a back-sled driver interrupting, and playful lines about turning at a bend, hungry for blubber-burgers, and precautions about craby Caribou.
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Jock
Submarines Sighted Off Sweden Again
Swedish navy reports a freighter spotted three unidentified submarines off Sweden's east coast marking the seventh sighting of the summer. The Soviet Foreign Office denied informal notes suggesting the subs were Russian.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Injury suit filed for 4000 in traffic crash damages
Wilma Maness of 1746 St filed in District Court a 4000 personal injury suit against Robert O. Shepp of San Leandro California alleging injuries from a Friday accident at 10th and Vi and claiming 350 in auto damages.
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1746
Robert O. Shepp
San Leandro
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Vi. Sis
Deaths and Funerals in Kansas Areas
Multiple obituaries note deaths in Topeka Lawrence and surrounding towns. Frank Petesch, 66, longtime Meriden resident, survived by wife Catherine and ten children. services to be held in Meriden. Nancy Elliott of near Vinland dies. funeral at Rumsey Home and burial in Ottawa Highland Cemetery. Frances Asher, 75, Lawrence resident and attorney’s wife, remembered for music and civic ties. funeral services to be held at 3:30 p.m. at Seys.
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Matthew Petesch
Matthew
Frank Petesch
Topéka
Potter
Nortonville
Valley Falls
Easton
Meriden
St. Aloysius Church
Catherine Victor Petesch
Elmer Petesch
Andrew Petesch
Earl Petesch
Raymond Petesch
Francis Petesch
Petesch
Victor Petesch
Oskaloosa
Earl Schramek
Holton
Mra
Richard Moriarty
Topeka
Omer Newell
Rock Creek
Tony Petesch
Atchison
Elizabeth Kremer
Nancy Elliott
Near
Vinland
Rumsey
Earl Johnson
Vinland Church
Frances Asher
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Henry Asher
Lawrence
Long Beach
Calif
Robert Alan, Asher
Henry H. Asher IV
Alan Brockway Asher
George Selden Brockway
Wellsville
Henry H. Asher Tiedi
Sey Funeral Home
E. Turner
Eight Lawrence families on Karsan tax refund list
The list of 1 495 Karsans entitled to refunds includes eight Lawrence families last living in Lawrence. Refund checks require current addresses sent to Lynn Brodrick, Wichita. Entries include the Feuerborns, Reeders, Premji, Martins, James and Jerry Smiths, Sutton, and Tucker.
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Uncle Sam
Lynn Brodrick
Internal Revenue
Wichita
Myron D
M. Feuerborn
Ohio St
Eddie J
Mary M. Reeder
W. 12Th St
Rameschandra Premji
Ala. St
Elison C
Dora M. Martin
N. J. St
James P. Smith
Jerry M
E. L. Smith
St. Paul
R. Sutton
Solon and
K. Tucker
City sewer and street improvements in Kansas area
The report lists drainage upgrades across multiple streets including Drive Yalé Road Sunset Drive Maine Street south of Nineteenth Street and more. Storm sewers on Fourteenth Street and Twenty Street are finished while additional lines in progress. the Lawrence High School area sewer work by Hankamer Excavating and Mizeami Dixon Construction near University campus aims to relieve sewer overloading with operation expected by late September.
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Nineteenth Street
Nineteenth Terrace
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Greever Terrace
Virginia Street
Delaware
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Schaake, Boardman
University Field
Southwest No. 6
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Prairie Acres
Valley Addition
West Lawrence
Fourteenth Street
Louisiana
Tennessee
Twentieth Street
Alabama
Michhgian
Carolina Street
Arkanaa Street
We Relief
Lawrence
Hankamer Excavating Co
Lawrence High School
Mizeami Dixon Construction Co
Kansas City
Kay
Massachusetts
Vermont
Kansas University
Chamber of Commerce to Present Big Springs Fair Entertainment
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce plans a music and comedy program for the Big Springs Fay opening night. Featured acts include Jed Starkey from the Ozark Jubilee and MGM stars Alan Vaughn and Tiny Tilman. The event caps off the fair week, which ends Friday night.
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Lawrence_Chamber of Commerce
Jed Starkey
Two Traffic Violations Result In Fines In County Court
Freddie LeRoy Tolliver of Topeka was fined $10 and costs for illegal passing. Lorraine Mason of Eudora faced $35 and costs for driving without a current license.
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Freddie LeRoy Tolliver
Topeka
Lorraine
Mason
Eudora
Old Settlers to Meet Under Officers Plan
A meeting of the Old Settlers Association officers is set for 7 pm Thursday at Lt. F. Eberhart home on Tonn Street to plan the annual gathering next month led by vice President Ralph Pine. Phillipx Rites Funeral services for Lt. Col. John D. Phillips Jr. are scheduled at 10 am Wednesday at First Methodist Church with Rev. Edwin F. Price officiating. Burial follows in Oak Hill Cemetery with pallbearers from Kansas Military District officers.
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Lt. F. Eberhart
Ralph Pine
Phillipx
John D. Phillips Jr
Flist Methodist Church
Edwin F. Price
Oak Hiih
Kansas Military District
Real Estate Board Guests Invite Lawrence Board to Meet
The Topeka Real Estate Board invites the Lawrence Board as guests at a noon meeting on Tuesday September 13 at the Hotel Jayhawk. Speaker will be Albert Cole FHA director.
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Lawrence Board
Jayhawk
Albert Cole
FHA
Gordons best seller FBI Story floods Bantam Books
Mildred and Gordon Gordon known as The Gordons of Sherman Oaks California are creators of a million copy Bantam Books pocketbook edition of FBI Story a mystery novel now a classic. The Gordons spent time in Lawrence visiting relatives while a 35 000 mile European trip preceded their return with sons.
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Gordon Gordon
Lawrence
Gordons
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Doubleday
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Lawrence Areas Budget Raises Tax and Dance Club Plan
County budget grows by more than 60 million with a high school equalization tax up one mill for some rural residents. Jim Bedford from the E A White School of Journalism stars on TV show Two For the Money winning 40 dollars split with a co contestant. Lawrencians plan a new Do So Do square dancing club meeting at Episcopal Church Parish House. County road south of Twenty Third Street to Haskell Avenue will close after 5 p m for oiling and traffic reopens by week end. KU works on Jayhawk Drive painting no passing zones and adjusting parking hours for September.
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E. A. William Allen White School of Journalism
Bedford
Lawrence
New York City
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Rural Life Club
Episcopal Church
Department of Building and Grounds
Kansas University
Jayhawk Drive
Two Airmen Held After Jewelry Incident
Forbes AFB airmen Robert Lewis Reynolds and Robert Rucker were jailed in Douglas County on charges of attempting to swap a $85 gold ring for a $1 brass ring at Gustafson Jewelry. Preliminary hearing is set for Thursday after bond of $3,500 each. Police found additional rings in their hatbands, with two identified as property of Parsons Jewelry.
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Douglas County
Gustafson Jewelry
Robert Lewis Reynolds
Robert Rucker
Lawrence
Reynolds
Rucker
Billy Hodson
Parsons Jewelry
Street repairs at Kansas University affect Zone H parking
Remodeling of Bailey Hall requires street tearing behind the building. Work starts this week for about WD weeks, closing Zone H north of Strong Hall to parking and traffic. Faculty and staff with permits may park on Jayhawk Drive while the area is restricted.
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Four Americans Kidnapped in Middle East Tour
An Israeli army spokesman said four American citizens touring the Middle East were kidnapped by Syrians. The four named were Paul Meier, Arthur Risinger, Fred Freudenhower, and Tom Freudenhower. hometowns and details were not released.
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Middle East
Paul Meier
Arthur Risinger
Fred Freudenhower
Tom Freudenhower
Kansas Professor Joins National Psychology Teaching Workshop
David G. Fieming an assistant professor at Kansas University is among three percent of physiologists taking part in a two week workshop at Connecticut University on teaching psychology to undergraduates. The program aims to agree on general concepts for a project method approach, sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
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Burglary At Wright Home On Learnard Ave
A weekend burglary at the Wilbur Wright residence 2221 Learnard Ave caused about 165 in losses. Entry was gained by forcing a door. Stolen items include two shotguns a jewelry box and a child’s bank containing 20.
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Wilbur Wright
Learnard Ave
Market roundup mixed gains in grains and livestock
Kansas City cattle and hog markets show steady to weak tendencies with steers around 24.50 and hogs mostly steady to down. Wheat and corn trade quiet with rains easing corn demand. New York stock market opens sluggish with mixed gains as rail and aircraft issues move.
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USDA
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Addition to Parking Zone at K U to Be Done Soon
A large addition to a campus parking zone at Kansas University west of Potter Lake will open in September. Construction continues north and west of Allen Fieldhouse as part of a plan to create extensive fringe-campus parking. Within five years Jayhawk Drive may close to traffic enabling transit to campus edge.
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Allen Fieldhouse
Jayhawk Drive
Lawrence youths admit break ins at lake boathouse and Patterson home
Four Lawrence youths admitted break ins last week at Lone Star Lake boathouse and the W. G. Patterson home six miles southwest of Lawrence. About 25 dollars worth of food cigarettes and cash were taken at the boathouse and similar items were missing at the Patterson home. Hodson said the boys will be turned over to juvenile Court.
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Lawrence
Lone Star Lake
W. G. Patterson
Billy Hodson
Patterson
Hodson
Flood Areas In Northeast Hit Hard By Devastating Floods
Flood areas in Rhode Island New Jersey and New York are designated as disaster zones eligible for emergency loans while Pennsylvania and Massachusetts face heavy losses and many missing. Bodily toll rises with 188 known dead and fears of higher counts as flood waters recede and relief efforts run at full pace. Emergency aid stations set up in towns including Torrington and Putnam. The Stroudsburg area reports the worst tragedy with 40 people swept away by Brodhead Creek at a summer camp and nine survivors recounting the collapse.
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Grass Fire Damages Area West of Lawrence on Highway 40
Lawrence firemen responded Saturday afternoon to a grass fire two miles west of the city along the U S Highway 40 right of way. Damage was slight.
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