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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1955
Page
3
Philadelphia dispatch reports Secretary of the Army Wilber M. Brucker urged ongoing combat readiness despite Geneva peace hopes. He warned against relying on optimism and stressed that peace rests on collective strength and readiness to fight if necessary.
Independence Oklahoma January report says Sinclair Pipe Line Co will sell an undivided interest in its Big Inch pipeline to Pure Transportation Co. Pure Oil group will obtain a company owned link to crude supply. Sinclair will continue to operate the 671 mile line from Cushing Oklahoma to Chicago area.
A broad cool air mass moved south across the north and central plains and the western Great Lakes lowering temperatures by 5 to 15 degrees from yesterday. In North Dakota and northern Minnesota readings were in the 50s while the rest of the region saw 60s to low 70s with widespread showers and thundershowers along and ahead of the cold front from southern Kansas to Illinois and beyond.
A prisoner in San Quentin forced guard H A Bain in the east cell block to surrender a wallet containing 103 dollars and a sharpened knife with a pillowcase over the intruder’s head. The wallet was found empty and the knife had no fingerprints. Associate Warden Louis Nelson called the incident embarrassing and noted it as grand larceny.
A retired note recalls the coonskin coat era and the fashion of slickers wide pants and hip flasks. The author nostalgically contrasts college fringe culture with youth loves, dances, and the pull of commercial fur trade, lamenting selling cherished items for profit.
In Hampton, a man who swam at Mills Creek beside Military Highway bridge disappeared after disrobing at 2 am. A motorist saw him vanish over the abutment and notified police. Rescue crews and Army helicopters joined the search until the man arrived home injured but alive, his name withheld.
The Roy Knapp Rough Riders of Kansas City rode into McPherson at 6 30 p m after leaving last Wednesday, ages 4 to 14. They will lunch in Inman and press to Hutchinson, aiming to reach Dodge City for a cattle drive supporting a Kansas City cowboy museum and Boys ranch. One rider, 14-year-old Dennis Rickert, broke a leg in an accident as a McPherson horse stepped on him.
Maj. Gen. Joe Nickels state selective service director announced an October draft call for 139 men in Kansas. This compares with 138 men called in September and 142 in October.
Frontier Chemical Co. of Wichitaestablishes two 5250 scholarships at Kansas State College. Executive vice president Wesley H. Sowers and committee chair Max W. Milbourn announce awards start this fall for entering freshmen aiming to major in chemistry or chemical engineering.
About 4,500 American Jehovahs Witnesses are set to return to the United States by plane today from The Hague after participating in one of Europe's largest postwar mass movements. They have held 11 international congresses since arriving last month, traveling aboard 68 planes and two chartered steamships.
The Soviet Union aims to expand its share of West German industry as Chancellor Adenauer visits Moscow next month. Bonn officials say Moscow seeks foreign manufactures to boost supply lines and hints at a large trade turnover if relations normalize, with prewar trade once equaling about one fifth of bilateral commerce.
Fragmentary report notes workers shifted to farms amid an agricultural crisis and mentions German industrialists seeking removal of political and economic trade restrictions with the East. The text lacks clear dates, places, or named entities. The exact event and actors remain unspecified in readable portions.
Police employed three tear gas bombs to disperse about 50 squatters who had erected 13 shacks on a public lane in Taipei Formosa. The demonstrators countered with clubs and stones as officers moved in.
Former President Truman said the strength of the United States comes from the strength of its individual citizens and that faith in God is essential. He spoke at a breakfast meeting at Beth Shalom Synagogue in Kansas City.
Jim Hamilton of Joplin aced twice in one round at Munle Golf Course. He sank the No 4 water hole 125 yards with a No 5 iron and followed with a hole in one at the 33 yard No 6 using a No 7 iron. Players Dick Gold Marvin Jacobs and Bob Wiggins joined him in the foursome.
In Wichita an employee died after being cut with a broken beer bottle while ejecting two customers from a tavern. The 41 year old Jack Raymond Cary died hours later in hospital. A suspect Cruz Lopez Casanova, 26, is charged with first degree murder.
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