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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1957
Page
7
Grain prices drift with slow demand while livestock and cotton trade unevenly. Kansas City cattle and hogs see modest activity amid mixed pricing, and Wall Street ends with a broad market decline as investors stay cautious and trading volume lags.
Boston marked the death anniversary of Sacco and Vanzetti as supporters petitioned the state to erase their 1920 convictions, calling for exoneration and proposing a bas relief sculpture in Boston Common. The appeal cites hysteria era trials and broader postwar radical investigations led by U S authorities.
The Lutheran federation meeting in Minneapolis considered beliefs as a framework for deliberations. A resolution urged worldwide disarmament and an end to nuclear tests, with debate on Lutherans’ stance on world issues. Dr. Franklin Clark Fry was named federation president for five years.
An 18 year old Mapleton man seeks a writ of habeas corpus in the Kansas Supreme Court claiming unlawful detention at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. He asserts Bourbon County Probate Court proceedings to name a guardian were void for statute noncompliance. He says he is worth over 100000 dollars and is not insane. His older brother, who sought guardianship, is also hospitalized after major surgery.
Giovanni Cardinal Mercati, 90, longtime librarian of the Roman Catholic Church and among its oldest cardinals, died yesterday in Vatican City. He was created cardinal by Pope Pius XI in 1936, increasing current vacancies in the College of Cardinals to 12. Base. Switzerland moves about 4 million tons of overseas ship cargo annually along the Rhine.
Telephone threats forced stores to place cash in public spots. At Hlatchinson Maniumers Inc manager Etherton was told to deliver 10000 but a bomb did not detonate. Similar calls hit J Ds Ditton in McPherson and J Dillon North in Newton. police found dummy packages after diversions. The caller used a white hawk is.
The readable text mentions names and places in a fragmented form including Junction City and Weelute with unclear actions. No coherent event or outcome can be established from the fragments provided.
Parents plan to enroll children and pick up books at the rural time as enrollment begins on August 30 at the tiki School.
Big Springs reports Mr and Mrs Gus Hartman returning Thursday night from a two week Alaska vacation. They visited their son and daughter in law Clifford Artman. Dick and David with Elmer Trowbridge and Connie joined relatives at the Trowbridge home near Basehor. Further notes mention Mr and Mrs Carl Schneider and others.
Sunday gatherings in Kansas included visits to Miss Enimia and Miss Louise Sehnenes in Topeka with Ronald Rubotom. Weddings united Mirna Beth Shaver and Harold Johnson near GH at Bt.B Church as relatives traveled from Colorado Springs and Carbondale. The Ozarks vacation tour included Rev and Mrs Hartman and Craig of Downs with stops in Salina and Manhattan to see family.
Mr and Mrs Jim Bosworth and Bruce of Wellsville Mrs Donna Romsteadt and sons of Bassier C La and Mr and Mrs Ray Brecheisen Leloupe were Monday evening guests of Mr and Mrs Ted Brecheisen Mrs Frances Goodger is a patient at Lawrence Memorial Hospital where she is recovering after Major surgery Mr and Mrs Dale Meeder announce the birth of a daughter De-
The annual Brecheisen reunion gathered Aug 18 at the Ottawa community building with Bob Schendel of Topeka elected president and Maxine Brechten of Lyndon as secretary treasurer. Attendees traveled from Kinross Michigan Plainsfield New Jersey and Winner South Dakota among others. Notable visitors included Mr and Mrs Charles Brecheisen and son from Plainsfield NJ and Mr and Mrs Charles Stowe and sons from Kinross Michigan. PMID
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