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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1956
Page
3
Egypt seeks 200 pilots to guide Suez Canal ships after nationalizing the canal on July 26. Ads in the New York Journal of Commerce call for masters license, 10 years experience, and language skills in English or French. Wages range from 94 to 148 Egyptian pounds monthly plus extra for each ship piloted.
Weather across the midcontinent shows hot humid conditions central and southern plains and Mississippi and Ohio valleys. Cool air in the north and pleasant conditions west of the Rockies. Scattered storms in the middle Mississippi Valley with isolated plains activity. Heavy rain and wind hit northern Illinois and Indiana knocking out power and flooding basements. Cooler relief expected in the Northern Plains, warmer in upper and middle Mississippi Valleys.
A combined adult and young people meeting of the Douglas County Temperance Council was held Tuesday night at the Assembly of God Church at 12th and Mass. St. The temperance message was delivered to attendees.
Democratic state chairman Frank Theis said a Butler County Democratic Central Committee election dispute has not been decided and no decision has been handed down. He noted a committee is hearing the matter and a report of the election being set aside is not fact.
Two Ellsworth men were shot to death and a woman wounded around midnight at the home of Mrs. Marjorie Shellhorn in Ellsworth county. Lowell Johannes of Kanopolis Kasi and Lester Saunders of Ellsworth died from .22 caliber rifle shots. Mrs. Shellhorn, in her 30s, was injured and described as fair condition. Saunders was an automobile salesman and Johannes a land contractor both in their 40s. The shooter’s weapon and motive remain under sheriff’s inquiry pending a jurors inquest.
NICE France flames burned through dry brush and forests across six front sections north of the Riviera. One blaze neared Monaco before being halted. Fire crews and volunteers fought overnight as Alpes Maritimes officials cited arson and accidental origins with four suspected arsonists under investigation.
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