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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1952
Page
5
Neighbors called police when a dog blocked access to a second floor room where Frank Hauser, 66, a retired baker, lay dead for about three days of an apparent heart attack. The room showed sparse furnishings and a large hall picture bearing a warning note from Mrs. Cleo Miller. Hauser reportedly inherited the house and a large sum from Miller.
An expert safecracker escaped Laughton jail in Edinburgh by forging bail papers. Hugh Kelly Mannion, awaiting trial on safe stealing charges, used another prisoner's bond to sign his name and walk free after 50 hours. The incident recalls a prior years earlier breakout to aid a friend. A Journal-World subscription offer accompanies the ad.
Construction has begun on a new grade school building at Sunflower. The concrete block structure marks the start of a planned expansion to accommodate growing enrollment.
Ray Brennan, a Chicago Sun-Times reporter, was indicted for a second time on charges of posing as a government official to obtain a transcript of police captain Dan Gilbert's testimony. The indictment adds a second count alleging a false pretense to defraud Alderson Reporting Co. and seeking Gilbert's transcript. The case follows an earlier dismissal amid defense attacks.
An Interstate Commerce Commission examiner on Wednesday recommended approval of a 10 percent passenger fare increase in Washington state. The proposal targets rail service adjustments, affecting riders and regional transportation budgets.
A 47 foot mural by Harry Crain of Poplar Bluff Mo decorates the Kansas University Memorial Union South Wall. The painting, part of a campus series led by Prof Raymond Eastwood, features Delaware Indians in authentic attire and portrays the old West with a historic tone. The work, created after approval by the Union Operating Committee, marks the first in a sequence of student projects to hang around the campus. The piece reflects regional trail spirit and historic ties to the Iroquois and French-English frontier history.
TOPEKA The Kansas Board of Health's latest tabulation shows two additional polio deaths raising the state total to 39. The deaths were noted in the continued tally of the epidemic.
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