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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1957
Page
8
Markets show mixed signals with stocks easing while bonds rise. Agricultural notes detail wheat corn oats and soybeans pricing and futures at Kansas City including cattle hogs and produce figures. Wall Street items reference IBM and launch context with a cautious late-session tone.
The Wichita County Irrigation and Development Assn asked Gov George Docking for box cars to aid harvest. Bruce Ko Winchester says grain cars are needed due to weather delays and losses from high winds snow and late harvest in Scott and Wichita counties. An aide says the governor’s office is reviewing the shortage amid Kansas’s record sorghum crop and wet harvest delays.
Dr Willard F Li Voy of the AEC said a Nevada test blast in a tunnel dug below the surface may have sealed heat and gases in reachable form. He noted possibilities for peaceful uses of atomic energy from such underground results.
A National Council of Churches study, titled the state of the Churches, says US congregations show promise yet flag serious concerns. It notes emphasis on size and facilities over spiritual depth and warns against overreliance on technology for welfare. In New York, Congressman Emanuel Celler criticized Secretary of State Dulles as the most hated American in Europe and called for his resignation, alleging disunity among allies in the atomic era.
Secretary General Den Phangnarskiold arrives in Levis for the second leg of a peace mission with Jordan demanding oversight of Israeli-held Mt. Scopus and refusal to allow immediate gasoline convoys to the hill. He plans talks with Israeli leaders and a possible return to Amman after meetings at truce headquarters in neutral territory. Meanwhile Honolulu reports hazardous wage claims from tree trimmers and painters seeking extra pay for work above specified heights.
Oklahoma Governor George Docking calls for new Pike County Turnpike Authority appointees as he criticizes the current state of the Kansas Turnpike project. He asserts anticipated traffic improvements and future connections to Kansas City will help the project break even, noting long entrenchment in state politics. Frank W. McRonald, a Lawrence Democrat, is named to a four year Turnpike Authority term, former Dentelas County Democratic chair, and an early Docking supporter for governor.
District Judge Joseph J. Dawes issued a permanent injunction against Herbert Pleasant of Rain City requiring the padlocking of a room at his home after a raid on September 12 found liquor without Kansas stamps. The order bars use of the room for liquor and lasts three months.
The Kansas University Players stage The Crock of Gold or The Toilor's Trials December 11 to 14 in the new Experimental Theater. Marvin Carlson directs this melodrama with a large cast including Roger Stanton, Marysville. Panl Culp Overland Park. Simon Jennings. Ken Baker Helmet NJ. and many others from Kansas City and nearby towns. The production is in rehearsal with script by Sittis Steele.
Basil O'Connor of the National Polio Foundation presented a bronze plaque to a Kansas city marking it the first in the nation where every resident under 40 has completed a full polio vaccination series. A crowd of 312 residents received their third shot at the high school gym.
Representative Celler urged drastic changes in the State Department and called for Dulles's resignation. He warned allies would demand vigorous leadership from Eisenhower to keep NATO intact. Celler claimed anti-Dulles sentiment existed in Europe among drivers and officials, though he did not name them.
Ellison Neel aged 81 died after a long illness. He was a former president of the Kansas City Bar Association and a Democrat who opposed machine control in City Hall during the 1930s. Neel had been a hospital patient for two and a half years.
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