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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1954
Page
5
Tom arrives in Santa Land hidden by elves who trap him for a flying saucer. Santa and Tom discuss the saucer sighting, the failing reindeer, and a plan to capture a saucer using balloons and a giant net as elves race to build a sky trap. Tomorrow's chapter hints Tom's departure.
The India Home Demonstration Unit hosts a Christmas party December 15 at Mrs. Paul Pierce home with assisting hostesses. Cottonwood 4-H Club meets Tuesday at the India School to discuss gifts for an orphanage. Hesper Hore Demonstration Unit held a party at Mrs. C. C. Gerstenberger’s home with a message from Holland and readings. Alpha Gamma Chapter Beta Sigma Phi plans a December 18 Christmas dinner at Dine-a-Mite Inn. Glenn Springs and Round Table groups set meetings with secret pals, crafts, and Christmas programs.
Personal Mr and Mrs Justin Hill and Mr and Mrs Dolph Simons attend a brunch hosted by Mr and Mrs Bal Jeffrey and Mr and Mrs William Mills at the Topeka Country Club tomorrow. Harold R Hilkey of Lombard Illinois and Miss Edith Andrews of Oak Park Illinois plan trips next week to visit Mrs Julia E Moore and Miss Frances Andrews. Dean and Mrs Kenneth Anderson and family have moved to 1111 Highland Drive and sold their former residence at 1500 W 9th St to Dr Shirer and wife who, with their two children, occupy the home.
Dr pur, from KU Medical Center in Kansas City, is affiliated with the University physiology department. Mrs J H Kreamer of Concordia visits the Pi Beta Phi house for the Phi Delt party. Dick Williams and others return from a hunting trip near Brunswick Mo. Clarence Wingert and family celebrate their fourth wedding anniversary with Robisons in Williamstown.
Rome police in plain clothes ripped down a stone sign reading chiesa di Cristo from the Evangelical church less than 24 hours after its replacement. The sign had been part of a 10 month dispute that ended in a peaceful solution. the Church of Christ seeks juridical recognition in Italy since the war’s end, without success.
In Muskegon Michigan three schoolboys James Allison aged 13 Terrance Johnson aged 14 and David Baker aged 14 drowned after Wolf Lake ice gave way. Elmer Gulliver15 survived after pulling Jim and Terry but the ice failed to support them. Elmer sought help but it arrived too late.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday in probate court to Charles Edward Stewart 25 of Quitland Ark and Lois Gay Richerson 19 of Lawrence. Donald Karl Strohmeyer 27 of Rochester New York and Shirley Mae Pagel 20 of White City.
North Carolina reported 184000 acres planted to peanuts in 1953 reflecting the state's large legume crop.
Three civic health leaders Dr C A McIntyre John P Crown and Ivan Shull addressed LWV members at Immanuel Lutheran Church detailing school nursing immunization and clinic programs and noting 13 general disease cases 22 TB cases and 25 TB suspects. They praised city sanitation efforts and called for clearer state local health responsibilities.
The official noted pressing issues with aging pools such as the one in Lawrence, difficult to maintain safely and sanitary, and costly to operate. He indicated city pools are commonly funded from park budgets and said the State Board of Health questions whether obsolete pools should continue to operate, asking if Lawrence is ready to address swimming facility problems.
Jacques Mornard, who killed Leon Trotsky in 1940, says rumors of Soviet payments during his 14 years in Mexican prison are false. He told reporters Moscow did not compensate him and quipped that he must earn a living, noting he ran a radio repair business.
The subject admitted birth in Belgium and described his politics as firmly on the left. He said he would be honored to join the Mexican Communist party. A parole appeal from his twenty year term may be acted upon this month.
Union Pacific seeks to discontinue its Topeka to Grand Island Nebraska line and a Kansas Corporation Commission hearing drew 200 residents who protested with signs. Protesters urged keeping the service while rail witnesses argued the line loses money and could improve with better timetables. The piece notes U S rail mileage totals.
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