Cop May Be 5th Victim of Melee
Baltimore police Lt. Jos h A Heming wounded in Mercy Hospital after a crazy killer Eugene McNeal killed his mother wife and daughter and died by his own hand. McNeal shot Heming during a dark tavern raid then killed his family and himself in a grisly family tragedy tied to a broken marriage.
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Baltimore
Josh A. Heming
Mercy Hospital
Eugene McNeal
East
McNeal
Made- Mine
Lydia
Mary McNeal
Edwin E. Taylor
U S Says Aid to Korea Refutes Rhees Charges
Washington officials said U S foreign aid to Korea refutes Syngman Rhees claim that America favors Japan. Aid to Korea totals about 700 million dollars annually, vastly larger than Japan’s roughly one million. No immediate State Department comment on Rhees interview with the Associated Press.
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Washington
U. S
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Japan
State Department
Rhee
Associated Press
Seoul
Snow Cleared After Snow Overnight Across City
Roy Eaton 40 of 1225 North Street governs the scene as snow clears on major roads. McNish and Mary Hackman of 1100 Tenn Street were passengers in a bus with minor injuries. Several other two car crashes caused damage totals ranging from 225 to 575 dollars. Main highways are nearly clear, with a few slick spots possible tonight. County crews left snow on rock roads to preserve moisture.
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Roy Eaton
McNish
Mary Hackman
Tenn. St
11Th and Conn
Sts
Orville W. Morris
Route 3
Marvin H. James
E. 15Th St
Haskell Ave
Melvin E. Ray
Perry St
Alice Schimmel
Joe Rice
Droodles Clock Advice Says Bend Hands for Time
A humorous note explains making a clock useful for busy people and memory lapses. It suggests bending clock hands 90 degrees to read times, and mentions using it to schedule Liver Pills and dinners with a Young Lady. It warns late risers to bend the hands oppositely.
Kaw Valley Voting Set for Wednesday on Bond Issue
Kaw Valley voters go to the polls Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Kaw Valley School to decide a 140000 bond for a new school building on a five acre site east of Lawrence. The proposal would raise the levy about 4.02 mills per $1000 of assessed valuation, repaid over 10 years.
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Kaw Valley
Lawrence
Fifteenth Street
Kansas
Harold White
Harold Boehle
Albert Wichmann
Harry Schmidt
Lloyd Webster
Delbert Brunk
Don Westheffer
Harold Eisele
White
Strong Hall Display Sparks Fresh Christmas Debate
Students weigh in on Strong Hall decorations, criticizing the top and proposing a smaller tree with a manger scene at the rotunda. Some call the design controversial, noting the display is the most noticed item of the year and predicting a tree will likely return in 1956.
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Donald Beene
W. 9Th St
School of Fine Arts
West Point cadet Merrill dies after heart attack
Merrill of Hopkinton Massachusetts, a native of Hopkinton, died following a heart attack after refusing evacuation. He entered West Point from the regular Army despite failing the physical examination due to nearsightedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill
Hopkinton
Mass
West Point
Roenigk Speaks at Co op Annual Meeting
Les Roenigk director of member relations at Consumers Co op Association in Kansas City was featured speaker at the Farmers Co op Association annual meeting in the Community Building. Will H Jayden presided with officers elected and a drive progress report to raise about 117000 for a 100000 bushel elevator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Roenigk
Consumers Coop Association
Kansas City
Farmers Co-op Association
Lewis Trotter
Co-op Finance Association
Will H. Jayden
Henry Freeman
Hayden
Otto Hack
Albert Pendleton
Walter Yhome
Guy Shultz
Centron opens new quarters with public open house
About 350 people attended the Centron Corporation open house at its new West Ninth and Avalon Road quarters from 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Movies produced by the company will be shown from 7 to 10 p.m. today and Tuesday, and the public is invited to view the showings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centron Corporation, Inc
Thamania
Eanmd
Etndiac
West Ninth
Avalon Road
Fatzer Says Board Has No Grounds to Recover
TOPEKA The State Board of Education has no grounds to recover a profit made by the state printing plant on school textbooks printed last year. Atty. Gen. Harold R. Fatzer said the state law does not limit payments by the board to the state printer to actual costs. Fatzer's opinion followed discovery that last year’s billings exceeded actual costs by 14568 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
State Board of Education
Harold R. Fatzer
Fatger
Overbrook Mayor Carl Coffman Dies After Illness
Carl C Coffman 68 longtime Overbrook mayor died Sunday morning after a two week illness in a Topeka hospital He led Overbrook since incorporation and served as state revenue and taxation examiner His survivors include wife Mamie a son a daughter three brothers and four grandchildren Funeral services are set for 2 pm Tuesday at the Overbrook Methodist Church.
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Carl C. Coffman
Overbrook
Topeka
Coffman
State Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Wyandotte
Franklin
Osage
Bourbon
Shawnee
Olathe
Marion C. Coffman
Amarillo
Tex
Overbrook Methodist Church
Overbrook Cemetery
K U Rifleman Tops Individual in Ohio ROTC Rifle Meet
Vernon Miller of Kansas University led individual scoring with 287 points at the National Air Force ROTC Invitational Rifle Match in Columbus Ohio. KU finished second in team standings with 1375 of 1500 while Ohio State led with 1408 points.
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Vernon Miller
Wichita
Columbus
Ohio
Miller
Kansas University
Kansas
K. U
Ohio State
Deaths and Funerals in Kansas and Nearby
Obituaries announce Ada Young 76 of Overbrook died in Yakima Washington. Survived by two daughters Nellie Baker Yakima Mamie Howell Richland four grandchildren two great grandchildren and four nieces. Paul Robert Brewington 68 former Topeka grocer died at his Grantville farm home survived by wife Rose. funeral at Wall-Diffenderfer Chapel Topeka. Gertrude Gilmore 88 of Eudora to be buried Oak Hill Lawrence. services at Eudora Methodist Church with pallbearers listed. Charles Sherman Warren 188 retired farmer plasterer died at Ideal hospital home in St Anna steps. funeral at Schubert Chapel. Subheadline notes gift of a year’s Journal-World subscription offer.
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Ada Young
Overbrook
Yakima
Wash
Nellie Baker
Mamie Howell
Richland
May Baker
George Branson
W. D. Miller
Topeka
Paul R. Brewington
Paul Robert Brewington
Grantville
Evens
Douglas County
Rose Brewington
Charles S. Warren
Charles Sherman Warren
Ideal Hospital
Ark, St
Anna Warren
Theodore Warren
Pueblo
Colo
Schubert
Community Chest total tops 22 258 with new donors
Voluntary gifts arriving after the formal drive push the Community Chest sum to 22 258, 12 percent above last year’s 19 800 budget. Campaign chairman Kenneth White Night cited Sunflower Ordnance Works and Consumer Farm Chemicals Association gifts as key factors, with several previously unreported donors adding to the surplus. Funds will aid Boy and Girl Scouts, 4H, Lawrence housing office, Social Service League, Salvation Army, Bert Nash Clinic, and Kansas Children’s League work in Lawrence and beyond.
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Kenneth Whitenight
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Consumer Farm Chemicals Association
Community Chest
L. 8
Flannery
Bowersock Mills
Rusty's Food Center
Sanders Motor Co
Lawrence Lodge
BPO Elks
G. E. Manahan
W. 0. Nelson
Sunflower
E. A. Holmes
John A. Golden
P.R. Zurbucken
Carpenters’ Union
Cooperative Farm’ Chemicals Association
Cooperative Farm Chemicals Association
Malott's Hardware, _ Plumbers “and Pipefitters Union
John
Nichols and Brown Win Pittsburg Debate Meet
Lawrence High School debaters claimed top honors at a three state Pittsburg tournament. Ray Nichols and John Brown defeated Emporia pair Martha Stout and Don Herrick in the finals, with Hutchinson and Shawnee Mission tying for third. Coach Victor Capper called it the squad’s greatest triumph amid a field of eighty teams from 23 high schools across Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
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Lawrence High School
Pittsburg
Ray Nichols
John Brown
Emporia
Martha Stout
Don Herrick
Hutchinson
Shawnee Mission
Victor Capper
LHS
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
High School Alumni Ticket Rule Amid Party Scrutiny
Law rence High and Highland Park High in Topeka clamp down on all schools parties with guest tickets for alumni. Highland Park principal Dale Evans says aims protect the school and guests from unmannerly behavior as students obtain tickets at the school office for alumni friends. Separately, highway patrol and sheriff units chase an armed robbery suspect from Leavenworth jail across Leavenworth and nearby counties as 375 KU Air Force ROTC cadets prepare for fall review on intramural fields led by Col Thomas B Summers.
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Highland Park Highi
Highland Park of
Topeka
Northeast Kansas League
Lawrence High
Council
Dale Evans
Highway Patrol
Douglas County
Leavenworth
Leavenworth County
Air Force
Kansas University
Thomas B. Summers
Eisenhower Plans Rest Period As Debates On Policy Continue
The report notes President Eisenhower, recovering from a September heart attack, shows fatigue after busy periods at Gettysburg. Arrangements set a daily rest from noon to 2 30 pm with no interruptions, while policy debates in Congress focus on highway and school construction and possible tax or debt reduction proposals from lawmakers.
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Massachusetts
House
Martin
Sen
Knowland
Callifornia
Eisenhower
Howard M. Snyder
Gettysburg
Memorial Hospital Births and Residents Listed in Journal
A long list enumerates births at Memorial Hospital and residents in several towns, naming individuals with addresses and family connections. Among those noted are newborns for Bernardine Broers and baby girl, Ruth Black and baby boy, Nonna Miller and baby boy, Rosemary Matthies and baby boy, and Jacquline Kron with a baby boy. Also recorded are births to Fiward Bowman and to Harry Wise, with locations Pleasant Grove and Route 3 respectively, plus various residents and contributors from Kansas City, Linwood, Tonganoxie, Wellsville, and others. A subscription offer for the Journal is included as a gift option.
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Smiess
Bernardine Broers
Wollsville
Ruth Black
Kansas City
Victor Purdorff
Charlotte Thrasher
Nonna Miller
Haskel Ave
Rosemary Matthies
Ind. St
Mary Wilkhind
William Brink
Jerry Lee Pachecka
Mass
Katheyne Stevens
Katherine Coyne
Linwood
Dorie Norwood
Jacqueline Kron
Boy
Cadet Ave
Mary Kimmel
Harry Wise
Card of Thanks for Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Harry S Parker thank friends for cards and flowers sent for their golden wedding anniversary and express heartfelt appreciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry S. Parker
Market Report for Grain and Livestock
Kansas City markets show wheat steady to higher with good export potential and corn mostly steady. Hog and cattle prices ease slightly. livestock inventories thin as traders await more decisive demand signals. The Day in Wall Street notes a modest stock setback early, with some key issues posting gains despite overall softness amid health uncertainty around President Eisenhower.
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Kansas City
USDA
Wall Street
New York
Eisenhower
Southern Railway
American Smelting
Copper Range
Anaconda Co
United Aircraft
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Montgomery Ward
Douglas Aircraft
RCA
American Telephone
Dow Chemical
Chesapeake & Ohio, Texas Co
United Air Lines
Johne-Manville
U. S. Gypsum
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U.S
Rhees
Droodles
WSR Innual
Lawrence Lodge No
Guy Redfearn
Geo
W. Mole
Lodge No
8Th
Vertont
Andy Harrel
Co-Op
Centron
Fatzer
Carl Coffman
K.U
Journal-World
Enero
Ady
Nichols
Brown
The
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Memorial Hospital
Vivian Weiker
Adroa Sperry
Mary Kibbee
N. H. St
Harry White
Ray Edmiston
Americus
Wilma Smith
Tonganoxie
Kathryne Stevens
Thelma Corel
Frances Rinkenhaugh
A. R. McDuff
Lucile Kinslow
Conn
Joshua Clevenger
Mass, St
Helen Altenbernd
Harold Clark
Jess Wright
7Th St
Anthony Hess
Doris Underwood
9Th St
Ona Tingle
Donna Wingert
Caroline Edwards
R. I. St
Elza Holmes
Ala. St
Lorna. Woodard
Skyline ‘Trailer
George Redman
Wellsville
Edgar Parsons
Ark. St
Virgil Facklin
Milt St
World
Ceth
Securities Investment CO
Lawrence Mills
Karl Kreider
East Sth
C. Cash Grain
Dar
Beltsville
N.Y
Admiral
Allied Ch
Allis
Tel&Tel
Atchison
Atlas Pdr
Bald Lima
Beech Aire
Beth Steel
Boeing Air
du Pont
Elec
Gen Motors Avty di Goodyear
Kan
Martin GL
Weis Mo
Monsan Chaz
Mont Ward
NY Central
Wes Penney
Phill Pet RL
Plough
Proct & G
Reyn Met
St Jos
St Ree Pap
Sears Roed
Sinclair O
Socony
Stoke van C
Tran W Air
US Steel
Westz el
Woolworth
Hartford Accident Insurance
Hartford
Garttor
Cesacatient Es
George Hedrick
Derrold
Douglas County State Bank
the Bank of Friendly Service
Funk
Cooper
Warren
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