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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1949
Page
1
Swift Plant explosion at Sacht & Co in the Sioux City stockyards killed at least 16. Three more missing, six injured. Gas leak blamed though investigation pending. National Guard and officials continue debris removal as officials plan a full inquiry.
The Clearfield Grange stages a wolf drive Saturday covering about six square miles. Florin Meeder leads as general captain with transport back to the start from E. J. Selzer. The route includes multiple locality lines and captains from Ed Thoren to Arden Johnson with details of roads near Vinland and the Ordnance plant. Proceeds fund expenses while a noon lunch is served by Clearfield Grange women.
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U S roving ambassador Philip C Jessup sails from San Francisco to study policies in the Far East. He will confer with Gen Douglas MacArthur in Tokyo and meet senior diplomats in Bangkok to discuss containment of communist power. Britain presses for action in the Middle East while Indonesian delegates meet to form a United States of Indonesia. Israel defies U N over Jerusalem as Britain ends a wildcat strike in nationalized power plants.
In Detroit on December 15 a high pressure gas line exploded at the Greater Wyoming market causing flames to engulf five stores. Six people, four firemen and a policeman among them, were injured as a warning by police and gas workers allowed residents to evacuate. Fire crews fought the blaze for over an hour as four adjacent shops including Tom's Grill and the K-John camera shop were damaged. The gas company blamed a regulator installation gone wrong but exact ignition causes remained undetermined.
Valparaiso Indiana December 15 Senator Capehart Republican says a 37 million dollar loan by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to Lustron Corporation was made at the insistence of President Truman. He recalls serving on the Senate Banking and Currency Committee which examined the loan to the Columbus Ohio prefabricated house maker. Capehart notes word came that the President insisted the loan be granted and that the R F C had previously rejected it.
The Morgan Mack Motor company will entertain employees and families at a Sunday evening Christmas dinner party in the showroom at 714 Vermont street. About 100 persons will be seated for a turkey dinner with a Christmas tree, presents, and entertainment. Partner Herb Mack of Topeka will attend as a guest. Showroom windows will be papered and decorated.
Miami reports 13 survivors from the Dutch motor ship Dorug as searchers fear the rest are lost. Five men rescued by SS Williamsburg and eight by the tanker Sparrows Point. The cook Bruyn Van Rosenburg died and was buried at sea. Coast Guard plans inquiries as weather hampers rescue and a board of inquiry investigates the explosion.
The University of Kansas joins institutions where Du Pont fellowships are offered. The first 1950 51 award includes 1200 for a single recipient and 1800 for a married man. KU receives 1000 for research supplies. Fellowships target chemistry PhD candidates for fundamental research. Three KU chemists previously held Du Pont fellowships: Gilles Reynolds McEwen.
A city bus driven by Kenneth Campnbell and a car driven by Mrs Raymond Pine collided at Seventh and Locust at 5 10 p m. No injuries and slight car damage reported. A second accident between Arthur Nease and Perry Sellers at Ninth and New Hampshire at 6 08 p m caused damage to both cars with no injuries.
The Journal-World will publish the final score of the Kansas University versus Cincinnati basketball game in Cincinnati Ohio tonight. The game starts at 7 30 Lawrence time and the score is expected around 9 15. Telephone contact is 22.
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At the 31st annual American Farm Bureau Federation gathering in Chicago delegates heard a critical view of the Brannan plan labeling it an opening wedge toward government supervised and permanent agricultural poverty. Proponents pressed for opposition while Sen. Clinton P. Anderson urged farmers to act through civic participation and farm organizations.
Topeka reports rising temperatures with a brief warm spell before a reversal to colder weather. Forecaster Richard Garrett predicts a turn to colder in the northwest by tomorrow, with a gradual warming today. Overnight lows expected 20 to 25, high 40s northwest to 50s southeast, skies fair tonight and partly cloudy tomorrow with no precipitation. Hutchinson recorded 10 this morning, minimum near 20, Goodland 40 as yesterday’s high.
Iowa City file: Robert E. Bednasek pleads innocent to first degree murder in the slaying of 20 year old University of Iowa senior Margaret Anne Jackson. He waives to the grand jury after dropping a request for a preliminary hearing. Bond set at none. The next grand jury to meet January 3. The case centers on a death at a men s rooming house known as the Empty Arms. The 24 year old Cedar Rapids man acted as guest at a fraternity party after dining with the victim.
Fifteen members of the Jayhawk chapter of the Future Farmers of America were promoted from Green Hands to Chapter Farmer at a memorial high school meeting. Recipients include Gerald Bradley Glen Brewster Jerald Brunk Melvin Button Lawrence Colson Dee Cox Alvin Fishburn George Gantz Walter Kam Jr LeRoy McClelland Robert Shelly Lanny Tate Billy Thompson Kerwin Tucker and Francis Zeller.
Postmaster Roger Woolas announced Sunday regular delivery to select areas, a first for the service. Williams says the move aims to clear weekend mail stockpiles as carriers face growing inbound and outgoing volumes. The plan excludes downtown offices and some districts. pickup and wrapping stations will operate to handle holiday mail loads.
Col William T Sexton of the Command and General State College at Fort Leavenworth told Kiwanis members that Tran oil wealth does not guarantee smoother international ties. He argued Western development near Basu alarms Russia, and that Soviet backed regimes in the north faced pressure as Western bases advance.
The Board of Regents will meet at the Eudr hole tugmerruw for its Bont eon during the annual Corbin hall Christmas revels. Executive secretary Raymund Nichols listed guests F. M. Harris Ottawa Wills N. Kelly Hutchinson Mrs Leo Haughey Concordia Oscar Stauffer Topeka Grover Powie Manhattan Lester McCoy Garden City and secretary Hubert Brighton Topeka. Session length and agenda were not disclosed. Lunch will be at the hotel and university officials have not planned entertainment.
Andrew Hughes, 44, former Lawrence resident and manager of Swift causing, was injured yesterday in an incident near Wienld. Hospitalized for a fractured urn, he is reported to be improving. Hughes is related to Will Joans Jr and Walter Jeans and is nephew of Joans Sr of Kansas City. He lived in Lawrence with his grandmother, attended local schools, studied at KS University Leavenworth, and later at Wasadburn University in Topeka. He is married to Margaret Varner and they have two children attending Iowa State College at Ames.
Southern coal operators send a seven page letter to President Truman urging use of the Taft Hartley act to force full coal production or prosecute Joan L Lewis on anti trust charges. Joseph E Maddy of the Southern Coal Producers Association says if current laws don t cover the three day war week, ask Congress for new legislation.
Readable text fragment references sending flowers and an address line with 820. The item appears as a damaged or garbled notice about floral delivery without a clear event, date, or recipient.
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