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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1956
Page
3
In a tale told by Lucrece Hudgins Beale, a girl escapes a sorcerer and witnesses her family disbelieving. A doctor confirms illness from snow and Christmas seems doomed until Calhoun McGillicuddy arrives, revealing Santa and his reindeer turned to stone on the palace roof.
Dr. Everett Lee Gulyer, 70, a pioneering geologist in oil exploration, shot himself in his Dallas office yesterday. Found by secretary Dorothy Pitts, a .38 revolver lay nearby. the death was ruled self-inflicted. Gulyer had suffered illness, losing sight in one eye in 1949, and amassed a famous library of 7,000 rare books. He helped develop seismic refraction methods and supported Mexico’s Pelero No. 4 well, which produced up to 100,000 barrels daily for 60 days and yielded 130 million barrels of oil potential.
Deaf Chicago man Lowell J. Myers, 26, was admitted to the federal bar by U.S. District Judge Michiel L. Igoe after completing John Marshall Law School Justine, finishing third in his class. The judge praised the handicap as a potential blessing while Myers, who is deaf, reads lips and uses a hearing aid that few notice.
The body of 37 year old accountant Robert Cass, sought in the strangling of his invalid grandmother Minnie Scherer, was found in a West Side garage with a bullet wound. Police say he shot himself with a .32 pistol after being missing since Thursday. Virginia Cass reported the 82 year old grandmother dead in bed.
Mrs Cass testified that her husband suffered a nervous breakdown a year ago and has been in failing health recently, while two neckties were found knotted around her neck.
Two Lawrence students are among five Kan University education majors initiated into Phi Delta Kappa, a national honorary education fraternity, at a Thursday night dinner. George Cleland, of the State Department of Public Instruction in Topeka, spoke as president of the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Initiates include Roy Bartel, Donald Weekley, Marvin Carlson, Ralph E. Chalender, and Rollie Houchins, all from Topeka or nearby towns.
Postmaster James Parsons of Lawrence announced the Wichita region, including Lawrence, ranked No 1 for city accident frequency and No 2 overall. The region shows a 1.53 city accident rate and 0.14 for rural fleet, with Lawrence at comparable or better levels. Dallas region ranked No 2 in city rate and No 1 in rural.
Kansas University is named among 14 institutions to receive National Cancer Institute research training grants. KU's share is 38 802 dollars to expand trained manpower for cancer research, announced by Surgeon General Leroy E Burney. The program total is 819 087 dollars. Congress appropriated 1 200 000 this year. Institutions select trainees and set stipends under the program to supplement existing fellowships and project employment.
Town hype builds around Hill View as locals urge visits describing Hill View as the place to go with chatter about missing outings while promoting a social outing today.
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