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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1955
Page
10
Beanie cleans a grimy barn under an ogre’s eye as the Little Dumbiddy helps by sending birds to sweep up grain and hay. The ogre locks Beanie in with a new demand, chaining him to the door until tomorrow.
In Glendora Mississippi three white men offer aid to the widow of Clinton Melton a Black station attendant killed December 2 by Elmer Kimbell who claims self defense A $1000 check from the National Council of Churches is en route J B W Sturdivant plans to build a three room house and his sons pledge $200 to a family fund Dr W C McQuinn offers the widow a job at his clinic
The Hon Colin Tennant 29 son of Lord Glenconner and Lady Anne Coke 23 daughter of the Earl of Leicester announced engaged in London. The match links a prominent aristocratic family pair marking a high society union.
Indiana court held John E. Bennett in contempt for defying a prior order to stop exposing his son John A. Bennett to conflicting religious teachings. The 10-year-old, living with his mother Isabel Bennett after a 2-year-old divorce, was described by a psychiatrist as emotionally unsettled by Bible quotations. Bennett testified he teaches his son to worship Almighty God morning, noon and night and criticized Christmas and Santa Claus as pagan.
Bob Roy Bittman Sr. 80 longtime Independence food broker and former mayor, serving 1916 to 1919, died Wednesday from a heart ailment. Active in Masonic and Republican circles, his civic leadership spanned decades. Fossils are noted as key in dating earth's rocks.
A Florida coroners jury ruled that Patricia Van Eeghen and her 7 year old daughter Phyllis were killed by an unknown person or persons. The verdict freed Philip Van Eeghen who had been jailed briefly after the bodies were found near a funeral home. Deaths attributed to sharp heavy instrument blows. no charges filed against him.
Mrs. Clarence Duntz, widow of a former Hays police chief, was critically burned yesterday when a home explosion and fire destroyed her house. Fire officials cited possible natural gas in the basement. Neighbors Joseph Pellson and E H Pierce entered to help as she tried to smother flames on her clothing, with hospital reports noting second degree burns over her body.
The husband has assumed the role of an agent for the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, marking a career shift into state law enforcement. This transition places him within a statewide agency known for criminal investigations and public safety efforts.
A brief commentary notes the canal’s current path runs more to the south than commonly thought, altering the traditional east west perception and prompting readers to rethink regional navigation basics.
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