Christmas Prelude Set At Lan ce High School Tuesday
The eighth annual Christmas Prelude by Lance High School Music Dept begins 8 Tuesday night in the LHS auditorium. Public invited. no admission. A brass quartet will play carols on the second floor beforehand.
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Lance High School
LHS
Vid Gray
Gary Mann
Dudley Eeves
Carl Nehrbass
R. Wayne Nelson
Charles Kassinger
Ster
John Estes
Eric ‘ Hullenberger
Wesu Bambino
Cora Lee Price
Donia Evans
Marilyn Sotth
Shaw
Praetorius-Overby
Theo
John Brown
Shepherds
Judy Allen
Rachmaninoff
Herbert Langey
Berlin
Bennett Lhs
Hance
Leontovich Wilhonsky de Steig
Kouitz
Gicum Yale
Arilion Heigh Ho
Christina Darby-Simeone
Kari Garrett
Larry Sueeras
Buddy Hookwalter
Bright meteor sighting over Kansas lights evening sky
A bright meteor was seen across east central Kansas around 7 30 p m Saturday with pilots near Olathe and Fort Riley reporting debris nearly striking their planes The sky flash was observed by residents in Lawrence and others traveling from Kansas City area The Journal-World logged multiple calls about the event and authorities noted widespread sightings
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Farly
Kansas City
Kansas
Teir
Highway Patrol
Kanas City
Ottawa
Emporia
Ft.ley
Holton
Perry
Olathe
Ft. Riley
Renia
Napoleon hand in coat mystery stirs varied theories
The Schwine Kitzinger Institute catalogues a wide range of explanations for why Napoleon kept his hand inside his coat. Proposed reasons include medical comfort, reflex, and vanity, each reflecting differing opinions rather than conclusive evidence.
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Schwine-Kitzinger Institute
Napoleon
Devel‘ Firm
Josephine
Agriculture Dept Final Report Arises Crop Estimates
The Agriculture Department released a final yearly report estimating this year’s corn crop at 3,184,836,000 bushels and the wheat crop at 935,158,600 bushels.
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Agriculture Department
Local Christmas caroling spans Lawrence area for sixth year
A 14 member Lawrence caroling group visited multiple local sites including ministers’ homes and Lawrence Memorial Hospital then returned for a chili supper. The event followed by tax time notes and a Baldwin electric bill rebate for homes decorated for Christmas.
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Lymah Wiley
Hank Brown
Bob Still
Joe Drake
Chuck Pendry
Bob Brown
Marilyn Zellers
Onaga
Hank Browns
Lawrence
Kansas City
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Brown
Eudaly Home Vandalized Over Weekend Ransacking
The W. A. Eudaly residence was broken into during the past weekend with items scattered through every room. Losses include 223 fifty cent pieces, a .22 rifle, a .45 pistol, a power saw and two carpentry tool cases. Entry was gained via a pried bathroom window while the owners are in California. Deputy Chappell said details are pending.
Admiral Terrell to join Barret Fitch office in Lawrence
Adm. William R. Terrell will become an associate of George Hedrick in Barret, Fitch, North and Co. starting Jan 1. He resigns from the Kansas University Endowment Association where he served as field representative since retiring from the Navy in July 1953. Hedrick's Lawrence office at 806 Mass St has long represented the Kansas City firm in the area.
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George Hedrick
Barret, Fitch, North and Co
Kansas University Endowment Association
Navy
Hedrick
Mass, St
Kansas City
Lawrence
Kansas
Derrold Wiley
Terrell
K. U
Ind. St
Friends of
K.U
Memorial Hospital Admits and Births List in County
At Memorial Hospital a long list shows admissions including Frank Olson of Tonganoxie, Nancy Hubert of 1339 Tennessee Street, Nels Nelson and others from Sunflower and Eudora. Also noted are discharges and multiple births with couples named and addresses, plus a section of births on Sunday and today for several local families.
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Frank Olson
Nancy Hubert
Tenn. St
Nels Nelson
15Th St
Otto Neal
Sunflower
Marcine Schockley
Eudora
Margaret Patch
Georgia Greer
Staff Village
May Evans
Tenn
Betty Williams
Tonagnoxie
Elmer Cox
Robert Ross
DeSoto
Theresa Byson
Ky. St
Clifford Godfrey
N. 6Th St
Harold McAferty
McLouth
Chester Staten
Topeka
Alice Dunham
Laurena Shobe
Lyons St
Wilma Creek
Charlyne Flood
James Belcher
N.Y. St
Betty’ Wise
Baby Boy
Edith Denham
Darrell Garst
Pa. St
Floyd Churchbaugh
Donna Wingert
Eva Hetzel
Lois Justice
Haskell
Ethel Scott
Adres Sperry
Alta Weems
Vt. St
Frances Rinkenbaugh
Route 1
Addie Kloster
Baldwin
Kathleen Zimmerman
Learnard Ave
Irths
Judith Lyne Hubert
Judith Lynn Hubert
Ronald Hubert
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Gary Hubert
Abe Hubert
Garden City
Charles Lansdon
Meade
Margaret Lansdon
Baldwin man charged with statutory rape of a minor
Henry R. Holladay, 49, of Baldwin, was formally charged in County Court with three counts of statutory rape involving a minor. A preliminary hearing was set for 2 p.m. December 29, and Holladay was remanded to county jail after failing to post a 5,000 dollar bond. The arrest followed an investigation by Wesley Norwood, assistant county attorney, Sheriff Bill Hodson, and Deputy P. W. Buck Jones.
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Baldwin
Holladay
Wesley Norwood
Bill Hodson
P. W
Buck) Jones
Former Student Dies in Estes Park Colorado
Walt H. Offen Sr., 62, of Estes Park, a native of Topeka and KU alumnus, died Saturday. He lived in Topeka as a grocery partner with family business. Survived by wife, son, daughter, sister and two brothers. Funeral and burial planned in Greeley.
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Gene Taylor
John Taylor
Torrance
Calif
Samuel Taylor
Beloit
Wis
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Blue Springs
Valley Falls Cemetery
Walt H. Offen Sr
Estes Park
Colo
Topeka
Kansas University
Buria
Greeley
Haskell Nativity Play Tells Christmas Story Tuesday Night
Haskell's Christmas program The Nativity will be staged at 7 30 Tuesday evening in Haskell Auditorium. A mixed chorus and readings from the Bible present the nativity with Norma Jean Ross as the Virgin Mary and Lot tie Caldwell as the White Angel.
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Horton
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Joseph
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Wesley LeBau
Barton Wright
Helen Peak
Robert Bradley
Allen Nephew
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Richard—White
Dallas John
Tom Ellison
Paul Maya
Phyllis Benjamin
Charles Lamm
Leona Ronser
Clarence W. Winston
MardJorie Wernwald
Lottie Caldwell
Wayne Briggs
12 Persons Hurt In Weekend City Accidents
Norma received cuts and bruises and both victims were taken to Forbes base hospital. The Sheriff's Office reported neither was in critical condition. A car was demolished and eight Lawrence police accidents were logged, including the fire chief’s car en route to a fire. Chief John Miller’s official car collided with Oswald P Backus on KU campus. Fireman Lee Burns was driving Miller’s car.
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Forbes Base
Lawrence
John Miller
Oswald P. Backus
Ala
Jayhawk Drive
Mississippi Street
Kansas University
Miller
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Ark, St. Was
Christmas Bonuses Total $39 615 at Paper Firm
Lawrence Paper Co. employees received Christmas bonus checks totaling 39 615. The bonus is a percentage of yearly profits and marks a long standing company practice. At a Friday meeting vice president Justin Hill announced another strong year and noted recent labor gains including raises averaging 74 cents an hour retroactive to Oct 10 and a pension plan supplement to Social Security retirement pay.
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Lawrence Paper Co
Justin Hill
Hill
Local Obituaries and Funeral Notices
Death notices for Frank Bereiter Alma Albright Herbert Wheeler Judith Hubert list funeral times and burial places. Services set at Rumsey Funeral Home Memorial Park Cemetery Bethel Church Pleasant View Cemetery Oskaloosa Memorials and survivor details included.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Albert F. Bramble
Memorial Park Cemetery
Edith May
Junction City
John Wheeler
Topeka
William Wheeler
Miami
Fla
James Wheeler
Oskaloosa
Inez Wheeler
Mabel Bancock
New York City
Oskaloosa Methodist Church
Pleas
Ant View Cemetery
Kansas Traffic Deaths Reported by State Accident Records
Kansas traffic fatalities rose to 3 in the last 48 hours and 558 to date in 1955, compared with 588 in the same period of 1954. Public safety officials urged motorists to observe speed limits and drive defensively at all times.
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Topeka
Kansas
Markets at Glance with Higher Stocks and Steady Bonds
In Kansas City and Wall Street reports, stocks advanced with aircraft shares leading gains while motors stayed uneven. Cattle and hog markets showed mixed moves. wheat and corn prices fluctuated as traders gauged demand.
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Washington Defense
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Merck, Delaware Hudson
Speers Rand
Northrop Aircraft
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Fire Demolishes Parked Auto West of Lawrence
A 1947 model car was destroyed by a fire beside U S Highway 40-59 about nine miles west of Lawrence. The driver abandoned the vehicle believing the blaze was out after a check by a State Highway Patrolman near 10 pm Sunday. The fire appeared to be out at the time but apparently rekindled.
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Car fire destroys vehicle. owner not notified
Smoldering and flames erupted overnight destroying the car. Officers have not yet notified Darryl L. Sachek of Manhattan, the registered owner. The ad invites readers to subscribe the Journal-World as a Christmas gift.
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Darryl L. Sachek
Manhattan
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