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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1952
Page
2
Wheat and corn prices move unevenly in Kansas City grains trade while live cattle and small stock show varied activity. Reports note steady to higher cattle futures, midday bids uncertain, and demand for choice slaughter cattle and calves mixed with the feeding herd.
Congress faces pressure to probe the Moses Lake disaster as officials at Larson Air Force Base identify victims, study dental records, and seek causes. Generals and manufacturers confer while Capt. George Demas recounts the crash dynamics and the plane’s failed attempt to lift from the runway.
Gov Edward F Are Gorrmor sends praise to the Journal-World and local groups for publishing names and addresses of Douglas County service members. The effort, intended to boost morale, prompted Lawrence area residents to mail roughly 2000 additional Christmas letters and cards to troops.
Thieves pried two fronts from Robbins Liquor Store doors at 76 N. St. and 2nd St. area. police reported the break ins occurred Sunday night with a 4:15 a.m. discovery. Loss amount not yet estimated. other details unclear. A separate line notes a Lawrence Lodge No. 5 AF and AM meeting scheduled December 22 at 7 p.m.
Funeral notices list Lloyd S. Anderson age 59 of 1712 Ky Street with services at Rumsey Funeral Home and burial in Memorial Park. Surviving family includes wife Cordie, mother Cora, three daughters, two brothers, a sister, and two grandchildren. cremation planned. Other notices name Mrs Catherine Kennedy 65 of Lawrence died in Toronto with services at Funk's Chapel and burial Oak Hill, plus multiple Kennedy relatives across Kansas and Ontario.
The Brodie twins Roger and Rodney, 15 months old from Moline Illinois, remain in critical condition after a 12 hour 40 minute separation operation at Illinois Neuropsychiatric Hospital. Roger lies in a coma and is fed intravenously while Rodney is listed as critical with no change in status after 109 hours since leaving the operating room.
State forecasters issued a blanket forecast for western sections with winds 20 to 35 mph, expected to ease late Monday night into Tuesday. Cold, partly cloudy conditions will follow with low temperatures 5 to 10 degrees in the northwest and near 2 in the southeast. Tuesday highs range from 20 to 25 in the northwest to around 30 in the southeast.
Six servicemen from this area are among 34 Kansans aboard the transport Gen. William F. The men entered active duty after graduation in February and are associated with the NROTC at the University of Kansas. They previously served with the Marines in Korea.
Masorde Lodge No 1 and the Lawrence Life Underwriters association note the late leader’s service in the Leaders Association of his firm and the Kansas Leaders Round Table. He earned the National Quality Award for six years. Survived by wife, two daughters, two brothers in Falls Church, and two sisters. Funeral arrangements pending.
Walter Rigdon 78 of 831 Hy. St. died Saturday night at Winter Veterans Hospital Topeka after months of illness. Former director of the Haskell band and a military band he served with the Kansas National Guard on the Mexican border and in France with the 25th Division. Survived by wife Margaret and son Col Jonathan Rigdon Army Medical Corps. Funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. at Funk's Chapel. Pallbearers from VFW. services at Oak Cemetery by Alford Clarke post.
Morgan-Mack Motor Co announces a new one story addition costing about 15000 at the 714 Vcast St site to house a g arage and fender repair shop. Construction began two weeks ago and is now set to finish around February 2, weather delays noted. The firm plans to double its total service capacity and also reconditions used cars. The Kansas City area Ford program award mentions the firm’s tenth anniversary in Lawrence since moving from 69 Mans St in 1949.
George C. McKissack of 446 Florida Street was found guilty in County Court on a driving while under the influence charge. He received a $100 fine plus costs and a 30 day sentence, from which he was paroled.
Jerry Vogel, nine, son of Br. Mr. Sal Mex and Joe Vogel, was listed in the KU roster as Rogie five, with a note indicating his return home.
Sailor Billy Neustifter returns from seven months in Korean waters to San Diego. In Lawrence, 4H and Scouts attend Alfred Bromersick Christmas party at KU Hoch Auditorium with carols and films. Twin births at Lawrence Memorial Hospital bring three sets of twins in four days. LMHS students take Science Talent Search prelims under supervision of chemistry teacher.
Stormy seas in both the Pacific and Atlantic may delay up to 6000 returning servicemen hoped home by Christmas Day. Army spokesmen said ships, troop vessels could be several days late, with about 2000 potentially delayed as dischargees and others reassign or returning for other reasons seek to reach home.
Christmas day services will be held with masses at 6, 7, and 3 am, inviting participation from children and families.
A sequence of three fatal and injurious crashes near Baldwin Junction and east of Lawrence, Kansas, leaves Mr and Mrs Payne of Emporia and other drivers dead or hurt. Benham, Kibler, Nunley, and Gibbs involved as officers and medics respond. The no passing zones and dusk traffic at Fort K-10 and related highways feature prominently in the crash narrative.
A county month totals five deaths from road crashes. A prospect and Arthur Five truck wrecks left trucks in ditches and overturned near a ditch with no reported injuries. Another wreck two miles northeast of the city involved a truck colliding with a utility pole. no one was at the scene. Robert Eugene Webs died in a motorcycle bus collision at Std and Me Streets Bee 10. Overall area toll reaches 23 for the year with crashes near county lines adding to deaths.
A garbled OCR tally from Memorial Hospital lists numerous individuals with partial addresses and erroneous spellings including Lillian Dunbar 445 Missouri Street and Richard Grimes Kansas City Missouri among many others. The fragmentary text mixes names with scattered street numbers and cities, yielding an unclear public notice of patients or arrivals.
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