Explosion at Produce House Kills One and Injures Dozens
An explosion at a two story brick Janger Produce Co building in Oklahoma City collapses the structure, killing at least one and injuring about 20 with many trapped. Ninety minutes later three employees remained trapped as 80 firemen worked to free them. A nearby cafe roof collapsed injuring nine more. manager Harry Janger suspects natural gas caused the blast.
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Oklahoma City
Janger
J. C. Hawk
Hawk
Ex Lawrence Grid Star Chooses Dodge City Season Highlight
ex Lawrence High and Bethany College quarterback star Bob Gerard returns to town over holidays. now coaching Dodge City High School B team after a strong 1955 season 8-1 in football and 60 league win slate. Gerard carries a 28-14 five year coaching record and previously led Inman High basketball squads.
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Bob Gerard
Dodge City High School
Mable Gerard
St. Gerard
Mise Gaylene Kennedy
J. R
St. Dodge ‘Ay
Hays Cadets
Lawrence High
Bethany College
Inman High
Dodge
Gerard
Inman
Lawrence Premaate
Dodge City Grid
Weather Tonight Lists Eight New Marriage Licenses
In Evcrete Court this morning eight marriage licenses were issued as June, a busy marriage month, continues. Couples include Artis Monroe Allen aged 27 and Lola Frances Blevins 18 of Mountain View Arkansas. Von Harvey Storey 77 and Pansy Muriel Childress 17 of Monett Missouri. John D. Dweeney 22 and Donna M. Ramsour 71 of Joplin Missouri. Stanton Ball 22 and Arita Marie Olson 21 of Lawrence. George E. Garwe 2 and Elaine F. Tugale 24 of Clay Center. Heroes Dean Uni 71 and Mary Jane Pittman 17 of Hambuss. Dwight L. Ingraham 47 and Mary J. Ward of Kansas City. Glenn Donion 45 and Maude Holland 41 of Blue Springs Missouri.
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Evcrete Court
Artis Monroe
Allen
Lola Frances Blevins
Mountain View
Ark
von Harvey Storey
Pansy Muriel Childress
Monett
John D. Dweeney
Lawrence
Donna M. Ramsour
Joplin
Stanton Mball
Arita Marie Olson
George E. Garwe
Wamego
Elaine F. Tugale
Clay Center
Dean Uni
Kansas City
Kas
Mary Jane Pittman
Dwight L. Ingraham
Mary J
Tidwell to Sugar Bowl 1500-Meter Dash
Bill Tidwell of Emporia State College will depart for New Orleans next Thursday to race in the Sugar Bowl 1500 meters. He previously placed second in the Sugar Bowl mile behind Wes Santee and will face Oregon's Jim Bailey and BM Dellinger and Oklahoma's Sture Landquist in the New Year event.
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Emporia
Bill Tidwell
Emporia State College
New Orleans
Wes Santee
Kansas
Jim Bailey
BM Dellinger
Oregon
Sture Landquist
Oklahoma
Droodles Recall of Ballantyne Sisters Carnival Jobs in WV
A reminiscence from a former Ballantyne Sisters Carnival worker describes odd tasks in West Virginia. The narrator recalls duties ranging from mixing pills into coffee to supervising trick performers and handling payments and scheduling for unusual acts.
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Ballantyne Sisters Carnival
West Virginia
Pope Urges End to Atomic Tests and Weapons
Pope Pius XII in his annual Christmas message urged a three step plan to curb nuclear arms: renounce experiments, reject use, and establish global control. He called for an international treaty and warned that stopping tests alone is insufficient. The pope also defended religious liberty and reiterated Catholic Church opposition to communism.
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Pius XII
Vatican
Catholic Church
Colder Weather Ahead for Kansas No Snow Christmas
Kansas expected to see a sharp drop in temperatures with cloudy skies but no moisture. Forecasters predicted negligible precipitation and a range of lows from near 15 in the northwest to 20 to 30 in the southeast, with Christmas highs in the 30s to low 40s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Garden City
Dodge City
Wichita
Russell
Pittsburg
Foreclosure Action Filed on 77 Properties in Douglas County
Douglas County commissioners filed a judicial foreclosure on 77 properties with four or more years of unpaid taxes in District Court. It marks the first such action since 1948 as delinquent parcels valued over ten thousand dollars trigger court action. Owners may still redeem by paying taxes and costs. non redeemed land will go to public auction next spring per Ernest Klooz.
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Douglas County
Ernest Klooz
Thieves Break In At Kraft Appliance Co
About midnight Friday a break-in at Kraft Appliance Co. 1405 Mass St. netted roughly $1,200 in cash and checks from a metal box on the counter. Owners say the money was not in the safe. the window was broken in from the alley. Duane Kraft says the loss is uninsured.
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Kraft Appliance Co
Mass
Duane Kraft
Monday Basketball Hours Change at City Courts
The Community Building court will be closed to youngsters on Monday while the Robinson Gym annex opens from 1.10 to 5 p.m. Wayne Bly, city recreation director, announced. Both courts will be open for the rest of the week.
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Robinson Gym
Wayne Bly
Boy Appeals to Paper for Help in Father’s Disappearance
A Chicago year old boy named Eugene Stokes Jr appeals to the Chicago Tribune after his father vanishes for over a month. He writes of family hardship and asks for his father’s picture to be printed to help find him. the spouse says the father left after an argument and has not been seen.
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Chicago
Santa Claus
Chicago Tribune
The
Tribune
Eugene Stokes Jr
Mrs. Slakes
Eugene
Christmas traffic toll climbs toward record 560
The Christmas holiday period saw 86 traffic fatalities by noon with totals rising to 102 in all categories. The National Safety Council estimates 560 Americans may die in three days ending Monday, a potential record for holiday travel. Weather varied with rain, fog, and snow across regions.
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Tte Associated Press
National Safety Council
Seven From Here Plan To Go To Law Meeting
Seven members of the Law School faculty at Kansas University will attend the annual Association of American Law Schools meeting in Chicago. Attending are Dean F. J. Moreau, Professors Quintin Johnstone and M. C. Slough, Visiting Professor John W. Giles, Associate Professor Charles Oldfather, and Assistant Professors Earl Shurtz and Dan Hopson. Johnstone and Oldfather are on leave. Johnstone is visiting Yale University and Oldfather is visiting Wisconsin. Johnstone is in charge of the program.
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K Knsas University
Association of American Law Schools
Chicago
F.J. Moreau
Quintin Johnstone
M. C. Slough
John W. Giles
Charles Oldfather
Earl Shurtz
Dan Hopson
Johnstone
Oldfather
Fire crews respond to furnace motor overheat at Cordell home
Lawrence firemen were called early today to the F A Cordell residence at 2151 Mas Street where a furnace motor overheated. There was no other damage.
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Lawrence
F. A. Cordell
Mas. St
Deaths and Funerals in local notices
Mrs Eunice Pomeroy of Tonga Yoxle Route 2 died Friday after illness while directing a Christmas program. Cerebral hemorrhage listed as cause. She was wife of Lon Pomeroy and taught at multiple area schools. Funeral Tuesday 2 pm at Methodist Church Tonganoxie burial Highland Park. Anna Marie Coffelt 18 months died pneumonia at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Survived by parents, brother, and grandparents. Funeral 3:30 pm Tuesday Rumsey Funeral Home burial DeSoto Cemetery.
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Eunice Pomeroy
Tongayoxle
Route 2
Hark Hollow
Pomeroy Wa
Lon Pomeroy
Mc.Ginnis
Tonganoxie
Jarbalo
DeSoto
Center School
Kansas City
Judy
Kathy
John L. Wallin
Methodist Church
Order of the Eastern Star
Tonganoxia
Highland Park Cemetery
Anna Marie Coffatt
Anna Marie Coffelt
Richard Coffelt
Maple St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
George Newton Coffelt
Thomas Steele
Louis Coffelt
Rumsey Fneral
DeSoto Cemetery
North Lebanon Cancels Christmas Festivities
In north Lebanon the Christmas celebrations were canceled out of respect for flood victims after heavy rains caused the Abou Ali River to overflow and drown over 100 people in Tripoli area. The Greek Orthodox Bishop Theodosious Abou Ajeil questioned celebration as 70 families became destitute.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Tripoli
Abou Ali
Theodosious Abou Ajeil
Ortodox
Trinity Episcopalians Plan Christmas Eve Service
The Trinity Episcopal congregation will use Trinity Lutheran Church for a Christmas Eve service at 11 15 p m with 15 minutes of organ music by G Criss Simpson. Rev. Robert Swift will conduct the service with a larger community choir and soloists Jean Tilton Jack Davison and Ann Templeton. Dr Elin Jorgensen directs the choir.
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Trinity Episcopal Church
Trinity Lutheran Church
G. Criss Simpson
Robert Swift
Lawrence
Elin Jorgensen
Jean Tilton
Jack Davison
Ann Templeton
State Hunters Asked to Provide Duck Geese Data
About 8 000 Kansas hunters will be asked by the State Forestry Fish and Game Commission to supply information on duck and geese hunting. Questionnaires seek days afield, counts and kinds of birds bagged, and hunting counties. The move aligns with Central Flyway data collection.
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Pratt
Kansas
Canada
Mexico
Commission
Births and dismissals noted at Memorial Hospital and local records
Memorial Hospital lists numerous births and discharges including baby Wingert and baby Read among local residents. Names span Darlene Holt to Norma Kurtz with multiple routes and streets. Also reports a Pennsylvania school survey finding on tonsil, vision, heart defect and dental care rates.
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William Griesa
Io. St
Darlene Holt
Kanena City
Marcene Shockley
Eudora
Carl Davis
Turner
Dorothy Guy
Berbice Lathrom
Locust St
E. L. James
2Nd St
Martha Dirk
Robert Ross
DeSoto
Ruth Harwood
Barker Ave
Boy Wingert
Lathrop B. Read Sr
Grace Morse
Marie Brohammer
Baldwin
Nellie Johnstone
Skyline Trailer Ct
Barbara [Carrier
Tenn. St
Mary S. McGee
Elmer Cox
Nora Ketchum
Mich
Sally Davis
Pennsylvania
Lawrence News Highlights From Christmas Week
Lawrence residents faced a quiet campus as Kansas University closed for vacation with classes resuming January 4. Judge Rankin issued unique parole guidance for three Topeka High pupils, while weather and holiday cheer shaped the city. Neon Santa displays drew praise on Maiden Lane and local banks opened for holiday trade. Western feeder lambs require rest and water before pasture.
Legless Veteran Gets Pension Back for Now
James Kutcher, WWII veteran who lost his legs, has his government pension restored temporarily by the Veterans Administration while a loyalty question is resolved. His sole income had been suspended after undisclosed charges, but the VA acted to prevent hardship. The case, tied to his Socialist Workers party membership, awaits court action.
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Washington i
James Kutcher
Veterans Administration
Kutcher
New York Post
New York
Newark
N.J
Socialist Workers Party
Yugoslavia Could Be Named U N Middle East Mediator
Speculation rises that Yugoslavia may be drafted for a U N Security Council seat and act as a behind the scenes mediator in the Middle East dispute now before the council. The council heard Syria's charges and adjourned as it weighs action without inflaming the regional crisis. Syria demands Israel be expelled and face economic penalties for a Dec 11 attack on Syrian posts.
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United Nations
N.Y
Yugoslavia
U.N. Security Council
Middle East
Syria
Terael
Cuba
Australia
Palestine
E. L. M. Burns
Council
Israel
U.N
Russ May Be Ready For Curtain Opening
Washington officials say despite Geneva failure the Soviet Union may open its iron curtain more in coming months. The United States will distribute Amerika in the Soviet Union, reviving the cultural magazine after 1952 shutdown, with plans of a non political English language sister publication from Moscow.
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Washington
M-State Department
Russia
State Department
United States
Soviet Union
Amerika
Theodore C. Streibert
U.S. Information Agency
Huge Sign at Frontier for Jordan and Israel Armistice
In Jerusalem a large English sign reading Morre Chrstians marks the armistice frontier between Jordan and Israel. Christian pilgrims from Israel and abroad pass into Jordan for a midnight bell toll in Artresar, despite some travelers being kept from crossing by Jordanian lists. About 1,700 pilgrims and international tourists were expected to cross for the Judean Hills trek amid troop activity.
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Jerusalem
Jordan
Israel
Artttesar
Judean Hills
Pathieven
Workman Uninjured As Pick Hits Electric Line
Yonkers New York a workman James Walsh aged 55 struck a 13 000 volt line with a pick Friday and escaped serious injury. He was thrown but refused hospital care thanks to rubber overshoes thick gloves and wood handle. The jolt cut power to 32000 customers for seven minutes.
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Yonkers
N.Y
James Walsh
Postal detectives trace Christmas package to Shawnee
A San Francisco postal effort unraveled a mutilated Christmas parcel destined for Shawnee. Only the two legible words Dovie and Shawnee remained, guiding workers to Mrs. Dovie Wise of Shawnee where the package was delivered after several calls.
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Shawnee, Okla
San Francisco
California
Dovie
Dovie Wise
Shawnee, Ja
Prisoner seeks lie detector test to end drinking
In St Joseph Missouri one inmate jailed for drunkenness asked jailer Pete Murphy for a lie detector test saying he had drunk for 25 years and hoped the test would show him he was lying to himself about stopping drinking.
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ST Joseph
Pete Murphy
Wealthy Houston man given steam shovel gift prank
A Houston man confessed to friends that he always wanted to run a steam shovel. For his birthday they rented one and left it on his lawn as a prank, showcasing a playful but costly joke among friends.
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Houston
Tex
Shady Deal Claims California Window Shades Sale
A California store in Ver City markets window shades and shutters with a bold sign promising the shadiest deal in town. The ad emphasizes factory pricing and in-store selection to attract customers.
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Calif
Market News Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices Rise in Kansas City
Livestock markets show mixed changes from last week. Cattle values mostly firm to higher with spots down. hogs steady to higher on barrows and gilts, sows weaker. lambs and woolly slaughter weights mostly higher. Grain and dairy prices listed alongside, with poultry and eggs varying by weight and grade.
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N. C
Kansas City Wo
USDA
U. S
Farmers Face Dual Social Security Numbers Requirement
Kansas State College expert says farmers who hire help must have two social security numbers one for personal worker status and one for employer. Self employment tax applies 3 percent on 400 to 4200 dollars. withholds 2 percent from payroll and matches the same as employer. Forms F and 1040 F cover self employment income for tax filing.
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Johny Coolidge
Kansas State Colege
Coolidge
Inexpensive Range Feeder From Old Tires and Barrel
A frugal range feed hopper can be built using a 9 inch or 30 by 20 truck tire base and a 55 gallon metal barrel as a bin. A galvanized cone with cleats supports the barrel over the cone, forming an automatic self feeder for grain or mash at very low cost.
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Lawrence Grid Star Bags
Tidwell
Droodles
Turnpike
Massachusetts Street
Jack Fisher
Kaw River
Santa Fe
Eighth Street
John F. Beasley Construction Co
Muskogee
Okla
Journal-World Photo
Pope
Santa
Law
Mrs
North
Tucson
Ariz
Trinity
Memorial Hospital
George Berry
Miss
Warren Bates Jr
Tenn
Friday
Kansas University
Charles Rankin
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Rankin
Journal- World
Glenn Barnard
Maiden Lane
Barnard
Rudolph
Michigan Street
Lawrence National Bank
Mid East
Russ
Yale
Workman
F. C. B. Farme
Beltsville
Sir Walter Knight
Salt Lake City
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Walter Knight
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