Escapee Taken With Boys Aid in Painesville
AP reports Alfred Sponowicz 38, a top FBI target, was captured after 16 hours on the run following a hospital guard’s pistol theft. Eight boys aged 8 12 chased him to a railroad ditch where police recovered him as Secret Service and local officers joined the arrest. Mrs Iva Marie Cook 25 of Cleveland aided the escape by slipping him a pistol in a baby blanket.
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Painesville
Ohio
FBI
Alfred Sponowicz
Oponowicz
Opanowicz
Secret Service
Iva Marie Cook
Cleveland
Lawrence Kiwanis Christmas Party Held at Eldridge Hotel
Lawrence Kiwanis Club held its annual Christmas party at noon in the Crystal Room of the Eldridge Hotel. Guests included members children and grandchildren, with a total attendance of 140 people.
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The
Lawrence Kiwanis Club
Crystal Room
Eldridge Hotel
Leavenworth Mother Killed in Accident
A wreck on Kansas 92 three miles west of Leavenworth killed Mrs. Charles Winkler 42 and injured her 14 year old son Gary. Gary was listed in satisfactory condition at Leavenworth hospital.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Kansas 92
Charles Winkler
Gary
Leaven Hospital
Luxury Theater Eyes Fall Opening at Hillcrest Center
Local developer R M Raney seeks rezoning from single family to shopping center for Lot 16 Centennial Park Addition No 3 south of Hillcrest Shopping Center to build a deluxe 954 seat theater. The plans shift from a west site near Hillcrest Bowl to a location on Iowa.
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Hillcrest Shopping Center
Iowa
Hillcrest Medical Center
Hillcrest Bowl
Towa
Centennial Park
R. M. Raney
Crescent Rd
Raney
Area Fight Probed Near Lawrence Delays Arrests
The sheriff's office investigates a late Wednesday fight on Highway 59 two miles south of Lawrence. Undersheriff Rex Johnson reports six involved with six varying stories. four more to be questioned. An earlier Oak Lodge fight near Baldwin Junction is said to have triggered the later incident.
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Sheriff's Office
Highway 59
Lawrence
Rex Johnson
Johnson
Oak Lodge
Baldwin Junction
Rail Strike Delayed Indefinitely by Court Action
A U.S. District Court in Chicago denied a permanent injunction to bar a nationwide railroad strike but arranged to delay the walkout indefinitely. Judge Joseph Sam Perry said an order against the walkout would be issued pending appeal to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after filings by railroad lawyers.
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Chicago
U.S
Joseph Sam Perry
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Kansas University Tuition Fees Move to Regular Rates
The article outlines KU undergrad and graduate per semester and annual fees for residents and non residents, noting changes since 1963 and comparing with private Midwestern schools and Big Eight universities. It lists specific amounts for Kansas Wesleyan Baker Washburn Bethel and Kansas City Junior College along with annual graduate fees at Colorado Iowa State Missouri Nebraska and Oklahoma.
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Kansas Wesleyan
Salina
Baker University
Baldwin
Washburn University
Topeka
Bethel College
Newton
Kansas City Junior College
Kansas City
Missouri
Colorado University
Iowa State
Missouri University
Nebraska University
Oklahoma University
Kansas State University
Big Eight
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Tax assessors switch to 30 percent true value rule
County officials explain a 30 percent assessment rule required by the Legislature, replacing the previous 24 to 26 percent. With a $10,000 true value home the tax base rises to $3,000, affecting total tax via mill rates and potentially lowering the rate to maintain revenue for city, county, state, and school budgets.
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Rogers
KU to Staff Christmas Day Operations Across City and Campus
KU planners announce limited operations on Christmas with 14 staff in the Kansas Union including food service workers and desk staff open 7 30 a m to 6 p m. Skeleton crews elsewhere will cover power, watch, police, and emergency services as dorms and offices stay staffed for holiday needs.
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Canuteson
The
Kansas Union
Frank Burge
Burge
Prairie Room
Harry Buchholz
Mount Oread
Oread Hall
J.J. Wilson
Wilson
Lawrence
Kansas Highway Patrol
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Sanitation Department
Christmas Day at Work Across Town
The article notes staff on duty at East and West toll plazas and at Topeka Zoo year round from 8 a.m. to sundown. Southwestern Bell expects peak Christmas business with 24 long distance operators on duty, KU days see about 35. Union Bus Depot has ticket sales on Christmas Eve and Day. Rail depots Santa Fe and Union Pacific keep telegraph operators, always open, doubling as ticket sellers during holidays. Hotels, motels, restaurants, gas stations and other workers join holiday staffing nationwide.
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Topeka Zoological Park
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Union Bus Depot
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Indiana seeks Husker coach
Indiana asked Nebraska for permission to talk to Bob Devaney about its coaching vacancy. Nebraska Athletic Director Tippy Dye said Orwig phoned Wednesday to seek approval to visit with Devaney if he wishes. The protocol requires notifying the current school before luring away its coach.
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Lincoln
Neb
Indiana
Nebraska
Cornhusker
Bob Devaney
Tippy Dye
Bill Orwig
Devaney
Mel Fisher 59 Dead at Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Melville C. Fisher 59 of 2300 Orchard Street died about 10:15 a.m. today at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He owned Round Corner Drug Store at 801 Mass. since 1946, born May 5, 1905 in Lawrence. Survivors include wife Betty and three sons. The store, oldest in Lawrence, survived Quantrill’s 1863 destruction and was rebuilt after relocation.
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Melville C
Mel) Fisher
Orchard Sa
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Fisher
Lawrence
Round Corner
Mass. St
Rumsey
Round Corner Drug Store
St. Louis
Quantrill
Barren Rocks of Aden Point to South Arabia Hills
South Arabia’s jagged rocks and sharks tooth hills are celebrated in the pipe march The Barren Rocks of Aden. The piece remains familiar to generations of British soldiers.
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South Arabia
Aden
Floods knock out towns and strand thousands across West Coast
Refugees seek high ground as towns like Guerneville and Pepperwood vanish under flood waters. Rescue crews from San Francisco to Eureka rush supplies, with helicopters, ships, and a 20 man search party probing wreckage. One man is dead, and hundreds face displacement as rainfall and swollen rivers overwhelm California Oregon Washington and Idaho.
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Pepperwood
Air Observer
Garberville
Civil Defense
South Fork
Myers Flat
Stafford
Weatt
Guerneville
Red Cross
California
San Francisco
Humboldt County
Bennington
Eureka
Coast Guard
Montana
Yuba City
Feather River
Yosemite National Park
Oregon
Mark Hat
Thomas Green Injured In Wednesday Accident
Thomas D. Green a 17 year old resident of Orchard Lane was in a one car crash about 10 p m Wednesday twenty two miles northwest of Lawrence on a county road He veered into a ditch after a hill crest and loss of control the car overturned He did not require treatment. Another accident near Baldwin Junction at U S 59 10 miles south of Lawrence at midnight left no injuries.
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Thomas D. Green
Orchard Lane
Lawrence
Green
Rex Johnson
Johnson
Douglas County
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Crane & Co., Inc
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John Day River
Portland
Washington-Oregon
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Asotin
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Walla Walla
Idaho
John Nock
Grayneville
Reno
Nev
Thomas Green
Lawrence Memorial Co
Norman Enodacott
Lawrence Building & Loan Assn
Lawrence Building A Loan Association
Massachusetts
H. C. Brinkman
Warren E. Decker
James F. Schubert
Olin K. Petefish
L. E. Eby
Janice Ware
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Arthur Hopkins
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