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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1956
Page
2
Bonn Chancellor Konrad Adenauer voiced confidence that 1957 will bring closer the unification of divided Germany. In a Christmas Day radio address he said the Saar border territory with a million German speakers will return to Germany on January 1, calling it a great joy and sign of uninterrupted political work.
A dozen Santa Clauses helped a destitute West Virginia family of four in Clarksburg after they lost their home and funds. Thomas Luce, 31, wife Opal, and children Lila Jane and Bradley, were staying at a downtown hotel with Travelers Aid. Santas gave meals, clothing invitations to Christmas dinner, and cash gifts totaling about $50, with no donors identifying themselves.
Julie Mizzi 14 returns home after a frightening incident in which a mistaken belief that her infant sister Carol died caused her to flee. She left a note claiming intent to die, triggering a police search before she hid at a friend's Long Island home.
Snow flurries fell in sections of the Northeast and northern Rockies while most areas stayed partly cloudy. Eastern states saw colder weather with readings from 8 degrees below zero in Grantsburg Wisconsin to the 50s in northern Florida. Southern Florida remained mild in the 70s as a warming trend reached the Northern Plains with temperatures 10 to 15 degrees higher than a day earlier. Readings near and below freezing.
Mrs Bertha May Holladay 65 died at home 734 Walnut St Survivors include her husband four daughters and four sons five sisters and 22 grandchildren Funeral arrangements to be announced from Rumsey Funeral Home The Bermuda pink sands are tiny ground cores.
In San Fernando California Scoutmaster Walter Warloe 41 died when a bus carrying 36 scouts and church youth singers crashed after a breakdown on a Christmas caroling trip. Driver of another vehicle faced manslaughter and drunken driving charges. Warloe a Lockheed assembly supervisor and YMCA helper left a widow Peg and two children Kris Keith Karen. The tragedy sits amid holiday widows and quiet homes.
In Glendora California a Santa Fe Chief engine stop delights 24 year old Glen Crutcher who waves to the crew nightly. Engineers Bryant and Parrish give him small gifts before speeding off. State Board approves Lawrence's cooperative part time trade class citing successful student placements and an advisory committee. Community businesses host training stations aiding the work study program.
The Watkins Barbershop at 407 N. 2nd St was ordered closed Monday by Al Knight vice chairman of the Kansas Board of Barber Examiners for failing to meet state sanitary requirements. The shop remains shut until regulations are satisfied as part of a broader enforcement push with annual inspections and more frequent checks.
Adam Anthony Steel, 38, husband of Anita Ekberg, faces a January 11 trial in Municipal Court on a drunk driving charge after his attorney entered a plea of innocent yesterday. Steel was arrested December 15. Charles H. Miles, 69, longtime traffic bureau chief for the Associated Press in Baltimore, died yesterday. he served 30 years before retirement and was born in Latta, D.C.
At Memorial Hospital several patients are admitted including Mrs Lette Allison of 1231 Del St and Mrs Doris Snow of 944 E 19th St along with Mrs Doris Mumford 2245 Tenn St Mrs Alice Lassmar 1806 Naismith Dr Mrs Madelyn Collins 144 Mich St Mrs Etta Taylor Lecmopion Mrs Ruth Van Derbark 1601 Tenn St Dismissals include Mrs Sylvia Childers Mrs Norma Banks and baby born in Tonganoxie Mrs Phoebe Schneck and baby born at 31501 Cadet Ave Mrs May Acher 721 Etm St Clark Morton Route 3 Mrs Elsie Whipple 607 La St Mrs Priscilla Reynolds 2000 Barker Court Roger Randel Baldwin BITES Mr and Mrs William Tassman 1806 Naismith Dr a daughter Mr and Mrs Edwin Mumford 2245 Tenn St a son today.
Stella Andrews Upshur aged 90, longtime Norfolk society editor and women's editor for the Norfolk Lodger Star, died Sunday. Born in Benevolence, California, she devoted four decades to the paper and local society reporting.
Milwaukee police take 15 year old Marilyn Unruh, blind since birth, on a Christmas ride to the 7th Precinct station where officers grant her holiday wish list. Gifts include a Braille wristwatch, a three speed phonograph, records, a school briefcase, slippers, and warm mittens. Patrolman Ben Wacker started the effort after a neighborly chat, gathering donations from fellow officers to deliver a joyful surprise.
Queen Elizabeth II called for an end to divisions in the British Commonwealth over Britain's invasion of Egypt. She spoke in a Christmas broadcast not naming the enterprise, but urging tolerance and loyalty amid strains with the United States and rebels within the Commonwealth.
Unrest and hatred accompany a Christmas mood as Western Europe savors a fragile holiday amid rationed fuel and economic strain. A shopkeeper notes a rare cheer while postwar shortages and the Egyptian setback sting oil supplies. Pope Pius XII observes midnight Mass at the Vatican as the region braces for the new year.
The United States and other Western Hemisphere nations shared holiday aid abroad as American troops distributed candy toys and clothing. In Korea the 4th Division aided 4,000 orphans while West Berlin GIs hosted 3,500 children. Antarctica’s Deep Freeze marked a lonely Christmas with trees from Oregon and services at McMurdo Sound.
The Grayson Happy Hour Club held a Christmas party with an all day meeting at Bonnie Ready's home, Olive Holbrook co hosting, a roast turkey, and a gift exchange after devotions by Alma Casebler. The Presbyterian Missionary Society met with Ida McCreight assisting. Mrs Turner presided, Nellie Pennington read minutes, Addie Colbert spoke on Christmas Among the Dakota Indians, and Bessie Williamson presented The Top of the World.
Louise Spencer led carol singing as hostesses served ice cream cake and coffee at the Past Matrons Christmas banquet Wednesday night. Thirty Pastor trons gathered after turkey at West Side Cafe, exchanging gifts for Sunshine Pals under a Christmas tree. Edith Morris Lila Means and Jean Luster organized the program and tree. Elizabeth Slade of Atchison attended.
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