Deaths of Three Hoening Brothers Under Investigation in St Louis
Police await autopsies after three elderly Hoening brothers Charles 62 George 64 and Henry 60 were found dead in a locked three story brick house in south St Louis. Autopsy results to determine if carbon monoxide poisoning caused the mysterious deaths. No signs of violence or note were found and a coal heating stove had burned out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou U
Hoening Brothers
Charles
George
Henry
ST. Louis
South St. Louis
Hoening
Bet
Local Firm Protest highlights zoning limits near KU campus
Commissioners weigh parking on University Drive as a protest against rezoning. Planning Commission studies off street parking for Greek houses and rooms, with action planned for the Pi Phi building. Discussion includes potential group sites near existing Greek homes and endowment land south of campus, while Hal's Acres plat is deferred and a 67% acre annexation is read on first reading.
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University Drive
Kansas University
U.S. Highway 59
Planning Commission
Jim Wigglesworth
Pi Phi
George Bradshaw
Wigglesworth
West Hills
John Weatherwax
K.U. Endowment Association
Hal
East Twenty-Third Street
Barker Avenue
Fifteenth
Harmon Is Signed Again for Athletics Radio Broadcasts
Merle Harmon was signed today for another season as an announcer for the Kansas City Athletics radio network. The agreement keeps Harmon in the booth for play by play and color commentary across each game, maintaining continuity for fans listening across the region.
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Kansas City
Merle Harmon
Kansas City Athletics
Mousetrap Dilemma Returns to Iron-Willed Landlady
In a quirky tale, the landlady Mrs Goonsgarten shifts from traps to tricks as she refuses to heat the house and posts signs like Mousie Go Home to deter mice. The narrator reports mice countering with a plan to outmaneuver her and vows to write to Liberace for help restoring her fierce, old self.
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Goonsgarten
Liberace
Sunflower Changes Plant Leadership at SOW and Related Sites
Sunflower plant leadership shifts as project engineer assigns to move ammonia lines from Missouri Ordnance Works to Texas. Ripley becomes manager at San Jacinto Ordnance Works. later named Hercules Sunflower chief during peak Korean War rocket powder production. About 2,300 workers remain at the complex. Residents at Staff Village include Ripley and Tucker, with Tucker from Gold Hill North Carolina, and Sleight and Runyan linking to multiple Hercules sites. The article traces the new managers’ backgrounds, education, and family ties across Sunflower and related plants.
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George Ripley
Tucker Bevier Sleight JR
Ordnance Plant
George N. Ripley
Hercules Powder Co
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Wilmington
Del
Richard C. Tucker
Ripley
S.O.W
Bevier H. Sleight
Tucker
Journal- World
Missouri Ordnance Works
Texas
San Jacinto Ordnance Works
O. W
Hercules
Sunfiner
Staff Village
Helen Ripley
Lawrence
Kansas University
Denver
Sunflower
Port Ewen
N. Y
North Carolina State Grad
Gold Hill
N. C
North Carolina State College
Kenvil
N. J
Mary Lee
Andy
Sleight
Washington and Jefferson College
Washington
Radford Ordnance Works
Virginia
Gretchen
Bill
Boucky
Runyan
Monsanto Chemical Co
Bunyan
Melanie
Jerry
Births and Dismissals List From Memorial Hospital
Memorial Hospital reports births including a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. War Baldwin and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ice. The roster also lists multiple dismissals and residents in Eudora, Burlingame, Bonner Springs, and nearby.
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Geraldine Camppell
Eudora
Betty Cassity
E. 15Th St
Joyce Miller
Emma Rowing
Bernice Brune
Highland Dr
Velma Holliday
Donna Rayburn
Larry Stemmerman
Miss. St
Mary Hecken
Sunnyside
Ethel Johnson
Leland Boettcher
Burlingame
Bernice Lath
War Baldwin
Martin Ice
Cadet St
Hall appeals for more drought relief designations in Kansas
Kansas Governor Fred Hall renewed his plea for emergency drought designation for additional counties to qualify for federal aid under Public Law 875. He asked President Eisenhower and Agriculture Secretary Benson to include Decatur Norton Phillips Smith Sheridan Graham Rooks Osborne Gore Trego Fills Russell Lane Ness Rush Washington Lyon Sedgwick Butler Greenwood Sumner and Cowley among the relief areas. Drought committees updated the list after reviewing conditions and urged re petition for drought relief.
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Topeka
Fred Hall
Kansas
Eisenhower
Agriculture
Benson
Pawnee
Edwards
Stafford
Geary R
Morris
Cheyenne
Sherman
Wallace
Greeley
Scott, Republic, Cloud, Clay, Dickinson
Ellsworth
McPherson
Reno
Rawlins
Thomas
Logan
Wichita
Jewell
Mitchell
Ottawa
Licoln
Salina
Rice
Mailion
Harvey
Chase
Hall
Decatur
Norton
Phillips
Smith
Sheridan
Graham
Rooks
Osborne Gore
Trego
Fills
Russell
Lane
Ness
Rush
Washington
Lyon
Sedgwick
Butler
Greenwood
Sumner
Cowley
KU to Add Housing as University Seeks More Rooms
University officials in Lawrence outline plans to start new dormitories and apartments next year to relieve Sunnyside temporary housing. The project aims to cap permanent units at 211, with 186 temporary and 25 permanent units currently in use. By 1970 the student body could reach 17,000, prompting ongoing housing shortages and reliance on a three-quarter mill tax levy for dorm funding.
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Lawrence
Wilson
University
Sunnyside
Sunflower
11Th and
Mo. Sts
Nichols
K. U
Three Tuesday Lawrence area crashes total $900 in damage
Three Tuesday afternoon wrecks in the Lawrence area caused an estimated $900 in damage with no injuries. A car driven by Joseph Witmer of Topeka overturned near US 24 after passing a semi, hitting a truck driven by Merle Wilkenning of Riley. a second collision at 7th and Tenn left $175 in damage between a Denver man and a Bucyrus resident. a KU campus crash on Jayhawk Drive caused $125 in damage between a Missouri woman and a Bucyrus man. A trash barrel fire behind the Fleet home prompted firemen to respond, but caused no damage.
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Lawrence
Joseph Roy ‘Witmer
Topeka
Highway Patrol
Witmer
Merle E. Wilkenning
Riley
Colligan
7Th and
Tenn, Sts
David L. Davidson
Denver
Irving Bratton
Tenn. St
Jayhawk Drive
Kansas Uniersity
Margerette Berger
la. St
Wilbur M. Jones
Bucyrus
Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence Area Obituaries
Several obituaries note deaths from strokes and illnesses. Mrs. Lillie Ellis widow of Judge John Wesley Ellis of Tulsa died after a December stroke. funeral in Nevada Missouri. Mrs. Marie Kientz 48 Meriden died from a stroke. services at Meriden Methodist Church. Mrs Mollie Scott 86 died at County Convalescent Home. funeral plans pending. Mrs Hilda Raffle Ballard 79 Wellington former Lawrence resident. funeral in Wellington. Richard Martindale Stugard KA sophomore killed in New Rochelle auto crash. funeral postponed due to travel issues.
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Lillie Ellis
John Wesley Ellis
Tulsa
Okla
Lawrence
Eleanor Strunk
Nevada
Mac
Floyd Ellis
Aaron Ellis
Marie Kientz
Meriden
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Kansas City
O. L.kientz
Warren Hannah
Meriden Methodist Church
Mollie Scott
Platte County
John Scott
Ind. Sr
W. L. Chubb
Wayne Leland Chubb
Bethesda
Clay Harris
Weston
Hallie Harris
Miss. St
Hugh Harris
E Rito
N. M
Hilda R. Ballard
Hilda Raffle Ballard
Wellington
Effie McKissack
Emma Salisbury
Walker Roffle
Babylon Roffle
Stugard
Richard Martindale Stugard
K.A
New Rochelle
N. Y
Erwin Stugard
Local Man Charged For Tavern Shooting Melee
A 37 year old North Lawrence man, Louis Morris, 413 N 2nd St, is charged with assault with intent to kill after allegedly firing three shots at Town Tavern patrons on Christmas Eve. He was disarmed by a customer, faces drunkenness and vagrancy charges, and remains jailed on a $1,500 bond with trial set for January 9.
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North Lawrence
Louis Morris
N. 2Nd St
Morris
Alma Brokmann
N. J. St
Paul Stowe
Perry St
Orange Bowl telecast by CBS Buick sponsors
The Orange Bowl game between undefeated Maryland and Oklahoma will be broadcast on CBS-TV at 1 p.m. Monday on channels 5 and Title play by Tom Harmon with Chris Schenko as color announcer. Oklahoma has 27 straight wins. Maryland 14. The game decides the mythical national champion.
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Maryland University
Oklahoma University
Cbs-Tv
Buick Dealers
Oklahoma
Maryland
Tom Harmon
Michigan
Chris Sehenko
Kansas Voters Face Tax Law Changes and Absentee Rules
Two new tax laws would invalidate only parts of ballots, liberalize absentee voting for near deadline, allow peacetime military voting, and let ill voters register by affidavit. Election boards gain meal breaks. November plans seek constitutional change to tax motor vehicles by registration. Advocates say many owners currently dodge vehicle taxes.
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Nooe
Kansas
Kansan
Russ Council Okays Budget for 1956 Moscow V
The Council of Nationalities, a chamber of the Soviet Supreme Soviet, passed the 1956 budget unanimously. Changes proposed by Finance Minister A G Zverev were minor and previously presented.
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Moscow V
Council of Nationalities
Supreme Soviet
A. G. Zverev
Florida visit tied to Eisenhower reelection plans
In a brief note, the Florida stop is linked to Eisenhower’s reelection bid with a late announced Key West visit. He will stay at the naval base favored by Truman, underscoring a conservative campaign cadence amid circulating rumors of a changing election strategy. In related town news, two men were sentenced for drunkenness in police court, with sentences of 30 days each for Alexander Davis and Charles E Hui, the latter suspended for six months probation.
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Key West
Eisenhower
Naval Base
Truman
Alexander Davis
Charles E. Hui
Markets Ala Glance Mixed Trading Quiet and Steady
Markets show mixed trading across grains and livestock with hedges on cotton and wheat. Kansas City cash grains show varied gains and losses with wheat around 2.11 to 2.42 futures and soybeans around 2.29 to 2.33, while livestock futures note hogs up 25 to 50 cents and cattle steady to 50 cents higher with prime slaughter demand.
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K. C. Cash Grain
Kansas City
Kansas
Beltsville
Young Guineas
USDA
Unnamed Man Given Suspended Sentence in Assault Case
Howard Dean Patterson of 8464 Mass St received a 30 day sentence in police court for assault and battery and property destruction at Brunswick Billiards Parlor. Sentence suspended if he pays for repairs. He is also serving a 30 day sentence for drunkenness related to the same arrest.
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Howard Dean Patterson
Mass
Brunswick Billiards
Mass, St
Patterson
Final County CROP Drive total reaches 5863 for hungry abroad
Douglas County CROP drive total gifts 5863.23 will purchase 1912 carloads of powdered milk for hungry overseas. Lawrence residents contributed 3414.89. Canvassing by 12 churches, 8 campus groups, and Haskell workers. Township sums noted for Baldwin City to Willow Springs. Miscellaneous gifts 219.37.
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Douglas County
Walter Kampschroeder
Lawrence
Fred Bremer
E. U
Haskell
Baldwin City
Duff Waggoner
Eudora
Charles Gerstenberger
Lecompton
Pete Bahnmaier
Robert Nets
Grant
Raymond Pine
Clinton
Kanwaka
Carl Kampschroeer
Marlon
Robert Flory
Palemyra
Oscar Williams
Sol
Wakarusa Towenship
Naomi Smith
Willow Springs
Otto Hr
Eight cited in police court for traffic violations
Eight persons faced traffic cases in police court. Larry M. Smith of 333 U1. St. fined for reckless driving and improper passing and required to write a 300 to 500 word traffic safety essay. Others include Susan W. Woodruff of 2 Westwood Rd fined 10 with 4 suspended for a traffic school session and speeding charges against Gary Norris of Williamstown, Gary Gillum, Errol J. Kampschroeder, Frederick M. Inyard, Norman D. Vaughn, and David Davidson. bonds forfeited in one yielding-right-of-way case.
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Larry M. Smith
Maxwell
Susan W. Woodruff
Westwood Rd
Gary Norrtis
Wiliamstown
Gary Gillum
Hunning
Errol J. Kampschroeder
Richland
Frederick M. Inyard
3Rd St
Norman D
Vaughn
Ohio St
David Davidson
Denver
Colo
Drunk Drivers Sentenced In City Court
Two men were sentenced Tuesday in police court for driving under the influence. Charlie L. Patton of 1311 N. St. received 30 days in jail and a $100 fine plus $7 in fines for speeding two stop signs and driving without a license. Marion E. Berry of Wichita was fined $100 and given a 30 day suspended sentence with six months probation.
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Nquor
Charlie L. Patton
Marion E. Berry
Wichetta
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Army
Sharon
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Memorial Hospital
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K.U
School of Business
Jac Wilson
W. J. Fleet
Vt. St
Douglas County Building & Loan Assn
Lawrence Building *& Loan Assn
Adv
Gerald E. Craig
Baldwin
U.S. 50
Craig
Bossy
Stor
Weather Bureau
Tuberculosis and Health Association
Cc. E. Decker
Russ Council
Florida
Wall Street
New York
N.Y
Admiral
Allied
Chrysler
KanG&e
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Mont Ward
NY Central
Ohio
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Socony Ieva Motors
Spen Chem
Stoke van Cants
Pac
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George Pickens
John Plckens
Vermont
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