Larceny Charge Is Filed in Norfolk Embezzlement Case
Norfolk businesswoman Minnie Mangum, 52, a long-time Commonwealth Building and Loan official, faces a 200000 dollar grand larceny charge in an embezzlement scheme that could reach one million. Court hearings were adjourned to allow audit work as investigators probe irregularities expanding the case beyond the initial sum.
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Norfolk
Wall
Minnie G. Mangum
Commonwealth Building and Loan Assn
Commonwealth
Atty. Linwood, Tabb Jr
Teg
Miss Mangum
Portsmouth
Tabb
Waukegan
Cannon
Two New Burglaries Boost Weekly Total to Six
Two additional Lawrence area burglaries raised the week’s total to six. At Anderson Furniture Co. on WV H Street a rear door was forced and a $7.31 cash box stolen. Rot bills and other items left unclear. At Tom O Akin Enterprises burglars forced a service door but took no cash, yet over $100 in car accessories vanished. Other break ins targeted Kraft Appliance Frit Wel Service the Dine A Mite Inn and Morton Building Materials lock plant.
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Lawrence
Anderson Furniture Co
WV. H. St
Tom O. Akin Enterprises
Iowa Sts
Kraft Appliance
Frit Wel Service
Morton Building Materials
Droodles and Incoherent New Year Humor Bits
A garbled fragment references New Year celebrations and supposed scientific marks for immediate action. It mentions names like Smith and Koard in unclear quotes and includes disjointed phrases about books, sanity, and social behavior. The text is largely unreadable and lacks a coherent event or outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Pera Sane
Jaon
Koard
Fiat
What Causes Under Ocean Convulsions By Radioactivity
Dr Roger Revelle of Scripps Oceanography ties slow convulsions in ocean floor rocks to radioactivity. He cites two dozen heat flow measurements under the Pacific and similar British data under the Atlantic showing higher total radioactivity beneath oceans. In trenches heat is lower while ridges show higher heat, suggesting downward cold rock under trenches and upward warm rock under ridges, with movement at about one mile per hundred thousand years.
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Los Angeles
Roger Revelle
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
American Physical Society
Revelle
Scripps
Pacific
Atlantic
Great
Acapulco Trench
Central America
Three Dionne Girls Return Home To Mend Rift
Three of the Dionne quintuplets Yvonne Cecile and Annette arrived in North Bay from Montreal to discuss family rifts with their parents Mr and Mrs Oliva Dionne. Their 19 year old brother Oliva Jr and two unnamed youths accompanied them. The visit aims to ease tensions that drew headlines over the past days while Marie the fourth surviving sister remains in Montreal convalescing and Emilie died in 1954.
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North Bay
Ont
Dionne
Oliva Dionne
Quints
Yvonne
Cecile
Annette
Oliva Jr
Montreal
L. M. Edwards
Trust Company
Marie
Emilie
County Clerk Explains Limited Assessment Changes
County Clerk Mathia says the new law does not upend assessment levels and only targets clear outliers due to new development. Public records will be accessible, but Douglas County has long kept valuations public. Assessors receive new forms and land use maps, yet budget limits detailed scientific studies.
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Mathia
Douglas County
Mathta
Murderer of Wilma Allen Found Sane for Trial in KC
Arthur Ross Brown, accused in the abduction and death of Wilma Allen, was deemed sane and fit for trial after a panel of three psychiatrists in Kansas City ruled he could stand trial on federal kidnapping charges. Brown, arrested in San Francisco last November, admitted to kidnapping and killing Allen on August 4, forcing her to drive from a Kansas City shopping center to a Johnson County field.
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Kansas City
Arthur Ross Brown
Wilma Allen
Charles Whittaker
Brown
San Francisco
Allen
Johnson County
Kansas
Kansans Invited to Benson Wheat Meeting Report
Two Kansans Herb Clutter of Holcomb and R L Patterson of Oxford have accepted invitations from Secretary Benson to a Washington meeting on Wheat grower problems. They will report on the conference at the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers annual meeting in Hutchinson January 18 and 19.
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Dodge City
Benson
Washington Dan
Herb Clutter
Holcomb
National Assn. of
R. L
Pat) Patterson
Oxford
Kansas Assn. of
Washington
Hutchinson
Bond Forfeited In Assault Case At Police Court
Mrs. Mildred McCoy of 822 Walnut Street forfeited a $50 bond in police court on an assault charge after a minor stabbing incident during an argument with her husband, according to police.
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Mildred McCoy
Walnut Sr
Two Kansas City Men Given Jail Terms for Drunkenness
Al fred Smith and Hollis R. Scott of Kansas City Missouri received 30 day jail sentences in police court for drunkenness. May D. Greene of Deep Gap Virginia was given a 10 day suspended sentence on the same charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
Alfred ©. Smith
Hollis R. Scott
May D. Greene
Deep Gap
Givn
National Guard Planes To Aid Weekend Safety Effort
Gov. Fred Hall announced National Guard planes will assist during the New Year holiday weekend to reduce highway deaths in Kansas. State patrols will ride with pilots, radio tied to ground units, and patrols will run 18 hours daily. Officials urged local agencies and drivers to enforce traffic laws and drive safely.
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National Guard
Kansas
Fred Hall
U State
Hall
Highway Patrol
Building Trends and Public Works Totals for 1955
The town of about 2,500 shows higher private construction in 1955 despite a dip in total work. Private projects reached 4,396,182, down slightly from 1954. Public works dropped to 737,760, led by sewage and water plant additions. December permits include remodeling of a book store into a cafe and multiple new homes and remodels across various streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Large
W. 14Th St
Local Man Satisfactory From Accident Injuries
Dale E. Brazeal a 33 year old salesman of 1711 West 20th Street Terr was found wandering on a highway near Emporia after his car struck a concrete bridge abutment. He was taken to Newman Hospital at Emporia with a skull fracture and a severe cut on the forehead. He was listed in satisfactory condition at Research Hospital in Kansas City Missouri.
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Dale E. Brazeal
W. 20Th St
Terr
Research Hospital
Kansas City
Brazeal
Emporia
Newman Hospital
Akull
Merley Washington Fined for Unsafe Driving in Police Court
Merley Washington of Route 2 faced a police court fine of ten dollars for operating a vehicle with improper brakes and following another vehicle too closely. The article also notes an estimate of 27 million musical instruments in use in the United States.
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Merley Washington
United States
Deaths and Funerals Mra Mollie Scott
Funeral services for Mrs Mollie Scott 86 died Tuesday at Rumsey Funeral Home at 10 a.m. Saturday with Rev Rudolph C Tatsch. a second service at 2:30 p m Sunday at Salem Church Weston Mo followed by burial at Mt Bethel Cemetery. Robert Hal Marshall 70 Linwood dies at K U Medical Center. funeral 3 p m Saturday at Linwood Methodist Church with burial at Mt Sydney Cemetery. Corellia Jones Cornelia Josephine Jones 77 of Topeka dies. services 2 p m Monday at Rumsey Funeral Home. burial Vinland Cemetery. Surviving relatives include son Norman Jones and daughter Mrs Ralph Tucker.
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Mollie Scott
Rumsey Funeral Home
Rudolph C. Tatsch
Salem Church
Weston
Mt. Bethel Cemetery
Corellia Jones
Cornelia Josephine Jones
Norman Jones
Front St
Topeka
Vinland
Douglas County
Ralph Tucker
Delta
Colo
Lawrence Vieux
Arthur Hammond
Harry Hammond
William Hammond
Drew Hammond
St. Marys
Vinland Cemetery
Robert Hal Marshall
Linwood
Route 1
Kansas City
Xenia Masonic Lodge
Elsie Marshall
William Winkelman
Methodist Church
Mt. Sydney
Quisenberry Funeral Home
Tonganoxie
Doolittle Clyde Cy Doolittle dies in Kansas City
W R Cy Doolittle aged about 60 of Kansas City Missouri died Thursday night He formerly lived in Lawrence He is survived by his wife Bessie Russell Doolittle sister of Mrs R M Rose Jr and several sisters Funeral services set for 3 p m Saturday at Simmons Funeral Home Argentine burial in Memorial Park Cemetery the same afternoon
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W. R
Cy) Doolittle
Kansas City
Lawrence
Bessie Russell Doolittle
R. M. Rose Jr
Simmons Funeral
Argentine
Memorial Park Cemetery
Memorial Hospital Patient List and Dismissals
A hospital roster lists names including Minnie Harris and Rita Krepelka among patients at Memorial Hospital with addresses in Overbrook Linwood Wooster and Denver. Dismissed entries include a newborn son for John Murphy and a daughter for Delbert Groninger, with home addresses in Leland and Aurora.
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Minnie Harris
Funston
Clifford Moore
Overbrook
Rita Krepelka
Linwood
Paul Ebersole
Wooster
Ohio
John M. Lavin
Denver
Colo
Rudolph C. Wenzel
Tenn
Charles Pine
Mass. St
Catherine Brown
Elm St
Noah Harding
Perry
Bonnie, Smith
Norman
Richard Fiddler
Donna May Chapman
Learnard Ave
Johnny
Caroline
Geraldine Baker
Claudia Dean
Eudora
Billy E. Mashburn
Marilou Kay
James M. Walker
Lane H. Sunflower
John Murphy
Locust St
Delbert J. Groninger
Sth St
Charges Dismissed in Baldwin Statutory Rape Case
Henry R. Holladay, 49, of Baldwin, had statutory rape charges dismissed after County Judge Charles Rankin ruled in a preliminary hearing that the state’s evidence failed to sustain the charges.
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Henry R. Holladay
Baldwin
Charles Rankin
Official Blasts Hall Over State Business Involvement
Gov Fred Hall attacked a federal Bureau of Public Roads official for reviewing Kansas Highway Department records after a contractor alleged bid discrimination. Buck said no punitive action, only project approval input. The governor vows to discuss policy with Washington while confirming routine contractor qualification reviews continue nationwide.
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Topera Ut
Fred Hall
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Hall
Buck
Federal Bureau
Kansas
Bureau of Public Roads
Hail
Washington
Frank Harch
United States to retain Okinawa control long term
Secretary of the Army Brucker said the United States intends to retain control of Okinawa for many years. He reported strong U S military presence around Quemoy and Formosa, saw heightened nationalist warning about an attack, but he found no Communist intent to test a response and noted heavy Nationalist mobilization on Quemoy.
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Washington
Brucker
United States
Okinawa
Pacific
Newsmen America
Quernoy
Chiang Kai-shek
Quemoy
Formosa
Chiang
Christmas Tree Note Appears In Wax Wrapped Paper
A local citizen found a handwritten note tied to a Christmas tree branch asking the receiver to send a Christmas gift. The note from Sam years old and addressed to Zell McLaughlin, Tra cadie, N. B., Canada was wrapped in wax paper. The piece contains a small story and a reminder of the Tracadie location on New Brunswick’s northeast tip. Weather forecasts show temperatures rising from the 20s to the 40s in Lawrence and a mild five day outlook with above normal readings expected next week. City offices prepare for the holiday break with limited hours and a brief KU vacation period ending early next week. Final exams are set to begin January 19 and end January 26.
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Sam
Zell McLaughlin
Tracadie
N. B
Canada
New Brunswick
Lawrence
Kansas
Kansas University
U S Responds to Red Blast on Ike With Satellite Pledge
In Key West Florida the White House defended Eisenhower and Dulles against Soviet charges of meddling in Eastern Europe. A Hagerty statement affirmed the US will press for peaceful liberation of captive Europeans until success is achieved.
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Key West
Fla
White House
Eisenhower
United States
James C. Hagerty
Dulles
Nikita
Khrushchev
Russia
Cows Demand Vacation Between Lactations Says Michigan Study
Michigan researchers found dairy cows need six to eight weeks off between lactations. Cows rested six to eight weeks produced 413 pounds of butterfat annually, far more than two weeks off. The study notes a dry period improves output after return to milking. A separate tip suggests rubbing a sticking door key with a soft lead pencil to loosen it.
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Michigan
Increase for Oil Allowable Is Recommended for Kansas
Kansas oil officials considered a record high suggested daily allowable of 340000 barrels for January at a Kansas Corporation Commission hearing. T A Morgan reported January nominations total 293450 barrels daily, with demand forecast at 46000 barrels daily and state storage declines across major Midcontinent regions.
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Kansas
T. A. Morgan
Kansas Corporation Commission
Morgan
Bureau of Mines
Mid-continent
Texas
Oklahoma
Llinois
Indiana
Convicted Slayer Dies by Electric Chair in Pa. Murder Case
Francis X. Ballem, 29, struggled as seven deputy sheriffs handcuffed him for sentencing to death in Pennsylvania's electric chair for the murder and dismemberment of John Dopirak, 33. He shouted curses at Judge William R. Toal after the verdict of first degree murder, and was dragged into court as razor slashing earlier delayed sentencing.
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Pari
Francis X. Ballem
Pennsylvania
Ballem
William R. Toal
Tour
John Dopirak
Chester
Toal
Boy Has Leg Broken In Tractor Accident
Billy Earl Mashburn twelve son of Mr and Mrs Jesse Mashburn Route 5 suffered a broken leg and bruises when thrown from a tractor while working at home. He rode the draw bar and was caught by the wheel then thrown to the ground. His condition was listed as good this afternoon and he is expected to remain in the hospital for several days.
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Billy Earl Mashburn
Jesse Mashburn
Route 5
Market headlines on yearend rally and commodity swings
Market at a glance shows higher stocks as yearend rally begins with gains in steels, coppers, oils, railroads. Cotton and grains mixed with strong wheat and corn, hogs down, cattle steady. Poultry and butter prices listed. Wall Street opens year with active trading around 2.5 million shares and broad gains across sectors.
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Wall Street
New York
Wool Growers Urged to Apply for Wool Payments
Douglas County ASC chairman Bernard Grosdidier urges wool growers to apply for payments under the new wool program. Eligible are sales of short wool and lambs and yearlings sold for slaughter, with applications backed by sales documents and certifications. Submit promptly to Douglas County ASC to avoid misplacement.
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Bernard Grosdidier
Douglas County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Douglas County
ASC
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