Lawrence 1955 Notes Highlight KU, Haskell, floods and fires
A digest of Lawrence area events for 1955 includes practice opens for KU Lawrence High School and Haskell football teams. Red Cross reports $1 610 in flood relief donations. KU sorority Alpha Omicron Pi breaks ground on a $190 000 chapter house. City crews work through 1954 wages while drought and heat persist. Tragic deaths occur near Oak Hill Cemetery and on Highway 94 59. Wilt Chamberlain enrolls at KU as 10 000 tickets go on sale for a freshman game. Dr E E Allison dies. City power outage lasts about 45 minutes after a windblown tree outages. School safety plans move forward. Fire devastates Plymouth Church parsonage with substantial losses. Rainfall totals and drought linger as KU enrollment nears 8 000 students. Kansas University football opens season in Fort Worth.
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Kansas University
Lawrence High School
Haskell Indian Institute
Douglas County Red Cross Office
Alpha Omicron Pi Social Sorority
Kansas City
Robert Furene Peterson
Lone County
Cil
Ty Chamberlain
Philadelphia
Sperulazim Hesgins
Fresthmen Rage
Allen Firthhouse
DE. Allison
Baker U
First Methodist Church
Lawrence
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Plymouth Congregational Church
Ft. Worth
Texas Christian University
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