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Lawrence News Highlights 1955 Community Chest Drive Opens
Lawrence events span crime court actions weather and campus notes as 1955 unfolds. Notable items include John Melody freed on bond after armed robbery arraignment in Topeka, KU enrolls a record 800 for Science and Mathematics Day, and Lawrence County tax statements rising by about $3 million.
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Kansas University
Maurice Barker
Greater University Fund
John Melody
Klul
Topeka
Lawrence
Aldridge Hotel
Douglas County
Nebraska University
Kansas
Lincoln
Rudolph Wenzel
Plainfield
Civil Aeronautics Administration
W. H. Arnold Jr
Kansas City
Douglas County District Court
John Henry Sala
Denver
Paul Eugene Denning
Arthur E. Olson
Journal-World
Associated Press
Rock Chalk Cafe
Ministerial Alliance
Methodist Church
Riley Burcham
Boy Scout Raw Council
Tonganoxie
Tonganoxie Elevator Co
Samuel Crawford
Baldwin
Douglas- Franklin County
Lawrence Jaycees