Nash Clinic Tax Measure To Be Debated In Lansing
A bill to authorize city and county to make the Bert Nash Mental Health Clinic a public agency would seek tax support via a quarter-mill levy. The measure aims to place the clinic under the Lawrence Douglas County Health Board, with funding from local taxes and Community Chest funds. District Judge Frank Gray notes the clinic serves public agencies and could expand rural services if funded publicly.
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Bert Nash
Lawrence-Douglas County
Baced
Kansas
Richard Allen
Baldwin
DOW
Sen
Hults
State Senate
House of Representatives
Allen
City Commission
Community Chest
Frank Gray
Nash Clinic
Gray
Lawrence
Donnelly Named Second Vice President of Dehydrators Assn
W A Donnelly of 1520 Stratford Road was chosen as second vice president of the American Dehydrators Association whose headquarters are in Kansas City Missouri. He was elected at the 13th annual convention held last week in Colorado Springs. Donnelly manages the National Alfalfa Dehydrating and Milling Co plant on Route 3 in Jamarr Colorado. Raymond E Bert of Maize was elected president, succeeding Vernon C Britton of Firebaugh California. By Roger Price.
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W. A
Alex
Donnelly
Stratford Rd
American Dehydrators Association
Kansas City
Colorado Springs
Dannelly
National
Vernon C. Britton
Firebaugh, Calif
Roger Price
Rent hike tale of a landlord and a roomer
A tenant laments rent increases by Mrs Goonsgarten who uses so called improvements to justify higher payments. He cites indirect lighting, weekly linen changes, redecorating, and odd items like cheese in a mousetrap and a child’s space ship drawing as examples, all raising weekly rent to 7.35. He blames inflation and cites her antics as ongoing stress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goonsgarten
Minneapolis Symphony to Play Sunday in Lawrence
The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra will debut in Lawrence in five years with a 3 20 p m concert Sunday at Heeb Anditersim. Sponsored by the Kansas University Concert Course, the program includes Brahms Academic Festival, Beethoven symphony, Strauss tone poem Till Eulenspiegel, and Ravel Daphnis et Chloe suite. The tour will encompass about 70 concerts in over 40 cities.
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Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Lawrence
Heeb
Kansas University
Dive Symphony
Beethoven
Kansas Budget Highlights and Proposals From 237 Million Plan
The revised state budget outlines major expenditures by sector such as General Government Public Welfare and Education with figures in millions. It proposes raising capital funds for education and hospitals, strengthens the emergency fund, shifts several fees to self support, and contemplates continuing the fifth cent gasoline tax plus adding a Kansas Board of Water Resources and 25 highway patrol troopers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Dental Board
Grain Inspection Department
Board of Osteopathic
State Bank Commission
Savings and Loan Department
Hall
Kansas Board of Water Resources
Kansas Highway Patrol
Building Total For Past Month Sets New Lawrence Mark
January permits total 133 1000 compared with 87 200 in 1954 and 31 500 in 1953. Zimco Homes Inc Topeka reports 3 new homes in University Field Audition valued at 411 400. Major share goes to 15 new houses with total value 526 400. Other permits include one business building four home remodeling jobs and two business remodels.
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Wallace Hirkim
Zimca Homes Inc
Topeka
University
Zimco
New Holmes
Norman Eberhart
J. E. Hort
Lincoln
OH. Hardes
Pa. St
John Kellogg
3Rd
Elm Sta
H. AL Baylor
Mass. St
Laura BM. Killworth
9Th
Oh, Thurber
Bill Bodin
6Th
Stx
Annual Music and Art Camp Dates Set by Kansas U
The 78th annual Music and Art Camp will run June 20 to July 31 at Kansas University with a ballet division led by Robert Bell of the Bell School of Ballet Oklahoma City. Programs include concert band symphony orchestra choral groups ensembles and art courses plus theory classes and private lessons. Guest conductors and six KU faculty camp directors are listed with affiliation details.
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Kansas University
Robert Bell
Bell School of Ballet
Oklahoma City
Russell Ames Cook
Monroe
D. O. Wiley
Thomas Gorton
School of Fine Arts
Gerald M. Carney
Donald M. Swarthout
Franklin D. Murphy
Clayton Krehbiel
Hoch Arena to Hold 3500 Seats for Stage and Sports
The plan envisions 3,500 seats for stage performances at Hoch Arena with possible opera seating added after floor rearrangement. KU basketball will move to Allen Fieldhouse next month, ending overflow queues, while Hoch Arena continues serving the university in multiple roles after 28 years.
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Nichols
K.U
Hoch Auditorium
Allen Fieldhouse
Jayhawkers
Famliar
Stolen Car Charge Faces K C Man After Chase
Nelson Mitchell a 59 year old Kansas City Missouri Black man led John son and Douglas County patrolmen on a 35 mile high speed chase Sunday. He was charged late yesterday with interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle under the Dyer Act before the U S Commissioner at Kansas City Kansas. The FBI Kansas City office announced. Mitchell admitted yesterday taking the vehicle.
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Kansas
Johnson and Douglas County
Nelson Mitchell
Kansas City, Mo
U. S
Kansas City
Kas
W. G. Simon
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mitchell
Deaths and Funerals in Kansas and Massena Details
A high speed pursuit ends when two patrol cars push the vehicle off Highway K 10 near Massena New York. Steve Jacob 65 of Lawrence Kansas dies in the crash along with injuries to others. The driver faced charges carrying a five year penalty and possible 35 000 fine. A Massena funeral is planned. Hazah Morris Stewart 63 of Lawrence dies at Memorial Hospital after moving from Wathena. Survived by husband Louis Stewart two sons Donald and Alan and three grandsons. Funeral set for Thursday at Schuler Chapel with burial in Watherna.
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Jing
Kansas City
Merriam City
Merriam
Steve Jacob
Lawrence
Massena
N. Y
Everett LaBarge
Norman Blais
Hazeh Stewart
Hazah Morris Stewart
Barker Ave
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Wathena
Stewart
William L. Morris
Centenary Methodist Church
North Lawrence
First Methodist Church
Review Club
Louis Stewart
Donald L. Stewart
Alan J. Stewisher
George W. Morris
Topeka
Schuler Chapel
Memorial Hospital Admits and Births Report
At Memorial Hospital admitted list includes Genevieve Balyeat Ruth Greer Gene Colley Audrey Sue Bray Rebecca Holliday and more with addresses in Fred Pickens Lecompton Sunflower Clinton Haas George Siz er Lyda Wilson Alice Leonard in Williamstown and others Dismissed Virginia Roit and baby Linwood Leland Thorne Venita Snodgrass Alice Whittaker Maxine Van Dyke Penny Sommerville Rebecca Tinkiday births to Dale Mayhugh Bernie Clegg Melvin Marton today in WinN Sunflower Euidora.
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Genevieve Balyeat
Fred Pickens
Lecompton
Ruth Greer
Del
Dave Harris
5Th St
Gene Colley
Sunflower
Clinton Haas
George M. Sizer
N. Y
Audrey Sue Bray
Baldwin
Rebecca Holliday
Williamstown
Richard Strong
Vt. St
Lyda Wilson
Alice Leonard
la. St
Virginia Roit
Linwood
Leland Thorne
Venita Snodgrass
Alice Whittaker
Atchison
Maxine van Dyke
DeSoto
Penny Sommerville
Rebecca Tinkiday
Williamstowan
Dale Mayhugh
Winn
J. Stynson
Bernie Clegg
Melvin Marton
Euidora
Man charged after car wreck attempt near Manchester
Philip St Germain told police he and a friend drove a 1938 car outside the city and dropped boulders on it after being offered only ten dollars. He claimed wrecking the vehicle would be more fun.
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Manchester
Philip St. Germain
Federal Agency Boosts 1955 Corn Acreage For Kansas, Missouri Land
The Agriculture Department raised 1955 corn acreage in 69 Missouri counties to 3,221,348 acres and reduced Kansas allotments to 1,264,000 acres across 22 counties. Overall 805 counties in 23 states were allotted 49,342,697 acres, about 5 percent above 1954. Increase aims to ensure livestock feed and reserves. only compliant farmers qualify for price support on corn.
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Washington
Missouri
Kansas
Agriculture Department
Local youths enlist in military service during WWII era
The report lists several youths from Louisburg area enlisting or undergoing basic training. Larry Gene Kerr, 17, son of Dale Kerr, enlisted in the Marine Air Reserve and attends Louisburg High School living with grandparents in Bucyrus. Pvt. James L. Kilburn completed Jump School at Ft. Campbell and serves with 508th Red Devil. Francis Lown began basic training at Parks AFB, Calif., and is the son of Joseph E. Lown of Vinland. Frances Lown lives in Lebanon. Wayne Hedrick Mayhugh, grandson of William H. Mayhugh, began service Nov. 3 and trains at Parks AFB.
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Larry Gene Kerr
Dale Kerr
Marine Air Reserve
Ola
Louisburg High School
Bert Brown
Bucyrus
Lawrence High School
James L. Kilburn
R. H. Bowes
Francis L. Lown
Parks Air Force Base
Calif
Joseph E. Lown
Vinland
Vinland High School
Frances Lown
Lebanon
Wayne Hedrick Mayhugh
William H. Mayhugh
Perry St
Mayhugh
Lawrence Junior High School
January Snow Totals and Temperature Records
Posey notes a four inch snowfall on January 17 and 18 as the month’s only measurable accumulation. January’s average temperature was 32.06 degrees, near the 28.70 normal. Records cited include 18.8 inches in 1930, 35.08 in 1933 high, 73 and 20 below zero as month extremes, and a 31 degree daily range. Cloudiness averaged 43.35 percent with 18 days at or below 32 degrees.
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Posey
Kansas Citian Dies Of Monday Wreck Injuries
Richard Silver a 24 year old Kansas City man died from skull fracture and brain injuries after a head on crash with an auto transport on US 24 40 near Tonganoxie early Monday His passenger Ransom Lindsay also 24 was hospitalized in good condition Silver worked as a hydraulics specialist at General Motors Kansas City plant and was a service veteran His body was sent to Webster City Iowa for funeral services with burial set there.
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Kansas City
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Tonnanae
Richard Silver
Tonganoxie
Silver
Lawrence Hospital
Ransom H. Lindsay
Kas
Leavenworth
Lawrence
Douglas County
General Motor
Funk- Cooper-Warren Mortuary
Webstler City
Webster City
Groundhog Day forecasts and local notes in Lawrence
A weather forecast for Wednesday predicts clouds and a possible early spring if the groundhog does not see its shadow. The piece weaves in local life notes from Lawrence, including TV antenna troubles, deer sightings along the Kaw River, tax help by revenue agents, KU basketball ticket details, and postponed Red Cross fund drives. It also mentions a hospital visit by a pharmacy student and a new baby, plus school hearing tests at Lawrence High School.
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Old Man
G. H
Markets At Glance Stocks and futures mixed in brisk activity
Markets showed irregular price moves with some gains and notable moves in grains and livestock. Kansas City futures quoted mixed livestock results with hogs down and cattle mixed, while wheat and corn held steady or eased slightly amid hedging and selling. The Day in Wall Street noted a new 1955 high yesterday but a softer start today with gains and losses in several industrials and transport stocks.
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A C. Livestock
Kansas City
Wall Street
New York
Ihe
Republic Steel
Goodrich
Grumman Aircraft
American Telephone
American Airlines
Santa Fe Railroad
Anaconda Copper
Studebaker- Packard
Douglas Aircraft
Fruit stain removal and a Yankee in Austin Minn
A home care note advises treating fruit stains on tablecloths by pouring boiling water from a height and avoiding soap. old stains may be treated with glycerine or a soapless shampoo before boiling water. The piece also notes first baseman Bill Skowron of the Yankees working as a plumber's apprentice in Austin Minnesota during the off season.
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Bill Skowron
Yankees
Austin
Minn
Plaque Presented to KU Engineering Student Elvig
Magnolia Petroleum Co. chief engineer dD. V. Carter presented John F. Elvig a $750 check and a plaque in Laws Fence. Elvig, 1511 Stratford Rd, Kansas Univ. senior in petroleum engineering, was chosen for the award previously. He is son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Elvig, a former carrier and Journal-World collector, an honor Naval ROTC student, and plans Marine Corps service after KU studies.
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Dd. V. Carter
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Dallas
Tex
John F. Elvig
Stratford Rd
Elvig
K.U
F. H. Elvig
Journal-World
Deficit of 572000 For U S Consulate
Senator Williams told the Senate about a 1951 shortage of 72045.71 found in the U S Consulate General’s Lahore Pakistan office. He said shortages appeared in the books of four disbursing officers, one still abroad and another on a pension, with investigators pointing to a Pakistani accountant as a possible fraudster. No one has been held accountable and some statutes of limitations may stop further action.
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Washington
Williams ‘Ur-Dell
Senate
U.S
Lahore
Pakistan
State Department
Tee Wiliams
Williams
Weir
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Statement 1955 1954
State accident records show 49 traffic fatalities in the last 24 hours to date in 1955, matching 49 fatalities for the same period in 1954 in Topeka Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Card of Thanks for Wood Drive by Dulin Family
Alva Dulin and family express gratitude to friends and neighbors for the pile of wood donated during a difficult time their kindness will be remembered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Dulin
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