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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1955
Page
6
Omaha police safety education officer Michael Loftus says a large black dog leaped from darkness into the car lights, saving two boys from possible injury or death. He recalls slamming on the brakes and notes the dog likely prevented a sled-like collision with his vehicle.
Peiping s Peoples Daily and radio denounce New Zealand cease-fire proposal in the Formosa Strait as a US tactic to intervene in China. They demand immediate withdrawal of US forces and surrender of coastal islands to the Communists, while threatening to liberate Formosa and the Pescadores.
Four Kansas University social work professors returned from the annual meeting of the Council on Social Work Education in Chicago. Miss Ursula Lewis Miss Rose George and Miss Esther Twente academic staff at KU plus assistant professor John D Bradley attended. Mrs Twente presented a paper on Recent Research Activities in Undergraduate Education Related to Social Work and reported on a research project planned by a committee she chairs representing 10 social work schools and departments.
A boiler-room blaze in a two story Amsterdam residence killed eleven people including eight children and the father of five, with five others injured. Fire officials blamed an overflowing oil stove and noted subfreezing weather as residents fled in night clothes. Rescuers pulled bodies from the rubble and flames collapsed the roof. Puerto Rican residents and multiple families were affected as neighbors aided survivors.
London ministers reported to have decided to hold independent efforts for a China cease fire until the United Nations Security Council acts. The council invited Red China to talks to halt fighting near Formosa, with informants saying Peiping is expected to accept. Nehru urged cautious, timely push, waiting for clearer Security Council stance.
Mrs William C Menninger of Topeka will speak at 2 p m Tuesday February 23 in Fraser Theater as Kansas University hosts the annual all women s day. The program includes activities such as election of two students to serve as dean and assistant dean of women with Martha Peterson and Miss Mary Peg Hardman among organizers and planners for the following day classes.
Britain's Princess Margaret arrives in Port of Spain Trinidad for a month long Caribbean tour aboard the Canopus airliner after a London departure and a refueling stop in Montreal. The visit marks her first to the region during this tour as officials welcome the royal party.
Walter Johns, manager of the Kansas State Employment Service Lawrence office, reported a weak January in Lawrence with 332 new applications, 138 openings, and 119 placements. High applications stem from Sunflower Ordnance Works layoffs and a Kansas Turnpike work surge. The office listed 18 openings this week and placed 18 workers last week, including six telephone operators and a map draftsman.
The Senate Judiciary Committee recommended a 50 percent pay raise for members of Congress, boosting House and Senate pay to 22,500 annually from 15,000 with a 2,500 expense allowance. Federal judges would gain 7,500 to 9,500 a year, and the speaker and vice president would see a 5,000 raise. The plan is 0,000 below last year’s commission recommendation.
A peanut was removed by tracheotomy from the right lung of a Linwood child, Leland Thorne, about 13 months old, at Providence Hospital in Kansas City. He was reported in good condition and had previously been a patient at Lawrence Memorial Hospital for 24 hours for X rays to check for aspiration.
Lawrence attorney Bernard Borst relocates from 729 Mass St to offices in the Jayhawker Theater Building at 7th and Mass Sts. The notice confirms a change of address for his practice.
The third annual two day workshop for house mothers at Kansas University runs February 24 to 26 with Miss Paris Seward of Purdue assisting. Seward is known for her two week summer school for house mothers and handling related problems. A few Wichita University house mothers will attend.
Mrs. Betty Joan Graham told the court that her husband James M. Graham a 28 year old mechanic lied about work and spent five nights a week and every weekend fishing. The divorce was granted yesterday in Los Angeles with details focusing on the alleged conduct.
In Chicago yesterday eleven year old Meno Bush and friends Warren Skoglund and Jim Alfano battled ice to save Meno’s puppy King. The ice split and all four fell in up to their knees but Jim Alfano and a passerby retrieved a floating ice chunk. Meno’s mother Florence Bush arrived and also fell in, while grandmother Marie Young stayed on shore with blankets. A long stick pushed the ice toward a larger slab, allowing King to hop to safety as the pup regained solid ground.
Two soldiers fled last night from an honor company outside the U S Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth Kansas. Officials identified them as Jerry Dunham 22 of Winnsboro Louisiana and Thomas O Ellison 23 of Ghent West Virginia both convicted of housebreaking and larceny in Germany in 1954.
Lawrence Memorial Hospital announces no well baby clinic during February. Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department says clinics will resume in March.
Mrs. Clark Royal mistook a plain visitor for a bank examiner at Farmers State Bank in Meridian Texas yesterday. The husky robber, later identified as Bobby Jack Howard, 28, fled after a brief exchange. Mrs. Royal obtained the suspect’s license plate and notified Bosque County sheriff. The chase continued for more than four hours.
Senator Hill and Senator Bridges announce plans to push through Congress a three year federal research aid program. They contend the initiative will increase funding for scientific projects and public research institutions, aiming to secure bipartisan support.
The government plans press censorship in Formosa after evacuating the Tachen Islands. The move will be imposed by national authorities and enforced by the U S Seventh Fleet, signaling a broad crackdown on media during the evacuation.
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