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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1956
Page
2
A fragmented Washington scene shows lawmakers debating a natural gas bill with opponents predicting a Senate defeat. Key figures Kerr and Monroe are cited amid tax and farm policy discussions.
Lawrence area report details a school assembly with students performing feats and a mother of a pupil participating in a gym demonstration. Observers praised teamwork and athletic strength while noting the event highlighted community support and school pride.
The Army chief warned against the idea that war can be brief and decisive, stating such expectations are dangerous and unrealistic. He argued that rapid destruction and decisive victory require far more than luck or one decisive blow.
Kansas University athletic director Lonborg attends a Lawrence gathering for 1931 tithe quintet and reunites with former players including Arthur Smith Bed Walk Sent Del Marvel Frank Meoshy McCarnes and others after a Northwestern contest halftime ceremony.
A fragmentary scene describes a Roger Price Droodle drawing near West 60th Street with a stray note about a boy and a medical miscue. The text shows garbled phrases and stray quotes, including a reference to a Resident Physician and a mistaken charge.
Ford Motor Co declares a 2.40 annual dividend on common stock to shareholders of record March 24 with payment scheduled March 12. The distribution includes proceeds from Ford Foundation shares sold at 84.50 per share and affects about 53,461,000 shares outstanding.
An information team from the Olathe Naval Air Station will be at the Kansas State Employment Service office on Tuesday to answer questions on all forms of reserve military activity. The group will discuss reserve components with all branches, and Olathe officials say the service is provided as a convenience to prospective reservists.
A nongovernment panel estimates large sums of money and years of effort are needed to bring peaceful atomic power into everyday use on a competitive basis. Led by Robert McKinney, the group pressed high priority research for medicine agriculture and industry and urged economic competitiveness before widespread adoption.
FBI agents in Dallas questioned red haired Frances Clinton but released her with no charges. The inquiry centers on the Richland State Bank burglary attempt last Saturday in which a gang member was killed. authorities report other suspects, including Andrew Gray and Louis Dee Young Jr, are held on charges.
In Paris France Guy Mollet becomes the 22nd postwar premier heading a non Communist leftist coalition. The National Assembly approved 420 to 71 with 83 abstentions. Communists supported Mollet while Catholics and moderates aided the coalition to press for talks to end the Algerian conflict.
Moscow calls the seizure of 14 Soviet fishing boats by Norway a misunderstanding and demands their release. Norway has deployed torpedo boats and the frigate Tromsoe near Alesund to enforce alleged illegal fishing in Norwegian waters. The foreign ministry protests that Russians violated the four mile limit.
Stocks rose modestly with few large moves as the market extended a third straight advance in quiet trading. About 1.8 million shares changed hands, near a three month low, while grain and livestock quotes edged but varied in regional markets.
Wheat and corn prices show small changes with various grades quoted and futures around 2.10 to 2.07. Soybeans around 2.41. Bran and shorts priced near 36.50 to 39.25. Cattle and calves movements slower with overall steady to weak tones. cows and bulls varied, slaughter calves weak.
Topeka reports the Kansas House approved a record 19 874 411 appropriation for state and educational institutions for the 1957 fiscal year and sent the bill to the Senate for concurrence in a minor alteration. The total matches the Senate figure, 205000 below the governor’s recommended total. The measure funds Fort Hays State College Pittsburg and Emporia State Teachers colleges Kansas State College the University of Kansas and the university medical center. The House kept a 500000 cut in State Tax Commission operating funds, sending the bill to Gov. Fred Hall for signature. The tax fund total is 3 076 349. The governor criticized the cut as potentially hurting tax collection efficiency. Lawmakers who supported the cut argued it would remove drones on the commission payroll.
The Tulsa commission revises polling places east of the Santa Fe tracks between Twelfth and Nineteenth Streets. They reappoint Mare Sillix to the Planning Commission, move the Engineering Department to the City Hall’s second floor, and approve parking meter removals near intersections. They discuss vacating a setback strip on North Second Street and approve a beer license for Wagon Wheel Cafe. Henry Ford, a local mechanic, is charged with stealing a Chevrolet.
A list of births and parental notices from Memorial Hospital and local homes includes Mrs Leola E Murray Route 5 Edgar Jost 2101 Learnard Ave Melvin Roebuck Lecompton Mrs Anna Walker 901 Oak St others with newborns a baby girl for Ella Helm and baby girl at Ton ganoxie a baby boy for Betty J Biggers and baby boy and a daughter for Ora MelIntosh Bus dora Route 2 today.
Hattle R. Fuhs was granted a divorce from Charles Fuhs in district court on Tuesday. The proceedings determined the dissolution of the marriage with no listed settlement details.
Mrs. Alice Kelly Ward 48 formerly of Lawrence has died in Los Angeles. Relative notices say funeral and burial will be here with details pending. She was married to Clarence Kelly and lived in Los Angeles about 20 years. A divorce suit was filed Tuesday in District Court by Patricia Ron Roney against Jack C. Roney.
Fort Hood Texas veteran Capt Daniel H Boone retires after 23 years in the Army. A firearms expert who served on the U S pistol team in Austria for two years he has bought a home in Temple and will work as an automobile salesman.
Police report a teenage wife and expectant mother, Mrs. Barbara Jean Jepson aged 18, found dead in her Los Angeles apartment with a bent butcher knife in her chest. Her husband Joseph Earl Jepson, 20, said he returned from work and noted no struggle, while neighbors saw a young blonde man in the alley behind the residence as officers seek a motive and suspect.
The Wo mens Association of the West Side Presbyterian Church cancels tonight's meeting due to weather conditions.
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