Lorraine Bank and Shops Destroyed by Fire in Lorraine
A blaze last night in Lorraine, Kansas destroyed the Lorraine State Bank and four adjacent buildings, including the Lorraine Cafe Schmidt Implement Co and Harrys pool hall. Firemen saved the post office as crews from Rushton Lyons Chase and Ellsworth fought the flames until about 1 a.m.
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Eas
Lorraine State Bank
Ellsworth
Mabel Johnson
Lorraine Cafe
Schmidt Implement Co
Hungary faces possible new revolt as Kadar warns
Prime Minister Janos Kadar in Salgotarjan cautioned against a renewed armed uprising amid rumors of a March plot. Budapest students greeted with new chant Muk meaning we’ll start again in March. Officials broadcast the warning as Hungary braces after the earlier revolt suppression.
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Budapest
Hungary
Janos Kadar
Salgotarjan
Budapest University
Kadar
Budapest Radio
New Aztec Art Exhibit Opens at KU Museum
A new pre Columbian show titled Art of the Aztec Empire opened Sunday at the Kansas University Museum of Art featuring loans from United States collections. It covers art from pre Christian era to the 16th century with an illustrated catalog and a lecture by Prof. Robertson. The exhibit runs through March 31.
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Kansas University Museum of Art
United States
Cortez
Donald Robertson
Robertson
K. U
Vinland Notes On Local Visits And Events
Mrs Grace Brock of Pritchett Colorado visited her brother and wife Mr and Mrs George Hoskinson and relatives then returned home Monday evening. Webb Fenton and Nancy Joe White attended Jackie Denny wedding in Topeka. Opal Smith of Kansas City spent days with her mother Nellie Deay who was ill. Earl Johnson and daughter visited George Hoskinson Monday evening. Willard Shoemaker of Wichita traveled to New York on vacation. Clifford Anderson and Shhuiz families have spent 110 days in Miami Florida. Rollie Deay has been ill for weeks with a substitute teacher at Fairview School. The W S C S of the M E Church will hold February meeting with Mrs Cecil Chaney.
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Grace Brock
Pritchett
Colo
George ‘Hoskinson
Webb Fenton
Nancy Joe White
Jackie Denny
Topeka
Opal Smith
Kansas City
Nellie Deay
Earl Johnson
George Hoskin
Willard Shoemaker
Wichita
New York
Clifford Anderson
M-E Church
Cecil Chaney
Home Builders Here In Move for Incorporation
The Home Builders Association of Lawrence moved to incorporate and filed an application with the secretary of state. The group met at the Cashe Tea Room and adopted a design by John Garcia for advertising and as decals on homes. President Q F Stinson reported on a recent national meeting in Chicago.
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Cas- He
John Garcia
Q. F Stinson
Association
Chicago
Negro Attacker Sought in South Mississippi
Brookhaven Mississippi police tightened patrols after a string of attacks on white women unsettled the town. A boarding house operator reported a Negro intruder in her kitchen and a pattern matched a prior Sunday night assault. Bloodhounds tracked toward a cemetery, suggesting the suspect may have fled there.
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Brookhaven
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Mississippi
Co. C. Casey
State Highway Patrol
Bishop criticizes attempt to impose a national religion
Los Angeles bishop Gerald H. Kennedy told 17 delegates that Protestant division into many sects strengthens religion and warns against unity at too low a level. He compared imposing a national religion to mandating uniform shoe size for all soldiers.
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Los Angeles
Gerald H. Kennedy
Bomb cache blast rocks Cyprus newlyweds home
In Nicosia a bomb cache exploded today just after the couple, a policeman and his wife, who had spent their first weeks of marriage there, were not present. British authorities detained the pair for questioning as the blast damaged nearby houses.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Trade Pact Forecast Sees 700 Million In 1957 Flows
Planning Board Director Koichi Uda predicts Japan China trade will reach 700 million dollars in each direction in 1957, marking the highest level so far. He outlined the forecast during a Tokyo briefing and emphasized growth in both imports and exports between the two nations.
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Tokyo
Koichi Uda
Japan
Red China
National Guard backs six month basic training plan
Brig. Gen. Catan Eoares in Topeka endorsed a six month basic training, arguing readiness for instant call in national emergencies. He noted the Army favors six months, while suggesting a three month period could be combined with a similar training cycle without delaying readiness. General Barry supported the six month program as a standard, urging Congress to approve it.
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Ai Natonal
Tager
Pieriod
Ait
Catan Eoares
Topeka
Seriatusa
Washington
Sahonal Giliede
Congress
Barry
Army
National Guard
Soateat
Batty
Navy forms Pony Express Company unit across Kansas Missouri
The Navy plans a new unit named the Pony Express Company linking Kansas and Missouri with St. Joseph as origin. The group will ship from Kansas City on February 27 to a training station in San Diego California. Navy recruiting for Douglas County is processed at the Franklin County Courthouse Otawa substation.
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Kansas
Missouri
Pony Express Company
St. Joseph
Kansas City
San Diego
Calif
Douglas County
Navy
Franklin County
Ottawa
Oklahoma Man Executed After Long Delay
Steely eyed Bob Hendricks was electrocuted at the state penitentiary in McAlester after a 45 second current. He had been condemned for the bludgeoning murder of Vinita cattleman Ream Payton, 54, on August 21, 1954. Multiple stays had been granted but the final appeal was denied by the State Pardon and Parole Board.
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Mcalester
Okla
Bob Hendricks
State Penitentiary
Illegally Moved Two-Story House In San Diego
Police charged George W. Dolan, a professional house mover, with moving a two story apartment building without a permit and illegally parking it in the street. Officers said the 72 ton structure broke steel supports and drove the moving rigs through the pavement. Dolan may have to cut the building in half to relocate it.
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San Diego
Calif
George W. Dolan
Dolan
Obituary of Charles Frederick Coffman 1912 196? Died at 4
Charles Frederick Coffman died January 20 at age four. Born January 7, 1912 near Tonge Noxie, son of Alin and Daisy Coffman. Survived by wife Mary E. Coffman, daughters Virginia Lee Patty Gay and Mrs. Donald Kraus, granddaughter Vickie Ray Kraus, sisters Ollie Ousdahl Carrie Dracus Laura Conrad, brothers Ralph John Alfred Lloyd. Funeral January 23 at Rumsey Funeral Home, Rev W D Ferguson in charge. Buried at Hubble Hill Cemetery, Tonganoxie.
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Charles Frederick Coffman
Jume
Tongenoxie
Alin
Daisy Coffman
Law
Rence
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Mary E. Coffman
Ky. St
Virginia Lee
Patty Gay
Donald Krai
San Diego
Calif
Vickie Ray Kraus
Ollie Ousdahl
Carrie Dracus
Denver
Colo
Laura Conrad
Tonganoxie
Ralph Coffman
Los Angeles
John Cottman
Nicky
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