Kansas veterans bonus proposal moves in House vote
A World War II and Korea veterans bonus plan reaches the Kansas House for approval. It would pay veterans 50 cents a day per service, up to a $500 maximum, funded by bonds and repaid by taxes. If approved, the measure would go to a 1958 general election vote.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Thomas van Cleave
Ckansas City
van Cleve
Karl Brueck
Dpaola
T. W. Flanders
Kanopols
F. H. Geiger
Everest
Kseder Fl Opie
Er Aback
Falls
Joseph Mikesic
Kansas City
Herod Mulville
Dighton
George Riffel
Stockton
John Vermillion
Independence
House
Senate
County Extension Council
Everse
Kansas
Big Appearance Change Planned for 600 Block on Massachusetts Street
Work crews will begin significant street improvements on the 600 block of Massachusetts Street. The project includes changes to Grapetta Street and surrounding sidewalks with anticipated impacts from construction crews and temporary access restrictions.
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Massachusetts Street
Massa- Grapetta Street
Theeater Co
Ness
Funeral services set for private hour in New York
The notice lists death of Fred Smith Cowles of 447 Pleas Street with private funeral services to be held today at 20 90 p m at Bowser Les Mortuary. The obituary mentions Santa Gemis oP les and Route 3 Miss Kansas with scattered place references.
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Bowser-Les ‘Mortuary
Frea Smith
Fred Smith Cowles
Pleas
New York City
Santa Gemis
Farm Bureau Valentine Party Draws 200 Members
About 200 Douglas County Farm Bureau members and friends attended the Valentine party at the IOGF Hall Monday night. The Red Downs Orchestra from Topeka provided music for dancing. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Harold Wingert, Francis Flory, Carolyn Colman, and Rody Skinner. Committees handled arrangements, refreshments, registration, games, and cards.
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Douglas County Farm Bureau
IOGF
Red Downs
Yopeka
Harold, Wingert
Wellsville
Francis Flory
Lone Star
Carolyn ‘Colman
Eudora
Rody Skinner
Fremont Hornberger
Carl Russell
Dudley Gilliland
C. E. Richards
W.H Wymer
Cecil Duset
W. H. Hayden
Eisenhower pledges move on Middle East and defense issues
President Eisenhower signals support amid tensions over Middle East threats and defense policy. He defends not addressing race speech, but backs six months active duty for National Guard enlistees and cites strong U S weapons development as key to peacetime strength.
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Senhower Als Saud
Mid- East
Wilson
Charles E. Wilson
Eisenhower
National Guard
Ssiasahewen
National Guard ‘Assn
United States
Senate Armed Services Committee
Local births and dismissals listed from Memorial Hospital records
Memorial Hospital records note multiple births and dismissals. Names include Betty Newman Haskell Institute Ruby Weeks Mary Milleret Nadine Farber June Hagenbuch Ruby Johnson and others with addresses in Baldwin Sunnyside West Bid Bud a son born to Johnson Farrier Hagenbuch Sneegas and Sneegas families.
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Betty Newman
Haskell Institute
Ruby Weeks
Lincoln St
Mary Milleret
Nadine Farber
Oak HA Ave
June Hagenbuch
Ruby Johnson
Baldwin
Dennis Collins
10Th St
Carol Sneegas
Westfe Bi
Atrtns
James M. Johnson Jr
Reuben Farrier
Oak-Hill Ave
Frank’ G. Hagenbuch
Carl E. Sneegas
Westdale-Ra
Car Dealers Contest Fosters Cooperation Amid Sales Race
Rival Chevrolet and Ford dealers in Lawrence stage a cooperative contest with ads comparing 1957 models and low pressure offers. Dealers deny gimmicks yet push free extras, financing deals, and cross selling to attract buyers while encouraging testing both makes to avoid out of town traps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet
Ford
Atron
Lawrence
Tonight
Journal-World
Morgan-Mack Ford
U S Hesitates Over Sanctions on Israel Amid Egypt Stand
The United States shows reluctance to apply sanctions on Israel if it does not withdraw from all Egyptian areas. Senator Knowland calls such sanctions immoral unless similar actions occur against Russia. Secretary Dulles says there is hope Israel will withdraw its forces, while the country presses for Gulf of Aqaba access guarantees and Gaza Strip assurances.
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Uwashington
United States
Israel
Egypt
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
Russia
United Nations
Dulles
U. N
Gulf of Aqaba
Gaza Strip
Precinct Voting Continued Iron Page Listing Voters
A scanned precinct voting list shows names and addresses across wards with enumerated residents such as Mary Muller in St. Caroline and Nina Shreit on W. 2th Street. The fragment lists voters in Fourth Ward and Fifth Ward precincts including specific street addresses and partial names.
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Ray Glolites
Obia
Stata Scheurer
Ret Mremer
Caroline Muller
Cidade Guldsburry
Marguerite Lockwood
Ala
Martha Relph
Emma Wiedemann
Jan Springer
Mies
St. Alice
Mass
KL St
Alice C. Hester
Pa. St
Mildred Brown
Molythe Hanadell
Airin
Abu
Haston
Ada Tornedon
Sumit & Larene
Hollingsworth
George Mole
S. Hth
Virginia
Campbell
Stnanil Bey
Herry Edmondson
Local Resident Directory Fragment Lists Names and Addresses
A fragmentary OCR list shows multiple individuals with street addresses in the Sixth Ward. Names include Myrtte Scribner Florence Garber Opalineheim Ertha Langaot Urva Dodson Mary Whrbey Mildred Frakes Felth Schellhorn Arlene Crisp and Virginia Amys among others.
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Mildred Frakes
NL and
Felth Schellhorn
Arlene Crisp
HH Lingols St
Robert Ciuntert
Maklen Lane
Virginla Amys
Lécust St
Lawrence exhibition nets 88 79 win for Phillips 66
Phillips 66 beat Wichita Vickers 88 to 79 in an Allen Field House exhibition held to raise funds for the Kaw Valley Heart Association. The event drew fans seeking entertainment over rivalry as local teams like Kansas, Kansas State, and Iowa State had recently provided thrillers. A related notice updates barber service minimums with prices for haircuts shaves shampoos and massages effective after third publication.
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Phillips 66
Wichita Vickers
Heart Fund
Kansas University
Allen
Wilt Chamberlain
Phillips
Vickers
Wilt
Journal-World Ato
Lawrence
Allen Field House
Lawrence High
Haskell
Kansas
Kansas State
Iowa State
Kaw Valley Heart Association
Kansas State Board of Barbey Examiners
Board of Examiners
Journal-World States
Laws of
Market snapshot Kansas City grains and livestock mixed
Kansas City livestock shows uneven to higher moves in cattle with steady to higher wholesale quotes for calves vealers and hogs while cash grains ease with wheat and corn prices mixed amid a volatile market. The Day in Wall Street notes a generally lower session with select issues edging up amid a see-saw pattern in steels motors and oils.
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K. C
Kansas City
USDA
U. S
C. Cash Grain
Dee Ind
Wall Street
New York
Market dips widen before late session rebound
Losses deepened in other stocks but recovered in late dealings as President Eisenhower warned that government controls may be used if business and labor fail to curb inflation, signaling potential price pressures before prices firmed in the later part of the session.
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Eisenhower
City council advances annexation and traffic safety measures
The council passed a boundary ordinance addressing recent annexations and approved a pedestrian operated light at 2nd Street and Barker Avenue near Haskell Institute students. It gave first reading to an annexation of five acres north of 23rd Street between Barker and Leonard Avenues and set poll workers for three elections. Beer licenses were approved for Snavely's Billards, American Service Co, Elks Lodge, and Shu Sheng Wang visited.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
2Rd Street
Barker Avenue
Haskell
twenty-Third Street
Barker and
Learnard Avenues
Santa Fe
Snavely’s Billards
Mass
the American Service Co
Ist
Elks Bpoe Lodge
Shu Sheng Wang
Talpeh
Formosa
Kansas University
Federal Director to Speak on Watersheds in Tongy
Don Williams head of the Soil Conservation Service will visit Tonganoxie February 11 for an 8 p m meeting of the Leavenworth County Soil Conservation District. He will deliver a major speech on watersheds and their relation to the soil conservation service, tied to the February 16 election on approval of the Big Stranger Watershed District. The district spans about 524 square miles from Litwoot to Effingham and McLouth to Basehor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Williams
Soil Conservation Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Tonganoxle
Leavenworth County
Litwoot
Effingham
McLouth
Basehor
Alcorn to Aid GOP in 1958 Campaign Effort
National Chairman HH Meade Alcorn Jr. plans to assist GOP Senate and House candidates in 1958 regardless of their support for modern Republicanism. Schoeppel Kas of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee described a productive conference and emphasized full cooperation with the national committee. Twenty Senate seats are at stake with many GOP incumbents at variance with President Eisenhower on reform goals.
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Washington
HH. Meade Alcorn Jr
Senate
House
Schoeppel
National Committee
GOP
Eisenhower
Local youngster injured in two car crash west of Lawrence
Shirley Ann Tidd, 14, of Route 1, suffered minor bruises Tuesday evening when the car she rode in collided with a second vehicle on U S Highway 40 about six miles west of Lawrence. Driver Charles Curtis Tidd, 20, also of Route 1, and Donald Joseph Bates, 35, of Kansas City, Missouri, were involved as other party. Patrol and sheriff investigation followed. damage estimated at 500 dollars.
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Shirley Ann Tidd
Lawrence
U.S. Highway 40
Charles Curtis ‘Tidd
Tidd
Donald Joseph Bates
Kansas City
Highway Patrol
Sheriff Office
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Farm Bureau
Ike
Memorial Hospital
Gortion Harmon
Tonganoxie
Margaret Steimel
Sunnyside
Elialouise Rogers
Vt. St
Arbutug ‘Thomas
Oak Hill Ave
U.S
Fellowship Hall
the Methodist Church
Admiral
Allied
Anaconda
Pri Ag
Atchison
Beech Aire
Beth Stow
Boeing AW
Chrysler
du Pont
Eagle
Gen Flec
Gen Motors
Goodyear
Homestic
P&l
Minn M & M
Monsan Chao
Mont Ward
Olin
Peabody Coal
di Penney JC Phill Pet
Reyn
St Jos
Sears Roeb
Sinclair O
Socony
Spen Ch
HK Stoke van C
Sun Chem
UN Pac
US Steel
Westg el
Woolworth
Nee Ae
VPA
jJewelry
Marshal Instruments
Charlton
Agency
Federal
Tongy
Alcorn
Lawrence Memorial Co
Douglas County State Bank
the Bank of Friendly Service
F.D
Capitol Federal
Capitol Federal Savings
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