Eagles Sponsor Crusade of Freedom Balloon Launch
The Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie No. 309 organizes a 2 p.m. ceremony at the Municipal Building to launch the Flight for Freedom balloons. Mayor John Crown, the Eagles freedom committee, and attendees will witness helium balloons symbolizing commando air drops to support Free Europe initiatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenrr
Crusade For Freedom
Order of Eagles Aerie No. 309
John Crown
Eagles Freedom Committee
Sis
George Docking
Europe
Milt Stoffer
Frank McDonald
Drs. W.H. Bray
R. Albright
Leslie Dodson
Luther Sumner
George Purdue
Wallace Tuttle
Wu Nam Warren
Senate Keeps Soil Bank Terms Despite Criticisms
The Senate committee with 12-3 passage preserved a 260 million dollar authorization to bolster pork beef and other perishable farm prices and kept a two price plan for rice. It trimmed domestic cotton sales and retained export options while opposing a Humphrey proposal for lightweight hog premiums. Three senators voted against the bill. Ellender noted some may oppose sections on the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elfender
Senate
Ander Zon
D-Nm
Williams
R-Del
Schoepper
R-Kan
Ellender
Campaign fund inquiry details reveal envelopes of cash
Case quoted Kahler saying a donor, named Mr. Neff, sent an envelope containing twenty five one hundred dollar bills to support campaigns. Kahler could not recall Neff's full name, prompting an inquiry into the donor and amount. A four member Senate committee chaired by George led the session in the large room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Case
Kahler
John Griffin
Mr. Neff
Neff
George
D-Ga
Senate
Droodles by Roger Price Fun Lincoln likeness turns up
In a playful doodle caption Roger Price notes tomorrow marks Abraham Lincoln's birthday and his own resemblance. He recalls growing a beard and stovepipe hat to imitate the president, describing a comic misadventure and a stubborn Republican committee endorsement despite challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
California
Republican No
Lawrence area notes mix of city life and regional quirks
Lawrence items recount unusual comparisons of a tiny nation Menace to the city size, KU basketball events with a St. John Military School drill team, police first aid training, and Lincoln Day observance. The report also covers a Cadillac salvage, turnpike restaurant expansion, a Westmoreland B-47 crash, and Veterans of Foreign Wars charity drive.
KU Student Suffers Compound Leg Fracture in Mishap
Kansas University student William Everett Schlotterback, 25, of 1341 Mass. St., was struck by a car at Fourteenth Street and Jayhawk Drive and taken to KU Hospital with a fair prognosis after a compound fracture of the left leg. The driver, Lawrence Ball, 20, of 1645 Tenn. St., also a KU student, was charged by campus police with failure to yield to a pedestrian, failure to slow, and driving a car with defective brakes. he is to appear in police court on Feb. 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Everett Schlotterback
Mass. St
Fourteenth Street
Jayhawk Drive
Schlotterback
Kansas University
K.U. Hospital
Lawrence Phillip Ball
Tenn. St
K.U
Ball
Texarkana sentence set for Roy C Terrill tax case
Roy C Terrill, Lawrence businessman, reported to the U S Marshals in Kansas City to begin a federal tax evasion sentence. Judge Mellett reduced the term from 18 months to one year and one day, to be served at the Texarkana prison. Terrill owns Terrill's Dry Goods and operates stores in multiple Kansas towns.
Two Armed Men Rob Clovis Lathrom on Massachusetts Street
Two gunmen in pea coats with fur collars robbed Clovis Lathrom of about 70 dollars in the alley behind the 1000 block on Massachusetts Street at 8 10 p m. A billfold was found about 30 yards from the scene and Lathrom offered no further identification as police continued the investigation.
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Clovis Lathrom
la. St
Massachusetts Street
Lathrom
Seventh Graders Visit KU Campus from Holmes School
Seventy pupils from D. A. Holmes School Kansas City Missouri toured the University of Kansas campus with two teachers and two parents. They visited the Museum of Art the Museum of Natural History the Memorial Union Malott Hall and Allen Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Holmes School
Kansas City
Kansas University
Joyce Dotson
Eleanor Matthews
James McCreary
Rose Mary Lane
Museum of ‘Art
Museum of Natural History
Memorial Union
Malot’ Hall
Allen Idhouse
Hospital Deliveries and Birth Announcements List
At Memorial Hospital a series of birth notices include Mrs. Velma Carey and baby girl. Mrs. Florence Joan Davis and baby boy. Mrs. Joan Biberstein and baby boy. Mrs. Joan Kappelman and baby boy. and a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scanlan. Other entries name parents and addresses across multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Williams
Baldwin
Velma Carey
Laura Ave
Bruce Preston
Gertrude Quisenberry
Florence Joan Davis
Joan Biberstein
W. 14Th St
Clarence A. Swanson
Hopkins
Minn
Joan Kappelman
Tenn. St
Eliza Wilson
Maple St
New Farm Organization Forms Township Units in Douglas County
The National Farmers Organization begins forming township units in Douglas County with three initial meetings on Thursday night. New officers named include Grant Township Emil Hecker as chairman and George Steele as county chairman. Kanwaka and Wakarusa townships appoint chairs and officers. Groups in Eudora Palmyra and Willow Springs plan meetings Monday night to elect township leaders and campaign for members, with a county officers meeting set next Friday at the 4-H Fairgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Farmers Organization
Douglas County
Grant
Emil Hecker
Danny Brune
Raymond Pine
Kanwaka
George, Steele
W. J. Brink
Don Breithaupt
Steele
Wakarusa
I. 3
Carl Spray
Eudora
Palmyra
Willow Springs
Lectures by Currie on Latin American Architecture
Leonard Currie director of the Inter-American Housing Center in Bogota will lecture at Kansas University. His 3 p.m. talk in Strong Hall is titled Whats New in Latin American Architecture. At 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union he discusses A Yankee Architect In the Incas Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Currie
Inter-American Housing Center
Bogota
Colombia
Kansas University
Currie
Strong Hall
Memorial Union
Roberts Credits William Allen White in Journalism Virtues
Roberts cited William Allen White as a standard for journalism education and writing style. He urged schools to teach what made White great to train acolytes and argued newspapers need stronger interpretation and pride, noting AP board service and the need for objective news. Since 1920 US population rose 51 percent while cropland stayed near 400 million acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Alglon White
Wiliam Alen White
Bill White
Roberts
U. S
Plane incident makes Murphy a hitchhiker
Murphy, one of the passengers on a Trans World Airlines Super Constellation, rode out an engine problem and emergency landing near Harrisburg, then traveled by air and rail, finally catching a late Union Station train to Lawrence with delays from weather and scheduling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanedtlor Franklin
Br. Murphy
Ifp
Chicago
Murphy
Mewan
Kansas City
Union Station
Adults urged to boost participation in Boy Scouts
Don Baldwin of Kaw J Council urged Kiwanis Club members to increase adult involvement as Scout enrollment rises to 10 500 in the Kaw Council area, double the number years ago. He noted former Scouts now fund and support present programs and highlighted Camp Naish land expansion to serve more boys and the movement’s aim to build character and civic virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Baldwin
Kaw J Council
Boy Scouts of America
Kiwanis Club
Eldridge
Kaw Council
Baldwin
Camp Naish
Boy Scout Movement
America
Local Man Wins Prize In Architects' Contest
Leat Walliams a 64 year old senior in the School of Engineering and Architecture at Kansas University won the 50 second prize in a contest sponsored by the Kane sas Concrete Masonry Association. First place went to Warren Fates of Springfield Missouri with 75 dollars. Third place earned 25 dollars by Boerger Sedgwick. Honorable mentions went to James Wooeowae Phil Conidae Tee pok a Milian thart. The contest aimed to spark interest in residential design using concrete masonry materials. Judges were Oscar Ekedahl Topeka George M Beal and Raymond Browning. The association also funded 150 dollars for architecture scholarships. Arrangements were by Walter McMarton and the KU Architecture Department.
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Leat Walliams
Tetr
Kanesas Concrete Masonry Association
Association
Kansas University
Williams
School of Engineering and Architecture
Warren Fates
Springfield
Modoh Lo Boerger
Sedgwick
Ree
James Woo Eowae
Phil Conidae
Milian Thart
Laberal
Oscar Ekedahl
Topeka
George M. Beal
Department of Architecture
K. U
Raymond Browning
Walter McMarton
K. Uy Architecture Department
Deaths and Funerals in Perry and Surrounding Areas
Walter I Elia 12 died at home north of Perry He was Greenfield born WWI veteran of Perry Methodist Church married to Gladys Ellis and father of Merle Keith Gary Lila Carol Sherry and Marita Wentworth Funeral at Perry Methodist Church with Oak Ridge Cemetery burial Ina Leaverton 74 died in Oskaloosa survivor Lowell Leaverton sister Roy Brent Weiser memorial service for Lt Allen A Ditzen 24 Kansas City Navy pilot died near Japan son of Paul and Mrs Ditzen KU 1953 grad NROTC Sigma Chi Louella Gaines 92 Richland died in Topeka hospital surviving daughters Lillian Blanche Mabel sons Chester Arthur Eugene three grandchildren six great grandchildren funeral at Rumsey Twin Mounds Cemetery Earl Westgate 53 junior high school math teacher died of heart attack at First Presbyterian Church services Saturday burial private wife Katherine son Whitney daughter Kil Westgate sisters and brothers listed
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Walter I. Elia Walter Tel Ellis
Perry
Greenfield
Perry Methodist Church
Gladys Ellis
Merle Ellis
Kansas University
Keith Ellis
Topeka
Gary Ellis
Marita Wentworth
Lila Ellis
Carol Ellis
Sherry Ellis
Max Wentworth
Ira Ellis
Perry Methedist Church
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Allen A. Ditzen
Kansas City
First Presbyterian Church
E. Russell Lynn
Ditzen
Japan
Shangri la
Paul H. Ditzen
K. U
NROTC
Sigma Chi Fraternity
Louella Gaines
Richland
Franklin County
Twin Mounds
Rumsey Funeral Home
Twin Mounds Cemetery
Earl Westgate
Myael Thematics
Albert G. Parker
Westgate
Katherine Westgate
Whitney Westgate
Kilt Westgate
Ohio St
Markets At a Glance and KC Grain and Livestock
Market roundup shows mixed results across commodities with Wheat firm on exports and heavy shipments while Corn and Soybeans show varied echoes. Kansas City livestock and grain quotes reflect steady to higher bids, with hogs and cattle trading mixed and futures modestly up in the session.
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Tigher
OAI
K. C. Cash Grain S
Kansas City
K. C. Livestock
Legislature clears resolution with broad margins
State lawmakers pass a resolution that does nothing with broad support in the House 105 to 4 and the Senate 27 to 2. The measure includes a 575000 appropriation to finance the inquiry. Defendants include committee members elected from the floor of the Legislature such as Rep. Howard Bentley Dale Saffels A E Anderson Clyde Littler and Sens. Richard Woodward Donald Hults C L Huxman along with Fadely and Shapiro.
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House
Senate
Fadely
Shapiro
Howard Bentley
Kinsley
Dale Saffels
Garden City
A. E. Anderson
A. E. Anderson (R- Scoti
Clyde Littler
Cottonwood Falls
Richard Woodward
R-E] Doradal
Donald Hults
R-Lawrence
C. L. Huxman
D-Sublette
Monsanto Plans Two Grants to KU Chemistry Department
The Monsanto Chemical Company of St Louis will award two $1500 grants-in-aid to Kansas University graduate research for the 1956 57 school year in the Chemistry Department. One grant funds pharmaceutical chemistry work in the School of Pharmacy directed by Dr Joseph H Burckhalter who will return from a Fulbright lectureship in Germany. The second grant's use is not yet decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monsanto Chemical Company
St. Louis
Kansas University
Oes
School of Pharmacy
Joseph H. Burckhalter
Tuebingen
Germany
Eberhard Karls University
Burckhalter
Ray Q. Brewster
Brinkerhoff and Roberts discuss indigation in editorial sanctums
Brinkerhoff, accepting as president of the Kansas City Star, spoke on Indignation in the Sanctum. He argued editors should balance indignation with humor and humility while defending home folks and institutions. he contrasted modern Kansas journalism with earlier era diction. A card of thanks from Mrs. Don Flora follows.
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A. Roberts
Kansas City Star
Brinkerhoff
Kansas
William Allen White
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Lincoln
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Allen Fieldhouse
St. John’s Military School
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al Ransom
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Colo
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Hazelet
Jim Collins
Milton PL Allen
Llamoan
Diaire Coury
Frank Gray
Kansas Turnpike Authority
ETA
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Alford-Clarke Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bud Hess
Hess
Sher-if Bol Hodson
Roy Terrill
Texarkana
Memorial Hospital
Gypce Long
Barbara Lewis
Clyde
Gibbons
Lecompton
Eva Cassity
Barker Ave
Lloyd Davidson
Sunflower
Michael Richardson
3Rd St
Timothy Riggs
William Morris
Edgerton
Ella Ray
William Elliott Schlotterback
Wanda Beach
Charles Scanlan
Carl W. Noble
Haskell Ave
Associated Press
Concrete Group
Ina Leaverton
Jefferson County
Oskaloosa
Lowell Leaverson
Fond du Lac
Wis
Roy Brent Weiser
Idaho
Mrs
Wall Street
New York
Bethlehem Steel
N.Y
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GEM
Atchison Iy
Aveo Mfg
Beech Aire
Beth Steel Jae Ula
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du Pont
Klee
Goodyear
Hoamesik
Wang
Martin
Mansan
Mont Ward
RCA
Ty Reyn
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Trans Air
US Steel
Woolworth
East Etn
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Chemical Firm
White
Britain
Don Flora
Massachusett. Ss
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Warren
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