Witness Brings Delay as Patterson Murder Trials Resume
In Phenix City Alabama state witness returned from Florida to Birmingham and said he would testify in the Patterson murder trials. James Ray Taylor, a Columbus Georgia taxi driver, was arrested in Niceville Florida on a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid testifying. Prosecutors delayed start until 9 am as Taylor arrived and was brought by highway patrol. Arch Ferrell and Albert Fuller, former Phenix City prosecutors, face murder charges in the case that toppled the city vice empire. maximum penalty is death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ssirmingham
Ala
Patterson
Birmingham
Florida
James Ray Taylor
Columbus
Niceville
Fla
Taylor
Phenix City
Arch Ferrell
Albert Fuller
Pheni City
Move to bring work rights bill to House floor
A motion was made in the Legislature to take the so called right to work bill out of committee for debate and a vote on the House floor. Rep Merl Lemert Ge Sedan, a bill author, filed the motion to advance the bill amid controversy. Neal Jordan opposes the measure, warning parliamentary procedure could affect labor relations.
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EEA
House
Merl Lemert Ge Sedan
Ide
House Labor Committee
Neal Jordan
Auton Ad
Ween vi Palace
Jordan
Local Civic Fund Drive Names Ward Captains and Lieutenants
The report lists ward captains and lieutenants for a Mrs. Burris Lavery and others guiding a fund goal of six thousand dollars. Names include Hotchkiss and Mrs. W. W. Hatfield among fourth to sixth ward leaders and spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Ward
George Mole
Edward K. Bishop
A. E. Olson
Justin Anderson
Maurice Barker
H. Harria
Ivan Shull
Fred Stubeck Jr
Don Berkley
Fifth Ward
Hugh Hines
Eugene Snow
Donald Potter
Sixth Ward
Robert Frakes
Ed Weaver
Marriage License Issued in Probate Court
A marriage license was issued Monday in Probate Court to Glenn EL House of Rossville and Violet A Wilson of Silver Lake. The filing records show the couple awaiting formal vows and legal union in county records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn EL House
Rossville
Violet A.“ Wilson
Silver
Lake
Droodles Hallu Move Olavs Ol Dhnihlon Miem
The author recalls failing Art School twice and starting a new comic strip starring a self character Hob who speaks in quirky lines like cand 2772 and What? The aim was to rebalance a talky strip, but the humor clashed with editors. The narrator later grows up and enrolls again under art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hob
Andra
Phenix Murder Trial Set in Alabama
The prosecution announced Albert Fuller, former Phenix City deputy sheriff, will go on trial first for the June 18 slaying of A. L. Patterson. Both sides say they are ready to proceed with murder charges against Fuller and Arch Ferrell, former Phenix City solicitor.
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Birmingham
Ala
Albert Fuller
Phenix City
A. L. Patterson
Fuller
Arch Ferrell
Balloons with notes travel 742 miles after Lawrence youth launch
Lawrence youngsters John and Fred Hartman and Fred Rose released a helium filled balloon with a note asking finders to call 3471 Lawrence. A Kirksville Missouri couple found it, sparking a surprised call and map based travel estimate around 200 miles in under 40 hours amid spring like weather notes and local golf forecasts.
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Lawrence
John
Fred Hartman
Fred Rose
Kansas
Elmer F. Hartman
Barker Ave
Fred
Kirksville
Hartman
Elmer Hartman
McAllaster School
Keneath Rose
Wheel disks stolen from car near campus game
John Woodbury reported four wheel disks valued at 11 dollars stolen from his car while he attended the K U Oklahoma A and M basketball game. The vehicle was parked near the Memorial Campanile at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Woodbury
Ind. St
Romanian Legation Barricaded in Bern by Resistance Band
Romanian resistance fighters barricaded the legation in Bern after a 2 am assault that killed the legation head and sent staff into the street. They vowed to hold the building until five political prisoners in Bucharest were released, while Swiss police sought a peaceful surrender.
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Bern
Switzerland
Romania
Legation
Légation Hhaut- Teur
Bucharest
Ae Legation
Jegation
Aure Setu
Eduard Frei‘mueller
Tve
Freimueller
Adia Aldea
Sudeju
Eric] Lawar
Anton Murianu
B. B. Bratianu
Huge Area Covered In H Bomb Fall Out
Washington reports that an area 140 miles long and up to 20 miles wide could face serious radioactive fallout from a Bikini test blast on March 1, 1954. Half the people 160 miles down wind might die, 5 to 10 percent as far as 190 miles away. The Atomic Energy Commission released the data to inform the public and urge protective measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Bikini
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Lewis L. Strauss
Bn Friend
City approves rezoning and eyed annexation for land use
Owners opposed one side of the land as poor for residences. The City Commission, after several meetings, backed the Planning Commission's rezoning for business along Twenty Third Street from Louisiana. They opposed a string bean district and considered annexing south side land, pending county approval and further talks with county commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Planning Commission
Twenty-Third Street
Louisiana
Fleet is Due in Manila in 7th Fleet Reach
The U S carriers Midway and Wasp with destroyers of the 7th Fleet are slated to arrive in Manila tomorrow to support Ta Chen evacuation operations. Units of the 1th Fleet guarding Formosa conduct anti-Communist patrols from bases in the region. William C Rice, Harris Trust and Savings Bank Chicago vice president and KU alumnus, is named chairman of the brokers and dealers division, per the alumni association.
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Manilam
U. S
Midway
Wasp
Navy
1Th
Formosa
Nisa
K U Chorale Returns From St Louis Performance
The Kansas University chorale returned Monday night from St Louis where it performed at the Music Teachers National Association meeting and at a St Louis alumni gathering. Directed by Robert Shaw the group sang for almost 450 minutes at the Jefferson Hotel with over 2 000 delegates present. Earlier they performed at Kirkwood Presbyterian Church before more than 100 alumni as Kansas Football Coach Charles V Mather spoke. The alumni hosted the students over the weekend.
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Kansas University Chorale
St. Louis
Music Teachers National Association
Gold
Jefferson Hotel
Robert Shaw
Kirkwood Presbyterian Church
Kansas
Charles V. Mather
Deaths and Funerals in Topeka and Lawrence Obituaries
John S Salsbury 84 Topeka born 1870 England died Saturday. Survived by wife Gertrude ten sons many grandchildren burial in Pleasant Hill. Florence Kunkel 77 Lawrence died after stroke at home Miss St. Survived by daughter Louise Ditmars two sisters. Macie Gladys Brown 52 Lawrence found dead of bronchial pneumonia at 745 Conn St survived by three daughters, two sisters, one brother and 21 grandchildren. Edgar Gaskill 73 former Leavenworth County resident died in Hot Springs Arkansas burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Graveside Thursday. Rumeey Funeral Home notices.
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John S. Salsbury
Topeka
Edgar Salsbury
Learand Ave
Bedford
England
United States
Burlington
Gertrude Salsbury
Robert Salsbury
Wichita
Morris Salsbury
Carthage
John Salsbury
Waverly
William Salsbury
Albert Salsbury
Vincent Salsbury
Ernest Salsbury
Arthur Salsbury
Ottawa
Lawrence
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Florence Kunkel
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Miss. St
Tha
Louise Ditmars
Colorado Springs
Macie Gladys Brown
Conn
Byron Walters
Parsons
Roy Chaney
Lone Star
Opal Reeves
Picher
Okla
Dave Dick
South West City
Carl Chaney
Venita
Paul Gohner
Oregon
Becky Hicks
Spavinaw
Leonard Garrison
Strang
Rumsey
Burrial
Oak Hill Cemetery
Edgar Gaskill
Hot Springs
Ark
Leavenworth County
Cena Jackson
Gladys Fearnley
Harry Gaskill
Liberal
William Merriman
Rumeey Funeral Home
County Traffic Fines In County Court Seven Fined
Seven individuals from Leavenworth Topeka Lecompton and other areas were fined in County Court for traffic violations. Names include Kenneth Pettibon Harlan Walker Ralph Bartley Rodney Ball Russell Brown Harry Peterson and Walter Pickens with fees ranging from 5 to 60 dollars plus costs for offenses such as reckless driving running a stop sign passing in no passing zone and driving on the wrong side of the road.
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Kenneth Leland Pettibon
Leavenworth
Harlan Lee Walker
Lecompton
Ralph Edgar Bartley
Topeka
Rodney B. Ball
DeSoto
Russell Calvin Brown
Mission
Harry B. Peterson
Kansas City
Eas
Walter E. Pickens
Traffic court results list multiple defendants
Arnold Odell was found innocent on failing to yield right of way. Frank Prosser was found guilty of failing to yield right of way with 15 days suspended and a six month driving ban in Lawrence. Glenwood Yancey Jr faced a $10 fine for driving over a fire hose with $5 suspended for traffic school. Richard Hil was fined $10 for reckless driving with $5 suspended for traffic school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold. Odell
Tenn
Frank Prosser
Lawrence
Glenwood
Yancey, Jr
Miss
Richard
Wreck Damages Reported After Collisions at 10th and VT Streets
A minor two-vehicle crash occurred Monday evening at 10th and Vt Streets involving Joan Layman 21 of 1046 ACL 5t and Donald Cobb 30 of 818 La St. Both drivers were uninjured and police reported no injuries.
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10Th
Joan Layman
Donald Cobb
la. St
Art film show at Museum of Art features three color films
The Museum of Art presents three color art films on Wednesday evening in the lecture hall with two screenings at 7 30 and 9 00. The works shown include pieces by Grand ma Modes Franklin Watkins and Calder.
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Museum of Art
Grandma’ Modes
Franklin Watkins
Calder
Birds Riddle Spires Of English Churches
A strange war of attrition against church spires in Southeastern England is blamed on green woodpeckers. Over 30 churches in Essex, Hertfordshire, and Kent report 500 to 1,000 holes per steeple. While Sid ney Larkins failed to observe birds drilling, other observers confirm woodpeckers as vandals. Experts suggest the birds drill shingles to reach woodboring worms amid widespread DDT use.
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London
England
Essex
Hertfordshire
Kent
National Federation of Master
Sidney Larkins
Great Hallingbury
Memorial hospital notices and Kansas City grain market report
The page lists residents at Memorial Hospital in Sunflower Lenox Eudora and nearby areas with partial addresses and names including Mrs. Freda Parsons Mrs. Ruth Borland Mrs. Phyllis Wilcox Valerie Wright Gayle Merritt Mrs. Yvette Durr Mrs. Lilie Ness Tom Rule Ronald Dyer Mrs. Margaret Tudhope Mrs. Mildred Cattlett Fred Shellack Larry Stemmerman Evelyn Phillips and baby boy. It also covers a Kansas City grain market report noting wheat corn and oats prices with car counts and price ranges for various grades.
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Freda Parsons
Sunflower
Ruth Borland
Tenn
Lathrop. Read Sr
Tenn St
Phyllis Jean Wilcox
Lenox
Valerie Wright
Maple St
Gayle Merritt
Yvette Durr
Eudora
Lilie Ness
Tom Rule
Elm St
Ronald Dyer
Ky. St
Margaret Tudhope
Linwood
Mildred Cattlett
Fred Shellack
Vt. St
Larry Stemmerman
Miss. St
Evelyn Phillips
Conn. St
Markets and Stocks Report From Kansas City and Wall Street
Market rundowns show gains in some stocks while others drift. Cattle, hogs, and wheat futures mix with currency notes while Wall Street ends higher as General Electric climbs on a diamond research reveal.
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Giasce
Atren
K. C. Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Wall Street
New York
General Electric
Two Fires Blamed on Short Circuits in Lawrence
Two fires Monday in Lawrence were blamed on short circuits in electrical equipment. Firemen were called at 3:52 p.m. to H. J. Kapfer’s home at 1818 Miss. St where a washing machine motor was smoking causing about $20 in damage. At 8:10 p.m. firemen answered an alarm at Gene Woodhead’s home 1339 Haskell Ave where a television set burned. no loss estimate yet, but damage limited to the set’s electrical equipment.
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Lawrence
H. J. Kapfer
Miss. St
Gene Woodhead
Haskell Ave
John Miller
Frye Receives Honorary Science Degree at Marietta College
John C. Frye, longtime State Geological Survey official in Kansas and Illinois, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by Marietta College during Founders Day. Frye has been a trustee of the Midwest Research Institute in Kansas City since 1946.
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John C. Frye
State Geological Survey
Kansas University
Illinois State Geological Survey
Marietta College
Marietta
Frye
Midwest Research Institute
Kansas City
Recreation school ends at Kansas University
The second annual recreations superintendents school closed at 4 p.m. today at Kansas University. About 40 attendees over two days heard discussions on recruitment and training of personnel, operation of parks and recreation programs, and research related to Kansas children. KU professors participated on panel discussions.
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Kansas University
Children of
Kansas
K. U
Sketches by Isadora Duncan on display at KU Museum
A collection of 20 sketches of Isadora Duncan by Abraham Walawitz is shown at the University of Kansas Museum of Art. The pieces, belonging to the late Haldeman Julius of Girard, will remain on display for the rest of the month in conjunction with the Ballet Theater which performs Wednesday night.
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Iisadora Duncan
Abraham Walawitz
Museum of Art
Kansas University
Haldeman Julius
Girard
Ballet Theater
Colorado Teachers Here Visit Kansas University
De R M Hansen and Dr John Olive of Colorado A and M College Fort Collins Colo visited Kansas University Monday. Hansen studied specimens of ground squirreum in Natural History and led a seminar for dental and zoology faculty on fertilizing lakes and streams in Colorado as a means of increasing fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de. R-M. Hansen
John ‘Olive
Colorado A & M College
Fort Collins
Colo
Kansas University
Hansen
Gtudenta
Department of
Colorado
Death of Mrs. Macie Brown city coroner reports
Autopsy found natural causes for 52 year old Macie Brown of 745 Conn Street. Coroner Dr Byron Walters announced she was discovered Monday afternoon in her upstairs apartment and had been dead about two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macie Brown
Baldwin Men Face Off Over Debt in Local Court
In a money recovery suit a district court jury ruled for George Roeber against F. M. Cannon. The verdict awarded Roeber 352.02, while Cannon had claimed Roeber owed 157.96 for merchandise from Cannon’s artes Station and 130 for remodeling work from fall 1983. Cannon argued Roeber’s work was incomplete and defective and that he overcharged beyond the oral agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Roeber
F. M. Cannon
Baldwin
Cannon
Roeber
Artes Station
Stand ard Oil elevates Kansas alumnus to EVP post
Charles E. Spahr, KU alumnus class of 1934, former Lawrence resident, has been elected executive vice president of Standard Oil Co of Ohio. A KU BS graduate, he joined the firm in 1939 with a wartime Army gap in between.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Spahr
Kansas University
Lawrence
Standard Oil Co. of
Ohio
Spahr
K.U
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