Violent Weather Grips South and East With Snow and Winds
A sweeping winter storm battered the South and East with hurricane force winds and heavy snow. Roads were blocked, 175 miles of Pennsylvania Turnpike closed, and thousands stranded. A Patterson New Jersey plane crash killed two, while 100000+ homes lost power or communications as lines fell.
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Patterson
N. J
New Jersey
Long Branch
N.J
Cumberland
Upper
Catskills
New York State
Somerset
Southland
East
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Ram Island Ledge
Portland
Maine
Boston
New England
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Louisiana
Florida
North Carolina
Gulf States
Daytona Beach
Fla
Eastport
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Lakes Area
Plains
West Gulf Coast
Mains
Rockies
Memorial Hospital Admissions and Births Report
Memorial Hospital lists admissions including Mrs Dora H Lyon Baldwin and Mrs Marilyn Steele Richland among others. Dismissals include John W Meek and George Forrester. Births reported to Mr and Mrs Robert Barnhart Baldwin a son and other families welcome newborns.
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Dora H. Lyon
Baldwin
Marilyn Steele
Richland
Rose Brass
Greta Inkman
Yale Rd
Judy Brown
Ellouse Cook
R. I
Beverly Sue. Foust
Emma E. Simmonds
Hazel Wolfe
Ark
Kay Marie Dobbs
Alta Mae Johnson
John W. Meek
George Forrester
Ohio
Nelfie Morriss
Tenn
Josephine Stewart
Del
R. Wayne Nelgon
Utah Ct
Cordelia Clark
Robert Barnhart
Virgil Foust
Robert Cook
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Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence Area Obituaries
Deaths include William J. Cummings former Law rence police chief and Douglas County sheriff who died Wednesday in Lawrence Memorial Hospital with funeral Monday at Rumsey Funeral Home. Also E R Schubert 74 of Eudora and Lawrence died in Covina California with funeral services Tuesday. Harry J Paulson Bowersock Mills employee memorial service held privately. Harry D Hegeman 73 of 732 4N Y St died Thursday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with services Monday at Rumsey Funeral Home. Samuel Blanchard Hines 73 of 901 Oak St will have funeral Saturday at Cooper Warren Chapel with burial in Maple Grove.
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William J. Cummings
William J.cummings
Law‘rence
Douglas County
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Rumsey
Albert G. Parker III
Clinton
E. R. Schubert
Eudora and
Lawrence
Covina
Calif
Pat Evans
Glendora
Henrietta Fuller
Eudora
George Schubert
Gridley
C. W. Schubert
Ala. St
J. ‘Paul Schubert
Pasadena
Harry J. Paulson
Harry J. ‘Paulson
Bowersock Mills
Kaw River
Benton Hanan
Max Maguire
Harry D. Hegeman
Y. St
E. 7Th St
Rumsey Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
Harold Hamilton
Etta Hegeman
Harry Hegeman Jr
Mass. St
Herbert Hegeman
Al‘hambra
Mildred Sheets
Wichita
Lee Hegeman
Mich. St
Samuel Blanchard Hines
Oak St
Cooper-Warren Chapel
Maple Grove
Linwood teens admit thefts in county case
Three Leavenworth County teenagers were bound over to the May term of District Court after waiving a preliminary hearing in Leavenworth City Court. Charles W. Eaton 18 Gilbert P. Baird 18 and Aubrey M. Helm 18 all linwood or near Reno admitted to a series of thefts in the Linwood area over the past two months including 105 from Linwood High School on Feb 8 and items from local farms. They failed to post bonds set at 1000 each and were jailed. Deputy sheriffs Shaver and Palmer acted on a farmer tip leading to their pickup near Linwood Thursday afternoon.
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Leavenworth County
Leavenworth
Charles W. Eaton
Gilbert P. Baird
Linwood
Aubrey M. Helm
Reno
Tom Boone
Linwood High School
Linwood City
E. E. Shaver
E.M. Palmer
Two Negroes Held By Arkansas Cops As Bomb Suspects
In Little Rock Arkansas two Black men Maceo Antonio Binns Jr and Herbert Odell Monts were charged with damaging property with explosives in the bombing of Carlotta Walls home the night of February 9. The arrests announced by police and FBI came amid ongoing school desegregation tensions with no motive given. Mrs L C Bates NAACP leader called the arrests ridiculous.
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Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
Maceo Antonio Binns Jr
Herbert Odell Monts
Horace Mann High School
Binns
Monts
Carlotta Walls
South
U.S. Supreme Court
Binns and
FBI
Werner Knopp
Carlotta
Cartelyon Walls
L. C. Bates
Arkansas
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Two Traffic Crashes Hurt Three in City
Two accidents in the last 24 hours left three people with minor injuries none of whom required hospitalization. At 4 37 p m Thursday a two car crash at 4th and Town Street involved Richard Edward Powell and James A Barakman with major damage and bruises to both drivers. A second collision at 8 08 a m today on East Nineteenth Street left Edwin B Peak and passenger Allen Cook with a cut above the eye and major car damage.
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4Th and Town Sts
Richard Edward Powell
Skyline Trailer Court
James A. Barrackman
Topeka
Powell
Iowa
East Nineteenth Street
Edwin B. Peak
Miller Dr
Peak
Allen Cook
Chessman Gets 60 Day Reprieve On Death Row
California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. ordered a midnight stay of execution for Caryl Chessman, delaying his death by 60 days amid a flurry of appeals. Chessman, dubbed the Red Light Bandit, faced the gas chamber at San Quentin after a long legal fight and recent setbacks in state and federal courts.
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Chessman
Daryl Chessman
California
San Quentin
U.S. Supreme Court
Fred R. Dickson
Los Angles
Los Angeles
Little
Gov. Brown
Brown
Red Light
Davis
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Felix Frankfurter
California Supreme Court
High Court
Fined in Dorm Mixup with Wandering Lincoln Man
Gerald G. Havlicek 36 of Lincoln Nebraska was fined 25 dollars in Police Court for disturbing the peace and a 10 day jail sentence was suspended. campus police chief Joe Skillman said Havlicek was found wandering Corbin Hall KU dormitory around 10 p m Thursday causing fear among women residents. the disturbing the peace charge arose from a complaint by coeds.
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Gerald G. Havlicek
Lincoln
Neb
Joe Skillman
Havlicek
Kansas University
Corbin Hall
Coeds
Fun Fest at Plymouth Church for Lawrence Juniors
Plymouth Congregational Church hosts a fun fest from 7 30 to 10 tonight for Lawrence junior high students. Admission is 25 cents.
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Plymouth Congregational Church
Lawrence
Warden Recalls Chessman’s 60 Day Reprieve Call
Warden Fred Dickson at San Quentin recounts being in the holding cell when Governor’s secretary phoned with the order for a 60 day reprieve for condemned man Caryl Chessman. Chessman, surprised, expressed gratitude and prepared to resign himself to execution before being escorted back upstairs.
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Fred Dickson
San Quentin Prison
San Quentin
Calif
Cecil Poole
Sacramento
Chessman
Milton Alien Is Active Republican Leader and Lawyer
Milton Alien has served as precinct committeeman and head of the county Republican Veterans Club. He was named director for Kansas in the National Association of County and Prosecuting Attorneys and is a past president of the Douglas County Bar Association. He and his wife Isabel Perry live at 1317 Strong Ave with three children Judith, Duane Morris, and Milton P. Allen Jr. and Jennifer.
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Republican Veteran’s Club
Kansas
National Association of
Douglas County Bar Association
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Alien
Isabel Perry
Merriam
Strong Ave
Judith
Duane Morris
Milton P. Allen Jr
Hillcrest School
Jennifer
Boyd Takes Stand On State Spending
Manhattan AP Boyd, publisher of Phillipsburg weekly News, running for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, told Kansas State Young Republicans he would not back any program without financing from current revenues. He criticized Democrat administrations for overspending and urged a more orderly administration, less bickering, public responsibility, and true economy, asserting Republican leaders and legislatures have driven Kansas achievements.
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Manhattan
McDill
Huck
Boyd
Phillipsburg
Kansas
Lawrence High School bond vote shapes city schools
Lawrence leaders describe a 1951 bond plan totaling 2.146 million dollars added to 476 thousand from a levy to fund a senior high school, six new elementaries, remodeling, a new west junior high and six portable classrooms as the city doubles its school population. Wolfe notes rising costs forced economy while aiming for sturdy, well lit buildings and comfortable spaces. Local Kiwanis guests from several clubs attend with community leaders and new members joining in the event.
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Wolfe
Lawrence
Central
West
Lawrence High School
Phil Godwin
Kansas City, Kan
Meriden Club
Downtown
West Side
Topeka
Garden City
al Wakefield
The
Presbyterian Church
Joe Wilson
Board of Education
Walter Schoene
Ken Deemer
Walter Sandelius
Melvin W.lewis
al Gallup
Richard Wright
Gallup
Wright
Valley playoff site debate hints at St Louis
Lawrence sources report KU athletic director Dutch Lonborg says a Bradley Cincinnati tied Missouri Valley title playoff would likely be at Kiel Auditorium in St Louis, not Allen Fieldhouse. Fans anticipate a clash featuring Oscar Robertson and Chet Walker as strong drawing cards. Douglas County Health Department also announces a Well Baby Clinic for pre school children on Feb 29 at 342 Mo St with Dr Helen Gilles.
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Dutch Lonborg
Kansas University
Bradley-Cincinnati
St. Louis
Kiel Auditorium
Allen
Oscar Robertson
Ciney
Chet Walker
Bratey
Douglas County
Wreck Victim Dies in Hospital in Kansas
A 72-year-old Kansas City woman, Margaret Budy, died at 5 10 a m in Lawrence Memorial Hospital from injuries from a one car crash Sunday afternoon eight miles northeast of Lawrence on K 32. Her husband Joe Budy died Monday night from similar injuries. The driver suffered facial cuts and bruises and remained hospitalized. The accident occurred in Leavenworth County. Trooper Charles Nicholay said the Burkard car appeared to be passing another vehicle when it hit an embankment off the highway.
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Kansas City, Kan
Lawrence Memorial , Hospital
Lawrence
Margaret Budy
Fred Burkard
Kansas City
Cuban plane disaster tied to sugar cane raids
The Prime Minister linked a Cuban plane crash to two Florida air bases shown on a recovered flight map. He noted the wreck revealed units 30 miles from a SAC base near Homestead and 79 miles from a Key West Navy base. He claimed about 30 raids this year produced roughly 225000 tons of sugar cane losses.
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Florida
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Homestead
Key West Navy
Castro
Card of Thanks Expressing Gratitude from Dca Cyster and Family
A card of thanks from Mrs Dca Cyster 1247 Ky and the Harry Paulson Family thanking friends for cards flowers during hospital stay praising Dr Auch ard nurse Mrs Snead kind nurses and meals and expressing appreciation for love kindness and prayers in time of sorrow.
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Auchard
Snead
Dca Cyster
Harry Paulson
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U.S. Weather Bureau Dept. of Commerce
Caryl Chessman
Montevideo
National Council
Government of
Uruguay
State Department
Washington
Rubottom
Brazil
Mass
Brothers Hardware
Warden
Milton
Raymond Lee Plumbing and Wiring
N.H. Ph
Wolfer
Dwight Sickles
York Life Insurance
COMPA
Pension ‘Mans
Putes
Oes
Hull
Peo
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