Management theme of year in Douglas County homes
Lawrence Kansas January 2 1952 661 Douglas County women in 31 home demonstration units focused on home management improvement and remodeling after the 1951 floods. About 23 farm homes were built and 4 remodeled while 27 new water systems and 32 farms gained new heating. 137 families planned storage and 136 homes rearranged rooms for space. Miss Crowgey advised 384 families on equipment needs and 78 homemakers on household management during the year with 21 homes receiving exterior makeovers and two windbreaks planted.
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Douglas County
Caroll Crowgey
Miss Crowgey
Rough surf rescue saves 98-year-old fisherman at sea
Honolulu January 2 reports Kakuzo Takata, 98, tossed from a lobster fishing rowboat 500 yards offshore by rough surf. He swam to shore using an oar after the Wailupe Fire Department emergency rescue squad arrived. He was sunning himself on the beach by the time help arrived.
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Honolulu
Kakuzo Takata
Wailupe
Takata
Service members reported recovering and stationed abroad
Cpl Lloyd C Douglas at Sampson Air Base Geneva New York remains in Army hospital at the base for treatment though up and around enabled short leaves He is son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Douglas Sr 1944 Barker Ave Pvt John J Mulvihill of Williamstown now at Camp Saji Japan 40 miles from Tokyo for four months of advanced training Parents Mr and Mrs John Mulvihill Williams town Pic Bill Boswell on a ten day Christmas furlough with his mother Mrs Clella Boswell 637 R I St Rossville Indiana where he is stationed with the Air Force He entered service last March Pfc Arthur H Payne spent Christmas furlough with Mr and Mrs Jack Payne returned to Keesler Air Force Base Biloxi Mississippi to attend school as a radio operator He entered service Dec 23 and is assigned to the Air Force
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Cpl
Lloyd C. Douglas
Sampson Air Base
Geneva
N. Y
Army Hospital
Lloyd Douglas Sr
Barker Ave
John J. Mulvihilly
Williamstown
Camp Saji
Japan
Tokyo
John Mulvihill
Williamstoun
Pic
Bill Boswell
Clella Boswell
R. I. St
Rossville
Ind
Air Force
Arthur H. Payne
Jack Payne
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Miss
Two fugitives join clash near Ft. Wavemworth barracks
Two men suspected of a theft were sighted near a kitchen at a military barracks yesterday. A broad search is underway as officials pursue the skein of clues. No arrests have been announced and the case remains unsolved.
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Ft. Wavemworth
Percy Williams
Werog
Ts Ind
X.Y. Ty Tras
Pine
Long
Preliminary Hearing Set for Youth in Shooting Case
Paul David Dierk, 16, Route 8, has a preliminary hearing set for January 8 in Douglas County Court. He faces an assault with intent to kill charge in connection with the December 26 shooting of Noland Johnson, 12, in the Johnson farm yard southwest of Lawrence. Dierk is free on a $1,300 bond as investigators say two youths were hunting nearby when a shot over their heads became the one that struck Johnson in the chest. he was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and later listed in satisfactory condition.
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Paul
David Dierk
Route
Douglas County
Jerk
Noland i Johnson
Dierk
Johnson
Lawrence
Dirk
Young Johnson
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Dietk
Johnson Farm
Dierky
1951 U S building costs rise with pace
Washington reports 1951 construction totals at nearly 29.8 billion dollars, up 7 percent from 1950. Public outlays rise 27 percent to 9.01 billion, private spending reaches 26.8 billion with military and atomic energy facilities driving the increase.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statishcs
Commerce Department
Italian Communists escalate attack on Catholic Church
In Rome on January 2, Italian Communists led by Palmiro Togliatti launched a public campaign against the Roman Catholic Church. They linked the church to clerical influence in Europe and opposed Western European military confederation plans. Posters and rhetoric marked a shift from years of caution to open confrontation.
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Rome
Palmiro Togliatti
Italy
Europe
Eisenhower
Free Nations
Catholic A
Populi Front
Romimistecs
Anti Communist Counter Attacks and Local Drunken Driving Rulings
Anti Communist counter attacks are noted as rival posters depicted Stalin with a sly grin. Irene Siegrist, 31, Kansas City. William Donald Eberhardt, 24. and Martha Jane Carpenter, 21, Lawrence, face unspecified charges. Drunken driving case: James Spellman O'Rourke fined 150 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail by County judge Frank R. Gray for operating a car while intoxicated. paroled on bail.
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Irene Siegrist
Kansas City
William Donald Eberhardt
Martha Jane Carpenter
Lawrence
James Spellman O’rourke
Frank R. Gray
O'Rourke
Wright and Gabriel Seek Marriage License in Eudora
David Thomas Wright 27 and Amaretta W Gabriel 27, both of Eudora, obtain marriage licenses from Probate Court. Joseph W Trinkle 30 and Dora ge eats are listed in the notice with similar filing details.
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David Thomas Wright
Amaretta WW. Gabriel
Eudora
Joseph W. Trinkle
Dorage Eats
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Gladwyn
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Carl
Phon. OS
Scott
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Standard Sérvice
Zook's
Charles M. Zook
Shields
Vermont
Hartman
13Th & Maas
Francis
Denton
U. S
Lawrence Sanitary
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Maia
PET Pak
PET Supplies
Stalin
Topeka
Continental Trailways
Overland
Greyhound Lines
Southwestern Greyhound Lines
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Roth
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