Lawrence Family Left Homeless by Fire at 221 Til St
A blaze struck the Rayton residence at 221 Til St in Lawrence causing a family of eleven to lose their home. Fire Chief John Miller said the fire started just before 1 am when a child pushed burning paper into a stove. All family members escaped unharmed but clothing and bedding are badly needed as reported by Maj. Carl Sundin of the Salvation Army.
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Lawrence
Tonganaxte
Hairs Tayton
Til
John Miller
Rayton
Miler
Carl Sundin
Salvation Army
Army
Gloria
Harry
Leonard
UT Marvin
Charles
Larry
Barbara
Jeannetta
Donald
Tengen Noxie Cleaners
Star Hat
Mabel Baird
John Sparks
Tremor Felt Across Kansas and Oklahoma Aftershocks Reported
A distant tremor rattled cupboards and windows from Pratt to Greensburg and Wichita. Residents in Stafford, King, Sharon, and Medicine Lodge felt shocks, with two later weaker tremors recorded by a Kansas State University facility. Reports reached northwest Oklahoma as well.
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Deltwig
Pratt
Wichita
Greensburg
Stafford
King
Man
Shar‘on
Medicine Lange
Oklahoma
Kroger's New Downtown Site Plans Highlight Growth
A Kroger project outlined for a downtown site features an improved building with fine parking and attractive, well-kept facilities. The plan anticipates fit with current and contemplated city growth and aims to advance district development.
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Barlow
Farm Bureau Supper Planned at 4-H Fairgrounds
The Douglas County Farm Bureau schedules a basket supper at 4 p.m. Monday on the 4-H Fairgrounds. Proceeds support local agriculture programs and youth activities.
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Farm Bureau
Douglas Counyt Farm Bureau
Lawrence air ride aids March of Dimes and KU hoop season
Lawrence residents can tour the city by air for a penny a pound Saturday with all rides benefiting the March of Dimes. KU freshmen disk basketball may precede a Oklahoma Varsity game at Allen Field House. Police urge restraint on air rifles after Christmas as Chief Hazelet stresses safety. Basketball mentor Phog Allen awaits action from Harry Hen-shel while receiving supportive letters. Weekend forecast calls for cooler, fair conditions with Saturday highs near 40. Lane blockades near Farms to Farms area shift traffic for a highway project with tunnels nearing completion.
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Kansas
Phog Allen
Harry Henahel
Phog
Henshel
Allen
Milton
K.U
AAU
US Athletics
November Income Breaks Record Across The Nation
Washington reports November income at an annual rate near two trillion dollars, marking a rise from October. For the first 11 months, income at about 202 billion yearly, up 18 billion from 1954, driven mainly by higher industrial pay and auto manufacturing gains.
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Washington
Nowerriv
Ifty
Gen Gruenther Named to Succeed Radford as JCS Chair
The Independent Socialist daily Het Parool reported Gen Alfred Gruenther is slated to replace Admiral Arthur W. Radford as chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. The article notes the Netherlands newspaper cited the plan as of today.
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Hague
Netherlands
Het Parool
Alfred ‘Gruenther
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
U.S
Joint Chiefs of
Statf
Inventor Schwine’s space helmet device described
Fragmented OCR lists names and addresses amid a tale of Dr Schwine’s patent drawing device. It notes many residents and a baby girl born today while recounting the inventor’s testing and eventual cooperation to produce a space helmet model and related testing outcomes.
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Peggy Eberhart
Baldwin
Ethel Colgrave
St. Elza
Locust St
Nataline Sims
Route 1
Jewel
Weaver
Dorothy
Schwine
Martinez
Tonya
Albert Smith
Lawrence Gillispie
Wilbur Kirkham
Valley Falls
Robert W. Gay
Smash
B. Sunnyside
Toit
Zaimbeel River Width at Boundary Leap Described
The text notes the Zaimbeel River at the Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia boundary is 5 580 feet wide where it plunges into a cleft. It also mentions a college on the North American scene amid the fragmentary report.
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Northern
Rhodesia
Southern Rhodesia
Jayhawk Kennel Club Plans First Dog Show in February
The Lawrence Jayhawk Kennel Club announces its inaugural dog show set for February 5 at the Community Building. The sanctioned event includes two classes, a junior showman division, and trophies by breed. entries close January 36.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ience Jayhawk Kennel Club
Addiion
American Kennel Club
John Brand
Roger L. Quakenbush
Kenneth Franks
Arthur Rose
E. E. Alexander
Ray Stanclift
Campus building funds sliced for repairs and projects
Budget cuts earmark 365000 for a southwest campus parking area and 1414725 for general fees. The building fund includes 30000 for Music and Dramatic Arts equipment and 20000 for Blake Hall planning. Hall approves Medical Center funds of 3064330 general and 572374 from the building fund for a psychiatric building and a library wing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson Library
Spooner Hall
Hall
Educational Building Fund
Top Aviation Officials Attend Damon Services
Notables from the aviation and business world gathered at a Garden City church for the funeral of Ralph S. Damon 58 president of Trans World Airlines and former World War I era airplane builder who died of pneumonia at Nassau Hospital after Christmas. Damon led American Airlines for 13 years and headed Republic Aviation during World War II before joining TWA in 1949.
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Garden City
N.Y
Ralph S. Damon
Damon
Trans World Airline
Nassau Hospital
Darnon
American Airlines
War Production Office
Republic Aviation Corp
TAWA
U S Gifts India Atomic Energy Library in New Delhi
The United States presented India with a 51 000 volume technical library on peaceful uses of atomic energy during a ceremony in New Delhi. The gift aims to support India’s scientific and energy programs and fosters cooperation in nuclear research and technology.
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New Delhi
United States
India
Denning Case Ends as Topekan Pleads Guilty in Larceny
Jimmie Lee Johnson, 17, of Topeka, pleaded guilty in District Court to a grand larceny charge related to a night of car looting with Denning and a third Topekan. The incident occurred six miles west of Lawrence on U.S. 40. John Henry Sala of Denver was found not guilty by reason of justifiable homicide for Denning's fatal shooting. Russell Viers, the Topekan, also pleaded guilty to grand larceny charges stemming from the Lawrence thefts and was paroled later. Co. Attorney Wayne Allphin Jr. noted Johnson had no prior serious offenses.
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Paul Denning
Douglas County
John Henry Sala
Denver
Denning
Sala
District Cour
Russell Viers
Johnson
Lawrence
Co. Atty
Wayne Allphin Jr
Five Douglas County districts plan consolidation parley
Patrons from five Douglas County rural school districts will meet at 8 p m Tuesday Jan 10 at No and Schoolhouse to study the possibility of consolidation The meeting has been arranged by the school board members of the districts The districts included are Barker District No 20 Brackett District No 54 Kanwaka District No 15 Sigel District No 8 No 6 District C W Reida director of school facilities Services from the Kansas Department of Public Instruction will be present to read the discussion and answer questions concerning the matter of consolidation
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Douglas Count Ty
Barker
Brackett
Kanwaka
Sigel
C. W. Reida
Kansas Department of Public Instruction
Deaths and Funerals J E Robinson
J E Robinson aged 2 127 E 18th Street died this afternoon at the Veterans Hospital in Wadsworth after a long illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. He is survived by his wife and a daughter Eliwyn at home, two sons Paul of Lawrence and Warren in Germany with the Army, his mother Mrs Rozella Robinson of Lawrence, a sister Mrs C W Kilgore of Lawrence, and two brothers Lee of Lawrence and Vester of Chanute.
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J. E. Robinson
E. E. Robinson
18Th St
Veterans Hospital
Wadsworth
Eliwyn
Paul Robinson
Lawrence
Warren Robinson
Germany
Rozella Robinson
C. W. Kilgore
Lee Robinson
Vester Robinson
Chanute
Kansas Traffic Deaths Soar in Latest Records
State accident records show 2 traffic fatalities in the last 24 hours, bringing the year total to 11 so far in 1956, compared with 17 for the same period in 1955. Local authorities urge caution as spring travel increases.
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Topeka
Kansas
Douglas County Records a jump in accidents to 827
Accidents rose 22 percent to a record 827, with city injuries at 1 per 8.35 crashes, down from 1954. Police Chief cites accident consciousness. Highway rural injuries up 40 percent to 71 more. City damage hits $134,138. rural losses near half a million overall.
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John Hazelet
Lawrence
Hall and Butler to Attend Press Club GritUp Show
Kansas City March 6 plans set for the annual Gidle Show of the Kansas City Press Club. National party chairmen Republican Leonard W Hall and Democrat Paul M Butler will join a panel to answer questions from club members with Roy A Roberts of the Kansas City Star serving as moderator.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Press ‘Club
John J. Doohan
Leonard W Hall
Paul M. Butler
Sigma Delta Chi
Roy A. Roberts
The
Kansas City Star
Markets At a Glance From Grain and Stock Briefs
Stocks higher with modest gains across most sectors. Cattle and hogs show firmer bids while wheat and corn hold steady. soybeans and oats rise with corn. Local price quotes include Hog top at 12.25 and steer top 22.00, with regional grain bids and cash receipts noted.
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Wall Street
New York
C. Cash Grain
Kansas City
Court of Appeals Upholds Rican Nationalists Convictions
The U S Court of Appeals on unanimous vote upholds the conviction and sentences of Puerto Rican nationalists charged with plotting to free their homeland from the United States. A federal jury convicted them on March 10 and they are serving 18 months to 6 years.
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New York
U.S. Court) of Appeals
United States
Grace and Prince Host Monte Carlo Ball at Waldorf
Grace and Prince plan tonight’s Monte Carlo Ball at the Waldorf Astoria as guests of honor. A reception at Miss Kelly’s Fifth Avenue apartment precedes the event. If Miss Kelly moves to Monaco, she would be titled Her Serene Highness Princess of Monaco.
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New York
Monte Carlo
Waldorf Astoria
Miss Kelly
Fifth Avenue
Monaco
Princess of
Explosion at Kansas City plant injures two men
Two men suffered serious burns in an explosion at the Puritan Compressed Gas plant on 1300 Eastern Ave in the Centropolis area of Kansas City. Hardie Knock of Independence and Leroy Cline were taken to General Hospital. Firemen reported the blast centered on a leaky oxygen dryer.
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Kansas City
Puritan Compressed Gas Company
Eastern Ave
Centropalia
Hardie Knock
Independence
Leroy Cline
General Hospital
Doyle Seeks Rejection of Bids for Girls Industrial School
State Sen. Philip J. Doyle Beloit asked the state architect to discard bids for a new building at the Girls Industrial School in Reloit. He said bids exceed the appropriation by 90549 dollars but understood the agency plans to negotiate to accept them.
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Philip J. Doyle
Beloit
Doyle
Card of Thanks from Scott and Bearman families
We sincerely thank you for the expressions of kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of our loved one. John Scott and family. We wish to thank our many friends and neighbors for their kindness shown us as the loss of our home. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bearman and family.
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John Scott
J. C. Bearman
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Pel Erhart
Erhart
Kansas University
Karsus Oklahima
Kys
Christ Mas
Hazelet
Haze
Paler
Youngisters
Duane Laird
Towa Sts
W. A. Wymer
C. E
Jack) Richards
Gruenther
Droodles
Memorial Hospital
Donald E
Staik Fleet
15Th St
Billy R. McCracken
Jim D. Fulks
Sunflower
Mary Cameron
Meadow Lane
Nora Ames
Robert B. Hartman
Ohio Stu
Marie Iarter
Pa. St
Darlene Kaycheck
N. J. St
D. Clevenger
Linwood
Stephanie Aldridge
Ind. St
Ella M. McCoy
Ehicl
Edythe Norman
Journal-World Graph
Jayhawk Kennel Club
Damon Services
Topekan
Butler
Milo Matze
A, C
Sheriff's Deputies
Aaece Place
Sts
Morton Building Materials
15Th Land Ore. Sts
Fritzel Service
Mass. St
Trinity Lutheran Church
N. H. St
K. C
USDA
Admiral
Allied Ch
Allis Chal
Alrlin
Uu Ny
Uy Atchison
Atlas
Beech Aire
Beth Steel
Boeing Air
SP & Pac
Chrysler
U Cities
du Pont
Farle
Motors
Omyear
Pdr
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Tnt
Kan C Son
Kan P & Lb
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Mont Ward
NY Central
Tria
Ohio
Amy Penney
JC uUdk
Phil Pee
RCA
Reyn
Reg
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Socony Bg
Spen Chem
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Tran
US Steel
Us Woolworth
Eaat
Lawren Ea Bar Avin Re Sa
Hwance CD
Mass
Ave. Lawrence
Viking
Grace, Prince Plan
Massachusetts
Douglas County State Bank
the Bank of Friendly Service
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Cooper E
Wakren
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