Storm Then Canada Braces as East Coast Winter Hits
A fierce winter storm plowed from Maine to Florida causing dozens of deaths and widespread disruption. The system brought 75 mph winds, heavy snow, sleet and rain, closing schools and businesses from New England to the Mid-Atlantic while Florida recorded rare snow and forecasts warned of severe cold ahead.
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New York
Canadian Maritime Provinces
Maine
Florida
Middle
South Atlantic
New England
Seaboard
Augusta
Meine
Atlantic City
N.J
Lakeland
Florida Weather Bureau
Weather
Connecticut
Masachusetts
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
New Hampshire
Meadow Lea Estates Plats and Traffic Plan Items Considered
Planning Commission approved the Meadow Lea Estates final plat for a 63 acre residential area south of the city on the east side of U S Highway 59. The Traffic Commission recommended parking restrictions on Sixteenth Street and an extension of the Iowa Street speed limit south to Twenty Third. A resolution praising Police Inspector Bill Cox was ordered due to the acting police chief leave. The Lawrence Bus Committee endorsed a Kansas Legislature briefing seeking gasoline tax relief for urban bus systems to aid public transit.
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Sunset Hill
Planning Commission
Iowa Street
Nineteenth
Bill Cox
John Hazelet
Lawrence Bus
Kansas
Lawrence
Ike's Soil Bank Payment for Gettysburg Farm
New York Times reports President Eisenhower's Gettysburg farm received 2009.60 in soil bank payments for not growing corn and wheat in the past two years. Officials say conservation payments are well under the 1500 limit per farm.
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New York
New York Times
Eisenhower
Gettysburo
Washington Dispatch
Deaths and Funerals Thomas 8 and Bert Seyler Sr.
Funeral services for Thomas S. Gress 87 who died Tuesday in a Topeka hospital at 1 30 p m Friday at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev Rudolph C Tatsch. burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include two sons four daughters and eight grandchildren. Albert Jasper Bert Seyler Sr 65 died suddenly of a heart attack at his Wellsville home. services 2 p m Friday at Wellsville Baptist Church with burial in Wellsville cemetery. Survivors include wife two sons and three daughters.
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Thomas
Gress
Thomas S. Gress
Topeka
Rumsey
Rudolph C. Tatschin
Memorial Park Cemetery
Kansas City
Tonganoxie
Haskell Institute
First Christian Church of
Lawrence
Charles F. Gress
Los Angeles
Calif
Theodore Gress
Paul Sigg
Cecil C. Doherty
Kas
Elbert H. Snelten
Robert Cress
Mission
George Gress
Pryor
Albert Jasper
Bert) Seyler Sr
Wellsville
Wellsville Baptist Church
Loyal Hiatt
Welaville
Della Seyler
David
Beverly O'Connor
Bert Seyler Jr
Perry
Pedestrian Bridge Over Rosemead Blvd Arose After Battle
A $38,000 pedestrian bridge now stands over Rosemead Boulevard near El Rancho High and Mary Miller Junior High as a monument to James Pieda a 15 year old killed when a truck struck a group of children on the first day of school. Parents organized a safety drive picketing the intersection forming a traffic control corps with about 30 women volunteers. The effort included repeated efforts at state and local levels with traffic counts and patrols culminating in construction after 16 months of persistence by the community.
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Los Angeles
Myway
State
Eees
Anup Singh KU Grad Leads Cairo Afro Asian Conference
Anup Singh a 54 year old Amritsar native and KU alumnus organized the Cairo Afro Asian Peoples Solidarity Conference claiming non Communist leadership though delegates from Russia China Korea and Mongolia attended. He criticizes Western policies and Eisenhower doctrine while boasting 22 years in the United States and a Harvard PhD.
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Harvard
Singh
Cairo
Bandung
Indonesia
Russia
China
Korea
Vietminh
Mongolia
Philippines
U.S.S.R
States
Jayne Manefield to Wed Mickey Hargitay on Monday
Hollywood reports that Jayne Manefield and weightlifter Mickey Hargitay will marry Monday evening. She said the date was moved up because they are in love and because 13 is their lucky number. Hargitay, from Hungary, has won Mr Universe and obtained American citizenship on the 13th.
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Hollywood
Jayne Manefield
Mickey Hargitay
Mickey
Jayne
Hargitay
Hungary
Trousseau
Gavin says retirement plan to March 30 is final decision
Lt Gen James M. Gavin told Senate that his plan to retire March 31 is final despite Pentagon offers of promotions and four star rank. He said he can do more for the Army outside than in and spoke in a closed Senate session with Sen. Johnson leading the briefing.
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Washington
James M. Gavin
Army Research
Senators
Pentagon
Gavin
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Sen
Johnson
D- Tex
Jackson
D-Wash
Symington
D-Mo
U.S
Symington i
Sens. Stennis
D-Miss
Goldwater
Army
Brucker
Defense McElroy
Defense Department
Lawrence night clash pulls 64 63 close finish in Norman
Lawrence radio notes report a 64-63 score with Billings missing the final shot. KU coach Dick Harp rushed to the court to console a broken hearted Billings while noting other errors led to the loss.
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Kanes Eiehons
Norman
Land
Teay
Gene Hudson
Annes Anced
Ah the Pirat
Billings
Dick Harp
Ren
Harp
Student 18 Much Better After Kansas Accident
Walter Engle is reported much better after an untimely accident in Kansas. Heacriam Fresh is noted in connection with the incident and his condition shows improvement.
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Walter Engle
Kansas
Heacriam Fresh
Eudora Births and Local Names Logged at Memorial Hospital
A Memorial Hospital listing records births and local residents involved in newborns and family announcements. Names include Agnes Wehige Topeka, Welsh and baby girl in Eudora, and several couples with newborns or twin girls, plus various addresses in Muncie Topeka and Eudora.
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John Edwards
Eudora
Agnes Wehige
Topeka
Wanda Waugh
Richard Zern
Marion Paslay
Lécompton
Sarah Eldridge
Ind. St
David
Wayne van Dyke
Muncie
Barbara
Kash
Ing. N. H. St
Roger Goff
LeRoy Alexander
Elm St
George Treft
Salome Star Virginia Copeland in Saint of Bleeker Street
Miss Virginia Copeland who sings the principal soprano in Salome will perform Annina in the University Theatre's Saint of Bleeker Street at Kansas University on March 10. She is currently engaged in Europe in Salome and starred in the original New York production of Saint of Bleeker Street in 1955.
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Virginia Copeland
Salome
Annina
University Theatre
Dulles Labels Talks Futile in Closed House Session
Secretary of State Dulles told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that high level talks with the Russians would be futile at present. He spoke before the committee in a closed session in the capital.
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Washington
Dulles
House Foreign Affairs’ Committee
New Sea
Farmers optimistic as 1938 outlook turns brighter
Farmers across Douglas County speak of improving prospects for 1938 with strong yields in melons wheat and corn. Jim Wiggins notes good prices for stock and solid wells while others praise alfalfa and cattle prices.
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Jim Wiggins
Lawrence
Wiggins
Cure
Douglas County Agrisaid
Willis Colman
Lawrence Farmers Hold Steady in Harsh Weather Report
Farmers in Lawrence face uncertain prices and weather yet display strong business sense and hard work. Local quotes suggest the area benefits from capable growers who can yield well when conditions align.
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Lawrence
Police to Sponsor Two Benefit Shows in Lawrence
The Grand Ole Opry will perform in Lawrence for two benefit shows on January 30 at 6 30 pm and 8 45 pm in the Community Building. Proceeds go to the police bene t fund with headliners Kitty Wells Little Jimm Dickens Johnny and Jack Smilin Eddie Hill Carl Butler Mel Tillis and Harot Morleni. Advance tickets are on sale.
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Grand Ole Opry
Lawrence
Fraternal Order of Police
Police
FOP
Kitty Wells
Mation
Little Jimm Dickens
Columbia
Topeka
Johnny and
Jack
Decca
Smilin
Eddie Hill
RCA Victor
Carl Butler
Six Dead As Fire Traps Passengers Aboard Bodoe Ship
Six people died in a Norwegian coastal express ship fire. Passengers trapped below decks apparently suffocated from smoke before rescue teams reached them.
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Bodoe
Norway
Gata Ila
Western Bell plans statewide telephone buildout in Kansas
Collinson and Smith outline a massive construction program to expand local and long distance service across Kansas. The plan adds lines for Layette Stall Clinton and southern half service areas, aims to reach 100 percent dial capability within five years, and requires substantial new capital to modernize the system and protect facilities.
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Cousiinad
Collinson
Csilpateah
Ceraec
Stall
Lecompton
Colin
Iso Salenses
Star
Clinton
Lawrence
Ball
Kansas
Sowthestern Bell
Ito
Een Smith
Smith
Dolara
Nea
Trial of Gerrand Declared Mistrial Over Twin Interruption
Missoula Montana witnesses report Donald Benton Gerrand 28 charged with driving while intoxicated had a mistrial after his twin brother Doyle appeared in court and the defendant was absent. A new trial date awaits further investigation.
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Missoula
Mont
Donald Benton Gerrand
Doyle
Waa Rele
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