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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1956
Page
3
Federal mediators and 15 city mayors urged continued negotiations in the Westinghouse Electric strike now in its third month. Talks in Pittsburgh sought an interim work return for about 37 000 hourly employees and to sustain uninterrupted talks toward a final settlement amid a deadlock over hourly wage hikes and the time study plan.
Dr G Vernon Bennett a KU graduate takes office as president of Golden State University in Hollywood. He is a noted educator and former Los Angeles city council member born in Waverly Iowa and with degrees from Kansas University Washington University Hamilton College of Law and California University. He taught at Caltech and USC before entering city government where he chaired the Water and Power Committee.
The Kansas Oil Men's Assn. closed its two day convention with four new directors named Ernest Unruh Newton R. Knight Princeton Bill Watson Marysville and A D Bud Eubank Kansas City Kas. Seven directors were re elected Dean Spencer Oakley Ray DuBoss Wichita and Ed Funk Concordia. William L. Kistler Coffeyville became president and William L. Oswald Hutchinson the vice president. Co E Holmes Wichita is executive secretary and Mrs Elsie Martin Wichita treasurer.
Randolph County prosecutor John F. Carmody plans a grand jury probe into vice conditions in Moberly. He called the city Missouri's Phenix City after a drive against vice drew national notice, a statement made after he recovered from head and face wounds from an unknown attacker.
Maj. Robert H. Lapke fire marshal at Camp Forsyth called in 1st Division Air Section. A helicopter piloted by 1st Lt. Alfred R. Smith from Marshall Field blew flames into sub mission and suppressed a grass fire that spanned nearly a mile threatening new cantonment buildings under construction.
A 27 year old jobless California man was jailed on extortion charges after a three day police vigil. William J Ellis was arrested at a bus station as he accepted what he believed to be $10000 from George Steiner a 37 year old lumber firm owner. Ellis admitted planning to obtain money by threatening Steiner.
A fragmentary column by Robe rt C Ruark discusses grasshopper plagues in Victoria and erratic global news. He notes violent incidents in Australia including attacks and wildlife stories, while reflecting on how readers press for full coverage and the limits of what to print.
An education official in New York City welcomed representatives from the Institute of International Education. The event highlighted academic exchange programs and proposed collaborations between institutions and international partners.
Fragmentary lines and garbled text hint at verses about ships, rain, and rivers. The fragment appears to describe a manner of memory through fabric or tape artifacts, interweaving water imagery with distant journeys and past lives.
In Louisville 18 year old Margaret O'Brien, guest of honor at a Lexington premiere event, reveals she has never seen herself act on film. She supports watching other performers and says she does not plan to see the movie Glory.
PFC John E Long and Seaman Penn Wolf return to Memphis after a two week home leave. Wolf reassigned to Norfolk Virginia while Long heads to electronic instructor school near Memphis. McCluggage joins Marine Corps platoon leaders class at Quantico for officer training. Gary McClung and Dayton Wilks near completion of Air Force basic training at Lackland.
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