Manhattan Chooses Lawrence As Top Development Example
Manhattan recents selected Lawrence as a prime model of industrial growth, citing Lawrence's transformation from a college town to a regional industry center. The Manhattan Mercury profiled Lawrence’s 1948–1954 industrial drive, its spike in construction, and the local push to fund development through a public levy and formation of an Industrial Development Corporation. The report credits local business leaders and the community for attracting plants and boosting per capita building activity, with Lawrence showing continued expansion.
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Lawrence
Manhattan
Kaw River
The
Manhattan Mercury
Mercury
Saralena Colvin
Saralena Sherman
K.U. Band
Kansas
University
College Town
Massachusetts Street
BE. R. Zook
Chamber of Commerce
Sunfower Ordnance Works
Here
C of
the Mercury
T. D
State Department of Labor
Kan ‘Gas
Tey
Mistake on Stamps Revealed in Vienna
Austrian State Printing Office produced postage stamps for a non existent Vienna based state Maluka Selan. The order came via a man claiming to represent the state of Amboina and Ceram planning to split from Indonesia. About 45 sets were printed and sold in the United States before the error was halted.
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Vienna
Austria
Maluka Selalan
Amboina
Ceram
New York
United States
Austrian Printing Office
Fugitive Fails in Prison Camp Gun Run
A 7 year armed robbery convict James A Harrell attempted to seize a Florida prison camp near Labelle to free his three buddies. He was shot in the stomach by a guard and is hospitalized in serious condition in Fort Myers. A guard was wounded in the foot. Harrell fled after the ambush and later claimed a bandit wounded him. He had previously escaped last Tuesday and tried to urge his wife to flee with him.
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Largo
Fla
Bertha Tyree
Harrell
Rodgers
Marrell
Warren
Clewiston
Gadsden County
Emporia State Student Returns After Costa Rica Trouble
Emporia State Teachers College student Edwin Flores from Costa Rica is back in classes after a disrupted trip home for Christmas. He reached Panama by plane two days before flights shut down amid his country’s government crisis.
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Emporia
Kas Oa
Edwin Flores
Emporia State Teachers College
Costa Rica
Flores
Panama
Buck resigns as Kansas revenue director to head SBA branch
Wallace M. Buck resigns as Kansas director of revenue to become Kansas branch manager for the Small Business Administration. The new Wichita branch will be led by Buck, effective Jan 24. A former Fort Scott mayor, he joined the State Tax Commission in 1953 and helped implement the income tax enforcement program this year, using a punch card system that recovered over $700,000 from tax evaders.
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Topeka
Wallace M. Buck
Kansas
Small Business Administration
SBA
Wichita
Buck
Fort Scott
State Tax Commission
Blaze Causes Over Five Thousand At Midwest Solvents Plant
Fire in Atchison Kansas at the Midwest Solvents Co alcohol plant caused damage estimated at more than $5,000. Executive vice president Cloud L. Cray gave the loss figure. The report also notes Huey Long died of a gunshot wound in the Louisiana capitol on September 10, 1935.
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Atchison, Kas
Midwest Solvents Co
Cloud L. Cray
Huey Long
Louisiana
Vanderwerf Named Chair Of Chemical Education Division
Dr Calvin Vanderwerf of Kansas University becomes chairman of the American Chemical Society division of chemical education. The society numbers 70 000 members and the education division has about 1300 members. Vanderwerf, 36, was previously secretary of the division.
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Calvin Vanderwerf
Kansas University
Division
Chemical Education
American Chemical Society
Vanderwerf
Kansas Dairy Pickets Protest No Vote
Pickets from the AF of L Teamsters protested in McPherson Kansas at Select Dairy claiming three of eight workers want union recognition. Manager Dwight Pierce said no vote was held and the three striking workers were already replaced with the majority not wanting the union.
Emporia Plan for More Water Gaining Support
Emporia officials win Chamber backing for a long term water plan. Directors unanimously endorse the city pledge to seek construction of a Neosho River dam at Council Grove to ensure future supply. Frank Warren notes it will not bring immediate relief but aims to secure adequate water for the future. Army Engineers were asked to build the project.
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Emporia
Kas
C Ity
Chamber of Commerce
Commission
Neosho River
Council Grove
Frank Warren
Chamber
Army Engineers
University coach nicknamed Hurry-up in 1920s piece
Fielding H. Yost, famed athletic coach of the University of Michigan, was nicknamed Hurry-up in a discussion of dam and reservoir projects near Council Grove as part of an overall public works program. The item places Yost in a broader context of engagement with sports figures within infrastructure reporting.
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Council Grove
Fielding H. Yost
University of Michigan
Hurry-up
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Hassle
Kansas Revenue
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Atchison
Florsheim
Chemical Society
Olson Plumbing
Moss
ALE
Olson
Mgr
Carl's
Masa
Plymouth
Americas
NEW Plymouth
W. B. Cook
Nashville
Tennessee
Mary Rooney Hilliker
Denver
Colorado
Best Buy
William Bogle
Haverford, Pa
Plymout
Utomobile Dealers
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