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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1956
Page
6
Saturday social calendar introduced a trial Sparent dance with limited turnout while a homecoming party followed Lawrence High basketball fame. Debating teams compete in tournaments with nine couple dance event and ice skating outings amid school activities and upcoming joint Hi Y Y Teens dance planning.
The Civil Duties Board determines the KC collision between a DC3 and a small Cessna resulted from DC3 crew failure to observe pattern and comply with airport procedures. Contributing factors include Fairfax Airport tower actions and instructor reporting failures. The Cessna was destroyed. DC3 sustained damage but landed safely.
In Kalamazoo Michigan a farm family awoke to a scream and found their 10 year old Jeannie Schuster unresponsive with a dead wasp beneath her bed. A doctor ruled death from anaphylactic shock due to extreme insect sting sensitivity.
Claudio Arrau, a renowned pianist, delivered a two hour program featuring Mozart and Beethoven with precise, deeply introspective interpretations. He opened with Fantaisie in C minor and Beethoven works, concluding with Mozart Rondo in D after audience demand.
The Kansas aviation trades association elected Ray Manon of Dodge City as president at the opening session of its annual meeting, succeeding Ed Isaacs of Wichita.
Salina report says Moritz Timmer 29 died when a dump truck bed dumped its load while he helped to hold in furniture near Salina. Timmer, a Santa Fe depot agent at Westfall, Kas., had just married two weeks earlier. Cousin Charles Hollerich 22 drove the truck. Timmer, a native of St Paul Minn, is survived by his widow and parents.
Maj. Gene Byron Cates, 60, former Champlin Air Force Base commander, was punished for steering private insurance firms to his personal gain. Gen Gates, fined and reprimanded, profited by 2440 dollars during the inquiry despite retirement pay. ATC noted recall to active duty six months and total pay of 131,294 dollars for the period after adjustments.
Stephen Chandler, a 22 K U Law graduate, is named chief federal district judge of Oklahoma. After earning his degree he practiced law 21 years, then served as federal district judge for the western district of Oklahoma since 1943. Dean Moreau plans to invite him to lecture on campus soon.
Construction of the Navy s fourth atomic submarine and the first built in a government shipyard will begin officially January 25 at the Portsmouth New Hampshire naval shipyard.
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