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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1956
Page
7
About $50 in small coins and a small radio were stolen from the El Tampico Club on Past Street after 4 p.m. Sunday. Police say intruders forced the front door latch to gain entry and took coins from cigarette and music machines. nothing else was missing as of today.
Lawrence Writers' Workshop president Miss Alpha Owens showcased parchment manuscripts and rare antiques at her home as members browsed carved chests and historic fans. Local social notes include bridge luncheon prizes, PEO program, Hesper Mothers philanthropy, and club meetings across Kanwaka and Leavenworth counties.
Mangay lota Nu and Mrs Denla B Lardner host social events at 7 40pm and 2 00pm. The Wadsworth Veterans Aid meets at 10am in the Community Building with quilting and sewing carpet rags. League of Women Voters board meets at 7 30pm at Mrs Hilden Gibson's home. Theresa Society holds a 7 45pm meeting at Holy Family rectory basement with a food shower item request.
More than 300 board members teachers and spouses attended the annual Teacher Board Dinner in the Memorial Union Building Kansas University. B Smith Haworth Ottawa professor spoke on Work or Cut Walled as music by the Douglas County Elementary Rural School Band and Winkend High School sextet accompanied by several organizers.
Mr. and Mrs. Ian Elliott left Sunday for Ithaca after a week with Mrs. Elliott's parents the Murrays. Dr. E. Raymond Hall spoke at the Topeka Audubon Society meeting and shared a University of Kansas Mexico film. Sgt. E. E. Barrett and family visit his parents in Long Island before a three year overseas duty in Scotland. Mrs. Margaret E. Johnson of Ponca City Oklahoma visited Ms. Busby. Mrs. Hedy Anderegg of Ann Arbor Michigan stayed with Dr. and Mrs. Foley. Hugh Randall and family from Wichita spent the weekend in Lawrence with the Ewings and Ivan Randall.
The New York PTA met Thursday with Mrs. Herbert McKelvey presiding. Music was by Mrs. Ethel Itos's third grade pants. Room count won by Mrs. Carol Garcia's first grade and Mrs. Fleming's fifth grade. Nominating committee formed. Film The Angry Boy shown. A talk on How to Develop Your Childs Security given by Mrs. Doris McMlevant. Two third grades hosted.
Rev William P Ames 645 Mo St is author of The Song of a Century and Other Poems a 74 page volume printed by Candor Press Dexter Mo Ames a retired Congregational Church minister is the writer.
A square dancing lesson will be held at 7 30 o clock Tuesday evening in the Community Building. Sponsored by the Recreation Commission the class is free and open to anyone interested.
A fragmented account lists a telethon as a community event with donors and volunteers. Names include Mrs Lloyd Web and Dick Steffen among organizers and drivers. total funds raised show $274.23 from 41 calls. Gifts ranged as the drive proceeds with participants noted and injections of support.
The Supreme Soviet of the Russian Republic opened its annual session to approve the budget and decrees for 1956. Premier Nikolay Bulganin was absent with Khrushchev Boroshilov Molotov and other officials present. rumors say Bulganin is on vacation or ill, with Khrushchev among attendees.
Miss Elizabeth Townsley, assistant professor of voice at Kansas University, will compete among 72 contestants in the four state Metropolitan Opera Association auditions in Tulsa Oklahoma next weekend. Thirteen Kansans participate with finals judged by John Gutman assistant general manager of the Metropolitan.
Lawrence 4 H Club Day at Lawrence Junior High features promotional talks on March 3. Best walkers for boys and girls advance to regional contest, then state roundup at Kansas State College in May. Eligibility requires junior leadership enrollment and talks of eight to ten minutes with personal experience. Allan Robb of Jayhawk 4 H Club was a county regional winner and competed at state last year.
New Delhi reports a 1000 word Congress drafted resolution warning Indians dissension over new states risks violent unrest. Bombay protests last week left at least 71 dead official toll, with hundreds wounded and clashes spread to Calcutta and Punjab amid the crisis.
A. Fred S. Merrill, aged 66 and past president of the Missouri State Horticultural Society, died last night in St. Joseph. He was a former teacher at Kansas State College and had farmed in the vicinity since 1520.
TOPEKA Kans Feb 7 Bills to appropriate 2047 million from the general fund and millions more in other funds were introduced in the Kansas House Ways and Means Committee led by Rep Robert Anderson. The measures align with Gov Fred Hall recommendations and include an equalization of tax assessments proposal to raise school funding via sales tax allocations. The highway department would receive authorization for about 13.5 million in authorized expenditures as part of the package.
President Fi senhrwer outlined routine national security data handling during a White House briefing. Administration officials Murray Snider and press secretary discussed the conference as a routine update with no sensational disclosures.
Dick Wintermate and Maurice Barker depart to defend alumni meetings across Southeast Kansas and Southwest Missouri. Meyer Jr. and Clyde Reeder join as local hosts while events feature brief talks and movies in Fort Leon Pittsburg and Joplin. Wintermate and Barker return Thursday night.
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