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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1956
Page
10
Topeka Kansas House considers a resolution creating a bipartisan legislative investigating committee with four House members and three senators to probe any state government unit. The panel would issue monthly progress reports and a final report to the 1957 Legislature.
New Delhi sources report Soviet Premier Bulganin is resting after a strenuous Asian trip. Indications point to fatigue or possible heart strain, with rumors of jaundice, though officials would not confirm any specific ailment. He has not appeared in public since January 3.
Mr and Mrs Fred Eder announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Delene to Eugene Born of St Paul Kansas. Miss Eder is a Kansas City worker. The CPA dinner at St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed elected officers McCabrin Lawson Diedrich Hargrave. A turkey dinner served to 70 members. Birth announced Ronald Young and Phylliss Baecker daughter Jan 17 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. PTA meets Jan 27 with nurse guest speaker. High School League Basketball Tournament at De Soto. Thelbert Dean returns from Africa furlough and will report to Camp McCullen February 25. African Violet Club meets with displays and discussion. Lions Club dinner at city hall with spring bouquet theme.
Visiting and dancing guests included Mr and Mrs Bryce Embiye and Gerald Grosdidier. Mrs Leo Katzfey of Lawrence is discharged from Lawrence Memorial Hospital after major surgery and recovering at home with Mrs Joe Katzfey of Sarcasta. Jerry Campbell a 16 year old Fu dora High School junior was licensed to preach at the Eudora Baptist Church December meeting. His parents are Mr and Mrs W H Abbott Mrs Jack Borland and Da vid of San Antonio Texas visiting Mr and Mrs William Weil.
Attorney General Hard R. Fatzer had knee surgery in Topeka to repair a wartime injury from World War II. His hospital stay length is not yet known.
A fresh batch of cold air moved into the Southeast reaching northern Florida with temperatures dropping to the low teens. A Christmas snowstorm earlier this week swept from Arkansas to Vinopit with snowfalls up to a foot in parts of Tennessee North Carolina and Virginia. Light snow extended from the Eastern Plains into Minnesota and into Iowa Missouri and southern Illinois. Clouds covered the Midwest keeping temperatures mostly 15 to 25 degrees while Wisconsin saw readings many degrees above zero.
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Hirohito delivers a brief address as Japan begins the 24th postwar Diet session. He expresses shared joy over growing international relations and urges renewed effort to win broader support from foreign nations.
A Kansas City special election in the Sixteenth Precinct of the Second Ward saw only one vote cast among 530 registered. Bad weather reduced turnout for bond proposals on city and state improvements, but the measures were approved. the lone vote reportedly cost about $58 in precinct election expenses.
The Senate Highways Committee recommended yesterday an investigation into the State Highway Department and its road system, seeking a comprehensive review of operations and administration.
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