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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1956
Page
3
Baltimore announces the death of H L Mencken known as the Sage of Baltimore at 75. A blood clot likely caused death while he slept on Sunday. Funeral plans are private. Mencken left a legacy of essays and books including The American Language and his Days series.
Maj. Gen. C. W. Christenberry, head of the American Korean Foundation, urged an emergency drive in New York to save more than 150 orphanages in South Korea facing closure as U S troop withdrawals and rising costs threaten starving, freezing children. He cited an estimated 300000 orphans, many supported by American veterans, and appealed for donations to 345 East 46 Street, New York.
Two Kansas children Lucinda Cayote aged 2 and David Cayote 5 months died in a two car collision near Fairview Oklahoma on Sunday. Their parents Jiminy Cayote and Dorothy Hale, both of Medicine Lodge, suffered cuts and bruises along with a sister Linda Cayote age 4. Patrolmen attributed the crash to skidding on wet pavement.
Veryl Law, 28, was killed in a head-on collision with a car driven by his sister-in-law Beth Lay during a Sunday snowstorm near Jetmore Kansas. Beth Lay was found in a wreck seven hours after the crash and remained in fair condition after hospitalization.
A midcontinent blizzard and a fresh cold air mass spread across the region. Western Kansas reported over 10 inches of snow while Illinois Indiana Missouri Oklahoma and eastern Kansas saw 2 to 5 inches. Temperatures fell about 20 degrees in the south central states with subzero readings in the Northern Plains.
Walt Neibarger of Tonganoxie was named chairman for life of the Kansas Day Past President Club at its Topeka annual meeting. He has led the club for 13 years and also serves as publisher of the Tonganoxie Mirror and clerk of the Supreme Court. Dolph Simons hosted the breakfast with Fred Brinkerhoff speaking. Mrs. Etta Beavers of Marysville was elected president of the Past Vice Presidents Club.
The Central Statistics Department reports Soviet industry missed specific targets in fourteen ministries while overall production reached 103 percent of the plan and was 12 percent higher than 1954. Agricultural gains include 72 million more acres under cultivation and a 13 percent rise in grain acreage with higher grain and livestock output.
Miss Jessie Amanda Skinner, 87, a former Kansas teacher and Baker University graduate of 1898, died January 26 in Portland Oregon. A Spring Hill native, she taught in Pittsburg before moving to Boise and Portland. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. James J. Stephens of Topeka.
A Sydney opinion piece argues strikes overshadow cricket and tennis as the nation’s main pastime, claiming dockyard walkouts cost about 58 000 pounds weekly while highlighting Communist-linked unions, government mobilization, and a culture of industrial action impacting commerce and daily life.
A garbled report mentions students, detention and admission to a party or event. Names and specifics are unclear, with phrases about Chinese students and a repeated reference to being in the same company for years. The text lacks coherent facts.
A damaged OCR fragment describes assistance for people aged 60 to 89 under a Rayeeery St policy. It mentions handling the transaction by email and references Kansas entities and vague mailing instructions, with unclear names and places.
Fragmented text describes snow depths with varying inches and areas affected. Mentions southwestern, central, and eastern sections and references protecting wheat. Details are garbled and some numbers appear inconsistent.
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