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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1954
Page
3
Prices farmers received dropped four percent from mid May to mid June, with hogs and meat animals bearing most of the fall. Wheat and corn shifted, while parity support remains in debate as farmers plant other crops and expand hog production.
Senate majority leader Knowland warned that if the Chinese Communists gain admission to the United Nations he will resign his leadership and devote all efforts to ending U S membership and funding of the organization. He cited a predicted Communist victory in Indochina and anticipated moves to admit Red China by the General Assembly. He said resignation would prevent embarrassment to colleagues and the administration.
Bishop G Bromley Oxnam warns of press trouble at the World Council of Churches assembly in Evanston Illinois this August. He notes 1200 reporter requests and only 300 seats available for press coverage.
Hutchinson optometrist Tamplin, a Kansas Socialist candidate, proposes a four hour workday with a 24 hour pay cycle funded by time rather than money. He envisions a society where working time buys goods, reducing unemployment by cutting hours until full employment is achieved.
Yvonne Rose, daughter of Army officer Robert R Rose and Alice Rose, may be in demand as a language interpreter when she returns home from Japan. She learned French from her grandmother and Japanese from a nurse during their stay in Japan.
Traffic official Raymond J. Smarzos reported a court appearance coinciding with a delivery of 500 baby chicks. He requested a postponement due to lack of someone to care for them. Magistrate John L. Carmey granted a one month delay.
Mrs. Wa netta A. Coughenour of Coffeyville, 34, held for arraignment on a charge of smuggling 22 caliber bullets into the Kansas State Penitentiary at Lansing. Authorities say she confessed and that the bullets were linked to an attempted prison break on June 20. She allegedly concealed the shells in a sack of tobacco in a visitors room.
In El Cerrito California a large rock slide blocked a street. Three contractors failed to crack the rock using gases in drilled holes sledges wedges and dry ice. A fourth contractor dropped a steel ball on the rock breaking it apart.
In St. Paul Nebraska voters elected Jimmie Southard to the school board, his brother Clarence Southard to the city council vacancy, and brother-in-law George Vlomke as mayor, shaping local leadership.
Wheat across eastern Kansas reports heavy crops with high test weights while western counties show lighter yields. In Ford County about 250000 acres were cut at roughly seven bushels per acre, with Pratt and Ellis counties posting strong results and good quality grain.
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