Life of Lincoln official Usher Told to Kiwanis Club
Robert Schendel of Topeka described John Palmer Usher, Lincoln's Interior Secretary and Lawrence resident from 1872 to 1887, tracing his law career from Indiana to Illinois, his rail work with the Union Pacific, mayoral term in Lawrence, and final years culminating in burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. The talk highlighted Usher's role in Civil War era politics and Kansas growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Lawrence
Lawrence Kiwanis Club
Robert Schendel
Topeka
Schendel
Schendel Pest Control
John Palmer Usher
Lincoln
Interior
Usher
Tenn. St
Vermont
Beta Theta Pi
New York State
Indiana
William Griswold
Terre Haute
Illinois
Stephen A. Douglas
Springfield
Kansas
Eastern Division
Union Pacific Railroad
Junction City
Denver
Judge Usher
Old Settlers
Bismarck Grove
Walt Whitman
Kansas City
Florida
Oak Hill
Grain and egg market round up from Kansas City report
Derby Grain Co quotes wheat at 1.79 and corn at 1.66 per unit with other grains listed. Kansas City wholesale eggs show extras 70 percent, mediums 28.14, standards 29, current receipts 314 pound cases, and consumer prices for eggs and poultry with several weight categories and butter prices noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derby Grain Co
Kansas City
Man convicted of manslaughter in death of JoAnn Wyse
Cecil Elmer Floyd 66 was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of his granddaughter JoAnn Wyse, 13, in Plattsburg Missouri after eight hours of jury deliberation. He received a 10 year sentence while wheelchair bound, with the body found near Excelsior Springs after May 27.
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Plattsburg, Mo
Cecil Elmer Floyd
JoAnn Wyse
Floyd
Andrew Jackson Higgins
Brush
Excelsior Springs
Cloyd
Negro Is Official In Western Missouri
Clifford M. Spottsville aged 49 was sworn in Friday as assistant United States Attorney for Western Missouri becoming the first Black person to hold the post. A Kansas City lawyer since 1948 he is a Ottawa Kansas native who attended the University of Kansas and earned his law degree from Howard University in Washington.
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Kansas City
Clifford M. Spottsville
U. S
Western Missouri
Spottsville
Ottawa
Kan
University of Kansas
Howard University
Washington
Seven youths arrested in K C ball park gang assault
Seven Negro youths were arrested on assault with intent to kill and property destruction after a five minute attack by three car loads of youths on a white baseball crowd at Kansas City Kansas public park. Warrants were issued for eight others. One white man remained in critical condition after brain surgery.
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Kansas City
Kan
Elwood M. Armstrong
Ball Park
Cordell White Jr
McPherson A. Horner
Osage County Oil Well Reaches Production Status
The Messman-Rinehart Oil Co. No. 1 Woodward well, four miles north of Lyndon, has been completed as Osage County's 87th producing oil or gas well. It swabbed 21 barrels of 21 gravity oil in 12 hours from perforations at 1 546 64 feet and is listed with a 25 barrels daily minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Osage County
Conservation Division Today
Messman-Rinehart Oil Co
Woodward
Lyndon
Arizona State Flower Declared Saguaro Cactus
The state of Arizona designates the Saguaro cactus as its official state flower. Native to the Sonoran Desert, the cactus symbolizes the region's unique ecology and cultural heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Tax Boost Seen For Tires and Gas Following Highway Bill
Washington reportsKennedy signed the highway bill paving pay as you go interstate funding. The tire tax rises to 2.34 for 750 14 and 2.96 for 900 14, with 70 percent of tax burden on auto drivers. Gasoline taxes remain in place as the program aims to finish the interstate system by 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
National Tire Dealers Association
Tax changes raise tire and truck taxes and halt fuel cut
The measure increases tires from eight to ten cents per pound and inner tubes from nine to ten cents. Tread rubber recapping rises from three to five cents per pound. Trucks 13 tons or more face a tax jump from $1.50 to $3 per thousand pounds. The planned penny-a-gallon reduction in federal gasoline taxes is canceled.
Jolly Quilters Meet At Mrs Holladay Home
Community gathering at Mrs Leonard Holladay’s residence includes sewing and socializing with many attendees named. Several visits and arrivals noted from Overbrook Topeka Lawrence Lyons and others. The long list records multiple family and neighbor interactions across the area.
Danger Period For Dutch Elm Disease in Lawrence
The Journal-World reports the heaviest Elm Disease outbreak yet in Lawrence with 27 confirmed cases this summer and 10 probable tests. Bark beetle activity and spread across the city threaten shade trees, many on city property, as experts note the disease remains fatal with no cure.
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Clarke Keys
Lawrence
Mondya
Journal-World
Vernon Cooper
Kansas University
L. R. Batra
17Th Street
Winona
New Hampshire
Illinois
17Th
Michigan Street
13Th and
Pa. Sts
Park Department
Cooper
Batra
Kansas
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Johnson
Miami
Douglas
Franklin
Jefferson
Greenwood
Woodson
Neosho
Department of Botany and Entomology
Charles D. Michener
Robert W. Lichwardt
Pittsburg
Crawford County
Champaign-Urbana
Jrl
Illinois University
Birthday observes and church group dinner list
Penny and Mikel Sue helped Brenda observe her 12th birthday. Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Wulfkuhle and Gayle included Mr. and Mrs. William Wingfield. The Homebuilders Class held a basket dinner after services and voted to raise money to paint the church exterior. Guests included Jene Howbert and Shane, Art Bland, Don Carrothers, Lloyd Wulfkuhle, Darrell Cox and family, Martha Hertzler, Andrew Bahnmaier, Sandra Steele, and Barbara Anderson.
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Man
Penny
Mikel Sue
Topeka
Brenda
Homer Wulfkuhle
Gayle
Wlliam Wingfield
Jene Howbert
Shane
Art Bland
Don Carrothers
Lloyd Wulfkuhle
Darrell Cox
Martha Hertzler
Andrew Bahnmaier
Sandra Steele
Barbara Anderson
Reds Luxury Estate At U N Up For Sale
The luxury estate of the Soviet United Nations delegation in Glen Cove New York went to auction with no bidders. The city seized a 19603 dollar tax lien and plans to hold the property for two years before court action if back taxes remain unpaid. Soviet officials argue the estate is not local tax liable as it housed the U N headquarters for the Russian delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Cove
N.Y
United Nations
U.N
Lawrence Planning Commission Zoning Hearing Notice
The Planning Commission of Lawrence will meet at City Hall at 7 30 p m on July 17 1961 to consider zoning Lots 1 and 2 Block 2 Southwest Addition Number 11 to District BK. Any interested may be heard. H C Fisher City Clerk.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Planning Commission
City of
Lawrence
H. C. Fisher
Diverse July sales and classifieds across Garrett Market to Hillcrest
A jumble of ads lists fresh produce at Garrett Market on 24-40 Highway with prices for strawberries cherries cantaloupe and watermelons, plus home sale and rental notices. Other items include a rummage sale by St Johns Altar Society, real estate listings near Hillcrest and Central Junior High, and numerous services from carpentry to vacuum repair and livestock bait.
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Garrett Market
Hillcrest
Ohio
Great Lakes
Ind
St. John's Altar Society
Tocker Beef Swift
Swift
Harwood Market
Montmorency
Davis Orchard & Greenhouse
Baldwin
Kansas
Albertson Dairy
7Th
Michigan
Eveready
Varied Classified Listings and Ads from Local Journal-World
A dense scanned page features rental notices for apartments and houses, sale ads for vehicles and household goods, business services, and job-seeker classifieds. Entries mention multiple addresses and phone numbers across 1950s style locales, including VI and 3- prefixes, Johnston and Lawrence areas, and sellers like Barlow Agency and Sanders Used Cars Ltd.
Oasis water fountain and office equipment sale notice
A sale listing includes an Oasis electric water fountain priced at 100 dollars and a Colesteel 18 by 40 inch desk. National cash register and Lawrence Typewriter are offered with various prices and purchase application noted at 735 Mass. and 909 Ind. VI Ran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oasis Elect
Colesteel
National Cash Register
Pahon Bodin
Lawrence Typewriter
Affordable three bed ranch with basement in southwest area
Real estate list highlights a three bedroom ranch with full basement two finished rooms and attached garage in southwest Lawrence. Several homes offer low down payments FHA terms near schools with updated kitchens living rooms and dining areas, prices ranging from about 12 500 to 18 500 with various financing options and contact numbers for McGrew Agency and Holmes Peck Brown Realtors.
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Ares
Furn
Gar
Apt. Util
St. No
Hillcrest
Cating
Guy Kidwell
Iris Aller
Holmes, Peck & Brown
St. Johns
Warren Mitchell
Holmes, Peck & Peon
M. R. Git
Jane
McGrew Agency
Mass
Dicker
Lors
Dicker VI
Sug Mass
Carl Amerine
Hume
McGrew
Good West
Call Underwood Inc. Co
Joan
Hird Agency
Kp&kl
Call Holmes, Peck & Brown
Healfors
Aes
Payonts
Underwood Iny. Co
B.A
Miller & Midgett
6Th
Miller & Midget
4Th & Mass
Alabama
H. G. Bridgens
Kansas City
Kans
M. R. Gill
Stratford Road
MRK. Gill
M. R. Gill Agers
Rawleigh Zillcox Max Starcup
Mike Murphree
Bob Harrison
Catl Holmes
Peck & Brown
West Lawrence
M. FR. Gill Agency
M. A. Air Agency
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Lawrencian
Barret, Fitch, North & Co
Eaton & Howard Bal
Eaton & Howard
William Street
Television Electronics
United Accumulative
United Income
United Science
Wellington Equity
Wellington Fund
Winfield Grth. Ind. Fund
K. C
A. V. Phillips
Lawrence Paper CO
Anderson Rentals
Missouri
K.C. Ball Park
Jolly Quilters
Leonard Holladay
Betty O'Connor
Cecile Donaldson
Lydia Wulfkuhle
Cynda
Darlene Wulfkuhle
Vicky
Nancy
Ruby Buchheim
Naide Swallow
Rhonda
Sandra
Helen Wulfkuhle
Esther Swallow
Beulah O'Connor
Eldora Warrington
Peggy Silvers
Cathy
Stevie
H. G. Wulfkuhle
Walter Bahnmaier
H. W. Swadley
Bob Kinmouth
Don Connole
Tom Connore
Gene Kreipi
Pomona
August Kampschroeder
Roscoe Pine
Loren Pine
Lyons
Paul Norman
Donna
Harry Kampschroeder
Dwight Nor
United States
Reds
Central Jr. High
Bath
Wt International
Harlan Robertson
Williams
Patchen Electric Co
Moore Associates
Gene Wuellner
Bill Rice
Ron Decker Huss Brodecke
Journal- Worl
Barlow Agency
W. 21St St
Terr
W. 14Th St
Andy
BSA
Eric Nielsen
DeSoto
Hyde
General Motors
Lone Star Lake
Harmony
22Nd Bt
Miller & Midge
Std & Maas
Studebaker
Buick
Ford
Mercury
Packard
Chrysler
Nash
Sanders Used Cars Ltd
R&eh
R&h
R&Éh
Auto Wrecking & Junk Co
9Th St
White
Malott
Bob Hopkins
M&m Improvement Co
Jones Farm Supply
Hiway
Sherwin- Wil- Herns Paint Co
N. H
American Coin Mart
Fuller Brush
Patchen Elect. Co. Ol? East Ltd
Ato Wrecking & Junk Co
ACUUM
Hoover Salon & Service
Martin
Frankie's
Hamm's
Amm's
Leajcompton
Ansara
Charley Holman
Lecompton
Wan
East
Clinton & Lauson Motors
Wilson Supply and Service
Smitty
Jims Tree
Lemesang Rooking Co
James
Joe's Bakery
Garnett & Osawatomie
Blue Cross
Journal- World
Vinland Mutual Telephone Co
Vinland
Allen's Drive In
23Rd
Naismith Dr
Business Machines Co
Dever Rest
Norris
Ph. VI
Aral Estate—Eity
Lawrence Heights
May
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