Baldwin Fourth of July fireworks program at Baker University Stadium
Baldwin's annual July 4 program begins at 6 30 p m with a band concert directed by Frank Purvis and city recreation chief Ralph Wedd announcing bike races for boys and girls with prizes including a mystery contest for girls. The display features over 300 dollars in pyrotechnics and starts after dark. The event, sponsored by Baldwin Commercial Club, draws hundreds and is free. A July 16 banquet in the Kansas Union honors Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commissioners. Calf Foundation to award two beef breed heifers to 4 H members. Maple Leaf Festival Queen contest winner and two runners up to be announced.
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Baldwin
Baker University
Frank Purvis
Archer Carlson Jr
Ralph Wedd
Baldwin Commercial Club
Kansas Union
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commissioners
Calf Foundation
Millard Jackson
C.R. Whitley
Bill Hundley
Harvey Booth
Sally Perry
Glenda Gilges
Susie Smith
Phyllis Barnes
Marcia Morgan
Susan Deckwa
Linda Horn
Nancy Bell
Mary Bailey
Linda Pomonion
Jeanne Randel
Linda
Burglary Suspect Atteberry Sought Near Kansas City
Los Angeles electronics graduate Atteberry, described as brilliant but dangerous, is wanted on a burglary charge. He allegedly fired during questioning by Constable Donald May in Edwardsville, grazed May, then fled in a stolen car with loot inside. Bloodhounds join search west of Kansas City.
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Los Angeles
Atteberry
Donald May
Edwardsville
Kas
May
Kansas City
KU Science and Mathematics Camp at KU hits capacity
The KU Science and Mathematics Camp hosts 173 students from 28 states in two sessions. Director Dr. Robert Baxter notes NSF grant of 14 700 supports apprentices and staff while top KU faculty lead lectures field trips and labs.
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Robert Baxter
Florida State
Triplets May Be Given Up in Southport
Nathan B. Miller a 55 year old hired hand and his wife face a Monday decision on whether to keep their week old triplet girls or place them for adoption. Miller earns about 25 dollars weekly and receives 15 dollars monthly disability pay from Army service. telegrams from across the nation offer to take the children as they seek help. Miller hopes to visit his hospitalized wife before deciding.
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Southport
N.C
Nathan B. Miller
Miller
Army
Wichita Girl Abducted Rescued as Teenager Escapes
Police found five year old Rebecca Lynn Winesberry safe after a city wide search. The alleged abductor, a 15 year old girl, was captured and another 15 year old escapee from Kansas State Hospital at Larned was apprehended three hours later.
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Wichita, Kas
Rebecca Lynn Winesberry
Carolyn D. White
Kansas State Hospital
Larned
Death of Mary Mollie Gibler at 91 in Douglas County
Mary Mollie Gibler, 91, of 1025 N St, died Friday afternoon at Douglas County Convalescent Home. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Rumsey Funeral Home.
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Mary Mollie Gibler
N. J. St
Douglas County
Rumsey Funeral Home
Jaycees Fireworks Display Rescheduled to Sunday Night
Memorial Stadium show moves to Sunday at 8 30 with a 7 45 carillon concert on KU Memorial Chapel led by Ronald Barnes. City reports three day fireworks window since July 1 has produced no injuries and police along with sheriff enforce safety code with violators facing court action.
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Memorial Stadium
KU Memorial Campanile
Ronald Barnes
Charles Is Not Sharp in Bout With Police Man
Ezzard Charles, in his seventh round technical knockout of 261 pound officer Dave Ashley in Cincinnati, showed a slow start and reduced speed. The former heavyweight champion wrestled through rounds two and three as Ashley challenged with steady punches before Charles wore him down.
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Cincinnati
Ezzard Charles
Charles
Dave Ashley
Lackland
Ashley
Long Faces Health Woes Before Louisiana Speaking Tour
Governor Long, warned by six doctors that his heart might not endure a speaking tour, plans four Fourth of July speeches across Villa Platte Eunice Cameron and Lake Arthur then a Miss Louisiana contest at Lake Providence. He lashed out at Camille Gravel Jr. amid a feud while hosting guest David Rankin from Texas City who befriended him after a Galveston health institute admission.
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Villa Platte
Eunice
Cameron
Lake Arthur
Louisiana
Lake Provience
Camille Gravel Jr
Alexandria
Gravel
Long
Cora Russell Schley
David Rankin
Texas City
Tex
Galveston, Tex
David
Din ner, lake push in Baldwin and Lawrence notes
Baldwin merchants and the Wauka-Tauy Wildlife Association sponsor a July 16 dinner urging tickets for the Kansas Union event and state lake support. State Fish and Game officials meet July 17 in Lawrence with a lake vote likely then. Curtis Melton named MVP as Lawrence Colts win non pro London tourney and advance to State Non-Pro Tournament starting July 10 at Wichita.
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Baldwin Ledger
Baldwin
Wauka-Tauy Wildlife Association
Kansas Union Building
Wauky-Tally Group
Vinland
State Fish and Game Commission
Lawrence
Curtis Melton
Lawrence Colts
Colts
Topeka
Melton
Doyle Schick
John Hadl
Mark Wolfson
Mike Reed
Henry Murphy
Don Wrench
Topeka Merchants
Wichita
Three Men Die After Freight Train Strikes Them
Three men were killed when a northbound Atlantic and Danville freight train struck them lying across tracks about a mile east of Danville Virginia. Identified were Clarence Mitchell Minter 26 Ringgold and Franklin Owen Leigh 25 and William Glen Goble 25 all of Schoolfield. Engineer J J Klein of Portsmouth said the train detected the men on the tracks just before impact.
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Danville
Here
Clarence Mitchell Minter
Ringgold
Franklin Owen Leigh
William Glen Goble
Schoolfield
J. J. Klein
Portsmouth
Atlantic
Norfolk
Farmers Use 20 Percent of Nation's Rubber Goods
Readable text notes farmers account for a fifth of the country’s rubber product use, highlighting their role in mid-century industry. The exact items and context are not specified in the fragment.
Holiday traffic toll climbs as Independence Day weekend nears
The Associated Press reports a projected 45 million cars will hit U.S. highways during the holiday period with an estimated 350 auto deaths in a 64 hour window starting Friday 6 p.m. Local police boost patrols in key areas as a deadly head on crash near Lunenburg Vermont leaves two dead and another critically injured.
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Associated Press
Wekend
National Safety Council
Atlantic Junior Chamber of Commerce
California Department of Motor Vehicles
Varsi Sues Over Facial Scar From TV Film
Actress Diane Varsi, 20, filed a claim with the California Industrial Accident Commission after saying a facial laceration occurred during a TV film when struck by an unknown object in a pool. She alleges aggravation by a CBS makeup man and names CBS, 20th Century Fox, and two insurers as defendants. The suit seeks no specific sum.
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Los Angeles
Diane Varsi
Hollywod
Miss Varsi
Shawn
Bennington
California Industrial Accident Commission
CBS
20Th Century-Fox
Reminder to update journal delivery address
A brief note instructs readers to send the Journal-World to their summer address and provides a phone number Ph. VI 3-1000 for Adv. updates.
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Journal-World
London to Paris Crazy Contest Seeks Speed and Nerve
The London Daily Mail hosts a race from Marble Arch to the Arc de Triomphe with 163 entrants from Britain France Holland Belgium and America. Contestants use wheels wings or water craft and must avoid speeding tickets to win a 5000 prize plus 5000 for the fastest overall time between July 13 and 23 across 11 days.
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London
Marble Arch
Arc de Triomphe
Paris
Britain
France
Holland
Belgium
America
Louis Bleriot
London Daily Mail
Bleriot
Stirling Moss
Maurice Trintignant
Tuttle Creek Dam to hold Fourth July celebration with simulated atomic blast
The Tuttle Creek outlet at the new dam will be controlled for the first time as a simulated atomic bomb is exploded nearby at Fort Riley to add fireworks to the Fourth of July. Maj. Gen. E C Itschner leads a ceremony with Sen Andrew Schoeppel, Sen Frank Carlson, Rep William Avery and other dignitaries. The $85 million dam will impound 15 700 acres and boosts Kansas River flood protection as part of the Pick Sloan plan. Construction began in 1952 after authorization in 1938.
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Tuttle Creek
Ft. Riley
E. C. Itschner
Corps of Engineers
Damagte
Here
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Frank Carlson
William H. Avery
Midwest
Kansas River
Kansas City
Kan
Keith R. Barney
Missouri River Division
Kansas River Valley
Missouri River
Memorial Hospital Admissions and Births Report
Memorial Hospital reports admissions including Mrs Mary J Rose at 1703 W 20th Terrace and Mrs Marjorie Simms at 1724 Mass St plus births to Mr and Mrs Robert Wagner at 624 N 2nd St a son Friday. Dismissals include Francis Skinner of Eudora and Mrs Dorothy Mason at 1137 Del St among others.
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Mary J. Rose
Robert P. Cobb
Hilltop Dr
Mossie
Rt. St
Marjorie Simms
Mass. St
Virginia Dorman
Kansas City
Kan
Francis Skinner
Eudora
Dorothy Mason
del. St
Janet Bartholomew
Lewis Pollard
Ohio St
Irving Hill
West 8Th St
Robert Wagner
2Nd St
Journal-World Vacation Plans Include Mail Away Option
Advertisement notes options for vacation planning through the Journal-World offering either a mail away service or a vacation pak. It highlights practical steps for readers to engage with the paper during travel.
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Journal-World
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