Walla Walla Prison Riot Seizes Officials
More than 150 inmates at Washington State Prison in Walla Walla seized an associate warden a parole officer and several other staff as hostages in a November uprising. The disturbance began about 9 45 a m in One Wing and left at least one official severely beaten. Prison officials reported eight to possibly more hostages as control of the reception guidance center and confinement area was taken during interviews in a solitary confinement section.
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Walla
Wash
Washington State
Lawrence Demore
Delmore
Oas
Ted Bezzerides
Ardén
W. A Storie
Jesse Bentley
al Rembolt
Rembolt
Boots Fain
Athlete and Reation
William V. Connell
Fain
Connell
Tno
Man fined for concealed weapon in county court
Fred Holloway, 66, of 1809 Ky. St. was fined 350 and costs for carrying a concealed weapon. Deputy Sheriff Ben Way signed the complaint after Holloway was stopped near 6th and Mass. Sts. and a loaded .38 Colt revolver was found in his pocket.
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Fred Holloway
Ky. St
Ben Way
Heriff
Holloway
Mass. Sts
Insect Labor Union for Bug Rights Aims Movement
A satirical Droodle-style note advocates an insect labor movement led by a cricket mascot denouncing harsh conditions. It calls for better protections for ants bees and mosquitoes, a seasonal fund for spiders, and urges ditching DDT moth balls and repellents to aid the Bug Buddies.
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Otr
Trend shifts ad focus to newspapers in coming year
D Parker SicComas of Philip Morris, Inc. says the firm will more than double newspaper advertising this year and next, arguing readers favor newspapers over radio or TV. He told newsmen that the move should prove the strategy effective and yield measurable results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
D. Parker SicComas
Phillip Morris, Inc
Newsmen
Copper Strike Enters Fifth Day Amid Picketing
The nationwide copper strike enters its fifth day with about 22,000 members of the United Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers picketing at major producers. Negotiations over a 2 cent hourly wage raise and fringe benefits are suspended for Independence Day weekend, with talks expected to resume. Underground workers earn about 14.87 to 15.77 per eight hours, with pay ranging from 13.64 to 24.30, while company offers sit between 2 and 12 cents per hour.
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Denver
Inday
International Union of Mine
Milt
Tenver
Truman Memoirs Set for Serial Release and Book Form
Former President Harry S. Truman completed a 500000 word manuscript after years of work. The memoirs will appear in serial form in the New York Times Life Magazine and the St. Louis Post Dispatch this fall with Doubleday and Co publishing the volumes. The first volume Year of Decisions ships Oct. 20 followed by Years of Trial and Hope in February 1956. The manuscript was given to Andrew Heiskell and Edward K. Thompson at Truman’s Kansas City office. The work will eventually be donated to the Truman Library in Independence Missouri for archival housing.
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Harry S. Truman
New York Times
Life Magazine
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Doubleday and Co
Truman
Andrew Heiskell
Idfe
Edward K. Thompson
Trum@ns
Kansas City
Truman Library
Independence
David Noyes
William Hillman
Francis Heller
Kansas University
Heber
Deaths and Funerals Maude Shaler
Miss Maude Shaler died June 39 in La Jolla California where she had lived five years. She entered a convalescent home after a period of ill health. A former Lawrence resident her father C C Shaler ran a drug store on Massachusetts Street. She was a native of Abilene.
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Maude Shaler
LaJolla
Calif
Miss Shaler
Lawrence
C. C. Shaler
Massachusetts Street
Abilene
Patrol Recruit Program At Kansas University Opens
The Highway Patrol Recruit Training Program started at Kansas University with 26 attendees. The Sw FEA McFarland and George B. Smith spoke at the morning session. Patrol officials lectured on history and ethics, with daily physical training and a field phase on the K U campus. This is the first year at KU after prior sessions at Hutchinson.
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Highway Patrol
Kansas University
Fea McFarland
Bureau of Institutes and Conferences
George B. Smith
Memorial Union
Walter Mikels
K. UV
K. U
Hutchinson
Pool Passes Honored Under New Management
Season tickets and 10 swim tickets for the Jayhawk Plunge will be honored at the local pool which has new owner Sun day. Sol Kunz, a local real estate and insurance operator, bought the pool from John Lawrence who is stepping back to focus on his Ottawa dealership and a pool in Emporia. Lawrence praised Kunz and noted a 30 year acquaintance as he transfers management to a trusted water man.
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Sol Kunz
John Lawrence
Lawrence
Ottawa
Emporia
Kunz
Lawrence youth trick riders wow at 1955 show and next plans
The Douglas County Junior Trail Riders wowed crowds with a daring trick riding display at the Lawrence Horse Show. Plans are under way to bring the group to Wichita and Oklahoma shows, with expenses paid, as manager Lathrop B. Read Jr. notes next year's 4-H Fairgrounds event and strong exhibitor enthusiasm.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Wichita
Oklahoma
Punch Collins
Jerry
Linda Ogle
Duane Ogle
Clarice
Arlen Richardson
Delbert Richardson
Bob Fox
Harry Fox
Janice McLeod
E. E. White
Lathrop B. Read, Jr
Read
Chigger Menace Looms Again And How To Fight It
Kansas University entomologists offer tips to deter chiggers. Treat lawns with dusts containing chlordane or lindane as directed. sulfur works but lasts shorter. Dimethyl phthalate can be sprayed. Second chigger wave due to life cycle expected in late May to early June. adults are harmless, larvae bite after climbing onto clothing and skin.
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Kansas University
Lawrence Show Windup Highlights 1955 Winners
The Lawrence horse show crowned champions in multiple classes led by Deanna Rogers with Champ in the children's pony division and Phil Stuart's Bobby Sox winning English Pleasure. Anacacho Colonel owned by Buddy Schultz topped the yearling colt category as exhibitors praised the improved 4-H Fairgrounds and plan another event in 1956.
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Legion
Val Jean
the Highlands
Coe McHwen
Wichita
Kathy Coleman
L. D. Klneheloe
Lexington
Mra
Barkley Brock
Clinton
Merry Maid
Grey
Roy Burkholder
Sedalia
Princess Hilltop
Eileen Hichardson
Lee's Summit
Galted
Lola Genius
Fairlawn Farms
Topeka
Jeannie Penvine
Bobbie Moore
Lansing
Gyethine King
Janie Sutton
Lawrence
Michael Wagner
King Baker
Beth Seraej
Dawn Mill Matton Stables
Skyrocker
Billy Sue Bevel Hymier
Ailrade Mike
Robert Boettcher
1Lee's
Bobby Sox
Phil Stuart
Glory
Yankee
M. B. Cathcart
Ed King
Osage
Nancy Roofe
Fuddy Shultz
Empire's Express
H. B. Juamer
Hays
Denmark
Danny Duke
Gerald Shaw
Unidweil
Heather
Little Echo
Homer
Trat Oskaloosa
Dany Lei
Dick Hensleigh
Winchester
Fine Hornezs Stake
The
Lemos
Sunnystope Fanns
Srott City
Lady Catherine
Bevelhymer
Glorious Melody
B.C. Nagles
Pan
Dorothy Kelly
Kansas City
Sudberry
Johnnie Muir Green
Ytown
Stylenmonster
Countryside Animal Clinic
Kanags City
Sun Shadows
Ralph Achning
Jad Highland
Wade Turpin
Pal
Lloyd Stultz
Grandview
Dotty Peavine
Jane Vap Meter
Corder
Leonard Johnson
Excelsior Springs
Sunnyslope Farms
Scott City
Master Starler
E. L. Robinson Jr
Man Charged in Stabbing During City Altercation
William Jack Jones is charged in County Court with assault with intent to kill after allegedly stabbing Luis Jimenez during an altercation Saturday at 801 New St. Jones, 41, of 629 Vt. St., was returned to jail after failing to post 1500 dollars bond. Preliminary hearing set for 2 pm July 13.
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William Jack Jones
Vt. St
Jones
Adao
Luis Jimenez
N. Jt. St
New St
Breath in the Whirlwind by Hazel LaMarre
Kan sas Universit alumna Hazel LaMarre publishes a poetry volume Breath in the Whirlwind in Los Angeles. LaMarre AB in 1935, studied at Western Reserve and California University Berkeley, and serves as theater editor for the Los Angeles Sentinel.
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Kansas Universit
Los Angeles
Calif
Hazel LaMarre
Western Reserve Universiy
Cleveland
Ohio
California University, Berkeley
The
Los Angeles Sentinel
One Man Staff Stymied at KVSM Station Incident
A solo night staffer at KVSM in San MathoQ left a 4 song record on and disappeared for air. The door locked trapping the record. Listeners phoned police and officers found Lodner trying to reenter. Police drove to the station engineer for keys to restart the player.
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San Mathoq
Red Lodner
KVSM
Lawler
Mies
Armit Lodner
Treasury Plans Over 2 Billion To Meet Summer Needs
The Treasury announced plans to borrow about 2 billion dollars this month to cover summer cash needs. Secretary Humphrey noted the 3 percent 40 year bond will be reopened for 750 million more, and tax anticipation certificates will borrow nearly 2 billion with 175 percent interest. The move aims to minimize economic impact by attracting limited long term investment away from housing and business development.
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Washington
Treasury
Humphrey
Memorial Hospital Patient and Birth Notices Mixed List
A fragmentary list from Memorial Hospital in Oscar M. Laugh includes patient names, addresses, and several birth announcements. Entries mention Mrs Valerie Dodge, Mrs Ruby Harwood, Miss Wanda McNary, Mr Wayne Flory and others with births noted as today or a son.
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Oscar M.laugh
Mass
Charles. Munson
Garnett
Mary Burton
Route 1
Ruby Harwood
McLouth
Mark Richardson
Maiden Lane
Fred Brune
Leavenworth
Valerie Dodge
Ma. St
Winifred Bidinger
Soull
Jeff Schtup
Rosa Young
Bascoy
Lorenzo Smith
Tonga
Noxie
James Belcher
N.Y
Della Knight
Oscar M. Haugh
Wanda McNary
Boner Jaysons
Robert Russell
Teno
Vivian Clough
Route 4
Doris Leonhad
Ky."St
Iwynona Holingshead
Forest
Abe
Wayne Flory
Baldwin
William Gensler
Kennedy Hartman
la. Si
Hintz Succeeds Penney As Local Store Manager
Lee Hintz assumed management of the L. C. Penney Co. store in Lawrence last Friday succeeding Robert Penney who will move to Kansas City Kansas to manage the Fentty store. Hintz, raised in Fremont Nebraska, comes from Clay Center where he led a Penney store. He is married with two children. Penney arrived in Lawrence in 1954 and previously managed a Holton store. He and his wife have a 15 year old son Jim. Penney remains at the Lawrence store for now and will depart for Kansas City soon.
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Lee Hintz
L. C. Penney Co
Robert Penney
Kansas City
Kas
Fent ‘Nty
Hintz
Fremont
Neb
Penney
Clay Center
Lawrence Penney
Lawrence
Holton
Jim
Ellsworth Article on Art for Children's Growth
Maud Ellsworth of Kansas University writes in a special bulletin by the Association of Childhood Education International. Her piece in Art for Children Growing links classroom climate to nurturing creative expression in youngsters. In Roanoke, a alley behind City Hall bears a sign reading Speed limit ten miles an hour Towing ordinance enforced raising questions if it is threat or aid to the public.
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Maud Ellsworth
Kansas University
Association of Childhood Education International
Miss Ellsworth
Roanoke
City Hall
Market Roundup and Livestock Report
Market summaries show gains in pivotals and steady oils with firmer cattle. Kansas City cattle and hogs advanced though cows lagged. feed prices mixed with wheat futures, grains, and soybeans cited. Wall Street opened higher as aircraft shares weakened and overall volume topped 2.5 million.
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Emand
Kansas City
Uf. Iusda
Hill Is Busy Again with Campus Projects and Events
Campus activity continues with a Kansas City trip for Valley in Towland at Starlight Theater and a Kansas City Athletics vs Yankees baseball game. Maintenance work resumes on campus with landscaping, dormitory construction, and facilities upgrades. Two conferences are planned at the university along with a welfare workshop and training programs at Memorial Union.
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Starlight Theater
Kansas City
Production Valley
Towland
Kansas Ci
Kansas City Athletics
New York Yankees
Buildig and Grounds
Ae Partment Wasseork
Schedale
Semy Astine Brox Blatl
School For Education
Gertrude Stars Pearson
Tigheway Patrol
Toca Spr
Ins Bhy Memorial Union
Queen's mercy spares one murderess before hanging
The Queen intervened on the home secretary’s recommendation to commute Mrs Saruiy Laos dd from the gallows to life imprisonment for beating a neighbor to death with a shovel. The reprieve came two days before the scheduled execution, while Ruth Ells faces a July 13 hanging for killing one of her lovers and has not appealed.
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London
Elizabeth I
Home Secretary
Saruiy Laos
Lioyd
Edith Emsley
Liloyd
Rlanerous
Ruth Ells
Ehlis
Fireworks, Fires, and Community Events Report
Area completes report recounts several fire alarms from fireworks and grass fires, including a lawn trash blaze at Merbert Mitchell’s home and a wheat stubble fire near Lawrence. A dynamite charge incident injured a man Sunday night, while a 40 minute display at Memorial Stadium supported by the Midwestern Music Camp drew crowds. Jaycee fundraisers and a large pool turnout are noted, with local board meeting and thanks columns closing the item.
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K. U. Memorial Stadium
Morethan
Jaycees
Merbert Mitchel
Merritt Musick
Lawrence
Harait White
Tonganoxre
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Bennie Dean
Madora
Memorial Stadium
Russell J. Wiley
Lawrence Jaycee South
Mivve
Glen Hoertraind
Reworks
Aindal
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Walla Walla
Roger Frice
Sonotus
Ted
Wm. de la Mare Council Knights Kadosh
Howard T. Lindley
Wright
Communication Equality
Knights Jose Croix
Ralph B Gemmell
W. M. O Wright
Sec
Berty
Ameur- Légion
Uly 5
City
Mer‘Harmon
Falls K.U
Kansas
Boyd Farmer
Peare
Billy Hodson
Ted Beate
Beedles Motor Co
Rothberger Garage
Eudora
Board of Education
John Hazelt
Dick Stanwix
Topeka Patrol
Marion Bartlett
Bartlett
Wybw-Tv
Journal- World
Douglas County Sportsman's Club
Paul LeGer
State Game
Perry
Sportsman's Club
Gib_ Francis Sports
Memmbers
Rhone 22
Ady
Chigger
Bugs
U. Alumna
Key West
Fla. UN
Cmdr
Harry F. Leuck
Navy
Memorial Hospital
Ellsworth
K. C. Cash Grain
Jocal
Furni-Ran
Mt. Soung
Wall Street
New York
di Pont
Mitdas
Allied
Atchison le
Beth Steel
Boeing
P&l
Lion Oil
Ty Martin
Mont Ward
NY Central
Ohio Oil Bie
Phil Pet Tate Piough
Ti Proct & G
Rai Rca
Reyn Metals
Steel
Woolworth
Pate
Queen's Order
Massachusetts
Farmers Insurance
Exchange Truck Ins
Exchange & Fire Insurance
Exchange District Salon
Otto
Andy” Anderson
Douglas County of Fairgrounds
Jayhawk Phinge
Sob Kunz
Simdas
de Sam
Board of Education of the
Lawrence City Schools
Tawish
Myrtle Debutts
Memoriam
Harold Oo. Green
Ant Gon
Rosie Green
Bill Green
Nelson Green
Dick Green
Schubert Funeral Home Ambulance Service
New Hampshire
Manley. Insurance Agency
MG Manley
Merle McKinoey
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