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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1956

Page

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Tito foreshadows third power drive between East and West

Western diplomats forecast Yugoslav President Tito will launch a neutral third force plan. He has begun preliminaries, hosting Brioni talks with India and Egypt, aiming to promote active coexistence with both blocs and mediate Cold War tensions. Possible UN China seating and Formosa linkage discussed.

Frankfurt Germany Yugoslavia Tito Belgrade Moscow-Washington Pole India Egypt Adriatic Brion Brioni United States China United Nations Formosa Red Chiang, Kai-shek

Right to Work Advocates Cite Labor Dept Figures

Kansas for the Right to Work sent a letter to Harry Woodring arguing that U S Labor Department data show higher growth in employment and wages in right to work states. The group cited a report showing average hourly earnings rose 23.830 percent in right to work states from 1950 to 1954 versus 23.549 percent nationwide.

Wichita Kansas U. S. Labor Department Harry Woodring Woodring Labor Department

County Vote Deadline for Absentee Ballots and Party Switch

D E Mathia notes absentee ballot deadlines for the Kansas bond election and the August 2 cutoff for sick and disabled voters without polls. Absentee ballots cannot be issued for the bond vote so airport improvements must be voted in person in Lawrence on election day. The Saturday deadline also ends party changes for primary ballots and Douglas County saw little switching this year following past spikes.

D. E. Mathia Mathia Kansas Lawrence Douglas County George Docking Frank McDonald

Hospital Birth Announcements From Memorial Hospital

At Memorial Hospital many residents welcome newborns this Thursday and today. Names include Mrs. Ruth King and baby girl at 1641 Oxford Rd and Mrs. Gloria Berger with a baby girl at 1408 Tenn. St. A son arrives to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ray of 1227 Summit St and to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hand of Tonganoxie. Other families listed report births or names, with addresses across Wil li amstown Fort Wayne and Baldwin communities.

Frank Hatch Pa. St Ruth King Oxford Rd Gloria Berger Tenn. St Violet Ray Lincoln St Willard Holladay Ruby Harwood McLouth Donald Ray Summit St Stanley Hand Tonganoxie M. H. Metzger E. 19Th St Cecil Williams Baldwin

City Worker Stricken With Heart Attack

Ben Frater superintendent of city buildings was listed in fair condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a heart attack suffered Wednesday. Friends said he hopes to return home in about two weeks.

Ben Frater Lawence Memorial Hospital

Gas Firm Seized in St Louis as Strikers Defy Order

The LacLede Gas Co. was seized by state authorities to restore disrupted natural gas service in the St. Louis area. Union strikers refused to return to work while Gov. Phil M. Donnelly declined to outline possible actions.

St. Louis LacLede Gas Co Phil M. Donnelly

Swiss Climbers Aid Grand Canyon Air Crash Recovery

Eight Swiss mountaineers arrived in Grand Canyon Arizona to help probe the wreckage of United Air Lines DCT after a collision with a Trans World Airlines Super Constellation. They will split to the canyon top and floor to recover victims from the site where 128 perished in the worst commercial aviation disaster. Army helicopters previously reached the DCT wreck 150 feet below. Two Colorado climbers aided yesterday collecting seven bodies as five more went in today.

Grand Canyon Arizo United Air Lines Gunther Erzinger Army Ary Colorado

Two Lawrence Students Included in K A Cast

Two Lawrence students Jane Perry and Suzanne Calvin join the cast of Ladies in Retirement in the Union Ballroom. The three act psychological study is directed by Dr. Jack Brooking with sets by Matt Eek and features Rae Rankin Oma Kibler Emily Fowher Mike Pryor Phoebe Mooney Ann Harlings and Lynn Plake. Performances begin at 7 30 p m on Thursday and Friday with free tickets limited by space available at the concession stand.

Tw Lawrence Meer and Art Camp Jane Perry Crescent Rd Suzanne Calvin Unon Ballroom Jack Brooking Mat Eek Rae Rankin Phillipsburg Oma Kibler Minneapolis Emily Fowher Oklahoma City Okla Mike Pryor Columbus Phoebe Mooney Kansas City Ann Harlings Manhattan Lynn Plake Union

Red Police Smash Plot A in Prague

Prague newspaper reports Czechoslovak security police broke an armed plot to set fire to Pankrac prison and seize the radio station and central post office. Plotters were captured and “executed in a single day.”

Austria Prague Pankrac Seizp

Moslems Return to Work After Nationalist Strike

In Algiers 1% Moslems resumed duties after a 2b hour general strike called by nationalist rebels. The walkout was claimed to be 90 percent effective. Reports from the countryside note a new surge of guerrilla activity in previously quiet areas. Cyprus shows four of five inhabitants with Greek ancestry.

Algiers Algeria

Newman Commander For Local Ewing-Jones Post

Werner Newman III was elected Thursday night as new commander of the Ewing Jones Post No. 112 American Legion. Other new officers include Johnny Hill vice commander Basil Brown adjutant Leonard Monroe treasurer and James Chicks service officer.

Werner Newman III N. Y. St Ewing- Jones American Legion Curtis Rutledge Conn. St Negro Legion Johnny Hill N. J. St Basil Brown Leonard Monroe Wis. St James Chicks

Docking Attacks GOP Intra-Party Struggle Kansan Governor Hope

Democratic candidate George Docking charged the Kansas Republican split has led to public funds mismanagement and payroll padding. He warned of a 1957 deficit over 10 million dollars unless a Democratic administration ends spendthrift policies. Docking criticized back-biting and said contracts and payrolls have been padded for politics.

Concordia George Docking Kansas Docking Harry Woodring Topeka

House Urges Impartial Review Of Nike Talos Defense Weapons

The House Appropriations Committee told the Defense Department to end intraservice squabbling over all defenses. It called for immediate steps to form a committee of independent experts to assess the merits and potentialities of the Talos and Nike missiles as air defense weapons, warning taxpayers will pay the price for quarrels.

Washington House Appropriations Committee Defense Department Department

Boy Swallows Open Knife in Flint Incident

In Flint, 12 year old Lee Reeves swallowed an open penknife while lying in bed. Doctors operated to retrieve the blade. He said the knife slipped as he picked his teeth.

Flint, Mich Deoctors Lee Reeves

Grossart Named K U Track Assistant Coach

Rex Grossart a Nebraska high school coach of six years was named the new Kansas University track assistant to head coach Bill Easton by athletic director A C Lonborg. He will begin in August with no salary announced and will pursue graduate work.

Rex Grossart Nebraska Bill Easton Kansas University A. C Dutch) Lonborg Grossart K. U Jack Warker Colpate U Easton Doane College of Crete Neb Seabees K.U. Aide McCook High York High Alliance Kansas Lowell Janzen York

Indiana Woman Teel Dies In Crash On Highway

An Indiana woman, Mrs. Teel, died after a collision that involved the Teels heading for a ditch while both drivers claimed speeds under 50 mph. The Jarrell car suffered $600 damage and the Teel car $1,200. Mrs. Teel was taken to Rumsey Funeral Home for shipment to Fort Wayne for funeral services and burial. Two other city accidents were noted, including a noon Thursday crash at 4th and Maple with injuries none and $250 damage, and a morning hit on a K P & L light pole causing $500 damage to a car driven by Mrs. W. J. Meter. The U.S. population is growing at one person every 12 seconds.

Cera Teel Teels Camp Carson Colo Jarrell Rumsey Fort Wayne City Streest 4Th and Maple Sts Lloyd D. Haas Lincoln St Arlen Franklin Tappan Mass. St W. J. Meter Murrrow Ct K.p.&l Mae Teel Ind Lawrence U. S. Highway 40 David Jarrell Kansas City Charles Edmondson Douglas County Bryan Walters Ernest Richards Rumsey Funeral Home Journal World Photo

Lawrence News Briefs Highlight School, Real Estate, and Road Work

Lawrence area items report W D Wolfe urging parents to call the Board of Education about fifth day birthdates. Gen Twining discusses US air superiority with President Eisenhower in Gettysburg. warns Russia could overtake by 1960 if US does not advance. Lawrence High seniors urged to schedule senior portraits. Douglas County mortgages total 2,864,151 for six months, reflecting a postboom pattern. Kansas Turnpike land losses shown small. Highway 59 project to widen bridge near Baldwin Junction. Dairy Princess contest entries reach nine. judges to interview candidates next Friday.

W. D. Wolfe Lawrence Ithday Board of Education Washington Nathan F. Twining Russia Twining Air Force Eisenhower Gettysburg Fla U.S United States Airpower Douglas County Register of Deeds Harold Beck Beck Douglas County Farm Bureau Jane Anderson Carter Anderson Wilma George Walter George Mary Kay Husted Clyde Husted Joyce Leonhard Lawrence Leonhard Mary Miller Carol Miller Gloria Ousdahl Leo. Ousdahl Irene Sample Edwin Sample Myrna Beth Shaner A. L. Shaner Leo Compton Carolyn Wymer W. A. Wymer Ralph Colman Otto Hack Ronald Robb Farm Bureau

City Wreck Toll At 8 285 Level

City traffic report shows 51 June accidents in Lawrence causing 12 injuries and 8285 dollars in property damage. Year totals reach 445 wrecks and 46 injuries with no fatalities so far this year. Most crashes stemmed from drivers not yielding right of way, followed by tailgating.

Lawrence John Hazelet Hazelet

GM Charged With Bus Monopoly in Antitrust Suit

DETROIT The Justice Department filed a civil antitrust suit in U.S. District Court charging General Motors Corp. with illegal monopolization of transit and intercity bus manufacture and sales in the United States and with conspiring with four bus operators to maintain the monopoly. GM denied the charges. From 1952 to 1955 GM supplied at least 65 percent of new U.S. buses annually and about 85 percent in 1955. Government seeks court orders to limit GM’s bus production and cap sales to the four co conspirator operators Hertz Greyhound National City Lines and Public Service Coordinated Transport Co.

Detroit General Motors Corp United States U.S Justice Department Harlow H. Curtice Hertz Corp Greyhound Corp National City Lines, Inc Public Service Coordinated Transport Co

Commonwealth Chiefs Seek Peace Program After Conference

London prime ministers wrap up talks with a peace and prosperity plan. They pledge world disarmament and aid to poorer nations. A renewed stance toward Russia and the West is seen as key to reducing wartime fear and advancing global peace.

London British Commonwealth Prems Russia West

King Funeral Services for James King 81 in Lawrence

Funeral services for James King 81 lifelong Lawrence resident who died Thursday at his home 722 North Y Street will be at 10 a m Saturday at St Luke s AME Church with Rev W R Anderson in charge Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery Survivors include three nieces Mabel Nelson Johnson Kansas City Missouri Marjorie Tucker San Fernando California Geneva Hurse Colorado four nephews Frank Nelson Linwood John Nelson Kansas City Kas John Hurse Detroit George Hurse Chicago two great nieces and two great nephews The body is at Funk Cooper Warren Funeral Home.

Dames King James King Lawrence N. Y. St St. Luke's Ame Church W. R. Anderson Oak Hill Cemetery Mabel Nelson Johnson Kansas City Marjorie, Tucker San Fernando Calif Geneva Hurse Colorado

Farm Animal Diseases Warn of Shifting Trends

Veterinary specialist J M Erikkson notes changing disease patterns in farm livestock with new diseases or phases appearing weekly. He urges employing veterinarians with up to date knowledge of diagnosis and treatment to properly manage the many ailments affecting livestock.

J. M. Erikkson

Nixon Visits Viet Nam in Saigon Address

Vice President Richard Nixon told the Vietnamese Constituent Assembly in Saigon that although the country is divided, the militant march of communism has been halted. He stressed U.S. support while praising anti communist efforts and urging unity among South Viet Nam leaders.

Saigon South Viet Nam Richard Nixon Vietnamese’ Constituent Assembly

Argentina Vote Planned Broadcast Sets Broad Election Date

Provisional President Pedro Aramburu scheduled a nationwide broadcast to date the first elections since Juan D. Peron was ousted, with predictions that a date would be announced.

Buenos Aires Pedro Aramburu Nzine Otator Juan D. Peron

Markets At a Glance Stocks Rise on Aircrafts and Chemicals

The Day in Wall Street reports aircrafts and chemicals leading a moderately higher stock market with gains around two points in pivotal stocks. Aircrafts gain fueled by the government freeze on critical steel items securing aircraft steel from warehouses. Trading volume is about 2,200,000 shares.

Wall Street New York Otis

House votes to exclude small newspapers from postal rise

The House approved excluding newspapers with 5 000 circulation or less from proposed increases in second class mailing charges. The decision came by voice vote while considering a 430 million dollar yearly rate increase covering most postal charges.

Washington House Today House

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