Huge Airlift Moves Airborne Regiment To New Jap Station
The United States conducts a massive airlift moving 43 C124 Globemaster transports from Campbell Kentucky to Ashiya Japan to swap airborne combat teams. Maj. Gen. Chester E. McCarthy calls the operation the largest and longest air troop movement, totaling 31% million passenger miles.
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Campbell
Eady
Japan
Lawrence Abbel
Mininehaha
St. Paul
Minn
Dan
Ted ‘Bishop
United States
508Th “Airborne
Ashiya
87Th Airborne
Et. Bragr
N.C
Chester E. McCarthy
Portland
Ore
Tthe 18Th Air Force
Lions leader Valenzuela to visit Houston after KC appearance
Beal states Lions clubs are organized and Valenzuela will depart Kansas City Saturday morning for Houston for an appearance. Valenzuela, born in Santiago on December 2, 1898, has held multiple international posts since Mexico City convention in 1952 and leads several industrial firms as president.
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Lions Clubs
Valenzuela
Kansas City
Houston
Lions Sprice
Mexico City
Gee
Mle
Santiago
Tional Association of
Hisctivities
Valenzuela Enp
Imo
Socie
Top Air Force Leaders In Pacific Visit Formosa Talks
Three top Air Force officers visited Taipei to discuss Communist buildup near Formosa and Red Sea areas. Gen. Bruce Kuter, Gen. Loyd Smith, and Brig. Gen. William L. Fuller led the mission from the Far East Air Force in Japan, Pacific Air Command in Pearl Harbor, and the U S 13th Force in the Philippines.
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Xaipei
Formosa
Pacific
Taipei
McE S. Kuter
Far East Air Force
Japan
Lory Smith
Pacific Air Command
Pearl Arbor
Geni
William L
U.S. 13Th Force
Philippines
Parole Given in County Court for Beers Case
George Willard Beers of Route 3 Wasgiver received a 30 day jail sentence and parole on Wednesday after charges were filed in County Court. Donald E. Cobb faces an alteration case on June 11 at the Teepee barbeque Route 4.
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George Willard Beers
Beers
Swith
Donald E. Cobb
Teepee Arbeque
Mind readers cats debate rages in humorous column
A humorous fragment mocking claims about cats reading human minds and predicting a future income from cat abilities. The writer exaggerates the notion and pokes at gullibility and quirky urban lore with playful sarcasm.
County Census Highlights Decline in Orchard Crops and Poultry Surge
Census data show orchard products such as peaches pears cherries and grapes fell in Douglas County while poultry rose sharply with chickens increasing from 93 784 to 154 305 and turkeys from 7 464 to 12 505. Acres planted to crops include 1954 wheat 21 percent and corn 33 554 with alfalfa hay soybeans and pasture listed among others.
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Douglas County
Meares
Marion
Charles Anderton 70 dies in Atchison hospital
Charles Fan Anderton of Atchison, a lifelong carpenter, died Tuesday at a local hospital. He had lived in Atchison 15 years after moving from Lawrence and was unmarried. Step-brother Clarence Cropp of Lawrence and cousin Mrs. Carrie Davis of Lawrence survived. Funeral services were held this afternoon at J. T. Miles Funeral Home with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Charles
Fan) Anderton
Atchison
Lawrence
Clarence Cropp
Carrie Davis
J. T. Miles
Oak Hill
Ottawa Girl Among Kroger Scholars at Kansas State College
Four 1955 Kansas high school graduates earned $200 Kroger scholarships to Kansas State College next fall. Winners include Peggy Bunyan of Ottawa and Sandra Sue Jones of Jetmore among two girls and two boys recognized for work in H Club vocational agriculture or home economics.
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Manhattan
Kas
Kansas
Kroger
Kansas State College
Peggy Bunyan
Ottawa
Sandra Sue Jones
Jetmore
Thomas P. Appleby
Cedar Vale
Laurice Margheim
Ness City
U S Plans 1956 Alert Exercise And Relocation Centers
The government announced Operation Alert plans for 1956 along with military maneuvers. It also outlined tentative plans to establish permanently staffed relocation centers for federal agencies in case of an H bomb attack. Key units have operated from emergency quarters outside Washington during recent tests.
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Washington
Mullen Joins Vickers AAU Basketball in Wichita
Jerry Mullen a 6 foot 5 guard from USF was named as the seventh signer for the Vickers Petroleum AAU team in the National Industrial Basketball League. Coach Gene Johnson Mullen praised as top defender of USF s 1955 squad with strong offensive skills. 125 people attended Kansas University Welfare Workshop opening session led by Esther Twente with Frank Long and Dr. Ellen Winston as speakers at the event in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Wichita IA
Jerry Mullen
University of San Francisco
AAU
Vickers Petroleum Co
National Industrial Basketball League
Gene Johnson Mullen
USF
Kansas County
Kansas University
Esther Twente
Injunction Issued in Rail Strike Threat at KC Terminal
Judge Paul A. Bizard issued a permanent injunction blocking a threatened strike by about 200 members of Roanoke Lodge 692 Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. The dispute centered on overtime pay and arose more than a year ago.
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Kansas City
Paul A. Bizard
Kansas City Terminal Railway Co
Roanoke Lodge N. 692
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Hoax Sea Saga Fails to Yield Proofs of Sinking
In a dramatic early hour radio report survivors from a 40 foot fishing boat were said to be rescued by a foreign submarine near Barnegat New Jersey. Coast Guard searches produced only a single unmarked life jacket and no other signs, leaving the tale uncorroborated after hours of effort.
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New York
Coast Guard
Blue Star
Barnegat
N.J
New York Harbor
Nancy Moran
Was
Lawrence shooting tale follows three youths and a car
The account centers on 16 year olds Russell Viers and Jimmie Johnson from Topeka who admit thefts and describe confronting a car driven by Sala near Lawrence. Sala fires after a flashlight reveals trespassers. Denning dies from the gunshot as the youths flee toward Topeka.
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Russell Wiers
Jimmie Johnson
Stold
Lawrence
Sala
Billy Hodson
Topeka
Denning
Sale
Overland Park
Salah
Joplin
Neosho
Theft Link Sought in Pie Covered Break‑in
Lawrence police probe a break in at 325 W Sth St where meat cheese and pie were stolen after intruder fled through a window. A man with pie on his face was arrested nearby for drunkenness in the 1000 block on Maine Street and served a 30 day jail term.
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Lawrence
A. H. Guy
W. Sth
Lawrence Pan
Maine Street
Child injured in bicycle-car collision near Massachusetts Street
Ten year old Lynn Wichman of 400 Pawnee Ave suffered minor injuries in a bicycle car crash near Massachusetts Street and Winona Avenue. She received cuts and bruises but was not hospitalized. Witnesses say she rode from a driveway into a car driven by Mrs. Dana Holden of 128 Indian Ave.
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Lynn Wichman
Pawnee Ave
Massachusetts Street
Winona ‘Avenue
Dana Holden
Injunction Actions Dropped After Labor Picketing Ends
Erie district court dismissed the injunction suit after the Construction and General Laborers Union Local 550 agreed to refrain from picketing three Kansas projects. Hunter-Lundberg Contractors of Manhattan and George Senne Co of Topeka also dropped the action. The dispute began over employment of union laborers at the Kansas State Tuberculosis Hospital and the Kansas Highway Commission office building in Charstone, plus a grade school project.
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Erie
Kasah Aft
Constructon
Kansas
B. M Dunham
Hunter-Lundberg Contractors
Manhattan
George Senne Co
Topeka
Kansas State Tuberculosis Hospital
Kansas Highway Commission
Charstute
Hunter-Lundberg
Supreme Court Affirms Women’s Club Tax Roll Status
Kansas Supreme Court upholds a Douglas County District Court ruling keeping the Lawrence Women’s Club building at 20th and Mass. Sts on the tax rolls. The club had previously sought removal as a non profit. the State Tax Commission approved, but an injunction kept the building taxed.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Douglas County District Court
Lawrence Women's Club
20Th and
Mass. Sts
Women's Club
State Tax Commission
Robert Oyler
County Commission
Dstrict Court
Women’s Club
Supreme Court
Woman Rescued From Garden Quicksand in Spearville
Mrs. Bertha Lyness told of her sister Mabel Parthmore sinking into ground while watering a garden. Neighbors pulled Parthmore free as the muck acted like quicksand, a rescue led by Lyness.
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Spearville
Bertha Lyness
Mabel Parthmore
Mabel
Memorial Hospital Admissions and Dismissals Listing
The notice lists residents admitted or dismissed at Memorial Hospital including Doris Evans Nancy Stoneking Ce cile Myers Oren Jones Erma Sharp Clarice Richards Nellie McCracken Jera Ruth Owens Eldon Max Rey Minnie Rockland Shirley Kassinger Lulu Hambleton Alice Hobson and baby boy, Thomas Holton Katherine White Florence Cozad Jera Owens Ruby Harwood Barbara Cruse Leo van Seyer John Rocihhold and others with new births and a vacation mail subscription pitch.
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Doris Evans
N. Y. St
Nancy Stoneking
Tonganoxie
William Turner
Helen Kennedy
Ark. St
Beulah Moore
Baldwin
Cecile. Myers
Ohio St
Oren Jones
Pa. St
Erma Sharp
Ottawa
Clarice Richards
Ind
Nellie McCracken
Jera Ruth Owens
Eldon Max Rey
Orawkie
Minnie Rockland
Mass. St
Shirley Kassinger
Barker Ct
Albert Turner
Overbrook
Lulu Hambleton
DeSoto
Alice Hobson
Baby Boy
Sunflower
Thomas Holton
Katherine White
Ala
Florence Cozad
Mc- Louth
Route 1
Jera Owens
Ruby Harwood
Barbara Cruse
Divorce Suit Filed for Rachael Purvis in District Court
The divorce case of Rachael Purvis from Gilbert C. Purvis was filed Wednesday in the district court Cont...Fs.
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Rachael Violet. Purvis
Gilbert C. Purvis
Market Averages Slip Then Rebound In Busy Session
Kansas City and Wall Street report mixed signals with corn soybeans and wheat prices showing volatility. Cattle and hog futures moved on light volume while producers and traders watched bystanders for direction in a day of erratic movements.
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K. C. Cash Grain
Kansas City
Wall Street
New York
GM stock advances on split proposal amid brisk early trading
General Motors stock rose after news of a three for one split proposal. The trading session opened around 35,000 shares and moved heavily in early action with around 320000 shares exchanging hands in two hours, as the price ranged near 126 to 127.
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General Motors
Ike to Stay in Villa Near Geneva for Big Four Meet
President Eisenhower will reside in a villa five miles north of Geneva for the upcoming Big Four summit. The villa, owned by Swiss industrialist Andre Firmenich, was seized by the Secret Service yesterday with Swiss police stationed at the entrance. He is scheduled to arrive July 17.
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Geneva
Eisenhower
Andre Firmenich
Pacer
Secret Service
New Steeple Collapse Affects Old North Church Spire
A historic Boston church steeple suffered damage as the new spire toppled the old one during construction, with reports noting the August 31 incident and ongoing investigations into the failure of the masonry and crane operations.
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Boston
Mass
Old North Church
Paul Revere
Mint
Oklahoma City School Integration Expands to Five Districts
Five districts Lawton Hartsville Sapulpa Holdenville and Tulsa City integrate classrooms abolishing segregation. The move advances nationwide desegregation efforts and marks a broader acceptance of equal access in Oklahoma public schools.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Lawton
Hartlesville
Sapulpa
Holdemmatle
County Court Fines for DUI Case Involving Alpha Stone
Alpha Stone and Sefiganan Aziz received a three day jail term and a fine of 100 dollars in County Court on Wednesday for driving under the influence of liquor.
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Floyd
Alpha Stone
Sefiganan Aziz
Freighter Moves After Milwaukee Violence
A Norwegian freighter named M. S. Fossum sailed away from the Sheboygan dock area after mob violence sparked by a plant strike. It traveled along the Lake Michigan shore and tied up at a Milwaukee dock, with unloading not yet started by 9 am. Captain F. Svensen said orders were sealed and destination unknown.
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Milwaukee
Sheboy
Gan
Kohley Co
Lake Michigan
Milwaukee Harbor Commission
Jones Island
Millyattka
M. S. Fossum
Installation for TOOF Lodge Elects Officers
TOOF Lodge No. 4d installed elective officers at the lodge hall during Tuesday's meeting. J. M. Harrell was named noble grand, Michael Barnhart vice grand, G. H. Hardtaker treasurer, Richard Steffen secretary, with appointive officers also installed by Walter SHOW and other installing officers.
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Toof Lodge No. 4d
J. M. Harrell
Noble Grand
Michael Barnhart
G. H. Hardtaker
Richard Steffen
Walter Show
Thskte
Prank Driver Fined In Police Court
Elmer Corbin was fined 100 dollars and given the day law sentence for driving under the influence. The address of Corbin is not provided in the report.
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Elmer Corbin
Davis Divorce Granted After District Court Session
Eldon R. Davis was granted a divorce from Betty Lou Davis in district court. Red Cross aid programs assisted 62,000 families with emergency relief and 7,100 families with long term aid last year.
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Eldon R. Davis
Betty Lou Davis
The
American Red Cross
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