Paving on Kansas Turnpike Nears Completion Timeline
Paving on the Kansas Turnpike is moving ahead with two contracts in Topeka. One bid set targets a 7.33 mile stretch crossing Douglas Shawnee counties to east of Big Springs, with a total project cost around 12 million dollars. A second, 8 miles east from that point toward northwest of Lawrence, also about 12 million, will use cement for the main line and asphalt concrete for sections southwest of Topeka. Deadlines estimate September 1956 completion with 35 day bid periods on July 22 and 390 day work spans announced today.
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RTA
ETA
Douglas County
Topeka
Douglas-Shawnee
Big Springs
Bavwrence EL
Kansas City
Great Bend Girl Wins Conoco Scholarship to KU
Kala Lou Mays, a 1955 Great Bend High School graduate, has won a $500 Conoco scholarship and will enter Kansas University this fall. She is the daughter of John W. Mays of Conoco. The award, among 10 from 11 states, can cover four years with good grades and is renewable. Mays planned to major in speech therapy and is the first Hulme scholarship recipient for a Great Bend alumna.
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Kala Lou Mays
Great Bend High School
Kansas University
Continental Oi
John W. Mays
Conoca
Mist Mays
Continental
Bre. Wag
Svon
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Misa
Mays
Charles and Helen Hulme
Great Bend
K.U
City issues July building permits. school addition tops list
Building permits totaling 3167 647 were issued in the first July week per Building Inspector Wallace Hicklin. The largest item is a 114 847 addition to East Heights School at 25th St and Haskell Ave. Other permits include B C Fearing 6000 for a home remodel at 2036 La St V R Alburty 3500 remodel at 3830 Mass St Robert Stoland 312000 home at 334 E 19th St Zimmerman 314000 home at 20 Nebr St J C Dyer 510000 home at Me Mitchell Dr Homer Disque 300 remodel at 2017 Barker Ave D L Brown 10000 home at 825 Greever Terr. In Legion news Fred Plank was elected commander of Lloyd Beaton Post 2 American Legion Wednesday at Baldwin succeeding retiring commander Drohn Simons Other new officers are Ray Randall vice commander Dr Charles Doudna adjutant and Homer Schoepflin trustee.
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Wallace Hicklin
East Heights
25Th St
Haskell] Ave
B. C. Fearing
V. R. Alburty
Fred Plank
Lloyd Beaton
Baldwin
Ohn Simons
Ray Randall
Charles’ Doudna
Homer Schoepflin
Droodles Sey Roge Thaota Onisin Tas 40 Xd 40d
A fragmented old text mocks housewives ease with automatic appliances and modern devices. It notes dishes washing machines, vacuum floors, frozen meals, and pre cooked foods leaving women with too much time to think. The piece suggests husbands stay away, hinting at a son and devices like mops and whisks.
Lions President Calls For Understanding for Nations
Humberto Valenzuela president of Lions International speaks at a Kansas University banquet about joining North Central and South American nations into a unified bloc to counter communism. He promotes Lions as a global spiritual movement and urges sobriety and service.
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Lions
North
Central
South America
Humberto Valenzuela
Tiane Yntarnarianal
Two Navy Crewmen to Receive Disability Discharges
Oakland and Chicago born crewmen Thaddeus Maziar and Edward Benko, among seven aboard a U S patrol bomber shot down by Soviet MiGs in June 23, will receive disability discharges and pensions. Maziar bears burns and multiple injuries while Benko's upper left arm was shattered. The men, along with the other five crew, are treated at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital for severe burns.
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Oakland
Calif
Navy
U U. S
Thaddeus
Maziar
Edward Benko
Chicago
Benko
U. S. Naval Hospital
Oak Knoll
Bullfrog Cries Trigger Lawrence Search And Fountain Prank
Lawrence police received a late night call from a North Lawrence resident about a crying child near her home. Officers found the source the crier was a large bull frog, while KU crews cleaned the Chi Omega Fountain after pranksters dumped soap and blueing, marking a second attack that week following bubble bath boxes left Tuesday night.
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Lawrence
North Lawrence
Andrew and
Bledsoe
Kansas University
Chi Omega
Heat Wave Grips Eastern Nation as Midwest Sees Sprinkle
Weather updates show a prolonged heat wave across the eastern half of the country with Chicago hitting 99 degrees yesterday, a July record. Relief appears limited to the Dakotas and Minnesota as a weak cool front moves in, bringing scattered showers over the weekend in the Midwest and Atlantic regions.
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Midwest
Mississippi River
Atlantic
Oklahoma
Texas
Dakotas
Minnesota
Paellie Northwest
Central Plains
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
Hoover Lad Improves Not Polio Transverse Myelitis
Carl Sonny Hoover, son of Mr and Mrs Gerald Hoover Route 2, Kansas City, continues to improve at Kansas University Medical Center. His mother quoted the physician that if he stays well he could come home next week as paralysis gradually leaves his legs. The illness is diagnosed as transverse myelitis not polio, a mysterious ailment with polio like symptoms. Sonny has been at the Medical Center since July 1.
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Carl
Sonny) Hoover
Gerald Hoover
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Parole Granted for Wanda McCartney on Concealing Mortgaged Property
Wanda Lee McCartney of 1144 East 15th Street was paroled from a jail sentence Friday in County Court for concealing mortgaged property after a June arrest following a complaint by Eugene Doane.
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Wanda Lee McCartney
15Th St
Eugene Doane
Registration Mark For K U Extension Courses
An all time record of 25 263 per song was registered for extension classes at Kansas University during the past year. Of this number 12 057 attended institutes and conferences on the Lawrence campus and 13 306 were enrolled in off campus events. Gerald Pearson is director of extension classes. Classes were held at Wichita Colby Garden City and Kansas City. The division had 122 workshops and meetings on the KU campus ranging from social work to football. The period covered was July 1 1954 to June 30 1955. Attendance at conferences during 1953 54 was 22 197.
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VU Ae Navy
Memorial Union
Kansas University
Lions Clubs
Valenzuelas
Lawrence
Kansas City
Houston
Tes
Lions Club
Valenzuela
Daniel Torres
Valerizuela
Santiago
Chile
Atlantic City
Dodge City
T. Mar Bras
Harold W. Emick
Lawrence Lions Club
Russell Crites
Ottawa Lions Club
Ted Kennedy
C. W. Mc Kee
Hays
Carl Gump
Paola
John H. Emick
Isionnaires
Wichita
Hiawatha Lions Mate
College of the French Fathers
Catholic University
Bank of ‘Chile
Gerald Pearson
Colby
Garden City
Kansas
Cty
K.U
Blind ad brings good results in Morton Grove
A suburban Morton Grove ad reading Why not call Orchard 3 1117 prompted fourteen callers most of them women. They were invited to a poker and dinner party at the Coast Hotel and told they might bring a guest. The ad was placed by Richard Fuhr 26 president of a lumber company as a stunt to see who would call. A sizeable check was taken for the party of 22.
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Chicago
Orchard
Richard Fuhr
Morton Grove
Fuhr
Lawrence Theater Night Sponsored by Starlight Group
Starlight will sponsor Lawrence Theater Night on August 3 at the Star Light Theater in Kansas City. The program titled Cole Porter Festival features songs and dances from Porter shows. Wayne Bly leads coordination with the Lawrence Recreation Commission, and tickets include round trip bus, backstage access, and theater admission. About 300 participants are planned with buses departing Lawrence around 3 30 p.m. and returning near midnight. curtain is 8 15 p.m.
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Starlight Theater
Kansas City
Lawrence Recreation Commission
Wayne Bly
Recreation Office
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Local births and names listed from Memorial Hospital area
At Memorial Hospital several births are reported including Lois Flory in Baldwin Josette and Nancy Jo Stoneking at Tonganoxie and a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Barlow at 608 Me St. McLouth residents Odren Jones and Delmer Tru idell are noted with family addresses. other listed families include Woodhead Hays Kapelle Hartman and McCombs. Baby girl entries include Mrs. Gnns May Hartman and a baby girl at 2233 La St. and Mrs. Carol McCombs with a baby girl.
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Oren Jones
Ethel Kasold
Delmer Truidell
McLouth
Lincoln Johnson
Grant St
Edison Tower
Tonganoxie
Rosetta Lee
Elm St
Nancy Jo Stoneking
Vonnie Crow
Eudora
Adrien Gensler
Lois Flory
Baldwin
Lucille Johnson
Sunnyside
Gnns May Hartman
la. St
Carol McCombs
Hoover Sees No Lasting Peace From Big Four Talks
New York former president Herbert Hoover said the Geneva Big Four talks likely won t produce lasting peace but could yield an endurable peace for years. He boarded a plan for San Francisco and a month on the West Coast. Hoover praised the United States delegation as very capable for the conference set to open July 18.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Geneva
San Francisco
Hoover
United States
Marriage License Issued for Frederick Thornton and Ruth Ireland
A marriage license was issued Friday by the Probate Court to Frederick W. Thornton, 21, of Lawrence, and Ruth Ettamae Ireland, 120 Kansas City, Kansas, authorizing their union in the near future.
Texan Bell Indicted In Fund Theft Case
Rep John J Bell of Texas indicted on charges of conspiring to steal funds from the Texas veterans land program. Bell denies guilt, citing legal fees received. Co-defendants include T. D. Melarty of Denver and J.T. Wofford of Cuero. The case references 1957 land deals in Guadalupe County involving 3,7014 acres sold to 24 veterans.
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Caera
Trex
Bell
J.T. Wofford
Cuero
Melarty
Veterans Land
Guadalupe County
Russell Sticks to Guns On Proposal to Exempt Vets From Reserve Duty
Senator Russell, chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, defends a plan to exempt veterans from compulsory reserve duty despite Pentagon opposition. Secretary Wilson insists on minimal enforcement while committee hearings on expanding a combat ready reserve to 2,900,000 by 1950 pause until Monday with defense officials set to testify.
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Washington
Russell
Nas
Pentagon
Senate Armed Services Committee
Wilson Sipo
Wilson
Armed Services Committee
Deaths and Funerals John Benjamin Winslow 79
John Benjamin Winslow a retired farmer and grocery clerk died Friday at his home in Tonga noxie a life long resident of Tonganoxie. Survived by wife Elmina Mae and two sons Claude J. Winslow Wichita and Clarence Norris Winslow Downey Calif. Funeral service Sunday 12 30 pm at Congregational Church Tonganonie Rev Robert Johns in charge burial Maple Grove Cemetery. Lena M Brown funeral set for 3 pm Monday Rumsey Funeral Home burial Memorial Park Cemetery.
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John Benjamin Winslow
Tonganoxie
Zodliner
Elmina Mae Winslow
Claude J. Winslow
Wichita
Clarence Norris Winslow
Downey
Calif
Congregational Church
Tonganonie
Robert Johns
Maple Grove Cemetery
GunToting Girl and Helper Held for Robbery Probes
DETROIT FBI agents held 17 year old Lora Lee Ritner and 27 year old Louis Emery Teller in combined bonds totaling 100000 after they were arraigned in Federal Court on armed robbery charges. They are suspected of targeting multiple victims and tentatively linked to a suburban Detroit jewelry store robbery of 13000 on June 24, and an Ohio bank robbery in Cleveland worth 23008.
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Detroit
Lora Lee Ritenour
FBI
Louis Emery Teller
Cleveland
Ohio
1000 Farmers Get Aid in Colorado Drought Relief
Colorado farmers and ranchers in 28 eastern counties designated drought disaster areas received nearly one million dollars in emergency feed and hay aid. The assistance, approved by the U S Agriculture Department through the Colorado Drought Committee, was announced by Secretary Andrew J. Mair.
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Denver
Colorado
Colorado Drought Committee
U. S. Agriculture Department
Andrew J. Mair
Stote
Hall backs Ike Nixon for 1956 GOP ticket
Leonard W. Hall, national chairman of the Republican Party, said at a news conference that the 1956 presidential ticket of Eisenhower and Nixon should be retained. He stated Ike remains as popular as ever and will win as big in 1956 as in 1952.
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Chicago
Eisenhower
Nixon
Leonard W. Hall
GOP
Hall
County Traffic Fines
Three persons were fined Friday in County Court for traffic violations. Dilman R. Fry Route 1 was fined 10 dollars and costs for driving on the left side. Junior Wright Kansas City Missouri faced 25 dollars and costs for interstate hauling on foreign ice peers. Allen Hilleher Topeka was fined 25 dollars and costs for interstate hauling on foreign license.
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Jin County
Dilman R. Fry
Junior Wright
Kansas City
Allen Hille
Topeka
Last Testament by Einstein Warns War Threatens Mankind
London dispatch reports a posthumous message from Albert Einstein urging nations to renounce war. Bertrand Russell, among eight signers, released the statement saying future wars would use nuclear weapons and threaten mankind, urging peaceful dispute settlement.
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London
Albert Einstein
Earl Russel
Bertrand Russell
Einstein
Russell
Market News: Kansas City Livestock Prices Mixed Large
Kansas City market data shows slaughter steers steady to strong up 50 or more, heifers and yearlings 50 higher, cows down 50, stockers and feeders firm. Slaughter calves and stock steers steady, hogs down 1.00 to 2.00, lambs higher, eggs butter and poultry price quotes listed for region.
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Kansas City
Red Cross Meeting in Douglas County Chapter
The Douglas County Chapter of the American Red Cross schedules a 4 PM Monday board meeting at the Community Building with chapter chairman Larry J. Heeb presiding.
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Douglas County
The
American Red Cross
Larry J. Heeb
Police hunt for editor of Confidential after disappearance
Howard Rushmore editor of Confidential a bimonthly national magazine has been missing since early Thursday. Police say he came to Chicago to work on a story related to the death of James Forrestal former Navy and Defense secretary and appeared on a Chicago TV program Wednesday night seeking a Chicago Communist party leader. Rushmore previously edited the Communist Daily Worker and testified before congressional committees.
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Howard Rushmore
Ses Confidential
Tushmoepe
Chicago
New York Civ
Merpenre
Frank Hemnoski
Rushmore
James Forrestal
the Navy and
Defense Departments
Communist Party
Communist Daily Worker
New York Journal American
Cattleman Ful lingim 100th Birthday Marked by Stag Party
Hobart Oklahoma Aug Fullingim, a cattleman, celebrated his 100th birthday yesterday with a stag party at his son Frank Fullingim's home. He plans to celebrate his 76th wedding anniversary with his wife on August 10. His wife will be 1 year old in November.
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Hobart
Okla
A. Fullingim
Southwest
Oklahoma
Esterday
Fullingim
Frank Fullingim
Brecheisen family ties mark Fourth of July in CAPTAIN'S CREEK
Community notes show Marv Brechelsen visiting from Carrizozo NM and meeting his newborn daughter Betty Jean. Relatives travel from Kansas City to Ottawa and LeLoup, with many gatherings at the Brecheisen and Clark homes. Esther Brecheisen returns to Kansas City. A Hesper Friends Church covered dish and lawn fireworks conclude the Fourth.
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Marvin Brechelsen
Carrizozo
N. M
Maurice Thurlo
Kansas City
Homer Clark
Thurlo’s
Rockies
Glen Mistele
Mauries Thurlo
Kansas City Athletics
Eureka
J. W. Whann
LeLoup
Everett Whan
Baldwin
Will Gnase
Whan
Gnase
Esther Brecheisen
St. Luke's Hospital
Geralt Hodgins
David
Shawnee
Hesper Friends Church
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Sey Roge
Thaota
Onisin
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LION
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T Murl Real
C. W. McKee
Harold Morton
Salina
Journal-World Photo
Hoover Lad
Journal-World
Starlight
Lawrence Theater Night
Memorial Hospital
Edgar Thornton
C. J. Kempton
Tenn
Harry,Starr
Mass
Ona May Woodhead
MecLouth
Jean Hays
R. 1
de Jores Kapelle
Sunflower
Rose Bartkokski
Locust St
Richard L. Barlow
W. B. Young
Cadet
Manchester
N.H
Patricia Johnson
Walter Bourque Jr
Conrad Danais
Bourque
Texan Bell
John B. Winslow
Lena Mm.brown
Lena M. Brown
Ky. St
Rumsey Funeral Home
Memorial Park Cemetery
Hall Backsire, Nixon
Farmers’ Insurance Exchange
Andy” Anderson
Frei W. Rumsey
Oscar B. Rumsey
Ku Ke Reet
MOME
Indiana 5S
Cimbulance Service
Cattleman
Pallee Department
Martha E. Smith
W. E. Smith
Lyon St
Captain's Creek
Decker-Coy
Agency
Warren Decker
Bud Cay
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