School Board Calls For Bids on 2-Unit Portable Classroom
Lawrence Board of Education will seek bids for a two room portable classroom to relieve crowding at Centennial School. Supt. William D. Wolfe cited possible growth to 280 students and said the unit may be used this year with the district doubling up in the high school and Centennial facilities until completion. The building will be self contained with heat lights and toilets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Board of Education
William D. Wolfe
Centennial
Wolfe
Corley School
New York School
Wichita
Oklahoma City
Beacon Appliance Firm Plans Major Expansion at Eriksen Building
Beacon Appliance Co announces a lease on the Eriksen Building at 936 Mass St and plans two floors and double frontage, expanding from its 709 Mass St location. Partners Harris and Weers began four years ago after buying Oliver Service Co, with Ed Weaver joining three years ago. Beacon holds an exclusive Westinghouse appliance franchise in the area. move could occur in a few weeks if remodeling proceeds as planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Appliance Co
Eriksen
Mass, St
Wll
Mass
Jack Harris
The
Appliance Corporation
C. I. Eriksen
Sterling Furniture Co
Births and discharges listed at Memorial Hospital
At Memorial Hospital several individuals are named with addresses and statuses. Dismissed entries and births are recorded for families including Earley, Bascher, Vausbinder, Bereiter, Toyebo, Clark, Wisdom, Miller, Roberts, McClung, Schaake, Shepard, Mercer, Terry, Ogg, Davidson, Holt, Johnson, Conger, Harwood, and others. Notable items include births for a daughter and a baby boy, a baby girl, and multiple residents entering or being discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances McClung
Dora Schaake
R. I. St
Margaret Shepard
Elm &J
Jess Mercer
Ky. St
Anna Terry
Walnut St
Betty Ogg
Ottawa
Jordon
N. J
Florence Davidson
Me. St
Negligent Homicide Filed in District Court
David Jarrell of Kansas City Missouri faced a negligent homicide charge in district court. He posted a thousand dollar bond as the case set for the November term. The collision on U S Highway 40 seven miles west of Lawrence injured Jarrell and William E Teel of Fort Wayne and killed Mae Teel age 58.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Jarrell
Kansas City
Jarrell
Wiliam E. Teel
Fort Wayne
Ind
Mae Teel
Teel
Lawrence
U. S. Highway 40
Local Man Injured in Two Car Collision
Jess McCartney a 70 year old resident of 1639 Learned Ave suffered minor chest injuries in a two car crash at 6th and Miss Sts He was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and released John Pap 22 of 108 Moundview Dr drove the other car Damage was estimated at 850 dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess McCartney
Learnard Ave
Miss. Sts
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
McCartney
John Pap
Moundview Dr
Rock and Roll Music Baffles Piano Tuners Meeting
Kansas City delegate to the National Piano Tuners Convention described rare breaks in bass piano strings until rock and roll arose. J Dodd of New Orleans recounted a broken bass string after tuning a piano, attributing it to rock and roll. A G Jeffers of Charleston WV, VP of the association, argued rock and roll marks a societal drift from stable art to baser emotions. Dodd remained pessimistic that the trend will end, predicting a new craze will arise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
J. Dodd
New Orleans
Dodd
A. G. Jeffers
Charleston
W.va
National Piano Tuners Assn
Protester Threatens City Hall With Stones
In Sacramento Claiborne Reed gathered a crowd by throwing stones and bricks at City Hall. Police say he threatened to stone the building unless granted a welfare aid letter. Reed was charged with malicious mischief and disturbing the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
Claiborne Reed
Reed
George Seeks Disability Social Security Benefit
Washington Senator George, retiring at 78 after 34 years, urges a disability Social Security program. He introduced a constitutional amendment as a Democratic priority, hoping to advance reform and leave a liberalized system for future years. He has long led or served on the Finance Committee overseeing Social Security legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
George
Tga
Senate
Ieorge
Solon Expects Aid Bill To Go Through With Cuts
Rep Passman says the House will move on a heavily cut foreign aid bill aiding $3.6 billion, about $1.4 billion below Eisenhower’s request. He does not expect a House increase, and would resist Senate calls for a bigger sum, aiming for a compromise near the lower House figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solon
Washington
Bill
House
Tre Inc
Eisenhower
Rep
Possman
D-Ala
Passman
Senate
Senate House
Boy Cheats Death After Locking Self in Hot Car
Arlington Texas 3 year old Bobbie Lincham locked himself in a hot family car during extreme heat. He was unconscious with a 108 degree temperature when found. doctors cooled him and gave oxygen then transferred him to a Fort Worth hospital where his condition was listed as fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Tex
Bobbie Lincham
Bobbie
Ort Worth
Farm Belt Group Seeks GOP Farm Vote Support
Republican state chairmen from six states meet with former Colorado Gov Dan Thornton to discuss a drive for farm votes. Delegates include Edgar Ellis of Colorado Merton Hollingsworth of Illinois Perry Campton of Missouri Denny Cosgrave of South Dakota Alvin Cast of Indiana and C Pierson of Iowa.
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Civicago
Colorado
Dan Thornton
Nelson
Edgar A. Ellis
Merton A. Hollingsworth
Illinois
Perry Campton
Missouri
Denny Cosgrave
South Dakota
Alvin C Cast
Indiana
C. Pierson
Loa
Payette signs battered by vandal truck incident
Payette Junior Chamber of Commerce signs urging travelers to bypass other towns were damaged when a truck backed into them and knocked them down. Dick Hanigan, sign committee chair, said the vandalism could show either deliberate damage or unexpected success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payette
Idaho
Research Program Instituted on Dread Under AEC Contract
Kansas University officials announced a new radio chemistry research program funded by a contract with the Atomic Energy Commission. Dr. Frank Sherwood Rowland was named administrator and assistant professor of chemistry. The $28,000 annual contract funds study of energetic recoil atoms and their chemical reactions with tritium produced by neutron bombardment of lithium compounds. Rowland, formerly at Princeton, earned a 1952 radiochemistry PhD at Chicago University under Dr. Willard F. Libby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Iatomic Energy Commission
Frank Sherwood Rowland
Rowland
Princeton University
Chicago University
Willard F. Labby
Atomic Energy Commission
Ag Department Sets Wheat and Corn Crop Estimates
The Agriculture Department projects this year’s wheat at 922,262,000 bushels and corn at 3,266,688,000. The wheat figure is 410,000 bushels below last month’s forecast and below last year’s revised 936,761,000. The corn estimate is first of the year, above last year’s 3,241,536,000 and below the 1945-54 average of 3,084,000,000. Due to surpluses, programs were set for under 900,000,000 bushels of wheat and under 3,000,000,000 of corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
President Eisenhower Silent On Political Course After Abdominal Operation
President Eisenhower, recuperating from major abdominal surgery, offered no public hint about his political plans. Aides said he did not discuss the matter with visiting government officials in the hospital. He had stated at a March news conference that if his physical condition failed to meet the duties of the presidency, he would not remain in the job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisenhower
Eisenhower
New Member Joins State Survey Office at Kansas University
Paul C. Franks has joined the State Geological Survey at Kansas University as a geologist in the petrography division. A past U.S. Geological Survey member, he worked on uranium exploration in Colorado. Franks plans petrographic studies in Wilson and Woodson Counties and will pursue a Ph.D. in geology this fall after earning a KU MS. He holds a Cornell bachelor's degree from 1952.
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State Geological Survey
Kansas University
Paul C. Franks
U.S. Geological Survey
Colorado Pineau
Survey
Wilson
Woodson
K.U
Franks
Cornell "University
Farm tax refunds and county farming programs in Douglas County
Lawrence reports farmers may claim a no-cent gasoline tax refund for farming use in the first half of 1956 via IRS Form 2240 and must file by October. definitions cover livestock, dairy, poultry, horticulture, and other farm operations. The Douglas County office announces soil bank agreements soon and notes seedings for alfalfa and brome grass on soft bank land for next year. County Dairy Trineess finalists are named, with judging Friday at Eldridge Hotel, and Kansas City Athletics booster trips for Jayhawk, Recreation, and South Park leagues are planned with bus logistics. Art displays from the Midwestern Music and Art Camp at KU are featured in the Student Union lounge, rotating weekly with works by campers and instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deal
Internal Revenue Service
Douglas County Agricultural, Stabilization and Conservation Office
Soil Bank
Eben Farley
Kansas Extension Service
County
Trineess
Douglas County Farm Bureau Association
Jane Anderson
Wilma George
iMary K Husted
Joyce Leonhard
Mary Miller
Gloria Ousdahl
Myrna Beth Shaner
Caroline Wymer
Eldridge
Jayhawk
Recreation
South Park
Kansas City Athletics
Baltimore
Wayne Bly
Recreation Commission
Bly
Kansas University
Robert Green
Alexander L. Boyle Jr
Cities Service Co Has Okay on New Facilities
Cities Service Co of Oklahoma City has temporary authority from the power commission to build 2,769,987 dollars of natural gas facilities across Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri. Planned work includes drilling and connecting 55 injection and withdrawal wells in Leavenworth and Jefferson counties Kansas installation of compressor horsepower in stations in Leavenworth and Anderson counties Kansas Cass County Missouri and Oklahoma County Oklahoma and about 35 miles of line in Buchanan, Platte, Lincoln and Leavenworth counties Kansas and Johnson and Lafayette counties Missouri.
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Washington
Uh — Cities Service Gas Co
Oklahoma City
The
Power Commission
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Leavenworth
Jefferson Counties
Kas
Anderson
Cass
Oklahoma County
Okla
Buchanan County
Platte, Lincoln and
Johnson and Lafayette Counties
Two men sentenced in drunk driving case
Two men were jailed today in police court for driving while intoxicated. Wilson Hogwood of Emporia received 30 days in jail and a $100 fine. Larry Loftus of Sunnyside was given a 30 day suspended sentence and a $100 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Hogwood
Emporia
Larry Loftus
Sunnyside
Marriage License Issued to Currant and Shoemaker
A marriage license was issued by Probate Court to Dale A Currant aged 20 of Overbrook and Barbara Jean Shoemaker aged 15 of Townanoxle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale A. Currant
Overbrook
Barbara Jean Shoemaker
Tonwanoxle
Red Cross calls for more donors to avert blood crisis
Douglas County Red Cross board chair Les Haynes warned the free blood program could face a crisis unless volunteer donors are enlarged. He cited resignation of recruitment chair Mrs Arthur Davison, efforts to add about 300 names, and schools and Kansas University to aid. A blood bank refrigerator arrived at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, and 62 pints were donated in June.
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Red Cross
Les Haynes
Red Cross Board
Haynes
Douglas County
Frank T. Stockton
Arthur Davidson
Lawrence
Public
Kansas University
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Douglas County Blood Bank
County Medical Society
Bill Hough
Hough
John P. Peters
United Fund
Don Henry
Kansas University Physical Education Department
E.U
Baldwin Rotary Club
Strike talks set for Pittsburgh joint meetings
Federal mediators named Thursday as the probable start of joint talks in Pittsburgh between steel industry management and the United Steelworkers Union to end the steel strike. Joseph Finnegan said preliminary meetings with both sides would occur today and tomorrow, with David MacDonald and Arthur Goldberg attending. A noon session tomorrow will include a group led by John A. Stephens of U S Steel, as officials seek a clearer grasp of disputed issues ahead of full joint meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasitington
Pittsburgh
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Finnegan
David J. MacDonald
United Steelworkers Union
Arthur G. Goldberg
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
Clyde Mills
Mediation Service
Robert H. Moore
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Anna Getker Former Eudora Resident
Word has been received of the death of Mrs Anna K Getker a former Eudora resident in Glendale California. She was about 50 years old. Funeral services and burial were in Glendale. Survivors include a daughter Faye Getker of Glendale and a son Will Getker.
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Anna K. Getker
Eudora
Glandale
Calif
Glendale
Faye Getker
Will Getker
Markets At a Glance From Kansas City USDA Report
Market roundup shows gains in stocks and hogs steady to higher while cattle and wheat futures drift. Slaughter demand mixed with steers steady to 25 cents lower and cash markets uneven across livestock and grain categories in Kansas City trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ak.oc
Kansas City
USDA
Hat box theft at Fred Johnson residence
Police report 550 dollars stolen from a hat box atop a clothes closet at 1305 Pa. St. The Johnsons were away at the time and say doors were locked with no signs of entry. Nothing else appeared disturbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred’ Johnson
Johnsons
Twining Reports Soviet Aircraft Progress Despite Barred Access
Gen. Nathan J. Twining testified that during a visit to Russia he met a blank wall on learning about Soviet bomber production guided missiles and nuclear weapons. He said the Soviets showed less information than available about the U S and judged their aircraft production as not yet superior to the best U S aircraft though they display a wide variety and strong engineering talent. He noted gaps in Soviet turbo bombers and three Toshino fighters requiring further testing before production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nathan J. Twining
Russia
Air Force
U. S
Boudreau Scholarships Awarded to Four Students
Four Butler County students were named as recipients of Dr C E Boudreau scholarships for the 1956 57 school year in the Kansas University School of Medicine. Dean W Clarke Wescoe announced today. Recipients are High A Cox Augusta John F Doornbos Burns Arthur L McLain Augusta and Kenneth C Wiehe Whitewater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
C. E. Boudreau
Kansas University School of Medicine
W. Clarke Wescoe
High A. Cox
Augusta
John F. Doornbos
Burns
Arthur L. McLain
Kenneth C. Wiehe
Whitewater
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for hospital care
A note of appreciation thanks those who sent cards, visits, and prayers during a 28 day stay at Memorial Hospital. Gratitude extends to the nurses at Memorial, the BL and Gr. staff at K. U., Rev. Krimmer, Dr. Walters, and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lawrence for their kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Bl, & Gr
K. U
Krimmer
Walters
Homer Lawrence
Two Drivers Fined In Police Court For Traffic Charges
Glenn A. Miller aged 67 Lyon Street Sr. fined $5 for following too closely. Duane L. Braden fined $25 with six months probation for following too closely. Phillip E. Moyer forfeits $25 bond for reckless driving. Mortimer Sledd forfeits bond for speeding at 38.
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Glenn A. Miller
Lyon Sr
Duane L. Braden
Phillip E. Moyer
R. J. St
Mortimer Sledd
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Joe Holt
Earl Johnson
Vineland
Daryl Conger
Ohio St
Arnold Harwood
McLouth
Farm Belt Group
AEC
Ag Department
State Survey Office
Cities Service Co
K. C
New York
Jose Net
Admiral
Um Allied Ch
Allis
Elec
Gen Motors
Goodyear
Gulf Oil
M&m
Monsan Co
NY Central
Aviy Ohio Oil Sa Olin
Twining
Reds
Toshino
Boudreau
Manley Insurance Agency
Manley
Morle McKinney
Maths
Auu
Lawrence National Bank
Massachusetts
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Aita
Schubert Funeral Home Ambulance Service
New Hampshire
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