Reds Seek Pearson Hall Contract At Kansas University
KU plans Joseph R. Pearson Hall a six story dorm along West Campus Road at a total project cost of 1.586 million dollars including furnishings and equipment. Low bids were from B.A. Green Construction Tucker Electric and Bruno Plumbing. Financing includes a 710 thousand dollar 40 year loan and 432 thousand from KU housing funds. The hall will house 412 men, feature two man rooms and recreation spaces and open in 1958 increasing KU dorm capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph R. Pearson
Kansas University
Board of
Regents
Joseph J. Wilson
Wilson
West Campus
Carruth-O'’Leary
B.A. Green Construction Co
Housing and Home Finance Agency
K.U
K.A
Carruth-O’leary
K.u.’S
Kansas crop outlook cites record hay and strong sorghum areas
Harvest projections compiled by farm agencies show higher per acre yields for all major Kansas crops in 1957 compared with 1956. Hay is expected to reach a 30 year high, wheat yields rise per acre though total production drops to the smallest since 1953 due to reduced wheat acreage. Substantial sorghum acreage and soil bank adjustments shape the year with corn, oats, barley, and rye also forecast to improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Remodeling Under Way At Hemphill Building
Remodeling of Hemphill Land and Investment Co at 704 Mass Street proceeds to upgrade the basement used by Vincents Inc as storage. Vincents plans a full basement remodel to open Vincents Trading Post a used furniture and appliance store with shop access from Massachusetts and the new city lot on New Hampshire Street. The store is slated to open September 1 with a brick and stone front. Hermphis Co the liner will remodel the front upper portion of the building completing a welcome addition to Main Street.
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Massachusetts Street
Hemphill Land and Investment Co
Mass. St
Vincent's Inc
Vincent's
Vincent's Trading Post
Massachusetts
New City
New Hampshire Street
Ound
Hermphis Co
Main Street
Deaths and Funerals Ace McClure Held
Graveside services set for 3 p m Saturday at Oak Hill Cemetery for Mrs Ace McClure Held former Lawrence resident who died Tuesday in Harlingen Texas Rev Andrew W Berry to officiate She is survived by one daughter Mrs Fd Pink of Harlingen Rumsey Funeral Home directing
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Alice. McClure
Oak Hill Cemetery
Ace McClure Held
Lawrence
Harlingen
Tex
Andrew W. Berry
Held
Fd Pink
Rumsey Funeral Home
Turnpike construction spurs fourth Kansas suit in Wichita
A new civil action filed Wednesday in Wichita District Court seeks damages from the Turnpike Authority over blasting during construction. The suit by Great Plains Mutual Insurance Co of Salina asks $9300 for insurance payments to William Burd and to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McClure, alleging the authority refused coverage.
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Kansas Turnpike
Wichita
Tasiglas County
Penton
Great Plains Mutual Insurance Co
Salina
William Burd
J. W. McClure
Turnpike Authority
Hollister Resigns As ICA's Director
In Nashville Tennessee a health official said 44 patients in Johnson City with polio like symptoms are not polio. Lab tests found no polio type, and doctors attributed illness to a coxsackie or echo virus causing nonparalytic infections. None of the patients were paralyzed.
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Nashville
Tenn. i
Johnson City
C. B. Tucker
Health Department
4-H Fair Schedule Expands With Contests And Show
The event adds live stock judging, demonstration contests, and judging of miscellaneous 4-H projects with home economics in the afternoon. A talent contest caps Thursday, tractor and car driving Friday morning, and all exhibits release at noon. The State Revue and Awards Program closes Friday evening. Winners may enter Topeka Free Fair and Kansas State Fair. Judges include Mrs. Cubit Garnett and others. Concession stands run by 4-H County Council and Jayhawk FFA Chapter.
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Topeka
Hospital Admissions Mix Names and Addresses at Memorial
Memorial Hospital admitted William Pitman and John McNish among a list of patients including Anna Doege, Dale Regier, Norma Barton, Anh Weinberg, Vilasta Fedinec, Bernice Laverentz, I. S. Fenstemaker, Minnie McCoulioch, Robert Sukes, Carl Davis, Margaret Downs, Mary Akers and baby, Carl Lavery, Tommy Black, Vera Dixon, and others with street addresses across multiple cities. The record names numerous residents and their homes in a single admissions summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Pitman
John McNish
Oskaloosa
Anna M. Doege
Tonganoxie
Dale Regier
Norma L. Barton
Anh Weinberg
Vilasta Fedinec
Bernice Laverentz
I. S. Fenstemaker
Ky. St
Minnie McCoulioch
la. St
Robert W. Sukes
Leavenworth
Carl Davis
Turner
Margaret Downs
Ohio St
Mary Akers
Winchester
Carl Lavery
Tommy Black
Stratford Re
Vera J. Dixon
Conn
Governor cancels Wyoming trip to Casper to review guard
Governor George Docking cancels a planned trip to Casper Wyoming to inspect the Kansas Air National Guard. He will stay in Wichita through Saturday and then depart for a California vacation. The governor and Mrs. Docking went to Wichita after becoming grandparents again, with son Sheldon Harmon born to Richard and Mrs. Docking yesterday in Casper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
George Docking
Casper
Wyo
Kansas Air National Guard
Wichita
California
Independent Purchases Cleaners in Tonganoxie Move
Independent Laundry and Dry Cleaners announced a new Independent branch in Tonganoxie to operate in the former Zoellner Building's hardware store site. The current Tonganoxie shop was destroyed last week by a collapsing adjacent building. Owners Mr and Mrs William Db White plan to relocate rather than reopen. Manager will be Mrs Mirabeth Campbell, a Tonganoxie resident since 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonganoxie Cleaners
Independent Laundry and Dry Cleaners
Tonganoxie
William Db. White
Zoellner
Mirabeth Campbell
Malenkov Exile Seen as Khrushchev Signal
Moscow appoints former premier Georgi Malenkov to run a hydroelectric station in East Kazakhstan after his removal from power. The move is portrayed as a nonpersecutory, democratic transfer meant to show the Stalinist purges are over, a message noted by U.S. officials awaiting final outcomes.
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Munist
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Moscow
Georgi Malenkov
U. S
Anaka
Khrushchev
U.S
Moscow Radio
Malenkov
Kazakhstan
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Seemlnq
Seven Enter City Tennis Tourney On KU Courts
Seven men have entered the City Tennis Tournament to be held Monday at the city and Kansas University courts. Wayne Bly says the Recreation Commission sponsors, with James Coleman in charge. Notable entrants include Don Pierce KU sports publicity director and Dick Harp KU basketball coach. Contestants must provide one can of new balls, no entry fee. Entry deadline is 4 p.m. Friday. call the Recreation Office or Coleman to enter.
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Kansas University
Wayne Bly
The
Recreation Commission
James Coleman
Don Pierce
K.U. Basketball
Dick Harp
Coleman
Dean Duermire
Lawrence
Bly
Lawrence Woman Hurt After Being Hit by Car
A 63 year old Lawrence woman, Anna Bernice Weinberg of 919 Conn. St, sustained injuries after being struck by a car at 11th and Assumption Streets. She was in satisfactory condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with injuries to her right leg knee and left hip. no fractures. The vehicle, driven by Betty Smith Underwood of 200 W. 15th St, was traveling west on 11th Street when a dog impeded braking.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
11Th and
Ass. Sts
Anna Bernice Weinberg
Conn
Ais. Weinberg
11Th Street
Floyd Edward Weinberg
Betty Smith Underwood
15Th St
Wakarusa flood crests as readings near 30 feet near Lawrence
The Wakarusa River near Lawrence rose past 29.76 feet at 1 p.m. with crest expected later, worst flood losses centered around Richland where 200 residents fled. Kaw River at Bowersock dam read 11.8 feet while flood stage was 181 feet, and crews prepared pumps and cleanup as waters receded. Local residents noted ongoing relief efforts and uncertainties about further rises before nightfall.
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Parent
Wakarusa
Topeka Weather Bureau
Louie Holcom
Dutton Bridge
Lawrence
Journal-World
Holcom
Topeka
Richland
Lone Star Road
Kansas
Bowersock Dam
Peka
Camp Creek
Pearl Weiss
Redland
Deer sighting near Six Corners prompts local report
Mrs James Dwyer of Route 3 told the Journal World she saw a deer near their home about a half mile west of Six Corners, an area repeatedly noted by locals. Six Corners lies roughly four miles northeast of Lawrence on US 40. In Alaska, a crash at King Salmon Airport killed six when a twin engined Lockheed Electra burned on takeoff, details not provided.
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Richland
State Highway Patrol
Lawrence
James Dwyer
Route 3
The
Journal-World
Six Corners
Dwyer
Anchorage
Alaska
King Salmon
Bristol Bay
Army Orders Release Of Woman Who Killed Kids
The Army ordered the release and deportation of Eunice M. Brillhart, a British mother serving a life sentence for murdering three of her children while abroad with her American soldier husband. Her husband Sgt. Robert W. Brillhart is stationed at Sandia Base in New Mexico.
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Washington
Eunice M. Brillhart
Rochdale
England
Robert W. Brillhart
Army
Sandia
New Mexico
In Memoriam Cordie E. Anderson Remembered Today
In loving memory of our wonderful mother Cordie E. Anderson who passed away one year ago today July 11 1956. So sadly missed by her daughters and grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordie E. Anderson
Divorce suit filed in district court DeGrafenread
Joyce Elaine DeGrafenread files for divorce against James E DeGrafenread in district court. The action names both spouses and initiates dissolution proceedings. Court details appear in the filing and docket records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Elaine DeGrafenread
James E., DeGrafenread
Summer Band Will Play Concert Friday Night
Redwood Library, oldest U S library, built in Newport Rhode Island in 1748, hosts a Friday night summer concert. public notices mention a Kansas probate hearing in Douglas County for the estate of Brhel Bryant Hicks with a July 19, 1957 filing deadline.
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Lawrence
Charles Kassinger
South Park
Redwood
U.S
Newport
Rhode Island
Lawrence Daily Journal
World Jude
State of Kansas
Douglas County
Brhel Bryant Hicks
Allena Hicks Hyder
Haskell Place
Gouslas County
Kansas
Bald
Bald Court
Kansna
Aflenn Hicks Hyder
Attinrara
Stewart, Petotish & Dosuna
Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Sure of
Eatd County
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J. R. Pearson
Board of Regents
Hemphill
Hollister
ICA
Memorial Hospital
Wyoming
Gov
Docking
Bill Snead
Jayhawker Theatre
Massachusetts Street Telephone
Viking
Bomers
Lisenhower
White House
Eisenhower
Memoriam
OAK Lodge
Ph. Baldwin
F.d.lc
Kas
Rankin Drug CO
Lawrence Sanitary
Food Store
Aald Court
Ellen Payne
Robert B. Oyler
Board of Commissioners
City Planning Commission
Heuchta
Distriet
Tistriet
John T. Weatherwax
Harohle
Fisher
City of
Taw
Harold C. Fisher
Oo Ee
Wakafuss
Fr. Fisher
Kaneas
Attest
C. Fisher
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