Fire destroys 28 homes in Hollywood Laurel Canyon blaze
A brush fire tearing through Laurel Canyon and Mulholland Drive in Hollywood destroyed 28 homes and damaged 15 more, forcing 300 residents to flee. Firefighters fought back flames with backfires and equipment as seven firemen were injured and notable residents, including Steven McQueen, Ben Alexander, Scott Brady and others, faced nearby risk. The blaze began in two spots and spread through Lookout Mountain Drive, with investigators suspecting arson.
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Hollywood
Calif
Laurel Canyon
Laurel Canyon Boulevard
Mulholland Drive
Mulholland
Ben Alexander
Sgt. Friday
Dragnet
Scott Brady
Dan O'Her Jihy
Dan Duryea
Charles Courn
Jack Bailey
Roger Smith
Cimarron City
Kam Tong
New York City Council to censure West Side Tennis Club
New York City Council plans a Tuesday censure of the West Side Tennis Club over its ban on Bunche. Abe Stark, council president and acting mayor, says he will push a measure to deny licenses to nonreligious groups that bar members for race or national origin. Dr. Ralph Bunche, UN undersecretary, says Forest Hills club officials barred him and his son for being Negroes, while Town Tennis Club invited him for honorary membership.
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NEW York
West Side Tennis Club
Fashable Club
Town Tennis Club
Ralph J. Bunche
Bunche
Abe Stark
City Council
United Nations
Forest Hills Club
New Patrol Class Begins at Kansas University
Eight weeks of training start Monday at Kansas University for 21 recruits of the state highway patrol. The program raises the patrol to 223 officers upon completion and prepares the men for state law enforcement duties.
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State Highway Patrol
Kansas University
Funeral services for DuPont executive McKenzie
Helen Kenneth McKenzie 52 a top DuPont Tecumseh executive died Friday morning after a freak occurrence at his home 201 Dakota St. Funeral services set for 7 p.m. today at Rumsey Funeral Home Reverend Albert G Parker presiding Another service will be 2 p.m. Monday at Cherry Grove Minnesota E U B Church Burial in Cherry Grove.
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Helen Kenneth McKenzie
Helen Kenneth
Mac) McKenzie
DuPont
Tecumseh
Rumsey Funeral
Dakota St
Albert G. Parker
Cherry Grove
Minn
E.U.B
Beauceant and Knights Templar Picnic at Lawrence Area
Beauceant and Knights Templar hold a covered dish picnic Tuesday July 14 at 6 30 p m at the Charles Fallon home west of Lawrence. Bring card table and service. Fried chicken and drinks furnished. All Beauceant and ET families welcome. F J Brown Commander C O Anderson Recorder.
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Beauceant
Knights Templar
Charles Falo Ne
Lawrence
E. T
F. J. Brown
C. O, Anderson
Instrument training urged to cut private plane crashes
A column discusses rising fatal private plane crashes nationwide and urges more pilots to obtain instrument ratings. Lawrence figures show few local pilots trained, with costs around 18 dollars per hour and 640 dollars for full rating, plus equipment. Experts say instrument flying could have reduced many recent deaths and advocate tighter pilot regulations.
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del Erhart
Lawrence
Erhart
Fire damages lab and radio station at university building
Isopentane in a lab fire caused by Tom Rogers burned his leg and ignited the ceiling, spreading to the attic. Firefighters cut holes in the roof to fight the flames. extent of lab and radio building damage unclear. Radio programming disrupted. station can only broadcast from a distant site with limited service. Explosive materials stored in labs worried responders. smoke forced crews to use oxygen. Damages likely exceed the building value. this marks a repeat incident from last spring.
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Tom Rogers
Rogers
EES
Edwin Browne
KANU
Iowa Street
R. H. Wagstaff
Vacation Pak service advertised with local happenings
The Journal-World promotes a Vacation Pak service. Readers on vacation can receive all local happenings by asking their carrier salesman, at no extra cost. The ad emphasizes convenience and free delivery during absences.
Hermes Divorce Granted On Mutual Fault Move
A divorce was granted Friday afternoon in District Court to Dr. R. L. Hermes and Lois Marie Hermes on mutual fault. Mrs. Hermes receives school-year custody of the children and Dr. Hermes summer custody. Judge Frank Gray awarded Mrs. Hermes $350 monthly support and the home. The hearing began Thursday morning with witnesses called for both sides.
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R. L. Hermes
Lois Marie Hermes
Turnout Urged for Lake Fete at Kansas University Union
Douglas County officials urge a large turnout for the Lake Boosters dinner at 6 30 p m Thursday in the Kansas University Union to press state officials for lake construction near Baldwin. Forestry Fish and Game Commission will attend and may approve early 1960 start. banquet theme is We want people, not money. Preliminary 11 mile SE of Lawrence, 2 miles NE of Baldwin studies discussed Friday. lake would be about 250 acres with an adjoining state park, about twice Lone Star Lake in size.
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Douglas County Lake
Kansas University Union
Baldwin
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Douglas County Sportsmen's Club
Wauka-Tally Wildlife Association
Lawrence
Lone Star Lake
Steel unions weigh strike as talks continue over wage plan
No Chance workers brace for possible Tuesday walkout as McDonald calls the union executive board and a 171 member wage policy committee to meet Monday to assess either a peace plan or strike. A walkout by half a million steel unionists could shutter about 90 percent of U.S. steel output. The union reportedly seeks roughly 10 cents more per hour from current pay near $3.10.
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McDonald
Pomona Dam Project Drives Regional Water Effort
Kansas City firm List and Clark heads the initial contract for Pomona dam with a bid of 2 575 600 dollars. Other area dams at Perry and Clinton have varied planning stages with Perry funded for preliminary studies while Clinton awaits planning. Col Laurion urges continued push through completion and expansion of related projects as regional water plans proceed. A 100 piece local band performed before the program.
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Perry
Clinton
Laurion
Concerts at KU Midwestern Music Clinic Sunday
Two afternoon and evening programs feature guest musicians and conductors at Kansas University's first Midwestern Music Clinic. Highlights include Mozart and Saint-Saëns works for violin and cello, concertos, band selections, and vocal pieces led by Moe and Harrison with soloists Heifetz, Temianka, and Paolucci among others. The KU Outdoor Theater hosts an 8 p.m. clinic band program with chamber and brass selections and full band works, performed by noted soloists and conductors.
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Kansas University
Hoch
University Theater
Eed Dramatic Arta
Moe
Krehbtel
Art San Penenes
Neecasteeneenvee
Temianka
Heifetz
Saint-Saens
Fishere
Mra
Ling
Allegro
Carney
Gillis I
Harrison
County
Derry
Nee Grainger
Careny
Daniel Moe
Guy Fraser Harrison
Harold Sprasch
William Gowre
Robert Paolucci
Don Jacoby
Fred Hemke
Memorial Hospital Dismissals List Named Families
Memorial Hospital releases show several dismissals and new babies. Included are Mrs Lou Ellen Gehlbach and Mrs Barbara Crews of 702 N 3rd St along with Norma Leary and baby girl and Judy Elliott and baby girl among others. Also listed are Mrs Mary Alice Dicker and Mrs Elizabeth Burton with addresses in Topeka and Route 1.
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Lou Ellen Gehlbach
W. 22Nd St
Phyllis Gulley
Laura Ave
Barbara Crews
N. 3Rd St
Mary Alice Dicker
Tenn. St
Bernice Clark
Forrest Ave
Ohie
Topeka
Norma Leary
Mary Lou Phipps
Marvin Hutcheson
DeSoto
Judy Elliott
Lindenwood Lane
Elizabeth Burton
Government seeks new trial for Mack and White
The government asks for a new trial for Richard A. Mack and Thurman A. White after a four week Miami television channel bribery case ended in a hung jury. Mack was a member of the Federal Communications Commission and White is a Miami lawyer.
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Washington
Richard A. Mack
Thurman A. Whiteside
Miami
Mack
Federal Communications Commission
Whitemunications Commission
Whiteside
Music and Art Camp Theft at Hoch Auditorium
Campus police report four KU Midwestern Music and Art Camp students had money stolen from their belongings between 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Friday in Hoch Auditorium dress rooms. Victims Sharon Haggard Carol Rein Suzy Doty and Jeff Angwin noted prior thefts this week and were advised to leave valuables at the campus police office in the lobby.
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Kansas University Midwestern
Hoch Auditorium
Sharon Haggard
Carol Rein
Suzy Doty
Jeff Angwin
Two Local Men Named to GUF Advisory Board at KU
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy announced the appointment of Barteldes and the reappointment of Skipper Williams to the Greater University Fund Advisory Board at the University of Kansas. Barteldes, 1936 KU graduate, and Williams join to promote alumni support and govern Fund operations as KU seeks gifts for scholarships housing and unrestricted needs.
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Franklin D. Murphy
Kansas University
Ben Barteldes
Skipper Williams
Greater University Fund
Barteldes
Ind. St
Douglas County
Williams
la. St
Greater University
Anderson Chandler
Topeka Bank
Dolph C. Cimons Jr
Vt. St
Vacation Pak Service Offered By Journal-World Ad
Local readers are urged to stay informed while on vacation by ordering the Vacation Pak service by phone or telling their Journal-World carrier. The ad promotes convenient access to highlights and local happenings during travel periods.
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Journal-World
Adv
Hopkins Bolometer Detects Candle Fire 25 Miles Away
John Hopkins University produced the bolometer, a device capable of detecting a tiny flame such as a burning candle from a distance of 25 miles, illustrating advances in sensing and instrumentation.
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John Hopkins University
Evolution of horses lecture and USS Arizona memorial drive
In Lawrence near the Kansas University Natural History Museum a two minute talk on 60 million years of horse history plays from a basement exhibit with skulls hooves and lights. A Missouri Kansas drive to fund a sunken USS Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor with Public Law 85 344 backing raises donations of 2 or more for model kits.
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Kansas University Natural History Museum
Robbin
U.S.S. Arizona
Missouri- Kansas
Fleet Reserve Association
Kansas City
Arizona
Pearl Harbor
Missouri
Kansas
Congress
E.C.O
Grand Ave
Calvin Haren
Navy Rotc
Kansas University
Airman Hit Shot Near Lawrence on Highway 40
The injured airman Jack Gillihan was beaten and shot in the elbow about ten miles west of Lawrence on Highway 40 while en route from an overseas base to Nevada. He was hospitalized in Topeka and to be questioned by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office as investigators pursue suspects.
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Gillihan
Topeka
Dale Chappell
Lawrence
Nevada
Jack Gillihan
Douglas County
Hewitt Named to Governor Docking's Conference Team
Hewitt was added to Governor Docking's official party for the August 15 governors conference as an advisor on highways. The move follows his Turnpike Authority service since July 1 and prior role as civil defense head, with Docking noting Hewitt's reading on highway matters. Hewitt previously served in Docking's 1958 party as a civil defense advisor.
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Hewitt
Docking
Mellinger
Turnpike Authority
Kansas
In Memoriam Cordie E Anderson July 1956 Death
In loving memory of Cordie E Anderson who passed away three years ago on July 1 1956. She is sadly missed by her daughters Mrs Marilyn Tryon Mrs Virginia Culver and Mrs Frankie Johnson.
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Cordie E. Anderson
Marilyn Tryon
Virginia Culver
Frankie Johnson
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