New AF School Open To Its First Cadets
The U S Air Force Academy opened with 306 cadets as 3 000 guests attended at Lowry AFB. Secretary Talbott lauded leadership for national survival while honor guards from Annapolis and West Point reviewed. House Appropriations urged pause on permanent design work north of Colorado Springs pending stronger architectural approval.
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U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Air Academy
Colorado Springs
House
Senate
Congress
Air Force
Lowry
Academy
Iowa Girl Found Dead After Alleged Assault
The Iowa girl was found dead on a country road with clothes bloodstained and evidence of rape. Coroner Dr. Thomas L. Coriden ruled death from a severe head wound and noted sexual assault. Police questioned a man as part of routine investigation into the motive-less disappearance of Donna, a railroad clerk.
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Thomas L. Coriden
Donna
da Wis
Government Releases 720000 Polio Shots
The Public Health Service announced an additional 720000 doses of polio vaccine produced by Eli Lilly in Indianapolis. This release brings total vaccine distributed since revised testing standards on May 26 to 2,558,000 cubic centimeters.
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Washington
Eli Lilly& Co
Indianapolis
Public Health Service
Pipe accident in Santa Fe freight station injures driver
Kenneth Stovall 44 of 1322 Al mira St suffered a crushed right foot when a length of pipe dropped at the Santa Fe freight station Monday night. He received treatment at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and may face amputation of two or three toes. he is a tuck driver for Hall Brothers.
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Kenneth Stovall
Almira St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Stovall
Hall Brothers
Santa Fe
Local Girls Attend Kansas University Preview
Shirley Wilson of 846 New York Street was among 123 prospective freshmen at the second two day KU Preview ending today. Attendance is optional, and the previews help freshmen complete many fall orientation week requirements with other sessions set for July 1 26 and August 1 2.
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Shirley Wilson
N.Y. Si
K.U
Kansas University
Colorado Assistant George L. Brown Named State Democrat
George L. Brown formerly of Lawrence has been named a Denver Democrat to fill a vacancy in the Colorado House. He served five years as a Denver Post reporter and is the son of George L. Brown Sr. and his wife who run Melodi Mart. He graduated from Kansas University in 1949 and belongs to Sigma Delta Chi and Denver Junior Chamber of Commerce, and serves as secretary of the Glenarm YMCA branch board.
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George L. Brown
Lawrence
Denver
Colorado Legislatre
Denver Post
George L. Brown Sr
J St
Melodi Mart
New
Kansas University
Sigma Delta’ Chit
Journalmen Fraternits
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Glenarm
YMCA
Lawrence Water Plant Expansion Aims to Meet Growing Demand
Officials report Lawrence water demand near 33 000 kilowatts rising toward a potential doubling in ten years. New elevated and ground tanks add 500 000 and 1 300 000 gallons capacity respectively, boosting pumping to 10 million gallons daily at full force once the plant is complete. Delays hinge on electrical control panels arriving soon.
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Fifteenth Street
West Hills
Power Company
Lawrence
Hough
Oread
Oread Avenue
Bob Forman
Black and Veatch
Forman
Kp&l Co
Lawrence Students Named to KU Dean's Honor Roll
A total of 370 students at the University of Kansas College of Liberal Arts and Sciences earned the dean's honor roll for the spring semester, including 30 from Lawrence. Thirty-one students achieved all A grades, with multiple Lawrence residents listed by name and address among the honorees.
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Icollege of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kansas University
Lawrence
Marianne Anderson
University
Bernice Schear
Mich. St
Richard Warner
Me. St
China North Korea pact signed for 1956 economy culture
Pyongyang radio announced that Communist China and North Korea have signed an economic and cultural pact for fiscal 1956. The announcement marks a formal agreement between the two states on trade and cultural exchanges.
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Tokyo
China
North Korea
Pyongyang
Mantle Homers in Slugging Tie Game Contained
A detailed baseball recap notes Mantle homers and mixed hits as the Nationals and Americans exchange innings. Kluszewski, Mathews, Williams, and Berra feature in key plays, with Banks and Jensen making defensive stops. Crandall and Kaline contribute in the field as Haddix and Wynn rotate on the mound.
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Mantle
Snider
Berta
Kluszewski
Klu
Banks
Roberts
Berra
Nationals
Haddix
Wynn
Crandall
Kaline
Frank Thomas
Pittsburgh
Thomas
Vernon
St. Louis
Finigan
Mathews
Jackie Jensen
Boston
Pierce
Jensen
Tuns
Dodge City drive gains with Gray visit at Granada
Lawrence officials announce Mrs Georgia Neese Gray former U S treasurer will headline a fundraising event at Granada Theater Thursday to aid the citys Dodge City Cowboy Capital of the World drive. A film about the site will be shown and donations collected.
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Keith Lawton
Lawrence
Dodge City
Georgia Neese Gray
U. S
Granada Theater
Kansas
Deaths and Funerals for Maude Newby Reynolds Rice
Mrs Maude Lee Newby 19 former Lawrence resident died Monday in Topeka She was born in Abilene fifth of 10 children of James B and Missouri J Shane She moved to Lawrence in 1878 married Alva F Newby in 1900 he died 1942 Survived by two sons Maj Ralph D Newby Ft Bliss Texas Maj Robert Newby Kansas City two daughters Mrs Dale Taff and Mrs Marion Sappenfield Topeka 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral 3 30 p m Friday Penwell Gabel Chapel Topeka Burial Mt Hope Cemetery Topeka Mrs Mary D Reynolds 88 of Kansas City mother of John Reynolds of Lawrence died Monday in Kansas City after a long illness Surviving are three other sons Joseph Reynolds Edwardsville MO Roy Reynolds of the home and William Reynolds Kansas City three daughters Mrs Rebecca Houston of the home Mrs Stephens and Mrs Lucinda Houston Kansas City Funeral 7 p m Wednesday Raising Chapel Kansas City Burial Memorial Park Cemetery Kansas City Mrs Merton S Rice death of Mrs Merton S Rice June 26 Detroit former Baldwin resident Widow of Dr M S Rice former pastor Metropolitan Methodist Church Detroit an auditorium on Baker University Baldwin campus honors their memory.
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Lawrence
Topeka
Abilene
James B
Tiny
Alva F. Newby
Christan Church
Adah
Order of the Eastern Star
Ralph D. Newby
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Robert Newby
Kansas City
Dale
Taff
Marion Sappenfield
W. W. Russ
Penwell-Gabel
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Mary Reynolds
Mary D. Reynolds
John Reynolds
St. Margaret's Hospital
Joseph Reynolds
Edwardsville
Roy Reynolds
William Reynolds
Rebecca Houston
Mary. Stephens
Lucinda” Houston
Memorial Park Cemetery
Merton
Rice
Detroit
Baldwin
M. S. Rice
Metropolitan Methodist Church
Baker University
Baker
Japan launches first warship since Empire’s fall
Tokyo announced the 630 ton minelayer Erimo was launched as the first of seven ships under a 2 million dollar program. The vessel marks a return of Japanese naval construction a decade after the Imperial Navy’s destruction.
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Tokyo
Japan
Imperial Navy
Erimo
Princeton Man Selected To Teach on K U Staff
Ty Ralph Adams an AMA Heat chemistry instructor at Princeton University has been named assistant professor of chemistry at Kansas University. He will pursue electroanalytical and instrumental methods research focusing on polarography at KU. Adams earned a PhD at Princeton in 1953 after Rutgers undergrad in 1950 and served in the Chemical Warfare Service and Air Force. He fills the vacancy from Dr Gilbert Haight who resigned in 1994. Adams is married with a one year old child and the family will live at Sunnyside.
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Ty Ralph Adams
Princeton University
Princeton
N. J
Kansas University
K. U
Rutgers University
New Brunswick
Chemical Warfare Service
Air Force
Adams
Gilbert Haight
Sunnyside
Memorial Hospital Births and Greetings Today
Mrs Jean Coffee of Lemon Grove California and Mrs Millie Wilson of Platteville Wisconsin welcomed new babies. Frances Joseph Corena Pickens Corena Pickens and Baby Boy William Turner Edgar Thornton reported births. Mrs Nellie McCracken and Baby Boy Ker William Turner and other families from several towns announced newborns today.
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Jean Coffee
Lemon Grove
Calif
Donald Sawyer
DeSoto
Millie ’ Wilson
Platteville
Wis
Katherine Marie White
Ala
Corena Pickens
Tonganoxie
Frances Joseph
Beulah
Ray
Barbara Warren
Carl Abegg
Haskell Ave
George Cashman
Bonfer Springs
Mary Burton
Russell Hook
Hermita Garcia
Locust St
Nellie McCracken
Elizabeth Barlow
Me. St
Ruth Daum
Miss. St
Wiliam Turner
N.Y
Edgar Thornton
McLouth
Probate Court Fines For Stop Sign Violation and Wrong Way Driving
Harvey L. Murphy of 535 Me. St. fined $10 and costs for failing to stop at a stop sign in Probate Court. Donald Eugene Berry, address unknown, fined $10 and costs for driving on the wrong side of a highway.
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Harvey L. Murphy
Donald Eugene Berry
Farmers and Steelworkers Hold Mutual Problems Talk
Four Douglas County farmers and about 70 United Steelworkers met at Kansas University for a farmer labor night as part of a Steelworkers Educational Conference. The discussion covered income, storage, farming costs, and the link between farmers and labor groups with university officials and extension staff present.
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Douglas County
United Steelworkers of America
Memorial Union
Kansas University
K.U
John Caldwell
Chicago University
Chicago
Ill
Will Hayden
Emil Heck Sr
Nd Wilson Counts
George Butell
Baldwin
Deal Six
Roman J. Verhaasen
General Extension
Kansas State College
Ed Avison
Kansas City
K.U. Extension
Counts
Butell
Neck
Pee Crain
Kansas
Markets At a Glance From Wichita Kansas City Report
Markets feed this edition show higher stocks with notable gainers and steady bonds. Cattle and hog markets vary with steady prices for steers and mixed results for hogs while wheat and corn face big crop prospects and liquidation pressures. Kansas City cash grains and hogs lead activity amid market tone.
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K. C. Cash Grain
Kansas City
Nomination Withdrawn for Atomic Energy Commission
President Eisenhower formally withdrew Arlen Whitfield of Des Moines from consideration for the Atomic Energy Commission at Whitfield’s request. Whitfield said he did not want to involve the commission in political controversy.
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Eisenhower
Arlen Whitfield
Des Moines
Atomic Energy Commission
Whitfield
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