Westvaco Nitric Acid Plant Extension At Sunflower
Westvaco Mineral Products Division of FMC extends the nitric acid production contract at the Sunflower Ordnance Works. The announcement by Maj. Donald L. Catherman and Neil C. Elphick notes construction began in 1952, operations in 1953, and ongoing development under a government contract. A WARF trustees meeting at Sunflower reviewed the experimental nitrogen fixation method licensed by WARF to FMC, with guests from Wright Patterson AFB and O ordnance in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westvaco Mineral Products
Food Machinery and Chemical Corp
Donald L. Catherman
Neil C. Elphick
Mineral Products
FMC
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation
San Jose
California
Sunflower
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
Westvaco
Madison
Wis
Elphick
Wisconsin Alumni_Research Foundation
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio
Food Machinery and Chemcal Corp
Calif
Ordnance
Army
Air Force
Thomas E. Brittingham, Jr
Wilston
Del
Justice Timothy E
Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Harry A. Bullis
General Mills, Inc
Minneapolis
Charlies L. Byron
Wilkinson
Elmendorf Research, Inc
Chicago
Walter A. Frautschi
Democrat Printing Co
George I. Haight
Haight, Goldstein and Haight
Ralph Johnson
Smith Barney and Co
New York City
Wm. R. Kellett
Kimberly-Clark Corp
Neenah
Bernhard Mautz Jr
M. Woerpel
Farrington Daniels
The
University of Wisconsin
Paul €. Wilbur
Axel T Olson Dies after Pluming Career and Service
Axel T Olson founder of Olson Brothers Plumbing died with services set at Trinity Lutheran Church. He served as church treasurer 25 years and was active in Sunday School and the Kansas Synod. Surviving are wife Ivy B Dale two sons and several relatives. Burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Memorials suggested to a charity fund. Funeral at 10 tomorrow with Rev Tonsing officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olson
Cyclones
Ivy B. Dale
Herbert A. Olson
Berkeley
Calif
E. Ted Olson
Sapulpa
Okla
Anna Olson
Tenafly N. J
Arthur Olson
Mass
Dale G. Olson
Jean. Burdick
Venita
Jerry
Sandra
Patricia
James Burdick
Trinity Lutheran Church
Ernest Tonsing
Topeka
Oak Hill Cemetery
Funkscooper-Warren Chapel
French Push for Truce in Indochina Seen Spanning Laos and Cambodia
French premier Mendes France bargains for a ceasefire and neutralization of Laos and Cambodia as talks with Vietminh delegates proceed. France hopes Vietminh withdrawal and integration of local Communist groups into national Communism will settle the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laos
Cambodia
Mendes-France
Men of Company H to Camp McCoy Summer Encampment
Lawrence National Guard unit Company H of the 137th Infantry will depart Saturday for a two week summer encampment at Camp McCoy Wisconsin. About 60 officers and men will leave from the Union Pacific depot at 8 a m tomorrow and return around 10 15 a m July 31. The 35th Division includes Missouri and Kansas units. Training will cover rifles carbines pistols mortars rocket launchers and machine guns with a three day bivouac and a Saturday review with state governors present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. H
137Th Inf
Lawrence
Missouri
Kansas
McCuish Seeks Kansas Lieutenant Governor Nomination
The longtime Harvey County Republican leader and former newspaperman describes his plan to develop resort areas in Kansas modeled after Oklahoma systems. He cites tourism potential, his wartime and postwar service, and a commitment to campaign travel across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCuish
Oklahoma
Kansas
Washburn University
Cora Hedrick
Newton
Kansan
Harvey County News
Harvey County
Kansas Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Republican State Committee
Anzio Beach
American Red Cross
Japan
Department of the Army
Douglas MacArthur
McCarthy Cancels Saturday Hearings On Defense Plants
Washington senator McCarthy cancelled Boston hearings on alleged Communist infiltration of defense plants at the request of Senate Republican leaders. He will hold hearings in Washington Monday and Tuesday to question witnesses and may still hold some hearings in Boston later. The move follows protests by Senator Flanders and signals tension over jurisdiction and staffing within the McCarthy subcommittee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Boston
Knowland
Calif
Sen. Flanders
R-Vi
McCa
Flanders
Francis P. Carr
McCarthy Subcommittee
Carr
Subcommittee
Potter
R-Mich
Roy M. Cohn
Army
Cohn
Explosion Kills 3 Men in Schiller Park Fireworks Plant
A blast at the Melrose fireworks company in Schiller Park destroyed a one story factory, killing three men and seriously injuring another while one man is missing. Fire followed the explosion and a tall black smoke plume rose over the western suburb. Police did not determine a cause immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Schiller Park
Schiller—Park
Melrose Fireworks Co
Nine Bodies Found In Wrecked Chestertown Plant
An explosion at the Kent Manufacturing Co munitions plant near Chestertown Maryland killed nine and injured thirty as fires raged for hours. Firefighters recovered two victims from an assembly line building while crews evacuated surrounding homes and residents from the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestertown
Kent Manufacturing Co
Kent-Queen Annes Hospital
Lawrence White paints Jackman elevators brightening skyline
Residents note the North Lawrence business district gains a uniform white finish on the old and new storage elevators, enhancing the skyline. A local appliance dealer faces customer refunds as cool rain follows a 117 degree heat wave.
Topeka Bidder Leads State University Project
Topeka Builders Supply Co. was the apparent low bidder on a state project at the University of Kansas. The firm quoted 1268 dollars for metal toilet compartments and partitions for Hoch Auditorium and Watson Library. Glide Windows Inc. of North Hollywood California submitted the single other bid at 1512 dollars for aluminum siding and fixed windows, wash and frames for the chancellor residence porch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
University of Kansas
Topeka Builders Supply Co
Hoch Auditorium
Watson Library
Glide Windows, Inc
North Hollywood
Calif
Wichita Attorney General Candidate Speaks at Lawrence Luncheon
John C. Frank of Wichita, opposing Harold R. Fatzer for the Republican attorney general nomination, visited Lawrence and attended a luncheon at the Elks Club with about a dozen local business leaders. He urged teamwork between county and state offices and criticized Fatzer for ill advised actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Frank
Wichita
John C. Frank
Harold R. Fatzer
Lawrence
Elks Club
Frank
Co. Atty
Milton P. Allen
Bob Oyler
Coun
Allen
The
Wichitan
Attorney-General
Atty
Fatzer
Attorney General's Office
Lawrence to Add Precincts Ahead of Fall Elections
Lawrence voters will see 14 precincts in fall voting, up from 12, with a third precinct in each of the Second and Third wards. Polling places for the Aug 3 primary and Nov 2 general include Pinckney School, City Hall, Hillcrest School, Evangelical United Brethren Church, and Lawrence High School among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
City Commission
Pinckney School
Pinckney School, 810 W
6Th St
8Th
City
11Th and
Mass
Hillcrest School
Harvard Road
Hillcrest Drive
Evangelical United Brethren Church
15Th
Lawrence High
Behool
19Th
Liberty ‘Memorial School
14Th
Kraft (Kuhn and Wray) Truck and Tractor Co
Mass. St
New York School
N. Y. St
11Th
Woodlawn School
Elm
Final Wheat Quality Report for Kansas 1954
The 1954 Kansas wheat crop showed especially high test weight and above average protein content, per federal and state agriculture agencies. They tested 5,306 car loads from 104 counties, excluding Doniphan, with average test weight 60.4 pounds per bushel and protein 12.3 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka WI
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Doniphan
Memorial Hospital Birth and Accident Report
A list from Memorial Hospital records births shows several parents and newborns including Mr. and Mrs. Earl Calvert with a daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Hemp hill with a daughter along with multiple other families in Sunflower Eudora Vinland and Baldwin. An accident report notes Everett Bonham 9 of Perry Route 1 treated in the emergency room for a right thumb injury from a car door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Calvert
Lane Q
Sunflower
Earl Strunk
4Th St
Herschel Hemphill
Vinland
Quay Smith
Mass
Keith Adriance
Wellsville
Harold Heinrich
Everett Bonham
Perry, Route 1
Deaths and Funerals for Albert Dunn and Ella Daniels
Funeral services for Albert J. Dunn aged 73 will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev. Albert G. Parker in charge. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Ella Daniels aged 88 died yesterday and services are at 2 p.m. Sunday at Rumsey Funeral Home with Le Roy Davis presiding. Burial in Flory Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert J. Dunn
County Convalescent Home
Rumsey Funeral Home
Albert G. Parker
Oak Hill Cemetery
Ella Daniels
County
LeRoy Davis
Flory Cemetery
Funeral services for Bert W Erwin in Kansas City
Bert Walter Erwin 86 died yesterday in a Kansas City rest home. Funeral services will be at 9:30 Monday at Rumsey Funeral Home with Dr. Harold G Barr officiating and burial in Hardy Oak Cemetery north of Midland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert W. Erwin
Bert Walter Erwin
Kansas City
Rumsey Funeral Home
Harold G. Barr
Hardy Oak Cemetery
Midland
Leonard Turner obituary notice in Overland Park
Leonard Turner 47 of 8031 Hemlock St Overland Park died last night at University of Kansas Medical Center Kansas City Funeral arrangements announced later He is survived by his wife Mae Turner his mother Minnie Turner of Lawrence three sisters Macel Todd Eva May Evans Wanda Hyatt and one brother James Turner of Lawrence
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Turner
Hemlock St
Overland Park
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Mae Turner
Minnie Turner
Lawrence
Macel Todd
Lawson
Eva May Evans
Wanda Hyatt
Clathe
James Turner
Surprise Showers Across Kansas Bring Momentary Relief
Scattered showers developed this morning across Kansas as a warm front from the south moved in. Rain amounts varied, with some areas receiving beneficial moisture while temperatures rise to 90 to 100 tomorrow and overnight lows in the low 70s. Earlier in the week many readings topped 110.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Hich
Russell to Receive Reservoir Aid
Gov Arn announces an agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation to release Cedar Bluffs reservoir water to Russell at $2 per acre foot. Executive secretary McDill Boyd says the price follows a bureau expense basis after an Interior Department directive for citizen welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekar
Arn
Bureau of Reclamation
Cedar Bluffs
Russell
McDill Boyd
Boyd
Department of Interior
Divorce Suits Filed for Zook and Carter Couples
Divorce suits filed in District Court name Eleanor Maxine Zook and Rosewell R. Zook and Joan Carter and Gordon Carter. The action seeks legal separation and dissolution of the marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Maxine Zook
Rosewell
R. Zook
Joan Carter
Gordon Carter
Markets at a Glance From SLA ART efi NEWS
Stocks lower on wide swings in grains and livestock. Cotton irregular. wheat closed lower after volatile trading. Corn and oats steady to slightly down with slow trade. Hogs mixed, most steers between 8.50 and 18.50. slaughter prices 13.00 to 15.50. Sheep around 3.00 to 4.00 for slaughter ewes. lambs 20.00 to 21.50.
Grain and commodity price report from Kansas City market
Wheat prices ranged 2.20 to 2.87 with contracts No 2 and No 3 mixed across varieties. Corn showed most bids between 1.56 and 1.63 for No 3 and higher for white and yellow mixed, oats ranged lower to higher with No 2 white 73 to 76 percent, barley and other grains listed along with cash and futures figures.
Kansas City cattle sale steady on small lots and calves
Kansas City market report notes 400 cattle and 50 calves offered, generally steady on small lots. Most offerings were cows and one utility, with demand stabilizing across the lot. Prices varied modestly by quality and condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
USDA
Mail subscription ad for Journal World vacation offer
An advertisement urges readers to order a summer mail subscription to the Journal-World with a phone contact 22 Adv for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Journal-World
First Major League Boxing at Ebbets Field
The historic boxing match marks the first time a major league ball park hosted a boxing event at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Details on fighters and card were reported as a landmark sporting moment in local history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wan
Ebbets Field
Brookyn
Kansas City Market Notes on Eggs Butter and Poultry Prices
A Kansas City market summary lists eggs at 60 per cent A and 43 for mediums, with standards 32 and current receipts at 55 pounds and a 22 23 loss. Butter Grade A solid 62 5 and quarters 63 with butter fat. Poultry prices cover hens up to 12 pounds, commercial fryers 244 3 pounds white 28 29 red 27 28, broilers 2 pounds up 27 28, farm run fryers 2 pounds up 18, turkeys tom 24 pounds up 25, hen 12 pounds up ? Beltsville 6 9 pounds 28, capons 6 8 pounds 30 and 8 pounds up 33, caponettes 8, ducks 5 pounds up 19, young peet 16 pounds up 10, old guineas 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Beltsville
Market quotes for grains poultry and hogs
Wheat 2.05. Corn yellow 1.59 Karfir 2.40 oats 60. Poultry hens under 4 15 lbs 6 over 4% lbs 9. Cocks 6. Butterfat 48 45 42. Eggs 22. Hogs 22.50.
New York Airframe Stocks Lead Market Shuffle
Aircraft stocks outpaced most sectors on the New York stock market today as aviation firms like Republic Aviation Beech Boeing Douglas Lockheed North American Aviation and Montgomery Ward rose while steel and auto majors like Republic Steel General Motors and Du Pont lagged. Trading volume reached about 2.6 million shares amid broad but modest changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Admiral Sbbeescaenenneccoaners
Allied_Chaneeeese
Allis Chal Pores Am Tel & Tel
Anac Wae
Pri O Mee
ABQ Atchison Sete Bb Noessere
Beech
Airc Ra Enancesgeneese
Beth Steel
Boeing Air
Bran
Chrysler
du Pont
Eagle P
Elecrheaa
Gen Motors
Grace & Co
U Greyhound Peeees
Gulf Oil
Herc
Eens Rtm
Int
Kan P&l
Lion Oil
McKess & R
Avaes
NY Central
Ohio Oil
Seeane
Penney, JC
Pa RR
Phill Pet
Radio Cp
Reyn
Met Re Geens Esteceesten
St Jos Lead
St Reg Pap
Sears Roek
Sinclair Oaetauneerersonasssors Secor Vac
Ns Emeeeeny
Tide War Asseseeeneesneee
UN Pac Eee
Torrony
US Steel Se Enemasaresareseneses
Repubiic Aviation
Beech Aircraft
Boeing
Douglas Aircraft
Lockheed
North American Aviation
Montgomery Ward
Vanadium
Commonwealth Edison
Republic Steel
General Motors
General
Multiple Company Names Listed in Historical Text
A string of major firms appears in the OCR fragment including Electric, American Woolen, American Can, American Tobacco, Burlington Mills, Goodall, Sanford, New York Central, Union Pacific, Standard Oil, Cities Service, Texas Pacific Land Trust, and Texas Co.
Rainfall Totals Permit Restricted Outdoor Watering
Rainfall measured 2.04 inches over two days with July 2 recording 1.17 inches. Water Superintendent Bob Mounsey lifted broad restrictions as cooler wet weather returned, allowing outside watering on a restricted schedule. Level in storage tanks reached 25 feet, four feet short of full. Overnight replenishment during extreme heat was limited to 2-3 feet per night previously. Outdoor watering times vary by street side across days: south and west 7-9 am and 8-10 pm. north and east on alternate days. all days same hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Mounsey
Bob Mounsey
Snider Sets Bid Date for New Atchison Cummins Highway
Harold K. Snider state highway commissioner for the first district tentatively set October for bidding a contract on a new straight line highway from Atchison to Cummins Kansas. The 11 mile road relocates US 59 and K 4, eliminates nine sharp turns and follows Santa Fe railroad tracks. The commission also finalized plans to relocate and resurface US 73 from Atchison to the Leavenworth County line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison W
Harold K. Snider
Lawrence
Atchison
Cummings
Kas
Snider
Highway Commission
Leavenworth County
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Axel T. Olson
Rerview
Memorial Hospital
Mildred Fleshman
R. I. St
Sheila- Ann Davidson
Aqueduct Rd
Martha Turner
Lane 12
Omar Edmonds
Mary. Callicott
Me. St
Bertha Knot
Eudora
Muriel Moore
DeSoto
Marie Simpson
Mo. St
Marguerite Pettingill
Ind
Billy Ray Smith
Conn
Richard Coffman
N. 6Th St
Joan Pickel
Ala
Mildred Cooper
R. 1
Vivian Craig
Baldwin
Route 3
Raymond Trott
Ft. Riley
Nellie Jackson
Erma Cantrell
Wis. St
Elizabeth Snyder
Frank Mathena
Lecompton
Bert Miller
Gladys Nickels
McLouth
Mrs
ART Efi
N. Y. Stocks
K. C. Cash Grain
K. C. Livestock
Casal
Lawrence Mills
Karl Krasider
County Aecreet
K. C
Wall Stret
Republican
John McCuish
LT. Governor Club
Nances
Douglas County State Bank
Bank of Friendly Service
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