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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1955
Page
3
In Barcelona at the Ecuestre a narrator recalls the Vizconde de Guell, a refined gentleness and royal air who drew crowds at the Hotel Ritz. The guest, famed for longevity, wit, and admiration from ladies, becomes the author’s alter ego as he recounts dining and the man’s impeccable style.
Bonn Germany Chancellor Konrad Adenauer left Bonn for Switzerland to set up headquarters on the fringe of the Big Four sprint conference. From a mountain hotel at Muerren he will stay in contact with the conference and possibly with Big Four leaders as they shape Germany's future. A private railway car carried him and his staff to the Rhein gold express while a 12-man Geneva delegation headed by Herbert Blankenhorn represents Germany in Geneva.
The Baldwin First Methodist Church marks its centennial with Dr. C E Allison of Lawrence delivering the opening sermon. The church, organized July 22 1855, counts over 800 members as October events run Oct 16–23 with speeches by Rev Clare Hayes and Rev Clyde Brewster plus a pageant and choir program. Funds aim for 2500 to redecorate and cover observance expenses. Baker University leaders chair the centennial committee and reappoint church manship duties.
Light showers extend across the Southwest into the Mississippi Valley and northern New England with a generally fair and warm pattern elsewhere. Fog early in the southern Great Lakes and Ohio Valley gives way to mild highs in the 60s and 70s across the north, while Oregon and Washington coast readings hover in the 50s with showers.
Prime Minister Eden proposed that the big Four powers plus a reunited Germany swap nonaggression pledges and form a new European security treaty. Britain would join the United States France Russia and Germany to limit arms and armies in East and West Germany and neighboring states. A system of reciprocal control could supervise the arrangements without prejudicing world disarmament efforts. Eden also floated the idea of a demilitarized zone between East and West Europe.
Police comb wreckage of two passenger coaches after a train collision in San Bernardo. Reports vary on the death toll with official counts at 32 and earlier estimates as high as 60, while morgue totals reached 38 according to newsmen.
Article argues Soviet propaganda preps blame on the West for any Geneva summit failure. It says Moscow press and radio push fear through defense by heavy industry while portraying a limited relaxation of tensions. It claims Soviet readers hear only adversaries and betrayal by imperialists and saboteurs.
More than a million Roman Catholics filled Rio de Janeiro streets to greet the image of Brazil's patron saint Our Lady of Aparecida in a lead up to the 36th International Eucharistic Congress. The dark statue was brought by train from the Sao Paulo state town it bears.
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