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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jul 19, 1957

Page

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Union Officer Admits Borrowing Union Funds for Homes

United Textile Workers official announces to the Senate that he and union President Anthony Valente used about 47 000 of union funds to purchase Washington homes. He says the amount was recorded as an organizational expense and claims concealment was not intended. details about a larger 95 000 loan and other alleged transactions are noted.

Klenert United Textile Workers Union Anthony Valente Washington Senate Nist Klewert Valente UTW Astutenesa Robert F. Kennedy McClellan D-Ark Sait R. H. Rigdon University of Texas Medical School Wynder

Chiropractors Named to Kansas Healing Arts Board

Gov George Docking appoints three chiropractors to the Kansas Healing Arts Board after a Shawnee County District Court dissolves a restraining order. Appointees are Mrs L C Neff of Topeka L L Hollingsworth of Wichita and Charles Blatner of Clay Center.

Topekap Kansas Healing Arts Board George Docking Shawnee

Deaths and Funerals in Area Obituaries

Willam Samuel Uttinger 75 died at home Route 3. Funeral 2 p m Monday Rumsey Funeral Home Rev Clarence Thomas. Burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors: widow Fredrick Christine Uttinger, brother James Uttinger Route 3, sister Mrs Mary Cunningham Los Angeles, plus nieces and nephews. Evelyn Bales 95 died Thursday in Emporia home. Lawrence native, widow of Joseph A. Bales, lived in Emporia since 1936. Services 10 a m Saturday First Methodist Emporia. Burial Memorial Park Cemetery Lawrence. Orin Roy Bales, daughter Mrs Everet TD Klefer, five grandchildren, two great grandchildren survive. Fred Brune 72 of Independence died Thursday in Merea Hospital Independence. Funeral 2 p m Saturday Webb Funeral Home Independence. Burial Mt Hope Cemetery. Survivors: wife Melinda Zeeh Prune, daughter Mrs Betty Gottlieb, sisters Miss Olinda Brune Lake View and Mrs John Denny Wichita, brothers Wesley Brune Lake View and Frank Brune 1143 Highland Dr., one grandson. Mitchell Muir Wigglesworth 1½ year old son of Mr and Mrs Russell Wigglesworth died Thursday. Private services 2 p m Saturday Ottawa First Baptist Church. Burial Durango Colo.

Willam Samuel Uttinger William Samuel Uttinger Rumsey Clarence Thomas Oak Hill Cemetery Fredrick Christine Uttinger James Uttinger Mary Cunningham Los Angeles Evelyn Bales Lawrence Emporia First Methodist Church Memorial Park Cemetery Bales Orin Roy Bales Everet TD. Klefer West Newton Mass Fred Brune Independence Kas Merea- Hospital Gus Brune Laurence Webb Funeral Home Mt. Hope Melinda Zeeh Prune Betty Gottliob Chanute Olinda, Brune Lake View John Denny Wichita Wesley Brune Frank Brune Highland Dr Mitchell Muir Wigglesworth Russell Wigglesworth S12 8Th St Ottawa First Baptist Church Juriu Durango Colo

State Ends Bulk Of Testimony Against Judge From Wichita

The hearing before Commissioner Lester Guedell in Wichita adjourned with the defense set to begin its case. Judge John S N Stice, accused of conspiring with criminals to impede Sedgwick County justice, denies charges. The state questioned an affidavit by James Crisler and its admissibility for impeachment. Floyd Creach, a former Wichita bar operator, denied claiming Stice formed a burglary ring and discussing the food market burglary.

Topeira Genemis Abhi Pods Judinst Common Pleas Dudee John SN. Stice Wichita Lester Guedell Su- Mm Goodell Stice Sedewieck County James Crisler Crisler Floyd_ A. Creach Creach Wichiita

Births and Divorces Highlight Memorial Hospital Notice

At Memorial Hospital a series of birth announcements lists mothers and addresses including Ruth Bahnmnaier Lecomp ton Dorothy Grammer 716 Red St Oscar Lothholz Eudora Norma Carper 1008 Conn St and others Mrs Barbara Meredith 311 N 4th Ars Viola McGrew 346 Ind Nellie McCracken Route 3 Merle Rideway A110 W 4th Rosa Robinson 928 Ten St Norma Munich A18 Tl Esther Kliewer Oscar Lothholz Eudora birth of a son to Mr and Mrs David Sieg Baldwin Friday Divorces include Macros granted by to Mary Sparks Therman Guy Courtney

Ruth Bahnmnaier Lecompton Dorothy Grammer Red Oscar Lothholz Eudora Norma Carper Max Rathberger Arthur Riggs Mass Barbara Meredith N. Dth Elaine Sieg Baldwin Judy _Clymer Route 1 Ariell Richardson Tenn Neal Dickinson Sunflower Albert Davis Kansas City Kas Barbara McCaig Sunnyside Clen Downing Doris Tracy Helen Campbell Stratford Rid Viola McGrew Nellie McCracken Merle Rideway Rosa Robinson Ten St Norma Munich Esther Kliewer

Miss U S A Title Contested Amid Marriage Rumors

Miss U S A faced gossip over an alleged marriage after winning Maryland’s contest. Leona Gage denied being married, later admitting marriage, with officials and family confirming the union. Air Force and relatives corroborated the development as backstage confusion followed the pageant.

Miss Maryland Clarence Long Crisfield Leona Long Beach Barbara Gage Air Force Walter Biggs Dallas Tex Tne U.S.A Baltimore Glen Burnie Alaska Austria Brazil Canada Cuba England Germany Greece Italy Japan Morocco Peru Sweden Uruguay Gage

Law Officers Guard Colorado Uranium Rush Prospectors

Law officers posted to monitor more than 40 prospectors in southwestern Colorado as the uranium rush heats up. Deputies noted orderly crowds, with drilling rigs and trucks, while authorities enforce rules limiting claims to 600 by 1500 feet and require vehicles to move together at dawn.

Colorado Nycla Colo Fulk View Jena Canin Alun Coluado ABC Chamber of Commerce Ed Nelson T. J. Franks Franks

Power stable as Kansas firm says supply adequate

Lawrence reports from Kansas Power & Light Co official Hough claim power production in the Unis area remains adequate with a strong reserve for heat. He notes brief local shortages due to air conditioner use in a block but calls it fixable and confirms sub-stations and capacity keep pace with workload. Also mentions turnpike signs reinstalled, Boy Scouts arrival dates, jewelry exhibit at Premier Jewelry Shop, and Clinton Reservoir as flood control project in southwest Lawrence area.

C Hough Kansas Power & Light Coherge Unis Housh Hough Kansas University Department of Designs Tewelry Mass Carlisle Smith WLU Memorial Union Smith Lawrence

Heat Slows Cleanup After Tonganoxie Hicks Building Collapse

Extreme heat stalls debris removal at the Hicks building in Tonganoxie after a July 3 collapse that killed three and injured eight. Workmen pause before continuing on the site while neighboring structures are reopened. The last injured hospitalized person, Mrs. Leo McEnalty, 60, is discharged. Isobe Hall, 40, released though in pain. Tamon Freeman, 45, discharged July 12, home with multiple injuries. Mrs Earl Grady traveled to California to recover. Cause of disaster undetermined.

Hicks Tonganeae Tamon Freeman Earl Grady Inifornia

Scouts Learn They Have Many Things in Common

Lawrence Boy Scout Troop No 1 and Massachusetts Troop No 16 met at the Valley Forge Jamboree for a campfire evening. They sang official songs to the Kansas University Alma Mater tune, shared slides, traded patches and copies of the Mayflower Compact, and formed new friendships during the informal hour.

Boy Scouts Lawrence Uno Station Kansas City Joe Skillman Valley Forge Tedhis Satuade Washington, Inc Kansast Massachusetts Hach

Road Project Bids Opened Near Law rence On U S 59

Bids opened Thursday in Topeka for the creeper lane project by the State Highway Department near Pleasant Grave Hill six miles south of Lawrence on U S 59. Harris Crushed Rock Co. of Independence County was the apparent low bidder at $78,909.

Topeka State Highway Department Pleasant Grave Hill Lawrence U.S. 59 Harris Crushed Rock Co Independence Co

House Votes to Cut Third of Aid Fund Asked by President

The House voted 155 74 to cap the defense aid fund at 600 million dollars for the coming year. President Eisenhower sought 900 million to back allies and anti Communist economies, with earlier votes swinging between 500 and 800 million before settling at 600 million. Wayne Hays led the final roll call trimming the measure.

House Washington Eisenhower America Korea Formosa Wayne Hays Chin

CoH- Company TL at Camp McCoy with Civil War color guard tease

CoH- a long standing Kansas unit tracing back to the Four Kansas Volunteers, trains at Camp McCoy Wisconsin. Capt Reber has commanded since 1954 replacing Capt Knott. The company, reorganized 1947, mobilized 1940 for WWII and fought in six battles. A Civil War color guard parade is anticipated during Regimental events. The unit will face a Camp rating for strength equipment and heavy weapons readiness upon return to Lawrence.

Pere 1 Co. TL Camp McCoy Wis Co. Hy Four Kansas Volunteers Reber Maurice J. Knott Lawrence

Mosser Awarded Kiwanis Trophy For United Fund Work

Kiwanis of Lawrence honors Russell Mosser, former United Fund president, for leading the 1956 campaign. The meeting featured music by Midwestern Music and Art Camp students from Kansas University with soloists and instrumentalists from Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, and Kansas communities.

Lawrence Kiwanis Club Kiwanis Russell Mosser United Fund Mosser Boy Scouts Kansas University Clayton Krehbiel Betty Cramer Tulsa Okla Evelyn Wallace Muskogee Bob Grace St. Louis Linda Street Branson Marion Mitchell Meadows Carolyn Clithero

Divorce suit filed by Donna Haas against Floyd Haas

Donna Haas files a District Court suit for divorce against Floyd Haas. The action names both spouses and initiates proceedings seeking dissolution of the marriage.

Donna Haas Floyd Haas

Government Reports Record $1.6 Billion Surplus

The federal government posted a surplus of 1.645 billion dollars for the year ended June 30, with receipts at 70.989 billion and outlays at 69.344 billion. Public debt declined to 270.634 billion, while defense spending rose and the 1958 budget projects a 1.8 billion surplus.

Treasury Budget Bureau Eisenhower Congress Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey Percival Brundage Department of Defense Fissenhower

Jayhawk Cleaners, Inc Incorporation Completed in Kansas City

Kansas City investors completed the incorporation of Jayhawk Cleaners Inc in the state secretary of state's office naming Thomas Todd Seymour as resident agent with 10000 authorized capitalization. The firm began as a 1923 pickup station for a Topeka cleaner and grew with mid-1930s local operations. Lawrence E Runn and Arnold Runn acquired it in 1948. Arnold left in 1955.

Kansas City Jayhawk Cleaners W.ith Sti Kansans Jayhawk Cleaners, Inc Thomas Todd Seymour Topeka Lawrence E. Runn Arnold Runn Wichita Lawrence Runn Las

Local Man Injured In Two Car Accident

Harry L Wise 28 of 190 N Tth St treated Thursday at Laws rence Memorial Hospital for a bruised left hip after a two car crash at 5th and Elm Sts. Cars damaged about 425 dollars. Charles J Staus 32 of 1318 N Y St drove other car. No one else injured.

Harry L. Wise Lawsrence Memorial Hospital 5Th Elm Sts Wise Charles J. Staus N. Y. St Barbara C. Peters Alumni Place LaMerle C. McCoy Elmets

Visitor Learns Hard Way When Car Damaged On Campus

Takeshi Muira, 1021 Ky., a Kansas University student, found damage to his car on Wlineis Street between 16th and 17th after leaving campus at about 5 15 p m. Estimated damage is $30 with no accident details. CONDITION STILL CRITICAL Miss Louise Vaughan of Tonganoxie remains in critical condition after being struck June 21 near Bonner Springs. She underwent surgery and has lost use of a left arm and vision in the right eye.

Takeshi Muira Lawrence Muira Kansas University Wlineis Street Louise Vaughan Tonganoxie Bonner Springs St. Margaret's Hospital Kansan City Vaughan

Card of Thanks for Gilbert Sherman and Edward Hadl Families

We thank friends and relatives for cards flowers and kindness at the death of our father and grandfather Mr and Mrs Gilbert Sherman and Dana Mr and Mrs Edward Hadl and family of Vinland Kansas Westvace employees also mentioned for support in this time of loss.

Church of Christ At Vinland Kas Westvace Gilbert Sherman Dana Edward Hadland

Also Mentioned on This Page

CPM Tlavi TA Researchs Ernest Lo Wylder House Governaent Wyner Cancer Research Memorial Hospital David Sieg Friday Mary Sparks Therman Guy Courtney Miss U.S Oscar Meinhardt G. N. Ennis Manhattan Beach Ennis Leona Gage Africa Asia Charles Simmers Lake City Minn Charles O'Lent Patty Bos Tee Son Kan Turnpike Authority Jayhawks Westwawrenen Clinton Wakarusa Corps of Engineers Rock Creek Col E. C. Adams Louelas Kansas Water Resources Board Col. Adkms Camp Creek Wamego Tonganoxie Building Kiwanis Club Lawrence Milla Karl Krelder Bilal Thvorce F.d.1.c Our Delicious Food Service West 23Rd St. - Jets Anna Shanes Lawrence Memorial Co Bervica Cooper Warren Ambulance Douglas County State Bank the Bank of Friendly Service F.d.lc
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