Lawrence Area Towns Benchmark For 25 Mile Radius
A reader survey notes 79 places within 25 miles of Lawrence from Antioch to Zarah. The list includes 27 incorporated cities and many small communities, with coverage across Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, and Wyandotte counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Dhia
Antioch
Zarah
Rand-Mc-Nally
Topeka
Kansas City
Kansas
Lawrence Fas
Baldwin
Raséhor
Sorines
Bonita
Boyle
Sandale
Clare
Clearfield
Clinton
Dunavant
Easton
Edgerton
Eolwartsville
Eudora
Farmant
Gardner
Glob
Grant- Jie
Imes
Jarbalo
Kanwaka
Lansing
Lecompton
LeLoup
Len
Ape
Lenexa
Linwood
Lone Star
MacLouth
Medina
Meriden
Michigan Valley
Midland
Morris
Newman
Norwood
Olathe
Ocheltree
Oskaloosa
Ottawa
Overbrook
Ozawkie
Pauline
Peoria
Perry
Pleasant Grove
Pomona
Pope
Prairie Center
Reno
Richland
Richter
Rock Creek
Shawnee
Sibleyville
Springdale
Spring Hills Stall
Swissvale
Tecumseh
Tonganoxie
Thompsonville
Centropolis
Ines
le Loup
Wellsville
Jefferson
Grantville
McLouth
Winchester
Williamstown
Johnson—Bonita
Corliss
Tests Roeerton Gardner
Laneexa
Ocheltree Prairie Center
Spring Hill
Wilder
Zarah Leavenworth
Basenor
Fairmont
Jarbalo Lansing
Lemape
Rerio
Victory Junction
Miami
aAntioch
Osare — Carbonate
Michigan
Natles
Merryton
Pantine
Richland Tecumseh
Wakarusa
Watson Wyandotte
Borner Springs
Fawardsville
Pope and Wal
Lala
Southern Senators Say They Were Successful In Civil Rights Issue
Washington reports the House cleared the way for civil rights bill passage, but Southern opponents warned they would still lose in the Senate. Rep. Willis D-Lat said the battle is won but the war remains as adjournment looms. Rep. Keating of New York urged House leadership to block adjournment until the Senate acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Willis D-Lat
Senate
Congress
Rep
Keating
New York
Democratic hopefuls urge more growth warned against Eisenhower era
In Boulder three top Democratic nominees spoke on farm and economic issues at the state convention. Harriman urged a national economy of hundreds of billions by 1965 and warned of a growing monopoly and decline of small business under current policy. Stevenson and Kefauver stressed farm depression, calling for policy shifts. Separately, Kansas University researchers advanced nerve toxin studies and Siamese-twin nerve grafting to trace toxin paths and aid broader poison and virus research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder
Colo
Eisenhower
New York
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Welanger
Duthness
New Yorker
Stevenson
Colorado
Chicago
Benson
Kefauver
Shed
A. Howantd
Kansas University
Lasing
Public Health Service
Matzke
Alexander Fedinec
Fedinec
Czechoslovakia
Canada
Kansas
Hoon
Memorial Hospital Birth and Residency Notices Recap
A consolidated list of individuals associated with Memorial Hospital and local addresses includes Mrs Rachel Keller 1008 Conn Sy Willard West Overland Park William Wolloughby Shawnee Katherine Schumann 821 Tl St Yvonne Herren 721 Ohio St M s Margaret Moore 2216 N HH St Deborah Tobler MacLouth Mrs Janice Kimberlin 1400 Prairie Ave Helen Jackson 815 S J Mrs Lucille Rice and baby girl Baldwin Mrs Irene Moore Tonga noxie Mrs Mary Elizabeth Harvey Route 2 Mrs Kathleen Spielman and baby girl Tonganoxie Harry White Route 3 Aurie Freeman Tonganoxie Mrs Clara Powell Eudoras Elaine Blank and baby bow 233 Owens lane Mrs Elizabeth Clark 433 Lincoln St Mr and Mrs James Barnes 1608 Worth St ason Friday
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Rachel Keller
Conn
Willard West
Overland Park
William Wolloughby
Shawnee
Katherine Schumann
Yvonne Herren
Ohio St
Margaret Moore
N. HH
Deborah Tobler
MacLouth
Janice Kimberlin
Prairie Ave
Helen Jackson
S. J
Lucille Rice
Baldwin
Irene Moore
Mary Elizabeth Harvey
Kathleen Spielman
Harry White
Aurie Freeman
Clara Powell
Eudoras
Elaine Blank
Owens Lane
Elizabeth Clark
Lincoln St
Eisenhower Arrives at Conference With Arias and Attendees
President Eisenhower arrived at the conference with Dr Milton Eisenhower and aides including Sherman Adams and Maj Gen Howard M Snyder. He wore a brown summer suit and brown felt hat and spoke briefly about meeting Arias and their people. A divorce suit was filed in District Court by Orville J Rule against Shirley Juanita Rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Howard M. Snyder
Arias
Orville J. Rule
Shirley Juanita Rule
Nevada Flood Toll Increases Amid Harsh Conditions
Nevada authorities continued searches for a possible fifth victim after a station wagon registered to Mark Welles of Opportunity Wash was found wrecked. Rescue teams faced near freezing temperatures, darkness, and waist deep mud as patrolmen and deputies reported flooded roads littered with abandoned cars and cars hurled into trees along a ravine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Othe Flor
Mark Welles
Concordia Senior Named For Schlumberger Award
Concordia senior Leo G. LeSage of Kansas University engineering physics was named recipient of the Schlumberger College Award, a $5 prize from the Schlumberger Foundation. Selection is competitive and requires 17 electricity credits. LeSage has a 2.54 GPA and honors status including five Dean's List mentions and memberships in Sigma Tau and Tau Beta Pi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo G. LeSage
Concordia
Kansas University
Schlumberger College
T. DeWitt Carr
Schlumberger Foundation of
Houston
Tex
Schlumberger Well Surveying Corporation
LeSage
Sigma Tau
Tau Beta Pi
Theft Reported At Town Manor On West Sixth Street
Police said about 30 dollars were stolen from the Town Manor at 611 West 6th Street early Friday. The cash box on the office desk contained roughly 62 dollars in bills and 38 in change. the office was open at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. 6Th St
Norfolk Jewelers Sued Over Cyanide Incident
Associated Barr Stores Inc. of Delaware faces a $650,000 lawsuit from Mrs. Liveren F. Johnson alleging her merchant seaman husband suffered severe neurological damage after drinking diluted cyanide mistaking a jar for water at a Norfolk jewelry shop. The suit claims loss of sight, hearing, speech, taste, and mental capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Tvho
Liveren F. Jonson
Johnson
Associated Barr Stores Inc. of
Delaware
Illinois Seeks Arrest in Hodge Embezzlement Case
Springfield authorities issued warrants for former State Auditor Orville Fo Hodge and two associates charging Hodge with embezzling 650 dollars from state funds between 1955 and 1956. Edward Epping and Edward Hintz faced conspiracy to defraud charges. A federal grand jury in Chicago and a Sangamon County panel pursued indictments as jurisdictional lines blurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Orville Fo. Hodge
Hodge
George P. Coutrakon
Hedige
Edward 4. Epping
Edward A. Hintz
Southmoor Bank and Trust Co
Chicago
Epping
Chiraen
Hintz
Coutraran
Sangamon County
Spring Ald
Lanes Collide in Air Killing Four Occupants
At Lakeside Airport two planes taking off from converging runways collided at about 150 feet altitude killing four people including Brauer Brothers Shoe Co president Arthur J. Brauer and his daughter Becky 15. Albert Johnson 41 chief engineer of Continental Boiler Co and his wife also died. A witness said the planes appeared unable to avoid the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granite City
Ml. W
Lakeside
St. Louis
Arthur J. Brauer
Brauer Brothers Shoe Co
Becky
Albert Johnson
Continental Boiler Co
Jerry Adams
Band Camp Field Trips At KU And KC Areas
Two groups from the Midwestern Music and Art Camp at Kansas University went on field trips today. About 65 art campers toured the Hall Brothers greeting card plant and the Nelson Gallery in Kansas City Missouri. About 45 music campers visited the Reuter Organ Company at 6th and N. H. streets this morning. Divorce Granted A divorce has been granted from District Court to Walter E. Huggins from Marjorie B. Huggins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Hall Brothers
Nelson Art Gallery
Kansas City
Reuter Organ Company
6Th and N. H
Ots
Special 30-voice chorus formed for Midwestern Camp dance
Maurice Casey directs a special 30 voice chorus at the Midwestern Music and Art Camp in Lawrence. The group will perform tonight at the campers dance and join the camp ballet next Saturday. Casey recently toured with the Robert Shaw Chorale and formed the chorus from a special tryout. Electric service will interrupt North Lawrence for about three hours starting 1 am Monday to replace a cross-Kaw River power line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Casey
Student Union
Casey
Robert Shaw Chorale
North
Lawrence
Kansas Power and Light Co
Ninth Street
Kaw River
City
Seventh Street
Court Martial Recesses Amid Mysterious Defense Trip
At Parris Island Marine Sgt. Matthew C. McKeon faces trial for the night march into a swamp on April 8 in which six recruits drowned. Defense attorney Emile Zola Berman requested a cancellation of today’s session for a flying trip related to potential testimony or evidence, with officials remaining tight lipped on the destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parris Island
C. UA
Emile Zola
Berman
Marine
Matthew C. McKeon
McKeon
Bulganin in Poland for Poznan riots post mortem
Soviet Premier Bulganin arrived in Warsaw to meet Polish Communist leaders for a weekend post mortem on the Poznan riots. Warsaw radio said he led a Russian delegation at Polish National Day of Liberation celebrations starting tomorrow. If confirmed, Polish officials acknowledged workers had grounds for dissatisfaction.
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Condon
Bulganin
Warsaw
Poznan
Warsaw Radio
Poland
Communist Party
Kansas University Botany Professor Wins Fungus Grant
Dr. Norvel M. McClung, botany professor at Kansas University, received a 6318 grant from the U.S. Public Health Service to study Nocardia asteroides, a soil fungus linked to nocardiosis. The one year award may extend for two more years, focusing on the organism life history and distribution to aid diagnosis and understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norvel M. McClung
Kansas University
U.S. Public Health Service
McClung
Deaths and Funerals of Weidman Overton Blaylock
Mrs Olive Weidman 79 a former Lawrence resident died in Los Altos Hills California with private funeral to be held at Oak Hill Cemetery Survivors include three daughters Dorothy Weidman Arah Nieman and Bertha Fields. Buel Edward Overton former Lawrence resident died July 3 in Huntington Beach California after a heart attack Survivors include widow four daughters a son two brothers a sister and 13 grandchildren Edward C Blaylock 76 of De Soto died in a Kansas convalescent home Services Monday at De Soto Methodist Church Burial in De Soto Cemetery Survivors two daughters a son a sister three brothers and one grandson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Weidman
Lawrence
Los Altos Hills
Calif
Oak Hill Cemetery
Dorothy M. Weidman
Columbus
Ohio
Arah M. Nieman
Los Altos
Bertha I. Fields
Santa Rosa
Buel Edward Overton
Huntington Beach
Glaspar Boat Works
Costa Mesa
Overton
Brooklyn
N.Y
Chamney's Dairy
California
Clam Jane Overton
Eva Enloe
Freda Bueckingham
Evelyn Cox
South Gate
Margaret Jackson
San Francisco
Stanley Overton
Ramona
Harold Overton
Norwalk
Wilmer Overton
Colorado
Marion Paden
Topeka
Edward C. Blaylock
DeSoto
Olathe
DeSoto Methodist Church
Hoyt Dudley
DeSoto Cemetery
Schubert Funeral Home
Elmer Zeigler
Gertrude Barker
Palm Baech, Fla
Lester Blaylock
St. Louis
Bertha Forbes
Bonner Springs
Fred
Kansas City
Rain floods Guymon as Sunset Lake overflows
Guymon Oklahoma faced unprecedented floods after 138 inches of rain. City officials drained the Sunset Lake reservoir to prevent more damage, siphoning water to protect recently planted elm saplings along the lake edges aiming to improve the recreational site. The mention of natural gas well costs appears unrelated to the weather story.
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Guymon
Okla
Oklahoma
Texas
Sunset Lake
Nuclear blast tally from Bikini Atoll tests rises
Tokyo reports the United States conducted its eighth nuclear blast in the southwest Pacific. The Bikini Atoll test was stronger than the May 21 first detonation but weaker than the July 11 explosion. May 21 was observed by American newsmen. U.S. officials have not confirmed or denied subsequent blasts.
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Tokyo
United States
Southwest Pacific
U.S
Bikini Atoll
Han Chienpei Marries at 85 to Embrace Family Life
In Taipei Formosa the eldest member of Nationalist China's Legislative Assembly, Han Chienpei aged 85, wed a woman 50 years his junior. He said marriage was a filial duty and he wished to become a family man, noting the new union would fulfill that aim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
China
Legislative Assembly
Han Chienpei
Eisenhower May Not Sign Security Bill
The Social Security bill with benefits for women and disabled workers heads for quick passage by Congress but faces possible presidential veto. Conferees finalized the compromise, delaying House action until Tuesday as staff finalize the measure. A key provision adds a 1 percent tax increase on the first 4200 of annual earnings, split between employer and employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Senate House
Rep. Cooper
D-Tenn
Two Bystanders Wounded in Bronx Gunbattle
Two bystanders Mary Saccio a 9 year old girl and Vincent Mariales a 17 year old youth were wounded when off duty policemen chased mugging suspects in the Bronx. Saccio was in serious condition at Lincoln Hospital with an abdominal wound. Mariales was struck in the thigh. The four suspects were captured and booked on charges of acting in concert in an assault and robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mary Saccio
Lincoln Hospital
Vincent Mariales
Richard O'Connor
William Hatch
Bronx
Topeka Man 37 Admits He Broke Into Hudson's
Melvin Richard Phillips 37 of Topeka admitted to Lawrence police that he broke into the M. F. Hudson Motor Co. at 800 N. H. St on June 29 and stole about $140 in tools. He was later charged with two Topeka burglaries and had in his possession a bank book and personal papers belonging to Karl Reiber of M. F. Hudson. Only tool recovered was an electric drill valued at about $40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Richard Phillips
Topeka
Lawrence
M. F. Hudson Motor Co
N. H. St
Phillips
Karl Reiber
M. F. Hudson
Kansas Traffic Deaths topeka Record Summary 1956
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section. In the last 24 hours one death. To date in 1956 one hundred twenty nine fatalities. For the same period in 1955 three hundred three fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Market News KC Livestock Prices and Produce Report
Kansas City market notes show cattle and hogs mixed with gains in some classes. Cattle and calves mostly steady to higher, hogs 10-20 higher, sheep lower on spring lambs, with various prices for livestock and byproducts and yields in wheat corn soybeans barley oats milk and eggs.
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K. C
Kansas City
USDA
Texas
Topeka Girl Soloist With Midwestern Camp Orchestra
Marianne Marshall, 18, Topeka student, serves as principal cellist for the Midwestern Music and Art camp orchestra at Kansas University. She will perform Hungarian Rhapsody by Popper at 3:30 p.m. in Hoch Auditorium. Now in her fifth year at the camp, she previously trained in art, then music, and was named outstanding girl musician by the Mu Phi Epsilon chapter last summer.
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Marianne Marshall
Charles Larshall
Topeka
Shernoon
Kansas University
Miss Marshall
Popper
Hoch Auditorium
Mu Phi Epsilon
Misa Marshall
Guardsmen Evacuate St Albans in Operation Alert Tank Malfunction
National guardsmen in St. Albans during a nationwide operation alert faced a two hour delay as a 25 ton tank could not be started after reaching the civil defense communications center. The vehicle remained idled in a no parking zone while exercises continued.
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ST. Albans
W. Va
Civil Defense Communications Center
Girls swept out to sea near Venice tragedy
Two Italian girls aged 15 and 12 drowned off a popular Venice beach as currents pulled them into the Adriatic Sea. A police launch rescued a third girl. Early reports estimated nine to ten children at risk. The article also notes 28 percent of fabric used in the United States is man-made fibers.
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Venice
Italy
Adriatic Sea
United States
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Farmers Insurance Group
Auto
Fred A. Bremer
Lawrence Porter
D. Hunt Baldwin
Andy
Anderson District Sales & Claims Office
Dial
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Art Camp
Peck & Brown
St. Cimbulance
Fred W. Rumsey
Oncar B. Rumsey
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