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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1952
Page
9
Mrs. Jane W Barnes of Kansas State College proposes a practical method to keep door mats clean. Build a stone lattice on the porch floor level with it so a fiber or rubber mat fits snugly and sits even with the porch skirt, allowing dirt to drop through to the ground below. This design cuts down labor cleaning mats and porches.
A vivid Cheyenne rodeo feature recalls chaotic chuck wagon races and brutal bucking stock as 50 hooves churn the dirt. Newsman Ship Winter and Art Weaver mingle with governors, senators, and film figures aboard a Union Pacific train in a celebratory tour.
A late night clash at the Chicago Democratic convention sees Sen Blair Moody and Gov G Mennen Williams leading a push for a loyalty pledge for delegates, challenging Southern conservatives led by Estes Kefauver supporters. The fight signals a potential realignment and bold break with past Democratic policy on civil rights.
READY TO SHOW CHICAGO in Democrats. In a surprising display of harmony, Phaned to unveil their new plat form Wednesday. It contains a compromise "civil rights' plank. While there always is a chance for a good fight at any national Democratic convention, a coalition of moderate Dixie-Yankee leaders appeared to be in control at this session. Rep. John W. McCormack of Massachusetts, platform chairman, asked his 108-member full com mittee to meet Wednesday after noon to go over the draft word by word. The convention will not be ready to consider the platform until Wednesday night. The new civil rights plank was said to promise Negro and other minority groups equal opportu nities to vote and work, security of person and an end to discrimina tions based on race, color, religion or origin. It avoids specific proposals that have poved offensive to Southern ers who believe that racial prob lems are best handled at state and local levels. Also softened were demands of Sen. Herbert Lehman of New York and other Northerners for a tough "anti-filibuster plank' calling for revision of Senate rules.
The Defense Department’s weekly tally shows 520 more U S battle casualties in Korea reaching 113,363. The update notes 12 killed, 20 wounded, 6 missing in action and 4 impaired in a new list, with totals by last Friday.
The Douglas County Farm Bureau Association picnic is set for August 3 at Lone Star Lake dining hall. Lunch starts 12:30 pm with entertainment from a school band and a gathering of Farm Bureau officials members and families plus Rural Life Association members.
Mrs. Mary Lee Sharp accuses her husband Olin V. Sharp in a Tuesday filing of forcing her to eat grasshoppers on at least two occasions and of throwing a black snake at her. The document details alleged abuse within the marriage.
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