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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1957
Page
7
AF proposals seek efficiency by changing license plates next year with gold numerals on royal blue backing. Jack Jenkins, superintendent of motor vehicles, says 1.5355 diameter? of the seals were sold in the first sixth of this year, with potential further increases next year.
Rep. Tiebert called for action to improve Air Force efficiency after a government report alleged General Motors overstated costs and earned excess profits on a 599 F84F fighter contract. He demanded review of negotiators and questioned pricing honesty amid GAO findings and a GM denial.
Lawrence man Paul Clark was chosen Monday by the State Office Building Commission as manager of the new west of the Statehouse building. The appointment raises his pay by 140 a month. The commission discussed parking permits and noted 264 permits issued for agencies and employees, with private lots charging $5 monthly. The 300 car lot will expand to 420 soon, and sculpturing by Bernard Poco Frazier was accepted.
A New York jewel store robbery Sunday ended with the thief spending more on escape than he stole. Police traced travel costs including a $100 taxi ride to Allerany and a $40 ride to Jamestown, while a Jamestown dealer sold him a car for $75.
In Jerusalem Israel demands the release of sailor writer Raphael ren after Egyptian authorities report handing him over to the Egyptian intelligence department following the Danish freighter Birgitte Toft stopping at Suez. Egypt says no formal charge was filed and confiscated his camera to protect state security.
In Colombo, a wild elephant killed two women and injured another as a party of seven returning from a village fair encountered the animal near Kandy, Sri Lanka. The elephant seized a man with its trunk but he escaped before it charged the two women.
London reports air power as RAF planes drop leaflets over rebel held areas in Muscat and Oman. Demonstration strikes loom if no surrender, with plans to target supply lines and disrupt movements. Support backed for Sultan Saeed bin Taimur amid opposition in Parliament.
Probate Court issues a marriage license to Wayne Raymond Daugherty 24 and Jo Ann Nix 26, both of Topeka Tangier Island in Chesapeake Bay. The island is five miles long and two miles wide with only five automobiles.
Heat wave relief spreads from Minnesota to New England as a high pressure system in southern Canada brings cool dry air. Showers and storms boundary with hot mass raise humidity and threaten crops with losses in the mid-Atlantic and southeastern Pennsylvania. Heat death toll rises with four reported in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Kansas University will host 21 new Kansas highway patrolmen for six weeks beginning Aug. 5. The class, part of the patrol's training program, supplements the force to 205. Out of 55 applicants, 24 were selected for the secono course, including Jerry C. Smith of Byers and Gerald E. Fulwider of Brewster among others from Colby Yates Center Atchison Smith Center Salina Plainville Baxter Springs Detroit and Girard.
Union Connecticut state Representative Anna Mae Pallanck, 34, a Republican, fired three or four shots from a .22 rifle at workers extending a boundary fence in front of her home. The five men fled. she was charged with aggravated assault and released on $500 bond.
LAS VEGAS Nev A Marine officer with 5 in his possession was booked at Clark County jail after telling authorities he had absconded with 38000 in government money Capt George Henry Willers 38 said he dipped into the till twice at the Marine Corps 1st Division disbursing office Camp Pendleton Calif Officers said Willers had a loaded 45 automatic when arrested He admitted he could have killed himself with the weapon and claimed to have the safes combination to access the funds He was booked on carrying a concealed weapon and as wanted for other jurisdictions. the FBI said he sought to gamble the money to pay bills
New York based reports say Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca plan a television reconciliation this fall. The comedy duo split three years ago amid tears and explanations, with Caesar confirming talks for a new half hour program with Coca.
The actor mentions upcoming project details are not finalized yet. He expresses happiness that Imogene will join him, but declines to reveal where the show will air or screen.
Maurice Lungren was chosen as visiting assistant professor in the KU Journalism School for the coming year. A Carroll County, Missouri native and Navy veteran, Lungren has worked at the William Allen White Foundation since 1953 and will replace Calder Pickett on sabbatical. He earned a KA Journalism School diploma in 1949 and a master's degree last spring.
Suits for divorce have been filed against John E. Rock holes by Frances Evelyn White. The action names TES et Cer Ne 7 1ckhold as the case origin and cites William wt agit as counsel.
An elderly Bonn widow, hotel manager in the diplomatic quarter, was arrested on treason charges for allowing East German agents to secretly install recording devices in rooms used by foreign diplomats. Names and details of the charge were not released.
Tunisian Constituent Assembly is expected to dethrone aged ruler Sidi Mohammed Al Amin and establish a republic in Tunisia at a special Thursday session after a six hour national committee meeting of Premier Habib Four Party.
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