ERICHMOND INDUSTRIALIST R L Reynolds Jr dies at 73
Richard Samuel Reynolds Jr, longtime head of Reynolds Metals Co and figure in tobacco history, died at home after a heart attack. Born August 15 1881 in Bristol, he built a career starting at his uncle's tobacco plant, helped create Camel and Prince Albert tins, then formed Reynolds Metals Co after WWI. He had been in declining health since pneumonia last winter.
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Vaup
Richard Samuel Reynolds Jr
Combing University
Univerty of Virginia
R. J. Reynolds
Winston.alem
N.C
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Comony
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British-Amerian Tobacco Co
United States Foil Co
Reynolds Met Bs Co
United States Foil
Two-Car Crash Sent Mrs Weeks to Hospital
Mrs Weeks, 40, of Eu Dora Route 1, injured with severe facial and pelvic trauma in a two car crash three miles east of Law. her 11 year old son David Weeks sustained facial injuries and a fractured knee. Doyle Moots of DeSoto driver of the second car treated for cuts and released.
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DeSoto
Local Admitted Residents List Names and Addresses
A fragmented notice lists numerous individuals and places including Fréd Patterson 1410 Prairie St, A Hulteen 1711 Learnard, Byron Shuck Ottawa Route 4, Mrs Billie Petefish Lecompton, Mrs Charlotte Ikenberry Baldwin Route 2, Alan Robertson, Mr Su, Mrs Joan Sanders and baby girl Tonganoxie, Collie Arnold DeSoto, Barbara Shaffer and baby boy 2116 Carolina St, Robert A Multeen 1711 Learnard Ave, Mrs Virginia Dimsdale Route 1.
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cFréd Patterson
Prairie St
A.hulteen
Learnard Byron Shuck
Ottawa
Billie Petefish
Lecompton
Charlotte. Ikenberry
Baldwin
Alan Robertson
Joan’ ‘Sanders
Tonganoxie
Collie Arnold
DeSoto
Barbara Shaffer
Carolina St
Robert A. Multeen
Learnard Ave
Virginia
Dimsdale
Marriage Licenses Issued From Probate Court
Probate Court issued marriage licenses to Louis Eugene Shawbaker 24 and Jean Ann Galloway 18 of Eudora along with Charles Brenden Trout 18 Bald and MariéAnn Herren 17 nee Joseph L Hickock 26 Charline B Scribner 22 both.
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Louis Eugene
Shawbaker
Jean Ann Galloway
Eudora
Charles Brenden Trout
Bald
Marié’Ann Herren
Joseph L. Hickock
Charline B. Scribner
Droodles by Roger Price spoof prompts odd wishes
A reader fiction snippet riffs on droodle humor with a pun laden wish list. Claire Deltieure recalls playful lines about being a porcupine sneaking into cinemas and rolling onto volleyball games. The piece juggles movie theater mischief and chorus girl fantasies.
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Claire Deltieure
Woodside
L. J
Marion Brando
Mt the Copacabana
Two Topekan motorists hurt in U S 40 wrecks
Two Topeka men suffered mouth injuries and broken teeth in separate crashes on U S Highway 40 near Kanwaka Corner seven miles west of Lawrence. Four cars totaled about 4750 with injuries to John R. Eland 19 and Julio Hernandez 25.
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John R. Bland
Joe R. Crawford
Topeka
Kanwaka Corner
U. S. Highway 40
Lawrence
Fland
Frank W. Firgus
Crawford
State Highway Commission
Firgus
Journal-World
John R. Eland
Julio Hernandez
Eland
Hernandez
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Carl Gray
Clifford Boucher
Arnulfo Alejos
Great Bend and Jefferson City Cited for Safety Work
Great Bend Kansas and Jefferson City Missouri were cited for outstanding activity in the national vehicle safety check program. More than 300 cities in states without official vehicle inspection participated in the program sponsored by the Inter-Industry Highway Safety Committee the National Safety Council and Look Magazine.
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Chicago
Great Bend
Kas
Jefferson City
Inter-Industry Highway Safety Committee
The
National Safety Council
Look Magazine
Malaya Leader Seeks Self Rule Within Four Years
Johore Bahru Malaya the head of the newly elected Alliance government vows to push for self government within two years and full independence within four. Prince Abdul Rahman says an independent Malaya would stay in the British Commonwealth and seek control of its own foreign affairs.
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Johore Bahru
Malaya
Abdul ‘Rahman
U S Assures Japan No A Warheads Sent There
The United States reportedly assured Japan that no atomic warheads are being sent, with an Army long range bombardment rocket unit. Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu told Diet members of the assurance.
Local Man Injured in 6th and Mass Collision
Harold Wulfkuhle of 512 La. St. received a cut forehead in a morning crash at 6th and Mass. Sts. Extent of injuries not yet known. Wulfkuhle’s car and a gasoline truck driven by D Wilson of 1940 N. H. St. collided as Wilson turned into a service station. Fronts of both vehicles were badly damaged.
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la. St
6Th
Mass. Sts
Wulfkuhle
Wilson
N. H. St
Lawrence Man Held After Theater Molestation Report
A 21 year old Lawrence man was detained after a female patron reported molestation at a local theater Friday night. Police withheld his identity pending formal charging decisions.
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Lawrence
Summons to Court Involves A Dog License Case
In Long Branch New Jersey Mrs Lucy Lubischer faced charges for failing to obtain a dog license. She said her summons was missing when she appeared and claimed My dog ate it. Magistrate Thomas Baldino Jr noted a dog as smart as that was worth the 2.25 license fee, and Lubischer paid for the license.
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Long Branch
N. J
Lucy Lubischer
Thomas Baldino Jr
Britain protests Bulgaria over Israel plane shootdown
Britain sent a formal protest to Bulgaria describing the downing of an El Al airliner as unjustifiable. The crash near Bulgaria killed 58, including 12 Americans and five Britons, as Bulgaria admitted the antiaircraft guns fired the attack and pledged partial compensation.
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Britain
Bulgaria
Foreign Office
el al Airlines
Tel Aviv
Deaths and Funerals in Offerle and Topeka areas
Funeral services are set for Rev Duncan E. McGregor 60 of Offerle after a Thursday traffic crash that fatally injured him. He led the Evangelical United Brethren Church at Offerle and previously served in Leavenworth Linn and Hutchinson. Surviving are his wife in Kinsley Hospital and three sons Dr Ronald McGregor of KU, Duncan Jr. and Kenneth. In the crash two Offerle women were injured. Separately, William Edwin Corbett 46 of Lecompton died Thursday. He leaves wife Helen, two daughters Donna Lee Johnson of Albuquerque and Nancy K. Corbett, a son James, his parents, a sister and two grandchildren. Funeral for Corbett is 11 a m Monday at Wall-Diffenderfer Chapel Topeka. burial Mission Cemetery Topeka.
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Duncan E. McGregor
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Leavenworth
Linn
Hutchinson
Ronald McGregor
K. U
Duncan McGregor Jr
Kenneth McGregor
Kinsley Hospital
William Edwin Corbett
Lecompton
Helen Corbett
Donna Lee Johnson
Albuquerque
N. M
Nancy K. Corbett
James Corbett
William Corbett
Harry Rupple
Topeka
Route 7
Goepfert Services for Elmer R Goepfert at First Methodist
Funeral services for Elmer R Goepfert 67 who died at his Perry area home will be held 2 pm Monday at the First Methodist Church in Lawrence with Dr O E Allison officiating. Burial will be in Perry Cemetery pallbearers named Perk Delk James Lester Matthew Stallard Claude Stallard Charles Bowen and Alfred Tenpenny. Neal Bolin 58 died this morning at his daughter Mrs LaMerle McCoy’s home 644 Elm St A retired Union Pacific employee Surviving are another daughter Mrs Arlene Wilson of Manheim Germany a sister Mrs Lucille Kern Chicago Ill three brothers Raymond Vel and Montgomery Bolin Los Angeles one grandchild and one great grandchild Funeral arrangements to be announced later Friends may call at Rumsey Funeral Home.
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LaMerle McCoy
Elm St
Union Pacific Railroad
Arlene Wilson
Manheim
Germany
Lucille Kern
Chicago
Ill
Raymond Bolin
Vel Bolin
Montgomery Bolin
Los Angeles
Rumsey
Boy Slams Into a Car But Continues Unhurt
Bob Dyer reported he was driving north on Mississippi Street when a fast rider on a bicycle coming down a hill on Tenth Street collided with his car. The boy was unharmed, got up looking surprised, and rode away west on Tenth Street without a word.
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Tl. St
Mississippi Street
Tenth Street
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Water plan expands capacity to 70 million gallons daily
Current Summer reports taken from city notes describe voluntary restrictions as last year. Oread and West Hills tanks supply almost two million extra gallons enabling nightly reserves for peak afternoon demand. A new sedimentation basin allows more water through filters, with the plant addition starting in about 10 days. C. T. Hough notes no major electrical supply problems expected despite a 10 percent rise in peak demand. KP&L has completed about 60 percent of the Lawrence expansion, with primary lines upgraded to 12 5kV in the Southwest area and the fourth substation near Sth and Calif Streets due in two weeks. East Lawrence substation already in operation. Occasional low voltage outages persist but improved facilities help manage overloads.
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Lawrence Teachers Win Driver Education Scholarships
James O'Donnell and Sherman Edmondson, instructors at Lawrence Junior High School, receive 3 week driver education courses at Kansas University funded by a $5,000 Allstate Foundation grant. The program runs August 8 to 26, with Edmondson receiving $100 and O'Donnell $65.
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Sherman Edmondson
Lawrence Junior High School
Kansas University
Allstate Foundation
Allstate Insurance Co
School of Education and University Extension
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O'Donnell
Victim of Plane Crash Had Position on Dread
Mrs. Ora Cohen, killed when an Israeli air liner was shot down in Bulgaria, was to join Kansas University as a cataloguer this fall. Her husband Daniel Cohen planned to enroll as a graduate student. She had worked as a librarian at the New York Public Library and was traveling to visit her father Yehuda Frenkel, a Jerusalem lawyer.
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Bulgaria
Kansas University
Cohen
New York City
KU football fans to pay reduced prices for four home games
Lawrence notes that KUFFs will be admitted at lower prices for four of Kansas University’s six home football games this fall. AD Dutch Lonborg says Washington State, Iowa State, SMU, and Oklahoma A&M are included. Tickets for students go through schools and the Community Building as term starts.
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K.U
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City Recreation Commission
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Iowa State
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Oklahoma A & M
Alcoa Follows Steel Lead on Wage Increases
Pittsburgh report says Alcoa matched steel industry wage gains for 25 000 workers with an 11.5 cent across the board rise plus 3.43 cents more by job grade. The agreement averts a strike and takes effect August 1. USW pact reached for 15 000 members with quick signing while AFL Alcoa Workers Union signs for 10 000. Ratification pending for seven locals. Previous scales ranged from 1.60 to 1.85 per hour.
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AFL Aluminum Workers Union
Alcoa
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KTA Files Condemnation Action for Turnpike Land
The Kansas Turnpike Authority filed condemnation proceedings Friday for 5.08 acres owned by Howard H. Pine and wife Route 3 and 0.03 of an acre owned by E. Owens and wife Route 3 east of U S 40 59, Teepee Junction to Lawrence north city limit where an interchange will be built.
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Teepee Junction
Lawrence
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Howard H. Pine
8. E. Owens
Mineral Council to Meet at Kansas University
The mineral industries council of the State Geological Survey will meet Tuesday at Kansas University. The 12 member advisory body represents industry, business and agriculture. Members of the Survey staff will review activities of their divisions and report on research projects. Council members will advise on needs for specific studies on regional geology and Kansas industrial minerals.
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George Says Airmen First on Geneva Agenda
Senator George of Georgia states the United States will push for the release of Americans held by China at the Geneva talks with Red China. He notes Premier Chou En-lai is presenting a conciliatory stance ahead of the conference beginning Monday.
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Sen
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D-Ga
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Red China
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Viola wins Cook scholarship at Kansas University
Victor E. Viola Jr. of Abilene receives a $750 Cook Paint and Varnish Co. scholarship for 1955 56 at Kansas University. He becomes a junior in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and his name will be engraved on the Cook scholarship plaque in Malott Hall.
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Victor E. Viola Jr
Abilene
Kansas University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Cook Paint and Varnish Co
Kansas City
Viola
Cook
Malott Hall
Ant nest may house up to six hundred fifty nine thousand ants
A single nest could contain as many as 659,000 ants, highlighting remarkable colony density and social organization within the nest structure.
Satellite statistics reveal Eisenhower era project details
Washington reports on a earth orbiting satellite ordered by President Eisenhower. The craft is about 13 inches in diameter, launched by three or four rockets, at an altitude of 200 to 300 miles, traveling about 18 000 mph to complete a orbit every 90 minutes, with estimated costs between 10 and 20 million dollars. The aim is to gather new information about the universe beyond Earth.
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Eisenhower
FHA Tightens Rules For Purchase of New Houses
The Federal Housing Administration raised minimum down payments for FHA insured home loans to 7 percent on the first $9,000 plus 27 percent of the balance and cut loan maturities from 30 years to 25. The changes take effect immediately.
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Federal Housing Administration
Dry Day Breaks 78-Year Weather Tradition in Waynesburg
Yesterday July 29 marked a rainless day in Waynesburg for the seventh time in 78 years as attorney John Daily, custodian of the town weather record, notes another dry date in the long standing civic pride. He lost a bet to Bob Prince the Pittsburgh sports broadcaster over the weather.
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John Daily
Bob Prince
Pittsburgh
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Two small fires answer Lawrence firefighters Friday
Lawrence firemen responded to two fires Friday evening with no serious damage. A grass fire started near the R. E. Rinkenbaugh farm on Route 1 beside railroad tracks at about 9 p.m. About 15 minutes later a fire broke out in the city's sanitary landfill on East Eighth Street.
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R. E. Rinkenbaugh
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County Court Fines Chester Mallory for Open Bottle
Chester Earl Mallory of Kansas City Kas was fined 52 dollars plus costs Friday in County Court for transporting an open bottle and driving with no muffler.
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Chester Earl Mallory
Kansas City
Kas
Heart patient Russell Mosser in satisfactory condition
Russell Mosser who underwent heart surgery in Boston was reported in continued satisfactory condition when a relative called friends in Lawrence Friday afternoon.
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Boston Hospital
Mosser
Lawrence
KC Market News cattle and hogs report yields mixed gains
Kansas City livestock weekly notes fed cattle unevenly higher with steers up to 50, heifers up 50, cows 25 to 75 higher, bulls steady. vealers and calves up to 1.00. Sheep and hogs show varied movement with slaughter lambs and yearlings higher, sows down, hogs overall near mid-teens to 17 dollars, grains and poultry prices listed for current receipts.
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USDA
U. S
Journal-World Summer Ad Address Reminder
Public notice urges sending the Journal-World to the summer address on file. It mentions phone contact 22 and references advancing an advertisement, likely a subscription or circulation instruction. The terse item reflects a small-town newspaper routing update.
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Thanks to Friends and Family for Support During Illness and Death
We express gratitude to friends neighbors Dr Isaacs and hospital nurses for care flowers and cards during my husband and father’s illness and death Mrs Hazel Gardner Mr and Mrs Edward Gardner
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Hazel Gardner
Edward Gardner
K U Alum Named Chief at AEC Santa Fe Office
Kansas University alumnus Lesley L. Seyler has been appointed chief of the products acceptance section in the Atomic Energy Commission's Santa Fe New Mexico operations office. A Le Loup Ottawa native, he earned a 1949 mechanical engineering degree from KU. A WWII bombardier, he served again in 1950 with the Armed Forces Special Weapons project at Sandia NM, and in 1952 joined the AEC Kansas City field office as a mechanical engineer.
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Kansas University
Atomic Energy Commission
Santa Fe
N. M
Seyler
le Loup
Ottawa
K.U. I
Army Air Corps
Armed Forces Special Weapons Project
Sandia
Kansas City
The
AEC
Fire Damage Estimated at 500 Dollars
Fire damage was estimated at about $500 this morning. Two garages at 546 La. Lt. Chief John Miller said the fire apparently started by burning trash.
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John Miller
Marketing Job To Petr Topeka
Winter Petr, head of the State Board of Agriculture's egg marketing program, will head the marketing division starting August 1. Petr succeeds Merrill H. Werts, who resigns to enter private business.
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Topeka
Petr
State Board of Agriculture
Merrill H. Werts
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