Water solution blocked by Hall patrol claims
Newton Republican Ernest Unruh accuses Gov Fred Hall of blocking a plan to allow state internal improvements for water conservation and development. He cites a 1955 house vote and notes the Flying Truth Patrol visited Newton in support of Warren Shaw. Unruh says Hall killed the water amendment on crucial vote day.
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Newton W
Ernest Unruh
Newton
Fred .Hall
Kansas
Truth Patrol
Warren W. Shaw
Unruh
Hall
Kansas House of Representatives
New Motel for City opens plan details revealed
The Lawrence motel on Highway 40 will feature 24 units arranged in a U shape with a front clubhouse including a lounge, snack bar, rest rooms and office. A putting clock stands near the highway, with ceramic tile baths, phones, air conditioning, and optional extra units. Parking at the rear and future expansion to 38 to 44 rooms plus a swimming pool anticipated.
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Sta
Lawrence
Highway 40
Sinn
Pont
Deaths and funerals of Oscar Elam and Minnie French
Oscar B Elam 83 former Kansas City lawyer died at his Weston Missouri home retirement in 1948 after a 50 year career practice in Aurora Springfield and Kansas City He is survived by wife Carmin four daughters Ruth Murphy Jackson Anna Carty Loretta Mitchell two sons Ed Berton Charles and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren Funeral services were held in Weston with burial at Graceland Cemetery Minnie French 90 Lawrence died Monday at Norris Nursing Home former resident near Leenta Survived by four daughters Earl White Marion Murphy George Bradley Claude Keys two sons Charles Wirt and many grandchildren and great grandchildren Funeral arrangements pending
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Oscar B. Elam
Kansas City
Weston
Elam
Douglas County
Missouri University School of Law
Aurora Springfield
Carmin
Ruth Murphy
Mre . Jackson
Kansas
Anna Carty
Medford
Ore
Loretta Mitchell
Albuquerque
Ed Elam
Jam Hillcrest Rd
O& Berton Flam
Tulsa
Charles R. Elam
San Diego
Calif
Foutrteer Grandchidren
Graceland Cemetery
Minnie French
Lawrence
Norrisursing
Lienta
French
Earl White
W. 15Th St
Marion Murphy
Tenn St
George Bradley
Norman
Okla
Claude Keys
Charles French
DeSota
Wirt French
Cleveland
Fourth Annual Newspaper Circulation Managers’ School
Dean Burton W. Marvin of the School of Journalism announced the fourth annual Newspaper Circulation Managers’ School to be held at Kansas University in September. The program is co sponsored by the School of Journalism University Extension and a regional committee of circulation managers from Kansas Nebraska Kansas paper Arkansas Oklahoma Texas and Colorado.
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Oreulation Managers
Kansas University
Burton W. Marvin
Eran Navers
Kansas
Neasks
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
Bobo Says She Was Prisoner At Winrock Farm
Barbara Rockefeller declares she was held prisoner for seven hours at Winrock Farm amid a dispute with ex-husband rockefeller associates. Sheriff Marlin Hawking arrested her, attorney Ed Dunaway, and two friends after a scuffle at Petit Joan Mountain.
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Bobo
Winrock Farm
Little Rock
Ark
Winthrop Rockefeller
Petit
Joan Mountain
Barbara
Bobo) Rockefeller
Marlin Hawking
Morrilton
Rockefeller
Ed Dunaway
New York City
Winnie
Rockefellers
Boba
Kansas U. student earns $400 scholarship for metallurgy
James Lee Jellison, a KU metallurgical engineering sophomore from Johnson, received a $400 scholarship for 1956-57 from the American Society for Metallurgical Foundation. He has earned Dean's Honor Roll three times and also appears on the Chemists Honor Roll and ROTC ribbon list. Clean-up crews moved into the Shamrock Oil and Gas plant wreckage after a Sunday explosion near Dumas Texas as funeral services were set for eight of the 19 killed.
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K.U
James Jellison
James Lee Jellison
Johnson
Dean T. DeWitt Carr
Kansas Universit Hant Af Bingineg
Avelitecture
American Socety
Mots Foundation
Educa+ non
K. Uosteur Metallurgy
Hson
Rev
L. Jelson
Johnson High
Sehwil
K. T
R.O.T.C
Dumas
Tex
Shamrock Oil and Gas Corp
Sunry
Pretty Italian 4 Is Buried in Land She Never Saw
Norma di Sandro four year old passenger on the Andrea Doria buried in Providence Rhode Island in the land she never saw. Outside St Ann's Church hundreds of mourners watched as her small casket was carried in by cousins. Her mother Mrs Tullio Sandro and husband supported as 17 girls from St Ann's showed escort. Norman was to start school in September.
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Providence
R. I
Norma di Sandro
Stockhold
Andrea Doria
America
Milan
Italy
St. Ann's Church
Norma
Birth Announcements From Several Families At Various Addresses
A series of birth notices lists mothers and homes in towns including Oskaloosa Topeka DeSoto and Milan. Individuals named include Mrs Edith Kobnett Mrs Christina F Bartholomew Miss Katherine Bru baker and Mr and Mrs Wesley Whitney, among others, with several newborn boys and girls recorded as born today.
Diane Majors Joins Journal-World Staff as Reporter
Diane Majors joins the Journal-World staff as general reporter. A Kansas City native and Drury College graduate, she earned a B in English and has Missouri and Kansas teaching certificates. She held Beta Sigma Phi leadership roles and recently married Majors, a local highway patrolman.
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Diane Majors
Barker Ave
Journal-World
Kansas City
Drury College
Springfield
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas Civ Art Institute
Majors
Beta Sigma Phi
Kansas City, Mo
Shaw and Docking Lead in Beacon 83-County Poll
The Wichita Beacon released final tabulations showing Shaw leading Gov. Fred Hall 1 939 to 1 L16 for the governorship in the 83-county poll, while Docking led former Gov. Harry Woodring 1 122 to 1 074. The poll notes 54 Republicans for Holton and 35 for Stewart, with 356 undecided. 328 Democrats undecided. The Beacon states it has not endorsed any candidate.
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Warnren Shaw
George Docking
Wichita Beacon
Shaw
Fred Hall
Docking
Harry Woodring
Francis Holton
John C. Stewart
The
Beacon
Secret
Kansas corn crop holds good may be helped by rains
Kansas corn prospects are rated good to very good in major producing areas despite searing winds. Moisture is urgently needed as drought damages fields outside main regions. Early planted ears are well sized while sorghum development stalls in central and western counties as soil moisture depletes and silage cutting increases.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Jets Produce Pain For Beekeeper
Kansas State College entomologist W. W. Franklin was removing honey from a colony on the S. O. Boyd farm near Garfield when four low flying jets passed overhead. The bees rose in defense, stinging through his clothing and on his hands and wrists with an estimated forty stings.
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Manhattan
W. W. Franklin
Kansas State College
S. 0
Boyd
Garfield
Franklin
End of Steel Strike Drafting Tangles Brief Return to Work
New York report says 50 000 striking workers poised to return as 20 contracts in the steel industry move toward completion. U S Steel spokesman cautions drafting could extend through the week while negotiators, ending the month-long nationwide strike, reached an agreement last Friday.
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New York
United Steelworkers
U.S. Steel
Retarded Children Group Plans Session Wednesday
The Douglas County Association for Retarded Children will hold a business meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Room No 3 Bailey Hall on the Kansas University campus. The group will discuss the proposed class for severely retarded children and Dr Alfred Moore will show a film Tuesday's Child. Anyone interested is invited.
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Douglas County Association
Ior
Bailey Hall
Kansas University
Bailey
Lawrence
Alfred Moore
Lyman Wiley
Association
Two Greek Cypriots Slain in Separate Shootings
In Nicosia Cyprus two Greek Cypriots a woman and a man were killed in separate shootings last night. British authorities say the killings are part of a surge aimed at discouraging cooperation with security forces.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Polio Case Strikes Coffeyville and Montgomery County
A polio case reported in Coffeyville and Montgomery County involves a 12 year old resident named Joel Tongier. The incident marks another instance in the region as health officials monitor the spread and issue guidance for preventive measures.
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Coffeyville
Montgomery
Joel Tongier
Amma
Swamp Trips Not New to Sgt McKeon at Court Martial
PARRIS ISLAND S C Americqa Marine Sgt Matthew C McKeon testifies in his defense that as a recruit he was marched into marshes by a drill instructor on many occasions during 1948 training at Parris Island. The defense calls Gen Randolph Pate as a witness and Lt Gen Lewis Puller may testify from Washington as the court martial delves into Ribbon Creek incident leading to six deaths. The general now lives near Saluda Virginia.
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Parris Island
Matthew C. McKeon
McKeon
Ribbon Creek
Randolph McC. Pate
Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Lewis B. Puller
Puller
Nu Saluda
Fewer Farm Residents Forsaking Rural Areas For Life in the City
A census bureau Agriculture Department report estimates farm population last April at 22,257,000, up from 21,890,000 in 1950 and higher than 1955. The share of farm residents in the nation’s total population fell though as total numbers grew, with 13.3 percent of 167,440,000 in April and a later total of 151,132,000 for the year 1980.
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Washington WF
Census Bureau
Agriculture Department
One Day Old Girl Named After Plane She Was Born In
Connie Patricia Anne Worsley is one day old, named after the airplane, a Constellation, in which she was born 10,000 feet over the Pacific aboard a Military Air Transport Service flight 400 miles from Honolulu. Her mother Mrs Harold R R Worsley was en route to join her husband in Tachikawa, Japan, when the birth occurred. Capt Stanford A Levine and Lt Betty Flowers delivered the baby.
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Honolulu
Connie Patricia
Anne Worsley
Pacific
Harold RR. Worsley
Tachikawa
Japan
Spo
Connie
Military Air Transport Service
Stanford A. Levine
Pittsburgh
Betty Flowers
Air Force
Woodriver
Worsley
Concord
Swimming Fatal for KU Student Charles Ferguson
Kansas University sophomore Charles Ferguson 19 formerly of Johnson County died from injuries after a July 14 swimming accident in Lake Michigan. A lifeguard at Dune State Park Michigan City Indiana, he suffered neck and spinal injuries leading to paralysis. Survivors include his parents and sister. funeral services planned in Chicago.
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Kansas University
Lake Michigan
Charles Ferguson
Johnson County
Ferguson
Dune State Park
Michigan City
Ind
Chicago
Corinth
Mission
Fostoria
Ohio
K. U
P Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Mexico University
Mexico City
Jack Waller
Lain and Son Funeral
Shaw Urged to Drop Out If Hall Accusation True
TOPERA county Republican chairman L. W. Rosenkranz said Warren W. Shaw should withdraw as GOP governor candidate if he is guilty of accepting kickbacks on state payroll contracts. The statement, released by Gov. Fred Hall’s office, asserted Shaw knows whether he is guilty and urged action if so.
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Topera
Warren W. Shaw
GOP
L. W. Rosenkranz
Washington County
Republican Organization
Fred Hall
Shaw
Big Springs Tournament Schedule and Scores
The Happy Hal's girls softball team of Lawrence faces Clinton at 9 tonight in the regional tournament at Big Springs. Ira Price of Topeka meets Lecompton at 7:30. Monday action saw Drae's Beauty Shop of Topeka defeat Highland Park 134 to 18. Big Springs beat Topeka Merchants 18 to 4.
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Hal
Lawrence
Clinton
Big Springs
Ira Price
Topeka
Lecompton
Drae
Fishermen flee Reds seek asylum in Italian port
Four Yugoslav fishermen forced their captain at gunpoint to land in Ancona Italy to seek political asylum in the Adriatic port.
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Ancona
Italy
Pistol Point
Adriatic
So That's The Way To Stop Wrecks
Mrs Janet Clough and Earl R Butler explained why their cars collided after they were taken to hospital for minor injuries They were watching a policeman issue a traffic citation to a truck driver in Santa Barbara California
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Janet Clough
Earl R. Butler
Lawrence residents pack Starlight to see Chocolate Soldier
About 260 Lawrence residents visited Kansas City's Starlight Theater on Monday to see the 1956 showing of the Chocolate Soldier. Four buses carried about 160 people, with 100 more arriving by private autos. Local groups represented included the Lawrence National Bank, the Ser toma Club and the Journal-World.
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Kansas City
Starlight Theater
The
Lawrence National Bank
Sertoma Club
Journal-World
Kansas Endowment Staff Adds James McCaig Alumnus Named
James McCaig, a 1952 Kansas University graduate, will join the administrative staff of the E. E ndowment Association on Wednesday. Irvin Youngbern, executive secretary, announced the appointment. McCaig served in the Air Force after graduation, was released as a first lieutenant in March, and has since worked in Topeka. He is married with a two year old daughter Jan. The McCaigs will reside at 28A Sunnyside.
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James McCaig
Kansas University
E.endowment Association
Irvin Youngbern
McCaig
Air Force
Topeka
Jan
Sunnyside
Kansas Youth Is Fair After Gunshot Mishap
A 12 year old Morrill Kansas boy is in fair condition at the University of Kansas Medical Center after an accidental gunshot wound to the chest. Steven Priest son of Mr and Mrs Gene Priest was brought in by ambulance from near Morrill after being found in a pasture following a late night shooting reported by the Hiawatha sheriff. Card of thanks from George W Brittain thanks doctors and nurses of Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
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Kansas City
Kas
Morrill
University of Kansas Medical Center
Steven Priest
Gene Priest
Hiawatha
Kansas City Market Notes Mixed Livestock and Grains Report
Kansas City markets show higher steel and oil demand with steady to firm grains. Livestock receipts point to cattle demand, hogs up to 17.65, steers around 26.65, with grain prices for wheat corn oats and soybeans listed alongside poultry and butter prices in a dense daily update.
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New Orleans
Ccomnipia
Cash Grain
Kansas City
Ward
Ugher
Nm. C
Wall Street advances on metals oils and aircraft gains
The stock market extended its advance as metals oils and aircraft firms posted gains in active trading. Pivotal rose about five points and most divisions followed. Volume near 2.6 million shares, Internationals regained much of recent losses amid Suez uncertainty. Gulf Oil led gains, Bethlehem Steel up, Boeing General Dynamics and North American Aviation up modestly. Rails mostly higher. National Geographic Society notes sea control limits are being challenged.
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Wall Street
New York
Pivotal
Egypt
Suez Canal
Gulf Oil
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing
General Dynamics
North American Aviation
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Memorial Hospital
Tpuane Elkinton
Oskaloosa
Janice Wemberling
Prairie Ave
Alvin TR. Rogers
N. J. St
Virgel Smith
Gail Hack
Theodore , Wiggins
Lara McAlexander
Robert Meninsa
Edith Kobnett
Christina F
Bartholomew
Fudaray
Dosse Elm
Aml
Wesley
Whitney
W. Oh
Lawrence Weaver
Vic
Sgt. McKeon
Josephine Brown
W. 9Th St
Brown
St. Louis
J. A. Buzzle
Schneider
Vierma
Ohio State
Stockholm
Heinrich Schneider
Rai
James McCraig
Kansas Endowment
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
George W. Brittain
USDA
Joseph
N.Y
Admiral Retina Naant Allied Ch Center
Allis “Chaasacee BH
Airlin
Lanaasene
T&t
Pri O
Atchison
Beech Aire
Beth Steel
Boeing Air
Airw
Eagle P
Gen Motors
Goodyear
P&l
Westy Eleames
Woolworth
Schubert
Funeral Home Ambulance Service
New Hampshire
Tee
Farmers Insurance Group Auto — Truck — Fire
Lite Porter D. Hunt
Gerald R. Owens
Eae
Bremertrict
O. O
Andy
Anderson District Sales & Claims Office
W. St. Dial Vi
National Geographic Society
P&s
Ray Maatine
Iene
Cheoenasset
Massachusetts
Mass
Travley A, Calvin
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