Father of Mayor Dies in McPherson Hospital
Rev. Ernest Crown aged 76 father of Lawrence Mayor John Crown died Monday morning at a McPherson hospital. Funeral services set for 10 30 a m Wednesday at the Free Methodist Church with burial in McPherson cemetery. Bishop C V Fairbairn to lead. Survivors include widow Mayor Crown six daughters two other sons and 12 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Crown
Lawrence
John Crown
Town St
McPherson Hospital
Free Methodist Church
McPherson
C. V. Fairbairn
Mayor Crown
Marriage Licenses Granted by Probate Court
Marriage licenses have been issued by the Probate Court to Lawrence Gerald Biggs 22 of Lawrence and Nannale Mathewson 21 of Parsons Joel R. McKenney 22 of Carthage Mo and Dorothy Louise McClure 23 of Chicago Ill Lloyd Edward Stullpen 21 and Lorna Marie Craig 21 both of Lawrence James Earl Henley 20 of Olathe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Gerald Biggs
Lawrence
Nannale Mathewson
Parsons
Joel R. McKenney
Carthage
Dorothy Louise McClure
Chicago
Lloyd Edward Stullpen
Lorna Marie Craig
James Earl Henley
Olathe
Flooding Rips Denver Area as Four-Inch Downpour Hits
Heavy rain swept drought parched eastern Colorado causing flash floods and two deaths in a highway crash near Colorado Springs. In Fort Morgan streets ran like rivers while basements flooded and roads closed. A car skid broadside into an auto with five tourists. all five women injured and hospitalized. Traffic disrupted along Denver freeways as floodwaters backed into a lake on the New Valley Highway.
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Denver
Colorado
Fort Morgan
Colo
U. S
Denver area endures flood and power failure
A snow and rain event swelled the South Denver region with 1.1 inches at Stapleton Airport and Englewood reporting 500 emergency calls for flooded basements. The Donald Miller family was rescued by motor boat, Denver southwest residents diverted water with boards, and Berlin suffered a two hour total power outage from a generator failure.
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Weather Bureau
Stapleton Airport
Donald Miller
Denver
Englewood
Berlin
West
Two Lawrence Vets Join Shaw Caravan Tour
Lawrence veterans Bill Pendleton and Lee Barlow joined the Shaw caravan in Olathe and Lawrence before finishing in Fort Scott where Kansas City lawyer Everett Fritz spoke for Warren Shaw. Fritz praised Shaw as honest, courageous, religious, and able, noting his 33 months overseas in World War II with Eisenhower’s headquarters staff.
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Shaw
Olathe
Kansas Second District
Lawrence
Fort Scott
Kansas City
Everett Fritz
Warren Shaw
Bill Pendleton
Lee Barlow
Fritz
Dwight Eisenhower
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Norris Bros
New Hampshire
Joe Schelbar
Nick Schelbar
Gene
Gene Stroyer
Ohio
Foreign Independent Travel
Tom Maupin
the Travel House
Massachusetts
Viking
Hasselblad
Compur
Zeiss
Reg Save Sale
Reg
Westinghouse Appliances
Beacon Appliance
Mass
Laundramat
SALE
Freezer
Jack Harris
Cannister
Manley Insurance Agency
M. C. Manley
Merle McKinney
Geat
United Finance Corp
Jay
Lawrence, Kansas
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