Rezoning Plans For West Given Tentative Okay
Lawrence City Commission gave tentative approval to Planning Commission recommendations for Class D zoning of two Centennial Park tracts at 5th and Iowa Sts. One site will host a shopping center by Robert Harrison. the other a service station by Holmes Peck and Brown. Final action awaits a zoning ordinance amendment on shopping centers. Additional hearings and actions included re zoning along Iowa Street, purchase of four north city lots for a 300 foot widening of a city parking lot, a new awning ordinance, bond and note issuances for sewer and paving projects, planning minutes, a Third Street paving protest resolution, Park Hill lot transfers, and $120,892 in claims.
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Lawrence Planning Commission
Iowa Sts
Centennial Park Addition
Robert Harrison
Holmes, Peck and Brown
Centennial Park
Hillcrest School
Planning Commission
Iowa Street
R. M. Raney
Osborne
Nineteenth Street
Missouri Street
Commissione 1
Jim Wigglesworth
Roanoke Addition
Schwarz Acres No
Third Street
Mississippi
Ilinois
Park Hill Addition
LeGer Aides Hunters While Encountering Offbeat Catches
LeGer shares light moments while enforcing fishing rules. A fisherman with an oversized catch panicked and tossed a legal liquor bottle into the river, still displaying the fish. Another man showed an out of season bullfrogs catch near LeGer’s car. He remains open for hunter and fisherman guidance via Perry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeGer
Perry
Zipperdent Promotes Teeth Care For Zippers
A vintage ad urges zip fastener users to brush and oil teeth-like zipper teeth. It promotes ZIPPERCENT to prevent decay caused by lint and sulfuric acid, claiming neglect leads to broken zippers and odd jobs, while continued use may elevate status like a Liberace of Slide Fasteners.
Ford and GM Walkouts Prompt Calls for Higher Raises
Detroit Times reports UAW Ford Local 600 officials appealed for an extra five cents an hour for skilled workers at the Rouge plant. Walkouts spread from Dearborn to Wayne with about 2,300 idle at the Rouge and 3,000 at Kansas City Ford sites. Production resumed at Buffalo St. Louis and Monroe plants. GM idle in Cleveland affected about 15,000 of 20,000 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Times
UAW
Ford
Rouge
Dearborn
Mercury
Wayne
Kansas City
Buffalo
St. Louis
Monroe
Mich
Cleveland
Eisenhower answers questions on wages unions and policy
President Eisenhower discusses possible actions on vaccine licenses, Yugoslavia policy, Ford and CIO UAW agreement, minimum wage, antis segregation amendments, ILO membership, press censorship, and plant dispersal efforts. He cites national emergency considerations and urges careful handling by his aides and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yugoslavia
United States
Belgrade
Eisenhower
FORD
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Sherman Adams
Congress
Adams
Labor Organization
International Labor Organization
Geneva
Joseph
Stewart Alsop
James C. Hagerty
Lawrence Man Gives Tip About Two Missing Boys
Oak Grove in Missouri reports two missing brothers aged 12 and 13. They left home last Friday, barefoot in jeans, telling a sister they were bound for California. Father Raymond E. Smith traced leads to Denver and a Kansas filling station where a clerk recalled two boys entering together and buying pop. Franklin is the older boy with black hair and brown eyes. Sammy has brown hair and eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
California
Raymond E. Smith
Denver
U. S. Highway 40
Franklin
Sammy
Cowboy Gifts Deductible for Tax Says Wichita Official
The Cowboy Capital of the World fund in Dodge City will be deductible for federal income tax says Lynn Brodrick, director of internal revenue in Wichita. The fund sponsors reported Brodrick’s word today, noting the museum honoring West’s cowboy pioneers will be non profit and all funds used for charitable or educational purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Cowboy Capital of the World, Inc
Dodge City
Lynn Brodrick
Internal Revenue
Brodrick
Flag Day Proclamation From Gov Hall Urges Display
Governor Fred Hall calls Kansas residents to observe Flag Day by displaying the flag from sunrise to sunset on June 1d. The proclamation emphasizes national unity and respect for the emblem across communities and households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Fred Hall
Kansas
Campus Deserted After Commencement Week at KU
KU campus appears deserted after a hectic commencement weekend with many faculty away on summer jobs or field trips. About 1,806 students on the Lawrence campus and 2,402 overall including KU Medical Center were enrolled. Summer session begins with enrollment and registration in the Memorial Union ballroom and classes start Monday. The 18th annual Midwest Music and Art Camp runs June 20 to July 31 with about 250 high school pupils from across the U.S. Enrollments may reach last year’s 345. a foreign pupil from Juarez, Mexico attends for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rylves
Kansas University
Strong Hall
Memorial Union
Sumlaa School
Lawrence
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Connecticut
Oregon
Guadalupe Olague
Juarez
Mexico
D. O. Wiley
Texas Tech College
Glen Lockery
Idaho University
Lloyd Plautsch
Illinois Wesleyan College
Gerhard Schroth
Chicago
Paul Christianson
Concordia College
Richard Duncan
Omaha Symphony Orchestra
Leo Kucinski
Sioux City Symphony
Russell L. Wiley
K. U
Births Reported At Memorial Hospital And Surrounding Areas
A hospital bulletin lists numerous newborns and expected arrivals with names and addresses across DeSoto Eudora Baldwin and Oskaloosa. Entries include baby boys and girls born to multiple couples and individuals, with several mother names such as Mrs Mary Morrow, Mrs Essie Rice, and Mrs Gloria May Baugher, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Smith
Tenn. St
Helen Morrow
Ind. St
Essie Rice
Conn
Arnold Craig
W. 4Th St
Rose Bartkowski
Locust St
George Smart
Overland Park
John Holliday
Pa. St
Mary K. Sommer
Eudora
William Jennings
Wilma Chambers
Ala
Frances Sparks
Gloria May Baugher
Route 1
Helen Shull
Garfield St
Clara Clubb
Ky.St
Sheila Hurst
Mo. St
Jeannette Stoebener
Baldwin
Death notices for Mrs. J. J. Meade graveside service set
Graveside services for Mrs. J. J. Meade, who died Monday, will be at 3 30 P M Thursday at Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at Funk Cooper Warren Chapel until 2 30 P M Thursday afternoon.
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J. J. Meade
Oak Hill Cemetery
Funk-Cooper-Warren
Kansas Traffic Deaths Told by State Records
Traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section for the last 24 hours and year to date. To date in 1955 the count is 226, for the same period in 1954 it was 212.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topera
Kansas
Could Be Your Aches Pains Come From Lack of Exercise
Atlantic City New Jersey reports that hypokinesis or lack of motion raises risks of heart attacks diabetes backaches and tension. A medical team from the Institute for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at New York University urged regular exercise, citing London bus drivers versus conductors death risk and tests showing many people fail basic muscle tests with back pain often improving through corrective exercise. They warn inactive people show aging signs earlier and are less able to handle stress or emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J. UR
Americane Medical Assn
Hans Kraus
Bonnie Pruden Hirschland
Kurt Hirschborn
Institute For Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
New York University
London
U. S
Market and commodity summary with varied daily shifts
Market news notes higher and irregular gains across stocks and bonds with broad commodity movements. Cotton and corn demand rise amid mixed wheat, oats steady to firm, soybeans stable as cash oil climbs. hogs and cattle show uneven to modest gains, while fowl prices edge higher on lighter weights.
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Commission
Lawrence rose garden shines with blooms and relic bid
In Lawrence, the east South Park rose garden near Massachusetts Street features 54 varieties still in bloom as week showers cut back some plants. A marble plaque honors former mayor Robert C. Rankin who conceived the garden. The Water Plant relic electric car may be sold after city records check. collector E. A. Sloan questions market value. County tests delay Wakarusa Bridge work. Red Cross offers Mother and Baby Care course. enrollments open. Douglas County Sportsman Club plans spillway rock work near Clinton starting Sunday.
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Lawrence
South Park
Massachusetts Street
Bucks Band
Robert C. Rankin
Vernon Cooper
Park Department
E. A. Sloan
Horseless Carriage Club of
Kansas City
Sloan
City Commission
Red Cross
Lawrence-Douglas County
Health Department
Crisis Weekend Pressure in English Rail Strike
London efforts to end Britain's railway walkout intensified as 67,000 engineers and firemen prepare for a crisis weekend. Sir Brian Robertson of the British Transport Commission agreed to meet union leaders while government mediators, including Sir Wilfred Neden and Jim Baty, push a peace plan from the Trades Union Congress Executive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Brian Robertson
British Transport Commission
Ministry of Labor
Brian
Wilfred Neden
Jim Baty
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers
Trades Union Congress Executive
TUC
Walter Monckton
Charles Geddes
Tinere
Walter
Eden
School Board approves Goshen and Lincoln teachers amid resignations
The board named Julia King of Goshen Ind as intermediate teacher and Marilyn Kennedy of Lincoln Neb as English and drama teacher at senior high, while two teachers resigned and three positions remain open. Summer remedial classes for junior high English and math were authorized with two JHS instructors to lead. The district plans a rental-textbook system pending state approval, starting with social studies and new elementary readers next year, funded partly by a district valuation. Auto driving lessons will be offered in two sessions this summer with fees and partial Recreation Commission support. Bills totaling 105324.28 were approved from general and building funds.
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Julia King
Goshen
Ind
Marilyn Kennedy
Lincoln
Neb
W. D. Woolfe
Lois E. Merriman
Rosalie Castagno
Betty Craig
Cordley
Robert Nelson
Lawrence High School
Seleen Engelson
JHS
Frieda Cowles
Wolfe
Keeler Book Store
Recreation Commission
Divorce suit filed for Cecil E Miller and Norma Miller
The divorce suit of Cecil E Miller from Norma Miller was filed Tuesday in District Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil E. Miller
Norma Miller
Firemen respond to flare sparked barricade in Lawrence
Lawrence firemen answered a call Tuesday evening to 14th and Del Sts where youths upset a kerosene flare igniting a street barricade. An hour later they were called to 726 Mass St to wash down gasoline leaked from a parked car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
14Th
del. Sts
Mass. St
Two Held for Check In Kidnap-Rape Case
CLATHE Kas Two men were jailed today in an investigation into a reported kidnapping and rape of a 33 year old Kansas City woman Vera Kelly. She said she and her husband Lee were fishing near a pond when she was abducted and raped after being driven across the state line. Deputies found two men asleep in a car at the scene and arrested them Thomas Cochran 17 Belton and Archie Smith Jr 29 Stilwell.
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Clathe
Kas
Kansas City
Vera Kelly
Lee
Kansas State Line
Kelly
Johnson County
Kansas City Grain and Wheat Futures Snapshot
Wheat prices in Kansas City show slight declines across grades with No 2 hard and dark at 2.28, No 3 2.26 to 4-2.71, and mixed corn values around 1.57 to 1.62 for No 2 white. Soybeans run 2.45 to 2.48, with rye and barley near 1.20 to 1.25 and 1.00 to 1.04. Wheat futures open 2.12 to 2.13, with December around 2.13 and March near 2.11 to 2.12.
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Kansas City
Mar
Kansas City livestock market recap from USDA report
The USDA report shows Kansas City cattle with 2,000 head and 300 calves. Steers and heifers steady to 25 lower, cows mostly steady, bulls and vealers firm. Hogs active with higher quotes, lambs and sheep also active with higher spring lambs and steady ewes. Prices include good fed steers 19.00-22.50, choice hogs 19.75-20.10, spring lambs 23.00-24.25, and ewes 3.00-4.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Who
USDA
Market Report: Eggs Butter Poultry Prices Across Grades
Kansas City market summaries show eggs and butter prices by grade and weight. Butter yields for grade A around 62.5 to 63 cents per pound, eggs and poultry items listed with varying weights and classifications including fryers broilers and breeder turkeys.
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Kansas City
Beltsville
Price list and stock market summary from midday report
Wheat prices at 2.15 dollars, oats 2.30, corn 1.50, barley 0.75, kafir 2.30, poultry rates for hens and cocks listed, hogs at 17.50, butterfat 0.46 to 0.49. Wall Street noted modest gains in late afternoon, steels and aviation lead, rails and utilities drag, total volume 3,230,000 shares. notable movers include New York Central, Anaconda Copper, U. S. Steel, American Telephone, Lockheed, Kaiser Aluminum, and Tidewater.
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Wall Street
New York
New York Central
the Milwaukee Road
Anaconda Copper
American Telephone
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Tidewater Associated Oil
al- Ned Stores
Kaiser Aluminum, Aluminium Ltd
Lockheed, General Dynamics
Sperry Rank
TWA
Power Delay on Thursday for Southeast Lawrence
Southeast Lawrence will experience about a one hour power outage starting 1 30 p m Thursday. Kansas Power and Light will upgrade feeder lines from 4000 to 12500 volts to support higher electrical load. Affected area runs from Fourteenth to Nineteenth streets between Massachusetts and New York streets and Learnard Avenue.
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Lawrence
Kansas Power and Light
Fourteenth
Nineteenth Streets
Massachusetts Street
New York Street
Learnard Avenue
Probate Court Clinics After KU Commencement In Lawrence
The Probate Court issued marriage licenses Tuesday after Kansas University commencement. Recipients include Joseph Flory 18 and Shirley Stauffer 17 of Lawrence. James Newby 21 and Betty Call 21 of Neodesha. Robert Davis 24 and C Kay Nelson 19 of Lawrence. John Elvig 22 and Ruth Robertson 20 of Overbrook. Homer Fontz 23 of Minneapolis and Shirley Rosenall 24 of Eudora. Larry Hatch 20 and Colleen Davis 19 of Marysville.
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Kansas University
Joseph Roland Flory
Shirley Jean Stauffer
Lawrence
James Penn Newby
Betty Ann Call
Neodesha
Robert C. Davis
Hutchinson
C. Kay Nelson
John Frithjof Elvig
Ruth Ann Robertson
Overbrook
Homer E. Fontz
Minneapolis
Shirley Rosenall
Eudora
Larry Ross Hatch
Colleen Davis
Marysville
Car Crash Injures Young Driver at 20th and Mass
Max A. Thayer aged 20 of 1303 Del Street suffered a broken nose and a cut knee when his car hit a street sight pole near 20th and Mass Streets at about 2 40 this morning. He was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and released. Thayer said he fell asleep at the wheel. The damage was about 1000 dollars to the car and 100 dollars to the pole.
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Max A. Thayer
del. St
20Th and
Mass. Sts
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Thayer
Jaycees Plan Summer Cash Days for Downtown Shoppers
Lawrence Junior Chamber officers announce Jayce-sponsored cash days each week from June 21 to August 23 to draw shoppers downtown. Participants submit name and address cards in stores. at 2 30 p m each Tuesday winners are announced and prizes awarded to first, second, and third place. Winners must be in the store at prize time to qualify. Merchants pay promotion fees based on operation size to fund the cash prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Dr. T G Orr Sr Honored By Missouri University
Dr Thomas G Orr Sr professor emeritus of surgery at the Kansas University School of Medicine received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Missouri University during the graduation ceremony at M A He trained at Johns Hopkins University His son Dr Thomas G Orr Jr also a KU Medical Center instructor in surgery is KA graduate and holds AB 38 MD 43 degrees
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas G. Orr Sr
Kansas University School of Medicine
Missouri University
M. A
Johns Hopkins University
Thomas G. Orr, Jr
A. B
K. A
Kansas University Medical Center
Garber Given Weekend Jail in License Suspension Case
Bennie Garber of 70913 W. St. was tried in police court for driving with a suspended license. He received a six day jail sentence suspended with commitment to jail on the next two weekends and his license suspension extended to Oct. 7.
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Bennie Garber
W. St
Garber
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Acacia Lodge No. 9
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Masiter
Marion A. Barlow
Lke
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Mary Lou Simons
DeSoto
Geraldine Hammeke
Mid. St
Shelia Hurst
Jewell Newland
Orville Midgett
Pawnee Ave
Mary Bite
Ky. St
Meredith Ray
Martha Warner
Me. St
Raymond Hunt
Sandra Sturtz
Haskell Ave
Caroline Rouse
Mayetta
Clark Morton Sr
Joyce Rafkahr
Joycene Stallcup
Ruth Wingert
Maple St
Byron Wenger
David Jhonson
Ohio St
LaVern Coward
Campus Rd
Jack Ferguson
Carl F. Ward
Oskaloosa
Ralph Tibbitts
R. I. St
John V. Banta
Murrow
I. J. Meade
GM News
Wakarusa
Charles Banning
Douglas County Sportsman’s Club
Bill Guntert
Clinton
Rutsy
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la. Sts
Guntert
N. Y. Stocks
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Atchison
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Y Martin
McKess & R
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Nat Distill
Ohio Oil
Penney, JC
Pa RR
Proct & Geg
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Reyn Met
St Jos
Sears Roeb
Sinclair O
Stoke van C
UN Pac
Cash Grain
K. C. Livestock
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Jaycees
T. G. Orr SR
Douglas County State Bank
F.d.1.c
Bank of Friendly Service
Mess
Kodak
Verichrome Film
Mosser- Weee
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