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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1955
Page
8
Mary Hazel Schoellkopf, a teller at East Fund State Bank in Houston, is married to W. H. Schoellkopf of the note department at the National Bank of Commerce. Their young son is named Cash.
Oklahoma faces a slower harvest as muddy fields hinder progress and a 3 percent drop in state yield from May forecasts lowers expected total to about 30.3 million bushels, marking the poorest Oklahoma wheat crop since 1936. Colorado reports a record small 10.1 million bushels with range and pasture at 75 and 55 percent of normal, and overall prospects remain dim despite spring rains.
Persistent rain drenched the Eastern half of the nation with no letup across sections from the Dakotas to Virginia and from Colorado to northern Minnesota. Night rainfall ranged from over an inch in Illinois to 1.25 inches in northern New England Virginia Missouri North Carolina and West Virginia, with cooler conditions prevailing in the east. Florida and the far Southwest reported 70s to 90s, while the Western Plateau stayed fairly warm with 70s in Nevada Idaho and eastern Washington.
Alice Helm of Kansas City is named unopposed to succeed Leota Barnes as president of the Kansas Federation of Business and Professional Women’s clubs during the convention with over 500 attendees. Also nominated without opposition are Anna Reed Abilene first vice president Pat Wilhite Wichita recording secretary and district directors Vida Blachly Topeka Wanda Lewis Paola Gladys Eaton Chanute Hazel Miller Emporia Faye Clark El Dorado Velma Wooster Hays Nellie Hendrickson Pratt Ida L. Smith St Francis Susan M Hadley Garden City.
Pope Pius XI urged oil executives at the 4th World Petroleum Congress that Earth's natural riches should benefit all, not just a few. He said resources must improve life spiritually and materially for all who rely on them, and pressed privileged nations to aid the less fortunate.
Wichita Boeing Bombers, national champions, were certified to defend their title in the 1955 national tournament. The Kansas team, also winner in 1942, had a 7-1 record in 1954 and defeated Missouri champions twice on the way to the top after a loss to Springfield Generals in the fourth round. The 32-team field opens in Wichita August 19 with district, state and bi state survivors. Ray Dumont notes nearly 70 percent certified for the tourney among towns of 5000 or smaller.
Moscow reports Soviet premier Nikolai Bulganin was awarded the Order of Lenin on the occasion of his 60th birthday. The honor underscores his rising political stature within the Soviet leadership.
President Eisenhower toured Pennsylvania State University's new 312000 dollar atomic reactor and was gently teased about government red tape. The reactor is privately funded, with uranium to be supplied by the Atomic Energy Commission. the tour was led by Milton S. Eisenhower, university president and Ike's brother, as Eric Walker noted the facility awaits fuel and licensing.
ST. LOUIS. Two of the largest railroad yard construction projects in Frisco Railroad history will start this year. Capleville, Tennessee near Memphis will begin about July 1 on a 10 million dollar project to replace the present facilities, expected to take about 30 months. Later this year a two year, 6 million dollar expansion and modernization program will begin at Tulsa, Oklahoma Clark Hungerford. Frisco president said yesterday.
Road operations in both areas have outgrown current facilities, prompting considerations for expansion or new infrastructure to meet rising traffic and service needs. Authorities urge planning and potential investment to alleviate congestion and improve safety as demand continues to grow.
Tokyo reports Former Adm. Kichisaburo Nomura, Pearl Harbor envoy in Washington, urged the United States to release all Japanese who are serving prison terms as war criminals under U.S. military court sentences. Tokyo’s Suame Prison holds 220 American prisoners of war crimes convicts as war crimes.
Lincoln reports State Sen. L. M. Shultz and the Highway Department corrected misspelled town signs near his home town. Signs once read Rogers rather than Rogers with an adjusted spelling, following a presentation to State Engineer L. N. Ress who ordered new signs.
The late Pleistocene ice sheet retreated from the Great Lakes basin roughly ten thousand years ago, reshaping the landscape and enabling modern river routes and ecological shifts. The event marks a major transition from glacial to postglacial environments in North America.
In Norwich England a school quiz asking pupils sensitive questions about home life sparked parental backlash. The high school headmistress apologized to parents and other schools said responses would be destroyed. The survey aimed to study television's effect on family life and had hundreds of replies before the furor. One father demanded on the spot destruction of his son’s form, objecting to items about parental divorce and fears of anger, and social status tied to TV and car ownership.
John Beeson, local director of education, said permission was given for the Nuffield Foundation to conduct the quiz only on TV matters. He noted other questions were added after the quiz form had been approved by his department.
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