Lawrence man charged with blackmail in county case
Clarence William Wren of 937 Ala St was charged in County Court with blackmail for demanding 500 from a 65 year old Lawrence woman or he would disclose information to disgrace her. A preliminary hearing was set for 3 p.m. July 7 with investigators from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and local officers involved.
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Lawrence
Clarence William Wren
Ala. St
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Wayne Owens
Ben Bowen
John Hazelet
Hazelet
Wren
Ponce City
Okla
KBI
W. H. Quakenbush
Barrymore Honored With Requiem Mass in Beverly Hills
The theatrical world pays final homage to Ethel Barrymore. A Requiem Mass will be recited for the great actress at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills.
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Hollywood
Ethel Barrymore
Funeral services for Levi McKinney in Norton
Levi McKinney 68 of Norton died Thursday in Norton Hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Ninth Street Baptist Church with Rev. Frank Brown officiating. Buried in Veterans Cemetery. Calls at Bowser Lee Mortuary until 4 p.m. today and noon Tuesday.
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Levi McKinney
Norton
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Frank Brown
McKkinney
Lawrence
Veterans' Cemetery
Bowser-Lee
Laundry's Opening Termed Huge Success
Independent Econ O Wash at 9th and Miss Sts opens with 38 washers and 14 large dryers. Owner Ed Elam calls the grand opening an exceptional success after 12 hours of operation across Thursday, Friday and Saturday with machines busy and customers waiting briefly.
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9Th and Miss. Sts
Ed Elam
Elam
State studies lake sites and waterfowl refuge plan
The Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission authorized a long range study of possible lake sites in Douglas Anderson Franklin Leavenworth Harvey Comanche Wallace Sherman and Wichita counties with a waterfowl refuge in Sumner County. Preliminary engineering will assess feasibility at each site including a Douglas County location 11 miles southeast of Lawrence near Baldwin with about 250 acres of water.
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PRATT
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Douglas
Anderson
Franklin
Leavenworth
Harvey
Comanche
Wallace
Sherman
Wichita
Sumner
Douglas County
Lawrence
Baldwin
Lone Star Lake
Lansing Becomes City After Board Action
Lansing Kansas, previously unincorporated since before the Civil War, is declared an incorporated city by Leavenworth County commissioners. A July 14 municipal election is set for a mayor five councilmen and a police judge with no primary required.
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Lansing
Kan
Board of County Commissioners
Leavenworth
Kansas State Penitentiary
Beating Victim William Smith Dies in Kansas City
William D. Smith, a railroad conductor, who was found severely beaten near his home in Kansas City, Kansas, died early today at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Police continue investigation into the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
William D. Smith
University of Kansas Medicalenter
Oldest Kansas City Dental College grad Dr Renz dies at 88
Dr Samuel J Renz aged 88 and the oldest living graduate of the Kansas City Dental College died Sunday in Seattle at the home of a daughter. Friends here learned of the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
Samuel J. Renz
Kansas City Dental College
Seattle
City Commission to Issue $60,000 in Temporary Notes
The City Commission plans final action Tuesday afternoon on issuing 60 000 in temporary notes to fund street paving. They will consider banning parking on three streets and create parallel parking at the Eldridge Hotel. Proposals include paving East Twenty-Second Terrace and Pennsylvania Street and curb and guttering on East Eleventh Street.
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City Commission
Eleventh Street
Vermont
Cambridge Road
High Drive
Sunset Drive
Emery Road
Cambridge
Eldridge Hotel
East Twenty-Second Terrace
Learnard Avenue
Pennsylvania Street
Pennsylvania
East Twenty-Second
India Addition
East Eleventh Street
Delaware
Santa Fe Railway
Malls
Alabama Street
Stinson Hills Addition
Fairview Addition
Engel Road
University Drive
Crescent Road
Lawrence High School to KU graduate chosen as budget director
Brownlee, a Lawrence High School alum 1949 and Kansas University graduate 1953 with a Master of Public Administration 1956, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and led the Kansas Relays student management in 1953. He served five years in Kansas City in research and budget and has been director since April 1958.
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Lawrence High School
Kansas University
Phi Beta Kappa
Kansas Relays
Beta Theta Pi
Kansas City
Two Die in Resort Fire at Breezy Point Lodge
An elderly Cleveland couple, Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Hildinger, died as 22 others were injured fleeing a blaze that tore through Breezy Point Lodge in Brainerd Minnesota, one of the region’s prominent northwoods resorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brainerd
Minn. U
Breezy Point Lodge
Minnesota
Northwoods
Frank J. Hildinger
Cleveland
Kelly in Green For Hero Role
Former football star John Sims Kelly rushed guests from a Rome hotel blaze on Via Veneto. Wearing a green bathrobe he warned guests and reentered the building, saving lives as flames killed three hotel employees and injured two others. His wife Brenda Frazer is noted in background.
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Rome
John Sims
Kelly
Charles M. Gilman
Gilman, Conn
University of Kentucky
Ambasciatori
Via Veneto
Carol Henon
Boston
Kellys
Deb Brenda Frazier
Births and listings mark a Topeka hospital roll call
Memorial Hospital records list numerous residents and nearby addresses connected to births and family announcements. Entries include names such as Elizabeth Ohse Topeka Otto Abel Eudora Mary Lou Dyer Ottawa and Phyllis Tilley DeSoto with a daughter son and baby boy births reported for Charles Ohse Topeka Sweigart Ottawa Darnell Topeka and others.
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Arthur Dougan
R. I. St
Elizabeth Ohse
Topeka
Tommy Menzies
Route 3
Otto Carl Abel
Eudora
Mary Lou Dyer
Belle Crest Dr
Mary Lou Sweigart
Ottawa
Lois Darnell
Ky. St
Dorothy DeLong
Independence
Phyllis Tilley
DeSoto
Lula Holliday
Mich. St
Dorene Asher
Walter Reed
Linwood
Larry Hildebrand
W. 7Th St
Lorraine Ewing
Oak St
van Rothrock
Ohio St
Lenore Ziesenis
Charles McPike
Mo. St
David Wayne Johnston
del. St
George Ketter
Catherine Johnson
W. 19Th
Mary O’bryan
Baldwin
Blanche Robison
Overbrook
Bruce Clepper
N. Y. St
Connie Bair
Albert Lawson
Conn
Brenda Warren
Richland
Mary Wilson
Perry St
June Rucker
Iowa St
Norman Doust
Tonganoxie
Blanche Jones
E. 13Th St
Saundra Sheffer
Dale Groom
Alfreda Virgason
Mission
Walter Thomas
West Branch
Iowa
Edna Browhard
Mayme Sechler
Staff Village
Axel Olson
Mass. St
Bobbie Staatz
Bonner Springs
Ernest Harris
Prairie Ave
Allie Owens
N. J. St
Mantle Randel
Lula Leach
Beverly Thompson
William Selzer
Evelyn Parsons
Orville Johnson
Ark St
Curtis Dalton
Miss. St
Lizzie Johnson
Cora Lutz Baldwin
Myre
Virginia O'Connor
Avalon Rd
Jane Underwood
Wt. St
Walton
Nelle Wellman
N. H. St
Charles Ohse
John Sweigart
Donald Darnell
Jaycees Install New Officers at Holiday Inn Dinner
New Jaycee officers were installed at a Saturday night dinner meeting at the Holiday Inn Motel. Don Welling becomes president, with Charles Zook first vice president Clinton Daniels second vice president Les Proctor secretary Ralph Raffelock treasurer Tom Pogany state director and several others named as directors.
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Holiday Inn
Don Welling
The
Jaycees
Charles Zook
Clinton Daniels
Les Proctor
Ralph Raffelock
Tom Pogany
Earl Percival
Bob Edmiston
Jim Shirley
Ethan Smith
Ed Howard
Jesse Pachesco
Bob Harrell
Don Hay
Vic Harrod
Charles Patti
Ed Patterson
Don Fisher
Youth Dies of Injuries in Kansas Traffic Accident
Jerry Lee Madison a 15 year old from Cherokee Kansas died after injuries from a June 13 car crash near his home. He suffered a fractured skull and other injuries when the car left the road and struck a tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kas
Jerry Lee Madison
Cherokee
Sister May Not Be Dead in Wichita Mystery
Mrs. Juanita I. Reaves of Olathe asked Wichita police to pursue a possible living sighting of her sister Wanda L. Wilcox who was believed dead in a May 19 1953 Rogue River Oregon plane crash. Uncle C J Reaves of Viola Kansas reported seeing the couple near Cherry Hill recently.
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Wichita
Kan
Juanita I. Reaves
Olathe
Arkansas
David Laird
Reaves
Wanda L. Wilcox
Rogue River Country
Oregon
Queen Elizabeth II Talks With Miners During Canadian Tour
Queen Elizabeth II plus Prince Philip mingle with six pit crew members at a Labrador iron mine during a Canadian industrial tour. The royal party remains past schedule amid dust and heat as miners greet the queen and shake her gloved hand.
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Chicoutimi
Elizabeth II
Canada
Prince Philip
Saguenay
Quebec City
Eisenhower
St. Lawrence Seaway
Labrador
Elizabeth
Philip
Jaycee Golf Deadline Extended to Tuesday
Entry deadline for the Jaycees golf tournament has been moved from today to Tuesday. At Lawrence Country Club, 15 entries so far for the boys under 18 event, with rounds set for Wednesday. Top two win trips to the state meet in July in Iola. last year Carlson and Hanna placed first and second, Carlson later won the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycees
Charlie Zook
Lawrence Country Club
Iola
John Hanna
Dave Burckhalter
Paul Carlson
Marc Carlson
Phil Simms
Jerry Pritchitt
Steve Allen
Jeff Allen
Ken Roper
Richard Beauchamp
Dick Warner
Rob Miller
Jerry Dennis
Jack Kuhn
Ed McBride
Carlson
Atomic Rocket Engine Gets First Full Check
In Las Vegas Nevada AP nuclear scientists completed the first full-scale test of an atomic rocket engine to measure radioactivity and heat. The four minute test on a railroad flatcar at Jackass Flats in the Nevada proving grounds was declared completely successful with more tests planned.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Jackass Flats
Nevada Atomic Proving Grounds
Here
Vacation Pak service to get local happenings on vacation
The Journal-World offers a Vacation Pak service that delivers all local happenings while you are away. No additional cost. Contact your carrier-salesman for details.
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Journal-World
Special Programs at Lawrence Playgrounds This Week
The Lawrence Recreation Commission plans several events at local playgrounds. Activities include a splash party and dance at Schwegler and Woodlawn, a fishing trip to Mary's Lake, a Potter Lake picnic, a Schwegler box hockey tournament, a carnival at Sunset Hill, and softball doubleheaders at Woodlawn and Pinckney with postgame splash.
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Lawrence
The
Recreation Commission
Schwegler
Woodlawn
Mary's Lake
Veteran's Park
Potter Lake
Pinckney
Veteran’s Park
Sunset Hill
Pinckney Girls
Woodlawn Girls
Picnic season dampened by slow road work to Lone Star Lake
Lawrence residents face incomplete Cone Star to Lone Star Lake road repairs delaying expected picnic access. county aims to blacktop the dusty stretch this summer but no completion is promised. KU Parking Zone 2 near Hoch Auditorium will close for servicing with permit holders redirected to Zones C and N during the work.
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Douglas County
Lone Star Lake
Cone Star
Kansas University
Hoch Auditorium
Marvin Hall
Lindley, Hall
Naismith Drive
Kansas Hospital Association Workshop Held at Kansas University
Seventy nine hospital administrators attended the fourth annual workshop hosted by the Kansas Hospital Association at Kansas University on Thursday and Friday. Arthur E Landon of Asbury Hospital Salina chaired the workshop committee.
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Kansas Hospital Association
Kansas University
Arthur E. Landon
Asbury Hospital
Salina
Nicknames Aid Washington Police in Case Solving
Police in Washington maintain a file of over 10 000 nicknames tied to real names of youth. Expanded daily by reports from arrests and investigations the list helps match aliases to suspects. Common nicknames include Sonny Butch Buddy and rising tags like Baby Brother Duck and Chow Mein.
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Washington
Sonny
Butch
Buddy
Baby Brother
Country
Duck
Bubbles
Blue
Bubba
Frog
Fat Daddy
Appetite
Woman's car goes on wild rampage in Minneapolis
Minnie G. Wickland 42 was charged with drunken driving after a spree that damaged multiple structures in a Minneapolis alley. Police said sparks and a series of crashes damaged garages, a house corner, a fence, and a boat. Total damage exceeded $3,000 before she was released on $300 bond.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minnie G. Wickland
Wickland
New Rate Announced by Capitol Federal Savings and Loan
Directors at Capitol Federal Savings and Loan announce a rate change to three and three quarters percent on savings starting July 1, replacing the prior three and a half percent. The Topeka headquarters notes offices at 11th and at Sts. with Ray Culbertson, Lawrence manager, stating the new rate will be payable December 31.
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Capitol Federal Savings and Loan Company
Topeka
Lth
Sts
Ray Culbertson
Lawrence
Fall Claims Life of Charlene Wood in Kansas City
AP report from Kansas City states Miss Charlene Wood aged 43 died after a fall from the seventh story window of her apartment at 4800 Jefferson Street. Authorities described it as a fatal fall with no immediate foul play suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Charlene Wood
Jefferson
Heart Expert Advises Separate Fund Drives
Dr Paul Dudley White, renowned Boston heart specialist and founder of the American Heart Assn, urged the AHA not to merge its independent fund drive with the United Fund or Community Chest campaigns. He advised during a New York appearance, recalling President Eisenhower's 1955 heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paul Dudley
White
American Heart Assn
United Fund
Community Chest
Boston
Eisenhower
Lynching Probe Opens in Isla de Dos Rios Event
In Jalupe Mexican town Isla de Dos Rios authorities investigate a mob lynching that killed two men Julian Benitez 26 and Francis co Coda 28 who were dragged from jail and killed by about four thousand people amid alleged rape and murder of a 3 year old girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jalapa
Mexico
Julian Benitez
Francisco Coda
Isla
Tire Explosion Claims Life of Junction City Teen
An exploding truck tire killed Michael D. Champ, 16, of Junction City, Kan. He was injured while changing a tire on a truck owned by his father, Melvin C. Champ, and died after being brought to Topeka for treatment.
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Topeka
Michael D. Champ
Junction City
Kan
Champ
Melvin C. Champ
Vacation Pak Ad Encourages Journal-World Use
Ad urges readers to order the Vacation Pak service by phone or through their Journal-World carrier to stay informed while on vacation this year. The notice emphasizes staying in the know rather than being in the dark about local happenings.
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Journal-World
Ady
Card of Thanks to Doctors and Nurses
Mrs Loretta Stanclift expresses gratitude to Drs Campbell Jones and Manahan and the 3rd foot south nurses for kind care. She thanks friends for cards flowers and calls during her hospital stay.
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Campbell
Jones and
Manahan
Gratitude to Medical Team and Blood Donors
A patient thanks Dr. Margaret Clark Dr. Louis Zimmer and the nurses for excellent hospital care and expresses appreciation to friends relatives for gifts cards and flowers. Gratitude extends to the Red Cross blood bank and donors Lavella Townsend Audrey Skeet Clovis Curtis Wayne Townsend Rev Harry Ritter Howard Marvin Glenn Jones for replacing the quota.
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Margaret Clark
Louis Zimmer
Red Cross Blood Bank
Lavella Townsend
Audrey Skeet
Clovis Curtis
Wayne Townsend
Rev
Harry Ritter
Howard
Marvin
Glenn Jones
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