Prat t Street shooting ends with officer shot down suspect
On Pratt Street a 66 year old ex railroad worker Frank Oakley went berserk Tuesday night in a cafe killing Virginia Black and wounding four others before an officer fired. Harvest workers Scotty Douthit and Merle McGlaughlin were critically wounded. Oakley was wounded in the legs and captured after shots were exchanged. Shattered glass and a truck windshield added to the chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pratt
Tony Keller
Frank Oakley
Oakley
Virginia Black
Scotty Douthit
Merle McGlaughlin
Douthit
McGlaughlin
Dick Vines
Keller
KU Midshipmen to Aviation Amphibious Training Abroad
Thirty four Navy ROTC midshipmen from the University of Kansas will undergo aviation and amphibious training over six weeks at Corpus Christi Texas and Little Creek Virginia. Commanding Captain W R Terrell said they depart June 26 by rail from Lawrence for the aviation phase in Corpus Christi, with indoctrination through July 19, then amphibious tac tics at Little Creek until Aug 8 followed by summer vacations. Five hundred eighty midshipmen from about two thousand five hundred Navy ROTC universities will join the program. Local KU participants include John W Brand Jr Arthur Nease Jimmy Simmons and John E Pearson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Corpus Christi
Tex
Little Creek
W. R. Terrell
Texas
Naval Air Corps
K. U
Dever says Eisenhower easier to beat than Taft
New York Gov Paul A Dever a Massachusetts Democrat and key voter at the Democratic National Convention says General Eisenhower would be by far easier to beat than Senator Taft He adds Eisenhowers obvious ignorance of domestic affairs has caused a continuous diminuendo in his popularity
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paul A. Dever
Massachusetts
Gen
Eisenhower
Sen
Taft
Dever
Credit Union Meeting Planned by Eastern Kansas Chapter
Over 100 officers of the Eastern Kansas chapter of the Kansas Credit Union League will hold a dinner meeting at the Dine-A-Mite Inn Wednesday evening. The Jayhawk Federal Credit Union of the Lawrence Paper Co. has arranged the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Kansas
The
Kansas Credit Union League
Jayhawk Federal Credit Union
Lawrence Paper Co
Truce negotiators clash on Korea war anniversary
U N and Communist negotiators marked the second anniversary of the Korean War by trading charges over who started the conflict. Maj Gen William Harrison opened a 29 minute session accusing the Communists of treachery while Gen Nam I countered that the United States provoked the war. The talks centered on prisoner exchanges as the main stumbling block to an armistice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
P—U. N
William .K. Harrison
Republic of Korea
Nam
United States
Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea
Nine Year Old Cited for Alertness in Boston Hotel Fire
A 9 year old boy in New York was cited recently for his prompt alertness in summoning aid during a fire at a Boston hotel. Police Commissioner George P. Monaghan praised the quick action and credited the boy with helping save lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New ,York
Boston
George P. Mon
Rebuilt Kansas organ to be ready by month end
The baroque organ at the University of Kansas Museum of Art is being rebuilt by Charles W. McManus of Kansas City and will be completed by month end. The upper keyboard pipes were inadequate and removed, nine pipe sets added, and pedal section increased to expand color and musical variety for soloists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas Museum of Art
Charles W. McManus
Kansas City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pratt Street
Sen. Taft
Credit League Meeting
Eastern
Kansas
Aghan
Police Athletic League
Alfred Catal
H-Ip
K.U
Topeka
Union Bus Depot
Massachusetts Strand
Southwestern Greyhound Lines
Continental Trailways
Overland
Greyhound Lines
Conoco
Prou
Continental Oil Company
Conoco Service
Mass
N. H
Wuthnow
Indiana
Lawrence, Kansas
Equator
Wolid Ghann
Riverside
Adc
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!