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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1956
Page
6
A scrambled crossword style puzzle entry listing clues and partially filled answers across and down. It mentions actors, mythic names, places like Seine and Greece, and various wordplay hints alongside numbers indicating grid positions and partial solutions. The readable fragments suggest a mixed set of clues and incomplete fills in a vintage newspaper puzzle page.
A damaged OCR fragment shows garbled phrases and scattered terms such as pes ein and heavy bow with numbers and odd words. The readable bits include references to equipment, possibly an engineering or display context, but no clear event, person, place, or date can be determined.
Budget trends in Kansas counties indicate rising welfare costs and higher average payments across the state. Officials cite growing aid needs and extended programs as contributing factors to the year over year uptick in county welfare expenditures.
Report says another United States aircraft is missing off Japan during ongoing missions. No survivors confirmed. search and rescue operations are under way with naval units involved.
A garbled OCR read mentions Rube Goldberg and a guard, with references to a display and a mechanical setup. The text is largely indecipherable, outlining a central machine or exhibit and an alarm or face guard concept, but lacks coherent facts or identifiable names beyond Rube Goldberg.
Probate Court granted licenses to pairs in Topeka and Lawrence. Couples include Robert Cottle aged 24 and Dorothy Barter 18 from Lawrence, Harold Puffhoft 32 and Constance Neinhardt 22, also Lawrence. Other entries list John Channel 17 and Norma Ellingsworth 17, Robert Wagner 21 and Sharon Dimas 19, James Jamison 24 and Darlene Boldt 20, plus multiple additional Lawrence pairs and Topeka entries.
Mrs. Robert Finley of Wichita visited near Gardner with relatives including Charley Finley. Funeral for Mrs. Alf Donovan at Gardner Presbyterian church. Charley Finley reported improving in Leavenworth. New Port Oregon guests of Clarence Hausmann and family attending Nazarene conference in Kansas City. Church of Christ Gardner hosted a pink and blue shower for Mrs. Robert Cox Baldwin. Various visits by Vera Hann Belton and the Finleys in the region.
A busy weekend scene shows relatives and friends visiting and dining across Bonner Springs Gardner Baldwin and neighboring areas. Attendees include Marvin Lynn Carolyn Hill wedding guests at Bonner Church, plus Stoddards from Denver visiting relatives and several Brecheisen and Lefmann relatives in year’s social rounds.
Public sale notice lists many household items for auction by Max Cowden with Lea Meyers as auctioneer, dates and location unspecified. Also includes resolutions and budget notices from Lawrence city authorities and Clinton Township officials detailing street grading, budgets, expenditures, and tax provisions.
A collection of candidate declarations and notices for Republican and Democratic primaries due August 7 1956. Individuals include Tam as a state senator nominee Douglas Jefferson counties. Milton P Allen for state representative. WM Llemesent 12th district re nomination. Richard Allen for Douglas County commissioner. Walter Kampschroeder coroner. Dr Byron W Walters clerk of district court. Lucile E B Allison register of deeds. Harold A Beck probate judge. Charles C Rankin sheriff. G Dale Chappell sheriff nominee. Charles Edmondson sheriff. A Schiller indicted for parole consideration. John Geltsen convicted from Douglas County. notices published in Lawrence Daily Journal World and related paroled candidate actions.
Classified page shows rates per week per line and one time and outside column pricing. It lists various services including abstracts of title, auctioneers, chiropractors, furniture repair, lawn care, cleaning, radiator and appliance services, tree surgery, and used items and vehicles with contact details.
Law rence Kansas city commissioners adopt resolution to pave Alabama Street with concrete from 22nd Street north to 22nd Street Terrace. Publication to run for consecutive days with protest window for residents taxed for the project. Proceedings dated June 10 1958 and published June 21 1958. A separate probate notice concerns the estate of Charles Pine with a hearing set for July 19 1956.
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