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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1956
Page
3
Pac directors plan a meeting to name a chief and elect other officers. Marriage licenses issued from Probate Court include John B. and Irene Carimaer, ages listed, with likely city and date references.
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Wichita police kill 21 year old burglary suspect Robert Carter during a stake-out on a stolen safe from Western Auto Store. Two other suspects Lester Wilson 17 and John Inks 18 surrender as officers recover a three foot square safe concealed in brush northeast of the city. Evidence shows burglary tools acetylene gear torches and explosives equipment found in the suspects car. The safe reportedly contained about $3000 and officers say the incident involved a large multi officer operation.
Douglas County Mental Health Association plans its first meeting at 8 p.m. Monday in the Episcopal Church Parish House with adoption of a constitution and election of officers. A March of Time film Our Nation s Mental Health will be shown, followed by a discussion led by Dr. B G Lewis and Bert Nash Clinic staff.
Wet and windy in parts of the South and East and showery in the Far West. A narrow rain belt from the lower Mississippi and Ohio valleys to the Appalachians brought light precipitation, heaviest about an inch at El Dorado Arkansas. Mild, fair conditions persisted in the northern and central plains and middle Mississippi Valley with slightly cooler morning temperatures. Dust from high winds blanketed western Nebraska to New Mexico and southeastern Missouri.
The article profiles Lawrence Welk adapting to television by using a small band with two accordions. It recalls Welk’s career from Pittsburgh to Hollywood, the shift from full orchestra to a dance band setup, and the challenge of hiring performers like Orie Amadeo and Myron Floren. It notes Welk’s insistence on a steady core and his pride in success.
Weather Bureau states April, not March, is the windiest month. The report cites records such as Mt. Washington’s 1934 wind gust of 231 mph, a 36 hour calm at Almwick Castle, and Libby Islands’ 1554 fog hours, with global extremes including 136°F in Azizia and 90°F lows in Siberia.
Virginia Beach based aviator Miss Woed from Van Nuys Calif plans a globe circling flight but will not bring her German shepherd Cindy into Australia due to the ban. She proposes leaving the dog in New Guinea and continuing solo, after Australian warnings were relayed to Wichita where her plane was built. The teacher arrived in Virginia Beach from Atlanta around 6 PM.
An article warns farmers to safeguard livestock against pneumonia as data show rising cases. It emphasizes prevention through good feed, clean housing, vaccination, and attentive care to avoid herd outbreaks.
New York reports the last of the fugitive Communists, Henry Winston, 45, offers surrender in a letter to the press dated Monday at the US marshal's office. Gilbert Green, 49, another fugitive, also surrendered last Monday after sending a similar letter. Winston and Green were top Communist leaders serving five year terms.
Six principal characters named for the University Theater production of Cosi Fan Tutti to be staged April 30 May 1 and 2 in Fraser Theater Kansas University. Merrilyn Coleman Frankfort Dale Moore Clathe Sandra Keller Lenexa Jack Davison Bolivar Mo Carolyn Craft and Richard Wright Junction City selected as cast members.
Three Kansas University graduates completed basic army officer courses at Ft. Sill Oklahoma and Ft. Benning Georgia. Second Lt Eugene O Godding graduated third in a field artillery class of 73 at Ft Sill. Lt Edward A Setzler Jr ranked 15th in a 200 student infantry class at Ft Benning. Lt Frank E Haggard ranked 48th in a 200 student infantry course at Ft Benning.
Topekan Kiwanis heard Les Walters, director of sales at Adams Sales Book Co. of Topeka, speak as Dr Horace Hammerc law on Trends in Housing at the Lawrence Kiwanis luncheon. Lt Gov Darrell Meredith of Tonganoxie attended as a guest and urged members to attend the district conference March 19 in Ottawa.
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