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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1955
Page
7
Washington FBI Director J Edgar Hoover says bank robberies surged from 726 in 1950 to 1954 with new patterns. He notes the rise of lone and amateur criminals, impulsive acts, and the spread of potential targets across all banking institutions.
Dean Kenneth Anderson of the KU School of Education spoke to the Kiwanis Club, outlining a vast expansion in education by 1970 as enrollments rise nationwide and facilities must grow. He warned that half of current facilities will be retired by then and three fourths of the 1970 faculty will need training. He noted competition for top minds with government and business and stressed humanistic subjects as the bedrock of college training.
TOPEKA A review of salaries paid county officials and a study of the county coroner situation are proposed in two concurrent resolutions. The measures direct the Legislative Council to study county official pay schedules and to assess coroner office operations across counties. Also discussed are a city borrowing bill, a state general fund appropriation of 897377 for nine educational and research agencies, and revisions to reflect underspending guidance from Governor Fred Hall.
The bill lists appropriations including $402,083 for the State Board of Vocational Education, $285,426 for the Department of Public Instruction, $86,631 for the state library, $52,400 for the League of Kansas Municipalities, $48,387 for the Traveling Library Commission, $17,450 for the Board of Regents, $3,000 for the Academy of Science and $2, ...
Paul DiMaigia of New York City and Peter Rizzuto of Peekskill are named rookies in the state police training school. They are not related to famed baseball players. The note mentions totally blind fish found in caves worldwide.
Dr Horace Bowman Jacobini named visiting assistant of public administration at the Institute of Public Administration in Manila Philippines. Appointment routed through Michigan University under a contract with the Foreign Operations Administration. Dr Jacobini earned a 1953 political science PhD from Kansas University. Dr Edwin O Stone, professor of political science, notes the arrangement.
In Moscow a crowd of foreign Catholics attended a special service for Rev. Georges Bissonnette who has been ordered to leave the country. The 33 year old priest from Central Falls, Rhode Island, was granted permission to depart by plane tomorrow to hear Lenten confessions before his exit. He will go to Helsinki and await further orders, with police having lifted his passport Wednesday and demanding departure by Saturday.
Kansas National Guard members will keep state drill pay after a bill to repeal authorization failed in the House with 58 in favor and 48 against. The Senate had approved 31 to 0. Drill pay ranges from 3 cents to $2 weekly by rank. Representative Robert Anderson noted Kansas is among four states offering such state pay.
The text argues that fixing attendance limits or extending two year college terms would restrict access for some groups. It contemplates alternatives like widening attendance lists or funding expanded facilities and roads. It notes the birth rate future impact and that those in 1970 colleges are already influencing early education.
Carl J. Folk, 57, a former New Mexico carnival operator, died in the Florence state prison gas chamber after a 5 a.m. execution for the torture murder of 22-year-old Betty Faye Allen of Wattsboro Pennsylvania. The killing occurred in a Holbrook house trailer on December 2 1953 and Folk was executed at 5 13 a.m.
Sealed proposals for the construction of grading and drainage in Douglas County Kansas will be received at the Douglas County Clerk Lawrence Kansas and publicly opened Nov 21 1968 Contract E1 includes about 4.43 miles of grading and drainage work Bit documents cost 7.90 per set with no refund Plans and specifications are on file at the Douglas County Clerk office or the Kansas Turnpike Authority offices. Francia Jacobs Chair Gale Moss General Manager.
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