Right to work bill clears Kansas House amid debate
The Kansas House voted 65 to keep the right to work bill alive after two hours of debate. Republicans backed the measure 65 with five Democrats, while 28 Republicans and 11 Democrats favored filling the bill. cosponsor Rep Merl Lemert said it bans employment denial due to union membership. Dem Rep Joseph Mikesic warned the bill is misnamed and protects management at workers’ expense. Rep C F Grubbs argued it could be repealed by statute. Rep John Bower warned unions could force farmer participation in unions to operate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PEKA
House
Lemert
Merl Lemert
Sedan
Joseph Mikesic
Kansas City
Mit
Mikesic
Rep. C
F. Grubbs
Pittsburg
John ‘Bower
R-Mclavuth
Local Men at Meeting in Public School Conference
Lawrence men will participate in the Public School Business meeting at Kansas University. Attendees include Kenneth E. Anderson dean of KU School of Education Frank T. Stockton KU special projects director J W Twente KU education professor C B Harris KU Extension AG temeyer Lawrence board clerk and Kansas Association of School Boards member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Lawrence
Kansas University
Kenneth E. Anderson
K. U
Frank T. Stockton
J.W. Twente
Workman Burns From Stove Leak Sparks Apartment Fire
J E Wilson suffered burns on his hands when a cigarette ignited gas from a stove leak he was repairing in an apartment occupied by Ida Parr at 82445 Mass, Fire Chief John W Miller said. A wall of the room was scorched but injuries were not serious. Fire units responded around 42 42 p m. another call reported a paper torch used to inspect a crawl space under 1300 Ind St. no loss estimate given, floor joists damaged. A second Tuesday call to Harry Starks residence at 400 Ala St noted a grass fire from burning trash with no damage. The Music Teachers National Association notes about half a million music teachers in the US.
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J. E. Wilson
John W. Miller
Wilson
Miller
Ida Parr
Mass
St. Miller
Partment
Dod Aterpor
Ind
Milert
Harry Starks
Ala. St
Nagy Accused of Rightist Deviationism by Hungarian Party
In Budapest, leaders of the Hungarian Communist party labeled Premier Imre Nagy a deviationist for endorsing rightist ideas. Western observers anticipated his dismissal as Moscow’s shift toward heavy industry and war materiels intensified. The Central Committee chairman Matyas Rakosi led a March 24 session denouncing Nagy’s pro new course as flawed while defending core policies and blaming opportunists.
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Budapest
Hungary
Hungarian Communist Party Today
Imre Nagy
Vienna
Nagy
Georgi Malenkov
Soviet Union
Hungarian Workers Communist Party
Central Committee
Matyas Rakosi
Birds in Fieldhouse Arena Face Pest Control Debate
The article describes various wartime era methods to deter sparrows in fieldhouses and armories. It notes traps with bird delicacies, psychological approaches, and paints used to repel birds. A university rep mentions different chases and the question of how long sparrows stay away after extermination. The piece uses a playful war-time tone with the Fieldhouse Hit Parade motif.
Obituary notices for Hunter and Hoffman
Mrs Anfia Peverson Hunter aged 95 of 127 R T St died this morning in a Law convalescent home Four years. Surviving are two daughters Mrs Frank Clarke and Mrs Albert Kennedy and a son Elmer Hunter all of Lawrence and a brother Paul Peterson of San Diego Calif Funeral services will be at 2 p m Friday at the Runise Home with William aa ing Burial will be. Marcell Eugene Mark Hoffman 45 died Tuesday at his home in Topeka He had been ill for some time and formerly was a draftsman for the Sinclair on Refinery at Coffeyville He attended Kansas University in 1930 31 and was a member of Phi Kappa social fraternity He is survived by his mother Mrs Florence Gordon Hoffman of the home three sisters Mrs Dorothy Brueck of Paola Mrs Hazel Killick of Corpus Christi Tex and Mrs Irene Brinkley of St Joseph Mo Funeral services will be at 9 a m Friday at St Johns Catholic Church here with Rev Monsignor George Towle officiating Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery where his father is interred The rosary will be recited at 8 p m Thursday at Rumsey s Funeral Home.
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Anfia Peverson Hunter
R.T. St
Law
Frank Clarke
Albert Kennedy
Elmer Hunter
Lawrence
Paul Peterson
San Diego
Calif
Runise
William Aa Ing
Marcell _ Eugene
Mark Hoftman
Topeka
Sinclair
Coffeyville
Kansas University
Phi Kappa Social Fraternity
Florence Gordon Hoffman
Dorothy .Brueck
Paola
Hazel Killick
Corpus
Christi
Tex
Irene, Brinkley
St. Joseph
St. John’s Catholic Church
George Towle
Oak Hill Cemetery
Rumsey
Two Barns Burn After High Wind Near Tonganoxie
Fire destroyed two large barns on the John Gilliland farm five miles south of Tonganoxie on the Tonganoxie-Eudora road around 12:30 this morning. Neighbors and the Basehor and Linwood Fire Departments aided in saving the house and calves. six hogs died in the blaze. loss estimated, insured. probable cause a defective chimney in a separate rural fire nearby.
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John Gilliland
Tonganoxie
Tonganoxie-Eudora
Gilland
Talilliland
Lawrence
Norman
Ralph’ Leary
John W. Miller
Lawrence seniors tour Topeka government session
Lawrence high school seniors in HC Stuart and Mrs Coy classes visited Topeka to observe a House session and tour the Capitol, paying their own transportation. Earlier groups totaling 56 pupils filled two buses for the trip, with most participating voluntarily.
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Lawrence’ High School
H.C. Stuart
Topeka
House of Representatives
Capitol
E. J. Coy
Jevach Allan Woolard
Coy
State Legislature proposes pay raise for lawmakers
Senate Judiciary Committee backed a constitutional amendment to double lawmakers pay and nearly triple expense allowances. Daily pay would rise to 10, travel allowance to 20, while the 15 cent per mile travel rate remains unchanged. The proposal would go to voters in 1956 if enough support exists.
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Topeka
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Education Committee
State Department of Public Instruction
Altamont
Columbus
Forestry, Fish and Game Committee
Paving Projects Dominate Lawrence City Commission Agenda
Lawrence City Commission approved plans for nearly $150,000 in street work including a major 1955 paving project on West Nineteenth Street linking US 59 to Michigan Street. Young Construction Co. of Overland Park won three bids totaling $18,589.25 for water and sewer work in Hillcrest and Boardman Schalke areas. The group also covers West Twenty-Second Street, Ohio Street, Hilltop Drive, Carolina Street, Prairie Acres sewer work, and West Twenty-First Street paving. Annexation action for Southwest Addition Seven was discussed.
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Lawrence City
Young Construction Co
Overland Park
Hillcrest
Boardman and Schalke
Paden and
Bartlett
Topeka
Boardman-Schaake
Kansas Construction Co. of
Lawrence
Sto
Nineteenth Street
Missouri Street
U.S. ‘Highway 39
Douglas County
Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas University
U_S
Michigan Street
Twenty-Second
West
Twenty-Second Terrace
Ohio
Dakota
Kansas
Hilltop
Ninth Street
Harvard Road
Carolina
Prairie
Acres Subdivision
Park Hill Addition
Twenty-First Street
Owens Lane
University Field ‘Addition
Atoll
Traffic violators face fines and suspensions in court
Wesley S Sims of St. running stop sign fined 35 dollars with 25 suspended for three sessions at traffic school. Edward Mond of 638 Ind St. fined 10 dollars for running a stop sign with 10 forfeited. John Reese of 1025 W Hills Pewy fined 310 with 5 suspended for one session at traffic school. Glenn Walker of 512 Ti St. fined 10 dollars with 5 suspended for one session at traffic school.
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Wesley S. Sims
Ce J
Edward
Mond
John’ Reese
Hills
Pewy
Glenn ‘Walker
Derby Grain Co. Reports Theft At Yard
Police report a theft at the Derby Grain yard with eel stolen in unspecified quantity. Local official Smart described the incident but did not disclose the amount or details of the loss.
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Paul
Cecones
Derby Grain’ Co
Smart
Market notes from Kansas City and Wall Street trading
Grain and livestock prices shift with mixed results as hogs and cattle face uneven gains while grains rise modestly. Wheat and corn futures show scattered increases and declines, with oats and soybeans trading near prior levels as a heavy five million share turnover hits Wall Street amid a second straight down day.
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Wall Street
New York
Kansas City USDA Cat Tie Market Report Summary
Kansas City livestock market mixed midweek activity with calves steady to unchanged and slaughter steers fairly active. Heifers were slow, mostly steady to easier. cows and bulls ranged lower with canners and cutters weaker. Prices quoted: fed steers 24.25 to 25.50, average to low choice 20.50 to 23.85, cows 11.00 to 33.00, bulls 13.00 down.
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K. C
Obituary births list names and residences across Kansas towns
A community birth notice lists many families from Tonganoxie Wellsville DeSoto Edgerton Oskaloosa Baldwin and other towns. It records newborns including baby girls and boys with parents and street addresses and notes multiple births reported on a Tuesday or today.
Parked Car Involved In City Wreck Tuesday
An unoccupied car rolled back from a driveway and collided with a car driven by James Wiens, 20, near the Kansas University campus edge at Indiana and Mississippi. The unoccupied car, owned by Ernest E. Mohler, caused $10 damage to Mohler’s vehicle and $125 to Wiens’ car. Wiens avoided a collision with oncoming traffic by veering, with three other minor city accidents reported that day and no injuries.
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James Wiens
la. St
Indiana
Mississippi Streets
Kansas University
Ernest E. Mohler
Tenn, St
Gwen Mohler
Mohler
Wiens
Violators Fined In County Court Traffic Cases
Four persons were fined this morning in County Court for traffic violations. Charles Howell Nicolay Baldwin passing without sufficient clearance ten dollars and costs. Harold J. Adamson Kansas City Mo speeding and no daily record fifteen dollars and costs. Hugh Douglas Taylor 762 Locust St running stop sign and no tail light ten dollars and costs. Sam Dark Lecompton failing to yield right of way five dollars and costs.
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Charles Howell Nicolay
Baldwin
Harold J. Adamson
Kansas City
Hugh Douglas Taylor
Locust St
Sam Dark
Lecompton
Red Threat Debate Unclear Outcome At Kansas U
London U students and American peers clash over fear of communism at the third annual international debate at Kansas University. British speakers warn McCarthyism lingers as a threat to free thought while American respondents insist free speech remains strong and fading fear is a sign of progress. No winner declared.
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Jennifer Copeman
Lester Borley
Ee Ee Versity
Kansas University
Sen
William Arnold
Salina
Hubert Bell
Atchison
McCarthy
U. S
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Senate
Fred Hall
Droodles
Dnisson
Music Teachers National ‘Assn
United States
Anna Peterson, Hunter
Martin Henry
Kilauea
Puna Peninsula
Din-Law
Wiliam ‘Henry
Kailua
Lani'al
Oahu
Pele
E.R. Zook
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Zook
Massachusetts Street
Weather + Bureau
K. C. Cash Grain
N.Y
Spa
Net
Chai Admiral Ay Allied
Allis
Am Motors
Tei&Te
Pri O Son Dan Atchison Rieter
Aveo
Beth Steel
Boeing Ai
Chrysler Ae
D& Cities
Dayton
du Pont
Eagle
Sy Gulf
Sita
Xan P&l
Lion
Martin
McKess & Rdr
Mont Ward
Ohio Oilee
Leslie _McKeehan
Jack V. Carrow
Wellsville
Beverly Garrett
W. 23Rd St
Lillian Linden
DeSoto
Gloria’ Carpenter
Tenn. St
Marjorie Hutchinson
Ste
Atci
Florence Scott
Leslie W. Morris
Dorothy Newell
Eith St
Patricia Metzger
Alice Fulkerson
Eudora
Mary Ann Chamberlainn
Richland
Janice Farnar
Oskaloosa
Audrey Sue Bray
Ruby Harwood
McLouth
Lida Wilson
Floyd Stansbarger
N. A St
Ruth Sneegas
Bob Handa
Tenn
Richard
J. Davi
Enport
Roland Bond
Overbrook
London U
Ken Murphy
Del
E.U.B. Church
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lessenden
Bert Carey
Orville H. Carey
Dorothy Arlene Carey
Main St
Qskidy
ThriftiCheck
Douglas Co
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