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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1957
Page
2
Architect Rudolph A. Matern presents Design HW-43 a compact 1 729 square foot home with a focus on efficiency. The kitchen connects to the family room and play porch while a center chimney and multiple closets reinforce storage and flow for a busy family.
A horizontal type combination heating and air conditioning unit fits a house built on a slab or crawl space. It can occupy the area of basement stairs without impacting the kitchen laundry or mud room. The design blends brick and wood with a porch and garden pool adding decorative exterior lines.
This coupon offers a study plan for The House of The Week showing each floor and the four elevations. It costs 35 cents to obtain by mail with name and address. The plan helps estimate construction costs and budgets, guiding whether to order working blueprints and bids from the architect.
Dr. Lawrence S. Bee of Kansas University told the Kansas City branch of the American Personnel and Guidance Association that a marriage education program can pass rigorous objective tests. The project, conducted in churches, synagogues and schools under the Greater Kansas City Mental Health Foundation, shows the program was broadly approved by leaders, and sparked discussions between youths and parents and increased demand for more sessions.
Eudora will host the Little Seven League play festival on Monday with participants Baldwin Louisburg Wellsville Spring Hill De Soto and Gardner. Three plays are scheduled for the afternoon and four for the night slots.
Oxford University student Toby Jessel learned a basic traffic fact when pushing his bass fiddle on a crowded Oxford sidewalk a policeman ruled the instrument a vehicle. He was told to use the road with it and carry a torch light for warning of his approach. Macmillan Visits Paris. Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and aides arrived for weekend talks with French leaders Mollet and others, laying groundwork for a Bermuda summit with Eisenhower on March 21.
Residents of Lecompton and Eudora townships face biennial votes on four mill and two mill road maintenance levies respectively. Lecompton votes March 26 at IOOF Hall and Cree Feed Store Big Springs. Eudora votes April 2 at Eudora City Hall. Polls open 8 am to 6 pm both days.
Mount Morris case cites a March 1956 article titled The pill that ends unwanted pregnancy by N. E. Benson. The government says the pill described in the piece was written to urge use for producing an abortion.
The Kansas University theater group announces a staged production directed by Virgil Cem. Cast includes John J. Branigan Kansas City Mo, J Steve Callahan Independence Mo, William Teichkracher Emporia, Lee MacMorris Hutchinson as Lady Hart, John Husar Chicago as Lord Edgard, Vera Stough and Marilyn Henderson as the nieces. The comedy features three clever thieves posing as friends to relieve a bored British family on vacation at a French resort, with romantic entanglements and playful deception amid a period setting.
Quaid, a graduate assistant, is listed alongside Norman Olda. and Richard G. Borgen at 221 WW, 22nd St, in a campus directory update reflecting addresses and affiliations.
A fire damaged the upper floor of the eight story Puritan Hotel in Kansas City last night. More than 60 people fled. owner John Fishman estimated total damage around $50,000. The blaze began in the elevator penthouse on the roof.
The Beeks Hereford Ranch north of Baldwin offers free breeding service to a registered Hereford heifer owned by a Douglas County 4 H member. The heifer must win champion or reserve champion at the Douglas County Beef Breeders Show or related 1957 fairs. Claude Beeks, farm owner, is a Douglas County Beef Breeders Association director, known for championship Herefords at Topeka and other regional shows.
A blaze was discovered by bystanders and burned fiercely while guests were warned by telephone and fled the building in night clothes. Fifteen of the city’s 26 fire companies fought the flames for nearly two hours before control. An expert estimated a future shortage of 50,000 marzeq in the United States in 1900.
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