Telephone strike sparks widespread cable damage doubt on union
CIO Communications Workers deny union involvement as saboteurs strike across the Southeast. Reported damage includes cut cables isolating Wetumpka and Eclectic Alabama, rifle fire near Atlanta, and multiple hits from Montgomery to Biloxi. Southern Bell cites 57 cables damaged since the walkout began with threats and crude explosive acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
CIO Communications Workers of America
Southern Bell
Southeastern
Alabama
Wetumpka
Eclectic
Montgomery
Aiia
Macon
Griffin
Memphis
Team
Abeville
Ala
Biloxi
Miss
Birmingham
Fred Guice
Jackson
New Lending Rules Extend KU Library Services Off Campus
The University of Kansas Library adopts a new lending code allowing off campus access. Residents may obtain a 2 status card from Director Robert Vosper to borrow materials at public desks for three weeks and new titles for one week. Materials can be borrowed via Library Extension Division or inter library loan to outside Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mang Perseversity
K.U
Robert Vosper
Hbrary
University’ Extension Division
Matt
inter-Hbrary
Vosper Gald
Car Damage in Wichita Collision Near Malott Hall
James O Dake of IHS Ky Sr reported Friday that his car struck a parked vehicle owned by D W Watson on Sunnyside Avenue near the Malott Hall entrance. Dake said a track coming from the opposite direction forced the collision. Watson's car sustained minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James 0. Dake
IHS Ky. Sr
Wichita
Malott
Dake
Kansas
Ision
Enterprising Barker Starts His Own NYC Sightseeing Tours
In 1948 Dr. Kitenger left a museum job to run his own tours from Broadway and 49th Street. He bought a yacht cap and megaphone, quitting to avoid office and staff costs. Without a bus he gathered tourists, herded them onto the subway, and described the sights for a living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kitenger
Manhattan
Broadway
49Th St
New York
Tiet
Dr. K
Explorers Club 51st Dinner Shows Tame Menu
The Explorers Club held its 51st annual dinner with a milder menu than prior years. Hors d oeuvres included asparagus tips with ham and aspic, crabmeat salad with marigolds, and smoked caribou. The main course suited a crew of explorers, big game hunters, undersea travelers, and archeologists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Explorers Club
Rovers
Training for Deaf Tot Parents at Institute in June
The seventh annual six day program for parents of deaf or hard of hearing preschoolers runs May 29 at the Kansas State School for the Deaf in Olathe. Jointly sponsored by the KU Medical Center Hearing Department and the state school, it blends nursery school for children with lectures and demonstrations for parents. A $5 registration is charged. Kansas residents receive free room and board. Families must provide transportation and apply by mid May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State School For the Deaf
Olathe
Hearing Department
Kansas University Medical Center
State School For the Deaf
Kansas
University of Kansas: Medical Center
Kansas City
Kas
Kansas School For the Deaf
Gate
Olds versus News Debaters Clash Sunday in Tourney
Kansas University undergraduates and alumni meet in a second annual audience debate on Sunday at Green Theater. John Fields and Hubert Bell argue for abolishing price supports for farm products while William Means and Edward Stollenwerck oppose. Final round features Arnold and Bell against Shearer and Bennett in a contest from Kansas City to Prairie Village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
K. U
Almmni
K. UU
John Fields
Kansas City
Hubert Béi
K. VU
Atchison
William Means
International Business Machines
Edward Stollenwerck
Spencer Chemical Co
Kansas Cty
Fields
Bell
Means
Stollenwerck
Green
John Eine
Tope A
William Arnold
Salina
Will. de
Bate
Kent Shearer
Holland, Thompson and Holland ‘Law
Russell
Robert Bennett
Prairie Village
Oo Arnold
West Point
Rural School Payroll List Continues on Page 1
A continuation item lists rural school staff and amounts paid. Names include Pleasant Grove Marian Madi Yarnold Sylvia Mersey and others with varied sums from $2 to $33.85. Principals named include Gertie Wacker and June Smith. district entries mention Oak Ridge Central Bis marck Clinton and Centennial Beltvoir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Grove
Marian Madi
Yarnold
Sylvia Mersey
Baldwin Rural
Ruby Storrer
Brubaker
Viva Clark
Lone Star
Doris Pratt
Deer Creek
Josephine Drake
Willow Springs
Edith Moses
Brackett
Naomi ‘Hesser
White
Gertie Wacker
Oak Ridge
June Smith
Central
Lillian Terrell
Bismarck
Merle Holladay
Centennial
Bessie Graver
Belvoir
Ariing
Flory
Clinton
Penteane Longanecker
Local pension bill for four former district judges
The bill to authorize pensions for four former district judges, including Hugh Means of the Douglas Franklin Anderson County district, gained warm interest but was never introduced in the Legislature. It had passed the Senate and was then in a committee stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Means
Douglas-Franklin-Anderson County
Senate
Former KU student killed in plane crash
Funeral services were held Friday for Lt. Alvin Ronnie Bouchard 24 of Kansas City Missouri killed in a plane mishap March 11 He attended Kansas University from 1948 to 1951 as an in student and was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha He flew 68 combat missions in Korea earned the Distinguished Flying Cross with two oak leaf clusters and was an instructor at Moody Air Force Base Valdosta Georgia Surviving are his mother Mrs William Hermaley father Lynn Bouchard and brother Pvt Jan G Bouchard in Japan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin
Ronnie) Bouchard
Kansas City
Kansas University
Pi Kappa Alpha
Air Force
Korea
Tiiody Air Force Base
Valdosta
Deaths and Funerals Notice for Lois Marie Elm Patterson Jr
Lois Marie Elm Patterson Jr died June 15 1952. She was married to Lloyd D Patterson Jr formerly of Sexig wick. Her husband was in the military at Fort Devens in September 1953. She served as pianist at Worden Evangelical Church before joining the Methodist Church. Surviving are her husband and baby Linda Marie and her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Marie Elm
Lloyd D. Patterson Jr
Sexigwick
Ft. Devens
Haskell Student Group Elects New President
Walter Mills, a Sioux from Pine Ridge, has been elected president of the Student Council at Haskell Indian Institute. He replaces Clifford Birdshead who has left school to begin work. Mills is a senior post graduate student in printing and has been a longtime member of the basketball team, earning letters. He played end on the football team for three years and earned two letters. He has also participated in track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter’ Mills
Studeet A Council
Haskell
Local PTA Notes and Service Group News
A pre school roundup is set for New York School at 2 next Thursday afternoon. The Hillcrest pre school group will meet at 4 p.m. Monday at the school to discuss sex education. Junior High PTA holds its last meeting of the year at 7:45 p.m. Monday in the school auditorium with a program by music and drama and a social hour to follow. Eight men at Kansas University were pledged to the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity. Pledges include James Combe Kansas City Missouri John J De Grandview Missouri Charles Gillespie Topeka Richard Hinderliter Wichita Robert Ince Wamego George Karr Girard Wallace Kincaid Wathena and Alexander Fedinec Hamilton Ontario Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York School
Anpy
Mpieresttet Mabattall
Hillcrest
PTA
Kansas ‘University
Fire destroys garage at Henry Smith home
A garage at 501 Ark St belonging to Henry Smith burned down. Miller estimated the loss at $300. It was not known if the building was insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Smith
Ark St
Topeka Police Record: Traffic Fatalities Over Past Day
The state accident records list 1 traffic fatality in the last 24 hours in Topeka, with 14 fatalities in the same period earlier this year, showing a grim trend in fatalities reported to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kaneas
Tecorda
Changes in Plan To Prevent UMT
A House subcommittee revised the administration's plan aimed at blocking universal military training. It rejects mandatory service for a youth corps, sets annual trainee targets of 100,000 to 250,000, keeps service voluntary, and preserves the regular draft for most youths aged 18 to 44. Hearings open Monday with Pentagon, National Guard, and Reserve officers to state views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Pentagon
Armed Services
Brooks
D-La
National Guard
Umt
Centerville News Debuts in Lawrence by Pinckney class
The Centerville News, published by Pinckney fifth graders under Mrs. Laverne Brownlee, debuts in Lawrence. Parents fund 75 free monthly copies distributed locally. first issue features a mayoral report on streets, a Literary Club note, a Betty Geddes poem, Pinckney room news, Pony Express Rider tale, Allen Fieldhouse opening by Bill Dockery, and staff writers Alexander, Brickner, Stalcup, Wiley, Dockery, Smith, Pendleton, Dalton, James, and Wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aew
Lawrence
Centerville
Pinckney
Laverne Brownlee
Betty Geddes
Births at Memorial Hospital Punctuate Local List
At Memorial Hospital a daughter was born today to Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Stanley of 1414 Tenn. St. The long list of names and addresses includes Virginia Willis Norma Jean Ray Elvin Haavold Eunice Roberts Betty Basco Joan Holliday Effie Farren Shirley Mayes Evelyn Ridgway Roxana Riley Arthur Anderson Minnie Wilson Jacqueline Crabtree Ricky Gemme Edna Willits Charles Rogers and many others from Norma to Eudora and Oskaloosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Willis
Maple Lane
Norma Jean Ray
Perry
Elvin Haavold
Barker Ave
Norma Wolf
la. St
Eunice Roberts
Pawnee Ave
Betty Basco
Mass
Joan Holliday
Miss
Effie Farren
Tonsanoxies
Shirley Mayes
Evelyn Ridgway
Sunnyside
Roxana Riley
Sunflower
Arthur Anderson
Mass. St
Minnie Wilson
Jacqueline Crabtree
Ky. St
Ricky ‘Gemme
Eudora
Edna Willits
Ohio’ St
Charles Rogers
Oskaloosa
Lowell Stanley
Tenn. St
Treasury jobs open at Denton Lawrence Post Office
Treasury announces civil service examiner at Lawrence Post Office Denton and reinforcement agents for criminal investigations. Men selected will investigate cases involving federal law violations enforced by the Treasury Department Denton start salaries 3410 and 4205 a year Further information from Denton Post Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Applicaton Norman
Denton
Civil Service
Lawrence
Treasury
Treasury ‘Department
Post
Divorce Suit Filed for Hatch Couple
Joyce Marie Hatch filed a divorce suit from Oscar William Hatch in district court on Friday. The case seeks legal dissolution of their marriage and relief as permitted by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Marie
Hatch
Oscar William “Hatch
J-W Photographer Rich Clarkson Wins Look Magazine Honor
Rich Clarkson of Journal World has been named a Look Magazine 1954 sports photo contest honorable winner for his Oklahoma A M coach Kately pointing to Harold Patterson. Clarkson, a Kansas University journalism senior, has earned multiple national and regional photography awards from AP Graflex Inland Daily Press Association and NPPA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
al Clarkson
Look Magazine
Clarkson
Look 3
Serail
I Ia Pd
Rence
Kansas University
Journal- World
Associated Press
Graflex
Inland Daily Press Association
National Press Photographers Association
Oklahoma A & M
Kately
Harold Patter
Kansas
Iba
Patterson
Aggie
Robbery report links two North Lawrence incidents
Sheriff Hodson said a radio report from Friday night described a robbery similar to the Wednesday attempted crime in North Lawrence by three Gypsies. Two women allegedly took 160 dollars from an elderly man at Potter in southern Atchison County. two women and a man, Virgil Ball, 417 N St, faced roadblocks as they fled. A blue car figured in both events. Visitors to the water plant addition noted a historic cornerstone from the original waterworks. Traffic on Kaw River Bridge halted about 20 minutes when a wheel separated from a Dunn Bros. Truck Line rig carrying pipeline materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Hodson
Lawrence
Kaw River
Dunn Bros
Topeka
Tanker Aruba Bypasses Ports in Indian Ocean Standby
A Finnish tanker Aruba carrying 13,000 tons of jet fuel for Communist China sailed 70 miles off Ceylon’s south coast as it avoided ports. Owners ordered it to continue in international waters awaiting new orders. Helsinki seamen’s union warned a strike if moved beyond Singapore amid fears of clashes with Nationalist Chinese forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colombo
Ceylon
Indian Ocean
China
Aruba
Seamen's ‘Union
Helsinki
Singapore
Courting Sailor Seeks Divorce Amid Model Ties
Kerrville Texas. James Lloyd Parker the courting sailor says he may obtain a divorce any way he can. He and Maureen Tooze both deny impropriety while Parker’s wife Frances Mallory Parker in Norfolk calls the claims Texas lies. Parker on Navy leave near his sister’s ranch says no wedding plans are set and both say they are still getting acquainted as Mrs Parker vows to make him sweat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerrville
Tex
James Lloyd Parker
Parker
Maureen Tooze
Norfolk
Frances Mallory Parker
Texas
Sailor
Arundel
England
Ruth le Gere
Touhey Promoted to Office Manager at Hercules Naval Stores
J Boyd Touhey of Wilmington Delaware formerly of Lawrence has been promoted to office manager for Hercules Powder Company Naval Stores Department. He previously served as office superintendent of Sunflower Ordnance Works in 192 to 197. Touhey spent 32 years in administrative posts at Hercules Plants in New Jersey Georgia Mississippi Oregon Virginia and Kansas. He was among the first Hercules officials to arrive at Sunflower Works when it began operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Boyd Touhey
Wilmington
Del
Lawrence
Hercules Powder Company
Naval Stores Department
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Breese
Ohio St
Touhey
Airs
Eugene Breese
Hercules
New Jersey
Georgia
Mississippi
Oregon
Virginia
Kansas
Sunflowers
Science and Mathematics Day At Kansas University
About 375 students and teachers from 45 Kansas high schools attend the third annual Science and Mathematics Day at Kansas University. Two programs run parallel for pupils and teachers, with demonstrations and college tours organized by KU departments. Dr G Bagley Price chairs the event, with Charles A Leone as program chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Kansas University
College ¢ Liberal Arts and Sciences At
G. Bagley Price
K. U
Ir. Charles A. Leone
Panhellenic Council Elects Joan Sherar KU President
Joan Sherar of Paola has been elected president of the Panhellenic Council at Kansas University, governing 22 social sororities. Other officers are Alta Bryan of Cimarron as vice president, Gretchen Guinn of Delmar New York as secretary, and Mary Ellen Lewis of Winfield as treasurer. The first house was built in Boston's Beacon Hill section around 1621.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhellenic Council
Joan Sherar
Paola
Kansas University
K.U
Alta Bryan
Cimarron
Gretchen Guinn
Delmar
N. Y
Mary Ellen Lewis
Winfield
Kansas City Market Report Highlights Prices and Livestock
Market notes from Kansas City include varied butterfat at .48 to .51, eggs at .29, and hogs around 315.50. Cattle show mixed results with high good and high choice fed steers steady to 0.50 lower. vealers steady and bulls weaker. Sheep slaughter lambs steady. spring lambs 22.00-24.00 for 86-109 lbs. hogs up to 0.50-0.75 higher. mixed yearlings 25.50, cows 11.50-13.00, sows 13.50-15.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
USDA
Tate
Choice
Marriage License For Cowan and Penny
A marriage license was issued Friday from County Court to Richard D. Cowan 23 Oklahoma City and Lois Penny 23 Lawrence. The United States recorded 4 060 000 births in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard D. Cowan
Oklahoma City
Lois Penny
Lawrence
United States
4700 Acres of Ground To Be Leased at SOW
The government offers about 4700 acres at Sunflower Ordnance Works for lease for agriculture or grazing for five years from April 1, 1935 to February 28, 1960. Leased bids due 1:30 p.m. Tuesday and opened publicly at the Operations Review Office. Bid forms available in Room 130 Building 214. The government may reject any bids and waive informality. Prospective lessees may inspect Monday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., call at Building 214 reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunflower Ordnance Works
C.W
K U Symphony Concert at Hoch Auditorium
The Kansas University Symphony Orchestra presents its annual spring concert at 3 30 p m Sunday in Hoch Auditorium directed by Russell L Wiley. The program features Brahms Academic Festival Overture Strauss Voices of Spring Ippolitov Ivanov Caucasian Sketches Op 10 Tchaikovsky Concerto in D major and Rachmaninoff Symphony No 2 in E minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University Symphony Orchestra
Hoch
Russell L. Wiley
K.U
Brahms
Strauss
Ippolitov Ivanov
Tchaikovsky
Rachmaninoff
Notice of Hearing in Ivy B Olzon Estate Case
In Douglas County Kansas probate court the estate of Ivy B Olzon deceased seeks proof of will and letters testamentary to Lawrence National Bank of Lawrence as administrator with will annexed. Defenses due by April 18 1886 at 11 00 a m in Lawrence. failure leads to decree. Attorneys Herbert Olson Edward Olson Asher Gorritt and Asher represent petitioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Douglas County
Kansas
Ivy B. Olzon
Kanana
Merchart A. Olnon
Edward Theodora Olson
Eatate
Lawrence National Denk
Lawrence
Kanaas
Kani
Herbert &. Olson
Asher
Gorritt and
Ahar
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University Library
SENL
Gatiaws
Mllivhawk
Lawrerence Lodge No
A.F
Welcome
W. M
Geo
William Hermaley
Lynn Bouchard
Long Beach
Calif
Pvt
Jan G. Bouchard
Japan
Centerville News
Memorial Hospital
Wisse
Rich Clarkson
J-W
Lawrence Water Plant
Lawrence Waterworks
Lat 3Rd and
Ind. Sts
New Addition
Tawrenan Holt
23Ra & Haskell U. and
Sunfiower
Milt Stoffer
Hone
Sue Grass
Don Westheffer
Arren Banning
Wrence
J. B. Touhey
Hercules Powder Co
Boston
Beacon Hill
M. L. Jones
Asz
Vermont
Aen
Aan
P Spectra
Acag
Kansas “City
Baltsville
Fred W. Rumsey
Indiana
Oacak
Rumsey
S.O.W
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