City Plans Major Paving Projects In 1955 Growth
City engineer E J Allison estimates 1954 street extensions will require most par e, while 1955 paving will double that. About 100000 sq yd concrete are in trade paving and six miles of added pavement would bring Lawrence to roughly 60 miles. Major project extends Nineteenth Street to US 59 bypass. bids on part open Tuesday. Additional projects include Hilltop Drive, Twenty-Second Street, and Ohio Street runs totaling 24000 sq yd, plus 30000 sq yd in 10 existing resolutions and 36000 sq yd in eight proposed, with other sewer and drainage works anticipated.
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E. ‘J Allison
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Lawrence Street
Nineteenth Street
Missouri Street
U. S. Highway 59
Hilltop Drive
Ninth
Harvard
Twenty-Second Street
Southwest Addition
Twenty-Second Terrace
Ohio Street
Dakota
Kansas
Carolina Street
Nineteenth Terrace
Ousdahl
Michigan
Owens Waldition
Alabama
Ousdahl Road
Dakota Street
Ohio
Vermont
Naismith Road
Crescent
Uni
Michigan _ Street
Prairie Acres
Park Hill
Lawrence
University’ Terrace
University Terrace
West Lawrence
Michigan Street
Twentieth Street
Campus Landscaping Plan Begins During Week
KU announces landscaping on the south campus around Wil, with campus parking lot south of Robinson closed. Gym and Hoch building areas closed. entrance moved to Journal Building area. Road from Mississippi to Journalism Building opens until commencement. Parking lot south of Journalism Building changes to zone permits only. Sidewalks to Science Building planned. project estimated at 180 days.
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Rking
Journaln
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Journalism
Jourpallam
Insed
Jayhawise
Science
Pakistan says plot to assassinate speaker foiled in Karachi
The government reports it uncovered a plot to kill the Speaker of the Provincial Parliament in Karachi. Several other members were reportedly targeted as part of the plan. Chief Minister Mohan Ayub Khurra described the thwarted conspiracy as serious and said authorities are pursuing those involved.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Sindia
Ampere Aic
Moharn
vAyub
Government Moves to Grant Additional Indian Freedom
Solon Ayers of Haskell Institute notes two U S Indian Bureau reports for the year ended June 38 1954 reveal policy shifts. Highlights include education gains among Navajos with Haskell participation and steps toward tribal self management, relocation aid, land status changes, and proposed transfers of health and agricultural programs.
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Solon Ayers
Haskell Institute
United States Indian Bureau
Douglas McKay
Department of Interior
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Glenn L. Emmons
Indian Affairs
Uncle Sam
Menominee Tribe of Indians
Bureau
U. S. Public Health Service
Department of Agriculture
David T. Beals
Interstate National Bank of Kansas
Tron
Haskell
Anadarko
Indian Bureau
United States
Alaska
Israel President Appeals to Young Artist Over Hunger Strike
Israeli President Izhak Ben Zvi appeals to 26 year old Mo she Barak, fasting to secure civil marriage rights for his Christian fiancee. Ben Zvi’s wife invites Barak’s Yugoslav girlfriend to talk. Deputy minister Wahrhaftig warns legalization could threaten Jewish identity. The report notes the US population has risen by more than 274 million over eight years.
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Jerusalem
Izhak Ben-Zvi
Moshe Barak
Pantekowitz
Ben-Z
Barak
Israel
Z. Wahrhaftig
Pittsburg Site Teachers College Employee at Girdler Co Op Plant
A Pittsburg site teacher’s college graduate began work in the office of the Girdler Construction Company at the Co-Op plant.
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Pittsburg Site
Girdler Construction Co
Co-Op
Military personnel assigned to atomic tests and duty abroad
Cpl Richard C Westefeld and Cpl Roger E Plummer, sons of L J Westefeld and Everett Plummer, are with the Third Marine Corps Provisional Atomic Exercise Brigade at Camp Desert Rock Nevada for atomic attack problems. Westefeld joined in 1952 and Plummer in 1953. Also serving are Vernon L Rockers aboard USS Power returning from a Caribbean cruise aiding a downed plane crew. Pvt J Warren Robinson arrived in Germany with the Army Signal Corps after completing training at Camp Gordon.
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Richard C. Westefeld
L. J. Westefeld
Ohio St
Roger E. Plommer
Everett Plummer
DeSoto
Atomic Energy Commission
Cpl. Plummer
Vernon L. Rockers
USN
Uss Power
Caribbean
Florida
Rockers Ia
Cliston
Baldwin
Barbara Killion
Chelsea
Mass
J. Warren Robinson
Germany
Army Signal Corps
Camp Gordon
Pvt. Robinson
FE. E. Robinon
East Nineteenth Street
Flora Robinson
Eudora
Rebel Leader Plans Saigon Blockade Within Nine Days
In Saigon a religious leader known as Bacut or Le Quang Vinh vows to seal off the capital with a rebel force within nine days. A 31 year old armed commander heads combined sect forces against Premier Ngo Dinh Diem and cabinet figures face punitive actions for defiance. Government forces, including Bodon battalions and air brigade, are ordered to hunt him down.
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Saigon
South Viet
Nam
Bacut
Long Xuyen
Tran van Soai
Ngo Dinh Diem
Soai
le Quang Vinh
Bodon Battalons
Ome Airhine Brigade
Marteney Begins Sentence For Grain Fraud in Wichita
Marteney, 32, former vice president and general manager of Garden Grain and Seed Co. in Garden City, starts a five year term today for grain conversion and fraudulent warehouse receipts after being convicted on 29 counts. Supreme Court refused review, sentences run concurrently.
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Marteney
Garden Grain and Seed Co
Garden City
U. S. Supreme Court
Rim
Pet Dog Holds 4 at Bay Until Police Save Them
A violent pet dog besieged a family in their Chicago bathroom trapping four members, including a 12 year old girl and a 7 year old girl. Police shot and killed the dog after a neighbor alerted authorities. Rabies tests are pending.
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Chicago
Lawrence Burton
Lawrence
Katherine
Frances
Pernie Weber
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