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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Mar 31, 1956

Page

6

City Clean-Up Efforts Face Complaints and Appeals

Neighbors report worsening conditions after initial progress guided by the Fire Department and city officials. A featured case involves a business owner exempt from trash rules due to business use and materials, who previously won acquittal. About 50 notices go out next week under a new ordinance, with mayoral and city officials urging voluntary action over legal action to avoid eye sores.

East Lawrence Journal-World Wigglesworth John Crown

Four Cage Stars Beached by AAU

Four members of the East-West college all star basketball squads, including two All-Americas, were ruled ineligible for amateur competition by the AAU. They will not play in the New York Herald Tribune fresh air fund game at Madison Square Garden. The four named are Tom Heinsohn Holy Cross Si Green Duquesne Ron Sohieszky DePauw and Julius McCoy Michigan State.

New York (M The Amateur Athletics Union New York Herald Tribune Madison Square Garden Darrell Floyd Furman AAU Harlem Globetrotters the Garden Tom Heinsohn Holy Cross Si Green Duquesne Ron Sohieszeyk Pete Newell California Tom Blackburn Dayton San Francisco Russell Willie Naulls UCLA Carl Cain Iawa K. C. Jones Paul Judson Ilinois

Wertz Poised to Win Cleveland First Base Job

Vic Wertz, recently paroled from polio era concerns, shows enough condition to win the Cleveland Indians first base position this season. Manager Al Lopez notes Wertz has a few pounds to shed and tires easily but remains the likely starter, with 10 year veteran Sam Mele expected to contribute as utility pinch hitter and backup from the Reds last year.

Tucson Arnaud Vy Wert Cleveland Indians A! Lopez Lopez Wertz Sam Mele Cincinnati Redlegs

Time We're Ready to Go Frank I Think He Will Have a

A brief remark suggests confidence in Frank's readiness and performance. The fragment implies optimism about upcoming actions or tasks and hints at a collaborative effort to begin. No additional names or concrete events are provided in the readable text.

Frank

New York Boy’s Stolen Money Proves Sticky

In Lynbrook a 14 year old boy, after stealing a purse containing 30, buys an Easter basket for 3.50 and hamburger meals for 2.50 to give away. He is taken into custody and faces a Children's Court hearing on April 11. Mrs. Gillespie will not press charges, noting the boy seemed to want to do good with the money.

Lynbrook N.Y Blanche Gillespie

Ex Con Tied To Safeway Robberies Across Midwest

Deputy Sheriff Spencer linked Kansas City ex convict Charles Lindbergh Pierson, 27, to Safeway holdups in Joplin, Springfield, Topeka, and Kansas City with loot amounts from 3400 to 2200 and 3500 dollars. Another ex convict, Salvatore Tudie Bonacorso, 36, faces charges in Kansas City. Bonds set at 10000 each. hearings scheduled April 3 and April 10.

Springfield Kansas City Safeway Joplin Topeka Kas George Spencer Charles Lindbergh Pierson Spencer Pierson Miami Okla Salvatore Sami Tudie Bonacorso Bonacorso

Snow Geese Hitch Ride On Tow Boat In Alton Incident

Two snow geese were photographed riding upstream on barges moved by Charles Norman's tow boat in Alton. A crewman exclaimed that he had never seen anything like it before.

Alton, N. W Charles Norman Alton

Miss Kansas Frankness and Vera Miles Tale

In Atlantic City Miss Kansas declares her sole talent is raising children while Vera Miles, praised for beauty and talent, recalls her pageant path from Kansas to Hollywood. The interview traces Miles's career from early pageants to starring opposite Henry Fonda.

Miss Kansas Frankness Vera Miles Hollywood Grace Kelly Alfred Hitchcock John Foard AMT Atlantic City Alfred Mitchenek Henry Fonda St. Paul

Propriety of Nude Portrait All Depends

Rome judge rules a nude portrait may hang with probity in a museum but be improper in a night club. He gives 30 days to remove Novella Patigini's nude of Lisa Schneider from a night club wall. The artist plans a self portrait to replace it. Schneider had argued it was not for public display.

Rome Francesco Greco Lisa Schneider Novella Parigini Miss Schneider Greco

Weather Note Mentions Snow in Warm Regions

A brief item notes that snow can fall in many warm areas at times, indicating unusual winter weather patterns and variability across states. The passage conveys a general weather observation without specific locations or dates.

States

Tour Teen-Agers Set Off Dynamite In Colorado Schoolyard

In Pueblo Colorado four boys aged 14 to 17 discharged some 75 sticks of dynamite stolen last Sunday from a mine at Stone City ten miles northwest of Pueblo. The blast occurred on the grounds of Freed Junior High School causing no building damage but a cyclist was knocked down nearby. no injuries were reported.

Pueblo Cola North Purbie Jack Stiffler Vine Fot Stone City Freed Junior High School

Dynamite Sticks Spoil Search for Easter Eggs

NEWHALL Calif P No Easter Sg hunt for the kiddies in the hills around Newhall Sheriff's officers said two children on an egg hunt yesterday found two sticks of dynamite with caps and fuses attached A Pac nima truck driver also reported he found a dynamite stick canoeed with a six inch fuse four miles east of Saugus Officers are trying to trace the source of the explosives and have warned hikers and picnickers to use extreme caution

Newhall Calif Pacnima Saugus

Soldiers Quizzed On Two Slayings

Costa Mesa police question nearly 50 soldiers after linking two knife slayings of young wives. Both victims were stabbed in the chest and left partly disrobed in their beds. husbands found them. Detectives say a strong possibility the same killer acted in both cases.

Costa Mesa Calif Oleta Camille Johnson K. W. Scrace Barbara Jean Jepsen van Nuys Los Angeles Jepsen

U S Forest Fire Loss Drops in 1955 Nationwide

The Interior Department reports U S forest and Jane fires burned 464 403 acres in 1955, down from 1954. Secretary McKay cites 1 166 man raised fires and 547 fewer fires than the 10 year average, noting a lower total burned acreage and record of reductions. A stray note says a porcupine can kill or injure many trees in winter while seeking inner bark.

Washington Forest and Jane Interior Department i McKay

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