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A clipped humor column cites jumbled quotes from Jack and Howie Lasseter. It jokes about age and babysitters, then contrasts springtime birdsong with the harsh greeting of a political scuffle.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1956
Page
5
A clipped humor column cites jumbled quotes from Jack and Howie Lasseter. It jokes about age and babysitters, then contrasts springtime birdsong with the harsh greeting of a political scuffle.
Noel Coward brushes off criticism as he rehearses This Happy Breed on CBS TV and faces questions about five forbidden words. He recalls past incidents with lyrics and jokes about Morals and media. After the show he heads to France then Bermuda and Jamaica where he plans a novel and enjoys quiet, no phone living.
Seventeen traffic violation cases heard over two days in police court list defendants from Lawrence and nearby areas. Reckless driving fines range from five to ten dollars with suspended sentences for traffic school. speeding and stop sign infractions noted along with license issues and probation sentences. Local names include Robert Elk Charles Trout Wilbur Garrison Daniel Cohen Raymond Johnson Tracy Georgia Don Turner Stephen Myers and others.
In Bloomfield New Jersey a patron left a suit coat with $1800 in its pocket. A cleaner discovered the money and returned it to the owner. The clerk withheld the patron’s name to avoid embarrassment as a demonstration unfolds.
Premier Nuri declared the evacuation at Habbaniyah air base completed marking Britain's first anniversary withdrawal from Iraq. Beir ut Lebanon reports tremors shook the area with no casualties or damage.
Prices received by Kansas farmers rose four per cent in the month ending April 15, eight per cent below a year ago as higher wheat, corn, barley, grain sorghum, meat animals, hay and butterfat offset declines in chickens, eggs, wholesale milk and turkeys. Wheat averaged 2.06 dollars per bushel, six cents higher than March and 11 cents below April 1955.
The 7,500 ton Soviet freighter Krasnodar arrived from Odessa carrying 1,700 tons of newsprint and 1,300 tons of steel. The event inaugurates a direct India Russia shipping service.
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