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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1955
Page
5
A 9 year old Dallas truancy case ended in tragedy when a juvenile used a .22 rifle to fatally shoot 9 year old Tommy Rendon Jr. He told police he fired to frighten the boy and did not intend to hit him. The shooter was sent to juvenile authorities as Tommy’s funeral was planned.
Topeka city commissioners approved an ordinance prohibiting roaming dogs after June 1. Owners must keep pets at home unless under control by a responsible person. A $5 retrieval fee applies for dogs impounded. Supporters say dogs bother children. opponents call it absurd and unenforceable without universal fencing.
The Army posted white signs at 4th and Y in central Tokyo warning U.S. personnel not to loiter in the area. The corner, a daytime business street and nighttime entertainment zone, has long been a hangout for hundreds of prostitutes, prompting the security measure this week.
Hoch Auditorium hosted the farewell of D. M. Swarthout as director of the University A Cappella Choir. The program reprised favorites from past seasons with varied pieces by Hand, Durante, Lotti, Bach, Gretchaninoff, Bantock, Parry, Elgar, and Franz. The event drew alumni and students and ended with an encore of Dedicatio n, marking a 100 Swarthout audience and a poignant, celebratory mood.
Temperatures cooled from 90s to near normal in the midwest as a winter warm spell faded. Thunderstorms hit northeast Iowa and northern Wisconsin with a damaging storm in Delaware County Iowa causing injuries and heavy damage. A tornado belt stretched from central Wisconsin through eastern Iowa and northern Missouri with 78 to 83 mph winds unroofing buildings in Viroqua Wisconsin and disrupting services.
U Vinka Lorraine Creamer, 19, Deerfield, Kansas, died when a car overturned nine miles west of Garden City last night. The injured companion was Homer Carl Brinson, 22, Lakim.
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