Pancake Feed Sets Record for Legion Junior Baseball Fund
More than 1 800 patrons attended the annual American Legion Pancake Feed at the Community Building and about 2 100 plates were served though many were served twice. Proceeds total around 825 dollars, the largest in six years, benefiting the Lawrence Legion Junior baseball team with Ross Wulfkuhle praised for planning.
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American ‘Legion
Lawrence Legion
Legion
Ross Wulfkuhle
Baseball Committee
George “Starkey
Starkey
State Veterans Hospital
Dodge City
Wulfkuhle
Susan Fisher
New Legion
Ross
Atal
Rainfall Forces Partial Halt on Turnpike Work at Kaw River
Rain drenches City 2 as grading stops west of the Kaw River due to mud. List and Clark Construction Co. reports grading up to the Santa Fe tracks near North Michigan Street, about a half mile northwest of the city. East side activity north and northwest of Lawrence continues with drainage work for the pending Kaw Valley turnpike fill. K U Colorado game postponed as showers affect the area. a Kansas State doubleheader with Colorado is rescheduled for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. Power and phone services report little trouble despite lightning, though a separate outage south of Fifth Street along Massachusetts was not weather related according to A L Hough, manager.
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Kansas Turnpike
Kaw River
List and Clark Construction Co
Kansas City
Michigan Street
Lawrence
Kaw Valley
Kansas Power and Lights Co
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Massachusetts
C. T. Hough
Special K U 1900 Class Reunion Planned for June 5
A special 1900 KU class reunion is being organized for Sunday June 5 led by Dr W J Baumgartner emeritus of zoology. The gathering will start at 9 30 a m in Memorial Union and precede the Gold Medal Club commencement luncheon.
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Kansas University
Sims Trial Next Week For Disorderly Conduct Case
Wesley Sims Jr. 34 of 1233 N J freed on 100 dollar bond after arrest on charges of disorderly and lewd conduct. Trial set for 3 p m next day in police court. Incident said to have occurred at the Salvation Army Store at Std and RL St. Police report details unclear.
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Wesley Sims Jr
N. J
25 and 50-Year Masons To Be Honored Tonight
A dinner at the Masonic Hall honors 25 and 50 year members from Lawrence Lodge No. 6 and Acacia Lodge No. 9. Scott Kelsey of Topeka, grand master, will present pins. Honorees include Range BD Carter, Craig Kennedy, Walter Williams, Edward Stover, Lowell Bailey, George Knight, George Lamb, Ray Lawrence, Joseph Edmonds, Howard Howsman, Fred Raymond, Charles Russell, Carl Brandt, Howard Riederer, Carl Holbeck, John Miller, Leland Wise, E C Bussing, I F Eberhart, Arthur Strickler, and Kenneth Pomeroy.
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Masonic Hall
Scott Kelsey
Topeka
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Kanesas
Lawrence Lodge No. 6
BD. Carter
Hasbrook Heights
N.J
Twhco
Craig Kennedy
Wichita
Walter B. Williams
Newfoundland
Rozel
Carl Holbeck
John W. Miller
Leland B. Wise
E. C. Bussing
I. F. Eberhart
Arthur Strickler
Kansas City
Kenneth Pomeroy
Kansas U Panelists Cover Conservation
Kansas University hosted a symposium on Water Its Source Movement and Use during the 87th Kansas Academy of Science meeting. Panelists Dr. Frank C. Foley Dr. William E Steps C R Van Orman Charles Lane and Russell Culp discussed rainmaking water resources groundwater pollution and social aspects of hydrology.
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Kansas University
Kansas Academy of Science
K. U
Frank C. Foley
Kansas State Geological Survey
William E. Steps
Topeke
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
C. R. van Orman
Kansas City
United State Corps of Engineers
Charles Lane
State Geological Survey
Russell Culp
Kansas State Board of Health
Steps
Foley
Governor's Commission On
Kansas
VanOrman
Lane
Culp
Dwight Metzler
State Board of Health Water Laboratory
K.U
Robbery at Chetopa home nets cash and checks
Near 1,000 stolen in Chetopa robbery two men forced entry to loan company operator Ben Weber’s home in the night tying his wife, Mrs Hester Weber, with a blouse and ransacking the residence. Estimated losses total 350 dollars in cash and 500 in checks. The intruders warned Mrs Weber not to cry out as they waited for her husband.
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Chetopa
Kas
Hester Weber
Party Crashers Reported In Lawrence Incident
Russell E. Carter of 2309 Vermont Street reported to Lawrence police that four Lawrence teen-age boys crashed a party of local high school pupils at his home the previous evening. The uninvited youths threw eggs damaged property and took possessions. No charges had been filed by noon today though the boys were identified.
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Russell E. Carter
Vt. St
Lawrence
Carter
Baseball game postponed ts due to wet grounds
The scheduled baseball game between Kansas and Colorado universities was postponed because of wet grounds. A double header between the Big Seven Conference teams will begin at 2 30 p m on Tuesday.
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Kansas
Colorado
Fire damage slight at Dickson home garage
Lawrence Fire Department investigated a Sunday blaze at 713 Missouri Street caused by gasoline used to clean a garage floor. Damage was slight. no injuries reported and the origin tied to cleaning activity near the garage.
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Lawrence
M. H. Dickson
Mo. Sr
Four Cars Overturn In Weekend Wrecks
Four separate weekend highway accidents left cars overturned with heavy damage but no serious injuries. Key incidents included Mrs. Grace Roberts and daughter Marjorie Tomlin on U S Highway 40 near Teepee Junction, Set. Roger Bridges at the same junction, Homer Waltkuhle and William Lippold on U S 40 west of Lawrence, and David Shipley near Perry on U S 24. Minor injuries and varying damage were reported, with several other minor weekend crashes noted in Lawrence and vicinity.
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State Highway Patrol
Grace Roberts
Kansas City
Marjorie Tomlin
Teepee Junction
Lawrence
Set
Roger Bridges
Ft. Riley
Bridges
Forbes Afb
Topeka
Homer W. Waltkuhle
Lecompton
William N. Lippold
W.9th St
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Emery and
W. Hills Rds
Sheriff's Office
St. and
Mass. Sts
Alton Pippett
Ohio St
George W. Maybe
Baldwin dies after heart attack at Seneca
Lawrence lawyer and former probate judge candidate Charles W Baldwin died of a heart attack. He belonged to Commandery Blue Lodge 39 Rotary Club and several civic groups. Surviving: wife Emma, daughter Dorothy Fay, sons Charles and Robert, and grandchildren. Funeral planned 3 p.m. Wednesday at First Methodist Seneca with burial there. pallbearers listed.
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Blue Lodge 39
Rotary Club
Seneca
Lawrence
Baldwin
Legion Post
First Methodist Church
The
Eastern Star
Douglas County Bar Association
Kansas Bar Association
Douglas County
Emma DeMoss
Dorothy Fay Baldwin
Charles W. Baldwin
Baltimore
Robert Baldwin
Conn
Iowa
Funk-Cooper-Warren
Clyde Wood
Selva Riley
A. J. Wempe
George Belser
J. L. Wheatley
Lous Slocum
Memorial Hospital Births and Emergency Room Roundup
At Memorial Hospital the list includes Hazel Heusen Eudora Jacquetta Book DeSoto Ja nice Broadfoot Baldwin Peter Hermes 1001 W 4th St Lois Watson 1311 W 6th St Jesse Scott 933 N Y St Josephine Ann O Rourke 121 W 14th St Martin Coyne Linwood Helen Pfleger Eudora Lesley Ketzel and baby boy 1648 Miss St Ruth Anderson Topeka Vesta Filkins and baby boy 815 E 11th St Joseph Chaffer Hillview Rd Elmer Christie 300 S St James Vequist 1935 Barker Ave Arlene Price 1247 Ky St Dale Sieg Baldwin Nellie Wood George Ogle 200 North t Births Mr and Mrs Franklin Alexander 1029 Del St today The following were treated in the emergency room Saturday Gary Kesler 6 Sunflower injured ankle Gary Clark 8 Eudora injuries from stepping in front of movers Stephen Kent 9 son of D L Sickles 1023 f]. St for a collar bone injury Robert L Thrasher 1 Sunflower ankle injury from jumping off a truck Philip Pine 1604 Mass St lacerated hand from knife incident.
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Hazel Heusen
Eudora
Jacquetta Book
DeSoto
Janice Broadfoot
Baldwin
Peter ‘Hermes
4Th St
Lois Watson
6Th St
Jessie Scott
N. Y. St
Josephine Ann O'Rourke
14Th St
Martin Coyne
Linwood
Helen Pfleger
Lesley Ketzel
Miss. St
Ruth Anderson
Topeka
Vesta Filkins
11Th
St. Joseph Chaffer
Hillview Rd
Elmer Christie
St. James Vequist
Barker Ave
Arlene Price
Ky. St
Dale, Sieg
Nellie Wood
George Ogle
North T
Gary Kesler
Carl Kesler
Gary Clark
Stephen Kent
D. L. Sickles
Robert L. Thrasher
Final A blast postponed in Las Vegas test series
The last shot of the 1955 atomic test series was postponed until at least next Wednesday. The Atomic Energy Commission cited unfavorable weather conditions and danger from radioactive fallout over inhabited areas for delaying tomorrow’s schedule.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Kansas retail sales set new high in 1954 led by Barton County
Retail sales in Kansas reached a record 2,404,954,000 in 1954, rising 2.9 percent from 1953 while national retail trade fell. Barton County topped per capita sales at 1,988 dollars, with Seward second at 1,777 and Sedgwick leading county volume at 466,944,000, followed by Wyandotte and Shawnee in the top regional rankings.
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Kansas
University of Kansas Bureau of Business Research
Barton County
Seward County
Saline
Pratt
Sedgwick
Finney
Ford
Rooks
Thomas
Sedgwick Couny
Wyandotte
Shawnee
Deaths and Funerals Notice Roundup in Lawrence Area
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices from Lawrence and nearby towns. Susan Gay Russell, 75, wife of J Roy Russell, Kansas City broker, dies at home. private services at St Pauls Episcopal Church. Charles Glenn Lilly Jr., 17, dies after illness. funeral Wednesday at Rumsey Funeral Home. burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Viola B Young, 78, Topeka rest home resident, dies. services at Rumsey with graveside at Yates Center Cemetery. Joseph F Schehrer, 86, Eudora resident, dies. funeral at Holy Family Catholic Church. rosary at Clarence Schehrer home. burial Holy Family Cemetery. Other survivors listed include spouses, children, siblings, and grandchildren.
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Susan Gay Russell
Susan Russell
J. Roy Russell
Russell Brokerage Co
Kansas City
Lawrence
Fred Gay
Lathrop Bullene
Bullene
Fred C. Vincent
Grain Company
Russell
Visiting Nurse Association
Junior League
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Woman's City Club
Robert Barrows
Albert Prealety Jr
Charlies Glenn Lilly Jr
Charles Glenn Lilly Jr
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Ottawa
Lawrence High School
Herbert Marshall
Haskell Ave
Charles G. Lilly Sr
Pat Anita Ann Lilly
Viola B. Young
Sa. St
Topeka
Yates Center
C. D. Young
J. B. Young
Charles D. Young
Mission
Sadie B. Fisher
Los Angeles
Carol Ann Young
Joseph F. Schehrer
Joseph Frank Schehrer
Eudora
Clarence Schehrer
George Schehrer
John Schehrer
Alice Biechel
Helen Butell
Baldwin
Carrie Eder
Holy Family Catholic Church
Paul Miller
Holy Family
Schubert Chapel
Clarence A Schehrer
Olathe Woman to Serve Life in Husband Death
Mary Callahan, 30, of Olathe was sentenced to life for her role in the murder of her husband John J. Callahan, 31, last January. Ray A Tipton, already serving life after pleading guilty, testified that he delivered the rifle used in the slaying. Also in court, Donald H. Humphreys forfeited a $10 bond on a stop sign charge and Arlene M. Crawford filed for divorce from Irwin O. Crawford.
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Olathe
Kas
Mary Callahan
Earl E. O'Connor
Ray A.tipton
Donald H. Humphreys
Ashland
Wife of Ted Williams Granted Divorce in Miami
Doris Williams was granted a divorce today from former Boston Red Sox slugger Ted Williams after a 30 minute hearing in Judge George E. Holt's chambers. She cited incompatibility saying Ted didn't want to be married, and she noted she and her husband of 10 years could not get along.
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Miami
Fla
Doris Williams
Boston Red Sox
Ted Williams
George E. Holt
Williams
Catholic drive for parochial school exceeds goal in Lawrence
Lawrence readers show strong support for an $80,000 drive for a parochial school with pledges possibly surpassing $100,000. A meeting tonight will report weekend pledge totals and campaign completion is expected by next weekend. Other local items include golf humor, open house delays for Riverside School, a Sunflower Village sale not yet finalized, and student awards in current affairs.
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Catholic Church
Drive
Lawrence
Riverside School Board
Market News Stay Positive as Montgomery Ward Leads
The Day in Wall Street: The market edged higher with Montgomery Ward advancing after news of Sewell Avery's resignation as chairman. Volume was light at about 2.1 million shares amid broader gains and several prominent names like U.S. Steel, Sears Roebuck, Boeing, and RCA pushing higher on earnings or optimism.
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Wall Street
New York
Montgomery Ward
Ward
Sewell Avery
U.S. Steel
Goodrich
Sears Roebuck
Boeing
General Dynamics
Curtiss-Wright
RCA
American
Allied Chemical
du Pont
Merritt-Chapman & Scott
Santa Fe
New York Central
20Th Century-Fox
Stoker Net
Che
Admiralty
Allied Chaby
Allis
Am Motors
Atchison
Atlas
Bald Lima
Beech Aire
Beth Steel
Boeing Air
Chrysler
Dow
Dayton Rub
du Pont Eagle
Elec
Gen Motors
Gulf Oil
Paraio
Kan
Lion Oil
Martin
GL JR McKess & R
Mont Ward
Ohio Oil
Penney, JC
Reyn
St Jos
Sears Roeb
Sinclair O
Stoke van C
K. C
Kansas City
Adlai Stevenson Visits Africa Before Gold Coast Trip
Adlai Stevenson paid a brief visit in the Belgian Congo capital and then proceeded to Accra for a four day visit to the Gold Coast. The trip follows his stops in Africa as part of a broader diplomatic tour.
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Leopoldviilf
Belgian Congo
Adlai Stevenson
Accra
Gold Coast
In Memoriam for Elmer Taylor Passed Away Two Years Ago
A family memorial note for Elmer Taylor, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, who died two years ago on May 9. The message speaks of him with a cheery smile and lingering tenderness, saying he is not dead but away and is sadly missed by all who knew him.
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Elmer Taylor
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