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Truck driver Alfred Payne stood in front of the Clinton fire station when his vehicle caught fire. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1955
Page
5
Kid Baseball Plans for 1955 Season Set in Lawrence
Lawrence boys baseball plans for 1955 are finalized with six South Park and three C C Cars League teams ready for action. The boys baseball committee of the City Recreation Commission is named led by Chil Galloway and Harold Fisher with Tony Ice Art Sackford Wayne Bly and Jerry Waugh as delegates. South Park League teams include Kiwanis Lions IOOF Scottish Rite St Johns and others with IOOF replacing Sertoma. C C Carl League will feature Rotary Elks and teams from Lecompton Tonganoxie and Sunflower. Games schedule sets double headers at South Park Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6 30 with single games at Municipal Park Fridays. Carl League doubles at South Park Mondays and Wednesdays with a Friday twin bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
South Park
C. C. Cars
City Recreation
Wayne Bly
Jerry’ Waugh
Commission
Kiwanis
Wes Whitney
Lions
Pancho Zieske
IOOF
Louis Holcom
Scottish Rite
Sam Moyer
St. John’s
Tony Ire
Daycees
Sertom
Eisenhower Buys First 1955 Poppy From Legion Auxiliary
President Eisenhower paid $5 for the first 1955 poppy sold by the American Legion Auxiliary. Mrs P A Lainson of Fort Madison Iowa pinned the poppy on his coat and presented a corsage for Mrs Eisenhower along with a dish set sample for the couple's Gettysburg country home. Elk herds increase threaten feed in Northwestern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
American Legion Auxiliary
P. A. Lainson
Fort Madison
Towa
Auxiliary
The
Legion Auxiliary
Eisenhowers
Gettysburg
Body of Missing Worker Found at N Y Coliseum
Searchers found the body of Joseph Lombardi 55 a cement worker in wreckage at New York's projected Coliseum after a collapse that injured 52 workers while 51 others escaped. Priests administered last rites as tears flowed among friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph Lombardi
Lombardi
Nickell to Far East for Two Weeks of Air Force Duty
Maj. Gen. Joe Nickell Kansas adjutant general will depart Thursday for two weeks of active duty with the Air Force in the Far East. He will inspect defense forces in Japan Korea and Formosa during the assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peka
Joe Nickell
Kansas
Far East
Nickell
Japan
Korea
Formosa
Navy and Air Force personnel notes and training plans
In The Armed Forces David E Gustafson enlisted in the Navy April 271 and is stationed at Great Lakes Illinois. After boot camp he will attend the Naval School of Music in Washington DC. Donald E Dowers Lt Col AFRES left for Selfridge AFB Michigan for an Air Reserve Unit Commanders Conference and will be on active duty with the Tenth Air Force for 11 days with stops at Maxwell AFB and Scott AFB and a firepower demonstration at Elgin AFB Florida. Col Dowers commands the 9723rd Air Reserve Sqdn at Topeka. Turkeys can grow to around 70 pounds dressed weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David E. Gustafson
Navy
Great Lakes
Ill
Naval School of Music
Washington, D. C
Lawrence
LHS
Kansas University
Donald E. Dowers
Afres
Selfridge Air Force Base
Michigan
Air Reserve
Tenth Air Force
Maxwell Air Force Base
Montgomery
Ala
Scott Afb
Belleville
Elgin Afb
Florida
Col. Dowers
Topeka
Fatzer Proposes Decree on Topeka School Segregation
fatzer sends suggested decree to the U S supreme court to implement its ruling outlawing segregation in Topeka elementary schools The plan would strike down the Kansas statute permitting segregation require the school board to stop using race as a sole assignment factor report by July 1 on steps to end compulsory segregation and grant federal court jurisdiction until segregation ends in Topeka schools The Topeka Board of Education has ended segregation in most districts and aims to finish the transition next fall
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
W—Atty
Harold, R. Fatzer
U. S. Supreme Court
Fatzer
Kansas
Federal District Court
Jewelry Classes Work Displayed at JHS Art Show
An exhibition of the jewelry craft work by 30 Junior High School pupils is on the main floor this week. Pieces from the recent Kansas University art conference praise some entries as top junior high level. Copper enameling and silversmithing are new offerings. instructors are Garcia and Mrs Riggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JHS
Kansas University
John Garcia
Garcia
Local Fire Repairs Halt Water Service and Traffic
Fragmentary report describes a car crash into a tree during a fire emergency. Fire crews repaired hydrants and addressed a damaged mailbox causing water service disruption and a long delay in town.
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Ike
First Legion Auxiliary
United States
Joyce
Galle Dugas
NEA
N.Y. Coliseum
Litwin
White
Coats
Ladies
Plisse
Gabardines
Supreme Court
Frances Riggs
Linda Aiken
Given Altic
Tom Brand
Katherine Buchheim
Nancy Carey
Lowell Craig
Joan Denton
Larry Dolifka
Melvin Franz David+ Gatewood Rosamary Hamilton
Barbara Hinderliter
Bob Jerome
Robert Hook
Bonnie Lathro
Fred Moreau
Karen MclIntyre
Carol McMillin
Tom Quinsey
Linda Rake
Richard Rush
Gerald Salsbury
Ann Seritchfield
Jean Shultz
Joyce Skinner
Penny Sommerville
Nancy Stone
Melvin Torneden
Nancy White
Sam Zieskie
Dorothy Rowand
Mr. John
Dorothy
Miss Deviled Ham
Worth Emery
Wardamatic
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