Farmers to Vote June 25 on 1956 Wheat Controls
Washington sets referendum for June 2 to approve a 55 million acre wheat program with marketing quotas. Secretary Benson says two thirds approval needed and warns of possible price support adjustments if controls fail. Simpler controls previously approved, with congressional debate on substitutes and parity-based pricing.
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Washington
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Simpse
Eisenhower
Hausherrs Move Office to Downtown Building
Bernard and Ruby Lee Hausherr moved their law practice from 1622 Wt. St. 10 to the Burk Building at 706 Mass. St. in Lawrence. They have practiced since 1953 after graduating from K. L. Law School. Mrs. Hausherr is Phi Beta Kappa member. Bernard is a World War III veteran and former Probate judge candidate. Mrs. Hausherr is Douglas County Bar Association secretary-treasurer. Their children Julia Lee and Barnard Jr. attend Cordley School.
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Bernard
Ruby Lee Hausherr
Burk
Mass
Hausherr
Lawrence
K. L. Law School
Kansas Alpha Chapter
Phi Beta Kappa
Douglas County Bar Association
Julia Lee
Barnard Jr
Cordley School
Truck Driver Unhurt In Accident East Of Baldwin
Ralph Oliver Moore of Strong City escaped injury Thursday when a semi-trailer and a truck-house trailer collided six miles east of Baldwin on U S Highway 50N. Billy Salley of Kansas City, Missouri, drove the truck pulling the house trailer and caused the semi to overturn after passing too quickly. Traffic was blocked for 1 1 2 hours. Damage estimated at 2500 dollars. house trailer slight damage. Salley fined 25 dollars and costs for passing without sufficient clearance.
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Ralph
Oliver Moore
Strong City
Baldwin
Billy Salley
Kansas City
Salley
Moore
Sheriff's Office
State Highway Patrol
L. J. Kloster
Baldwin Justice of the Peace
Woman Struck by Truck Mildly Hurt in Street Crossing
Lulu McCanles of 207 East 14th Street escaped serious injury after being struck by a slow moving truck while crossing at 14th and Mass Streets. She was not hospitalized and her physician said she only suffered bruises. The truck driver was not immediately identified.
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Lulu -McCanles
14Th St
Lth
Mass. Sts
Droodles and a Night on Steve Allen's Show
A guest on Steve Allen's late night program recounts a shaky start without glasses as he imitated Rock Hudson. He returns to perform, gets the audience laughing at his quips, and ends with a Mys tery Droodle drawing that a balcony fan titles "Hit The Road You Bum."
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Steve Allen
Rock Hudson
Electric Farm Home to Be Shown Sunday
The General Electric Wonder Home owned by the Harry Miller family opens for viewing at 2 p.m. Sunday, 24 miles northeast of Lawrence on Highway K32. Open house runs Sunday through June 5 with 4 to 9 p.m. weekdays and 4 to 9 p.m. weekends. Sponsored by General Electric, Kansas Power and Light, and Capper's Farmer, the $325,000 three bedroom ranch features remote wiring, light conditioning, built in kitchen, all electric heating and air conditioning, two baths, and a large basement. Local Lawrence agencies assisted in preparations including General Appliance, Miller Furniture, Weaver's, Norris Bros., Bonnie Jackson, and more.
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General Electric Wonder
Harry Miller
Lawrence
General Electric
Kansas Power and Light Co
Capper's Farmer
General Appliance Co, Inc
Miller Furniture Co
Warden Edmondson in Topeka Talks Signal Changes at Penitentiary
Kansas State Penitentiary Warden Charles A. Edmondson met Gov. Fred Hall in Topeka amid talks of administrative changes. Edmondson said no decisions were made as discussions continue with Walter A. Hunter, chair of the State Board of Penal Institutions, about bringing in a career penologist. Edmondson, a Lawrence native, was appointed by former Gov. Arn.
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Charles A. Edmondson
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
Fred Hall
Topeka
Edmondson
Lawrence
Walter A. Hunter
Hall
State Board of Penal Institutions
Hunter
Ed Arn
Robert Hudspeth
Wilt Chamberlain Named to Lead Philadelphia High School Star
Wilt Chamberlain, nicknamed The Dipper, surpassed Philadelphia and Pennsylvania high school scoring records with 2 252 points in three seasons. Coach Mosenson predicts the Negro star will become a top college player, possibly surpassing Tom Gola. Kansas opens Allen Fieldhouse this season to showcase Chamberlain's talents.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Tom Gola
la Salle College
Wit
Dipper
Mosenson
Gala
Gola
Wilt
Chamberlain
Kansas
Allen
Philadelphia Giant
Marriage Licence Granted to Harris and Ward
A marriage license was issued Friday from Probate Court to Laurence T. Harris Jr. 31 of Lawrence and Doris Janet Ward 21 of Quincy.
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Laurence T. Harris Jr
Lawrence
Doris Janet Ward
Quincy
Volos Rocked by New Tremor Series Across Night
Athens reports Volos endured a new sequence of 30 earthquake tremors last night and this morning causing local concern as residents monitor aftershocks and safety measures amid ongoing seismic activity.
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Athens
Greece
Volos
Linwood Graduation Week Opens With Joint Exercises
Linwood Schools launch a week of commencement events with combined eighth grade ceremonies for Linwood and the rural districts Jewett Loring and Mackey. Dr Charles Johnson of KU Education Faculty will speak at the main program.
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Linwood
Jewett
Loring
Mackey
Charles Johnson
Department of Education
Kansas University
Harold G. Barr
School of Religion
B. Smith Haworth
Ottawa University
Robert Elder
Board of Education
Connie Ezell
Shirley Henak
Beverly Olson
Melvin Montgomery
Clifford Leach
Donald McCleary
Bill Parr
Weinaug to Receive 400 Teaching Fellowship at KU
Charles F. Weinaug professor of petroleum engineering at Kansas University will receive a 400 teaching fellowship from the American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors at a Monday noon memorial union luncheon. Lloyd Pickrell of Dallas will present the award to the KU professor who aids recruitment of engineering students.
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Charles F. Weinaug
Kansas University
American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors
Memorial Union
Lloyd Pickrell
Dallas
Texas University
California University
Oklahoma University
Colorado School of Mines
Texas A and M College
Louisiana
Local births and a lawsuit filed in district court
The notice lists multiple births at Memorial Hospital including Molly Scott and DaVise Thompson with baby boys and a daughter born to Ronald and Harold West and others. A $35 lawsuit for auto collision damages was filed in District Court by Louis E. Peine of Lawrence against Eric R. Rapaport of Kansas City Missouri alleging negligence in a traffic accident October 4 near the Sth and Mass. Sta.
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Louis E. Peine
Lawrence
Eric R.rapa
Kansas City
Peti
Rapaport
Sth
Mass. Sta
Parochial School Fund Drive Reaches $153620.10 Total
The Lawrence drive for a new parochial school totaled 153620.10 by Friday night officials said. Campaign chairman L S Flannery and 95 parish members met to tally pledges with clean up work still ahead. Monsignor George Towle praised parish unity and gratitude. The school will sit north of St John Church at 1229 Vt St.
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Lawrence
L. S. Flannery
George Towle
St. John’s Catholic Church
Vt. St
Kansan Board Dinner Honors Reed At Memorial Union
About 180 students faculty and newspaper editors are expected to attend the Kansan Board dinner at the Memorial Union at 6 15 p m. Clyde M Reed editor and publisher of the Parsons Sun and president of the William Allen White Foundation will speak on newspaper problems and solutions. Scholarships and awards for work on the University Daily Kansan will be given. Stan Hamilton will be toastmaster. Awards include the Henry Schott Memorial Prize and the 500 John P Harris scholarship. Sigma Delta Chi honors will be presented along with recognition of outstanding journalism seniors and top ads editorials news and feature pictures.
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Kansan Board
Memorial Union
Clyde M. Reed
Parsons Sun
William Allen White Foundation
Kansan
K.U
Stan Hamilton
Kansas City
Henry Schott
John P. Harris
Sigma Delta Chi
Woman shopper slain in Raleigh parking lot by unknown motive
In Raleigh a woman shopper was shot in a parking area. Richard Kluckhohn of Evanston Illinois, a 21 year old publishing firm representative and University of Chicago alumnus, was charged with the murder. He claimed to fire the pistol through a hotel window.
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Raleigh
N.C
University of Chicago
Harvard University
Bob Goodwin
Richard Kluckhohn
Evanston
Miss Seawell
J. H. Patterson
Broadway
Kluckhohn
Chapel Hill
Goodwin
Kluckhorn
G. R. Creel
Slips of the tongue amuse PTA play crowd in Lawrence
Lawrence residents report a humorous onstage miscue during the Woodlawn PTA production Ready Made Family where a line about a father causes unexpected laughter. Weather outlook for the weekend promises clearing skies and temperatures rising into the 70s by midday. A May 21 stamp issue in Washington honors armed forces reserves with a purple 3 cent design showing five male enlisted personnel.
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Woodlawn
PTA
Mercury
Armed Forces Reserve
Washington
D.C
Guard
Army
Navy
Air Force
Armed Forces Reserve't
Fire crews respond to tree limb touching lines in city yard
Lawrence firefighters answered a Friday call at 1514 Ky. St. where a broken tree limb short circuited power lines. Kansas Power and Light Co. workers repaired the damage.
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Lawrence
Ky. St
Kansas Power and Light Co
Dulles to Report On NATO Telecast From White House
Secretary Dulles will address the nation Monday night in a television report from the President's office on the recent Paris ATO meeting the Austrian treaty signing and the Big Four talks. The broadcast airs 6 to 9:30 pm EST with Eisenhower and top administration leaders present and all four networks carrying it live.
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Washington
Dulles
ATO
Paris
White Mouse
Eisenhower
Viena
Vienna
Molotov
White House
James C. Hagerty
Defense
Wilson
the Treasury
Humphrey
Henry Cabot Lodger
U.S
United Nations
Stassen
Nelson Rockefeller
City Commission considers special zoning for shopping centers
City Commission discusses a proposed special zoning category for shopping center developments to be developed as units under stricter rules than local business. The plan, referred to Planning Commission for recommendations, accompanies other actions including truck purchase, park planning, awning rule changes, sale of surplus cemetery material, placing a retired locomotive at Central Park, and several paying resolutions.
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Planning Commission
Sanitation Department
Centennial Park
Sexton
E. A. Bigsby
Chamber of Commerce
Santa Fe
Central Park
Ousdahl Road
20Th St. Clifton Court
Judgment on commission awarded in real estate sale case
A District Court jury awarded W. E. Grover 433.75 against L. Lake Smith of 846 Mass. St. for a real estate commission from selling a house at 1022 Ala. St. last year. The verdict was returned Friday in the court.
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L. Lake Smith
Mass. St
W. E. Grover
19Th St
Ala. St
Barn Leveled by Friday Fire at Overbrook Farm
A large barn on the Raymond Farmer property in Southwest Douglas County burned at about 5 p.m. Friday, 13 miles north of Globe. The fire, likely sparked by a short circuit, destroyed the barn and 400 to 500 bales of hay. Five calves were saved by Rev. E. Caster of Overbrook who entered the burning structure. A favorable wind limited damage to adjacent buildings. no damage estimate was available.
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Raymond Farmer
Douglas County
Globe
E. Caster
Overbrook
Telephone thefts rise at KU campus with seventh set taken
Lawrence police reported another telephone theft Friday from the K U Memorial Union. The extension subset valued at 10 dollars was taken at noon. This is the seventh set stolen recently and the second from the Memorial Union. Previous losses were push button instruments valued at 365 dollars each from dormitories and fraternity houses near the campus.
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Lawrence
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
K. U. Memorial Union
Memorial Union
K.U
County Court Fines Lee Bernard Aaron
Lee Bernard Aaron of Leavenworth was fined $52 and costs in County Court for transporting an open bottle and lacking current vehicle registration.
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Lee Bernard Aaron
Leavenworth
Cordley PTA Plans Change-Over Meeting
The Cordley PTA calls all outgoing and incoming executive board members to attend a change-over meeting at 7 30 p m on Wednesday in the school gymnasium. Retiring members unable to attend should deliver their packets to Mrs G K White the night before Wednesday.
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Cordley Pta Executive Boards
G. K. Whitenight
Market News H C Produce and Kansas City Livestock Weekly
Market highlights from H C Produce with varied commodity quotes across butter, poultry, eggs, and grain. Kansas City USDA livestock weekly: cattle and veal prices varied, steers and heifers down 1.00 or more, calves and bulls weaker, lambs and sheep also softer with mixed futures.
Livestock Market Report Echoes Mixed Prices Across Species
The market shows varied quotes with two year old wethers at 12.09 and good short aged slaughter ewes 2.00 to 5.00. Hog prices range 75 cents to 1.00 higher. sows steady except over 500 pounds down. Heavier cattle 12.00 to 13.50, lighter weights 14.0 to 15.0. overall cattle and hogs show mixed, shipper quotes noted for choice long bodied stock.
Three Scholarships At K. U. Awarded for Year
Three one year tuition scholarships to the University of Kansas will be awarded this year to high school students in Hutchinson Atchison and McPherson Kansas by the American Loan Plan. Jay Cherniack president of American Loan Plan said a Scholastic committee of each high school will select a winner in each city based on need scholastic record potential character and citizenship.
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Omaha
Noh
University of Kansas
Wwutchinson
Atchison Land
McPherson
Kas
American Loan Plan
Jay Cherniack
Thanks for kindness during hospital stay
Mabel Edwards expresses gratitude to relatives neighbors and friends for cards flowers and support received while hospitalized. She extends thanks to doctors and nurses and gives special acknowledgment to Dr Waiters and Dr Belot.
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Waiters
Belot
Mabel Edwards
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James Jones
Meredith Hotel
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Henry J. Hand
DeSoto
Rita
Wurtz
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Suan Campbell
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Judith Anderson
Barker Ave
DaVise' Thompson
Baby Boy
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Ronald West
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Friday
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H.C
Beltsville
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Warren Decker
Bud Coy
East
Adam Kay
Coe Drug Store
Fountain Service
Farmers Insurance Exchange
Exchange &Fire Insurance Exchange District Sale & Claims Office
Andy” Anderson
K. U
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State Farm Fire
State Farm Life Insurance
Steve
M. & Carlson
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Fred W. Rumsey
Indiana
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Charlie
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