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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1956
Page
4
A Kansas state authority discusses channeling school funds to support industrial projects. The plan envisions leveraging educational resources to back economic development, with committees and trial plans outlining architecture and community impact.
Puzzle grid featuring across and down clues from a musical themed page. Contains entries like Marie, S Awwrs, Dry, Euchanstic wine cup, and various numbered hints. Highlights include references to political candidates, poems, and a carnival theme with boating and entertainment terms.
Pointed appraisers in land condemnation cases have faced scrutiny as court appointed crews received exorbitant fees in several large counties. The Assessment and Taxation Committee previously dismissed Saris as a potential obstacle, a move tied to debates on hidden costs and taxpayer burden across past legislatures.
Melody Sachko 13 of Pittsburgh aged eighth grade at Cartick Junior High won the 29th National Spelling Bee in Washington after a second attempt spelling Valflatous and condominium. Runner up Sandra Owen from Susur Creek Township School in Ohio finished second after 25 rounds without a miss. The prize included 3000, a gold cup, and a New York weekend trip.
The report records births at Laws Roye Hospital including VANET Santins Aosoncnieo born to Wade and Mary Alar Barbara Widdleston. It notes incidents and community events with names such as Reverend and Mrs Fart Johnson and Mr and Mrs Lohies McBee Si.
Thirty one young persons from Trinity Lutheran Church will be confirmed as adult members after completing five years of weekday religious instruction. The group includes many names and will be confirmed on Pentecost or Whitsunday, the 50th day after Easter. Laserenre High School seniors will attend as guests with several invited attendees listed.
Weather for other areas notes a few wet spots but generally fair conditions nationwide. Rain belts were mainly in the lower Great Lakes region and the Middle Atlantic Coast states while the western half of the country stayed warm.
In a southern Italian hill village children found a pie shaped object in a field and brought it to school. Hours later while returning home the object exploded killing a boy and a girl. The mine was a wartime antitank device.
Real estate transfers list multiple warranty and quitclaim deeds across numerous townships and additions. Notable entries include transfers involving Wirren BR Alexander to Rich ard WW Harris, and various parcels in Wy swe, Parker Jdaitlon, Fairgrounds Addition, and Belmont along with revocations and administrator actions. Amounts shown range from $1 to $7.9, with several parcels described by lot, block, and subdivision references.
London colonial secretary Alan Lennox-Boyd told the House of Commons Singapore must fix its political house before Britain will discuss further independence for the colony. Bevan attacked the statement calling it a lamentable piece of bankruptcy and urged the political process to run itself out, as in Cyprus.
Kansas city records show multiple resolutions authorizing Ninth Street grading paving and widening in Lawrence with notices to property owners. Public works bodies set six day publication and twenty day protest windows and list project details and required funding. Additional notice covers sewer pump stations installation with plans from Black Veatch Kansas City.
Classified page lists rates for four sites per week with 45 cent fines for overages and per line charges. Includes deadlines, block formatting notes, and contact lines for abstractors, auctioneers, chiropractors, and various services.
Newspaper classified style listing used furniture appliances and various goods for sale and rent. Includes items like beds dressers sewing machines air conditioners refrigerators and couches with prices and contact notes for 1638 Millnats 647 Michigan and other local addresses. Also features pet stock poultry fencing baby items tools and tractors with multiple contact numbers.
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