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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1955
Page
3
Ray Kingsolver of Tonga noxie was fined 65 in police court on Thursday for reckless driving. The case cites no speeding charges and references appear fragmented from a larger report.
Lieutenant General Thomas Power says the United States and the Soviet Union are engaged in a slide rule war aiming to maintain technological superiority. He notes the Soviet Bloc has advantages in manpower and missiles, while the US emphasizes qualitative strength and strategic bombers.
Denver district attorney seeks arrest warrants for Hazel Kemper 58 and her son Carol Fairley 23 after alleged gunpoint kidnapping of Arthur Kemper 33 at a grocery lot and transport toward Kansas. Deputies halted the car in Oakley Kansas. cash, pistol, and luggage found in the vehicle.
A municipal judge issued arrest warrants for two suspects, not Mrs. Kemper, and Fairley. The office of Gerald McAuliffe Keating reported today that the two have not yet been arrested.
The tale recalls Wilson Mizner and brother Addison promoting Boca Raton real estate during the Florida boom of the 1920s. A buyer sued Mizner for misrepresentation after claiming he was told nuts could be grown on the land. Mizner defense stated the buyer could “go nuts on the land.”
The Missouri House approved a two cent cigarette tax by an 80 12 vote to raise about 1 million dollars annually for public schools. A House amendment awaits Senate review before moving to the governor and a separate sales tax measure failed.
The article cites Dr. Murphy as a respected Washington visitor and potential candidate for the cabinet post of Health, Education and Welfare. He criticizes Hobby era vaccine criticism, supports Salk vaccine rollout via normal channels, and notes University of Kansas University context and local sports mentions.
County coroner Dr Byron Walters announced that Larry Hunt died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. Hunt’s body was found in his car with the ignition on along the road from US Highway 59 to the Turnpike bridge site over the Kaw River. Authorities believe he was in the vehicle at the time.
A 20 year old man died after falling asleep beside an exhaust BASES system. His body was to be taken to Salina today for funeral services. Surviving relatives could not be identified in this report.
Marriage licenses issued Thursday include Marion Leroy Clemings 21 Bald win and Shirley Ann Lisher 18 Lawrence Harald D Swanson 25 Wichita Wanda Jean Gugler 21 Junction City.
Lawrence fire crews responded to a home on Fth and Ala Streets at 3 10 am today to extinguish a smoldering trash fire. There was no damage reported.
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