New Road Controls Shown to Engineers
Lincoln Nebraska engineers and highway officials gathered for a field demonstration of an electronic traffic control system. RCA scientists, with Nebraska Department of Roads, embedded detector loops in a 320 foot paving strip at Highways 2 and 77 to trigger lights and warnings for merging, following distance, obstacle detection, speed, safe passing, and lane guidance via a guide wire.
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Lincoln, Neb
Radio Corp. of America
Nebraska Department of Roads
L. N. Ross
Milwaukee Slugging Spark Leads Marathon Victory
In front of 61,207 fans at the ballpark, Mathews doubled to drive in Hazle and Logan for a roar worthy moment. Coleman was pulled off the bag as Jerry Logan arrived late on a relay. Mantilla ended Milwaukee’s decisive rally with a deep fly to right after Torre’s RBI grounder.
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Jerry Coleman
Coleman
Logan
Mathews
Hazle
Larsen
Wine
Bobby Shantz
Harry Aaron
Milwaukee
Wes Covington
Aaron
Hank
Frank Torre
Gil MacDougald
Felix Mantilla
Du Pont opens offices in Topeka for Tecumseh plant
Du Pont Co has opened temporary Topeka offices in the Kansas Technical Institute building to organize the proposed Tecumseh plant. No employment interviews will occur yet as plant operations aren’t planned to begin for about a year. First applications may arrive early in 1958, with supervisory staff to be formed at KTI until the administration building is completed in 1958.
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The
du Pont Co
Topeka
Tecumseh
G. H. Lavely
Lavely
Kansas Technical Institute
KTI
Deaths and Funerals of Byron Shook Former Lawrence Resident
Funeral services for Byron Shook a former Lawrence resident who died Friday in Colorado Springs Colorado were held Monday at the First Nazarene Church in Colorado Springs Burial followed He was a retired carpenter He is survived by sister Minnie McNamara of 623 Missouri Street and Edith DeMarco of Colorado Springs a daughter in law Daisy Shook of Colorado Springs a sister Emma Fraker of Fontana California and several nieces and nephews Also noted is a Louisiana based relative whose name appears garbled in the report Continuous typographic errors limit full clarity of the survivor list and address details.
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Byron Shook
Lawrence
Colorado Springs
Colo
First Nazarene Church
Minnie Mc
Kansas University Engineer Elected Kiwanis President
E B Phillips professor of electrical engineering at Kansas University was elected president of the Kiwanis Club for the coming year. George Anderson is the current president. Other new officers include Bob Oyler and Charles Sales as vice presidents, with Bascom Fearing Frank Foley Lawrence Mills and Dana Leibengood as directors. Installation will occur at the January meeting.
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E. B. Phillips
Kansas University
Kiwanis Club
George Anderson
Bob Oyler
Charles Sales
Bascom Fearing
Frank Foley
Lawrence Mills
Dana Leibengood
Government Space Still Available At Baldwin Grain Bin
Government storage space is available at the Baldwin bin site near the Santa Fe station in Baldwin. The Lawrence bin is full. There are 17 bins, each 3,250 bushels, renting for 24.38 dollars per month, with a storage fee of about a quarter of a cent per bushel monthly. Applications require county ASC approval and farmers must provide unloading equipment. Preference is given to grain under loan, then grain not under loan, groups of farmers, and warehousemen.
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Santa Fe Station
Baldwin
Douglas County Articultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
ASC
United States backs space object controls in disarmament talks
In a disarmament session, Lodge urged inclusion of space objects under general controls. The United States, Britain, France and Canada pressed for international oversight of outer space weapons. The U.S. proposed delaying nuclear tests until Russia agrees to related measures and pledged to curb fissionable material production with safeguards. Matsudaira urged test suspension citing radiation risks.
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United States
Britain
France
Canada
London
U.N. Disarmament
Lodge
International
Soviet Union
Russia
Koto Matsudaira
Two Wrecks Reported On City Streets Wednesday
Police reported multiple Wednesday traffic incidents with two clear two car wrecks on Massachusetts Street and Sixth Street. One crash at 41:45 p.m. involved Postles D Ambra and Harvey Groening, with $400 in damage and no injuries. A second wreck at 6th and Mass caused $275 in damage, also with no injuries. Police investigated three additional crashes with no injuries.
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Massachusetts Street
Postles D'Ambra
Stratford Rd
Marvin’ Lipp
Mass
Polio cases drop sharply after Salk vaccine drive
Washington officials report an 80 percent decline in paralytic polio over two years and a drop in nonparalytic cases. Health Secretary Folsom promotes a new vaccination push, noting 1 576 paralytic cases through Sept 28 this year versus 7 886 two years earlier, with seven month death estimates around 130 compared with 220 in 1956 and 257 in 1955.
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Secretary of Welfare Folsom
Washington
Folsom Today
Folsom
Verbiage fuels Cyclones hype for Parents Day clash
Iowa State seeks upset potential as coachs praise tough Jayhawks and Sooners. Kansas rivalries and psychological edge loom over Memorial Stadium as 20 000 to 25 000 fans expected and regional TV coverage set for BC TV Channel 9 Kansas City.
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Iowa State
Oklahoma
Sooners
Lke Bradley
Pearce
Kansas
Chuck Mather
Colorado
Boulder
Mather
Cyclones
Hardhitting Crew
Ames
Myers
Kangas
Jayhawks
Oday
Memorial Stadium
Bc-Tv
Kansas City
Real estate mortgage activity tops in Douglas County 1957
Harold Beck reports third quarter real estate mortgage registrations in Douglas County total nearly 1.7 million, lifting year to date indebtedness to about 4.5 million on 57 mortgages. If 1957 trends persist, year end could approach 6 million, nearing 1955 highs. The piece also raises a question about liquor and beer sale limits near schools and 400 foot restrictions.
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Douglas County
Harold Beck
Register of Deeds
Beck
Two-car Wreck on Massachusetts Street Injures No One
A two car accident in the 1100 block on Massachusetts Street caused 650 damage this afternoon. No injuries were reported by police. Naomi Perdue, 47, of 786 Ash Street and Edward Lee Coon, 20, of 447 Lincoln Street were involved. Perdue backed from the curb while Coon traveled south.
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Massachusetts Street
Naomi Perdue
Ash St
Edward Lee Coon
Lincoln St
Perdue
Coon
No Accords Foreseen For Major Problems
Washington officials see no present chance of practical deals with Russia on major world issues. Khrushchev seems not to seek agreements now, based on Dulles Gromyko talks showing Kremlin inflexibility on Middle East, disarmament, and Europe.
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Washington
Russia
West
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Dulles
Andrei Gromyko
Alo
Gromyko
Middle East
Kremlin
Docking backs limit on welfare medical payments
Gov. George Docking praised a plan to curb state participation in welfare medical expenses, proposing a cap of 6.50 per welfare client per month. Welfare officials expect approval if Docking signs off, arguing doctors are paid by public hospitals and should help the unpaid bill.
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Topeka
George Docking
State Social Welfare Board
Docking
American Medical Assn
Teamsters
Student Officers Chosen at Woodlawn Lincoln School
Election of student council officers was held Wednesday at Woodlawn Lincoln School. Betty Williams was elected president with Kenneth Coffman as secretary, Sandra Wilson as treasurer, and Donne Howser as vice president by the second highest votes. They will serve through the first semester. Ronald Lash and Kenneth Norris led the pre voting assembly and voting procedure.
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Woodlawn-Lincoln School
Betty Williams
Kenneth Coffman
Sandra Wilson
Donne Howser
Ronald Lash
Kenneth Norris
Hoppy Cassidy Charm Draws Lawrence Fans on Visit
Cassidy has worked 36 years in film and started the Hoppy series in 1935. Mrs Hoppy praised Clark Gable’s first contract for Painted Desert, while Cassidy’s friendliness endears him to visitors. The 63 year old star travels over 100000 miles yearly and greets all ages, inspiring local affection for the cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy.
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Cassidy
Boyd
Hoppy
Grace Bradley
Lawrence
Wyatt Earp
Wild
Bill Hickock
Cheyenne
Matt Dillon
Hopalong Cassidy
Mangled body identified near Rock Island tracks
Wellington authorities identified a badly mangled body found Tuesday near the Rock Island tracks as Robert William Woodworth, 63, described as a transient. The case remains under investigation.
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Wellington
Rock Island
Robert
William Woodworth
Fireball a House-Sized Meteor Misses Navy Plane
A reported fireball described as large as a house streaked across western skies and narrowly missed a Navy transport plane with 20 aboard near Alameda California. CAA officials call it a meteorite while meteor experts cite stray fireball from the Giacobinid shower with ground sighting near Utah Colorado border.
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Navy
Denver
Civil Agronautics Administration
Myton
Utah
Es Naval Air Station
Alameda
Calif
Norfok
Cmdr
W. F. Norris
Khrushchev Says USSR Ready to Use Force in Middle East
New York Times reports Khrushchev told James Reston Moscow interview the Soviet Union will use military force if needed to defend Middle East interests. He accuses Dulles of stirring war, questions Senate probe, and warns Turkey would fall quickly if war erupts.
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New York
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Middle East
The
New York Times
James Reston
Times
Turkey
Khrustichev
Dulles
Loy W. ‘Herderson
Jordan
Iraq
Syria
Khrushchev
Henderson
NATO
Reston
God
Docking to Begin Budget Hearings in October
Gov George Docking plans budget hearings starting October 17 or 18 with smaller agencies first and larger ones from October 28. Sen August Lauterbach and Rep Robert Anderson will attend along with budget officials William Salome and James Bibb, to discuss agency schedules and setup.
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George Docking
Docking
August Lauterbach
Rcolby
Rep
Robert Anderson
Ottawa
Senate
House
Ways and Means
William C. Salome
State Department of Administration
James Bibb
McLouth Citizens Rally for Farm Family in Mourning
McLouth residents raise funds for the family of W. C. Bartlett Jr. 42, a local farmer who died Sept. 30 at University Medical Center Kansas City. He left a wife and four children, with one daughter winning a $1,500 college scholarship last year. Bartlett also worked for a Kansas City construction firm and served as Scoutmaster of the McLouth Boy Scout troop. he belonged to the McLouth Methodist Church and the Masonic Lodge.
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McLouth
W. C. Bartlett Jr
University Medical ‘Center
Kansas
Chilon
Bartlett
Kansas City
San Marino Chiefs Plan Meeting Today
San Marino faces a renewed bid by anti Communist leaders to end the stalemate with Communist refusals to surrender the 38 square mile republic. White regime figures say a final decision may come at today’s meeting as Red volunteers threaten to fire to defend their hold on government buildings.
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San Marino
San’ Marino
Zaccaria Savoretti
Savoretti
Domenico Morganti
Morganti
Red
Leavenworth Fair ends on strong financial note
Lindell reports the 4-H division thriving and the ladies division the largest ever. The fair shows a deficit reduced to a solid balance with optimism for next year. Officials plan more seating and rebuilding, with the regular fair building potentially given to the ladies division.
Memorial Hospital Births and Listings Overview
At Memorial Hospital several births and names appear with addresses across towns including Rock Creek Eudora Baldwin Lecompton Tonganoxie and Baldwin. Notable entries include a baby girl to Ann Hebner and partner, a baby boy to Margot Sunday and partner, and multiple births announced for couples Dale McBride Hickman White Hartman and others.
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Fern L. McBride
Rock Creek
Erma L. Butts
Eudora
Mabel Allison
Lilly Chanay
Baldwin
Anna Camp
W. 15Th St
44Azel Roe
Myrna Hartman
Lecompton
Mae~Chamberlin
W. 22Nd St
Tonganoxie
Thouret Gaudhan
Ind. St
Sophia Wilder
Laura Etta Payne
Evelyn L. Lee
W. 20Th St
Georgia ‘Sable
W. 4Th St
Janice Luber
N. H. St
Ann Hebner
Dale McBride
Ronald Hickman
Sunnyside
Roger L. White
Ala. St
Leland Hartman
Do You Know This Person Lawrence Family Feature
A nostalgic profile recalls a Lawrence man born in 1927 who remained in his hometown, worked with his father, and rose from Lawrence High School to a naval aviation stint. He enlisted at 17, amid tall tales of milk and height limits, and later married a Kansas City-born woman after a family picnic. They have a daughter matching his age in the photo.
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Lawrence
Jane Ti
Lawrence High School
Rade College
Tad
Naval Air Corps
Navy
Kansas City
Wolf eel reports surface from Pacific coast waters
The so called wolf eel found off the Pacific Coast sometimes reach es a length of eight feet.
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Pacific Coast
In Memoriam Oscar and Alice Powell
In loving memory of Oscar T. Powell who left us October 10 1956 and Alice V. Powell who left us October 14 1927. Years go by but memories stay as near as yesterday. Deep in our hearts you remain, loved ones of the Powell and Herd families.
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Oscar T. Powell
Alice V. Powell
Powell and Herd
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University of Colorado
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Sedona, Ariz
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Chiefs Plan
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Cook's Paints
MFA Mutual Insurance Protection
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