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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1955

Page

7

Oil Feeds Through Paola Humboldt Pipeline Ahead of Deadline

Oil begins flowing at 7 a.m. through the Paola Humboldt line, under a temporary order from Judge Del West C. Hill, with 8 300 barrels expected today and 24 seven operation to clear a backlog. The resumption involves Producers Pipeline Co led by Walter, in Eureka area orders sent to producers as lines reopen after shut down since Oct 1 following actions by the Kansas Corporation Commission and Attorney General Fatzer.

Spaola Kas Paola-Hum- Wt Delwess C. Hill Walter Producers Pipeline Co Fees Ine Eureka Kansas Corporal Commission Atty Genrold M. Fatzer Clair Pipeline Co Sinclair Pacha T.2 Iola Eureka-Humboldt

City Shivers and Seasonal Swings in Local Life

The piece noteswrapping cold snaps affecting Canada bound duck flights and local hunters while Lawrence golf pro Wilbur Norton reports golf remains steady after school starts. It mentions Jayhawk Plunge swimming closing after Labor and Sol Kunz preparing repairs to reopen with warm weather.

Canada Wilbur Norton Lawrences Country Club Jayhawk Sol Kunz

Local Hospital Ledger Lists Residents and Births

A compiled list from Memorial Hospital records names residents and patients including Loyd F. Hunsaker and Barbara Giddens at various addresses, plus several births noted such as a baby girl for Mrs. Weller and a baby boy for the Guenther family. Other names include Pauline Scheve, James Willis Holmes, and Eva Hudson with associated addresses and family details.

Haze Weller Guenther Ohio St Sarah Waddell Tenn, St Eva Hudson Wilbert W. Lewis Baldwin

Droodles on Gumm Gumm the African Witch Designer

A fragment describes Gumm Gumm as an African witch who joined a student exchange with Dr Schwine’s nephew Clarence. It alleges he taught at Bellevue Hospital, was expelled, and performed primitive medical antics including an attempted rhinoceros horn appendectomy. It notes friction with New York doctors and mischief on Saturday nights.

Gumm-Gumm Schwine Clarence New York Bellevue Hospital Dr. _Schwine

Iola Publisher Faces Indirect Contempt Charge

Allen County District Court hears Wi Angleo Scott publisher of the Tola Register on indirect contempt tied to jail break news. Attorney J D Conderman argues the Oct 5 article and Oct 6 editorial prejudiced a client’s presumption of innocence. Defense says no contempt as no direct reference to charges or opinions on validity. The judge’s decision is pending.

Iola Kas Angelo Scott Tola Register Allen County J. D. Conderman Kansas Conderman Jola Register Alien County B. E. Lorance Aif Williams The Register Spencer A. Gard Fred Apt Scott Gard

Grant Renewed for K U Psychology Study Plan

The United States Public Health Service renews a 1955 56 grant of 21688 to Dr M Erik Wright of Kansas University for the clinical psychology training program. The sum covers salaries stipends and administrative costs and supports staff from Topeka State Hospital VA Hospital and the Menninger Foundation for consultant teaching and supervision.

Kansas University United States Public Health Service M. Erik Wright K. U Wright USPHS Annt Franks Morris Paulson Alberta Canada Arthur Shaw Brooklyn Earl Scott Shelbina Phyllis Coughenour Topeka State Hospital Veterans Administration Hospital Menninger Foundation of Topeka

Deaths and Funerals List Local Widows and Workers

Mrs. Grace I. Smallwood 64 of Kansas City died Thursday at Providence Hospital. Survived by husband Grover F Smallwood son Edward M Bowman two other sons Leonard F Smallwood and three sisters. Funeral 2 30 PM Warnick Custer Chapel Kansas City. Leonard Edward Gathmann 34 of DeSoto died after a fall at Delco Remy site in Olathe. Survived by wife Marjorie daughter Brenda Joyce parents Ed and Mrs Wynona Hopkins sister Mrs. Robert Wilson. Funeral in Pittsburg. Burial at Pittsburg or nearby.

Grace Smallwood Grace I. Smallwood Kansas City Providence Hospital Edward M Bowman Lawrence Smallwood Grover F.smallwood Tonganoxie Leonard F. Smallwood Birs Viola Welsh Clara Lazzaro St. Louis Marie Pouppitt Piper Warnick-Custer Chapel Leonard Z. Gathmane Leonard Edward Gathmann DeSoto Olathe Community Hospital Delco-Remy Olathe Minden Mines Pittsburg State Teachers College John F. Beasley Construction Co Marjorie Gathmann Brenda Joyce Ga

Carroll Smith Check Charge Dismissed in County Court

A worthless check charge against Carroll Smith was dismissed after he paid the $35 check and court costs. The incident involved cashing a $35 check on Sept 28 at A and P Supermarket at 11th and Mass Streets.

Carroll Smith Smith 11Th Mass Sts

Man Denies Moonshine Operation In Federal Court

Louisville resident Joseph Lee Greenwell testified he went to a moonshine site only to fetch a drink for his elderly mother. He admitted taking two drinks and received one year and one day in a Federal penitentiary for operating the still.

Louisville Joseph Lee Greenwell Greenwell

Kansan High School Journalists Convene at KU Conference

About 217 northeast Kansas high school journalism students attend a regional conference at Kansas University. The event, sponsored by the William Allen White School and University Extension, covers newspapers and yearbooks with lectures by Bur ton W. Marvin Emil L. Telfel Frances Grinstead Jim Bedford and Jane Stanbrough. This stands as one of six fall SHSAA conferences in Manhattan Kinsley Hays Neodesha and El Dorado.

Kansas Kansas University William Allen White Jane Stanbrough Lawrence Kansas State High School Activities Association Manhattan Kinsley Hays Neodesha el Dorado

Fire Prevention Week Sees Two Minor Blazes Reported

Quiet Fire Prevention Week saw two small fires Friday night. At 400 block Indiana Street a resident cleaning a car carburetor with gasoline sparked a minor blaze with slight damage and no injuries. At Kansas Color Press 2201 Haskell Ave a press ink-fire was extinguished by sprinklering with only water cleanup needed.

Indiana Street Gan Jetz Kansas Color Press Haskell Ave

Stevenson Holds Back Decision On 1956 Presidential Bid

Former Gov Adlai Stevenson of Illinois revealed he has made up his mind on a Democratic presidential bid but declined to disclose it immediately. He indicated he would accept the nomination if offered, but plans to announce his stand soon. He spoke in Kingston while receiving an honorary degree from Queen’s University and expressed optimism for a Democratic victory in November 1956. He declined to detail conversations with Truman or Harriman.

Kingston Adlai Stevenson Ilinois Chicago Queen University Truman New York Averell Harriman

Gasoline Plant Fire Minimal Damage Despite Explosions

A fire at the United Fuel Gas Co plant inHubball West Virginia burned slowly, with five workers injured, one seriously. Despite blasts, no huge gas tanks nearby exploded, and nearby railroad cars were moved to prevent ignition. Nearby schoolchildren avoided injury.

Hubball W. Va United Fuel Gas Co

Homecoming Queen Crowned at Pittsburg State Teachers College

Russell Mosser elected Friday as a lay delegate to the Blue Shield state board of trustees at a state meeting in Topeka. Diane Hollis of Fredonia crowned Homecoming Queen Friday night at Pittsburg State Teachers College. she had attended KU before transferring to Pittsburg and was a junior in Education living at the Delta Delta Delta house.

Russell Mosser State Board of Trustees of Blue Shield Topeka Diane Hollis Fredonia Pittsburg State Teachers College K.U Pittsburg School of Education Delta Delta Delta Sorority

Littell Family Fuels K U Enrollment Push

The Littell families from Morton County boost Kansas University's fall enrollment near 8000 with five Rolla students and Allen Littell a freshman. Ross and Don are seniors, Gene is a junior, Bill a freshman in music education and Lambda Chi Alpha.

Littell Morton County Kansas University Rolla K.U Weldon Kansas State College Waldon Delmas Allen Emily Drew Laura Larue Drew Bressler Near Dorothy Drew Norton Ross Don Gene Korea Mabel Berryman Archer City Texas Lambda Chi Alpha Bill University Symphony Phi’ Mu Alpha

Young Mother Cries During Calif Armed Robbery

In Glendora California Hallie Mae Long twenty a mother of two and expecting a third was booked on suspicion of armed robbery after a liquor store holdup ended when she laid down the pistol and cried She told deputies she spent some of two hundred dollars entrusted by her brother and had only thirty eight dollars left Huey Long her husband twenty one a construction worker was part of the incident and titled to be questioned.

Glendora Calif Sheriff's Hallie Mae Long Azusa Denine Linda Huey P. Long Reno Tonal Tonsi Teafure

FPC Suspends Most Of Gas Rate Boost Sought By Cities Service

The Federal Power Commission suspended five months of Cities Service Gas Co. proposed rate increase totaling 3.936 million dollars, affecting about 50 wholesale customers in Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and Texas. A hearing is set for late in the proceedings with potential refund if no decision by then.

FPC Cities Service Co Washington Power Commission Cities Service Gas Co Oklahoma City Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Texas Cities Service

Mission Sunday at Immanuel Church

Immanuel Lutheran Church at 17th and Vt. St. hosts Mission Sunday with Rev. A C Burroughs of Topeka speaking at 8:30 and 11 a m services. The mission offering supports synod missions in 27 nations and funds a church TV program. A Mission Family Night with potluck dinner follows at 5:30 p.m.

Immanuel Lutheran Church 17Th Vt. St A. C. Burroughs Topeka Kansas District Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod Synod Richard Miller

Local Man Injured in East Lawrence Crash

A Lawrence man, Charles B. Saunders of Sunnyside, and Don ald Miller of DeSoto were involved in a Friday evening collision four miles east of Lawrence on Highway K-10. Saunders’ car was nearly demolished while Miller’s pickup was less damaged. Robert Ellsworth of 1325 W. Campus Rd. received treatment at Lawrence Memorial Hospital to remove broken glass from an eye but was not hospitalized. Witnesses reported Saunders’ car suffered near-total damage. no loss estimate was available.

Lawrence Charles B. Saunders Sunnyside Donald Miller DeSoto Robert Ellsworth Campus Rd Lawrence Memorial Hospital Saunders Miller

Youngster Faces Court Hearing Over Fatal Shootings

A 13 year old, Leon Casteel of Augusta Kansas, is to appear in Butler Juvenile District Court on Tuesday charged with felonious assault with intent to kill after admitting he shot his father Clyde Casteel in the back. Clyde Casteel remains in serious condition at a Wichita hospital from the shooting last Tuesday.

EL Dorado WA Butler Jusvenile District Court Leon Casteel Augusta Kas Butler County Glenn Tarrant Clyde Casteel Wichita

Motorist Speeding After Accident Loses License

In West New York New Jersey a 17 year old motorist Lyle H M Watson ignored a police prompt to file a report and instead sped to headquarters at 50 mph on the main street. He was cited for speeding and his license revoked for six months.

West New York N.J Lyle H. M. Watson

English Teachers Hear Cowley McCoy Speeches at Conference

Malcolm Cowley and Alvin McCoy spoke at the Conference on Composition and Paterabare in High School and College. About 150 attended a banquet where Cowley urged citizen participation in politics for better democratic government while McCoy reassessed American Literature and urged adaptation to improve English teaching. Natalie Calderwood closed with a lecture on the teacher's role.

Malcolm Cowley Alvin 8. McCoy Kansas The Kansas City Star Colge Cowley Natalie Calderwood

Move Under Advisement In Fence Boundary Suit

District Judge Frank Gray has taken under advisement a petition by Margaret Eugenia Davis and Ermingarde Davis for an injunction to force the county to remove a fence built last June between their East Nineteenth Street home and the south side of the 4 H Fairgrounds. The injunction request was argued in court Friday. The plaintiffs say an old fence was the boundary for 48 years before the county surveyed and began erecting a new fence about 10 feet south of the old line on land they believed was theirs.

Frank Gray Margaret Eugenia Davis Ermingarde Davis East Nineteenth Street

Poultry Meet Set For October In Wichita

The Kansan reports the Kansan Poultry Conference will be held October 26-27 at the Broadview Hotel in Wichita. It features an educational program on production sales and the consumer view, a 4-H and open dressed turkey show, and business meetings of the Kansas Poultry Improvement Association and Kansas Turkey Federation led by M. A. Seaton of Kansas State College.

Kansan Broadview Hotel Wichita Kansas Poultry Improvement Association Kansas Turkey Federation M. A. Seaton Kansas State College Manhattan

Topeka Daily Capital Wins Inland Press Award

The Topeka Daily Capital earns the Inland Daily Press Association outstanding community service award the first Kansas paper to win. Publisher Henry S. Blake and executive editor James Reed will receive the trophy from Dean Earl English on Oct 17 for bold investigative reporting on nursing home conditions tax funded recreation loan shark exposure and other projects.

Chicago University of Missouri Inland Daily Press Assn Topeka

Lecompton Bridge Crash Damages Estimated at 750

Duane Lee Chiles 22 of Lecompton loses control on Kaw River Bridge and crashes into the structure. no injuries. Three other non injury accidents reported in Lawrence with damages listed including Ethel Fetty and Da Ratch at Vth and Mass and Lemar Dobler with Ernest Goodner at 613 Vt. St. plus a collision at 9th and Me. Sts. involving Benjamin Harrison Ray and Glenn Warren Davis with unspecified damage.

Duane Lee Chiles Lecompton Kaw River Chiles Sherif Lawrence Ethel Norma Fetty Mo. St da Ratch Ohio St Vth Mass Lemar Dobler Topeka Ernest Leroy Goodner Eudora Vt. St Benjamin Harrison Ray Prairie Ave Glenn Warren Davis E. 19Th St Colia 9Th Me. Sts

Market News KC Livestock Prices Mixed on Week

Kansas City market report shows cattle prices mixed from last week with declines in average weight steers and higher 1 200 lb weights. Prime and choice levels fluctuate, cows and bulls trend lower, calves and feeders largely steady, several price ranges noted across weight classes and grades.

Market Report Summary of Live Stock and Farm Prices

Choice yearling stock steers 18.50 to 21.00 with higher feeders 800 lb up at 18.00 to 19.50. Sheep slaughter lambs steady with Colorado wooled lambs 19.25. native wooled 17.25 to 18.00. ewes 0 to 16.50. Hogs week totals show barrows 25 to 50 lower and top close 14.85. 200-230 lb at 14.50 to 14.75. feeders 13.00 to 14.00. sows 13.50 to 14.50. Additionally, Kansas City market reports eggs, butter, poultry, and miscellaneous prices with current receipts for grains and meats.

K. C. Livestock Kansas City USDA Colorado An. C Tome Beltsville

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