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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1956
Page
10
The design HW-16 house shows nine rooms and two baths in 1195 square feet, with a tandem two car garage, a large lower recreation room, and a private master bath area. It suits sloped or flat land, can be built with or without a basement, and emphasizes economical construction and flexible layout by Alfred Ryder.
Building costs vary with local arbor and material rates transport and contractor overhead. Architect Alfred Ryder estimates this house could be built for about $23,000 in New Jersey. To get a rough estimate, show your plan to a builder of similar houses in your neighborhood.
The dining room and living room gain from bay windows while a corner brick fireplace anchors the space. The living room spans about 20 feet square with a wrought iron balcony at the far end and a studio height ceiling rising to a story and a half, evoking a cathedral-like impression.
Readers may obtain a house study plan by filling out their name and address and mailing 35 cents. The plan shows floor layouts and four elevations and includes guidance on getting loans, working with builders, and estimating construction costs to help decide on proceeding with blueprints from the architect.
Experts urge autumn as the best time to seed a durable lawn. Plant bluegrass in fall to shade out crabgrass, with red fescue and bent grasses as alternatives. Seed depth, watering, and mowing guidance follow, stressing proper seed choice for permanent turf and delaying weed control until grasses have grown.
Bernard J ne County Agriculture and Conservation Committee notes total county wool grower payments of 7 953 46 and Douglas County lamb payments of 2 152 88 through July 31. Payments cover 280 895 pounds of lambs and yearlings sold for slaughter in the 1955 56 marketing year at 77 cents per hundredweight. Shorn wool incentives on the 1955 clip reached 5 800 60 for 33 365 5 pounds of wool through July 31, part of a program to lift annual shorn wool production toward a 300 million pound target.
In Nicosia a series of explosions damaged Episkopi cantonment the joint Middle East command center. A gasoline bomb caused a fire that was put out. A sergeants mess and two officers mess roofs were damaged with unexploded devices found amid tight security heightened by the Cyprus unrest and Suez crisis.
About 40 persons filed claims yesterday when the federal government opened 21,713 acres in western Colorado to uranium prospectors. Sheriff officers reported no incidents as no trouble developed. Two years ago, 1,975 claims were filed within hours when the Atomic Energy Commission released land in Montrose County after an unsuccessful preliminary exploration. Officials said further exploration would be too expensive.
A District Judge set September 10 for a permanent injunction hearing to halt picketing in a four day old Denver Union Station strike over working hours. A temporary restraining order was issued yesterday to ease a flow of perishables by Railway Express Co. workers who refused to cross the picket lines.
Keep a refrigerator supply of simple syrup made from equal parts sugar and water. Use it to sweeten fruit drinks iced or hot beverages like coffee and tea as needed.
Jayne Mance field recalls a rapid rise from earning 60 cents an hour and selling candy at the Wilshire Wiltern Theater to making about 1250 dollars a week with Rock Hunter and a TV show. She describes the fame pedestal, willingness to pose for photos, and shifts in tactics including potential stock merchandising and a Playboy past.
Algerian battlefield reports say rebels receive aid from newly independent Morocco after a deadly clash. Two French soldiers died and three were injured when a helicopter went down near Souma. French forces reported ten to twelve rebels killed in various assaults, with about 50 rebel rifles found at the battlefield near the Moroccan frontier.
DALLAS. A resolution declaring compliance with the Supreme Court school desegregation ruling as the only alternative to enforced compliance failed in the American Boer Association at the closing session. Palmer Hutcheson of Houston proposed the motion, with C Waldo Haines of Atlanta seconding. Hutcheson urged obedience to law and order despite dislike of the outcome.
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