Red Cross budget set for 1956 57 in Douglas County
The Douglas County Chapter of the Red Cross adopts a budget of 13375 for local chapter work in 1956 57. The fiscal year runs July to July as a new blood center increases costs to meet National Health Institute standards. Final approval came from the chapter board Monday afternoon. The center will host donor blood for the local blood bank. Budget includes 6000 to 7000 for county share of national and international Red Cross work, bringing the drive total near 20000. Bill Hough named 1956 fund drive chairman. committee to study united fund drive participation. Board to report at Oct 10 meeting.
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The
Red Cross
Yunn
National Health Institute
Harold Fisher
Fred Isaacs
John Peters
Karl Kreider
Larry Heeb
Joseph W. Murray
Bill Hough
Hough
Red Cross Board
Traffic Group Backs Parking Ban on Indiana Street
The Little Lawrence Traffic Commission again recommends prohibition of parking on the east side of Indiana Street between Ninth and Twelfth Streets. Residents previously urged the City Commission to reject the rule, while other actions include sidewalk discussions, limited funds for new sidewalks, and permission signs guiding left turns at two intersections. The commission tabled further traffic control talks near the KU campus, with the next meeting set for 1 p.m. September 27 at the police courtroom.
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Indiana Street
Ninth
Twelfth Streets
City Commission
Traffic Commission
Nineteenth Street
Alabama
Louisiana
19Th
Kansas University
Vt. St
Stolen Money Reported Near Lakeview Area
Dick Conner reports a theft of a money bag containing 106 dollars from a car parked on a rural road near Lakeview five miles northwest of Lawrence. Conner and a friend left the vehicle to fish for minnows. a pickup truck pulled up behind, then left. The bag contained 85 dollars in cash, 21 dollars in a bankbook, and keys.
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Dick Conner
Learniard Ave
Sheriff's Office
Lakeview
Lawrence
Conner
Fragmented wildlife note on crocodiles and alligators
A garbled text fragment discusses Africa's big game hunters and a mix up between crocodiles and alligators. It hints at distinguishing the two species and mentions a country reference and the Atlantic coast context.
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America
Safety Setup Continues With School Bicycle Program
The school safety program includes short lectures from police and State Highway Patrol. Sgt Jack Evans now leads the police effort and will dedicate more time. Licensing for bicycles is part of the plan, with kids urged to bring unlicensed bikes to the Police Station for inspection. An adult crossing guard and safety patrols accompany bus stop areas near schools.
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Jack Evans
Hazelet
Marine Wins Prize In Culinary Glossary Notes
A reader lists culinary terms with definitions and notes on preparations. Entries include Quenelle as a force meat, Truite saumonee and filet de truite, Maltaise sauce with orange, Petit pois à la Francaise, Corbeille meaning a basket of fruit, and wines Chateau d Yquem and Madeira Sercial with brief descriptions of origin and style.
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Chateau Yquem
Bordeaux
Sauterne
Madeira Islands
Lawrence Jewish Community Plan Meeting Planned Tonight
A Lawrence gathering of Jewish residents is set for seven thirty PM at 1409 Tenn St to organize a Jewish Community. The group aims to include a church and Sunday School and notes about 36 Jewish families in Lawrence including KU faculty families.
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Tenn, St
Wil
K .U
K.U
Geneva
Switzerland
Not Been Contacted Invited to Attend Church Meeting
Members not yet contacted are invited to attend the gathering to help organize the church. The meeting aims to involve attendees in planning and coordination for upcoming church activities and programs.
Reich Leader Home One Goal Is Reached
MOSCOW Chancellor Adenauer returns from five day conference with Soviet Premier Bulganin after agreeing to establish diplomatic relations and return German nationals held in the Soviet Union. He invites Bulganin to Bonn while reiterating reunification remains unresolved and border issues to be settled by a final peace treaty.
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Moscow
Konrad Adenauer
Soviet Union
West Germany
Kremlin
Bulganin
Bonn
Adenauer
Germany
North Atlantic Alliance
Contract Talks Open Between Lawrence Paper Co and AFLG Mills
Initial negotiations for a renewal contract between Lawrence Paper Co and the American Federation of Grain Millers occurred Tuesday. The current agreement expires October 10. The company proposed a five-cent hourly raise. the union rejected it and seeks a 25-cent hourly increase plus shift differentiation and a closed shop. A next meeting is scheduled for September 27.
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Lawrence Pa ‘Per Co
American Federation of Grain Millers
Godfrey Denies Air Safety Infraction Again
Washington radio TV entertainer Arthur Godfrey again protests innocence after the Civil Aeronautics Administration opened an investigation into a formal complaint. He allegedly flew far too close to an Ozark Airlines plane after takeoff from Chicago Midway last Wednesday. He said the only variation was dipping his wings in salute to the other plane.
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Washington
Arthur Godfrey
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Godfrey
Ozark Airlines
Chicago
Midway Airport
Custon
CAA probes DC3 overtake after Ozark departure
In Lawrence a written complaint filed by the CAA cites a blue and white executive DC3 that allegedly overtook a flight shortly after takeoff and turned left across its path forcing a loss of speed to avoid prop wash. The agency investigates possible flight rule violations amid past suspensions.
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Ozark
DCI
Godfrey
Teterboro
N.d
Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence area
Funeral services were held for Jack Ler Fisher 29 of 1726 Tenn St killed in a highway accident near Wellington He was resident engineer for the contractor team on a Turnpike bridge over the Kaw River north of Lawrence Survived by wife Deborah age 6 daughter and parents three sisters and other relatives Also noted are obituaries for nnGENeR Solon Fisher Abe Hay and Emma Schulz plus John C Bowers and John Tuttle with funeral details and burial plans. The column also reports local construction progress at the Santa Fe rail station project and community items including 1954 Kansas State Fair champions roster and a correction about freshman basketball prospects Bob Billings of Russell. Weather notes mild with winds 30 mph and a forecast of 70s. WREN and KANU to broadcast KU versus Texas Christian game in Fort Worth.
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Jack Ler Fisher
Tenn, St
Simmons
Kansas City
Fisher
Wellington
Howard, Needles, Tammen and
Bergendorf
Kaw River
Lawrence
Turner High School
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Maxine Fisher
Deborah
Boyd. Fisher
Turner
Melba Howell
Clathe
Rebecca Smith
San Diego
Calif
Boydine Brown
Seattle
Wash
Nngener
Solon Fisher
Westfield
John C. Bowers
John Carlton Bowers
Wadsworth Veterans Hospital
St. Luke's Ame Church
Stella Bowers
Ivan Bowers
Gerald Bowers
Lincoln
Albert Bowers
Chicago
St. Luke‘s Ame Church
A. L. Parker
Oak Hill Cemetery
Marion E. Tuttle
Ohio St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lone Star
Ruby Tuttle
George Tuttle
Fern Schnider
Wallace
Tuttle
Ear
Alma
Everett Tuttle
Pekin
Harold Tuttle
Topeka
Rumsey Funeral Home
Rev
G. H. Woeslemeyer
Memorial Park Cemetery
Centennial parade memories and business in Lawrence
A year after Lawrence celebrated its centennial with a large parade on September 25, merchants note better August and early September business. Locals recall past preparations, displays, and remnants from the celebration while Kansas University students return for the fall term boosting commerce.
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Lawrence
Kansas Universe
Buck Creek to Welcome New Fertilizer Plant
Ground was broken for a new $50,000 Buck Creek fertilizer plant six miles northwest of Lawrence. Kaw Fertilizer Service will market a balanced liquid fertilizer directly to farmers with trained custom applicators and equipment rental on a plan to expand after initial county rollout.
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Buck Creek
Lawrence
Kaw Fertilizer Service
Dean McHard
McHard
Oklahoma A & M
Local Birth Announcements From Memorial Hospital
At Memorial Hospital George Hutchinson and Audrey Williams welcomed a baby girl at Eudora. Inez Atwell, Laurena Shobe, Katherine Peters, Clara Burdorff, Elsie Folks, Judy Killian, Ellen Miller, Mary Budrich, and Maxine Dibble are listed with family details. Multiple entries note babies born to Collins, Kemper, Pine, McKelvey, Swain, and others, with addresses and dates of delivery.
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George Hutchinson
Mass. St
Audrey Williams
Learnard Ave
Inez Atwell
Vernon Shopterse
Carbondale
Laurena Shobe
Lyons St
Katherine Peters
Barker Ave
Clara Burdorff
Elsie Folks
Eudora
Judy Killian
Tenn. St
Michael Huggins
E. 15Th St
Timmy Flelfrich
Baldwin
Alice Kemper
Fla
Juanita
Collins
W. 4Th St
Ellen Miller
Vt. St
Mary Budrich
Mass
Harry Blakely
Approval on Hatchery Permit by Lawrence Planning Commission
The Lawrence Planning Commission on Tuesday granted J. R. Standing of the Douglas County Hatchery permission to operate a feed store and chick hatchery at 545 Wisc. St. The panel, in a special zoning category, tabled N. N. Brown’s request for a zoning exception to build four duplexes on a 100 foot frontage tract in the 1700 block on St. The commission will seek a legal opinion on interpreting ordinance terms.
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Lawrence
Postcard from Ex-Inmate Surprises Gainesville Jailers
Ernie Thomas, recently released after serving time for drunkenness, mailed a postcard from Jacksonville to Alachua County jailers, a surprising move that drew attention to ongoing inmate treatment concerns and the unusual contact from a former prisoner.
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Gainesville
Fla
Alachua County
Ernie Thomas
Jacksonville
Markets At a Glance Amid Mixed Prices and Sluggish Trade
Mixed market signals with profit taking in grains and livestock, hogs and cattle mostly steady or down. Kansas City USDA reports limited midweek supply for slaughter cattle and calves, with hogs trading lower and sheep steady to strong on slaughter lambs, while futures show modest gains in select sectors.
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Kansas City
Usda - Cat
Goms
Bird drama on windy hill and pier bite tale
A Martin tries to court a female nesting on a fishing pier while fishermen ignore a bite from a small shark and a tackle mishap. Grand Canyon encloses the Tavasupais, a small isolated Indian reservation of about 300 people in a few square miles. In loving memory of Farrow Hobbs, remembered today. Kansas City Wheat shows 79. By relatives and friends.
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Martin
Papa Amaron
Grand Canyon National Park
United States
Farrow
Hobbs
K. C. Cash
Kansas City
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