Strategy board talks of strike
John L Lewis chaired a 200 member policy committee to map strategy as a coal strike looms. With UMW contracts expiring Saturday and soft coal talks ongoing, leaders aim to avoid a shutdown while signaling a possible walkout next Monday if no deal is reached.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Northern
Lewis
Southern
Pennsylvania
UMW
John Busarello
Pittsburgh
Harry Moses
Southern Coal Producers Association
Suits in District Court Seek $22,208.80 Damages
Two damage suits filed in District Court seek a total of $22,208.80. Both stem from a highway collision on March 8, 1952 near Kinsley involving Steckel's Inc of Russell and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co. The plaintiff James Austin Tuggle seeks $6,085.28 for medical, hospital, car, and other losses plus $16,123.52 for his wife, totaling $22,208.80.
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Kinsley
Steckel's, Inc
Russell
Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co
Hartford
U. S. Highway 50
Tuggle
Love
Dean Coth
Ken Employe
Steckel’s. Gle
Enrollment tops 200 at Tabor College Kas
Enrollment at Tabor College Harris Hillsboro indicates more than 200 students for the fall term. College officials said 17 enrolled during regular registration last week and expect late enrollees to push the total above 200, compared with 155 enrolled at this point last year.
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Hillsboro
Kas
Tabor College
Government funds set aside for school projects nationwide
Earl James McGrath, U S commissioner of education, announced reservations of 3,806,000 in government funds for 26 school construction projects across 13 states. Individual allocations include 26880 for Riverview District 171 in Wichita.
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Washington
Earl James McGrath
U. S
Riverview
Wichita
Tractor Scoop Accident Kills Marvin Sammons Near Logan
Marvin Lee Sammons was killed Saturday in a tractor related accident at his farm home near Logan Kansas. He was riding in a dirt scoop attached to the tractor when the scoop dumped him out suddenly.
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Hays
Marvin Lee Sammons
Logan
Kas
Probate Judge Bell of Doniphan County Dies in Wathena
Probate Judge John Rodney Bell, 68, of Doniphan County, died in Wathena Saturday from a heart attack. A black 1935 Ford panel truck was reported stolen Sunday between 7 and 10 p.m. from Vermont Street block 00, owner Thomas Patterson of McLouth.
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Vermont St
Thomas Patterson
McLouth
Lee Horney Elected to Lead U S Highway 36 Assn
Lee Horney of Norton Kansas was chosen president of the national U S Highway 36 Association at its annual session in St Joseph Missouri. Milo Barton of Pittsfield Illinois was elected vice president and Fred Butcher of St Joseph Missouri was named secretary and treasurer. The group approved a 1953 budget of 12000 for highway promotion.
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St., Joseph
Lee Horney
Norton
Kas
Horney
Highway Association
Milo Barton
Pittsfield
Fred Butcher
St. Joseph
Mrs Hagerman Dies In Lawrence Age 72
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian Hagerman of 125 Tenn. St. Lawrence will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church with Rev. Edwin F. Price officiating. Burial is in Oak Hill Cemetery. Born March 4, 1873, she lived in Knowl edge Hill and Oakridge, studied at Lawrence High and the University of Kansas. She married Whitman A. Churchill in 1903 and, after his death in 1915, later married Charles S. Hagerman who died in 1948. Survivors include six nieces and six nephews. She served as city schools treasurer 1915 to 1945 and was active in Girl Scouts and local clubs. Death due to pneumonia with heart ailment.
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Lillian Hagerman
First Baptist Church
Edwin F. Price
Oak Hill Cemetery
Lawrence High School
University of Kansas
Whitman A. Churchill
Watkins National Bank
Helen Churchill
Hollins College
Hagerman
Charles S. Hagerman
Rarick
J. S. St. Clair
O. L. Adams
Ralph Pine
Lawrence
Hugh DeBord
Birch Tree
Dorothy Peverly
Los Angeles
Sheridan Pearson
Houston
Texas
John Pearson
Pittsburg
Franklin Simmons
Commerce
Okla
Charles Simmons
Lawrence —Simmons
Electra
Harry Simmons
Kansas City
Herbert Wood
Route 5
NEEDS STEEL NOW school site takes shape with busy pud dling work
Construction of the future school progresses in multiple areas. Workers puddle a dirt and sand base for floors near the entrance while concrete footings and service tunnels rise. The plan places offices, classrooms, a library upstairs, a cafeteria opening to a west facing court, and spaces for labs, gym, auto shops, and vocational labs. Mt. Oread towers over a pond shaded by trees to the west where athletic fields will spread.
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Mt. Oread
Sparkman calls GOP hippogriffs in press club talk
Senator Sparkman denounces Republicans as hippogriffs in a Women's National Press Club address. He cites Dwight Eisenhower surrendering power to Taft and compares the party to a mythic creature split between horse and griffin, held together by a desire for public office.
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Washington
Sen
Sparkman
Dwight Eisenhower
Taft
Women's
National Press Club
Market News Markets At a Glance
Stocks lower with rails and oils leading the decline. Bonds down as rails supply weighs. Cotton irregular with hedging, wheat slightly lower in light trade. Corn weak from hedging pressure with more corn entering. Oats mixed with September firm, other months down. Hogs steady to 25 cents higher to a top of 20.00. Cattle steady to 50 cents higher.
KC Livestock Market Report From Kansas City
KC Livestock prices show cattle range mostly steady with occasional declines on heifers and stockers. Slaughter cattle and vealers trade unevenly with 1.00 lower on lighter demand. cows steady to 25 lower. Hogs fair trade with 23 lower on some grades. sheep slow with small lambs down about 50. Wheat and grain prices listed with mixed to stronger bids for certain grades.
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K. C. Livestock
Kansas City We
USDA
Brose
Davin Wall Street Drops On Rail and Oil Losses
The Davin Wall Street in New York opened lower Monday as rail road and oil shares fell, dragging most major categories down. Losses ranged from one to two points in many cases, with few gains barely above zero. Trading slowed as prices declined and volume fell to about one million shares, compared with 1,040,000 last Friday. Cards of Thanks Thelma D Haverty expresses gratitude for flowers, cards, and hospital care received during hospitalization.
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Wall Street
New York
um—Llosses
Tito Asked to Expand Yugoslavia Co operation in Defense
The United States asked Premier Marshal Tito for greater cooperation in defending Southeastern Europe. Vice Admiral H. Cassady proposed allowing American aircraft to use Yugoslav air bases and for the Yugoslav Navy to join Adriatic maneuvers, presented aboard the carrier Coral Sea during a Split briefing. Tito gave no commitment.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U. S
Marshal Tito
Europe
R H. Cassady
Sixth Fleet
Tito
Coral Sea
Split
Adriatic
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Cassady
Rejected Men Drafted After Re examinations
Selective Service officials say by August 1, 16,703 men previously classified as 4-F on mental grounds were drafted after re examinations ordered last year when the armed forces minimum test score dropped from 13 to 10. Of about 114,233 re examined out of 300,000, 33,891 were found acceptable for military duty and more than half are now inducted or about to be in the armed forces.
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Washington
Congress
Selective Service
Deaths and Funerals Earl Hobbs and Robert Hackman
Two men died in Lawrence and Kansas City aged 63 and 63. Earl Hobbs of 1129 Conn Street in Nickerson died after a brief illness. services set for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Rumsey Funeral Home with burial in Clinton Cemetery. Survives include wife Myra Hobbs, four sisters and two brothers. Robert Hackman, head inspector at Sunflower, died Sunday afternoon at his sister’s home in Kansas City Missouri after a heart attack. born in Lawrence, he attended KU in 1911 and belonged to Alpha Tau Omega. Survived by wife, two daughters and two grandchildren. funeral at Funk Chapel Tuesday at 2 p.m. with cremation to follow.
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Earl Morgan
Hobbs
Conn
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Rumsey Funeral Home
H. M. Sippel
Clinton Cemetery
Myra Hobbs
Jesfie Hobbs
Robert George Hackman
Mary Hackman
Tenn. St
Sunflower
Lawrence
George Hackman
Innes, Bullene and Hackman Dry Good Store
Hackman
University of Kansas
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
Local Births and Visits List From Memorial Hospital
A dated hospital roster records births and visits including baby boys and girls at Memorial Hospital with listed parents and addresses across Sunflower De Soto Hutchison Baldwin and surrounding areas. Notable entries show multiple newborns and family announcements across weekend dates with names such as Cowan Hall Hall and Neff reflected.
Navy Cadet Training At Olathe Base Highlights Flight Simulators
Armed Forces Aviation Cadet Charles G. Krone trains as a Navy pilot at Olathe Naval Air Base in a Cyclonamic simulator. Navy notes simulated trainers cost about 1.18 per hour to run versus 25 per hour for a training plane. Ed Fox relocates with his wife from Wellsville to Merriam. Fox is stationed at Olathe. Maurice Miller writes from the Philippines to his grandmother in Wellsville. Cpl James R Williams Jr spent five days on rest and recuperation leave in Japan from Korea. he is a 25th Infantry Division personnel clerk, son of James R Williams Sr. Pfc Jack Worley, son of Dora Worley, transfers from Chicago to Fort Bliss for missile branch schooling in the enlisted student detachment.
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W.irth Sr
Navy
Olathe Naval Air Base
James R. Williams Jr
Korea
Japan
25Th Infantry Division
James R. Williams Sr
N. J. St
Irene Williams
7Th St
Jack Worley
Dora Worley
R. I. St
Chicago
Fr. Bliss
Lakeview Club elects officers and directors
Junius Underwood of 2321 Vt. Street was re elected president at the Lakeview Club annual meeting. Other officers include Roy R. Moore of 9463 Tenn. Street first vice president Clarence Gorrill Route 1 second vice president A A Lauck Topeka secretary treasurer Directors for two years are Underwood Harold Johnson Gottlieb Nieder L H Rose all of Lawrence and Arthur Brewster Mission Holdover directors are Roy Moore Henry Asher Clarence Gorrill all of Lawrence and Leslie Mai Topeka.
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Junius Underwood
Vt. St
Lakeview Club
Roy R. Moore
Tenn. St
Clarence Gorrill
Route 1
A. A. Lauck
Topeka
Underwood
Harold Johnson
Gottlieb Nieder
L. H. Rose
Lawrence
Fletchers Charged In City Drunkenness Case
Mark Fletcher and Sterling Fletcher of Perry were fined 25 dollars each and sentenced to 30 days in the city jail for being drunk in police court this morning.
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Mark Fletcher
Sterling Fletcher
Perry
Drunken Driving Harold M. Murry Found Guilty
Harold M. Murry of Valley Falls was found guilty in police court this morning on driving while under the influence charges. He was fined 100 dollars, placed on six months probation, paroled from a 30 day sentence, and had his driver's license suspended.
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Harold M. Murry
Valley Falls
Topekan Fined for Open Bottle Transport
Vernon Dwight Burkhart of Topeka was fined 25 dollars and costs in County Court this morning for transporting an open bottle of liquor. The case highlights enforcement actions against open container violations in local transit.
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Topekan
Vernon Dwight Burkhart
New Kiwanis Club Formed In Tonganoxie Charter Meet
Forty eight members of the Lawrence Kiwanis Club will travel to Tonganoxie for a charter meeting of the new Kiwanis Club being organized with help from the local club.
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New Kiwanis Club
Lawrence Kiwanis Club
Tonganoxie
Ruth Dyche Elected Head of Settlers Association
Ruth Dyche heads the Settlers Association as it plans a 1954 centennial display. 125 items are in the museum with broader contributions expected. the basement Municipal Building room should be full by 1954. Prof. Ray Q. Brewster spoke on Egypt, noting passport value, high birth rates, and hopeful US shoes myth. Local solos and a Dixon family concert complemented the meeting followed by a social hour and memorial flowers.
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Varnum
Ray Q. Brewster
Chautauqua County
Egypt
Brewster
United States
Brewsters
America
Robert Price
C. W. Straffon
Pinckney
Jim Smith
Paul Rogers
Phill Anderson
Nancy Stone
Joanne Okamoto
Dixon Family Orchestra
M.H. Dixon
Molly
Tom
Mike
Nancy
I. F. Eberhart
Lena Huddleston
Ralph Graber
Huddleston
Opal Jayne Kennedy
Helen Norwood
Edythe Salveson
John Dolbier
County Convalescent Home
University of Kansas welcomes students for eighty seventh year
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy issued a welcoming message to students, praising KU as a friendly midwestern institution with a long tradition. He highlighted academic pursuit, cultural and social opportunities, and the enthusiasm of the student body shaping the eighty seventh year.
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Franklin D. Murphy
University of Kansas Today
America
University of Kansas
Midwest
Marriage Licenses Issued in Probate Court Saturday
Charles Donald Crowder 28 and Geneva Lucille Tibbits 18 of Lawrence. Felix Richard Gurski 21 and Mildred Irene Cecil 19 of Leavenworth. James L. Kern 18 and Dorothy Irene Hatcher 17 of Lawrence.
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Charles Donald’ Crowder
Geneva Lucille Tibbits
Lawrence
Felix Richard Gurski
Mildred Irene Cecil
Leavenworth
James L. Kern
Dorothy Irene Hatcher
Eisenhower Campaign Notes Shift After Oregon Loss
Eisenhower's 18 car special train rolled through Taft strongholds as Len Morse of Oregon announced he would sit out the campaign citing dislike for Eisenhower Taft compromises. Eisenhower plans to leave the train at St Paul to address the AFL convention and Stevenson is slated to speak September 22. The swing covers nine Truman states Illinois Minnesota Iowa Missouri Kentucky Ohio West Virginia North Carolina and Virginia, plus Indiana Nebraska and Maryland.
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Price
Eisenhower
Sen. Taft
Len Wayne Morse
Morse
Washington
Taft
St.Paul
Minn
New York City
American Federation of Labor
Stevenson
Truman
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
North Carolina
Virginia
Dewey
Indiana
Nebraska
Maryland
Stevenson Says Taft Takes Over From Ire
Stevenson outlines Democratic strategy in presidential race and notes divisions within Republicans after Taft Eisenhower meeting. He respects Senator Byrd and his stance on government costs while criticizing Republican progressives. He supports lowering the voting age and calls for repealing Taft Hartley with a new labor law.
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Harry Byrd
Virginia
Stevenson
Byrd
Taft
Chicago
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York
Maryland
Vatican
Elect Three At Meet Wichita
The Kansas newspaper Mechanical Conference met in Wichita over the weekend and elected Bill Lawrence of Wichita as president Howard Wilson of Jetmore as vice president and Larry Miller of Topeka as secretary treasurer The 1953 meeting will be held in Kansas City Kas
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Wichita
Kansas Newspaper
Mechanical Conference
Bill Lawrence
Howard Wilson
Jetmore
Larry Miller
Topeka
Kansas City
Kas
Traffic Court Fines For Speeding And Reckless Driving
Arthur Folsom Jr of 1319 Pa. St was fined 15 dollars in police court this morning for speeding. Albert C. Smith of 901 E. 23rd was fined 15 dollars for speeding. Charles Nichols of Route 3 was found guilty on speeding and reckless driving and fined 15 dollars on each count.
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Arthur Folsom Jr
Pa. St
Albert C. Smith
E. 23Rd
Charles Nichols
Route 3
Traffic Lights Activated at 14th and Mass Streets
The city announced new four way traffic signals at 14th and Mass Streets are now in operation. The system aims to improve student safety and traffic control at the busy intersection.
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14Th and
Mass
Sts
No Injuries In Wreck Near Jonesburg Mo
KU professor of botany Norvel McClung and his wife and three children escaped injury after a Sunday auto mishap near Jonesburg Missouri. The party was traveling back to Lawrence after visiting relatives in Virginia and West Virginia. The car suffered severe damage but the McClungs were unhurt and planned to take a bus to Lawrence.
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Norvel M. McClung
Sunnyside
Jonesburg
McClung
University of Kansas
Lawrence Friends
Lawrence
American Botanical Society
Ithaca
N.Y
Virginia
West Virginia
KU Grad Librarian Receives Chicago Fellowship
James E. Tydeman of 1231 Oread Ave has been awarded a fellowship for graduate study at the University of Chicago Graduate Library School. He previously served as a periodical librarian at the University of Kansas and earned a bachelor’s in library science in 1950 from the University of Minnesota.
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James E. Tydeman
Oread Ave
University of Chicago
University of Kansas
University of Minnesota
Taft To Make Speech Over NBC In Ike Campaign
Senator Taft schedules the first of several nationwide broadcasts for Dwight D. Eisenhower. The 30 minute speech will air at 8 p.m. Wednesday over NBC and will be sped by the GOP national committee.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Brush Fires Reported on Rhode Island and Alabama Streets
A brush fire at 4 45 p m Sunday in the 1500 block of Rhode Island St caused no damage. Another at 9 53 a m today in the 400 block of Alabama St also caused no damage.
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Rhode Island St
Alabama St
Burglary Reported At Wilbur Rothwell Home
Police said a weekend burglary occurred at 825 N. Y. St. at the home of Wilbur Rothwell. About $15 and a wrist watch were taken in the incident reported at 10 a.m. Sunday.
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Wilbur Rothwell
N. Y. St
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