Telephone crews begin strike today across the nation
Telephone equipment installers walked out at 6 am local time, with picket lines supported by thousands of operators. Despite automatic dialing, delays were mostly limited to long distance calls as supervisory staff staffed those lines while the strike spread from east to west. The walkout ended last‑minute contract talks between the Communications Workers of America and West Coast management.
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Communications Workers of America
No Picket Lines Here In Lawrence Bell Strike
Lawrence offices report no current picketing by Southwestern Bell staff while Western Electric workers, not in local telephone operations, are on strike. CWA president Louis Stone says action could occur, with only a few Lawrence workers involved. A New York session aims to end the walkout, while a two year contract covers 10,000 distribution and warehouse employees in 31 cities.
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Lawrence
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Louis Stone
Communications Workers of America
Western Electric
CWA
Western
Stone
Em Electric Co
American "Telephone & Telegraph Co
District of Columbia
New York City
Urban
New Hearings On Midwest Teamster Boss Sept 24
Senate Rackets Committee chief McClellan announced new hearings next week into Midwest Teamster Boss James R. Hoffa. The tentative schedule has hearings starting Tuesday Sept 24 for three or four days, ahead of the Teamsters Union convention in Miami Beach Florida. Hoffa seeks to oust retiring president Dave Beck.
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Washington
McClellan
DtArk
Senate’ Rackets Committee
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Miami Beach
Fla
Hoffa
Dave Beck
Deaths and Funerals of Rockhold and Severt
Mrs A T Rockhold 76 died Sunday at her daughter’s Baldwin home Born Oct 26 1880 in Lancaster Mo moved to Baldwin 1901 Funeral 2:30 p m Tuesday Lamb Funeral Home burial Oakwood Cemetery Survived by sons Arthur Ed Fred all of Baldwin daughter Mrs Williams 9 grandchildren 6 great grandchildren Harvey E Severt 73 died Saturday at home Kansas City Kan Born July 19 1884 Funeral 2 pm Tuesday Hebron Baptist Church burial Hull Cemetery Survivors include five sons Roy John Dale Charles Donald a brother Charles and one sister
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A. T. Rockhold
A. Williams
Baldwin
Lancaster
Lamb Funeral Home
Oakwood Cemetery
Arthur Rockhold
Ed Rockhold
Fred Rockhold
Mrs. Williams of
Harvey E. Severt
Kansas City
Kas
Hebron Baptist Church
McLouth
Hull Cemetery
Winchester
Roy
John
Dale
Charles
Fuankie
Donald
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Americus
Lodge and Commandery Meetings in September
Special communication of Lawrence Lodge No.6 AF and AM Monday September 47 at 7 00 p.m. first degree. visitors welcome. Lawrence De Molay Commandery No.4 states meeting Tuesday September 17 1957 at 7 30 p.m. covered dish dinner 6 30 p.m. for members and ladies. Dorsey Liberty Post No.14 American Legion regular meeting Tuesday September 12 at 8 p.m. American Legion Club rooms.
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Rence
A.M. Mon
Woodrow Walker
W. M
George W. Mole
Secy
Lawrence de Molay
Fred J. Brown
Anderson
Dorsey Liberty Post
American Legion
American Legion Club
L. A. Brien
Cmidr
Knight Attacks Knowland Over Belligerence in California Race
Oakland California Gov. Goodwin J Knight said no man with a reputation for belligerence in international or domestic affairs is a safe executive in federal government or as California governor. The remark targets Sen. William F Knowland who was expected to oppose Knight in the 1958 Republican gubernatorial primary.
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Oakland
Calif
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Knight
Willam F. Knowland
Light bus patronage on Lawrence service improves
Lawrence buses ran with light patronage on opening day but above expectations given initial issues. Wichit ar Bus Co general manager Robert Tanner said routes and schedules are learning curves as riders requested information daily. Detailed schedules to riders this week. Tanner drove a bus on a school run after a driver quit. City urged support for the private service as Lawrence faced potential loss of buses.
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Lawrence
Robert Tanner
Wichitar Bus Co
Tanner
Eleventh Street
Corbin Hall
Rapid
Indiana
Massachusetts
Eleventh
Ohio
Sisters Lose Husbands As Unexpected Deaths Hit Area Twice Sunday
Two area men died unexpectedly Sunday within hours of each other. Harry G. Hagenbuch, 71, of Eudora, former ice plant manager, and Riley Combest, 74, of Lawrence, were husbands of Maggie and Sarah Reber. Hagenbuch’s service is 2 p.m. Wednesday at Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Combest’s service is 2 p.m. Tuesday at Cooper-Warren Chapel with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Surviving relatives include spouses, a daughter for Combest, and several siblings and cousins.
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Harry G. Hagenbuch
Eudora
Riley Combest
11Th St
Lawrence
Maggie
Sarah Reber
Hagenbuch
Salem
Memorial Park Cemetery
Masonic Doric Lodge
Scottish Rite
Emma Schneider
Charles Gerstenberger
Combest
Lester J. Reber
Nettie Hagenbuch Tripp
Frank Hagenbuch
Cooper-Warren Chapel
Harold Hamilton
Mainting
Alberta Combest
Sertoma Club Meets with New Kansas Governor Speaker
The Lawrence Sertoma Club will meet at 6 30 p m Tuesday in the Hotel Eldridge. Guest speaker will be Sam Johnson of Kansas City Kas the new Kansas district governor of Sertoma International.
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Sertoma
Lawrence
Sertoma Club
Tusday
Hotel
Eldridge
Sam Johnson
Kanasa City
Kas
Kansas
Sertoma International
Dulles and Lloyd plan U.N. moves session in New York
UNITED NATIONS New York UK Secretary of State Dulles and British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd held a strategy session on key U.N. problems including disarmament and the Middle East. Lloyd was invited to a private luncheon after flying from London for the opening of the 1957 U.N. General Assembly. The United States said disarmament talks would be major but would not halt nuclear tests planned for next April in the Pacific without an agreed safeguards by inspection.
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United Nations
N.Y
Dulles
Selwyn Lloyd
U.N
Middle East
Lloyd
London
U.W
General—Assembly
Francis QO. Wilcox
New York
United States
Hird Buys 66 Acre Tract for Lawrence Heights Area
Carl Hird, Lawrence builder, announced the purchase of a 66 acre tract from George Lawrence. The site becomes Lawrence Heights No 2, south and west of Lawrence Heights No 1 near Virginia Inn on US 40, with north border Ninth Street and south to 13th Street. John Woodbury of Kansas City buys 20 duplex sites in Lawrence Heights No 1, two under construction. project due next summer. M R Gill Real Estate Agency arranged land sale and duplex deal.
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Carl Hird
Lawrence
George Lawrence
Lawerence Heights No. 2
Lawrence Heights No. 1
Virginia Inn
U. S. Highway 40
Sunset Hills
Ninth Street
13Th St
Hird
John Woodbury
Kansas City
M. R. Gill Real Estate Agency
Woodbury
Chancellor outlines University expansion plan and needs
Chancellor Murphy cites completed projects including Music and Dramatic Arts Building and 10 Married Student Housing at Stouffer Place with two new dorms on the Daisy Field. He notes dedication of Logan Clendening Medical Library in Kansas City campus and Children’s Rehabilitation Center under construction there. He previews ten more Married Student Housing buildings, a Business School, two large dormitories on Daisy Field, a third dormitory by June, a $1 million Memorial Union expansion, a new Engineering Building, and Medical Center expansions. He stresses needs to sustain access to higher education and mentions the Computation Center and gifted-student program.
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Stouffer Place
Joseph R. Pearson
Logan Clendening
Kansas City
Kas
Children’s Rehabilitation Center
Murphy
Business School
Daisy Field
15Th
Tow. Sts
Memorial Union
Medical Center
College of Liberal Arts
Wichita Woman Gains Child After Sitter Goes on Duty
Mrs Christina Brewer 28 hires a baby sitter for her five children. A stranger brought a 15 month old boy to the Brewer home claiming the sitter left him there. The mother returned to find the child in the house and later handed him to an unknown woman who drove away without giving her name.
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Wichita
Christina Brewer
Brewer
Dren
Meaning of the Constitution Editor's Note
A student essay discusses the 1787 Constitution as a living foundation of the United States. It highlights amendments adapting to new times, protection of rights, democratic representation, and the Supreme Court’s role in safeguarding freedoms. The piece urges responsible use and preservation of the document for posterity.
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Supreme Court
Sunflower Works closure rumors prompt concern in Lawrence
Local chatter in Lawrence recalls Sunflower Ordnance Works nearing closure and job losses from federal budget cuts. A student-like memory show at Haskell Institute features Solon Ayers as Education's Answer to Teddy Nadler. KU game cards go on sale. 800-plus members last year. football schedule includes Oregon State, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma.
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Solon’ Ayers
Dr. Ayers
Solon Ayers
Haskell Indian Institute
Teddy Nadler
Lawrence Rotary Club
Ayers
Lawrence
Kuffs
Memorial Stadium
The
Recreation Commission
Oregon State
Iowa State
Kansas State
Okla. Azm
White House expresses concern over Negro voters in North
The White House weighs the impact of recent developments on Black voters in Northern states. President Eisenhower and Dulles aides report ongoing high level talks with Arkansas Governor Faubus about the Little Rock crisis. National Guardsmen remain at Central High School amid segregation protests.
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Truman
Adtai Stevenson
Little Rock
Fanbus
Hagerty
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Central High School
White House
Eisenhower
Faubus
Hagertyn
Little Rock High School
J-W Staffer Victoria In Column Division
Ruth Lewis of the Journal World news staff won first place in the Kansas Press Association weekly column division for Distaff Side. She wrote while news editor of the Her ington Advertiser Times, which also earned honorable mentions in agricultural feature general excellence and photography.
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Ruth Lewis
Journal- World News
Kansas Press Association
Advertiser-Times
Lewis
Journal- World
Carrie Brushes Bermuda Today
Miami Weather Bureau reports hurricane Carrie at 115 mph brushing Bermuda and likely staying east of the U.S. mainland. The 1 am advisory places Carrie 130 miles ENE of Bermuda moving west-northwest at 13 mph with a similar track for the next day. Ships in the projected path urged extreme caution.
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Miami
Fla. U
Carrie
Bermuda
U.S
Weather Bureau
Miami Weather Bureau
United States
Hospital Notices And Birth Announcements
Admitted list from Memorial Hospital includes numerous names with addresses such as Vinton Peters Gregory Lee Alexander Mrs Louise Hurst and others. Births reported for Kent Wilson G W Swift Don Miller Jack Childers Cross Neher and related families listed with dates a Saturday or Sunday.
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Vinton Peters
Gregory Lee Alexander
Louise Hurst
Sophia Stevens
R. I. St
Rose Hummelgaard
Tonganoxte
Mary Childers
Marie Cross
Laura Snow
19Th St
Daniel Duane Bundy
Tonganoxie
Nede Smart
Lincoln
William Harris
Richland
Eunice Mayhew
Route 1
Helen Campbell
W. 9Th St
Paula Trwfelli
Sally Landis
Hilltop Dr
Diana L. Mason
Leonard Tarr
Barker St
May Richards
Mass. St
Delores White
W. 21St St
Lewis Gamble
N. J. St
Muriel Cross
Ohio St
Sammel Israel
Sunflower
Muriel Morse
DeSoto
Darlene Jones
Ky. St
Don Barnes
Funston St
Marjorie Hopkin
Del
Melvin Kaufman
Dorothy Linn
Clara/ Nemec
Kent Wilson
R. I
G. W. Swift
Don Miller
Stautfer Place
Jack Childers
Frank Cross
Terr
Dean Neher
Robert Stevens
Murray Lawson
Baldwin
Biggest 1957 atomic blast Newton from balloon at Nevada test site
A 1957 Nevada test at Yucca Flat produced a 30 000 to 40 000 ton yield, higher than nominal. The 20th shot code named Newton rose 15 000 feet, with an orange pink purple flame and a bluish flash seen from Los Angeles about 300 miles away.
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Nev
lYucca
Los Angeles
Atomic Energy Commission
Rewsinen
Rhange
New Nuclear Series Aimed at Defenses
In the mid Pacific next year a new U S nuclear test series is planned to perfect weapons for defense against missiles with atomic or hydrogen warheads. AEC and the Defense Department say development continues until disarmament is possible and note Russia’s missile claim without directly addressing it.
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Washington
mid-Pacific
Abhevneing
Eniwetok Proving
Peetertey
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
United States
Free World
AEC
Open House Draws Thousands at Harvey Home
More than 9,000 visitors toured the Harold Harvey display home at 1022 Avalon Rd over the weekend. Moore Associates built the prefabricated “Holiday Home” by National Homes, praised for its landscaped terraced lot and strong reception.
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Mark Moore
Moore Associates
Lawrence Builders and Developers
Harold Harvey
Avalon Rd
Moore
Divorce Suit Filed In District Court
A divorce suit was filed in District Court by Dean Lowell Wuthnow against Janice Maxine Wuthnow. The notice also includes a personal tribute to the late Russell W. Shirley, thanking supporters for sympathy.
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Dean Lowell Wuthnow
Janice Maxine Wuthnow
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