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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1955
Page
1
Numerous obituaries from Lawrence and surrounding towns list Johnn Brown Sr 74 and others with burial plans, survivors, and service details. Notables include Mrs Usman Grant Markham, James Alfred Rice, Leo F Parnell, Minnie Strong McCurdy, Sherman G Elliott, and Burch Harwood with dates, locations, and cemetery arrangements.
Kansas University will receive about 500 scientific papers from the Geneva world conference on the peaceful uses of atomic energy. Dr. Frank E. Snecker attended the six week meeting and arranged with the Atomic Energy Commission to ship the papers to KU. The material covers biological and medical aspects and future power needs. Sir Raymond Evershed and Lady Evershed, visiting KU, praised American universities while noting differences with English schools.
Reports from Bahia Blanca allege CGT plans a general revolutionary strike to restore Peron after his 1945 ouster. Junta radio urged calm and normal work while government talks with rebels proceed aboard a River Plate cruiser amid fog and rain.
Two School of Pharmacy students at Kansas University received $100 first semester scholarships from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education. The foundation will award similar sums for the second semester. Recipients are Perry Rashleigh of Little River and Benji Keaton Wyatt. Sunflower scholarship and financial need guided selections.
An imaginative plot centers on a foreign submarine slipping down the St Lawrence to torpedo sightseeing boats and salvage cameras. Lieut Oscar Twill pursues in a cider barrel sub chaser, causing a clash with the commander and a chaotic finale amid naval fireside melodrama.
A list of births includes Minnie Clarke of Lecompton Roy Henry and Josephine Eberhart, along with names and addresses of families welcoming newborns. Notable entries show baby girls for Schoggen and Kurtz and baby boys for Swarmer Ledbetter and Conboy Schneck. Birth announcements cite parents in Eudora Lecompton Rolla Sunflower and surrounding towns.
Reverend J W Pattee, a Church of the Nazarene missionary who has served in the Philippines since 1950, will speak at 8 Wednesday evening at the Church of the Nazarene. He will describe his China experiences during Red rule and his worldwide travels. He is accompanied by his wife and youngest daughter Grace Ann. they will live in Pasadena, California, while in the United States.
A new county agent for Harvey County has been appointed. 29 year old Al Manisto succeeds Dale Edelbrute who resigned to become extension area agriculturist at Garden City. Manis is now assistant agent for Rice County, a job he has had since last year, but will take over his new duties October 1. He was graduated from Kansas State College in 1950.
Several thefts were reported to Lawrence police Monday and early today. Dixie Smith and A J Anderson, both on Ky St, found bird bath tips stolen from yards. Jack Bertoglio on W Mills reported two hubcaps for his 1955 model car taken. Marrill Scott on Miss St said a car distributor was taken from near Snow Hall on the KU campus.
Workers scrape lake silt near cabins to create a sand bottom for swimming boating and fishing. Western Contracting seeks a deep open well to supply water and cement for a turnpike roadway as the project progresses Moore hopes for a restored popular recreation area with groundwater kept lake water clear.
Thomas Jefferson Robinson, 29, of 745 N 2nd St, was formally charged in County Court with forcible rape. He faces a preliminary hearing at 2 p m Sept 29 and remains jailed after failing to post 35 000 bond. A 50 year old Lawrence woman alleges he assaulted her Sunday night in a car on a rural road south of Lawrence. This is his second arrest in three months following a prior case involving a local woman and her 11 year old daughter.
In Lawrence notes from the era, Robert Robittaile, a Wyandotte Indian, appears as the first recorded owner of the original townsite land after Lykins acquired deeds in the 1850s and set aside four trustees. The morning discusses the American Royal in Kansas City, the Santa Fe depot construction, Truman’s absence from a local Masonic centennial, a water line project to CFCA, and regional weather with subnormal September rainfall and temperature swings.
Kansas City reports heavy cattle and calf movements with prices steady to lower, hogs softer, and stocker activity weak. Wheat futures ease slightly while grain prices show mixed directions and livestock categories post varied declines. Wall Street closes moderately down with trading thin and many sectors slipping.
A passenger bus overturned and rolled down a grade near Celaya, Mexico, killing ten people and injuring twenty six others. Authorities investigated the crash as speeding involved.
The parents of new Wapsas University professor Howard Baumgartel died in a Santa Monica California pedestrian car crash Friday evening. Mrs Naomi Gray Baumgartel 62 died and Dr Howard Baumgartel was critically injured while walking together with a friend. Funeral services are set for 4 p m Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica with memorials planned later in Indianapolis where the couple lived previously.
Kansas officials and local chamber leaders say about 150 participants are expected Friday at the Chamber of Commerce Leaders Workshop hosted by Kansas University. Boyd Campbell of the IWS Chamber will keynote alongside Dwight Tlvens, John Miles, Paul Gol, James Roberts, Serge Criesg, and Dame Reiter. The event aims to boost collaboration, community improvement, and stronger chamber efforts. The workshop, at the Memorial Hall, will cover membership growth, finance, and public relations with participation from Lawrence officials and state chamber representatives.
L O Hanson joins Wichita University engineering faculty as associate professor in charge of materials testing. A Wisconsin MS graduate and former Portland Cement Co. engineer, he previously taught at Wisconsin and served on the Wichita summer program in the stress section. He and his wife and two children live in Rudera Hansen.
Card expresses gratitude for care, flowers, and kindness after a loved one’s death and during a hospital stay. Signed by Mrs Goldie Orender Mrs Stanire Roberta Mrs Cotia Jackson and Mrs Teo Katafey.
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