Phone Strike Ends With Wage Accord
A four day strike by 23 800 telephone equipment installers ended with a two year contract. Pay raises total 6 to 12 cents per hour plus benefits and a 2 cent step for 10 percent who never received merit increases. Pickets withdrawn and back to work in 44 states and DC. John Flanagan of CWA Local 1196 predicted likely rejection, but the agreement was reached amid mixed reactions.
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New York
Communications Workers of America
Western Electric Co
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Western Electric
Alfred C. Billotte
Joseph Dunne
CWA
Bell Telephone System
Blind Students To Ride Plane Free on Friday
Thirty students at the Kansas School for the Blind will fly next Friday as part of an Aviation Day program arranged by fourth grade teacher Mrs. Gerald Foster. The 9 a.m. flight, a one hour round trip to Topeka, features TWA pilot Captain Earl Lindsly who will describe the flight area and plane operations. He will address the entire school at an assembly about aviation growth and future developments.
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Kansas City
Kas
Kansas School For
To-T
Trans World Airlines
Gerald Foster
Earl Lindsly
TWA
Lindsly
Wakarusa Township Hall To Be Sold In Cash Auction
The Wakarusa Township Hall and its 4 acre site on West Twenty Third Street will be sold at 2 p m October 22 in a cash auction on site. The 165 by 330 foot tract lies between Vermont and Tennessee on the south side of Twenty Third Street and is currently zoned for private homes with probable rezoning by the buyer. Township officials list potential buyers including a local veterans organization and land investors and note plans to build a new garage and hall on the 20 acre federal government tract nearby. Township trustees consider a steel building similar to 4 H Fair grounds structures for the site.
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Twenty- Third Street
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Tennessee
Veterans Organization
Louisiana Street
Do You Know This Person
A young man pictured as a college freshman later studied at multiple universities after serving in World War I. He earned a bachelor’s degree and did graduate work, became a high school principal and coach, and grew prominent in Lawrence community affairs through groups like the Chamber of Commerce, American Legion, and Red Cross. He is married with two children and was named an outstanding reader at a national convention.
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Vere Sailles
Mt. Sieeding
Ottawa
Kas
Kane
Sas State Collegce
Missanael University
Colorado State College
Lawrences
Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
Red Cross
Ley
Mwe
Scouts to Serve Cakes at Annual Pancake Breakfast
Troop 42 of the First Methodist Church will host its annual pancake breakfast from 6 to 10 a m on Saturday September 28 in the church basement dining area. Tickets are sold by troop members to cover troop expenses for camping district scouting activities and equipment purchases.
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First Methodist Church
Four KU students win honors with a book chosen for teens
A KU driven feature notes four University of Kansas students receiving recognition for a book selected for teen readers. The piece outlines scholarships, endorsements, and supporting details about the award, its criteria, and the people behind the selection including faculty and donors. It also covers a Rhode Island golf match where two teens defeated the President’s group by over fifty yards, noting the president’s reaction and the challengers’ names and ages.
Tone Set On Ustrological Bryalogi Election Fad Year
A fragmented item notes a fad year tone set around an astrological or Bryalogi themed event. The readable bits mention a public interest in symbols and trends tied to a ceremonial or civic decision. Details are unclear but the sense is of a period cultural focus rather than a formal report.
Kansas Traffic Deaths Reported In State Records
A Kansas traffic fatalities roundup lists earlier unreported deaths from the current period. The state records section notes updated totals and references date ranges in the 1956 timeframe, with broader historical comparison to prior reported figures.
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Toprica
Kansas
Petition Campaign Seeks Election On City Government Change
The effort to abandon the commission form of city government continues with no confirmed signature total. Attorney George Melvin says petitions circulated since June and prepared last March by local citizens aim to revert to the mayor council system. Kansas law requires 920 valid signatures, about one fourth of last city election votes, to trigger a special election within 60 days if petitions are sufficient. no primary or regular election is planned until August.
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Commission Law of Government
Kical
George Melvin
Campagn
Melvin
Kansas
Noo
Two Vandalism Reports From Lawrence Area
Lawrence Polier logged two vandalism reports on Thursday. An electric Caution sign was stolen from a construction site at 13th and Mass Streets. Union Pacific reported youths tampering with switches on tracks in North Lawrence. New Zealand joined the League of Nations in 1920.
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Union Pacific Railroad
North
Lawrence
Coalheaded Approach Is Sought to Flu Epidemic
Chicago based Ameren Medical Assn urges industry to avoid panic and mass employee inoculation until priority groups in the continuity center are protected. Harold C. Lueth, chairman of the influenza committee, warns there is no alarm yet as Asian influenza is usually mild with short duration and low mortality.
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Chicago
Ameren Medical Assn
Harold C. Lueth
Lueth
Association
Price Funeral Services for Cherokee Publisher Harry Price
Funeral services for Harry D. Price age 83 longtime publisher of the Cherokee Sentinel will be at the Meth...
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Cherokee, Eas. Wf
Harry D. Price
The
Cherokee Sentinel
Meth
KU Professor Elected aounit wail get hot be pre
KU professor election details and notes mention a birthplace at Loewen and a trip with Dr Bonakt. The item references botany, MAC professor aid, and the Botany Poretes Universis Tai, with vague ties to a presidential context and sects.
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Loewen
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