Political pressure and alleged ethics breach at state admin
Testimony details that a Department of Administration employee was urged to join political activity. Dr. Axe reportedly directed a list to be sent to Republican headquarters, and a $100 campaign contribution was discussed with Attorney Hobart. The witness says both Axe and successor Kiger cited Governor Hall’s need to fulfill obligations as a reason for his firing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Administraton
Jeonard Axe
Republican
Iatt
Republican State Headquarters
Miatt
Charles H Robart
Hobart
Fred Hall
Hiatt
Axe
Department of Administration
Martin M. Kiger
Hall
Kiger
Market News Highlights and Prices from Kansas City and Wall Street
Stocks edged higher with leaders strong while bonds steadied as governments eased. Cotton fell on hedging and liquidation, wheat softened on rain in the southwest, corn held firm on exports, oats steady with little change, hogs steady to 25 cents higher, and cattle nominally steady with top at 22.75 on choice steers. Kansas City grain and produce quotes show wheat around 2.13 with various No 2 and futures values, soybeans near 2.35, and produce prices for eggs butter and poultry. The Day in Wall Street notes a strong rally in motors and Israeli stock interest, with total volume around 2.4 million shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
New York
Motors
American Stock Exchange
Oslo
Das
Divorce suit filed in district court
Betty Rose West files for divorce from Donald Curry West in district court on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Rose West
Donald Curry West
Rain ends severe late summer drought in area
Rainfall finally relieves one of the driest periods on record as Wellington and Leavenworth High School bands perform at a Saturday game with Russell L. Wiley directing the University of Wellington band. Stadium entertainment includes half time acts by local bands. Through September, only .14 inch fell in early September and total rainfall for 1955 stands at 20.82 inches, well below the normal near 30 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell L. Wiley
Wellington
Leavenworth
Building Permits Issued for Homes and Additions
Building permits issued by Inspector Wallace Hicklin include Addie Herd's 3400 home addition at 33 Mississippi Street, Reginald Regnier's 3500 garage at 1315 Tennessee Street, Glen Hildebrand's 10000 new home at 1113 West 22nd Street, Carl Hird Jr.'s 12000 new home at 1003 West 20th Terrace, and Lyle Hemming's 12000 new home at 920 West 20th Terrace. DOM mentions additional new homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Hicklin
Addie Herd
Miss. St
Reginald Regnier
Tenn
Glen Hildebrand
W. 22Nd St
Carl Hird Jr
W. 20Th
Lyle Hemming
Dom
GM approves three for one stock split
General Motors Corp. shareholders in Wilmington Delaware backed a three for one stock split. The move makes GM the world's largest manufacturing company by market activity.
Baseball slang guide for world series fans
A list of quirky baseball terms with humorous or misleading definitions. Includes BEAN BALL described as beans for Boston, FOUL TIP as a clogged cigarette filter, BULL PEN equated to the press box, BLEACHERS for blondes, HOMER as a maternal third cousin, SCREWBALL as a homer, SOUTHPAW as a father west of the Mason Dixon line, TRO’ DA BUM OUT as friendly feeling toward the umpire, THREE BAGGER as strong tea, DOUBLE PLAY as an illegal canasta move, and GEYER HORO PEANOS for hot roasted peanuts.
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Boston
Ball Park
Homer
Mason & Pixon
Canasta
Centennial Masonic Celebration Draws Wide Midwest Support
Lawrence Masonic Lodge No 6 marks its 100th birthday with a Saturday dinner at 6 p.m. served by Eastern Star, followed by an 8 p.m. meeting at the Masonic Temple. Grand Master Sentry FE Kelsey of Topeka and other officers will attend with Masons from Kansas City, Ottawa, Topeka, and surrounding towns, plus Missouri lodges. The 1855 founding and 1860 incorporation led to a 1924 temple dedication by William L. Burdick.
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Lawrence
FE Kelsey
Topeka
Grand Lodge of
Kansas
Kansas City
Ottawa
Atchison
Leavenworth
Horry
Lecompton
Tonganoxie
Oskaloosa
Linwood
Baldwin
Eudora
DeSoto
Missouri
James Christian
Christian
Brother Cormeau
William H. R. Lykins
William Yates
E. J. Ladd
Columbus Hornsby
James
Cowan
Gabebert
A. J. Gabbart
Lyman Allen
Charles V. Eskridge
Westport
Ind
Lykins
Vinegar Hall
Woodward Building
Smithton
Wyandotte
S. Medary
William L. Burdick
University Law School
Deaths and Funerals in Kansas Towns
Funeral services are planned for Mrs Corens Pickens 29 of Tonganoxie at 10 30 Saturday at Friends Church with calls at Quisenberry Funeral Home. Also, Mrs Loretta Speicher dies. her services set for 9 30 Saturday at Annunciation Catholic Church Baldwin Rev Paul Miller in charge with rosary at 8 30 this evening at Schubert Chapel.
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Loretta Speicher
Annunciation Catholic Church
Baldwin
Paul Miller
Schubert Chapel
Cities Service Gas Co seeks 3.9 million annual rate boost
The Cities Service Gas Co of Oklahoma asks the Federal Power Commission for a 3.94 million dollar yearly rate increase for wholesale gas customers in Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska. The request follows a prior 12 percent annual rise sought in 1954 and would raise industrial charges from 1.00 per 1000 cubic feet to about 1.02 1.03 per 1000. Key local buyers Kansas Public Service Gas Co of Lawrence and Ben C Adams oppose the hike as unwarranted. If approved the increase would take effect Oct 23. delays by interveners could push domestic rates five months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cities Service Gas Co
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Kansas City
Ben C. Adams
The
Gas Service Co
Wade McCoy
Kansas Public Service Gas Co
Lawrence
McCoy
Kansas Public Service
Cities Service
Bas
Emporia Cager Receives Nettels Scholarship Award
Lynn Kindred a Kansas University freshman in the School of Engineering has been awarded the George E Nettels scholarship. The grant provides $675 annually for four years. Nettels, a 1921 KU graduate and former Alumni Association president, was a coal company president in Pittsburg until his death in 1953. Scholarship considerations included need and athletic ability. Kindred is a basketball player.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Kindred
Kansas University
George E. Nettels
Kindred
Nettels
Universiy
Pittsburg
Soviets Free Prisoners From Berlin Release
Soviet Union freed 31 prisoners today including 12 Frenchmen and 15 Germans. The German Red Cross reported the transport also carried two Belgians a Swiss and a Dutchwoman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Soviet Union
German
Red Cross
Baugher to Speak at Brethren District Conference
Rev Norman J Baugher general secretary of the Brotherhood Board will address district delegates at the Brethren conference opening at Lower Star Church Saturday morning The event features a nearly 20000 fundraising goal and a program including Women s and Men s Work sessions and a youth rally with local delegates and alternates listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman J. Baugher
Brotherhood Board
Church of the Brethren
District Conference of the Brethren
Lower Star Church
Kansas State Church Extension Committee
Overland Park
Huston Harman
Kansas City
Kurtis Naylor
Prince of Peace Brethren Church
Denver
Colo
Raymond Flory
McPherson College
Elmer Dadisman
Lone Star Church
David H. Hoover
T. S. Mason
N. H. St
Fred Flory
Walter Schaal
R. I. St
Chester Murrey
Conway
Western Region
Mr. Naylor
Roger Fredrikson
Ottawa
Naylor
Attorney Demands (Continued From Page 1) Incident
A 21 year old mother of two testifies a Black man approached her in Bryant's store, grabbed her waist, pressed for a date, and used insulting language. She resisted, and another Black man intervened to pull the assailant away. The remarks referenced prior relations with white women and the incident preceded an abduction claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryant
Vocational Training Expands At Lawrence High School
Fifty Lawrence high school students receive vocational training in Lawrence business firms for office work and retail selling while others pursue vocational farming and mechanical courses. Instructor Max Stalcup says the program helps students enter the business world without sacrificing their diploma and invites more business support.
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Lawrence High School
Lawrence
Max Stalcup
Kiwanis Club
Stalcup
Runaway Carpaths Four Vehicles on Louisiana Street
Mt. Qread reports a runaway auto from 938 La St rolled north, hitting four parked cars and five trees. It clipped a right side of Richard Gustafson’s car, then hit Mary Tremin’s, sideswiped Glen Lange’s, and smashed into Ivan West’s car. Four other city accidents followed on slick streets with hip bruises and a fatal mix of minor damage.
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Mt. Qread
10Th and
la. Sts
H. C. Hess
la. St
Richard C. Gustafson
Ninth Street
9Th and
Mass
Sts
C. A. Fleming
Eudora
Mth
Ohio
Lawson
Lawrence
Jewell Reddell
Sheriff's Office
Local man warns on so called miracle auto deals in KC
Lawrence resident recounts signing a trade deal in Kansas City only to discover payments of 45 dollars every two weeks and a higher monthly rate. He warns others away from miracle dealer promises while local businessmen gain converts. Also notes odd milk note mix up and upcoming LHS football kickoff at Manhattan. Officials debate hospital expansion bids with cost well above one million. Sunflower Ordnance Works contract extended to March 31 with routine explanation. Bible study class enrollment announced for October 13 at 1033 Vt Street.
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Lawrence
Kansas City
K. C
City Commission and Hospital Board
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Driver Doodle Doodles Safety Note From Police
A Lawrence Police Department safety note cautions that left turns should never be made in front of oncoming traffic and urges drivers to turn only when it is safe to do so.
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Lawrence Police Department
Argentina Backslides as Peronists Face Crackdown in Buenos Aires
Crowds line streets of Buenos Aires as Gen Lonardi's regime moves to erase Peronist influence. Provisional government orders arrests of Peron supporters in Congress, dissolves the Senate, and narrows the House. Violence erupts in Buenos Aires and Rosario with vandalism of Peron symbols and party buildings.
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la Plata
Eva Peron
Buenos Aires
Peron
National Congress
Congress
Peronista Party
Memorial Hospital Admits and Discharges List
In a hospital roundup Ada Bagby and several other named patients are admitted or discharged. The report notes addresses and accompanying family or baby birth details including a baby girl Sale, baby boy McKelvey, and a son born today to multiple couples across Frank Schrader Topeka Sunflower and Oska loosa areas with Mrs. and Mr. couples listed.
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Ada Bagby
Conn. St
Frank Schrader
Topeka
David Simmons
Sunflower
Annie Hess
Phyllis Smith
Oak St
Florence Draper
N. H. St
Youth Given Probation in Petty Larceny Case
A 16 year old Lawrence boy faced petty larceny charges in police court after an attempted license tag check led to discoveries of stolen car accessories. Ronald Blevins of Route 2 admitted to possessing stolen items and guided officers to further pieces near the old Fairview Church.
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Lawrence
Agee
Ronald Blevins
Route 2
6Th and
Tonn. Sts
Blevins
Eugene Williams
Vernon Harrell
Fairview
Jack Maxwell
Kansas Traffic Deaths Reported In State Records
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the state accident records section show 4 new deaths in the last 24 hours and 404 to date in 1955, compared with 408 for the same period in 1954. Two deaths in earlier accidents were not previously recorded. Louis Lenox of Caldwell, Kansas City, Missouri, was fined $15 plus costs in County Court for failure to decrease speed to avoid an accident.
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Topeka
Kansas
Louis Lenox Caldwell
Kansas City
Local Chamber Leaders' Workshop Attracts 379 Attendees
About 379 persons attended a Kansas University workshop today hosted by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Six representatives from the national office spoke, including Toyd Campbell and Dwight Havens, with topics on building a better business climate. Local attendees listed include Martin Chapman and E. R. Zonk among others.
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Chamber of Commerce
Kansas University
Toyd Campbell
Dwight Havens
Chamber of Commerce Service Department
Paul Af. Good
John R. Miles
Education
James G. Roberts
Southwestern
J. Ledge Craig, Jr
Jet
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Fred Wall
Rage Markets
C. Cash Grain
F.ob
Beltsville
C Grace
N.Y
Admiral x
D `I Allis Chalu
Lima
Beech Aire
Air Fl Tran Airw
Chrysler
Gary
ROY
du Pont
Tiynam
Elec
Gen. Motors
Goodyear Iy al
Gut Oi Sas
Pdr
G & FE
Kan P&l
Lion Oil Tam
Martin Glea
Tex
Mont Ward
NY Central
Ohio Oil
U Penney
Iy Pa RR
Phill Pet
Mough
RCA
Reyn
Orr
St Jos
Sears Roeb
Sinclair O
Socony
Ind Sind Ltd
Westy
Woolworth
Ag ? Sence Lodge No. 6
AF. Ram
Guy Red
Emporia Cager
Linus
Jou
N. J. Baugher
Runaway Auto
Cash Down Hill
Louisiana
LHS
Manhattan
Griffith Field
Eleventh Street
Poyntz Avenue
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Hercules Powder Co
Donald L. Catherman
Hercules
H. E. Eustace
Vt. St
Gen. Lonardi
Pape
Memorial Hospital
Ind. St
Jacqueline ‘Troutner
Gid
Ah M. L. Hitchcock
Mary Green
Barker Ave
McKelvey
Perry St
Chester Connett
N. J. St
Carrie Mc Alexander
J. H. Lain
Colonial Hotel
Frank Sabatini
Charles Ohse. Richland
John Beckwith
J Lineal St
P.S
Etna
C of
Martin Chapman
A. E. Worstemeyer
W. E F. Yates
Art Wolf Leo Eller
M. N. Penny
George Hedrick
L. §. Flannery
QO. FE. Smith
H. W. Stostis
Lawrence Leonhard
E. R. Zonk
Campbell
Marion Tuttle
Mary Brownlee
G.I. Joe's
Douglas County State Bank
the Bank of Friendly Service
F.d.1.c
Lawrence Mills
Karl Kreider
Dial Vi
Cooper
Warren
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