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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1956
Page
2
Lawrence Journal-World invites readers to submit four college football picks each Friday noon. Enter with name and address, mail to Football Editor, one entry per person per week, family allowances apply, earliest entry wins in a tie, employees excluded.
Delbert Erhart manager of Lawrence Airport and Cessna dealer announced a weekend demonstration of the 1957 Cessna 172 at the airport. One model will be on static display while another will offer short rides from 9 to 6 daily. The aircraft carries four passengers plus 120 pounds luggage and features a 145 horsepower engine a cruising speed of 124 mph and 13 000 feet service ceiling.
Irvin Harry Oehric 53 of Topeka died Sunday night in a hospital after a heart attack born in Lawrence in 1903 moved to Topeka 15 years ago he was a test man for Southwestern Bell 32 years member of First Lutheran Church Elks Club and Orient Lodge No 51 A F and A M Survived by wife Julia Dehrle two daughters Gloria Crites Dodge City and Mrs Donald F Schultz Dodge City four grandchildren a brother Charles Dehrle Lincoln Ned and a sister Mrs Frank Scott Lawrence Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
A Douglas County Christian Temperance Council youth program will be held at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday in the First Presbyterian Church in Lawrence with Rev. Ercil Cravens as speaker. Countywide fall youth program details will be announced. All county youths are invited. Also noted is a Stated communication of Marion Lodge No. 8 AF and AM in Eudora on Tuesday Sept 25 1956 at 7:30 p.m. with work in the Second Degree. visitors welcome.
Lawrence hosts first 1956 Lawrence Quarterback Club meeting at 8 tonight in the Eldridge Hotel with KU coach Chuck Mather presenting film from last Saturday's Horned Frogs game. Republican caravan to tour the state, featuring Warren Shaw, Frank Carlson, and Errett Scrivner, plus Nixon visit in Kansas City. Jerry Webster ankle injury may sideline him for Friday's key Topeka game. Bob Altenbernd could start on offense if needed.
In Blue Springs Missouri the Doberman Pinscher tops Group 3 Working Group in the dog show notable for Dow owners from Kansas City. Junior Showmanship honors go to Tommie Dixon and Glen Hereford with a mix of Doberman Cocker and Springer entries across divisions A to D with several other breeds noted.
A hospital notice lists admissions and births including Mrs Beth Dunn in Kansas City and many others at Memorial Hospital. Discharges appear for Lorraine Fatt and Charlene Turner with baby, plus multiple newborns to various families. Births reported include daughters to Randall Dunn, William Van Dyke, Warvey Lyon, Francis Anderson, James Kring.
The School Board has secured a tentative south of Schwarz Acres site for a second junior high and signals of lower grade growth. This year’s kindergarten enrollment trails last year’s census four year olds, prompting officials to probe the causes. Wolfe notes a possible easing later as more students move up from lower grades, but warns uncertainty remains.
President Eisenhower told Congress that the Far East accounted for nearly half of the 146 billion dollars obligated in non military U S foreign aid for fiscal 1956 ending June 30. He said the program prioritizes defense against communism and noted progress for the United States and its free world partners.
Hershel N. George of Ft. Riley was fined 10 dollars plus costs in County Court on Saturday for traffic violations.
Kansas Turnpike Authority public relations director C L Stroup told Rotary Club that the turnpike would open within days to a week of the October 15 deadline. He noted a spring Oklahoma connection and a West Interchange named Wayhawk, with two Jayhawk replicas planned.
Frank S. Powell 67 president of the Argentine Savings and Loan in Kansas City Kansas died of a heart attack Sunday while fighting a grass fire on his farm east of Lawrence along Highway K 10 just south of the Jayhawk Driving Range. Survived by wife Mary E. Powell son Donald F Powell daughter Helen Harrison sister Hattie Smith brother Charles Powell and four grandchildren. Powell and family had returned Tuesday from Japan where they visited a son Dr Donald F Powell director of the American Cultural center at Senaci. Powell was a longtime resident of the Argentine district and spent weekends at the farm.
Martha Irene Jones of 1539 Md St received a 60 day suspended sentence in police court on petty larceny charge. She was placed on six months probation.
Markets show early mixed action with lower early sales while bonds and yields ease. Commodities such as cotton, oats, and soybeans show varied trends amid hedging and weather factors. hogs and cattle move on tight ranges with steers and yearlings trading mostly steady to higher. The day in Wall Street begins with a split stock market as traders weigh drought and demand signals.
USDA cattle summary from Kansas City lists 22,000 cattle and 2,300 calves with slaughter steers and heifers active and unevenly steady to 50 higher, better than average quality grain cattle. Cows slow but steady, bulls weak. Slaughter calves slow, stockers uneven, feeders mostly steady to 50 lower. Prices include choice fed steers 25.50 to 28.00, good to low choice steers 19.00 to 25.00, and choice fed heifers around 300.
Turnover dwindled and prices softened with a gradual erosion across divisions. Leading issues show only fractional gains or declines. Guilt Oil and Phillips Petroleum held small gains while most oils slumped. U S Steel fell about a point with Bethlehem and Republic Steel fractions. Rail stocks were mostly off fractional gains, continuing a weak market tone.
Four Lawrence alumni of Kansas University were named to two KU Alumni Association committees at the fall meeting. Richard Allen was named chairman of a committee to study general and life membership rates and dues disposition. Other members include Maurice Breidenthal Jr and C B Holmes of Lawrence, Harry L Stover of Kansas City, Mo, John Weatherwax of Lawrence, Clyde Reed president, and Robert Price of Topeka as election procedure revision chairman with Hen j Barteldes Lawrence Fred Litt o y Hutchinson William Bailey Topeka and Ed Phelps Pittsburg as members.
Raymond Guy Henry, 20, of Richland, sustained minor injuries when his car collided on a dirt road two miles northwest of Clinton and eight miles west of Lawrence late Saturday evening. He drove against a car driven by Rolland Lee Abbott, 23, of 746 N. 5th.
About 150 Baldwinites turn out for a Republican gathering led by ard F. Allen of Douglas in the 12th District. The caravan arrived with a bus and sound equipment, drawing local attention to the event.
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