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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1956
Page
5
Ottawa report quotes Warren W Shaw Republican candidate criticizing rival Docking over the 1955 school textbook rental law. Shaw claims the program saves parents money and has been adopted by about 100 districts, with the state board noting its use for next year.
AP reports eight more deaths in Kansas weekend wrecks bring total traffic fatalities to 464 this year, versus 419 at the same point in 1955. Names include de E Turner and Jack R won of Salina, Michael James and Margaret James of Kansas City, Mrs. Robert Miller of Vassar, Richard Hamlin of Topeka, Beverly Cantrell of Emporia, Noble Kenney of Topeka, James Archer of Cottonwood Falls, plus other injuries in various collisions on U S 40, Kansas 99 and nearby routes.
Six year old Robert Dale Conley of 413 N 2nd St was struck by a car at 6th and Ohio Streets Saturday afternoon, treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and released. He is a Pinckney School kindergartner. Police say he ran from his mother and into Claude Winn Jr. of 246 It St.
In Tulsa Oklahoma a 11 year old aircraft plant worker attempted to teach a horse to sit. The horse seated itself injuring Arnold Hall who was hospitalized with pelvic injuries.
Typhoon Harriet the season eighth swung northwest away from the Philippines toward Formosa today with 80 mile per hour center winds. The Manila Weather Bureau located it 400 miles east of the Bagio fishing area in Batanes Islands, moving about 22 miles per hour. Reports from Manila count Typhoon Gilda deaths at 20. Food and relief goods reached the Basnea Islands, still isolated.
Robert Ruark reflects on the closure of Sampson Air Force Base in Geneva New York noting the expected economic surge as troops depart and towns scramble to attract industry. He mocks local hype and describes inflated prices, shifting work, and chaotic adjustments in a satirical portrayal of wartime-to-peacetime transition.
Eudora welcomes Dr. J. O. Osborne Kansas City as the town’s first resident physician in 18 months after a difficult house hunt. He arrived Sept 1 to begin practice with his wife and two children and will move into the Salem Evangelical parsonage on Sept 29. Citizens helped locate housing while Osborne, born in Columbus and raised in Garnett, studied at Kansas University and practiced in Kansas City. The doctor answered a KU Medical Center letter describing local needs and residents express delight at his arrival.
Washington dispatch reports Earl Godwin, 75, dean of Washington radio correspondents, died in his sleep at his Rehoboth Beach summer home. A WRC NBC staffer since 1936, he hosted a 6 15 p.m. news program for years, and had been unable to broadcast since last May due to a heart ailment.
Clinton Patterson 55 of Liberty Missouri formerly Ulman Missouri was fatally struck by a shotgun blast while handling guns from his car after a hunting trip at Fort Leavenworth. He died 40 minutes later in a hospital. Survivors include his widow and three sons. Burial planned in Trenton Missouri.
The United States and the Philippines agreed to a two week recess in negotiations to enlarge U.S. military bases in the islands. Talks stalled over jurisdiction of criminal cases involving Americans at military installations and related matters.
Firefighters from Sunflower Ordnance Works and Olathe Naval Air Station aided a brush timber fire five miles NW of Olathe, about 25 miles east of Lawrence. About 150 people battled the flames. Sunflower and the air station provided equipment. The fire began on Tim Enright property near Cedar Creek after hunters were seen on Saturday night.
The Frisco Railroad will operate a new through train on the Kansas City Memphis line starting September 30 with morning departures and evening arrivals at both ends. The service adds no extra mileage and replaces the existing Joliet shuttle between Memphis and Springfield and between Springfield and Kansas City.
Smoke filled Crest Park area as firefighters labored to control a fire storm that has scorched more than 8 500 acres and destroyed at least 20 homes near Lake Arrowhead in the San Bernardino Mountains. Forest Service officials said the scene remained too dangerous for close inspection.
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