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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1955
Page
10
A report from a French farm describes a civilian militia mobilization amid an earlier appeal. Residents respond to the call as tensions rise over local security and organized groups in the area.
On Saturday in Lawrence a Band Day parade through downtown preceded a Kansas-Washington State game. About 40 high school bands and the university band performed before a large crowd in Memorial Stadium. Kansas beat Washington State 34 to 40 with over 2,000 visiting bandsmen and about 17,000 spectators.
Torrential rains drenched north and west Texas and southern New Mexico, flooding homes and washing out bridges. No deaths reported in Albuquerque after a ninth flood of the year. about 100 families evacuated as sections of the city flooded. Rio Grande crest projections threatened Eagle Pass and Laredo, while Nueces River swell aroused arrest concerns. Skies clouded central U S with fog in Amarillo and Abilene. other areas mostly clear. Japan’s birth rate sharply declined from 70 to 20 per thousand annually.
A fickle cold front brought heavy rainfall to Northwest and South Texas. Up to 11 inches drenched north and west regions, flooding homes, washing out bridges, and blocking highways. Rivers rose across the Rio Grande basin while fog and drizzle affected Amarillo and Lubbock.
Five American civilians reached Hong Kong today after long detention in Red China. Of the 41 promised freedom at Geneva talks, 14 have now reached liberty. They arrived from Shanghai on two British ships and included Imus T. Kanady of Houston, Robert Parker of Philadelphia area, Emma Barry, the daughter of an American father, and Sister Theresa Stella Dugay of Boston, among others. Also returned was Roper Devhiend, a Belgian soldier, five days after the Korea armistice.
The FBI said crime rate in Kansas cities decreased in the first six months of this year compared with the same period in 1954. Data covered six crime classifications and indicated an overall decline across the state.
Analyzing the first half of the year, Kansas reports higher theft incidences involving horses per 100000 residents, compared with the previous period. Authorities note a shift in property crime patterns amid rising value and demand for equines.
B Ray W. Leonard of Independence Kansas is elected president of the Public Accountants Assn of Kansas at the seventh annual convention which closed Saturday night He succeeds L J House of Olathe Other officers include Roy Wiley Wichita and A K Ulrich Topeka vice presidents M D Brooks
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