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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1956
Page
3
Topeka reports the deadline for campaign expense statements has passed with 180 candidates notified for missing the 30 day filing window. Most have filed. others, often defeated, still have not. Fines up to 1000 dollars and potential office vacating are penalties, though prosecutions are not recalled.
Plymouth church hosts open house and reception for new assistant minister Rev. James Ewing and his wife from 3 to 4 30 p m to mark the dedication of the church's new unit following the 1955 fire. The dedication service runs 4 30 to 4 45 with organist Dianist Marian Replogle featuring a chapel star from 4 45 onward.
Las Vegas student Dave Lowe woke with bruises after tumbling from an open window at the Theta Chi house. A fraternity brother saw him rise and return to his bunk as he fell about 20 feet to the lawn below with no memory of the incident.
Great Bend businessman Kent Collier, head of the local chamber, reached Queen Elizabeth II by transatlantic phone from KVGB studio seeking swans for Lakeland Florida. A Buckingham Palace aide cited annual gifts of 20 to 30 swans and the need to pay shipping costs. Collier planned to inquire at the U S Embassy in London, noting a four minute call cost about 12 dollars plus tax.
W C Boardman told Kiwanis members that Alaska is scenically supreme and economically the last stand of the individual. He noted government control limits land purchases, surveyed rights, and a reliance on public power agencies with no private energy production. The talk covered muskeg, permafrost, and farming struggles in Matanuska Valley. interclub plans were announced in Tongoxie and Olathe.
The First District of the Kansas Association of School Librarians will hold a meeting for librarians and student assistants on Saturday October 6 at Lawrence Junior High School Registration starts at 9 30 a m A KU Education Department demonstration of the reading accelerator begins at 10 a m The program features Don Wilcox Irene Hansen and Bernice Settles The state president is Ethelyn Flagg with past president Margarett Lawman and Shawnee Mission High School librarian Ailmner Thomas as district representative District One covers 17 counties led by Lawrence student assistants from Senior High School
Charles M. Brooker, 44, an advertising executive, pleaded guilty in justice court to malicious destruction of personal property. He and his wife and their Weimaraner dog stayed in a motel where owners complained of damages. A warrant was served as he prepared to fly home in a private plane. Brooker said he used motel towels to clean the dog's feet and had permission to keep the dog in the motel. He was fined after explaining the acts.
A Wichita Kansas man paid $10 after mud from his dog was wiped from the animal’s feet in a Billings Montana motel. The incident resulted in a $10 fine.
The Stockholm third mate Ernst Carstens-Johannsen testified there was no fog when the Stockholm and the Andrea Doria collided on July 25. He said fog moved over the ships after the crash and that radar showed the Doria four miles away though its lights were not visible.
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