Air travel tops ship voyages for Europe bound travelers
Readers note a shift from voyage by ship to air travel as European trips become cheaper and quicker. First class air service rivals luxury ship cruises with less hassle, while travel agents like Tom Maupin offer full ticketing and hotel arrangements. Passengers also benefit from anti motion sickness pills and new luggage innovations.
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Tess
LaGuardia
Idlewild Fields
New York
Europe
Atlantic
Almos
Lawrence
Tom Maupin
Ottawa Man Fined for DUI and Driving with No License
Prince Timmons Jr. of Ottawa was fined SIS and given a 30 day sentence in County Court for driving under the influence of liquor and driving with no license.
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Prince Timmons Jr
Ottawa
SIS
Courty
Ant
Paving Plans For Fall And Spring On State Turnpike
Contractors announce limited fall and winter paving on the turnpike with stockpiling for a spring rush. Western Contracting of Sioux City Iowa expects to pave section 30 from Topeka to Lawrence in October. McCarthy Implement of Davenport Iowa aims to work on sections 15 and 16 near Matheld Green this year.
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Western Contracting , Corporation of
Sioux City
Topeka
Lawrence
McCarthy Impanement Company
Davenport
Matheld Green
Giant Pike Jig-Saw Falls Into Place On Kansas Turnpike
Construction on the 236 mile Kansas Turnpike is about 10 percent complete with progress accelerating. The September report shows 9.9 percent completion, 42 of 43 work sections awarded, and plans underway for administration and maintenance buildings plus six service areas as design nears final.
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Kansas Turnpike
Kapgas
Gale Moss
Josef Sorkin
Howard, Needles, Tarffien Bergendorf
Turnpike Consultants
Querend & Boucher & Associates
Wichita
Turnpike Administration
Wellington
el Dorado
Charles L. Marshall
Topeka
Matfield Green
Emporia
Admire
Bonner
Springs
Parade to Kick Off Legion Member Bid in 1956 Drive
Lawrence Dorsey Liberty Post No 14 American Legion opens its 1956 membership drive with a 4 p.m. parade along Massachusetts Street from Seventh to Eleventh. The drive runs to Veterans Day November 11, targeting at least 670 members from a 663 current total. The parade features the Legion Drum and Bugle Corps Kansas National Guard Co H 137th Infantry, and cars from local dealers. Captain Karl H Reber commands the National Guard unit, which showcases four heavy weapons platoons and 10 weapons carriers from Camp McCoy Wisconsin and hosts a prestige Metcalf award background.
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Lawrence Dorsey
Liberty Post No 14
American Legion
Massachusetts Street
Harry Winters
Win‘ters
Legion
Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
National Guard Co. H
137Th Infantry Regiment of
Kansas
Focal National Guard
Metcalf
Camp McCoy
Wis
Karl H. Reber
Bible Usage Session Planned at First Methodist Church
A 2:30 pm Friday conference on Bible use and understanding will be held at the First Methodist Church in Lawrence. Rev. Earl N. Kragnes of the Kansas Council of Churches will speak, with Lawrence Council of Churches hosting. Open to the public.
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First Methodist Church
Lawrence Council of Churches
Earl N. Kragnes
Kansas Council of Churches
Rocky Mountain
National Council of Churches, Division of Christian, Education
National Council
Lawrence
Newcomb Named Manager at Memorial Union Book Store
J. J. Newcomb appointed manager of the Memorial Union book store effective today, replacing Ray Verrey who resigns to become general sales manager for Collegiate Manufacturing Co. Ames. Newcomb, from Kansas City and KU graduate, previously ran the store’s book department.
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J. J. Newcomb
Memorial Union Bank
J. Weedruff
Une
Ait Bansay University
Newcomb
Ray Verrey
Collegiate of Manufacturing Co. Ames
Verrey
Kansas City
Kas
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Tris
Cook's
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U.S
EPSOM
Charles Antell
Bromo Seltzer
Stomac
Crown
Mather
Cathe
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Eavy Srey
Parker
Gorees
Red Grange
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Davy
Lord Chesterfield
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Nutri-Tonic
NutrTonic
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Round Corner Drug Store
West Utes Parkway
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