Newsmen Describe Pike Toll Road Tremendous
Newsmen and radio men toured the 236 mile Kansas Turnpike reporting a smooth surface no cross traffic and clear separation of traffic directions. They noted 10 inch concrete slabs and a 38 foot total width with speed permissible from 40 to 70 mph.
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Topeka
Kansas Turnpike
Kansas
Kansas City
Wichita
Bonner Springs
Lawrence
Admire
Emporia
el Dorado
Wellington
South Haven
Matfield Green
Towanda
Hospital Notes Admits and Births Reported
The hospital notes record admissions for Mrs. Florence McEvoy at 1009 S Locust and Mrs. Kenneth Watts route 3, plus births for Mr. and Mrs. Marion Coen 610 Beech a son born Thursday at 6 lb, 902. Mr. and Mrs. Jose Vesquez 934 N Locust a daughter born today at 8 lb 2 oz. Mr. and Mrs. John Shenk Ran tort a son born today at 8 lb 14 oz. dismissals include Mrs. Kenneth Watts, Mrs. Dorothy Bearly Parker John Sutton Princeton and Mrs. Richard Smay 833 S Oak today.
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Florence McEvoy
S. Locust
Kenneth Watts
Bruce and
Everett Davis
N. Sycamore
Marion Coen
Beech
Jose Vesquez
N. Locust
John Shenk
Route 3
Dorothy Bearly
Parker
John Sutton
Princeton
Richard Smay
Oak
Funeral for Mrs Perfecta Escobar Held at Sacred Heart
Funeral services for Mrs Perfecta Escobar who died October 7 were held October 10 at Sacred Heart Catholic church with Rev Matthew Guilfoyle officiating. Pallbearers were Theodosie Ruiz Homer Peterson Naver Martinez Juan Martinez and Arnold Boyd. Rosary was recited at 621 King Street the evening before. Burial followed at Mt Calvary cemetery.
Peregrine Falcon Among World’s Fastest Flyers
In the third world the Peregrine Falcon is one of the fastest flyers having been clocked at 175 miles per hour.
Low Cost Polio Serum Prices Spark Antitrust Talk
Illinois bought polio vaccine cheaper via a commercial distributor than the federal price. Rep Holifield accuses major vaccine makers of collusive pricing with the government and asks FTC inquiry into antitrust violations. A House Government Operations subcommittee pressed on, with Rep Reece opposing methods of the hearing.
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Washington
House
Illinois
Rep
Holifield
D-Calif
Federal Trade Commission
Reece
R-Tenn
Democratic National Committee
Fountain
D - NC
Threeman
Poles Jailed For Riots In Poznan
Six Poles were jailed today for up to six years for their part in the June Poznan bread and freedom riots. Two others were acquitted and a ninth received a suspended sentence. The court in Poznan No 2 handed down the sentences as part of the so called criminal elements case. The light penalties come as Poland hints at abandoning trials for more than 100 others still awaiting court action.
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Poznan
Poland
Linfelder Construction Low Bid On Refuge Lake
The Linfelder Construction Co. of Kansas City was the apparent low bidder yesterday for a 400 acre shallow lake in the Marais des Cygnes Refuge, Linn County. The bid totaled $68,341.80.
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Topeka
Linfelder Construction Co
Kansas City
Kas
Marais Des Cygnes
Linn County
October sales calendar for Kansas events and estates
Oct 13 Roberts Market Sale in Lawrence East 11th St Kas Oct 17 Overbrook Livestock Sale in Overbrook Kas Oct 18 Washington Creek Church Sale 2 miles north of Globe Store Oct 20 Roberts Market Sale E 11th St Lawrence Kas Oct 24 Overbrook Livestock Sale in Overbrook Kansas Oct 25 Mrs I B Sinclair 7 miles northeast Ottawa Kas Oct 25 Rudy Haulk Estate 8 miles west Lawrence Kas Oct 29 Leonard Morgan 8 miles north 1% miles west of Ottawa Oct 30 Shaw Ross miles southeast Wellsville
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Roberts Market
East 11Th St
Lawrence
Kas
Overbrook
Washington Creek
Globe Store
E. 11Th St
Kansas
I. B. Sinclair
Ottawa
Rudy Haulk
Leonard Morgan
Shaw & Ross
Wellaville
Franklin Locust Sts
Harry L. Morgan
Fr. Co. Sale
Wilson & Locust
Frank Haag
Hiway
Hans Lassen
Pomona
Sand Creek
Fr. Co
Kangsag
H. M. Booth & Beets
Baldwin
Baldwin Junction
Sale, Wilson & Locust Sts
Franklin County Officials Attend Southeast Kansas Meeting
Seven Franklin county officials joined the quarterly Southeast Kansas county officials association gathering in Iola. County clerk Bruce Spears said Franklin County is in the best drought condition among 17 counties, with lower election cost per vote at 62 cents versus a reported 1.12 dollars in another county. attendees included Commissioners Lee Bonar Frank Betz Homer Reeves, Treasurer Elisabeth Briggs, Superintendent Jay J Scott, and welfare worker Louella Parrott.
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Franklin County
Iola
Southeast
Kansas County Officials Association
Bruce Spears
Lee Bonar
Frank Betz
Homer Reeves
Elisabeth Briggs
Jay J. Scott
Louella Parrott
Welfare Department
U S Demands Payment for Downed Navy Plane
The United States demands 1 355 650 dollars from Russia for damages from a September 1954 Neptune patrol plane shootdown over international waters in the Sea of Japan. The note asserts Soviet responsibility for destruction, deaths of an American airman, and injuries to survivors. Russia claims violation of its frontier and fire on pursuing fighters.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Foreign Office
Moscow
U. S
Sea of Japan
Campaign Praised Yet Faces Unwanted Newcomers in Wellington
Wellington promotes itself as an ideal place to live and sees several newcomers, some unwanted, drawing nightly reports of skunk sightings. Police Chief Jim Little notes a half dozen or more calls each night and says 13 skunks have been shot recently. Ottawa churches extend welcome.
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Wellington
Jim Little
Fireman Rattled By Engine Blasts
Washington ICC report links a sequence of locomotive horn blasts and a headlight flicker to a collision at Robinson New Mexico on September 5. The Santa Fe Chief, traveling at about 63 miles per hour, struck a standing mail train, killing twenty railroad workers and injuring four others. Fireman Caldarelli testified he became confused and opened the switch. the mail train engineer Rush was among the dead. It is considered probable the engineer was signaling to Caldarelli that he was too close to the tracks.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Santa Fe
Robinson
N. M
Chicago
Los Angeles
ICC
P. C. Caldarelli
Caldarelli
L. J. Rush
Caldarell
Dennis Conger Installed as Franklin County De Molay Master
Dennis Conger was installed as master councilor of Franklin County Chapter Order of De Molay at the Masonic temple. Kansas City mother chapter installing team included Roger Fraser and Floyd Connerly Jr with officers Dennis Conger and Lauren Ward among others. Distinguished guests were Jack Hart Edward Fraser and Mrs Fraser as 65 attendees enjoyed refreshments.
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Dennis Conger
Franklin County
Order of de Molay
Masonic Temple
Gary Hornbuckle
Kansas City
Roger Fraser
Floyd Connerly, Jr
Paul Sanford
Marshall
Val Petras
Larry Forsythe
Dale Watts
Frank Johnson
Larry Wright
Bud Gollier
Mike Jefferis
David Hilligoss
Morgan Williams
John Going
Roger Schmanke
Joel Berglund
Sentinel
Lee Terry
Larry Bancroft
James Burlingham
Darwin Barnhisel
Lauren Ward
Robert Keelin
Ralph Gage
Jere Berglund
Ross Martin
Meredith Williams
Don Sexton
W. S. Conger
W. C. Harding
Myron Steere
Jack Hart
International Supreme Council
Edward Fraser
R. D
Fraser
C. C. Watts
R. G. Hilligoss
J. W. Roberts
Charles Burlingham
Marriage Licenses Issued for Nickelson and Murphy
John Lee Nickelson age 27 of Garnett and Delma Jeanine Murphy age 21 of Ottawa obtained marriage licenses.
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John Lee Nickelson
Garnett
Delma Jeanine Murphy
Ottawa
Arch Masons Fellowship Dinner at Ottawa Temple
Royal Arch Masons and wives held a fellowship dinner in Ottawa Masonic Temple with a post dinner program. A quartet performed and solos by trombone and trumpet accompanied by Jolene Brink. Notables included Grand officers Harold M. Nichols and Robert Riley. Eighty five attendees from Ottawa Lawrence Osawatomie and Kansas City.
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Royal Arch
Ottawa
Masonic Temple
Ralph, Emerson
Noel Decuglas
W. H. Lennard
Floyd Smith
Sheldon Meats
Larry Northway
Jolene Brink
Royal Arch Masonry
Robert M. Riley
Kansas City
Kas
Lawrence
Osawatomie
Harold M. Nichols
Grand Chapter
Royal Arch Masons of
Kansas
J. Henry Reb
Kansat i
B. Harford
Julius R. Raffelock
Fred Brown
Ed A. King
Local Market Grain and Egg Prices From The Market
Ow here is a mix of commodity prices with wheat barley soybeans white and yellow corn shelled yellow corn oats and eggs. Prices show per hundredweight or per dozen values with butterfat figures also listed. Readable items include futures style prices and unit measures across grains and eggs with assorted stray text.
Cubs name Scheffing new manager
Bob Scheffing was named manager of the Chicago Cubs succeeding Stan Hack. He had directed Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast League pennant this year.
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Chicago
Bob Scheffing
Los Angeles
Chicago Cubs
Stan Hack
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Jay Ellis
St. Anthony's Hall
Homewood
Mark Rice
North Main
Mom and Blackie Cafe
Pike
Girl Scouts
F. J. Lundstedt
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
William H. Howe
Elith
Jamestown
N. D
Allen, N. D
Allen French
Arnold Lemon
Eldon Hinderliter
Funk- Cooper-Warren
Kay Shaughnessy
University of Kansas
Women's Educational Society of
Ottawa University
Robert M. Clogston
Alta Caylor
Joe Caylor
Free Methodist Church
N. Oak
Joe Wollam
South End
Wollam
Vernon J. Anderson
Dorothy P. Anderson
Anderson
Great Lakes
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Jackie Ward Bond
B—€—Bond
Paola
Royal B. Brackett, Jr
R. B. Brackett
Donald F. Yates
J. T. Yates
State High School Activities Association
William Allen White School of Journalism
The
University Extension Service
McVe Dengel
Louis H. Dengel
Smith
Alcoa ! Aluminum
Mos
P. O. Box
C. A. Myers & Son
Centropolis
Jack Nelson
Pomona, Kas
Anderson County
Neill George
Waverly
William Tyson
Melvern
Meyer
Aliceville
Will Kruger
Crabb
Frank Spencer
Emerald
Homewood Community Christian Church
Alberta Farm
Albert
Vart & Son Rt
Harold
Unty Sale Co
Wilson
Soa Arene
Township Hall
Norwood
Auct
Myers & Son
Russell Wray
Arch Masons
Bob Lemon
Cleveland Indians
Walter Johnson
Eddie Plank
Lefty Grove
Cara
Lermes
Scheffing
Cub
SAUNDERS WALTER _L. BUTLER
Todd Insurance Agency
van Ad Ae Mats
Holy Bible
Calvary
Jesus
Father
Beret
Loa
Pee Canette
Organization of
Aoy
Kansas City, Kansas
William Overton
J. Dean Nofsinger Manager
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