Bowlus Fine Arts Center opens in Iola with 1920s legacy
The Thomas H Bowlus Fine Arts Center in Iola Kansas commemorates banker Thomas Bowlus who died in 1960 and left nearly 2 million for a city school system to run a center for art music and culture. The building seats 750 and features a high flyloft stage air conditioning sound and projection facilities. It houses art speech dramatics and music departments and aims to 1 000 to 1 200 pupil hours daily. Dedication ceremonies will feature H Roe Bartle and concerts by the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra and University of Kansas Brass Choir.
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Tola Register
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Thomas J. Bowlus
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Iowa
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Kansas City
Thomas H. Bowlus Fine Arts Center
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Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
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Thomas H. Bowlus
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Iola Gets New Bowlus Fine Arts Center Dedication
Iola prepares to dedicate the Thomas H Bowlus Fine Arts Center on Sunday September 27. The 750 seat auditorium features a nearly equipped stage and houses city school art speech dramatics and music departments. Donations from Thomas H Bowlus funded the project following his 1960 death at age 87.
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Senate Report Skews Estes Case Facing Critique
Senate investigative panel plans a sharp report on the Agriculture Department over Billie Sol Estes, citing favoritism and possible missed opportunities to curtail his influence. Estes fights federal and state fraud convictions as investigations into cotton allotments and nonexistent fertilizer tanks unfold. McClellan says the document will reach the Senate by September 30.
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Yates Center High Elects Pep Club Officers
Yates Center High selected pep club leaders Julie Massoth Carol Lamb Annie Loehr Ben Shaeffer with Miss Costin as advisor. Student council officers named Candy Cantrell as president Dennis Stephan as vice president Les Harrod as secretary treasurer. New quarterback club officers are Gordon Dixon president Clifford Reser vice president Virgil Mossman secretary treasurer.
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Clifford Reser
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Osage Mineral Rights Indefinite Extension Sent to White House
The Senate approved and sent to the White House a bill to extend indefinitely the Osage mineral arrangement in Oklahoma. Since 1906 the act vested mineral rights in the tribe, yielding over 400 million dollars in rents and royalties in six decades, and the extension aims to spur further tribal oil and gas development.
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Typhoon Wilda Leaves Damage Across Japan
Global briefs report Wilda's rampage across Japan with 30 dead 8 missing and 238 injured, plus 40 569 houses damaged or flooded 64 ships sunk and 192 damaged. Also notes Moscow officials blame unmarried Soviet schoolgirls pregnancies urging sex education and harsher penalties. Bahama Cuba air route row and Damascus Jordan river diversion plans are briefly described.
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Erie Officials Attend Kansas Municipalities Meeting
Erie officials Homer Ellsworth and Leroy Preiss attended sessions of the Kansas League of Municipalities annual meeting in Wichita. The report notes group discussions and addresses by national experts. Nearby items include visits by Mrs. Ethel Crispin of Alamogordo, continued stays for business, a theatre trip, probate matters in Chanute, and rest-home visitor notes.
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Italian heart surgeon jets to Peking amid Mao illness rumors
Dr. Achille Dogliotti, a leading Italian heart surgeon, flew from Rome to Peking for a medical congress as rumors swirled about Mao Tze-tung’s health. Reports in Rome last month suggested Mao was ill and that Italian physicians had been summoned to Beijing, with Hong Kong noting a hospital checkup for Chinese leaders on Oct 1.
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