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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1947
Page
2
Kent State forecasts 6000 to 6500 students this fall with housing strained after 4500 last spring. Gov. Herbert signed a bill to allow housing commissions and land purchases, while a $500000 loan funds a planned dormitory. A campus drive will recruit 50 helpers to canvass and secure more housing.
Julian Suso, a Kent State senior, recounts his 1944 1945 experiences attached to US embassies in Lisbon Madrid and the OSS. He describes a Spain under Franco with pervasive censorship and a large military budget, and a Portugal under Salazar with heavy military spending and limited freedoms, amid postwar poverty and anti Communist sentiment.
A historical overview traces Independence Day customs from 1776 to 1919, noting toasts, bells, bonfires, and fireworks. It cites key figures like Richard Henry Lee and Thomas Jefferson, along with evolving public displays, safety concerns, and international participation in Washington and Philadelphia.
Robert I. Pearce directs the university summer theatre production Dear Ruth with J Alan Hammack assisting. The cast and crew include Jim Sharp stage manager Jim Bullock Don Hale Terry Pugliese Lydia Mihok Russ Gillis Julia Ross Lorraine Graf Janice Koeppe and others. The play runs July 18 in the university auditorium.
Portorial staff includes Jack Barry Jim Bullock Ruth A Crawford Bob Topher Bob Hartman Michael B McCabe pra Nemes Betty Rowlen Kingler Thaddeus Stokes Larry Vitsky Radph D Zappi Feature page staff lists Gerald Dantzic Kenneth K Goldstein Bill Lyle Robert West Bob Wolcott The Kent Stater is the university weekly published Tuesday and Friday during summer sessions and Tuesday Wednesday and Friday during the regular school year. It is printed by Printed Commercial Press Inc Kent Ohio and dated Oct 11 1927 and postmarked as second class matter.
Dr. A L Heer, former instructor at the university training school and lay member of the First Methodist church in Kent, was reappointed to a third term as a delegate to the general conference. The reappointment came at the Northeast Ohio conference in Lakeside and Heer will lead the district delegation to Boston next year.
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