Lujan Named Presiding Officer As KU Council Debates Mail Ballot
The University Council at KU elected Herman Lujan associate professor to lead the council and John Wulf as assistant. It debated reorganizing university government with a proposed split between the Medical Center and Lawrence campus and considered a mail ballot versus advisory poll for major issues.
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Lujan
KU Council
New ‘University Council
Herman ‘Lujan
University Senate
John Wulf
Morton Grove, Il
Organization and Administration Committee
KU Medical Center
Lawrence
University Council
Carl Lande
Senate
Lande
Administration Committee
Council
David Miller
Eudora
Louis Scott
Rankin Seeks New District Judicial Post in Kansas
Judge Charles C. Rankin 57 of 801 Tenn filed to run for the newly created Division Two of the Seventh Judicial District Court in Douglas County. A WWII veteran and current Douglas County probate juvenile and county judge, Rankin is a Republican and long active in state and national legal and military organizations. He and his wife Edith have two sons, Paul and Martin.
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Charles C. Rankin
Tenn
Secretary ‘of State
Topeka
Seventh Judicial District Court
Douglas County
Rankin
Kansas Supreme Court
Frank Gray
Court of Military Appeals
Army
Kansas Bar Association
Governor
Edith
Paul
Martin
Obituary notices from Oskaloosa and Baldwin area
Funeral services for Helen Evans 79 formerly of Leavenworth will be 2 p m Saturday at First United Presbyterian Church Oskaloosa burial Pleasant View Cemetery. Survived by daughter Mayetta Decker two sisters and two grandsons. Also services for Rev Orville Earl Chase 66 of Rt 1 Overbrook at Washington Creek Church of the Brethren burial Wetmore. Survivors include wife Ola three sons a daughter and extensive siblings. Memorials to Ives Chapel United Methodist Church or Beta Tau at Baker. Also notice for Mr Davee long time Baldwin resident funeral at Ives Chapel Church and memorials to Ives Chapel or Beta Tau. Mrs Selzer dies Valley View Rest Home born 1882 Alsace Lorraine France survived by daughters and sons and grandchildren.
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Oskaloosa
Helen Evans
Leavenworth
First United Presbyterian ‘Church
Wayne E. Newlin
Pleasant View ‘Cemetery
Hampton
Leavenworth ‘First United
Orville Earl Chase
Rt. 1
Overbrook
Washington Creek
Willis
Laura ‘Moyer
San Francisco
Calif
Minnie Jackman
Circleville
Memorial Lawn
Parsons
Davee
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa
Fort Scott
Washburn University
Topeka
Kansas State Teachers College
Pittsburg
Baldwin
Baker
Ives Chapel United Methodist Church
Palmyra
Scottish Rite
Lawrence
Abdalla Shrine
Kansas City
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Cleora
Russell Davee
Overland Park
Tom
Wichita
Juanita Wilson
Ives Chapel
Beta Tau Chapter
Selzer
Valley View Rest Home
Alsace-Lorraine
France
Clearfield
Russell W. Davee Sr. Funeral Set at Ives Chapel
Russell W. Davee Sr. 63 former head basketball coach dean of men and biology professor at Baker University will be honored at an 11 a.m. Saturday service in Ives Chapel Cited Methodist Church. The Rev. C. I. Coldsmith will officiate with burial planned in nearby grounds.
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Baldwin
Russell W. Davee Sr
Baker University
Ives Chapel
C. I. Coldsmith
Funeral services for Jesse A. Sconce Sr. held in Bonner Springs
Grave side funeral services for Jesse A. Sconce Sr. 89 of Topeka will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Bonner Springs Cemetery. Former mayor of Frankfort 1931 to 1935, he died Thursday in Topeka after a life in Kansas farming. Survivors include Mamie his widow Jesse Jr. Aileen Huntington Mae Nye Nellie Marx five grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Friends may call at Penwell Gable Funeral Home Topeka.
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Bonner Springs
Jesse A. Sconce Sr
Topeka
Sconce
Lawrence
Frankfort
Sidell
Kansas
Iowa
Emporia
Mamie
Deming
N.M
Jesse Jr
Aileen Huntington
Long Beach
Calif
Mae Nye
Nellie Marx
Empor
Funeral services for Mrs Sophia Selzer 89
Funeral services for Mrs Sophia Selzer age 89 of Rt. 3 Baldwin in the Clearfield area will be held at 1 30 p m Saturday at Warren Mortuary with Rev Clayton Lehman conducting the service. Burial follows.
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Sophia Selzer
Rt. 3
Baldwin
Clearfield
Warren Mortuary
Clayton Lehman
Funeral rites set for Mrs Ollie Cecil Gulley 71
Funeral services for Ollie Cecil Gulley 71 of 230 Perry are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev John L King presiding. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. She died today at home born May 12 1900 Leavenworth County. She belonged to North Lawrence Christian Church American War Mothers and Rebekah Lodge. Survived by widower James of the home daughter Evelyn Kasson 623 Maple and two sons Fred Homer Dunham and Joe Dunham of Kansas City Mo along with 13 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
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Ollie Cecil Gulley
Perry
Rumsey Funeral Home
John L. King
Oak Hill Cemetery
Leavenworth County
North Lawrence Christian Church
The
American War Mothers
Rebekah Lodge
James
Evelyn Kasson
Maple
Fred Homer Dunham
Joe Dunham
Kansas City
Fire causes $20 damage at Lawrence home
Firemen report an overheated pan of meat on a stove at 1801 West Fourd in Lawrence. The kitchen fire at the home of O. N. Keltcher occurred at 5 43 p.m. Thursday after a neighbor saw smoke from a window. No occupants were home when responders arrived.
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O. N. Keltcher
W. Fourd
Lawrence
Keltcher
B B gun class resumes Saturday at Central Junior High gym
The Lawrence Jaycees sponsored shooting education program will restart at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Central Junior High gym. This week’s session starts the qualification for the state B B gun shooting meet to be held in Tonganoxie on May 6.
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The
Lawrence Jaycees
Central Junior High
Tonganoxie
Kansas City to land $31 million postal bulk facility
Kansas City Kansas appears set to host a $31 million bulk mail facility after Lawrence efforts fell short. U S Rep Larry Winn Jr says a formal Postal Service announcement is imminent as part of a $700 million capital program to build 30 major post offices nationwide. Lawrence Chamber of Commerce and Postmaster Jack Harris supported the bid noting regional growth and highway access advantages.
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Kansas City
Lawrence
U.S
Larry Winn Jr
R-Kan
Kan
Postal Service
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Jack Harris
Chamber
Studded tire rule and voter roll brief in Lawrence
In Lawrence and Douglas County residents weigh studded tire removal after April 15 amid uncertain spring weather. Also, voter registration week reports about 3,000 registrations in four days, including 1,400 KU students and staff and 1,600 at 11 outposts.
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Douglas County
Delbert Mathia
Mathia
Kansas University
Murphy Hall Courtyard Project Set At 47000
Kansas University will begin work soon to create the Judith Harris Murphy Court in the Murphy Hall courtyard with terraced two levels, concrete benches, walkways, plantings and grassy spaces. The $47,000 project is funded by multiple gifts led by a contribution from former Chancellor Franklin Murphy in honor of his wife.
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Kansas University
Murphy Hall
Judith Harris Murphy Court
Judith Harris Murphy
Youngberg
Franklin Murphy
Murphy
School of Fine Arts
Woman Okay in Car Crash Injured in Fall at Home
A 66 year old woman, Marie A. Tryon of 1041 Del, sustained a fractured ankle in a fall at her home after a two vehicle crash at 7th and Tennessee. She was admitted to Lawrence Memorial Hospital in fairly good condition. Police reported damage figures and listed three other overnight collisions with injuries.
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Engel Rd
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Marie A. Tryon
Del
Mark D. Wymore
Seventh
Tennessee
Lawrence
Wymore
Jamboree Events Touched by Weather at KU Festivities
Outdoor Jayhawk Jamboree events planned at KU include a street dance in O-one parking lot with free beer, two showings of April Fools in Hoch Auditorium, and Jambo-Relays at Memorial Stadium. Lambda Chi Alpha torch relay from Topeka to Lawrence starts at 9 at the statehouse, arriving noon at the stadium. Potterstock concert 1 to 5 p.m. near Potter Lake, Brewer and Shipley perform Saturday night in Hoch, and Sunday spring sing finals at Hoch with trophies.
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O-one
Hoch Auditorium
Memorial Stadium
Jayhawk Blvd
Potter Lake
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
Topeka
Lawrence
Statehouse
Robert Docking
Stadium
Potterstock
Brewer and Shipley
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