Six Major KU Projects Under Way
Kansas University works include Gertrude Pearson women's dormitory construction, Watkins Hospital steam tunnel repair, Malott Hall area landscaping, Watson Library roof tie re-laying, Grace Pearson Hall work, and Allen Fieldhouse completion. Acoustical ceiling added in Watson Library undergraduate reading room, main entrance doors updated, cooling towers installed, 4160 volt electrical conversion advancing, Douthart and Grace Pearson transformer work, home economics practice house interior renovation, aeronau tical engineering painting nearing completion, and the Dyche Museum panorama construction completed after about forty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Seb
Pearson
Kansas University
Watkins Hospital
Malott Hall
Watson Library
Grace Pearson
Allen Fieldhouse
University
Douthart Hall
Grace Pearson Hall
Aeronautical Engineering
Dyche
City Votes Annexation Of 120 Acre West Tract In Canvass
City Commission approves annexation of a 10 acre tract in western Lawrence after canvassing ballots from last Tuesday's city election. Voters favor zoning control. no change in election returns. Commissioners Jack Hurtis and incumbents John Crown and Simon Hurtitz win seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
City Commission
Seventh Street
Jack Hurtis
John Crown
Simon Hurtitz
Commission
Harold Fisher
Fisher
Card of Thanks and In Memoriam Notices
A collection of brief bereavement notices thanking friends and relatives for support after Floyd Sample's family loss. Also in memoriam items for Mrs. Lillie Silvers, Hate old Heisman, and a heartfelt remembrance from family noting dates, missed presence, and enduring love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Sample
Demos to Seek Foreign Policy Split Between Ike and Adlai
Congressional Democrats plan to probe potential foreign policy differences between Adlai Stevenson and President Eisenhower during Stevenson's Far Eastern Situation talk. The broadcast will be free via two networks while Stevenson’s aide notes he seeks a clear view of U S policy on Quemoy and Matsu amid tensions with Red China.
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Demos
Ike
Adlai
Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Chicago
Wiliam McCormick Blair
U.S
Far East
Blair
Democratic Party
U. S
Formosa Strait
Quemoy
Matsu
Red China
Congress
Formosa
Local names appear in fragmented Chanute and Emporia report
Fragmentary OCR lists individuals including Chanute, Dale Lowery, Em poria and Kenneth Baker Abi Tene among other names. No clear event or outcome is discernible from the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tion, Chanute
Dale Lowery
Emporia
Kenneth Baker
Juvenile Court Appearance Ordered After School Incident
Lawrences junior high students were taken into custody this week after an incident at Barker Avenue. They were returned to their parents and ordered to appear in Juvenile Court. Police noted the case involves minors and remains under investigation.
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Barker Ave
Lawrence Junior High School
Polive
County Teachers Decide on Social Security Vote
County educators in 42 rural schools will vote Tuesday on adding social security to state school retirement payments. Mrs Emma Berg will deliver and collect ballots countywide except at Eudora Vinland Baldwin where the local collector handles ballots. Blank ballots count as a no vote and survivors benefits are cited as part of the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Berg
Eudora
Vinland
Baldwin
Death notices for Mrs Emma Pigman in Denver
Mrs Emma Pigman of Denver Colorado died Friday. She was sister of the late D M Horkman and had visited Lawrence often. Services will be in Denver. Lawrence firefighters answered a trash fire behind Old High School at 9th and Ky Sts Friday evening. no damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Horkmans
Emma Pigman
Denver, Colo
Lawrence
Old High, School
9Th and
Ky. Sts
Droodle Reminder About Weight and Appetite
A humorous note from Mrs. Grace Kohrumel of New Castle Del cites overindulgence in Spaniels and people. Dr Kitzenger cites a Schwine Kitzenger Institute study of 100 men over 98 showing moderation, middling means and high mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace” Kohrumel
New Castle
Del
Dr. Kitzenger
Schwine-Kitzenger Institute
Local Agency Arranges Holy Land Trip for 38
A local travel agency organized a Holy Week tour for 38 travelers to Jerusalem. The groups, led by Miss Katherine Schutze of the United Christian Missionary Society and Miss Harriet Louise H. Patterson, traveled via the Tom Maupin Travel House based in Lawrence and operating from 1236 Mass. St. Maupin, a longtime Holy Land travel specialist, started his company in 1948 and has guided multiple Middle East trips. The group joined Palm Sunday processions and will attend Easter services in the Old City and Calvary celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Tom Maupin
Holy Land
Katherine Schutze
United Christian Missionary Society
Disciples of Christ Christian Church
Indianapolis
Harriet Louise H. Patterson
Mediterranean
Old City of
Calvary
Holy City
Maupin
Middle East
Downs ‘Travel Service
Harry Downs
Lawrence
Mass
Deaths and Funerals Orville A. Copeland
Orville A. Copeland, 59, died Friday night at a Kansas City hospital. Born February 28, 1898 in Lawrence, he attended local public schools and worked at the Pateel Theater before retiring due to ill health. Funeral services and burial will be in Lawrence. survivors include his wife Babe Copeland, two sons in San Diego, a sister Esterene Alsop, three brothers in California, a stepson in Chicago, and five grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville A. Copeland
Kansas City
Lawrence
St. Luke's Ame Church
Pateel Theater
Lincoln Theater
Babe Copeland
E. 12Th St
Orville A. Copeland Jr
DeFrance Copeland
San Diego
Esterene Alsop
Bruse Copeland
Elmo Copeland
Howard Copeland
California
James Williams
Chicago
Cycle Accident Fatal to Henry Moore
Henry Newton Moore 27 of Eudora died from injuries after a motorcycle crash Monday evening on a gravel road southeast of Eudora. He was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital by brother in law Farrell Hibner. Moore survived by his mother, stepfather, daughter, sister, four steps, three half brothers and three half sisters. Funeral set for 2 p m Monday at Rumsey Funeral Home with Oak Hill Cemetery burial.
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Douglas County
Henry Newton Moore
Eudora
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Farrell Hibner
Moore
Florence
Lawrence
Sadie Slifer
Cecil Slifer
Patricia Ann Moore
Darlene Hibner
Route 1
Agnes Shirling
Deniver
Angie Duffy
Kansas City
Georgia Carlson
Chicago
Della Jones
Larry Hibner
Gary Hibner
Lanny Hibner
Rumsey Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
KU Reunion Planned by Lawrence Committee
Six Lawrence residents form the committee for the KU class of 195 at Kansas University. Donald Alderson dean of men at KU is president of the class and oversees preparations. Other committee members include Bill Chestnut Mrs Max Dresden Bob Ellsworth Mrs T J Gray and Mrs Jack B Harris. There are 83840 acres of lakes in New Mexico.
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Lawence
Kansas University
Donald Alderson
K.U
Lawrence
Bill Chestnut
Max Dresden
Bob Ellsworth
T. J. Gray
Jack B. Harris
Hal Cleavinger joins KU Old Grads roster for Memorial Stadium clash
Lawrence reports the Old Grads roster for the Kansas University varsity game next Saturday at Memorial Stadium grew to 36 with Hal Cleavinger adding depth. Cleavinger, a Manhattan product, played in 1952 and now studies law at Bethany College while hailing from Abilene Texas.
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Kansas University
Memorial Stadium
Hal Cleavinger
Cleavinger
Manhattan
Tast
K.A
Bethany College
Lindsborg
Abilene Christian College
Abilene
Tex
Kansas
NBC Plans Major Shake-Up of Weekend Radio Schedule
New York NBC announced drastic network changes to scrap Saturday and Sunday quarter and half hour shows. President Sylvester L Wea ver Jr said a new weekend service Monitor will offer entertainment and information from 8 a.m. Saturday to midnight Sunday as a bid to revive lagging listeners and advertising after a 24 percent drop in last year’s network radio billings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fom
Wall Street Journal
New York
National Broadcasting. Co
Sylvester L. Weaver Jr
NBC
Monitor
Local Horse Taming Ends in Lawrence After Ill-Fated Show
The Black Angel act failed to excite crowds as horse taming wound down in Lawrence. A doctor’s attempt to provoke a reaction by tainted smoke and flank nudges proved ineffective, ending big-time spectator taming here. Town turns to biking, racing, boating, and other recreation as medical knowledge expands after World War War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Angel
Lawrence
Black Devil
Topeka
Woodlawn Park
Cameron's Bluff
Lake View
Wakarusa, Ia
Births Reported at Memorial Hospital
At Memorial Hospital the birth section lists new arrivals and discharged patients. A long roster includes Isabel McCracken from Eudora and Zelda Rozin with baby girl, plus Dixie Wood with baby boy and Lenora Fultz with baby boy among others. Also noted are births to Ben Stewart at 1128 Conn St and Audean Kramer in McLouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabel McCracken
Eudora
Rosie Admire
David A. Jones
Ash. St
Zelda Rozin
R. J. St. Leon
Johnson
Dixie Wood
B. 19Th St
Noel Holland
N. 2Nd St
Marjorie Jeffrey
Oskaloosa
Arletta Stewart
Hilltop
Gary Bartlett
Cadet
Lucy Bianco
Ala, St
LeRoy Biggs
H. St
Richard Roberts
Pleasant St
Lenora Fultz
Perry
Paul Kincaid Jr
Mo. St
Georgia Bell
Ind. St
Reba Gardner
Leonard Bagby
Conn, St
Kerry Kapler
Ben’ Stewart
Conn
Audean Kramer
McLouth
Staff Member From BIS Sentenced for Loitering
A 25 year old Silver Spring man and staff member of the Boys Industrial School in Topeka received a 30 day jail sentence for loitering in police court. He is under investigation for several burglaries and has a lengthy prior record including a 16 month reformatory term for grand larceny. police chief Hazelet noted the school could have checked his records at the time of hire. The man supervised a cottage with 14 boys from midnight to 8 am each day. Laird was arrested near Cordley School after authorities reported loitering there and police found burglary evidence in his car. He admitted the items were from burglaries.
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Silver Spring
Boys’ Industrial School
Topeka
John Hazelet
Robert B. Laird
State Reformatory For
Hazeret
Topeka Police
Laird
Hazelet
Kansas
Cordley School
Personal notices from Mr and Mrs Frank McDonald trip and more
Mr and Mrs Frank McDonald returned from a ten day visit to Longview Texas. He then flew to Houston for a Texas Wholesale Beverage Association meeting at the Shamrock Hotel where he serves as president of a similar Kansas group. Mrs H W Behrens and Clarence Hoover announce the sudden death of their brother Clifford Carroll Hoover of Enid Oklahoma. The Hoovers will attend the Enid funeral today. Keith Lawton and Maurice Barker returned from a three day speaking tour at five alumni meetings. Miss Thelma Baker of the library staff is spending Easter at Junction City with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McDonald
Longview
Tex
Continued Mild Weather For Kansas Through Easter
Forecasts show continued mild weather across Kansas with only light showers possible on Easter Sunday in the southeast. Early showers in the southwest were light and not measurable, with remains of light precipitation expected in that area today and tonight. Skies stay mostly partly cloudy statewide, with little temperature change expected. lows near the 40s and highs around 65 to 75. Previous 24 hour extremes included 72 in Hill City and Wamego and 38 in Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Hill City
Wamego
Four Jars of Marijuana Found Near Potter Lake
Six Lawrence Junior High students on the Kansas University campus found four jars of processed marijuana and another containing cigarette stubs near Potter Lake. Police say the narcotic was likely discarded after a February arrest of four men for marijuana possession. Three defendants remain in District Court, while one had charges dropped. Police expect the jars yield few clues about the owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Potter Lake
Kansas University
John Hazelet
Rohart Blott Fowser
James Leroy Beatty
Mich. St
Thestak Dean Perry
St. Barker
Hazelet Sud
Contaners
Local Students Cast in KU Play School for Scandal
Three Lawrence youths Vera Steugh Ruth Dodrill and Charles Dodrill join the Studio Theater production of School for Scandal adapted by Nora Goforth Ring and directed by Allen Crafton. The show tours seven Kansas cities April 12 to 18 with high school venues in Marion McPherson Ellsworth Joplin Atwood and Hays and a final Fraser Theater performance at KU on April 20.
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Lawrence
Studio Theater
School For Scandal
Kansas University
Kansas Cities
Vera Steugh
Mass. &T
Ruth
Charles Dodrill
Ohio St
Nora Goforth Ring
Allen Crafton
Department of Speech and Drama
Marion
McPherson
Ellsworth
Jreloit
Atwood
Hays
Fraser
K. U
Ward Weldon
Warrensburg
Ron Butler
Kansas City
J. Morgan Sherwood
Liberty
Ann Straube
Mary Bess Stephens
Neodesha
Judith Heinrichs
Independence
Janice Sartin
Cedarvale
Sheila Na
Kansas City Market Reports and Juvenile Theft Admission
Kansas City local markets show mixed grain and livestock pricing with butterfat Hogs and cattle fluctuating week to week. Three Lawrence juveniles admit theft of a bicycle belonging to Mike Amyx as shown in police records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Mike Amyx
District Phi Psi Parley Ends Amid Delegates From Seven States
The Phi Kappa Psi district convention concluded this morning in Lewrsence after three days. Forty five delegates from seven states attended the meeting at the fraternity house here. Notables included past presidents Win Tate and Carter J Williams from Vansesx City Ma Harlan Selby Morgantown WAM and Charles Stricktaned Meson Ci Ta Diolpi Sunes publisher of the Journal-World who spoke at the gala. James Addison Mason City presided at the Eldridge Hotel Friday evening.
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Phi Kappa Psi
Lewsrence
Stites
Booth
Othe
Fintal
al the
Win Tate
Carter J. Williams
Vansesx City
Harlan Selby
Morgantown
Wam
Charles Stricktaned
Meson Ci
The
Journal-World
Ola Teanguet Briday
Eve Noma
Eldridge Hotel
James Addison
Mason City
Local PTA Notes From Lawrence and Nearby Councils
Lawrence PTA Council schedules an education class for parents at 7:30 p.m. in the evening with a session at 8 p.m. The New York PTA executive board meets Tuesday at the senior library. Cordley PTA plans an informal coffee on Wednesday evening at Mrs. G Ko Whitenight’s home followed by a brief business meeting.
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Wycettive Beau Ab
New York
PTA
Cordiey Pta
Wednesda Everning
G. Ko
Lawrence Man Charged With Thefts at SOW
Tienward Train Bowl 32 from Lawrence listed home charged Friday with stealing ardines swarm anger m hair LOO from Sunflower Ordnar Works. Boyd an SOA employee appeared before Edward Ro Delleh, KS commissioner in Kansas City and pleaded not guilty to stealing a 4 horsepower gasoline motor and two power carrier wheels with tires. Bard a farmer and father of two children is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tienward
Lawrence
Sunflower Ordnar
Boyd
SOA
Edward Ro Delieh
WS. Coms
Kansas City
Bard
Worthwhile Reading in The Christian Science Monitor
Promotes Erwin D. Canham's latest national and international news features. Describes easy to read how to do pieces and homemaking ideas for family readers. Encourages mail subscription from Boston with a coupon offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Science Monitor
Erwin D. Canham
Boston
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Lillie Silvers
Henry Silvers
Dorothy Reusch
Irene Harper
Heisman
Mom
Dad
Mrs
Droodles
Onilve Thinvds Yano
Equalit
Wright
Knights Rose Croix
Masonic Temple
Specil
Rose Croix
R. .B. Gemmell
Mr. Q. “Seoty
Ade
Communication of Law' S Peace Lodge
Guy Redivarn
W. ML Gee
Wi Mole
Secy Ady
Henry Moore
New Mexico
Memorial Hospital
E. Robert Roe
BIS
Jack Stanton
Kansas Convention of Southern Baptists
Calvary Baptist Church
Cael
K. C
Beltsville
Kansas Spring
Phi Psi
Lawrence Pta Council
Saventh Safety
Is Farmers Insurance
Travel Nouse
Massachusetts
Complete Travel Service
Norway Street
U.S. A
Inginal
M.R. Carlson
M. W. Clay
West 9Th
Hey
Agency
Warren Decker
Bud Doy
Fred W. Rumsey
Indiana
Wmsey Funeral Home
Oscar
Rumsey
National Sele
Taviratto
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