James J Sweeney to Speak on Modern Art in 1954-55 Series
James Johnson Sweeney of New York City will discuss the meaning of modern art in the Humanities Series lecture The Language of Painting on Tuesday April 19 at 8 p.m in Fraser Theater. He leads the Guggenheim Museum and has taught at NYU and other institutions.
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James Johnson Sweeney
New York City
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Fraser ‘Theater
Sweeney
Spooner Museum of Art
Museum of MM
Lern
Solomon R Guggenheim Museum
International Art Critics Association
Filward MacDowell Association
New York University
Sazburs
Georgia University
Yale
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Minnesota
Massacchusetts
Memorial Hospital Admits Mix of Patients and Births Noted
At Memorial Hospital admitted list includes Betty Martz MelLouth Jane Roper 737 Ark St Bonnie Flowers Sunflower Fieata Ray Rt 2 William Richnan 701 Tenn St Elmer Schiller Rt 5 Arthur Watkins Rt 4 Beulah McGoldrich Sunnflower Lola Hayes 406 Mo St Wilda Chandler Rt 3 Rowland Weaver 1905 Mass St Theresa Georgakas 900 Hilltop Terry Turner 1214 N J St Shirley Hand Tonga Boxe and others DMISZLED James and Charles Beebe Rt 2 Patricia van Dyke DeSoto Peares 529 Walnut St Carl Mel Hattie 909 Maple St Ella Scott 10a7 Mins St Harry Wag Eber Rt 3 Theron Wray 507 N H Trackwell McLouth Weeven 1905 Mass St Births Mer and Mre Jack Chandler baby aged Rt 3 Mr and He as baby tally
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Betty Martz
MelLouth
Jane Roper
Ark. St
Bonnie Flowers
Sunflower
Fieata Ray
William Richnan
Tenn
Elmer Schiller
Arthur Watkins
Beulah McGoldrich
Sunnflower
Lola Hayes
Mo. St
Wilda Chandler
Rowland Weaver
Mass. St
Dmiszled
James
Charles Beebe
Patricia van Dyke
DeSoto
Peares
Walnut
Carl
Mel
Hattie
Maple St
Mra
Ella Scott
Mins
Harry Wag- Eber
Theron Wray
N. H. Trackwell
McLouth
Weeven
Mass
Marriage Licenses Granted In State Court
Marriage licenses issued include Donald Schick 23 and Marjorie Ann 20 of Lawrence. Fred Buncanson 25 and Gladys O Nybo 25 of Hoople N D. James Donald Hooker 24 of Dallas Texas and Elien Jane Lupton 23 of Lawrence. Sam A Gunther 47 and Virginia M Stroud 36 of Lawrence. Emmers Fray Davis 1 of Flippin Ark and Hazel Virginia McCracken 16 of Lawrence. Raymond E Tingle 23 and Opal Ruth Krebs 16 of Lawrence. Samuel G Conley Jr 24 of Washington DC and Kathryn Louise Morris 21 of Lawrence.
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Ate
Donald & Schick
Marjorie Ann
Lawrence
Fred Buncanson
Tonganoxie
Gladys O.nybo
Hoople N. D
James Donald Hooker
Dallas Tex
Elien Jane Lupton
Sam A. Gunther
Virginia M. Stroud
Emmers Fray Davis
Flippin
Ark
Hazel Virgnia McCracken
Aymond E. Tingle
Opal Ruth Krebs
Samuel G. Conley Jr
Washington, D.C
Kathryn Louise Morris
Fire damages in Lawrence hotels and demolitions
Firemen were called about 11 p.m. Monday to the Meredith Hotel at 708 Mass. St. where an upper story cigarette is blamed for a small blaze. Chief John Miller reported slight damage. About two hours later, crews were sent to 927 Ky. St. to extinguish a fire in the rubble of a house being demolished.
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Lawrence
Meredith Hotel
Mass. St
John Miller
Ky. St
Droodles as Bar Warners and Social Tricks
The piece describes Droodling as a playful self control device in bars and jokes about borrowing a ring to scratch a Droodle on a mirror to deter drinking. It mentions a local Knights council meeting with supper at 6:30 and work at 7:30, listing times and hints of community events.
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Ma Kettle
Bobo Rockefeller
de la la Council Knights i
Vaccine distribution plan for polio shots outlined
The article outlines shipment timing and a three dose schedule for polio vaccine, with parental permission slips largely returned. Residents including Ellen Sparks and John Merriott express relief and eagerness for protection of children and relatives against polio.
Happy couple celebrate their union in simple note
A brief line from a personal notice expresses joy from a wife and husband about their happiness. The text shows a warm domestic sentiment and affection without official details or dates.
City Pelted In Outage After Crash And Wreck
A Kansas City driver Duard W. Enoch Jr. 20 lost control of his car striking a power pole on West Nineteenth Street causing a major outage. KP and L emergency crews replaced the pole removed downed wires and restored service. The incident disrupted Kansas University area and East of Massachusetts Street. A second collision by Loyd Ray Alumbaugh 17 near U S Highway 2440 caused about 73 dollars in car damage but no service interruption.
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Duard W. Enoch Jr
Kansas City
Poker
Enoch
Kp&l
Kpr&l
R. W. McClure
Sta
Kansas University
Massachusetts
Seventeenth Street
Nineteenth Street
West Nineteenth Street
Loyd Ray Alumbaugh
Ned St
Lawrence
Pny
Lawrence News Briefs Highlight Power Outage Banquet Pool and Road Funds
In Lawrence, a 5:15 pm power failure prompted candlelight dinners as residents faced temporary outages. The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce plans a banquet at KU Memorial Union with 200 plus reservations. Construction begins on the Lawrence Country Club pool built by Paddock Engineers. Douglas County receives nearly 20000 in gasoline tax distributions for roads. A 1896 note recalls George Harbo and Frank Samuelson rowing the Atlantic in an 18 foot boat without sails. Toothpaste tubes and corner stone funding for Texas Capitol are noted, alongside a marine mammals origin theory.
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Lawrence Country Club
Paddock Engineers, Inc. of
St. Louis
George Harbo
Frank Samuelson
Atlantic Ocean
Indictment Returned By Miami County Grand Jury
A Miami County grand jury returned one secret indictment and issued recommendations on county procedures. They urged automatic grand jury calls every two years and bidding on purchases. The report, submitted by foreman Frank McCarthy, noted the rock crushed by the county and recessed pending final dismissal on June 6.
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Paqla
Kasum
Miami County
Frank McCarthy
Santee to receive Marine athlete award in Kansas City
A plaque and certificate will be presented to Wes Santee as outstanding athlete in the All Marine Corps sports program. The ceremony at Quantico last summer will be acknowledged at Kansas University by Capt. Virgil F. Gordimer with a certificate signed by Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd. Santee won the mile and the 880 at the Marine Sports program.
Consolidation Approved for Rural School Districts in Labette
The largest rural grade school consolidation in Labette County history was approved in yesterday’s election. Patrons of eight of nine districts voted for the merger, with Prairie Valley voting 19 for and 28 against consolidation.
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Parsons
Was
Labette County
Prairie Valley
Deaths and Funerals Emmett Blaster
Emmett Blaster 72 Williams town died Monday at Kansas University Medical Center Kan Pey He was a retired farmer born at MelLouth and lived most of his life in Williamstown area Survived by wife Effie two daughters Isabel Oliver Perry and Virginia Page Nortonville and one sister Margaret Swott McLouth Funeral services at 2 p m Wednesday at Williams town Community Church burial in Underwood Cemetery Williamstown
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Emmett Blaster
Williamstown
Kansas University
Kan- Pey
Blaster
MelLouth
Effie
Isabel Oliver
Perry
Virginia Page
Nortonville
Margaret Swott
McLouth
Underwood Cemetery
County Traffic Fines Imposed on Five Defendants
Five persons were fined in County Court for traffic violations. Theodore Dale Wiggins of 1116 N. H. St was fined $10 and costs for running a stop sign. William Scott Wingfield of Lecompton paid $10 and costs for passing in an illegal zone. Warren M. Crosby Jr of Topeka was fined $10 and costs for speeding. Jack Melvin Lesvis of Olathe was fined $10 and costs for speeding. W G Ferguson of Topeka was fined $10 and costs for running a stop sign.
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Theodore Dale Wiggins
N. H. St
William Scott Wingfield
Lecompton
Warren M. Crosby Jr
Topeka
Jack Melvin Lesvis
Olathe
W. G. Ferguson
Youths Questioned After Found with Traffic Signs
Three local youths were questioned by Kansas University police after 3 a.m. in a station wagon on Campanile Drive carrying two traffic signs. They said they found the stop sign and Douglas Road marker by the roadside on Highway K-10 near Sunflower and were ordered to report to the Sheriff’s Office later today for further questioning.
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Kansas University
Thhey
Campanile Drive
Douglas Road
Sunflower
Sheriff's Office
Markets at a Glance Summary
Markets show gains in stocks with demand for pharmaceuticals and steady bonds as governments ease. Cotton and corn hold steady amid quiet trading and higher crop estimates. Wheat remains easy with higher estimates. oats show small price moves. Hogs see butcher margins around 25 cents to a top of 18.35. Cattle remain steady with most steers and a top near 28.00.
Kansas City Livestock and Wheat Prices Mixed Across Markets
New York stocks gained as drug firms and chemicals led advances while Kansas City cattle, hogs, and sheep markets showed broad moves. Beef prices mostly steady to down with heifers and vealers mixed. hogs and lambs declined modestly. wheat and corn futures fluctuated with mixed hard and red varieties.
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Kansas City
Corporate names in fragmented listing emerge
A partial OCR line lists major corporations including Tube Sears Roebuck Eastern Air Lines Dow Chemical American Can and General Dynamics Boeing. The fragment suggests a business or industry reference with multiple named entities.
Wichita U Spring Clinic Draws 100 Coaches From Region
More than 100 high school coaches from Kansas and Oklahoma expected at the second annual spring football clinic at the University of Wichita. The one day session centers on the split-T formation and is led by Mississippi State head coach Darrell Royal and Wichita U. coach Pate Tillman. The event aims to showcase coaching techniques and team preparation strategies.
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Wichita
Kansas
Oklahoma
University of Wichita
Darrell Royal
Mississippi State
Pate Tillman
Wichita U
In Memory of Minnie Cripe Passes Away
Artha Smith recalls Minnie Cripe who died April 12 1954 and cherishes Sunday mornings for Sunday school company.
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Minnie Cripe
Artha Smith
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