Building Pace Here Second Best Ever
Lawrence reports March building permits totaling $1,117,576, behind a 1956 record of $1,187,861 but ahead of last year. Major projects include Alpha Gamma Delta sorority house, a new 18 unit apartment at 11th and Mo Sts, and Dillon’s Grocery at 6th and Mich Sts, totaling $594,650. There were 35 permits, with 23 for new dwellings valued at $326,846.
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Lawrence
Louis Stone
Stone
March
Alpha Gamma Delta
Stewart Ave
11Th and
Mo. Sts
Dillon’s
6Th and Mich. Sts
Don McConnell
B. Glenn
P.D. Olmstead
Lindley
Oxford
Russell Jones
Ariz, St
Trail Rd
Frontier Rd
Associated Builders
Iowa
Concord
Hird Construction
Randall Rd
Dwight Perry
W. Sth St
C. F. Stinson
Oxford Rd
10Th St
William L. Lemesang
Ridge Ct
Christopher Investment
11Th
Schwarz
Dillon's
6Th and
Mich. Sts
Bapuist
19Th St
Roy Stevens
15Th
Hierrety- Westerhone
Ala. St
Lawrence Construction
Ky. St
Constant
Perry
Kansas Construction
Pa. St
Charles Crumet
Oak Hill
Mase, St
Rivers to headline KU Centennial Dance at Allen Fieldhouse
Recording artist Johnny Rivers will play at the Kansas University student centennial dance at 8 p.m. Saturday in Allen Fieldhouse replacing Jan and Dean. He will be backed by the Fabulous Flippers and the Blue Things.KU announces initial entries for the Relays April 21 to 23 with seven university groups five college groups and three freshman junior college groups and four individuals.
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Johnny Rivers
Kansas University
Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas
Clyde Miner
Missouri
Hulke Vander Wal
Four Auto Crashes Reported in Lawrence With Rain
Four auto accidents occurred in Lawrence Monday evening with rain affecting driving conditions. Hugh K. Kelly Jr. was hospitalized after his car hit a lawn at 700 Ala. St. damages totaled about 570, and he was treated and released. Other crashes involved Dorothy Coffman and James Bost, Lee Clevenger and Gregory Smith, and Stacy Sanders hitting a fire plug with damages ranging from 125 to 500 dollars.
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Lawrence
Hugh K. Kelly Jr
Miss. St
Larry L. Riggs
3Rd St
Ala
Kelly
Ala. St
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Stacy G. Sanders
N. $Rd St
6Th and
Ohio Sts
6Th Street
Sanders
Dropout Arrested On Murder Charge in Brooklyn
A medical school dropout, Stephen H. Kessler, 30, was arrested in Brooklyn after allegedly slashing his mother-in-law Florence Cooper to death. He told police he had been flying for three days on LSD, a drug illegal without medical authorization. Cooper, a 57 year old junior high English teacher, was found dead by her husband Isadore after he returned from work as Miriam, Kessler’s wife, had left him following a Friday argument.
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NEW York
Brooklyn
Stephen H. Kessler
Kessler
Florence Cooper
Isadore
Coopers
Miriam
Kansas
Jim Ryun
Peter Snell
EU Seminar Schedule Highlights Notable Talks and Events
A two day series at EU presents seminars and colloquia on theatre, media, science, and medicine. Harold Clurman opens with Has the Theatre a Future at Hoch Auditorium. Robert Lewis Shayon and Sylvester Weaver lead a discussion on Network TV. J Mark Hiebert speaks on Drug Contributions. Carl Menninger discusses Our Crimes Against Criminals. Arthur C Clarke explores Explorations in Tomorrow. Thursday features the Academic Convocation with Franklin D Murphy and a Council for Progress schedule concluding with a medical center colloquium by Lester Evans at Battenfeld Auditorium.
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Harold Clurman
Hoch Auditorium
Philip Abelson
Robert Lewis Shayon
Saturday Review
School of Communication
University of Pennsylvania
Sylvester L. Weaver
Subscription Tv, Inc
Nbc-Tv
School of Pharmacy
J. Mark Hiebert
Sterling Drug Co
Union
Carl Menninger
Menninger Foundation
Hoch
Arthur C. Clarke
State University
Franklin D. Murphy
University of California At Los Angeles
Murphy
Council For Progress
Swarthout
Murphy Hall
Lewis Hall
Lester Evans
World Health Organization
Battenfeld
KU Medical Center
Kansas City
Ad Executive Delivers Journalism Lecture at KU
Fairfax M. Cone, chairman and creative director of Foote, Cone and Belding, spoke at a Kansas University School of Journalism colloquium. He praised newspaper want ads for directness and personal appeal, outlined five ad techniques, and stressed clarity, value, audience targeting, distinctiveness, and a call to action. The Basic 1 Church Memorial Lecture honors a 1920 KU graduate with a career in publishing and advertising.
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Fairfax M. Cone
Kansas University School of Journalism
Kansas Union
Cone
Foote, Cone and
Belding Advertising Agency
Chicago
Want
Differences Expected In A Democracy Colloquium Speakers Debate Culture
A KU Speech and Drama colloquium in Swarthout Recital Hall drew over 400 attendees during Centennial week. Anthropologist Ashley Montagu and Esquire film critic Dwight Macdonald argued about how high culture fits a democratic society, debating equal access versus natural elites.
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Swarthout Recital Hall
Kansas University
Anthroplogist
Ashley Montagu
Esquire
Dwight Macdonald
Macdonald
Montagu
Three Patients Treated After Falls at Lawrence Memorial ER
Three people were treated and later released after injuries in separate falls reported Monday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. James Anderson aged 19 from Johnson, Missouri, cut his chin when he fell through a front door pane. Ruth Neibarger 39 of Tonga Noxie sprained a wrist after a fall at home. Pamela Flores eight months of 937 Madeline fell and injured her scalp.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
James Anderson
Johnson
Ruth Neibarger
Tonganoxie
Pamela Flores
Madeline
KU School of Journalism Fund Boosted by Alumni Hesitation
A fundraising drive for KU's School of Journalism supports special student and faculty opportunities. Relatives present included Mrs Basil T. Church of Glenview Illinois and her son David a KU junior.
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Basil T. Church
Glenview, Ill
David
Strikers Remain Off Job Despite Union Back-to-Work Order
AP reports most soft coal miners stayed off the job despite a United Mine Workers back-to-work order. About 53,000 miners in nine states resumed work in Virginia, with 440 miners in Utah and Indiana also back. Ohio blamed delays in the order. Locals held meetings as the massive 1950 soft coal walkout continues.
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Pittsburgh
Virginia
United Mine Workers District
Utah
Indiana
Ohio
United Mine Workers Union
Buchholz Chosen New Lion Leader
Harry M. Buchholz Kansas University physical plant superintendent elected president of the Lawrence Lions Club for the coming year. He succeeds attorney Dan Young and assumes the post July 1 after serving as vice president and tail twister.
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Harry M. Buchholz
Kansas University
Lawrence Lions Club
Dan Young
Lion
Charlie Zook
Leroy Waltaus
Russ Watkins
Holly Miley
Dick Feaker
Bill Medley
Wayne Bly
Odell Shaver
Ted Kennedy
George Noland
Charles Dallas
Gene Hardtaker
Dale Imhoff
Buchholz
Lawrence Club
The
Lions Club of
Terre Haute
Ind
Hubcaps Stolen From Cars in City Incidents
Two residents reported hubcap thefts Monday afternoon and night. Rose Castagno said four hubcaps worth 55 dollars were taken from her car on April 3 in the 2700 block of Ridge Court. Yvonne Suttter cited hubcaps valued at 50 dollars taken from her car in the Murphy Hall parking lot at Kansas University.
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Rose Castagno
24Th St
Ridge Court
Yvonne Suttter
11Th St
Murphy Hall
Kansas University
Sex Study Again Topic for Board At Monday Meet
Lawrence Board of Education reaffirmed its policy on sex education and said the PTA may sponsor sex education films. Cordley School will show Boy to Man after school to girls and boys with parental permission.
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Lawrence Board of Education
Parent Teacher Association
PTA
Harold Krull
Maine
Cordley School
Krull
Donald Carttar
Cordley Pta
The
Journal-World
Supt. of
Carl S. Knox
James W. Paddock
Ray Culbertson
KU Faculty Group Signs Protest
Over 100 Kansas University faculty members sign a statement objecting to a policy from the Kansas state comptroller's office. The directive requires racial code letters to identify state employees in Topeka files. The University Human Relations Committee will meet Thursday afternoon to discuss the issue and make recommendations.
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Kansas University
Kansas State Comptroller’s Office
David Jones
Comptroller’s Office
Kansas State
Topeka
Jones
University
Indonesia Faces Chaos. Austerity Plan Promised
Jakarta Reuters/AP report states Indonesia's new government acknowledges economic chaos. Finance Minister Sultan Hamengku Buwono cites $2.4 billion in foreign debt, empty treasury, falling exports, and potential price surges up to 1,000 percent if unchecked.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sultan Hamengku Buwono
Titus to Speak At CC Banquet
Cliff Titus of Beech Aircraft Corp Wichita will address the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce at 6 30 p.m. Tuesday April 26 in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Reservations through the Chamber office. Titus is a former Kansas State Chamber president and former Kansas senator with World War II service and varied civic roles.
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Titus
Cliff Titus
Beech Aircraft Corp
Wichita
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Kansas Union
Beech Aircraft
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
Kansas Citizens For
Hoover
Chamber of Commerce
Boy Scout
American Legion
Community Chest
Viet Cong Mortar Barrage Hits Tan Son Nhut Airbase
Viet Cong mortars struck Saigon's Tan Son Nhut airbase early today killing two Americans and wounding thirty four. Fourteen Vietnamese air force personnel were also injured in the attack.
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Saigon
Big Tan Son Nhut
Students Named for County Government Day Roles
Douglas County high schools Lawrence Lecompton and Baldwin will send students to County Government Day at the Douglas County Courthouse. Law and government roles include attorneys sheriffs clerks treasurers superintendents registers of deeds probate judges and commissioners among others.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
Lecompton
Baldwin
American Legion
Dorsey-Liberty
Lloyd Beaton
Lawrence High School
Jim Craper
Steve Kesler
Jackson Armbrister
Sue Reese
Bob Taylor
Stan Flory
Pete Roth
Register of Deeds
Steve Nelson
Larry Bates
Kathy Lobb
Cindy Potter
Janie Russell
Larry Sumner
Gale Kahle
Marcia Robuck
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Loss
The Fern Slusser family thanks friends neighbors and relatives for acts of kindness sympathy messages and floral offerings during their bereavement in memory of their mother.
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Fern Slusser
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