Thornton Happy On GOP Chances
Former Colorado governor Dan Thornton tells a Wichita audience that 129 speeches since last October show Ike is the most popular figure and predicts a Republican year. He supports Eisenhower and the party’s farm policy, denies cabinet rumors, and praises wartime leadership.
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Wichita Uf
Dan ‘Thornton
Colorado
Ike
Thornton
U.S
Eisenhower
Interior
Nosesmen
Showers and cooler trend forecast for Kansas weekend
Forecaster Tom Arnold pins a wet weekend for Kansas with cloudy skies and cooler temperatures. Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday give way to scattered southeast thunderstorms and isolated western and northern activity, with lows from the 40s to 60s and Saturday highs in the 60s. Localized storms dropped moisture ranging from .01 to .60 inches, with hail and roof damage reported in Lebo and other towns.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tom Arnold
Lebo
Lyndon
Ottawa
Caldwell
Pittsburg
Emporia
Olathe
Salina
Chanute
KU Home Econ Agency to Entertain 360 Guests
Kansas University home economics department plans a May 5 event for 360 visitors including 300 high school girls and college students. The program features tours of labs and the nursery school, displays and demonstrations by KU students, a panel discussion titled Whats My Line, and a fashion show. Opening talks by Chancellor Franklin B. Murphy, Martha Peterson, Edna Hill, Barbara Butler, and Marilyn Ahlstrom are listed.
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Kansas University Department of Home Economics
Viola Anderson
Nuirsery School
Rallege
Franklin B. Murphy
Martha Peterson
Edna Hill
K.U. Home Economics
Barbara Butler
Centralia
Home Economics Club
Marylin Ahlstrom
Topeka
Ix.u
Omicron Nu
Deaths and Funerals in Area Remembrances
Annabelle Root Werkenthin 82 of Ged passed away at home on Haskell Ave. She was born in Atchison and longtime Atchison Globe staffer, living in Lawrence since 1911. Funeral set for Monday at Evangelical United Brethren Church with Rev. Leland H. Young. burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors: husband Adolph M. Werkenthin, daughter Mrs. Donald Hope, two grandsons Leonard and Jon Hope. Clark W. Comstock Sr. longtime North Lawrence Christian Church minister died in Amarillo Texas. survived by two children and grandchildren including Philip Comstock of Lawrence. Martha Henderson 86 died Friday at 945 Me St. services to be announced. survivors include four daughters Elizabeth Henderson, Mrs. J. M. Erwin, Mrs. Fred Carothers, Mrs. Vernon Fulton. three sons W. Haskell Henderson, Herman E. Henderson, Richard A. Henderson. siblings S. Frank Corbin and Jesse Corbin. 16 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. (Text combines several obituaries with limited readable details.)
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Annabelle Root Werkenthin
Haskell Ave
Atchison
Atchison Globe
Lawrence
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Leland H. Young
Oak Hill Cemetery
Adolph M. Werkenthin
Donald Hope
Clark W. Comstock
Clark W. Comstock Sr
North Lawrence
Martha
Lee Henderson
Elizabeth Henderson
J. M. Erwin
San Benito
Tex
Fred Carothers
la Cygne
Vernon Fulton
Nantucket
Island
Mass
W. Haskell Henderson
Osawatomie
Herman E. ‘Henderson
Guyman
Okla
Richard A. Henderson
Mission
Frank Corbin
Fresno
Calif
Jesse Corbin
Sumas
Wash
Violet Ray Recovers From Burns Receives Get Well Cards
Seven year old Violet Ray of Liberal Kansas recovers at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after clothing caught fire near a trash pile on Good Friday. First grade class at East Heights School sends letters and cards as she hopes to return to school soon. Violet’s nurse and doctor care noted, teacher Mrs. Krause reports.
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Violet Ray
12Th St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Violet
Orville Ray
East Heights School
Robert Krause
Ray
Five More Schools Enter For Kansas Relays With Wheeler of Iowa
Five additional schools submitted entries for the Kansas Relays on April 9, led by Iowa with Ted Wheeler. Iowa, the Big Ten runner up, fields top sprinters and distance runners including Wheeler who has a 4 07.5 mile time, plus top 440s, a 400 hurdles champion, and two pole vaulters over 13 6. Deacon Jones may compete unattached in the 3000 meter steeplechase.
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Kansas
Iowa Univy
Dana College of
Nebraska
Reight Junior College
Chicago
Howard Payne
Western Baptist Seminary
Nan_sas
Iowa
Ted Wheeler
Glenn Cunningham
Delta Upsilon Paints Municipal Stadium in Fraternity Service
Rust Old Paint continues as Delta Upsilon and Phi Delts labor on Municipal Stadium prepping for the baseball season. Harold Sturdevant Phi Deltic Theta vice president, foreman, says the project channels effort into a public good and fosters teamwork. Weather improves for thePhi Delts project amid cooler conditions.
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of Delta
Upsilon Fraternity
Municipal Stadium
Phi Delts
Harold Sturdevant
Phi Deltic Theta Vier
Jury Set to Report April 26 in February Term
The February term jury was instructed to report April 26 by court clerk Mrs. Lucille Allison. Earlier hearings were canceled. In a separate county court case, Ewell Adams of Fr. Riley received 30 days in jail and a $100 fine for driving while intoxicated, with transfer to Fort Riley authorities.
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Lucille Allison
Allison
Ewell Adams
Fr. Riley
Ft. Riley
Memorial Hospital Patient and Resident Directory Snippet
A list of names and addresses appears from Memorial Hospital and surrounding towns including Susan Smith in St. Jerry Campbell Eudora Betty Stevens Donna Alden Audrey McCaferty Johanna Hayward Florence Stroud Matthew Hopewell Emmene Rinke Clifford Hadi Charles Howell Bes sie Kurtz Joyce Bates and baby girl Pear Finch and others in Perry Tonganoxie Ottawa and Kansas City areas.
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Susan Smith
Jerry Campbell
Eudora
Betty Stevens
Tonganoxie
Donna Alden
Audrey McCaferty
NS. H. St
Johanna Hayward
Florence Stroud
Qikaloosa
Matthew Hopewell
Kansas City
Emmene Rinke
Clifford Hadi
R. T
Charles Howell
Ottawa
Bessie Kurtz
Joyce Bates
Perry
Jack
McNeill
W. 4Th St
Pear Finch
Botanists Return From Texas Plant Collection Trip
Eight members of the Kansas University Botany Department returned from a spring vacation field trip in the Edwards Plateau region of Texas. Dr Ronald L McGregor led the party which included Dr Norval McClung and six graduate students William Keith Burt Wagenknecht Earl Lathrop Emily Hartman Charles Kramer and Beryl Scott.
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Kansas University Botany Department
Edwards Plateau
Texas
Ronald L. McGregor
Otheers
Norval McClung
William Keith
la. Sr
Burt L. Wagenknecht
Earl Lathrop
Sunnyside
Emily Hartman
Kansas City
Charles Kramer
Leavenworth
Beryl Scott
Sheffield
England
Father-Son Banquet set at Lone Star Church
Tom Patchen of 1920 Ohio Street will MC the Father-Son Banquet at the Lone Star Church of the Brethren on Monday evening. Rev Gerald Mease of Ottawa will speak. Terry and Jerry Tietjens of Route 2 will entertain. Dinner at 7 30 p.m. served by the Women's Council.
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Tom Patchen
Ohio St
Lone Star
the Brethren
Gerald Mease
Ottawa
Terry
Jerry Tietjens
Route 2
Women’s Council
Tribute From British On Gruenther Retirement
British officials and newspapers paid tribute to General Alfred M Gruenther supreme commander of NATO forces in Europe as he announced retirement from that post and active duty in the US Army. He said in Paris he would step down probably in November to make way for younger men and newer ideas. The North Atlantic Council named General Lauris J Norstad to succeed Gruenther. Prime Minister Eden sent a personal message expressing deepest regret.
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London
Jay
Alfred M. Gruenther
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
Gruenther
Paris
North Atlantic Counel
Lauris J. Norstad
U.S. Air Force
Eden
Mightiest U.S. Ship Saratoga to be Commissioned Today
The Navy dedicates its mightiest vessel, the 60,000-ton aircraft carrier Saratoga, in aBrooklyn ceremony with Navy Secretary Charles S. Thomas and other officials. At 1,039 feet, she surpasses the Forrestal in length and power, and she will join the fleet after more than three years of construction.
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New York
Navy
U.S.5
Saratoga
Empire State Building
Charles. S. Thomas
Brooklyn
Naval Shipyard
U.S.S. Forrestal
Forrestal
Swiftwand
Lawrence Planning Hearing on P F Gough Zoning Request
Lawrence Planning Commission to hold a public hearing at 7 130 p.m. May 15 in City Hall on P F Goughs request to rezone apartment and house at 1725 N H St for a Jet project. Also notes new red white and blue mailboxes colors under USPS repaint program and other local items.
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The
Lawrence Planning Commmission
P. F. Gough
N. H. St
City Hall
Eighth
Eleventh
Massachusetts Street
U.S. Post Office
U.S
Land Judging School Held by 4 H Club Members
Douglas and Johnson County 4 H Club members attended a land judging school in Eudora at City Hall starting at 9 am. Reachers explained terms and land judging factors before judging land at three sites south of Eudora. The program ended at noon.
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Douglas
Johnson County
Eudora
Injury report from small town crash in Lawrence
Charlene Nelson aged 28 of 519 Walnut Street suffered minor injuries Friday in a collision at 219 North Fifth Street. She was taken to Memorial Hospital and released after treatment. The car she was driving struck a parked vehicle owned by William Youngman at 719 North J Street. total damage about 370 dollars.
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Charlene Nelson
Walnut St
Lawrence ‘Memorial Hospital
William
Youngman
J. St
Republicans Choose Negro Post Contenders In State Runoff
The meeting named Arthur Fletcher Topeka A Price Woodward Wichita and James Woodward Hutchinson as district endorsements for the post held by a Negro in the party. Clymer urged that the election will test whether Americans prefer freedom under Republican leadership or trade birthright for socialism. He praised GOP gains and asserted American servicemen are no longer dying in foreign police actions.
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Harry Darby
Hall
Lloyd Ruppenthal
GOP
Mildred Strohm
Arthur Fletcher
Topeka
A. Price Woodward
Wichita
Jame Woodward
Hutchinson
Fletcher
Clymer
Destroyers Leave Newport for Mediterranean Deployment
Four destroyers from Newport Rhode Island will depart to join the U S sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. A naval spokesman said the division is assigned to broaden training in the area and to allow occasional cruising in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. The ships are the Mc Nab the McGowan the Lewis Hancock and The Sullivans.
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Newport
R.1
U.S
6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Washington
Middle East
Red Sea
Indian Ocean
McNab
McGowan
Lewis Hancock
Sullivans
Six Presidents Served as National Guardsmen
The article notes that six individuals who later became Presidents of the United States had served in the National Guard. It highlights the connection between early military service and eventual presidential leadership.
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United States
Market News Onyx Provisions and Livestock Prices
Kansas City market notes list various price quotes for poultry, butter and eggs, feed grains, and livestock. Cattle, hogs, and sheep values shift with daily bids, covering steers, heifers, cows, bulls, barrows, gilts, sows, and lambs with typical regional ranges and weight bands.
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K. C
Kansas City
USDA
U. S
Two Fire Runs Near Te Pee Junction and 23rd Street
Firemen made two early runs to minor blazes. One involved a tree burning half a mile west of Te Pee Junction, and the second a grass fire 1.5 miles south of 23rd and La Streets. No damage was reported. Chief John Miller commented on the incidents.
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Te-Pee Junction
23Rd and
la. Sts
John Miller
County teachers plan Kensay City trip for students
About 625 reservations were made in the Douglas County superintendent of schools office for the April 17 student educational tour to Kensay City Missouri. A Santa Fe train departs Lecompton at 7 30 a m and Lawrence at 8 a m with return to Lawrence 5 45 p m and Lecompton 6 p m Special buses meet trains in Kansas City for visits to the Kansas City Museum Planetarium Swope Park and the Allis Chalmers plant A sightseeing tour covers business and residential districts the refinery and Sheffield Steel Two years ago about 1 000 participated and tickets remain available.
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Douglas County
Emma Berg
Kensay City
Santa Fe
Lecompton
Lawrence
Kansas City
Kansas City Museum
Planetarium
Swope Park
Allis Chalmers
Standard Oil
Sheffield Steel Corp
Berg
County TB Group Sets Meeting for April 21
The Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Association plans a 6:30 p m dinner April 21 at the Castle Tea Room. Afterward the annual meeting will review the annual report and elect board members while considering year projects. Dr Monti L Belot Jr president of the Kansas Trudeau Society will speak. Community members who bought Christmas Seals may attend with reservations to Mrs Carl Althaus VI 3.
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Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Castle Tea Room
Monti L. Belot Jr
Kansas Trudeau Society
Carl Althaus
Ruether Sees Indian Leadership Committed to Democratic Ideals
Ruether vice president of the AFL-CIO returned to New Delhi after a nine day tour of India and said he is strongly convinced Indian leadership is firmly dedicated to achieving economic and social ideals through democratic methods.
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Ruether
Afl-Cio
New Delhi
India
Card of Thanks from Louise Weeks
Louise Weeks expresses gratitude to relatives neighbors and friends for prayers letters gifts during her long hospital stay and after returning home. She also thanks nurses and doctors for their care.
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Gop Chances
K. U
Norma
Garrity Emery
Frank H. Em
Frederick J. Moreau
Kansas University Law School
Potter Lake
Journal-World Photo
Small Friends Aid
Child
Burns Law School
Queen
Lorene Hunt
Liberal
Gamma Phi Beta Social Sorority
Queek
Kansas University
Sally Bendigs
Lee's Summit
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Lucygne Cornett
Weshita
Carbyn Hall
Stephen Chandler
Federal District Counts of
Oklahoma
Chandler
Order of Coif
Fred Six
Miss. St
Donald Tinker Jr
Walter Keneady
Walter B. Ash
Tenn. St
Carl Stallard
Coif
Tinker
Law Review
Keneady
Ash
Stallard
LaVerne Morin
Damar
John Turcyk
Moot
Peter Martin
John Fields
Ron Thomas
Baxter Springs
J. Edward Taylor
Sharon Springs
William Leonard
Ulysses
James Wheat
Clifford Holland Jr. Russell
Robert A. Garrity
Kansas Relays
Wheeler
Memorial Hospital
British On
James H. Parsons
Dave Hill
Baker University
Baldwin Country Club
BCC
Hill
Lawrence High School
St. Louis
LHS
Neal Wherry
Statler Hotel
Wherry
Columbia
Sts
School Corner
Chamber of Commerce
E. R. Zook
Zook
Development Corporation
Belleview 4-H
Nineteenth Street
Be ‘Eview
Don Fisher
John Hazelet
Hazelet
Safety Patrol
Jaycees
Lions Club
Fairboard
Net Ee
Raymond L. Nichola
Ala. St
Wand
Raymond F. Nichols
Summerfield
Journal- World Photo
Farmers Insurance Group Auto — Truck — Fire — Life
Fred A. Bremer
Ralph Burnett
Steve Henderson
Andy" Anderson
W. Tr Dial
County TB Group
Mrs. Louise Weeks
Venience
Lawrence National Bank
Massachusetts
F. Dlc
Fred. W. Rumsey
Oscar B. Rumsey
Rumsey Sens c
Pethingepee Agi Bose
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