Kickoff Breakfast for Salvation Army Fund Drive Monday
The Salvation Army drive committees set a kickoff breakfast at 8 a.m. Monday in the Hotel Eldridge to raise $10,000 more for the new building at ith and N.H. Sta. Publicity chair Olin Petefish notes the total is over $57,000 but $10,000 short.
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Salvation Army
Ith
N.H. Sta
Eldridge
Kckoff
Olin Petefish
Petefish
Cochairmen
Chris Kraft
Glenn Kappelman
Maj
Sidney Hutchings
Wilma Koerner
Advance
E. Morgan
Ken Whitenight
Arden ‘Booth
Eddie Martin
Lisle Eby
Chet Jones
Maurice Clarkson
I. Krimminger
Charles Stough
M. L. Belot
Warren Lesh
Far
Thompson
Army
Howard Wiseman
Kelvin
Hoover
Kansas University
Frank Brown
F. C
Phog
Alten
Gilbert Ulmer
Harold G .Barr
Memorial
Fred Bremer
Earl Martin
Olin Petetish
A.L. Parker
Justin Hall
Ford and Robertson
Tornado Hunters Call For More Funding and Plan
Weather researchers at the Kansas City conference urge about 400000 dollars annually to advance tornado studies. Dr Louis J Battan of the University of Chicago proposes a coordinated effort to test hypotheses, establish a dense observation network, and deploy several airplanes to study storms in the tornado belt.
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Kansas City
Louis J.’ Battan
University of Chicago Meteorology Department
Deeper Payoff Probed in Scranton Labor Case
The 1953 54 depot payoffs are tied to union access as McHugh Malloy and John Durkin face money-for-entry charges. A nationwide racketeering probe examined violence claims in Scranton’s labor scene while Durkin and the others deny terrorism beyond extortion charges.
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Bettendorf
McHugh
Durkin
Malloy
Paul Bradshaw
Divorce Granted by District Court for Arthur E Ott and Lucille Ott
A divorce has been granted by the district court to Arthur E Ott and Lucille Ott. The notice also lists a meeting notice for an Easter service and related Scottish Rite Masons gathering with several names and degrees referenced.
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yDistrict
Arthur E
Ott
Lucille “M
Harold
G. Barrapeaker
Masons
Combs
Wright
Secy
Four Lawrence Teens Charged After KU Incident
Four teenagers faced charges after a late Tuesday incident near Opread Hall at Kansas University. Norman Fulcher and John Scribner were arrested, while Sam Zieske and Ronald Stouffer surrendered and admitted involvement. All four posted bail and are due in police court Monday.
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Lawrence
Opread Hall
Kansas University
Norman Fulcher
W. 21St
Ronald Stouffer
Fulcher An Scribner
Cross-Examining Is In Store Today For Voluble Bootlegger
A voluble bootlegger faces cross-examination in U S District Court over a nine year conspiracy to violate federal liquor laws. He named defendants including Tulsa officials Police Commissioner Jay Jones Police Chief Paul Livingston and vice squad officer Jack Gott and Tribune reporter Nolen Bulloch sharing percentages of crime proceeds. The testimony outlined a split of money among several named individuals with Edwards detailing the arrangement and naming coconspirators Hirrlinger and McAfee among those indicted.
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Tulsa
John Bill Edwards
U. S
Oklahoma
Edwards
Jay
Jones
Paul J. Livingston
Jack Gott
Tulsa Tribune
Nolen Bulloch
Livingston
Bulloch
A. S. Atty
B. Hayden Crawford
Gott
Charles Hirringer
John McAfee
McAfee
Hirrlinger
Zook Protests Move Of Water Laboratory
E. R. Zook secretary of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce attended a Kansas State Board of Health meeting in Topeka to protest moving the water laboratory from Kansas University to Topeka. He cited two state studies in 1951 and 1954 that urged keeping the Lab in Lawrence, and noted two out of state reports supporting a move, one dated January and two others completed recently with no released findings.
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E. R
Bus
Zook
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Kansas State Board of Health
Topeka
Kansas
Lawrence
Kansas Laboratory Advisory Commission
Kansas Legislative Council
Harold Clark
Cincinnati
Ohio
U. S. Public Health Service
Trving Bart
Towa Trypicnic Laboratories
Towa City
Iowa
Out of State
Mills Sets Mile Record At Kansas Relays 4:28.7
Billy Mills of Haskell sped to a Kansas Interscholastics Relays mile record with 4:28.7 on a muddy track despite a 10 mph southeast wind. The old mark was 4:20.9 set by Bob Karnes of Overbrook in 1943. Teammate Rey Wilson won his heat in the mile.
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Billy Mills
Haskell
Kansas
Bob Karnes
Overbrook
Mills
EatHer
Rey Wilson
Ron
Jayhawk Jubilee to Welcome Kansas High School Visitors
Kansas University hosts the Fifth Annual Jayhawk Jubilee for high school students attending the K U Relays and Engineering Exposition. Nearly 300 students registered last year. Student guides will meet visitors in Marvin Hall and Memorial Union, receiving name tags maps and campus photos. Jayhawk Jubilee chairman John E Rodgers invites schools statewide and letters were sent to coaches bringing today’s athletes to the Interscholastic Meet. Deans and department chairs will be on hand to greet students during the morning events.
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Kansas High School
K. U
Kansas University
Marvin Hall
Memorial Union
Jayhawk Jubilee
John E. Rodgers
Paradise
K.U
Shane MacCarthy
Eisenhower
Massachusetts Street
Relays
Memorial Stadium
Union
Kansas
Missouri
George Docking
James Blair
Lawrence
Births and hospital admissions listed in town notices
Memorial Hospital admits Virgil Ball and several residents across Baldwin Lecompton and Eudora with names and addresses. births reported for Mr. and Mrs. William A. Farney with a daughter. miscellaneous local notices include residents and a stray remark about snakes and poison.
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Virgil Ball
Marjorie McKinney
Ohio St
Lucy Hunsinger
Betty Randel
Baldwin
Grace Schmitt
Lecompton
Joyce Christy
Eudora
Mildred Burson
Gary Nes
Plub
Sunflower
Donald Payne
Ward Ave
Robert Going
Lincoln St
John Norris Jr
Tenn. St
Norma Stanley
Harold Graves
Arie
Susie Samuels
R. J. St
Donna Smith
Victor Kesse Jr
Georgia Pine
Stratford Rd
Nora Baker
Williamstown
Doris Henton
6Th St
Sullivan Thomas
Linwood
Gary Smith
Mich
Sti
Janice
Carey
Conn
Virginia McCue
Tenn
Dora Nelson
William A. Farney
Learnard Ave
Disarmament Talks Recessed As Delegations Fly Home
London reports show U S and Soviet delegates fly to capitals for consultations after a six day recess in the U N Disarmament Commission subcommittee. Valerian Zorin voiced guarded pessimism while Harold Stassen remained more hopeful about progress. Eisenhower said outlook was better than since World War II as open skies ideas lingered.
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London
Eisenhower
Stassen
Kansas University Exposition opens with Docking honored
Gov George Docking opened the 1957 KU Engineering Exposition and was made an honorary member of the Engineering Council the first to receive the honor. He toured the exhibit with Kenneth Vaughn and Eldon Ben0 as part of the opening ceremonies.
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George Docking
Kansas University
Docking
Dean
T. DeWitt Carr
School
Judy Anthony
Barbara Jane Everley
Turkish protests over Makarios invitation to New York
Istanbul University students condemned Governor Harriman's invitation to Archbishop Makarios. They cableed New York officials calling the move a disgusting action and said it sabotages Turkish-American friendship and world peace.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Averell Harriman
Makarios
New York
Union of
Istanbul University Students
Japan ratifies peace pacts with Poland and Czechoslovakia
Japan's upper house voted final ratification to end World War II hostilities with Poland and Czechoslovakia. Formal reopening of diplomatic relations awaits exchange of ratification documents. Poland has not yet ratified the end-of-war agreement.
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Tokyo
Miner Killed As Rock Falls At Surface
In Panther, West Virginia, 15 year old junior miner Wstep Estep and four others were killed when a large rock fell as they finished a shift at 3:30 PM. The mine, partly owned by Estep, had been slated to close today, according to Mine Inspector James R. Gillespie Jr.
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Panther
W. Va
Estep
James R. Gillespie Jr
Newsmerr
Moon Not Part of Earth Says Kuiper in Kansas Talk
Dr. Gerard Kuiper of Chicago University dismissed the idea that the moon originated from Earth calling it dynamic nonsense. He described Earth and Moon as twins and emphasized study of the moon to learn planetary evolution. He noted the Sun’s early cold state, later heating, larger initial planet sizes, and that Earth's fastest rotation was about five hours. About 275 people attended.
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Gerard Kuiper
Chicago University
Kuiper
Earth
Sigma Xi
Kansas University
Rainy Relays Weather Dampens Prospect for Records
The Relays program continues amid persistent rain and wind with few hopes for records. Organizers remain hopeful for Saturday events featuring top college talent as KU hosts exhibitions and festivities including a parade and banquet. The forecast has been consistently unhelpful, yet officials persevere with plans for the weekend schedule.
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Old Sol
Eden Shows Improvement After Bile Duct Operation
Sir Anthony Eden was reported today to be steadily improving after a operation for a bile duct obstruction. He is permitted to leave bed for short periods as he recovers onboard this health update from the hospital.
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Boston
Sir Anthony
Eden
Judge Keeps Ruling Secret in AEC Patent Case
In Washington a federal judge ruled in a chemist's suit against the Atomic Energy Commission but kept the decision secret to avoid disclosing atomic information. Judge Joseph C. McGarraghy said the record was impounded and he exercised discretion to withhold the ruling. Plaintiff Jerome Spevak of New Rochelle, inventor of improvements in heavy water and deuterium heavy hydrogen, argued for an injunction to halt publication of subject matter until foreign patents are secured.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
U. S. Dist
Joseph C. McGarraghy
Jerome Spevak
New Rochelle
N.Y
Spevak
AEC
Foregn
Mad Bomber Taken To an Insane Asylum
George Metesky the Mad Bomber was moved in a Brooklyn hospital stretcher to Matteawan Hospital for the criminally insane. Doctors say he is dying of tuberculosis and psychiatrists say he cannot stand trial for his bombing crimes.
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New York
George Metesky
Brooklyn
Metesky
Kings County Hospital
Samuel Leibowitz
Matteawan Hospital
Beacon
Waterbury
Conn
Consolidated Edison Public Utility
Quotas Continue On Wheat for Next Year
Secretary Benson announced the continuation of federal marketing quotas on wheat for 1958 and set the crop’s price support value at about 1.31 billion dollars. Growers face a 55 million acre planting limit without penalties, with a support rate of 1.78 dollars per bushel. The below average harvest is expected to yield roughly 850 million bushels, guiding the total support value under current programs to around 1.513 billion dollars, versus 1.7 billion at 2 dollars per bushel.
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Washington
Benson
KCC Says 10 Gas Firms Unfair to Kansans
The Kansas Corporation Commission finds halting signs of unreasonable discrimination against Kansas landowners royalty owners and producers in the Hugoton gas field across Kansas Oklahoma and Texas. The order requests new data from ten pipeline companies buying gas from Kansas leases in the three state field.
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KCC
Wichita i
Kansas
Hugoton
Kansas Corporation. Commission
Oklahoma
Texas
Florida Governor Blasts State Court Resolution
Florida Governor Leroy Collins condemns a state interposition resolution adopted by the Senate and House to declare U S Supreme Court rulings null and void. He says the move makes the state look foolish and cannot help the people.
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Florida
Tallahassee
Leroy Colins
Forida Senate
House of Representatives
U.S. Supreme Court
Collins
Senate
President selects new envoys for three countries
President Eisenhower named new ambassadors to Mexico Sweden and Colombia on Easter morning. Robert C Hill assistant secretary of state for congressional relations becomes ambassador to Mexico. Francis White current envoy to Mexico moves to Sweden. John M Cabot shifts from Sweden to Colombia succeeding Philip W Bonsal reassigned to Bolivia.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Mexico
Sweden
Colombia
Robert C. Hill
Congressional Relations
Francis White
John M. Cabot
Cabot
Philip W. Bonsal
Bolivia
KCC Officials Paid Extensive Legal Fees Revealed
The Kansas Corporation Commission outlined salaries and legal fees totaling millions over ten years. Photostatic payrolls show A Harry Crane, Richard Woodward, Howard Timmel, Byron Gray, Howard Fleeson, Paul Wynsch among others receiving special or regular counsel pay. Democrats gained control with Beatty's appointment last month.
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Beatty
Commission
Harry Crane
Topeka
GOP
Richard Woodward
el Dorado
Howard Timmel
Tole
Byron Gray
Howard G. Fleéson
Southwestern Bell
Paul Wynsch
Kingman
Rhee Commutes Death Sentence in Korea Plot
President Syngman Rhee commuted Lt. Gen Kang Moon Bong's death sentence to life imprisonment for the assassination of South Korea's counterintelligence chief Lt. Gen Kim Chang Yong who was killed January 30, 1956. Kang, 34, had been condemned by an army court martial along with four others who received death or prison terms.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Kang Moon Bong
South Korea
CIC
Kim Chang Yong
Kang
City Mothers Call For Sidewalk Plan In War on Streets
Residents, led by Mrs. Ray Culbertson and Mrs. Snow, urge sidewalk construction to protect children. They point to Brookdale Addition near 15th Street and Learnard Ave and the route to McAllaster School as ideal sites. Some favor a benefit district to share costs, while others fear bearing the entire expense.
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Ray
Culbertson
Murrow Ct
Brookdale Addition
15Th Street
Learnard Ave
Walter Snow
Pa. St
Brookdale
McAllaster School
Dearnard
Armed Robbers Hit Lawrence Motel for 25 Dollars
Two men robbed the Lawrence Motel at 624 N 2nd St late Thursday night taking about 25 dollars from Mrs. Henry Wagner's purse. They forced the staff to lie on the floor, tried to open the safe, and fled before police arrival. A resident inside heard the commotion and alerted authorities. The pair, armed with a 45 caliber automatic, were described as white men 5-9 and 150 pounds, and 6-0 and 120 pounds. escape method unknown.
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Lawrence
2Nd St
Henry Wagner
North Oil Co
Wagner
British Ship Passes Suez Canal First Since Invasion
The 3,604 ton freight steamer West Breeze entered the Suez Canal today under the red ensign of Great Britain. It marks the first British vessel to begin passage through the waterway since the British French invasion last October.
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Suez
Suez Canal
Great Britain
Market News Kansas City Prices for Various Commodities
Kansas City market listings show grain prices for wheat corn soybeans barley oats milo and soybeans, along with poultry hen prices and egg grades. Livestock totals include cattle hogs and sheep notes, with hogs mostly active and per‑weight ranges given for barrows gilts sows and 200 to 270 pound lines.
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Kansas City
USDA
U. S
Erosion Fears Grow At Kaw River Bridge Approach
Officials in Douglas and Leavenworth Counties warn that erosion threatens the Kaw River Bridge approaches near Eudora. A $165,000 revetment project with the Corps of Engineers followed the 1951 flood, but now the north bank is eroding. The bridge sits on the Eudora to Tonganoxie county road, with a newer bridge built a half mile south over the Wakarusa River.
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Douglas
Leavenworth
Kaw River
Eudora
Corps of Engineers
Tonganoxie
Wakarusa River
Kaw
Kansas Professor Named to UNESCO National Commission
Burton W. Marvin dean of the Journalism School at Kansas University was named to the U S National Commission for UNESCO by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. The commission has 1001 members and advises the State Department on UNESCO matters. Clayton Crosier of Lawrence also serves as a member.
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Burton W. Marvin
Kansas University
U.S
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