LHS Gymnast Team Edges Wichita East For State Title
Lawrence High School won the first Kansas prep statewide gymnastic meet, edging Wichita East 66 to 15. Shawnee Mission took third with 15, Hoxie fourth with 12, others included Wyandotte and Atchison. High point leaders were Norman Fulcher, Dwight Perry, and Loyd Terpening with 15 points each.
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Lawrence High School
Wichita East
Shawnee Mission
Hoxie
Sheridan County
Wyandotte
Atchison
Highland Park
Emporia
Kansas
Neal Wherry
Laurence
LHS
L. R
Dad) Perry
Wilur
Nanny Duver
Lawrence Junior High School
John Hinkel
Donnel Wright
Gene Cox
Lawrence
Norman Fulcher
Dwight Perry
Loyd Terpening
Wichita
Topekan Hurt In One Car Accident Friday
A Topeka woman LaVerna Claggett age 38 was hospitalized after a one car crash Friday afternoon about 70 miles west of Lawrence on U S 40. She suffered a broken upper right arm and cuts and bruises. Her condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital was listed as good. The driver Harvey Bullock age 38 also from Topeka had facial cuts and bruises and was not hospitalized. Deputies said Bullock apparently lost control after passing another vehicle. The 1955 car was demolished with damage about 1950 dollars.
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Topeka
Lawrence
U.S
LaVerna Claggett
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Harvey Bullock
Earl O'Brien
Wayne Cates
Bullock
7Th
Ark. Sts
Sharon Lynch
Miss, St
John Schick
Ark. St
Kansas University
Schick
Bronchitis Fells Governor Docking in Kansas
TOPEKA Kansas Governor George Docking is sidelined by an acute bronchitis attack and will not deliver his legislative message in person at the special session starting Monday Aides will arrange for another to deliver the message Docking had a similar illness after the Trecent Budget session and is confined to bed The governor planned to attend the opening of a new Oklahoma link to the Kansas turnpike next Tuesday.
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Topeka
George Docking
Docking
Oklahoma
Kansas Turnpike
Deaths and Funerals in Midwestern Notices
Peter Knudsen Terkildsen 83 died Friday in Oxford Nebraska. Funeral Monday 2 p m Linwood Methodist Church burial Sidney Cemetery Hamp ton Funeral Home of Oskaloosa. Survived by son Car W. Terkildsen Williamstown and daughter Iris Eaton Linwood a sister in Denmark. Anna E Lewis sister of W W Lewis Baldwin died in St Charles Illinois. Funeral Thursday St Charles burial Hiawatha. Brother Rev Lee Lewis St Joseph survives. Lawrence Lodge No 6 AF and AM notice Monday April list 7 p m Work in first degree. Ralph win W M Geo W Secy Adv.
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Peter Knudsen Terkildsen
Oxford
Neb
Linwood Methodist Church
Hampton Funeral Home
Oskaloosa
Sidney Cemetery
Denmark
Linwood
Nebraska
Car W. Terkildsen
Williamstown
Iris Eaton
Anna E. Lewis
St. Charles
W. W. Lewis
Baldwin
St. Charles Ince
Hiawatha
Rev
Lee Lewis
St. Joseph
Lawrence Lodge No
A.F
Gee
Ralphwin
W. M
Geo
A Kansan Compares Rugby and American Football in South Africa
DOLPH C. SIMONS JR. reports from Johannesburg on a rugby trial match as KU coach Jack Mitchell readies spring practice. The piece contrasts play styles, field setup, and player prep, noting rugby’s continuous action and differing rules while highlighting the casual team atmosphere and the appeal of both sports to fans. Beat Texas Christian, …
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Dolph C. Simons JR
Johannesburg
South Africa
Jack Mitchell
U. S
Texas Christian
Prodigal Girl Breaks Off Parolee Romance
Springfield Vermont. Bru nette Whitcomb 20 daughter of US Attorney Louis G Whitcomb says she left parolee Richard Thatcher because life of false pretenses was untenable. Thatcher 21, charged with unlawful auto obtainment, was moved from Boston to Northampton for arraignment delayed by Patriots Day. A letter from Polly hinted at quiet settlement while Thatcher claimed love and marriage plans.
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Springfield
Priscilla
Polly
Whitcomb
Smith College
U.S
Louis G. Whitcomb
Richard
Thatcher
Boston
Northampton
Mass
Massachusetts
Concord
Lexington
Love
Robert Kutz
Trip to Moon enters second phase after leak fix
Six Navy enlisted men at the Philadelphia Naval Base resumed a simulated seven day moon trip after a hose leak in a vitalometer caused a brief radio silence. Instrument defect limited lung readings before repair and resumption of the experiment conducted by nine scientists.
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Philadelphia
Navy
Weather dampens crowd at KU Spring Homecoming events
Morning rain delayed the crowd for the Spring Homecoming program at KU with efforts using gasoline and flame throwers to dry the track. Officials hoped for 20 000 attendees this afternoon and feared further rain would cut attendance, as the KU Engineering Exposition already topped 20 000 by midmorning and could break last year’s 22 000 record. The Kansas Relays also faced moisture with many events affected while officials hoped for no more rain to salvage the carnival.
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Kansas
KU Graduate to Present Voice Recital Monday
Kansas University graduate student David Dodds will present a public voice recital in Swarthout Recital Hall Monday at m. He earned a bachelor of music from Friends University and held roles in the Friends Symphonic Choir The Singing Quakers and the Elizabethan Singers. Dodds recently sang Michel in The Town of Bleecker Street at KU and studies under Reinhold Schmidt. The program features French Baroque pieces songs by Wolf Chanson and Barber and a new work Concert Aria for Tenor by William Stanley.
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David Dodds
Kansas University Fine Arts School
Swarthout
Dodds
Friends University
Wichita
Friends Symphonic Choir
Singing Quakers
Elizabethan Singers
Michel
Thean of
Bleecker Street
Reinhold Schmidt
Hugo Wolf
Ernest Chansson
Samuel Barber
Wiliam Stanley
Craig Clinic Opens at New Office on Ky St
The Craig Chiropractic Clinic will open Monday at 932 Ky. St with Dr. Willard E. Perry joining the practice. Perry, a Palmer School graduate, has practiced in Lawrence for about six months and lives with his wife Barbara and 11-week-old daughter Lynda at 1510 Craig. Dr. Craig partners with Dr. A R Colburn at 1024 Vt. St. on the chiropractic clinic. Medical scientist William Harvey in 1628 first described blood circulation.
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Craig
Willard E. Perry
St. A Palmer School
Dr. Perry
Lawrence
Barbara
Lynda
A. R. Colburn
Eisenhower heads to Gettysburg Golf Club for round
President Eisenhower left Camp David early for a sunlit round at Gettysburg Country Club with George E. Allen. They planned two nine hole rounds after a 2 mile drive from the mountaintop lodge. About 150 Camp David workers were temporarily laid off to keep the retreat quiet.
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Thurmont
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Courtry Club
Washington
George E. Allen
Mountaintop
Camp David
Mountain Retreat
Vandalism at KU and Relays News From Lawrence
Lawrence notes report vandalism at Kansas University including a damaged utility pole causing a power outage after a diesel tractor was used for a joyride from Marvin Hall to Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall. KU Relays entrants Ray Fitzhugh and Don Stewart encountered travel delays and illness while others prepared. A jazz festival ticket push and campus music acts by Larry Cummle Patti Tucker are announced.
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Kansas University
Ith St
Marvin Hall
Gertrude Sellards Pearson
W. Iith St
Marvin
Kanaas Power and Light Co
Delare
Don Stewart
Southern Methodist
Stewart
Txas
Lawrence
Jax
Kansas
Kansas Union
Panay
Jayhawk Drive
Don Conard
Larry Cummle
Kansas City
Patti
Tucker
Cunnings
Gen Gamelin Dies at 85 in Paris Hospital
Paris report states General Maurice Gamelin, WWI hero who later faced disgrace for the 1940 Nazi breakthrough, died Friday night at age 85 in Val de Grace Hospital where he had been paralyzed since February.
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Paris
Maurice Gustave
Gamelin
Val de Grace
Callerys Emploes Getting Special Production Training
Callery Chemical Company announces specialized training for production employees at its new Lawrence plant ahead of the public open house. President Lanner and executives report on hiring, classroom and on the job instruction, with 175 staff expected by May end and plant dedication in June.
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Callery Chemical Co
Lawrence
Sanner
W. H. Schechter
J. 5. Bardin
R. G. Schmidt
J. T. Ryan
Callery Board of
Lanner
Callery
Lawrence Area
Annual Spring Concert at Lawrence Junior High Planned
Lawrence Junior High Music Department will present a Spring Chorus and Orchestra concert at 8 pm Tuesday in the Junior High Auditorium. The ninth grade chorus of 140, led by William Famble, performs classical, popular and folk music. Robert Zillcox conducts the orchestra. Admission is free. the public is invited. The program includes Purcell, Beethoven, Braval, Corelli, Bach, Davis, and selections from Broadway shows.
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Lawrence Junior High
William Famble
Robert Zillcox
Asp
Ma Rch
Henry Purcal
Anderson
J. B. Braval
Timothy Som le
Celllat
Susan Ulmer
Momart Sarabande
Broadway
Memorial Hospital Dismissals and Birth Announcements List
Memorial Hospital releases include numerous dismissals for residents such as Mrs. Wilda Carver and Mr. James Scrivner while noting several birth announcements for Dorothy Pickett’s baby girl, John Barfoot’s residence, and families in Topeka Eudora and nearby areas. Also mentioned are Methuselah pine trees in the White Mountains of California.
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Wilda Carver
Linwood
Memorial
Milton Meyer
Baselior
James Scrivner
Vt. St
LaVer
Na Claggett
Topeka
Annette Eisenbise
Valley Lane
Mirs
Lila Snowden
Ohio St
Evelyn Herrstrom
Tonganoxie
Ralph Hayden
Gerald King
Eudora
Bernice Born
Diana Buerman
Dorothy Doty
Tenn. St. Dismissals
Priest Jordan
N. Y. St
Julianna Hack
L. C. Biggs
Tenn
Dorothy Pickett
Balduiss
Jay Croy
Verna Green
Ala
John Barfoot
Margaret Hout
Angela Schmidt
White Mountains
California
Thor Explodes At Launching Site In Surprise Firing
At Cape Canaveral a Thor intermediate range missile blew up during a launch at the Missile Test Center. The blast was heard miles away as observers saw a large black smoke ball rise. no injuries reported and only superficial damage to the launching pad. Officials said the launch attempt was unsuccessful due to technical Stanton and noted newsmen had been surprised by the event.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Cocoa
Air Force
ASNE Elects Healy President Of Editors Group
George Healy Jr. editor of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, was elected president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors at the close of a three day session attended by about 400 editors. Wiggins of the Washington Post became first vice president, Lindstrom of The Hartford Times was named second vice president, Catledge of The New York Times treasurer, and Felix R. McKnight of The Dallas Times Herald was chosen treasurer.
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Washington i
George Healy Jr
New Orleans Times-Picayune
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Healy
Associated Press
Alan
Office of War Information
Ee Wiggins
Washington Post
Wiggins
Carl £ E. Lindstrom
Conn. Times
Tuerner Catledge
The
New York Times
Felix R. McKnight
Dallas Times Herald
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Wichita Forest
Mike Zwink
John Dicker
Doug Lockwood
John Scribner
Larry Englehaupt
Larry Hodgson
Ed Scribner
Fred Zimmerman
Topekan
Transvaal
Varsity Tech
Minue
William Harevey
Ike
Lucille Allison
Ray Fitzhugh
San Jose State
Fitzhugh
Air Force Reserve
Denver
Th Sigma Nu
Irving Hill
Bonds
Gen
F.d.lo
Corinne Rottschafer
Amsterdam
London
Memorial Hospital
James Snowden
Ohio St. Ce
C. Warner Eisere
Bise
Francis Born
Endora
Thor
Southern Editor
Asne President
Lawrence Memorial C Co
Gaet
Hi Winsey
Fred Rumsey
Oscar Rumsey
Il Cotsenite Housing
Bob Harrison
Mike Murphree
Roy Russell
Gill Agency
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