Universities to study metropolitan problems in new inter university grant
The Ford Foundation funds a joint Missouri Basin metropolitan studies program linking KU and multiple universities. An initial seminar includes 18 scholars from KU Missouri Colorado Nebraska South Dakota North Dakota Iowa Washington State and Wichita State and plans quarterly meetings and published proceedings. The project budgets 13200 annually with 5000 for pilot research and aims to mobilize academic resources for metropolitan problem solving.
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Poal Men
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Allen
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John Grumm
Clarence J. Hein
James W. Drury
Martin Faust
Missouri
Leo Riethmayer
Colorado
Noel P. Gist
A. C. Brecken
Four Separate Fires Kill US Children Over Weekend
Seventeen children died in four weekend fires across Harlem Alrville Dunn Las Vegas and Delta. Victims include infants ages 18 months and younger with families affected by fatal blazes blamed on careless smoking and unattended candles as investigators note several children died in tenement fires and others at home with parents away.
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Alice Ro
Airline Hostess to Be Airborn Tot's Godmother
A flight delivering a baby at 19000 feet prompted the hostess Helen McNeil of Salem Mass to offer and accept becoming the infant’s godmother. The boy named Winred Jose was born to Mrs Lillian Shaw of Kansas City Friday during a New York to Paris flight. Mother and child were reported fine and headed to La Rochelle to join French parents. baptism will occur there and McNeil’s employer will adjust her schedule.
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County School Boards Meet Tuesday Night in Kaw Valley
The Dougals County school district boards hold their annual convention at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Kaw Valley School four miles east of Lawrence on Highway K-10. State officials W. W. Wright G. W. Reida and George J. Frey from the Department of Public Instruction will speak. Supplies for the meeting will be distributed. Separate notices say Emmon district meetings start at each school and rural high schools meet on June 5.
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W. W. Wright
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George J. Frey
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Newton police captain wounded in home disturbance shooting
Police Capt. Paul Hastings was lightly wounded by a .410 shotgun blast when responding to a disturbance call at Mylo Lee's home. Hastings identified Lee, 48, as the shooter. Lee was captured and detained for investigation.
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Rome’s founding tale on Mt Etna and a city parade
A fragment recalls ancient Rome’s origins with Romulus and Remus, noting Mars as father and the city founded in 753 B C. The text mentions streetcars and buses decorated in hunting symbols and schoolchildren involved in the celebration, tying myth to civic pageantry.
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Remus
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Tornado Hits Sylva Hospital Sends Evacuations, Wrecks Town
A small tornado damaged Sylva North Carolina, destroying C J Harris Community Hospital and forcing evacuation of 23 patients. A 10 year old girl and a 6 month old boy were among injured victims. Sgt Herbert Fenner reported a soldier lost an ear but was unhurt. No other damage reported as weather bureau notes a minor tornado with bands of thunderstorms moving across Kansas.
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U.S. Highway
Tornado Strikes Sunday In Junction City Area
A small tornado slammed a rural area about 30 miles north of Junction City Kansas late Sunday night causing minor damage. No injuries were reported and local officials warned residents to stay alert for possible aftereffects.
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Kansas City
Body found in Little Blue River near Kansas City
A body was recovered from the Little Blue River in Kansas City yesterday. Police say it may be that of a teenage boy who jumped into the river on February 25.
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Homicide Detective Details Youths Missing After River Chase
Homicide Detective John Bear described two youths pursued near a junkyard. One swam across the river while his companion reportedly jumped in. the other was last seen fleeing the junkyard as officers chased him. The body was found nearby.
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