Cross of light sparks white Negro clashes in Georgia
Police separated crowds as Ku Klux Klan robed members erected a 4 by 6 foot electric cross at a mixed neighborhood home in Macon to protest integration. Demonstrators watched as authorities kept order. no arrests reported. Several hundred attendees watched the display and other anti segregation protests occurred in Atlanta Greensboro Little Rock Raleigh and Durham with sit ins arrests and economic boycotts noted.
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Macon
Ku Klux Klan, Inc
Atlanta
Greensboro
N.C
Rich's
Little Rock
Arkansas
Quinn Glover
Rnch Cotthierdst
Main Street
Raleigh
Durham
North Carolina College
Recorder's Court
Negro Atlanta University Center
Rockefeller Won't Endorse Nixon In GOP Race
Rockefeller of New York praised Nixon as vice president but declined to endorse him. He said he would not support any candidate in the primaries or at the national convention and insisted he is not a candidate. He dismissed a Nebraska delegate’s idea to nominate him for vice president in Chicago in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lesson A. Rockefeller
Newark
Richard M. Nixon
Renee
Dick Nixon
Nixon
Rockefeller
Terry Carpenter
Nebraska
Joe Smith
Carpenter
Scottsbluff
Neb
Chicago
Centenary Drive Underway For New Church School Building
Rev Charles Swofford arrives to lead a 10 day Centenary Methodist Drive in Lawrence to raise 30000 toward a 40000 educational building South of the current church at Fourth and Elm. Kick off follows a Sunday service and basket dinner with chairmen listed for gifts solicitation clerical printing spiritual and publicity roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Swofford
Lawrence
Centenary Methodist Church
4Th and
Elm Sts
Church Extension
Methodist Board of Missions
Harrisonville
Fourth and Elm
Herbert Nehrbass
Building Fund Crusade
Charles Goble
Bob Stewart
Ralph Pine Jr
Lester DeWeese
Carl F. Hess
Frieda Cowles
Armed Forces Buy Medicines Abroad
The United States armed forces have begun purchasing medicines from foreign suppliers at lower prices than American drug firms. The Army Navy Air Force Journal reports a protest by the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association citing patent and Buy American Act concerns. A first shipment of 5,760,000 antibiotic tablets from Italy, costing about $500,000, is now in military hospitals worldwide, with Charles Pfizer & Co. of Brooklyn offering a higher price for tetracycline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Army- Navy-Air Force Journal
Assn
Comptroller General
State Department
Journal
Military Medical Supply Agency
New York
Charles Pfizer & Co
Brooklyn
N.Y
Titan Missile Flight Marks Third Successful Test
CAPE CANAVERAL AP reports the Air Force fired a Titan missile over a 45,000 mile course for the third time. The test aims to improve range reliability and accuracy of intercontinental ballistic missiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Air Force
KU Relays Parade Lineup For Float and Band Competition
A lengthy parade roster lists eight fraternity sorority floats plus three other floats, nine bands, three marching groups and nine cars with queens. Notable entries include KU Relays queen car with Elizabeth Riedell, Big Eight Relays queen Judy Krueger, Phi Delta Theta-Kappa Alpha Theta float, Miss Kansas car, Haskell band, and Fort Scott High School band with numerous attendants and scout units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard Color Guard
Lawrence High School
Central Junior High
Lawrence Roller Skating Club
Phi Delta Theta
Kappa Alpha Theta
Haskell
Miss Kansas
Fort Scott High School
Phi Kappa Psi
Delta Chi-Alpha Chi Omega
Oskaloosa High School
Sigma Chi-Gertrude Sellards Pearson
Yates Center High Schoo
DeSoto Seniors Stage June Graduate Tonight
The DeSoto High School senior class presents the three act comedy June Graduate tonight at eight in the high school auditorium. Directed by Mrs Mary Herrick the play features 24 seniors and will showcase the new graduation capes and gowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeSoto High School
Reasonable Prices Since 1920 Rumsey Funeral Home Ad
Advertises Rumsey Funeral Home offering affordable funeral services and arrangements with VI3-3111 contact, emphasizing long standing pricing since 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rumsey Funeral Home
Memorial Hospital Births and Dismissals List
Dismissals include Mrs. Alma Christian Route 2 and Mrs. Martha Ralston 1528 Cadet among others. Births report Mr. and Mrs. Don Moody Stouffer Place a daughter today and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Paige 1625 Powers a son today. Other names listed with addresses.
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Alma Christian
Route 2
Martha Ralston
Cadet
Virginia Schweda
Tenn
Arthur Blair
Ohio
Wilma Davis
Jacki Kay Garland
Ala
Ruth Paige
Powers
Lona Moody
Stouffer Place
Olive Bingham
Kasold Dr
Barbara Brown
Baldwin
Lee Hegeman
Don Moody
Albert Paige
1625
KU Grid Fray Set Saturday
Coach Jack Mitchell directs Kansas Jayhawks in a spring intra squad scrimmage at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse practice field with Red and White squads featuring listed players and 45 minutes of scrimmage planned for each side.
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Jack Mitchell
Kansas Jayhawks
Ts Allen
Saturn
Kansas Relays
Mitchell
Larry Allen
Graham
Holland
Simpeon
Deer
McCallister
Davis
Barnes
Eiseman
Lousch
Kirchman
King
Basham
Collins
Brungerdt
Boydston
Mills
Wayland
Staab
Burnison
Reich
Hadl
McFarland
Crain
Coan
Michaels
Spiekelmeyer
Smith
St. Clair
Cumm
Bukaty
Jarrett
Girard
Fisher
Doughty
Whitentutt Street
Bill Allen
Clothier
Sartore
Ellman
Walker
Bowen
Martinek
Converse
Brown
Exine
Keating
Palmer
Hess
Watkins
Sears
Cahill
Wilson
Buck
Molloy
Brooks
Ursich
Cotter
Robert L. Taylor Named New Pinckney Principal
Robert L. Taylor is named the new Pinckney principal and will start this fall. He has 11 years teaching experience and seven years as an elementary educator, with roles in Huron and Ft. Peere area schools. He holds degrees from Washburn and Kansas University and is pursuing a doctorate while serving as a district educator leader. Mr and Mrs Taylor plan to move to Lawrence after the term ends.
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Lee Patalonse
Joer Elle
Taylor
C. D. Biadine
Ramed Cipal
Hr Wit Te Junie A
Thie xi
Pinckney
Hie
Oskalovse Pe
Huron
Ft. Peere
Willis Have
Jefferson County Teachers Assn
Treacrer
Jefferson County Elementary Principals Assn
Topeka
Kansas State Teachers Assn
National Education Assn
St. Louis
County Teachers Association
Susan
Kent
Lawrence
Scout Project Plans Pond Improvements and Cleanup
Field notes describe dam work at the pond southern end and a 30 foot weed clearance strip around the water to encourage chrome grass growth. Banks along the spring will be cleared 20 feet each side and seeded to prevent erosion while rock basins filter leaves and silt. Jim Milroy chairs camping and Jim Anderson leads work groups with Senior Girl Scout Troop 80 aiding by serving meals.
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Jim Milroy
Jim Anderson
Annual Music Festival at White School
Four Lawrence area rural schools held their annual music festival at White School this afternoon. Ninety students participated. Schools White School under Mrs. Lois Pontius and Mrs. Gertie Wacker Bismark School under Mrs. Myrtle Wa Ridge School under Mrs. June Smith Burnette School. Mrs Myrtle Mitchell chaired the event, director was Mrs. Robert Zillcox and accompanist Janeth Auer. Each school presented special numbers.
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Lawrence Area
White School
Lois Pontius
Gertie Wacker
Bismark
Myrtle Wa ‘ Ridge
June Smith
Burnette School
Myrtle Mitchell
Wacker
Robert Zillcox
Janeth Auer
Ex Premier urges Rhee to fire Veep elect today
Former premier Y T Pyun urged President Rhee to dump Vice President elect Lee Ki Poong amid antigovernment rioting in Inchon where 10 000 students protested. Pyun, once a close ally, said Rhee has a plan to resolve the political crisis and hinted the move aligns with his own ideas.
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Rhee
Seoul
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Lee Ki-Poong
Y. T. Pyun
Inchon
Pyun
South Korea
Lee
Inchan
Liberal Party
National Assembly
Kim Chung-Yul
Chang Taek- Sang
Lee Pil-Ho
Democratic Party
Dr Elliott to Speak At Church in Eudora
Dr Ralph Elliott professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary will speak each evening at 7 30 p m during the week starting Monday and ending May 1 at the Eudora Baptist Church. Special choir music will accompany the talks and services are open to the public.
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Ralph Elliott
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Kansas City
Eudora Baptist Church
Elliott
Danville
Carson Newman College
Tennessee
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
Dick Dayringer
KU Football Controversy Spurs Transfer Drama and Spring Lineup
KU faces NCAA questions over the Coan transfer amid alleged irregularities. Coan defends a non football dispute with TCU and shines as a top 100 and 220 yard sprinter. Lonborg and coach Mitchell testified in Kansas City as related transfers from Texas A&M loom in KU spring drills with McFarland Walker and Street challenging for starting roles.
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Coan
TCU
Lonborg
Jack Mitchell
Kansas City
Texas A & M
Rodger McFarland
Mickey Walker
Jim Street
McFarland
Walker
Street
Show Cancelled by Kansas City Daffodil Society
The Kansas City Daffodil Society canceled its show scheduled for Saturday after last week's hall storm ruined many flowers.
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Kansas City Daffodil Society
Pasadena Woman Kills Her Mate in Jealous Rage
Pasadena woman Martha Ann Taft, 30, is suspected of murdering William Howard Taft, 38, Aerojet executive, by beating him with a hammer after alleging infidelity. She attempted suicide, slashed wrists, and overdosed on tranquilizers, leaving a rambling note. She is hospitalized in critical condition and faces murder suspicion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
William Howard Taft
Aerojet General Corp
Taft
Martha Ann Taft
Bill
Tafts
Auto Show Highlights Home Buying Benefits in Lawrence
The 1960 Auto Show opened at noon at the Malls Shopping Center featuring 10 local dealers. The event runs 9 to 9 Saturday and 1 to 9 Sunday and aims to stress Lawrence buyers get better service and deals locally, per Paul Beauchamp of University Ford.
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Lawrence
Beauchamp
Mark Twain Quotation Rephrased As Analyte Root Of Evil
A reader notes a paraphrase of a Mark Twain line describing analyte as the root of all evil. The claim contrasts a witty ancient saying with modern scientific framing. The note highlights how phrase variations travel in public discourse.
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Mark Twain
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