Speaker Urges Use Of Idle Private College Capacity
Dr Louis T. Benezet, president of Colorado College, told the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers that idle capacity at private colleges must be used. He warned private colleges’ tuition hikes outpace income growth, stressing the SAT race fails to identify truly scholarly students and urging better utilization of private college facilities. The four day convention drew about 850 delegates from 47 states and foreign countries.
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Kansas City
Louis T. Benezet
Colorado College
Colorado Springs
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and
Association
Benezet
U.S. Plans New Series of Nuclear Tests for Fallout Control
The President promotes safer testing to limit fallout while boosting yield and range. Plans emphasize high altitude blasts, radar impact, and realistic warhead tests on missiles and naval weapons, with cap on megaton sizes and sea tests to curb fallout spread.
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Tropics
U.S
Johnston Island
United States
Saturn launches largest rocket test ends with midair explosion
A 162 foot Saturn rocket, likely the world's largest and most complex, completed its main mission before an expected explosion 160 seconds after launch. Eight engines burned about 115 seconds propelling the 463 ton vehicle to 35 miles altitude, then the booster exploded 40 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral. Two dummy upper stages weighted with water simulated future loads. 23 000 gallons of water were released in a secondary experiment named Project Highwater.
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Cape Canaveral
Atlantic
Russians Reject U S Proposal At Disarmament Talks
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin sharply criticized the U N peace force plan and the three stage general disarmament scheme at the Geneva conference. He rejected the American proposal for an international peace keeping mechanism in a disarmed world.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Valerian A. Zorin
Zorin
U.N
United States
State Farms Needing Rain Within Month
A Kansas drought warning cites subsoil moisture as the driest since 1957 but above average overall. State climatologist A D Robb says rain in May and June could avert serious conditions though wheat is currently in good shape across western Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas
A. D. Robb
Grant County
Sherman County
Geary County
Robb
City approves zoning changes and street plans in council meeting
City commissioners reversed a Planning Commission denial for a filling station cafe at 23rd and Barker, while deferring a 13th and Brook street request. They offered three metered spaces for a tire display on Vermont Street and revised Tenth Street parking removal from north to south. Contracts were awarded for Holiday Hills sewer, a water line, and North Park Street widening.
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Planning Commission
23Rd
Barker Streets
13Th and
Brook Streets
Montgomery Ward
Vermont Street
Tenth Street
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Barteldes
First Methodist Church
Kennedy
Ransom Construction Co
Topeka
Holiday Hills
Kansas Construction Co
Kansas Const. Co
North Park
Wife-Swap Ring Busted In San Bernardino Club
Four people from Rialto and Riverside were charged with conspiring to commit acts against public morals after police exposed a wife swapping club for lonely couples. Det. Leonard Alter said the operation involved 18 couples and began with newspaper ads. A May 7 preliminary hearing is set. bonds posted and ringleaders identified.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Leonard Alter
Harvey L. Braswell
Sarah Ethel
Rialto
Steve F. Ference
Helen
Riverside
Braswell
Alter
Three Plays Contest for Centron Award at KU
Centron Motion Picture Corporation funds its fourth annual play writing prize with three original works chosen from 87 entries. Readings will run May 7 through 12 at the Kansas University Experimental Theater with University Theatre staff as final judges. Prizes are 100, 60 and 40 dollars, announced at the May 12 performance.
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Centron Motion Picture Corporation
Kansas University Experimental Theater
United States
Drama
University Theatre
Santa Claus
Julian Oliansky
Yale University
Marston Tate
California University
Barry Fleming
Coulter Named Secretary Manager of Kansas Engineering Section
Engineers pick Coulter Glenn R Coulter of Stratford Road as secretary manager of the consulting engineers section of the Kansas Engineering Society He is a sales representative at Martin Tractor Co and will succeed Donald P Schnacke Republican state chairman on May 7 Schnacke resigns for private employment
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Glenn R. Coulter
Stratford Road
Consulting Engineers
Kansas Engineering Society
Coulter
Martin Tractor Co
Donald P. Schnacke
Schnacke
Foundation to Meet in Douglas County Chamber Rooms
The Douglas County chapter of the National Foundation will meet at 7 30 tonight in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Jack Nitz the area representative for the National Foundation will be a guest.
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Douglas County
The
National Foundation
Chamber of Commerce
Jack Nitz
Blind aid hoax exposed in state and base
Harry Hayes of the Social Welfare Department said a revived practice of collecting cigarette opener strips to obtain guide dogs is a mistaken and cruel exploitation. Strips were gathered at the state office building and Forbes Air Force Base. no number of strips can secure a dog, and assistive dogs will come through guide dog agencies.
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PEKA
Harry Hayes
Social Welfare Department
Forbes Air Force Base
Hayes
Argentine Labor Prepares Nationwide Strike Over Election Cancellations
Argentina's General Confederation of Labor mobilizes its 3 million members for a strike to back Peronist victories canceled by President Jose Maria Guido as military pressure deepens. Guido presses to ban Peronists from political activity and retake provincial administrations amid protests within the army.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
General Confederation of Labor
Jose Maria Guido
Guido
Chamber Votes For Wichita University in State System
The Kansas State Chamber of Commerce directors approved integrating Wichita University into the state higher education system. The decision came at the directors breakfast closing the 38th annual convention, with over 500 business leaders present.
Bequest Possible for Leavenworth School Program
In Leavenworth the Church of the Immaculate Conception may receive about 200000 from the will of May Hannon Whitaker. Executor C F Bannon said Whitaker died March 16 and left funds for a new school or other educational needs of the church’s elementary program.
Fighting Breaks Out on Waigeo Island
Indonesian partisans clash with Dutch forces on Waigeo Island near West New Guinea as reported by Antara. The fighting marks heightened tensions in the region with no immediate ceasefire announced.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Waigeo Island
West New Guinea
Antara
Prisoners Test Survival Foods In Iowa Study
At Fort Madison from February 15 to March 7 twenty prisoners in four groups tested survival diets. Carbohydrate rich meals like jelly bars and survival biscuits fared better for short underground stays than protein heavy regimens. Doctor Hodges noted greater dehydration in the high protein group.
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Iowa City
Iowa
State Penitentiary
Robert Hodges
University of Iowa Medical Staff
Fort Madison
New York
Hodges
International Music Festival Plans and Rehearsals
Marriageveira of Brazil will host and Fisk act as mistress of ceremonies for the Music of the Nations exhibition. Jalal Razzak of Iraq will lead performances of Iran to Ireland and other nations. steering committee includes Patel and Pedro Bonet among others. Two rehearsals scheduled 7 p.m. Tuesday Hoch Auditorium and 7 30 p.m. Thursday May 3 Lyndon with dinner for students by the Lyndon Chamber of Commerce.
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Veira
Brazil
Jalal Razzak
Iraq
Iran
China
India
Argentina
Germany
Chile
Iceland
Poland
Greece
Tanganyika
Indonesia
Burma
Patel
Pedro Bonet
Spain
Yamuna Narayanan
Sinan M. Kuraner
Turkey
Mosobalaje Lahode
Nigeria
Jose Alvarez
Mexico
A. A. Abdul Rahim
Syria
International Club
Clark Coan
Hoch Auditorium
Lyndon
Lyndon Chamber of Commerce
A Spacious Foyer for Inclement Weather
Rumsey Funeral Home announces a spacious foyer for inclement weather with contact at VJ3-5111.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Ranger 4 Expected To Strike Moon Thursday Morning
Pasadena scientists monitor Ranger 4 as it is expected to strike the far side of the moon at 7 50 am CST, marking a possible first U S spacecraft collision with the lunar surface while a tiny radio beeps until impact.
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Ranger 4
Pasadena
Calif
U.S
Cape Canaveral
United States
Ranger
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
KU Musicians Wait For Softball Game Detail
Two KU groups offer to oppose the Philadelphia Orchestra softball team during a May 14 concert at Hoch Auditorium. The musicians want a pre concert game and KU officials request time and team caliber. Chemistry and Naval ROTC plan to field teams to meet them.
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Kansas University
Philadelphia Orchestra
Hoch Auditorium
Chemistry Department
Naval Rotc
Thai Official Executed For Leading Communist Movement
In Bangkok an official was executed Tuesday night for heading a subversive Communist movement backed by Red China. The Cabinet ordered Ruam Wongphand to be shot after interrogation by Prime Minister Sarit Thanarat. He was the third Communist leader executed in a year, with two others shot last May 31.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Red China
Ruam Wongphand
Sarit Thanarat
Ruam
Westminster Freshmen Protest Bermuda Shorts Ban in Dining Hall
Westminster College freshmen held a demonstration over a new dress code requiring dinner attire three times weekly. The protest included a march through Fulton’s business district and two incursions on the William Woods campus, with arrests and evictions as officers and state troopers restored order.
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Fulton, Mo
Westminster College
Fulton Business District
William Woods
Westminster
Jack Marshall
Robert L. D. Davidson
Dean Marshall
Marshall
Missouri Highway Patrol
Fulton
Perry Reservoir Favored by Avery
Rep. William H. Avery told Armourdale civic leaders he will seek immediate planning funds for the Perry Reservoir as part of a Kaw River flood control plan. He aims to keep Perry on the active federal project list and stressed advancing the overall strategy despite not seeking construction funds from his Eisenhower era stance.
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Kansas City
Kaw
William H. Avery
Armourdale
Perry Reservoir
Perry
Eisenhower
Avery
Congress
Kan
Corps of Engineers
Kansas
College Student Injured In Sunday Car Crash
Bill Easterlin an 18 year old College of Emporia freshman from Long Island New York underwent surgery at Lawrence Memorial Hospital for leg hand and mouth injuries after a two car crash four miles west of Lawrence on U S 40 Sunday. His condition was described as fairly good and he remains in the intensive care unit. Also in intensive care are Ruth Wheatley 55 of Topeka and Beverly Bruno 21 of Topeka with fair conditions. Bruno's husband Ernest 22 is in fair condition and not in intensive care. Four persons were killed in the Sunday crash.
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Bill Easterlin
College of Emporia
Long Island
N. Y
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
U. S. 40
Ruth Wheatley
Topeka
Beverly Bruno
Twelfth Night Debuts at KU Tonight
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night opens at 8 o'clock tonight in University Theatre Murphy Hall Kansas University. Pre curtain roving singers will perform Elizabethan ballads. The drama runs nightly through Saturday with Gordon Beck directing and Sylvia Groth assisting.
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University Theatre
Murphy Hall
Kansas University
Gordon Beck
Sylvia Groth
Northfield
Minn
Ted E. Lawson
Medford
Ore
Firm Moves to Offices
The Lawrence Construction Co. Inc. moved Tuesday to new offices at 540 W. 23rd St. The remodeled space will also house the shop and warehouse. The firm previously operated at 1935 Ala. St.
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Lawrence Construction Co., Inc
W. 23Rd St
Lawrence Construction
Ala. St
Expressions of thanks for flowers and support after loss
The message thanks friends neighbors and the Rebekah Lodge doctors including Manahan Jones and nurses on two floors for floral tributes cards food and support after the death of Mrs. Mary M. Johnson. Families of Marvin R. King Ray T. Johnson and Lia McCoy also extend gratitude.
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Rebekah Lodge
Mary M. Johnson
Marvin R. King
Ray T. Johnson
Dr. Wilcox
Lia McCoy
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