Pickets Clash at New York World's Fair Over Racial Tensions
At the New York World's Fair CORE pickets clashed with SPONGE counterpickets near the City Pavilion. A bloody nose was reported as a 65 person mixed crowd watched. Police and Pinkerton guards intervened and no arrests were made. The protest ended with CORE singing We Shall Over Come at 2 p.m.
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NEW York
Congress of Racial Equality
Society For the Prevention of
New York City
Fair
Pinkerton
Sponge
Thomas Jefferson High School
Brooklyn
CORE
Africa
Irving Barton
Barton
Senators Seek Great Prairie Parkway Through Kansas
In Congress today Senators James B. Pearson and Frank Carlson introduced a bill to authorize a Great Prairie Parkway running north south through Kansas. The proposed parkway would join the national park system, starting at Hanover and extending south between Sedan and Chautauqua.
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Washington
Great Prairie
Kansas
Congress
James B. Pearson
Frank Carlson
National Park System
Hanover
Kan
Sedan
Chautaqua
Funeral for Otis Daniel Farmer Sr. in Tonganoxie
Funeral services for Otis Daniel Farmer Sr. 61 of rural Tonganoxie will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Friends Church in Tonganoxie with burial at Hubbel Hill Cemetery. Quisenberry Funeral Home oversees. He died Saturday evening at home. Survived by wife Velma, one son Otis Jr., two sisters Myrtle Clough and Blanche Young, nieces and nephews, and 13 grandchildren from several other relatives listed.
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Otis Daniel Farmer Sr
Tonganoxie
Friends Church
Hubbel Hill Cemetery
Quisenberry Funeral Home
Farmer
Velma Farmer
Otis Daniel Jr
Myrtle Clough
Route 4
Blanche Young
Market News Wheat and Eggs Prices Across Kansas City
Kansas City market summary shows wheat varying by grade from 1.46 to 1.76 for No 3, corn around 1.34 to 1.85, oats near 0.74 to 0.80, and soybeans up to 2.96. Eggs steady with large A 22-28 undergrades 17-19, wholesale large 29-31, dealers note live fryers and butter also steady amid mixed commodity movements. Cattle and hogs follow mixed shifts, steer prices near 23.50-25.25, hogs down 25, lambs weak to 50 lower.
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Harwood
Kansas City
Missouri
Arkansas
Shorts
Market Wrap Shows Mixed Energy as Autos Edge Higher
Pan American Sulphur slipped after an early rise, posting a fractional loss in the afternoon. Chrysler advanced slightly on ex rights to its 5.6 million share offering while Ford held steady and General Motors gained a little. Oils retreated from last week’s gains as Jersey Standard and Royal Dutch dropped about a point.
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Chrysler
Exrights
Ford
General Motors
Jersey Standard
Royal Dutch
Market ends mixed as Texas Gulf Sulphur leads losses
New York stocks drifted lower in uneven late trading with moderate volume around 5.3 million shares. Most major issues slipped only fractionally while second-tier stocks showed wider declines led by Texas Gulf Sulphur down more than 3 points amid concerns over stockholder damage suits related to alleged breaches.
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New York
Texas Gulf
Time Shifts Confusing For Nation
Congress faces a dozen daylight time bills as about 100 million people advance their clocks for daylight saving. Citizens voice opinions on starting and ending DST on the fourth Sundays in April and October, while Sherman County Kansas shifts from Mountain to Central time to align with neighbors.
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Washington
Congress
Norris Cotton
RN .H
Senate Commerce Committee
Cotton
Newark
N. J
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Nashville
Tenn
Goodland
Kan
Sherman County
Goodland City
Board of
Sherman County Commissioners
Sherman
Kansas
Colorado
Wallace
Greeley
Hamilton
Kearney
Frank Cross to Speak at Baldwin Wildlife Meeting
Frank Cross of Kansas University will be the featured speaker at the Wanka Tauy Wildlife Assn meeting in Baldwin. The gathering starts at 8 p.m. and will be held at the Baldwin Legion Hall.
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Frank Cross
Kansas University
Wanka-Tauy Wildlife Assn
Baldwin
Baldwin Legion Hall
Obituary and Birth Notices From Memorial Hospital and Local Addresses
A list of names and addresses from Memorial Hospital and nearby towns records births, marriages, and family announcements. Entries include Mr. and Mrs. with babies, sons and daughters named, and multiple residents from Tonganoxie Eudora Topeka Gardner and surrounding areas.
Funeral services for Mrs Chloe Johnson of Tonga noxie
Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Methodist Church in Tonga noxie for 75 year old Mrs Chloe Johnson. She died Saturday at the home of a daughter Mrs Dean Mitchell in Tonganoxie. Surviving are a son Maurice Lloyd Johnson of Chicago Ill a sister Mrs Derby Brenton of North Kansas City Mo a brother Levi Davis of Kansas City Mo and four grandchildren. Also noted is the death of former Lawrence resident Mrs Maude D Reynolds who died Saturday in Stockton California with survivors including daughters Mrs Claudine Bacon Stockton Calif and Mrs Earl Swarner Kansas City Kan.
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Chloe Johnson
Tonganoxie
Methodist
Quisenberry
Maude D. Reynolds
Lawrence
Stockton
Calif
Claudine Bacon
Earl Swarner
Kansas City
Kan
Funeral services for Neal D. Vausbinder held in Illinois
Funeral services for Neal D. Vausbinder will be at 10 30 a m Tuesday in the Cooper Warren Chapel Rev Lawrence Kurth will be in charge and burial will be in the Underwood Cemetery in Williamstown Mr Vausbinder died Friday evening at the Veterans Hospital in Danville Illinois
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Neal D. Vausbinder
Cooper-Warren
Lawrence Kurth
Underwood
Williamstown
Mr. Vausbinder
Veterans Hospital
Danville
Ill
William Robson Dies. Rites Planned in Kansas City
William Albert Robson, 58, of 107 E 17th St Terr, died Saturday afternoon at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev. Kenneth Brown presiding. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Ilo and two sons, George Robson.
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William Albert Robson
E. 17Th St
Terr
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Rumsey Funeral Home
Kenneth Brown
Oak Hill Cemetery
Ilo
George Robson
Mrs Mary Margaret Arnold 80 Dies. Rites Tuesday
Mrs Mary Margaret Arnold 80 of 2014 Tenn St died Sunday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 3 30 p.m. at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev Joe Cruse in charge. Survivors include two sons William Arnold and Felix Arnold, three sisters Nancy McAlearney Venus McAlearney and Almenda Pap pas, one brother Phil McAlearney and seven grandchildren.
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Mary Margaret Arnold
Tenn, St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Rumsey Funeral Home
Joe Cruse
Oak Hill Cemetery
William Arnold
MD. St
Felix Arnold
Almira St
Nancy McAlearney
Tenn. St
Venus McAlearney
Almenda Pappas
Vt. St
Phil McAlearney
Chillacothe
Ill
Death notice for Clarence C. Shuck former Lawrence resident
Ward reports the death of Clarence C. Shuck 81 of Boulder City Nevada who died April 15 and was buried April 17. Born in Douglas County he lived in Lawrence until 1919 then Glendora California before moving to Nevada. Survived by wife Ina two sons a daughter brother Earl Shuck of Oxnard and a late brother Oscar B. Shuck with three nephews and one niece including Charles Lloyd and Byron Shuck and Mrs Evelyn Wray.
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Ward
Lawrence
Clarence C. Shuck
Boulder City
Nev
Douglas County
Glendora
Calif
Nevada
Ina Shuck
Earl Shuck
Oxnard
Oscar B. Shuck
Baldwin
Charles. Lloyd
Byron Shuck
Evelyn Wray
Perry B. Jones Dies of Cancer in Oklahoma City
Perry B. Jones, 59, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, died Sunday afternoon at St Anthony's Hospital in Oklahoma City. Funeral services and burial arrangements are to be announced.
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Perry B. Jones
Oklahoma City
Okla
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Death of Miss Lillian C Swanson 77 Former Lawrence Resident
Miss Lillian C Swanson 77 a former Lawrence resident died Saturday evening in a Topeka hospital after a long illness. Services will be p.m. Tuesday in the First Lutheran Church in Topeka with a graveside at Oak Hill Cemetery Lawrence. Penwell Gabel Funeral Home Topeka will host calling hours until noon Tuesday. Survivors include sisters Miss Esther Swanson and Mrs Agnes Conger.
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Lillian C. Swanson
Lawrence
Topeka
First Lutheran Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Penwell-Gabel
Esther Swanson
Agnes Conger
Prairie Grove
Ark
Vocational Education Dinner Set At Lawrence High
About 200 persons expected for the Employer-Employee Banquet at 6 45 p m Tuesday in the Lawrence High School cafeteria. Students in the cooperative vocational education program at LHS and their supervising employers will attend. Dr Kenneth O Felton of Kansas State University will speak on preparing for the future. Students who won awards at the March 8 convention of Business Education Clubs of Kansas will be recognized.
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Lawrence High School
LHS
Kenneth O’felton
Department of Education
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Business Education Clubs of Kansas
Ex-KU Student Priscilla Berry Named Peace Corps Volunteer
Priscilla Berry a former Kansas University junior from Perry Florida completed three months of Peace Corps training at Portland State College in Portland Oregon and has been named a Peace Corps volunteer.
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Priscilla Berry
Kansas University
Perry, Fla
Portland State College
Portland
Oregon
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