Sports Car Club Plans Topeka Gymkhana June 2
The Jayhawk Sports Car Club of Lawrence will sponsor a gymkhana in Topeka on June 2 inviting about 300 regional enthusiasts. Cars will be mainly European with some American models. drivers will navigate a six leg course to test skill and safety. Awards will go to top three. safety and driving discipline stressed throughout.
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Ragan Paces Lions to Second In Baker Relays
Lawrence High School officials report Ragan led the Lions to second at the Baker Relays in Topeka with a discus record of 159-05 and a top javelin effort by Doyle Schick. The team totaled 230 points behind Topeka's win, with Ragan also scoring in shot put and medley events.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
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Tom Jones
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Carlton Hamm
Vic Warner
Phil Kipp
Andy Graham
Larry Sneegis
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Surplus Wheat Reduction Seen At 2.70 A Bushel
Washington report says reducing the 85 million bushel wheat surplus under the soil bank would cost Uncle Sam $2.70 per bushel this year. The Agriculture Department forecasts stock cuts via farmer retirement payments totaling 231 million dollars if production falls enough. If achieved, the cost would compare with the $2.00 support price for 1957 crop.
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Lawrence hosts conference on services to children
Dr Geoffrey Martin of the Kansas State Board of Health led the second Lawrence Douglas County conference on community services to children in the Memorial Union Building at Kansas University. He moderated last year and the study is funded by the Douglas County Health Council and the Lawrence PTA Council. Proceedings from today’s meeting will be published and distributed to interested groups via the City Library. Similar sessions may occur next school year.
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Kansas Traffic Deaths Reported In 1957
State Accident Records Section reports traffic fatalities in the last 48 hours and year-to-date for 1957 verifying figures against 1956. To date in 1957 the total is 162, while the same period in 1956 shows 192.
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Topeka
Kansas
Chicagoan to Visit Ruler of Sweden
Chicago businessman Pere Benson plans a meeting with King Gustaf Adolf of Sweden at the royal palace after the king expressed interest in meeting Benson at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Benson, Swedish-born and chartering flights from Chicago, previously met the king in 1997 at a Swedish function.
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Kansas Graduate Is Dead After Public Health Work
Leonard Tennison, longtime official for the U S Public Health Service, died at his Kansas City home. A Kansas University graduate, he served as regional director and public health consultant for several states. He had been with the Public Health Service for 41 years and was born in Wakefield, Nebraska.
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Crazy Cat Adopts Field Mouse in Quirky Tale
In a small town report a cat named Fiala or Qrazce's is noted for adopting a field mouse over her own four kittens Teeonily Qrazee Adie and others. Orozee comments the cat favors the mouse and keeps the den tidy while nursing.
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McPherson Student Wins Kansas Spelling Championship
A 13 year old seventh grader from rural McPherson, Kansas, won the 195? state spelling championship, defeating Sf contestants on Saturday. She correctly spelled a word she had never heard before, “pours, plyry,” and called it a good guess after unsure repeats.
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Chicago Boys Admit Extortion Attempts
Two junior high students were turned over to juvenile authorities after confessing to sending extortion notes demanding money from parents under threat to their children. Police said 12 tenants in a Northwest Side housing project received letters demanding 20 to 50 dollars, signed The Killer or The Gang, instructing money be left in mail boxes.
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Torture notes implicate teens in seventh grade case
Detective John Keady said Hector Donati, 12, admitted writing the notes and implicated Anthony Corona, 14. Both boys, in the seventh grade, are being held for further questioning.
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Anthony Corona
New Congress Members sworn after special elections
In Washington two new Democrats join the Congress after special elections. Ralph Yarhotouul allegedly fakes an oath as junior senator while Jon Tessas and Joseph Mantoya move into seats left by the late Rep Fernandez. Mantoya fills the Santa Fe district vacancy.
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Peace Defenders Aims at Pacific H bomb protest
London radio Warsaw reports a Polish Peace Defenders Committee is signing Poles to sail into the Pacific danger zone with a Japanese death by own action fleet. The protest targets Britain Christmas Island test blasts expected to begin soon as more applicants join. Britain cautions ships to keep clear.
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Russia's First Ambassador Arrives in Ceylon
Vladi mir G. Yakovlev, Russia's first ambassador to Ceylon, arrived in Colombo and was greeted by ambassador-designate G. P. Malalasekera. Yakovlev said a new page had opened in Sino-Soviet relations with Sri Lanka.
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