Housing Balance Near for KU Women as New Dorm Opens
Kansas University officials anticipate a temporary housing balance for women as the Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall adds 440 beds with the North College complex boosting capacity to 1,045. Freshmen will occupy the new unit, while older halls convert or close. overall female enrollment is expected to top 2,200 this fall with 150 residents in Lawrence and 125+ married or commuting students.
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Kansas University
Martha Peterson
Sellards Pear'san
College Hall
Avenue
Crodin
North College Halls
Foster- Hodder
Locksley
Monschensial
Kanza
Gertrude Sollards Pearson
Miss Pearson
Gertrude Sellaras Pearson
Gertrude Selards Pearson
North College
Corbin
Grace Pearson
Templin
Miller
Watkins
Douthart
Seli Es
North College Hall
Peterson
Lawrence
Gertrude Sellards Pearson
Carruth
O'Leary
K.u.’S
Firefighter tactics detail downtown Lawrence blaze response
Officials describe using 113 inch hand lines and multiple pumpers to boost water supply to a major fire in downtown Lawrence. Crews plan to connect feeders to hydrants, with 1,900 gallons per minute possible, while stressing rapid water delivery over sheer pump capacity and noting the use of smaller lines to speed operations.
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Mass
Sis
Miller
Lawrence
John Kasberger
Trinity Episcopal Church
Eisenhower Allies Split Over Age and Bonds Plan
Republican leaders including Langlie and McKeldin condemned attacks on Eisenhower’s age while backing his renomination. Stassen urged support for a bond financed plan for aerial inspection of Soviet installations as governors convened on highways and disarmament.
Proodles Droodle Echoes Uncle Parker Coupon Prize
A nostalgic tale recalls Uncle Parker smoking and collecting coupons to win prizes. He earned gadgets for a dog house and a car, a reversible raincoat turned bath mat, then to the big prize a television set, amid quirky twists and misdirections.
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Parker
Arker
Agricultural output figures for grains and soybeans
Readable figures show ten year averages and current production for corn wheat barley and other grains. Includes totals for grain sorghum hay soybeans and related metrics with some forecast notes and missing last month data.
Commission Approves 1 Million Hospital Expansion Plans
Lawrence Memorial Hospital plans a 1 million expansion to raise beds from 72 to 190 and add space and equipment for most hospital functions. Bids for general, plumbing, heating, electrical, food service, and elevator work may be issued after separate bidding is advised.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Cecil Cooper
Cooper, Robinson, Carlson and O'Brien
Kansas City
Mary Dunden
Riley Burcham
Raymond Rice
T. Murl Beat
Cooper
Elizabeth Watkins
Lawrence
Kansas
Commission
Local births and injuries reported at Memorial Hospital
Memorial Hospital in Tom McNulty and Oskaloosa reported several births including a baby boy to Mrs. Betty Jean Vestat and baby boy to Mrs. Nina Bruce both in Tonganoxie and Washington D C resident John A Shirkey noted. Mary Lou Rice was treated in the emergency room after injuring her right hand and arm sharpening a butcher knife.
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Ralph Kunkel
Tenn. St
Zalman Mahoney
Mary Lou Rice
Jaycees Approve Car Check Program and Hospital Gifts
The Lawrence Junior Chamber of Commerce voted to spend 3225 for supplies for a free car check in late August. Local mechanics will assist with inspections at a designated site. They also approved 50 for Operation Brotherhood and 96 for fans for Lawrence Memorial Hospital funded by proceeds from a Jaycee auction.
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The
Lawrence
Foreign Student Session At KU Opens With Global Circle
The third social evening of the annual Foreign Student Orientarial Center at Kansas University begins at 8 p m today in the Memorial Union. The program centers on an international circus theme with songs and dances by 10 students in native costumes. Open to students faculty and townspeople.
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Kansas University
Kansas m
Memorial Union
Divorce Suit Filed In District Court
Mamie Chase files divorce suit against Harvey Chase in District Court on Tuesday. The report notes the existence of 1,200 miles of toll roads in the United States.
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Mamie Chase
Harvey Chase
United States
Lawrence man’s train tale sparks a missing boy report
In Lawrence a father’s Christmas electric train sparked a police call after a young boy wandered away from a Central Park home. Police tracked him to the retired locomotive, and the boy was found safe near his father.
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Junior
Lawrence Polies
Central Park
Dad
Deaths and Funerals Clifford Flory and Harvey Makinen
Clifford Kenneth Flory 51 of Lone Star Oregon drowned July 30 near Reedsport with six aboard. his body found on a beach. Survived by wife Fern, daughters Mrs. Harry Bied and Sandra Flory, father Jim Flory, brother Ralph Flory, and sister Mrs. Chloe Getman. Harvey Makinen 49, UP railroad worker from Lawrence, was killed June in Williamstown when struck by a car while aiding a motorist. graveside services set at Oak Hill Cemetery the next day.
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Clifford
Flory Clifford Kenneth Flory
Luthy Merlin
Ore
Reedsport
Umpqua
Flory
St Lone Star
Fern Flory
Harry Bied
Sutherlin
Sandra Flory
Jim Flory
Ralph Flory
Holly
Ove
Chloe Getman
Los Angeles
Harvey Makinen
Oak Hill
Makinen
Lawrence
Union Pacific Railroad
Williamstown
City council approves bonds and water rate hike during marathon meeting
In a 44 hour session the council authorized 132 150 storm sewer bonds and 198 000 sewer notes for contracted projects. The water connection charge rises from 50 to 85 for 3 4 inch lines with higher rates for larger connections and rural customers. The old West Hills water tank is offered for 1000 to a Des Moines firm. restoring it would cost about 6000. Priorities for paving were not set. City audit suggestions from Warren N Lesh are being reviewed.
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John Crown
Warren N. Lesh
Wigglesworth
Kansas ABC approves 1703 liquor licenses in six years
The Kansas Alcohol Beverage Control Office reports 1703 retail liquor license approvals since legalization. On Aug 1, 966 stores operated. ABC denied 36 applications, canceled 682, and revoked 55 as enforcement. Cancer lifetime risk cited at 40 million Americans.
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Kansas Alcohol Beverage Control Office
Kansas
Charles W. Frait
ABC
Market Briefs from Kansas City and Wall Street
Stocks held steady on a quiet day as aircraft and copper issues edged higher. Kansas City trades showed steady to slightly higher hogs and cattle with mixed grain prices and futures. The Wall Street session opened firm with modest gains across sectors led by aircraft and railroad shares amid light volume.
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Mauricels
Cash Grain
Kansas City
Owen High Low Close
USDA
Wall Street
New York
No-Hit Catcher Greenville C. um Bill Phillips Triumphs
Bill Phillips of the Greenville Spinners in the Class B Tri-State League caught the third no hit game of his career as Freddie Rodriguez blanked Rock Hill. Phillips has served behind the plate for battery mates in Tri-State and the Eastern Carolina semipro League when no hitters hurled.
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Greenville
C. Um
Bill Phillips
Greenville Spinners
Freddie Rodriguez
Rock Hill
Phillips
Hogan’s Picks Pay Off at Colonial Invitational
Hogan proved he knew his up and coming players by inviting Jack Fleck and Don Finsterwald. Fleck defeated Hogan in a U S Open playoff and two weeks later Finsterwald captured the British Columbia Open title.
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Vancouver
B.C
Ben Hogan
Jack Fleck
Don Finsterwald
Fleck
Hogan
Finsterwald
Colors Aid Bowlers in Chicago Alleys
Willam M. Stuart, president of a Chicago paint company, advises bowling alleys use mid value colors and shading to reduce glare. He suggests alleys should be shaded and shiny surfaces dimmed to improve play.
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Willam M. Stuart
Chicago
County Traffic Fine for Left Driving and Muffler Issue
Robert Bennett Allen Jr. of Wichita was fined 12 dollars in County Court after tests Tuesday for driving on the left side of the road and having an improper muffler.
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Robert Bennett Allen Jr
Wichita
K U Graduate Named Tax Research Attorney for Chamber
Roy H. Johnson, Kansas University graduate, is appointed tax research attorney for the Kansas State Chamber of Commerce. The post begins Sept. 1. Johnson, research director since 1943 for the Kansas Industrial Development Commission, also previously worked with the Kansas Legislative Council in taxation. He holds A.B. and LL.B. degrees from KU. He will direct a state wide tax education program and act as legislative representative on tax matters. He will advise Chamber councils on state taxation and finance, federal taxation and social legislation.
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Roy. H. Johnson
Kansas University
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Johnson
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Asac Cmte
Kansas Legislative Council
State Chamber of Commerce
Poisoned by platypus in Brisbane fishing incident
Mrs. Caroline Waldron, 65, was scratched by a platypus while removing a hook on the Mary River 200 miles north of Brisbane. She was taken to hospital with a poisoned arm and is recovering.
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Brisbane
Caroline Waldron
Angel
Card of thanks from Christine Mason
Christine Mason thanks friends for kindness during hospital stay and for the lovely flowers and cards she received.
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Christine Mason
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