Fair at Vinland Opens Thursday with Tractor Contest
Forty tractor pilots expected to vie for first prize of 45 dollars at the 5th nand Grange Fair starting Thursday at Vinland fairgrounds nine miles northeast of Lawrence. Over 5,000 people hoped for. entries due by noon Thursday. weight tickets required. prizes include cash and merchandise.
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Vinland Fairgrounds
Noutheast
Lawrence
Baldwin
The
P.m
Baldwin Commercial Club
G. D. Blackwood
Kansas University
Baker University
Woody Hobson
Garth Fundin
Tom Swann
Virgil Reeves
Larry Campbell
Vinland Home
Sedgwick Group Buys Four-Apartment Complex in Lawrence
Four investors from Sedgwick County acquire the four building Southridge Plaza of Lawrence, covering 100 units. Deed filed shows transfer from J W McCoskrie Co to Southridge Plaza Inc. The sale details lack a price and several project dates in the history are noted. The new owners plan to operate the complex as an investment with on site parking and a swimming pool.
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Southridge Plaza
23Rd and
Iowa Sts
Sedgwick County
Joe McCoskrie
J. W. McCoskrie Co
McCoskiie Company
Southridge Plaza Inc
Harold Beck
Douglas County Register of Deeds
Southridge
Lawrence
Eka
McCoskrne
Kansas University
Kansas City
Permit Sought For New Span Across Kaw River
Douglas County seeks a Corps of Engineers permit to build a new bridge over the Kaw River at Eudora after state board approval. The $800000 project will be funded mainly by Douglas and Leavenworth counties with staged contracts for piers grading and main spans. Construction may start next summer and finish within two years.
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Douglas County
Corps of Engineers
Kaw
Eudora
State Water Resources Board
Leavenworth County
Bicycle Locks Seen as Preventive Measure by Chief
The city chief warned that the situation could force bicycle owners to lock their machines. Locks are available and considered sensible, the chief said.
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Nine
Wine’ Fe
City Commission approves Highlands annexation and zoning actions
Five members met at City Hall to approve Highlands Addition annexation south of Harvard Road and west of Centennial Drive, appoint property appraisers for paving and sewers, and adopt water line plans. Planning Commission advanced multiple plats including Pioneer Ridge No 2 and Westridge No 2 with Flint Lock Ridge owned by U S Representative Ellsworth.
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Highlands Addition
Ridge Court
24Th Street
Commission
Human Relations Commission
Harvard Road
Centennial Drive
Howard Wiseman
Ernest Klooz
Donald Dowers
Vermont Street
Stewart Avenue
Canterbury Lane
Fraternity Place
Broadview Terrace
Cedarwood
24Th
Kent Terrace
21St Street
Kingston Road
Iowa
Manchester
Westchester Road
Kingston
Crestline
Planning Commission
Pioneer Ridge Addition
Westridge Addition
Flint Lock Ridge
Pioneer Ridge
6Th Street
U.S
Robert Ellsworth
13Rd Street
Louisiana Street
19Th Street
Haskell Avenue
Lawrence residents not seen in Washington civil rights march
Report notes no local Lawrence citizens attended the Washington civil rights march though some may have joined with out of town groups like the Kansas City delegation. A yearbook signing party is planned Friday from 7 to 9 pm at the west door of Lawrence High School gymnasium with extra copies selling for five dollars each.
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Lawrence
Washington, D.C
Kansas City
Lawrence High School
Pentagon
District of Columbia Board of Commissioners
L.H.S
Miner recounts two week entombment and rescue
Hazleton Pa August cave in trapped David Fellin 58 and Henry Throne 28 for nearly two weeks 300 feet underground. Louis Bova is missing with hopes he survives as rescue teams drill to reach them while Fellin recovers in hospital and plans to avoid mining work again.
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Davey
Hazleton, Pa
David Fellin
Fellin
Hazleton State Hospital
Henry Throne
Louis Bova
Throne
Bova
KU Stadium Concessions and Seating Renovations Progress
Concessions facilities will be upgraded with high level booths to serve fans without descending to ground level. KU athletic director Dutch Lonborg says the expansion is progressing beautifully and ahead of the September 28 dedication against Syracuse. The project adds 27 rows of 6,500 end zone seats and a new press box with elevator at a cost near $700,000. exact concessions costs were not disclosed.
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Remick
Dutch Lonborg
Syracuse
Lonborg
Lawrence High Thursday Night Orientation For New Students
An orientation for all new Lawrence High School students and parents is scheduled for 7 30 p m Thursday in the high school auditorium. The one hour session covers reporting for day one, school procedures, calendar details, fees and insurance, and locker locations.
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New Lawrence High
Dan Kahler
H. C. Stuart
Max Stalcup
LHS
Postoffice Postpone Second Class Mail During Rail Strike
The postmaster announced temporary suspension of second class magazines and newspapers and third and fourth class mail to points beyond a 150 mile zone during a rail strike. Urges emergency shipments to use first class or air mail. perishable items not mailed. call VI 3-1681 for details.
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National Post Office
Parsons
Lincoln
Neb
Springfield
Wichita
Minor Injuries From Two Car Accident in Town
John Beers 21 of 729 Conn St suffered minor injuries in a two car crash at 6th and Fila. He was a passenger in Coy Collins 29 of 321 Mo St who drove one car. Kenneth Winyard 36 of 1015 W 22nd St drove the other car. Damages estimated at 600 dollars. Another Tuesday crash caused 775 dollars in vehicle damages with no injuries. Samuel B Gorill 75 of 1116 Sunset struck a parked car owned by A A Philipp of 1025 Sunset on Sunset north of Harvard St.
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John Beers
Conn
6Th
Fila
Sts
Beers
Coy Collins
Kenneth Winyard
Samuel B. Gorrill
Sunset
A. A. Philipp
Harvard St
House Moves To Block Railroad Strike With Arbitration
With a 12 hour deadline, the House acts on a Senate approved resolution to force arbitration to avert a nationwide railroad walkout. Speaker McCormack says passage is likely and could reach Kennedy for signing before the deadline. The bill would set compulsory arbitration over firemen job losses and train crew size.
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House
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Kennedy
McCormack
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
Senate
Haskell Opens Year with New Grades and Football
Orientation and registration run September 3 and 4 with classes starting September 5 at Haskell Institute. Capacity 1080. tenth grade eliminated. grades 11 to 14 taught. post high school enrollments rising to 80 percent. Students from 35 states and 80 tribes expected. Labor Day arrivals. Football practice begins. first game September 13 at Haskell against El Dorado Junior College.
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Haskell
Institute
Wallace E. Galluzzi
Pest
el Dorado Junior College
Grant School Enrollment Sets Friday Booking Window
Enrollment at Grant School runs until 11 30 a m Friday with book rental available at the same time. Advertising listing by Rumsey Funeral Home Associated Funeral Directors VI 3 5111.
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Grant School
Associated Funeral Directors
Rumsey Funeral Home
Prize Winning Bolt Drama Opens Soon in Kansas City
British playwright Robert Bolt’s acclaimed A Man for All Seasons opens in Kansas City for a one week engagement at the Music Hall. Stars William Roderick George Rose Bruce Gordon Albert Dekker headline a cast with Sarah Burton and others. Performances run nightly 8 30 with matinees 2 30 on Wednesday and Saturday. Tickets on sale at the Music Hall Box Office and Theatre Enterprises Inc. office in the Aladdin Hotel.
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Kansas City
Robert Bolt
Henry VIII
England
Thomas
Catherine of Spain
Kansas City Music Hall
William Roderick
George Rose
Bruce Gordon
Albert Dekker
Los Angeles
San Francisco
New York
ANTA
Antoinette Perry
Noel Willman
Robert Whitehead
Roger L. Stevens
Sarah Burton
Frederick Warriner
Michael Lewis
Edgar Daniels
William Bogert
Laurence Luckinbill
William Callan
Moira Wylie
John Swearingen
Mae Marmy
Motley
Paul Morrison
Music Hall
Office of
Theatre Enterprises Inc
Aladdin Hotel
Local enrollment set at 6075 in Lawrence schools
Lawrence public schools announced a tentative 1963 84 year enrollment of 6075 with 3231 registering at elementary schools. High School 1415, Central Junior 831, West Junior 597, with several elementary totals listed.
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Lawrence Public Schools
Lawrence High School
Central Junior High
West Junior High
Centennial
Cordley
East Heights
Hillcrest
Kennedy
McAllaster
New York
Pinckney
Schwegler
Sunset Hill
Woodlawn
Civil rights march in Washington draws mixed political words
Democratic leader Mike Mansfield denied commitments in session with Kennedy. NAACP chief Roy Wilkins said Dirksen backed the civil rights program except the public accommodations bill. Halleck claimed GOP conferences and friendly civil rights stance. McCormack predicted a strong civil rights bill passage. Police and troops lined Constitution Avenue as George Lincoln Rockwell and followers watched from the fringe. Leaders planned meetings with Congress on Capitol Hill.
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Mike Mansfield
Montana
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Halleck
Constitution Avenue
Washington
Rockwell
George Lincoln Rockwell
Nazi Party
Monument
Congress
Capital Hill
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Jayhawk Model Club of
Sedgwick Group
McCoskrie
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Une
Great Lakes
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Mississippi Valley
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Southern Plains
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Upper Lakes Region
Upper Mississippi Alley
Central Plains
Dave
Hank
Louis
Sions
Post
New York Drama
President Kennedy
White House
Chicago
Ledger Smith
Brooklyn
Congress of Racial Equality
Justice Department
Georgia
Mississippi
Lincoln Memorial
Howard V. Covell
Cowell
Lawrence Memorial Co
Endacott Forman
Farmers Insurance Group
Andy Anderson
R. L
Bob Stewart
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