Douglas County Fair focuses on judging events second day
Dairy cattle and horses lead the agenda as the Douglas County Fair enters its second day under cloudy, cooler skies. Thursday featured judging of cooking, fancy work, horticulture and 4-H foods and clothing with a large crowd. Saturday will include sheep hogs beef cattle a tractor pull and a fat stock auction. The event includes 4-H and FFA participants and premiums paid from stock sold at auction.
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Douglas County
Chamber of Commerce
4-H
FFA
George Alexander
Ernest Johanning
Allen Meyers
Lawrence Leonhard
Gilbert Gilges
Chester Spray Jr
Louie Holcom
Lester Schwartz
Carl Trybom
Roy Lawson
John B. McNicoll
Jim Wiggins
Dorothy Leary
Oletha Blevins
Bill Hundley
Shuman Attacks Wheat Price Certificate Plan
Charles B. Shuman of the American Farm Bureau warns the multiple price certificate plan would hurt farmers, consumers, and taxpayers. He calls the proposed Wheat certificate system a complicated federal program requiring a large payroll to police and enforce, and says it amounts to a bread tax.
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Junction City
Kan
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Fed Shration
Congress
Kansas Farm Bureau
Shock © Springs
S.a
Fedral
Secre
Kansans Land in Field After Fuel Runout
Gene Herbert Cordner pilot and passengers Fred Martin Del bert Gariker and Earl Long from Chanute Kan were forced to land in a field near Houston when their Deerfield Oil Corp plane ran out of fuel. They walked two miles to refuel and continued their trip.
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Houston
Gene Herbert Cordner
Fred Martin
Delbert Gariker
Chanute
Kan
Earl
Erie
Cordner
Deerfield Oil Corp
Holiday Traffic Death Toll Seen Rising This Weekend
Chicago reports a Labor Day warning as the National Safety Council projects 410 to 490 fatalities during the 78 hour holiday period from 6 p m today to midnight Monday. Through July highway deaths reach 21 960, up 9 percent from 1961, with July deaths at 3 840, a record for any July.
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Chicago
The
National Safety Council
Justice Officers Renew Battle On GM Control Case
The Justice Department renews its civil suit in Los Angeles to block General Motors from pressuring dealers to restrict sales to discount outlets. The action mirrors a related October criminal indictment and names dealer associations as defendants.
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Los Angeles
Justice Department
General Motors
U.S. District Court
Detroit
Frederick G. Donner
Donner
Chevrolet Dealers
Chevrolet Dealers Association
Orange Counties
Dealers Service, Inc
Los Angeles County
Foothill Chevrolet Dealers
Riverside
San Bernardino
Chevrolet
California
KU Seismograph Records Large Utah Quake Across Six States
KU seismograph captured a strong Utah quake centered in Cache Valley that jolted six Western states. Prof. James A. Peoples noted the needle jumped off paper about three minutes after the event and the shock was near Kansas. No injuries reported.
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Kansas University Seismograph
James A. Peoples
Kansas
Cache Valley
Utah
Peoples
Yellowstone- Hebgen Lake
Montana
Paralyzed Girl Leads Useful Life Learns to Swim
Della Derrien a 26 year old from Sheboygan who was paralyzed deaf and unable to speak seven years ago has regained most faculties and learned to swim Sheboygan aunt Mrs Lorren Friedrichs described her recovery at a New York meeting of the American Congress of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation A 14 person team at Kenny Rehabilitation Institute led to her 19 week recovery eight surgeries and intensive therapy now she helps with meals and housework and awaits her brother Denniss Navy release mid September
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Sheboygan, Wis
Della Derrien
Della
Dennis
Derrien
Friedrichs
Peter
Wausau
Wis
Herbert A. Schoening
Kenny Rehabilitation Institute
Minneapolis
Kenny Institute
Schoening
Rebels Call for Civilian Barricades Near Algiers
Guerrilla leaders of Wilaya No. 4 in Algiers urged unarmed civilians to block roads to the capital to hinder advancing army columns. News crews found armed roadblocks near Affreville and civilian mobilization, while army movements remained unconfirmed.
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Algiers
Algeria
Wilaya No. 4
Ahmed Ben Bella
Affreville
Wilaya 4 Command
Two U S Helicopters Shot Down by Reds
Communist guerrillas downed two U S Army helicopters in South Viet Nam’s central highlands. Four American advisers were wounded lightly and evacuated. names not released.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Private Arrangement Notice Noted for Rumsey Funeral Home
A brief funeral home notice from Rumsey Funeral Home lists contact details VI3 5111 and Ady, indicating a private arrangement. The short item reflects a local obituary or service notice in a clipped weather unrelated AP page segment.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Ady
Lawrence police to auction eight bicycles at 1 p m Saturday
Law rence residents note bicycles kept by police for at least six months will be sold at 1 p m Saturday at the Lawrence Police Department. Many bikes are in good condition and owners have been sought without success. The report also highlights the Gillispie family's work with paper routes and folding duties, including Jimmy 16 Billy 12 and others aiding daily.
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Lawrence Police Department
8Th and
Vt. Sts
James Gillispie
Ky. St
Journal- World
Journal-World Carrier
Jimmy
Billy
Gillispie
Margaret
Mary
Cleo
Jeff
Officials in Kansas urged to avoid conflicts of interest
The Kansas Government Journal urges public officials to avoid private pecuniary interests in any municipal work or activity. It notes private business ownership does not disqualify a person from office, but officials are usually barred from contracting with or profiting from their government unit.
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Topeka
Kansas Government Journal
League of Kansas Municipalities
Peter F. Caldwell
League
Caldwell
Suit Filed on Estate of Late Clark Gable
Jill Winkler Rath, widow of Otto Winkler, sues the Clark Gable estate for 100000 claiming he promised to win her the amount after inducing her husband to fly with Carole Lombard and accepting a small airline settlement. The suit mirrors a prior identical action dropped a year earlier.
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Clark Gable
Los Angeles
Jill Winkler Rath
Gable
Training Program In Microbiology At KU Enters Second Year
Kansas University expands a five year, 58000 dollar U.S. Public Health Service funded program directed by Dr. David Paretsky and Dr. Delbert Shankel to train 11 graduate students in Microbial Genetics and Microbiology. The effort aims to broaden the department and eventually include virology and host parasite mechanisms with plans to add seven professors and expand to PhD and master’s degrees. Students hail from multiple states and countries including Alabama New York The Netherlands Thailand and Bangkok.
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Kansas University
U.S. Public Health Service
David Paretsky
Delbert M. Shankel
Paretsky
Clarence Buller
Peabody
Fred Jones Jr
Eutaw
Ala
Robert Turner
Rochester
N.Y
Barbara Joyce
Grandview
Charles Aldrich
Osborne
Nellie Jungerius
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Ira Doneson
Ozone Park
Thavorn Lapthisophon
Bankok
Thailand
Harvey Schlissel
Brooklyn
Lou Mallavia
Shosone
Idaho
William Arnold
Lansing
Tragic Case Shocks Queens Teenage Slaying
In New York a 14 year old girl Suzanne Grskovic was found slain near her home in Queens. Police say suspect Walter Tjunin 17 confessed claiming he wanted to know what it felt like to harm someone. He led detectives to the scene after a six hour interview. The body bore an S and X etched with a beer can opener.
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New York
Suzanne Grskovic
Suzanne
Queens
Walter Tjunin
Tjunin
Sue and
Walter
Turkey Purchase Plan Okayed by Government
The Agriculture Department said it will start buying turkeys to stabilize producer prices and distribute them through the school lunch program. Details will be announced next week as turkey prices, dragged down by a record crop last year, are expected to stay below desirable levels despite a projected 15 percent drop in this year’s crop.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Sources of the Life of Christ book reviewed by scholars
The new Hawthorn publication The Sources of the Life of Christ presents documentary and historical sources for tracing and authenticating Jesus activities. Compiled by four Catholic scholars it is the 67th of a 150 volume Catholic Encyclopedia series from Hawthorn.
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Jesus
New York
Christ
Hawthorn
Catholicis
Jayhawk Rodeo Opens With Wild Broncs and Bulls
The fourth annual Jayhawk Rodeo drew over 2,000 as broncs and Brahmas roared through two hours of fierce rides and comic acts. Neil Samuels won bare back bronc and mysteries, with rider Jack Runnels close behind. Tonight and Saturday, shows start at 7:30 p.m. at the 4 H Fairgrounds arena with tickets from local outlets.
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Jesse James
Whitey Butts
Charlie Davis
Robin Hood
Jack McElrath
Floyd Watts
Jack Runnels
Lawrencian
Runnels
Neil Samuels
Skeeter
Davis
Chief White Cloud
Archer
J. M. Stocker
FBI Gets Orders On School Probe
FBI opened an inquiry into desegregation at Our Lady of Good Harbor School in Buras Louisiana at the request of the U S Attorney General. The pastor canceled classes amid threats of violence as about 100 people gathered outside the building where five Negro students had attended on the first day. Excommunicated leader Leander Perez planned to address white demonstrators.
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Christopher Schneider
Louisiana
Father Schneider
Leander H. Perez Sr
Perez
Roman Catholic Church
Joseph Francis Rummel
Archdiocese of
New Orleans
Two Men in K C Beaten Stabbed in Apartment Fight
Two members of Kansas City families were stabbed and beaten in a free for all at an apartment. Donald R. Hudson 26 suffered a seven inch slash and facial contusions and was listed in fair condition. William Thomas Burnett 23 treated for a shallow knife wound and released. Police questioned initial accounts and Hudson later said the fight followed a party and involved two other men. Hudson has a history of arrests in fights and assaults.
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Kansas City
Donald R. Hudson
William Thomas Burnett
Tom J. Pendergast
Conference on Agriculture Under Communist Rule Planned
Russpublic will host 45 minute scholarly papers with commentary and open discussion. A summary discussion on agriculture under communist rule will conclude the conference sponsored by the EU Slavic and Soviet Area program and the International Affairs Committee. Support also comes from the Russian studies program at Illinois University and the American Society of Agronomists.
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EU Slavic and
International Affairs Committee
Illinois University
American Society of Agronomists
Foreign Students Visit Truman During KU Month
A group of 50 foreign students in a month long orientation at Kansas University visited President Truman and toured the Truman Library. They then toured Kansas City Public Library and the Nelson Art Gallery before meeting local families for the weekend. The visit contrasts metropolitan Kansas City with a small Kansas community and follows an Abilene stop earlier this month.
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Kansas University
Truman
U. S. State Department
U. S
Kansas City
Truman Library
Kansas City Public Library
Nelson Art Gallery
Kansas
Abilene
Girl 15 Leaves Home to Attend Public School in Tulsa
Rosemary Sheppard, 15, will enroll in a public school this fall for the first time in six years. A court hearing next month will determine if she can stay in public school as Judge Eben L. Taylor denied a petition to return her to her parents’ custody. The case follows Rosemary’s Aug. 3 departure and a previous Juvenile Court order placing her with an older sister Naomi McNeese.
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Tulsa
Okla
Rosemary Sheppard
Rosemary
Dist
Eben L. Taylor
Roy C. Sheppard
Taylor
Naomi McNeese
Juvenile Court
McNeese
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