New York Agency Grants Posthumous Taft Award
The New York Community Trust gives Byron Caldwell Smith Award posthumously to Dr. Robert Taft, late Kansas University physical chemist, for Artists and Illustrators of the Old West 1850 1900. Award of 750 plus bequest funds honors Taft’s scholarly works. will be presented June 3, 1957 at KU commencement.
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New York
Byron Caldwell Smith
Robert Taft
Kansas’ ‘University
Stephens
Taft
Charles, Scribner's Sons
Kate Stephens
Kansas University
Harper & Brothers
Macmillan Cy
Foundation
Memorial Hospital Births and Marital Notices
A memorandum lists births and family announcements from Memorial Hospital and local residences. Notable entries include Mr. and Mrs. David Denham Route 2 with a daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Albertson 78 Sunnyside with a son, Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Baul 1244 Haskell Ave with a daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Tony Romero 1041 Ky St with a daughter reported today. Multiple adults and addresses are recorded alongside newborns and family designations.
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Ruth T. Romero
Ky. St
Helen L. Perkins
Maple Lane
Elsie H. Whipple
la. St
Harry Dugan
Conn. St
Artis Bell
Haskell Ave
Janet Albertson
Sunnyside
Theodore D. Tuber
R. 1. St
Gerald L. Er
Lyon St
Opel Owens
E. 13Th
Wilson T. Nichols
N. H. St
Mary
Moody
Eudora
Sheri J. Johannsen
Vt. St
Edward Howard
Mich
Carol Louise Loggan
N. 3Rd St
George R. Peppard
Oska- Joona
James Richard Norris
Ohio St
Sam Archer
Country Qub Court
Sida J. Voorhees
David Denham
Curtis Albertson
Stanton M. Baul
Tony Romero
County CROP drive reaches 4400 in contributions
Douglas County residents have contributed about 4400 to the Christian Rural Overseas Program drive. Campaign chairman Rev Dale E Turner urged captains to finish reports by Saturday noon. He noted CROP’s expanded duties for Hungarian refugees and that final total should near 5000, below 1955’s 5863.
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Douglas
Christian Rural Overseas
Dale E. Turner
Turner
Lawrence
County Crop Board
Congregational Church
Lawrence High School
Princeton Teacher Sigma Xi Lecturer
The third in a lecture series on the International Geophysical Year will be given at 7:30 p m today in Bailey Auditorium at Kansas University. Dr Harold F Blum of Princeton University will discuss The Transition from Non Living to Living. Sigma Xi sponsors the talks to outline sciences for IGY global studies.
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Bailey Auditorium
Kansas University
Harold F. Blum
Princeton University
Sigma Xi
National Honor Science Society
IGY
Earth
Missing K U student Butler believed to be in armed forces
Ronald Edwin Butler a 20 year old Kansas University junior remains missing after leaving his Lawrence rooming house on November 26. His parents Mr and Mrs Edwin V Butler of Kansas City Kansas say they think he may have joined the armed forces or is seeking work at a newspaper. He is six feet tall with brown hair and brown eyes and was last seen in a gray tweed coat black slacks yellow shirt and black shoes.
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Ronald Edwin Butler
Kansas University
Edwin V. Butler
Kansas City
Kas
Butler
Lawrence
Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence Area
William L. King 73 died at home 1741 Wt St. Funeral 10 am Wednesday at Funk-Cooper-Warren Chapel with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Walter S. Smith 81 died in Denver. widow Pearl and daughter Mrs. Charles Westblade survive. funeral in Denver Wednesday. Dorothy Marie McKissack 52 died at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. service 2:30 pm Tuesday at St James Methodist. interment Maple Grove Cemetery. Walter S. Smith and James Warfle are named as survivors among extended family. S. Herbert Wymer 64 died in Topeka. funeral 2 pm Wednesday Eslinger Funeral Home Topeka. burial Memorial Park Cemetery. survivors listed incl. wife and four daughters. A note on U S Army flogging abolition in 1861 appears as a historical line.
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William L. King
Wt. St
Funk-Cooper-Warren
Oak Hill Cemetery
Walter S. Smith
Dollie Haas
Pa. St
Denver
Colo
J. J. Smith
Lawrence
Pearl Smith
Charles Westblade
Dorothy Marie McKissack
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
George McKissack
Fla. St
Walker Warfle
Bob Warfle
Kansas City
Frieda Monroe
Adam Salisbury
Conn
Herbert Wymer
S. Herbert Wymer
Big Springs
Topeka
Eslinger
Memorial Park
Gladys Wymer
Janet Darlene Wymer
Fern Leonard
Two More Turncoats Hope to Come Home to Christmas
Ailey Pate and Aaron Wilson, both former U S war prisoners from the Korean War, arrived in Hong Kong after three years with Chinese Communists and hope to return to their families by Christmas. Pate, 26, from Carbondale Illinois, said he sought peace but found none, and Wilson, 24, from Urania Louisiana, echoed the desire for a peaceful life with kin.
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Hong .Kong
Red China
Ailey Pate
Carbondale
Aaron Wilson
Urania
China
Pate
George Continues on Ike Staff for NATO Role
Washington Senator George D Ga said he will stay as President Hisen Hower's personal representative to NATO. He called the assignment more demanding due to crises that nearly wrecked Western defense against communism.
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George
Ike
Washington
Sen
D-Ga
Hisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Lawrence Downtown Quarterback Club banquet tickets on sale soon
Deadline to buy tickets for the Lawrence Downtown Quarterback Club football banquet is Tuesday. Banquet at 6 30 p.m. Wednesday in the Memorial Union ballroom on K U. Tickets available from downtown merchants Chamber of Commerce Eldridge Pharmacy and several men’s clothing stores. Tickets not sold at the Union on the banquet night. The Jimmy Green statue on KU campus was found with an old grave headstone placed at its base weighing about 150 pounds. May Ann of W H and K G Abel died Aug 1 1878 aged 1 year 5 months 15 days. City officials weigh selling city water to a private suburban company along a main south of town U S Highway 59, with concerns about rates and supply. United Fund contributions dip to 70 dollars today. drive total 28926 with about 7500 still needed. Call campaign HQ at VI 39288 to contribute.
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Lawrence
Memorial Union Building
K.U
Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge Pharmacy
Union
Jimmy Green
Kansas University
University
Uncle Jimmy
W. H
K. G. Abel
City Commission
United Fund
Drive
United Fund Call
Wild demonstration over alleged bad food served
In Ann Arbor Michigan last night about 100 University of Michigan students took part in a food throwing protest in dorm dining halls. Demonstrators shouted for better meals and smashed dishes with plates of asparagus and vanilla pudding against walls until Dean of Men Walter B Rea promised an investigation.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Walter B. Rea
Funeral Services for Rev. Robert H. Bull T
Funeral services were held at 9 a.m. today for Rev. Robert H. Bull T 54 assistant rector of St Pauls Episcopal Church in Kansas City Kansas The services were held in St Pauls church Burial will be in Edwardsburg Michigan for the former newspaper man who left a successful career to join the Episcopal priesthood He died early Saturday in his Kansas City home He was once managing editor of the Wichita Eagle In 1953 he became assistant rector of St Pauls
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Robert H. Bull T
St. Paul’s Episcopal Chilter
Kansas City
Kas
St. Paul's Church
Edwardsburg
Mich
Wichita Eagle
St. Paul's
New CEA Chairman Named
Washington reports Dr. Raymond Saulnier was named chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and Paul W. McCracken was sworn in as a member.
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Washington
Raymond Saulnier
Asw
Paul W. McCracken
Council of Economic Advisers
Secret Room in the Palace Prompts Christmas Rescue
Princess Anne and Alexander seek the king behind a locked door in an ancient palace. They discover a wicked sorcerer whose powers turn people to stone. Alexander must act quickly to save Santa and everyone before Christmas.
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Princess Anne
Little Alexander
Santa Claus
Alexander
Santa
Racial Admission Case Upheld by U S Supreme Court
The Supreme Court let stand a ruling requiring prompt admission of Negro students to Mansfield High School in Texas and denied Mansfield School Board’s appeal for review. Other actions included denial of Elmer Burke’s appeal, IRS bad-debt ruling for a lawyer, dismissal of a tax exemption case for religious schools, and review of a money order business licensing case.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Mansfield, Tex
Mansfield Board of Education
U. S. Circuit Court
New Orleans
Elmer
Trigger) Burke
Barcom
Manhattan
Edward (Poochy) Walsh
City Plans Master Development Guide For Southeastern Area
Lawrence officials propose a master plan guiding land use in two areas from Fifteenth to Twenty-Third Street and Alabama west of Iowa, featuring a central watercourse road and extended Naismith and Ousdahl routes with wide right of way to accommodate future growth and possible highway expansion.
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Lawrence
Fiftenth
Twenty-Third Street
Haskell Avenue
County Fairgrounds
Fifteenth
Maple Lane
Twenty-Third Streets
Alabama
Iowa
Naismith
Ousdahl
Twenty- Third
Kipp
Twenty-Seventh Street
Markets At a Glance Stocks Rise as Grains and Hogs Lead
Markets at a glance show gains in stocks with steel and oils advancing while grains weaken. Hog futures gain 25 to 50 cents to a top of 16.35. cattle steer losses 50 cents to 1 dollar with top 23.25. Kansas City livestock and grain quotes list prices for corn oats soybeans wheat and hay, with futures and spot markets mixed amid tension.
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K. C
Kansas City
Kansas
Market gains drive stocks higher with steel and oil leads
Trading surged in the New York market as oils and steels powered gains of 1 to 5 points. Volume reached about 2.5 million shares with Gulf Oil up about 5 and Royal Dutch near 4. Dulles optimism on the Middle East boosted sentiment as Chrysler and Kennecott Copper also rose.
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Wall Street
New York
Fuiay
Dulles
Middle East
Gulf Oil
Royal Dutch
Panhandle Eastern
Chrysler
Douglas Aircraft
Kennecott Copper
International Nickel
Union Carbide
International Paper
Johns-Mamville
Divorce suits filed in District Court names and spouses
Suits for divorce have been filed in District Court by Ruby M. Mc Clendon against Tony L. McClendon and by C. Wade McCoy against Irene C. McCoy.
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Ruby M. McClendon
Tony L. McClendon
C. Wade McCoy
Irene C. McCoy
Just Anybody Will Do In Kentucky Call From New York
A New Yorker identified as Emmett Francis O Rourke telephoned a Louisville police station and played My Old Kentucky Home then asked for anyone in Kentucky. When the operator asked who he was calling he said Just anybody in Kentucky. The call lasted six minutes before being cut off.
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Louisville
Old
Kentucky
Emmett Francis O'Rourke
New York
Jean Baxter
Boy Returns To School After Long Absence For Mastoiditis
Six year old Douglas Bushyhead of 1229 Pa Street returns to class after 214 weeks away due to mastoiditis. He was released November 21 from Kansas University Medical Center after an operation on November 16 and 144 weeks recovering at home.
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Douglas Bushyhead
Kansas University Medical Center
Kimses City
Kas
Police Court Fine For Drunkenness At Meredith Hotel
Ralph David Baker was fined $15 today in police court on a charge of being drunk at the Meredith Hotel.
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Ralph David Baker
Meredith Hotel
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Memorial Hospital
Audra Brand
Eric Long
Baldwin
Edith Ernst
Ind
Clifford Bryant
Lingwood
Phillip Deemer
Shirley Uttinger
Eunice Mayhew
N. Q St
Ronald Lichte
Mabel Staden
Ill
Frances Brumley
Frances Brumley, ‘Sunflower; Theodore D. Luber
R. I
Dorothy J. Eastman
Charlotte Mackey
Garfield
Aimee
Rence Lodge No
Mon
Adolph Deplue
George W
St. Paul Erangelical Church
Carley Gerstehberger
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Arthur Reiss
Eudora’ Cemetery
Princeton
K. U
U. S. Army
CEA
Is the
Santa and the
Secret Room
The
Journal-World
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Allied Ch
Airline
Am Tel&Tet
U Ag Am Tob Uv
U M Atchison
Udy
Beech Airc
Beth Steel
Bt U
Bran Airw
Boeing Air 104
du Pont
Eagle P
Genelec
Gen Motor
Penney, JC
Phill Pet
Proct & G
RCA
Rayonler
Reyn
St Jos
Ul Sears Roeb
Sinclair O
Socony
Stoke van
UN Pac
US Steel
Hartford
To —Msig Investment Co
Viesza Noland Insurance Agency
B. P. Co. Elki
Elkcom Sows
America
Fred Frey
sFent
F.o.b
Beltsville
Richard Stauffer
Williamsfield
Ohio
Clark
Carroll Clark
Memorial Union
George Hedrick
WM. R. Terrell
Barret, Fitch, North & CO
Douglas County
the Bank of Friendly Service
Mass
F.D.J.C
Funk
Cooper
Warren
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