Montgomery Ward Plans Expanded Downtown Store Opening
Montgomery Ward unveils a 6,075 square foot expansion at 825-829 Mass. St. in Lawrence bringing total space to 23,175 square feet. A three day sale marks the grand opening with new autos parts department and upgraded departments across floors.
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Montgomery Ward
Lawrence
William D. Forbis
Jo Torneden
Mass. St
Massachusetts Street
Ward’s
Forbis
Auto Parts
Gates
Wards
Ward
Forbig
Fall City, Neb
Brooklyn Girl Die From Fall After Assault
In Brooklyn a 9 year old girl Lourdes Bass was raped and thrown to her death from a rooftop as police headed to a nearby report of a separate molestation. The injured girl lived with her father Carlos and mother Margaret in Farragut Houses with six siblings.
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NEW York
Brooklyn
Lourdes Bass
Farragut
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Carlos
Margaret
French Tapestry Missing From KU Union Trophy Room
A valuable contemporary French tapestry from the KU Art Museum vanished from the Trophy Room in the Kansas Union on Tuesday. The wool piece by Jean Lurcate measures 68 by 14 inches, depicts a bronze and greenish bronze roosters on blue with a red border, and was insured for 750 dollars though its real value is higher.
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Kansas Union
Kansas University
KU Art Museum
Jean Lurcate
Union
Frank Burge
The
Burge
City considers cab fare structure and public safety hearings
The commission discussed a proposed taxi rate plan with first mile 65 cents and 10 cent per quarter mile after, plus a 40 cent second mile and a $4 hourly cab rent. A 10 cent per additional rider fee would apply after the first two. Also ordered city review against Midwest cities. Public hearings set for unsafe buildings on 737 Mich St 733 Mich St 750 Walnut St and 194 N 8th St with other structures slated for action. Sunset Hill sidewalk project approved with bid set for Dec 18 including 9th Street and 98th Street segments. Job Moore shopping center zoning case referred back to Planning Commission. Seventh Street widening approved.
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Harold Horn
Midwest
Mich. St
Walnut St
N. &Th St
Sunset Hill
9Th Street
Rockledge
Schwarz
98Th
Centennial
Job Moore
2Nd
Iowa Sts
Planning Commission
Moore
Seventh Street
New Hampshire
Connecticut
KU Military To Pick Queen Atannual Ball
The KU Military Ball will begin at 8 p m Friday in the Kansas Union Ballroom with nine finalists chosen from Army Navy and Air Force ROTC units. A panel of five judges will select the queen and two attendants from the finalists.
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Kansas University Army
Navy
Air Force
Kansas Union
Army
Ann Leavitt
LaGrange
Ill
Chi Omega Sorority
Mary Louise St. Clair
Independence
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Margaret Jones
Winona
Stevenson Split Sways White House on Cuba Policy
Cloud ington newsmen report Stevenson dissented on the key admin decision for confronting the Soviet challenge in Cuba. The White House denial and Stevenson's own pledge to support the blockade only partly quieted the debate. Some officials say Kennedy feared the image of a faltering Stevenson while Rusk and Ball were said to lean toward Stevenson. The President urged full exploration of responses from UN action to possible invasion.
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Ington
Stevenson
Cuba
White House
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
George Ball
U.S
United Nations
University string quartet to perform at Swarthout Recital Hall
The Kansas University Fine Arts School presents a chamber music program at 8 tonight in Swarthout Recital Hall Murphy Hall featuring the University String Quartet with professors Raymond Cerf Theodore Johnson Karel Blaas and Raymond Stahl. The Douglas County Red Cross will hold its regular December meeting at 4 p.m. Monday in the Community Building.
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Kansas University Fine Arts School
Swarthout
Murphy Hall
University String Quartet
Raymond Cerf
Theodore Johnson
Karel Blaas
Raymond Stahl
Douglas County Red Cross Board
Salinger Denies Red Overflights
Washington reports say Soviet reconnaissance planes overflew the southeastern United States with White House denial. AP notes Salinger insists no flights occurred, while Scripps-Howard papers stand by their coverage and promise future publication if new evidence emerges.
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Washington
White House
Pierre Salinger
United States
Salinger
Washington Daily News
Scripps-Howard
U.S
Walker Stone
State 4H honors and fair winners announced at banquet
The event listed numerous state and national winners across projects from livestock to foods. Featured speakers Jane Sutton and Richard Fornelli presented slides on their 4H Citizenship Short Course trip to Washington DC last summer.
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Jane Sutton
Richard Fornelli
Washington, D. C
Jim Trybom
Connie Wempe
Barbara Alexander
Bob Hornberger
David Nutt
Mike Wempe
KCMO
Bobby Palmateer
Jane Hegeman
Kenneth O'Connor
Stanley Husted
Faye Hegeman
Ronny_ Bishop
Kenneth Breithaupt
Steven Heck
Leonard Heffner
Pdana Hobson ,Jr
Calvin
Shirley Flory
Sondra Johanning
Rhonda Kampaschroeder
Jack Prim
Sandy Steele
Linda Wulfkuhle
Norma Husted
Virginia Wulfkuhle
Kathleen Haris
Bonnie Maichel
Kathleen Harris
Renita Pohl
Claudia Harris
Kathryn Flory
Stanley Wasted
Jetta Jeffries
Linda Hoover
Cindy Neis
Kanwaka
Cottonwood
Worden Workers
Stull
Busy Beavers
Meadowlark
Euchora
Marion Boosters
Vinland Valley
Marion Boostera
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Lone Star
Cardinal
White Seal
Eudora
Jolly Juniors
Rock Chalk
Red Seal
Clinton Busy Bees
Jayhawk
Marlon Boosters
Palymra
Sunflower
Purple Seal
Landscaping ties KU buildings into one campus
Humanities Forum panelists led by Prof. Eugene George of KU Architecture agreed careful landscaping unites diverse campus styles. They praised Green Hall addition, noted Fraser Hall as a symbol, and urged a campus master plan utilizing hilltop sites for cohesive architecture.
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Kansas University
Humanities Forum
Eugene George
KU Architecture Department
Curtis Besinger
Virginia University
Iowa Street
15Th Street
Prof. George
Strong
Fraser
Seligson
George
Green Hall
Law School
Besigner
Dyche
Natural History Museum
EU Department
Art Museum
Flint
Journalism
Hoch
Snow Hall
Blake
France
Deaths-Funerals Christopher Jackson Jeffries
Christopher Jackson Jeffries 13day old son of Mr and Mrs Jack Jeffries of 2005 Maple Lane died this morning at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Funeral services set for 2 pm Thursday at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev M C Ablen officiating. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include his parents three sisters Glenda Jean Sharon Sue and Rebecca Lynn and a brother Gerald Dean all at home. Grandparents Mrs Ethel Jeffries and Mr and Mrs Glen Brannin of Oswego and great grandparents Mrs Frances Mosler and George Brannin of Oswego plus P W Nickerson of Quinlan Oklahoma.
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Christopher Jackson Jeffries
Jack Jeffries
Maple Lane
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Rumsey
M. C. Ablen
Memorial Park Cemetery
Glenda Jean
Sharon Sue
Rebecca Lynn
Gerald Dean
Ethel Jeffries
Glen Brannin
Oswego
Frances Mosler
George Brannin
P. W. Nickerson
Quinlan, Okla
Land-Grant Colleges Award 25 Percent of U S Doctorates
A study notes land grant institutions confer about a quarter of all doctorates in education in the United States. It highlights the roles of these colleges in advancing higher education and training educators.
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Land-trant Colleges
U.S
Gifts Deadline Near for Douglas County Hospital Aid
About a week remains for Douglas County residents to donate Christmas gifts to patients at Topeka State Hospital. Deadline is Thursday Dec 13. Donations accepted at First Christian Church or the County Extension Office with no wrapping. include paper and ribbon.
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Douglas County
Topeka State Hospital
The
Douglas County Association For Mental Health
First Christian Church
10Th
Kentucky Streets
Ralph Wolfson
County Mental Health Association
Memorial Hospital Obituary Notices and Addresses
Memorial Hospital Donna Hardister 1315 Summit Mrs Lucille Rhoades 843 N Y Craig Rider Eudora Bobby Fulks Eudora Marvin Schweda 1930 Ky Henry Eisele Tonga noxie Judson Smoyer 1732 Sa David Miller Haskell Institute Mrs Lillie Bond Eudora Charles Zook 2046 Ky Mrs Sharon Reynolds Stouffer Place Mrs Dorothy Higgins Lecompton Tami Matney Richland Sandra.
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Donna Hardister
Summit
Lucille Rhoades
N. Y
Craig Rider
Eudora
Bobby Fulks
Marvin Schweda
Henry Eisele
Tonganoxie
Judson Smoyer
David Miller
Haskell Institute
Lillie Bond
Charles Zook
Sharon Reynolds
Stouffer Place
Dorothy Higgins
Lecompton
Tami Matney
Richland
Sandra
Local Birth Notices Mention Numerous Families and Addresses
The column lists birth announcements for multiple families including Mrs. Sharon Bennett with baby girl at 1617 W 22nd and Mrs. Opal Meeker at 2414 Mo. and Mrs. Freda LaDuke with baby boy. Other entries name Cooper Route 4, Marjorie Hutchinson, Lila McMillen, Kathleen Denny with baby boy, and several addresses across Kansas and nearby towns. A Tuesday and today birth reference appear among the notices.
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Lila McMillen
Lawrence
Sharon Bennett
Charles Pendry
Ousdahl
Opal Meeker
Julia Bogue
Kathleen Denny
Bobby Fulks
Eudora
Carol Beers
Brook
Francisco Chavez
Freda LaDuke
Lecompton
Robert Johnson
Billie Coffelt
Maple
Jesse Lowell
Medical Groups Elect At a Tuesday Session
New officers were elected at a Tuesday night meeting of the Douglas County Medical Society and Lawrence Memorial Hospital staff. Dr. George Learned became the county medical society president and Dr. Howard Joseph led the hospital staff as president. New vice presidents and secretaries include Dr. Robert Hughes, Dr. Phil Godwin, Dr. John MacCarthy, Dr. Glenn Lessenden, and Dr. Byron Walters. Executive committee members are Dr. Vernon Branson, Dr. Alex Mitchell, and Dr. Ray Pendleton.
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Douglas County Medical Society
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
The
County Medical Society
George Learned
Robert Hughes
Phil Godwin
John MacCarthy
Howard Joseph
Glenn Lessenden
Byron Walters
Vernon Branson
Alex Mitchell
Lawrence
Ray Pendleton
Baldwin
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