Origin of El Dorado name sparks local post office history
The December 1972 Lawrence Daily Journal World notes the town El Dorado's name origin and its post office naming dispute. Residents pressed for two words to avoid the standard Eldorado postmark, a change tied to Kansas black gold discoveries boosting Buller county's output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postoffice Department
el Dorado
Post Office Department
Eldorado
Golden Land
Buller County
Kansas
Red China Denounces India War Prisoner Plan In Korea
Red China denounces and vetoes India's plan for handling Korean war prisoners. It denounces India as allied with the West and warns India to avoid being seen as Western aligned. India aims to stay neutral between Western and Communist powers, but the Communists refuse to recognize that stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red China
India
Korea
Fay Seaton a Kansan who built a publishing empire
Fay N Seaton died last week leaving a Kansan legacy that began in Jewell county in the 1900s. After steering the Manhattan Mercury from 1915 onward he absorbed rivals and grew a regional press and radio holdings across Kansas Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming with farm publications in Denver. His two sons Fred and Richard led ongoing papers Hastings Tribune Coffeyville Journal and related ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay N. Seaton
Kansan
Jewell County
J. L. Bristow
Seaton
Manhattan Mercury
Mercury
Fay Seaton
Manhattan
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Denver
Fred
Hastings Tribune
United States
Richard
Coffeyville Journal
Fay Benton
WaKeeney Kansas Town Name Change History
The Kansas town WaKeeney in Trego County saw spelling changes since December 1. Originally Wa Keeney with two founders A. E. Warren and J. F. Keeney, the name evolved from Wa Keeney to WaKeeney, then to Wa Keeney with a hyphen and finally to a closed form WaKeeney as the post office dropped the hyphen. The latest change recognizes the current spelling.
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Trego County
WaKeeney
Wakeenty
A. E. Warren
J. F. Keeney
Wa Keeney
Post Office Department
Tourists urged to fund Kansas travel plan
The piece argues for a 100000 appropriation to boost Kansas tourist trade, noting private enterprise should lead travel growth through roads and services. It also mentions unrelated items: Venezuela’s political shift, UN deserters, Lyon county courthouse move, and Everest ascent plans.
Old Home Town A Dec 14 Practice Blackout
Old Home Town A practice blackout will be held here Dec 14. Local notices report births, parties, travels and gatherings. Edora residents H Lee Jr. announce birth of a daughter. Lawrence events include reunions, club meetings, and Masons gathering in Kansas City.
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M. H. Lee Jr
Edora
Ajl
Rodney Ernat
Ensign Charles Decker
New York City
A. S. Decker
California
Lawrence
Ella Doering
William Coss
Annie Kern
Eric, Pa
Mary Yeager
Cottonwood Falls
Ira Mason
Sao Panla
Calif
Inheritance and Club Notes From Local Meeting
Ruth Boyle Margaret Hatworth Dorothea Engle Thelma Mark and Lida Longanecker are named in a local notice. The Pleasant Hour Club met at Mrs W P Martin’s home. Mrs R F Long and daughters Elizabeth and Inez arrive from FL for Christmas visits. Several residents visited Kansas City and news on local officers. Technion Globe Kansas praised by Charles Moran of Detroit for resources and opportunities. He urged Kansas promotion and industrial growth focusing on minerals and energy. It is noted railroad sleeping cars began in 1873 in England.
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Ruth Boyle
Margaret Haworth
Dorothea Engle
Thelma Mark
Lida Longanecker
Pleasant Hour Club
W. P. Martin
R. F. Long
Elizabeth
Inez
FL. Smith
Ark
Long
A. L. Taylor
Frank Blackmar
Dorothy
Kansas
Patti Sankey
Ruth Sankee
Kansas City
C. B. Sparks
Julia Bryde
M. McAlearney
Ella Wieman
Anna Ward
Frank Mierhoffer
C. Devlin
Venus McAlearney
Bell Shell
Lloyd Howell
Marie Willman
C. E
Technion Globe
Charles F. Moran
Detroit
Fisher Body
Morgan
Inguin
Ed Chemicals
Synteg Nl Agnic Fie
Durkin Goes To Ike’s Cabinet Questioned Brass Tone
Letters discuss Durkin appointment to Ike’s cabinet and the mixed reaction from Grass Roots and top Republicans. Commentators joke about bath tubs and pipes in the White House and wonder if Durkin will influence coal wage issues and union relations while the public watches to see if the brass can withstand polishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journel-Wartz
Durkin
Ike
White House
Ae Emair
Union
Over 4 Million to Go For Sewer Plants by '56
Dwight F. Metzler of the University of Kansas and chief engineer for the Kansas Board of Health explains the Kansas Streams program at Oklahoma A and M College. He notes plans to spend between 4 and 5 million dollars through 1956 for sewage treatment facilities and credits citizen support for progress without court action.
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Dwight F. Metzler
University of Kansas
Icene
Board of Health
Predictoy
Metzler
Health Department
Oklahoma
Av & M. College
Kansas
Supreme Court weighs end of school segregation in historic case
The high court faces five cases from Delaware, Virginia, South Carolina, Kentucky and the District of Columbia on whether separate white and Negro schools are unconstitutional despite equal treatment under the 14th Amendment. Justices may issue a ruling in 1953, with fate of “separate but equal” doctrine at stake and the nation watching.
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Washington
Supreme Court
South
South Carolina
Virginia
Delaware
Kay
District of Columbia
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Turpin High School graduates cleared in damage suit verdict
A Federal District Court jury cleared ten defendants, including eight Turpin Oklahoma graduates and the principal and his wife, in a $268,500 damage suit over a 1949 collision near Kingman Kansas. The bus was borrowed from the school district, with the insurance company bound only to the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Turpin
Okla
M Radford Thurman
Tucson
Kingman
Kas
Turpin High School
Maynard Smith
Delmas C. Hill
800 Million Barrels Of Oil Left in State
Kansas had produced more oil since 1942 than it knew, with about 800 million barrels remaining. The Interstate Oil Compact Commission report shows reserves near 600 million at 1942 start and production over a billion barrels since 1942, ending the first year with approximately 800 million barrels left.
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Wichita B—Gov
Ann
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Kansas
Kan
Thanksgiving foods lead plentiful December list
Fonda in best supply turkeys pork and raisins head the plentiful foods list for December according to information from the Production and Marketing Administration. In fresh foods.
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Production and Marketing Administration
Shorter route to odds and ends in word list clues
Puzzle clue set hints at crossword style answers. Entries include vertical and horizontal positions with numbers for sequence. Clues range from a quick advantage to lamprey and long staff propulsion. Answers built from cross letters improve with each solved item.
Answer to Previous Puzzle Te EY
A digitized crossword style list with clues and partial solutions. The fragmentary text presents numbered clues and some filled entries across multiple lines, resembling a puzzle aid rather than a news article. It lacks a coherent event, place, or person, and reads as a miscellaneous clue collection.
Plentiful Food Items Listed in Busy Market Notes
The report lists plenty of oranges table grapes grapefruit and carrots. Nor fat dry milk cottage cheese and buttermilk are in good supply. Also plentiful are domestic dried eggs dry baby lima beans lard vegetable shortening salad oils table fats tree nuts frozen fillets and honey.
Pure Milk Association Dinner Held in Eudora at School Cafeteria
The Pure Milk Association of Greater Kansas City held its annual dinner and meeting in Eudora at the school cafeteria with about 125 attendees. Officers elected included Arden Ott as local chairman and Charles Durr as secretary, as Mrs. Brenen of the Dairy Council entertained children with a film.
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Pure Milk Association of
Greater
Kansas City
Eudora
PTA
Ralph Schmidt
Durr
Arden Ott
Charles Durr
Dairy Council
W. Brenen
B. Durr
Greater Kansas City
Lawrence
Nineteen Hundred and New Club
C. E. Westerhouse
Church St
Frank Page
Winter General Hospital
D. M. Harris
Barbs by Halcocheon and local notes in chaos
A garbled column mocks calamity talk and domestic spending advice with jumbled phrases about a man giving his wife money for gifts, Ohio youths arrested for egg throwing, and a philosophical line on writing ideas on the cuff. The fragmentary text hints at petty misbehavior and counsel-level quips amid the newspaper’s casual humor tone.
Radio Programs for WREN and EMBC highlights
A listing of radio programs and hosts for WREN and EMBC networks, detailing shows like The Lone Ranger, News of the World, Weather Bureau, Farm News, Hollywood News, and various talk and music slots. Includes program timings, station IDs, and names such as Allan Sackeor, Jones, and Warren, with scattered dynamic segments across networks.
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Wren
EMBC
Jonen
Sparkie
Allan Sackeor
Wowdae
News of the World
Embc—Club
The
Lone Ranger
Nalstead Hoger
Ghefko T
Voice of
Firestone
WDAF
Muaic Mantooni
Gee
WDAB
Vdaf
WRAN
Aft-Embc
Billy Grished
Fak
WDA Io
Bob
Ray Ren
Break
Lill Griffith
Wendy Warren
Ren—Don Gardiner
cHelens
Trent
MRC
Mrs. Burton
Nora_ Drake
Hollywood
KMBC
Fun
Mbs
Wren—Tenneases Erte
Wwdae
Pepner
Young's
Television schedule listing and show lineup
A fragmented TV schedule lists programs and times across channels including Newsreal Washington Forum Weather and entertainment shows such as Grey courtroom and game shows. It records a mix of news, talk, music and children’s programs with various hosts and time blocks across the day.
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Tso
America Newsreal S—Publis
Theosvores
Wirestone
LDS Party
Eaay Chate
Des. Dee
Today House
Washington
U. N. Gen. Assembly
Stritt Rich
Hride and Groom
Tom
Guiding Light
Garcore
Kitchen
Kate Smit
Hawkins
Gabby Hayes
I—Safety
Kports
Barrington O
Heart of America
Newnesla
Camel News Caravan
Weekend Jazz and Concerts Highlight Campus Music
KANU-FM and KFKU air schedules feature Monday and Tuesday programs with jazz concerts, candlelight events, and masterworks. Notable entries include Dee and 30 jazz, symphony hall performances, and children's news segments.
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Kanu — FM
Te Bornue
Des
K. UW
Frea
E Jay
Merle
KFKU
Newa
K. U
Symphony Hall
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
W. Sxpecoma
the World Company
Buriay
Doris Smoed
Lv. Musas
Tachapasti Street
San
Catevento
Mgvanca
Sea Rema Dania and
Otmang
Kansar
Motmiber
Proms Rae
Fema
Boca News
AP News
Berean
Ciresistions
Venezuela
Marcos Perez Jiminez
United Nations
Lyon County
Old Home Town
W. H. Robbins
Western Union
Fr. Sullivan
Lucille Reeves
Martha
Louise Knop
Florence Reynolds
Lucille DeWoody
W. ‘J. Quinlan
R. A. Schwegier
W. L. Burdick
D. M. Horkmans
George D. Foster
David Paason
F. P. Smith
R. K. Melvin
Scottish Rite Masons
W. C. Head
Lawrence High School
Eva Anderson
Fe Olney
Isabel Wallace
Achoth
John Russell
Olive Braden
Della Mavity
Joyce Brown
W. C. Stevens
Williston
Chi- Caeo
W. L. Robinson
England
Parkin
Damka
Louisiana
Fonda In Best Supply
Elery Foe
Blutsa
Tribe Emblem
Brooklyn
Nuithead
Sand Hill
Iste
Halcochean
Ohio
Pari
KFRU
Cal Tinney
Backstage Wire
Salnc—Raschatine
Ar Bear Vouck
Widder Brown
MBC— Fig Sinter
Bic
Young
Dr. Malone
Ay Yoang
Nora Traker
Lorenze Jones
Frank Jones
WDAP
Wren— Hig Jon and
Sparkle
KMAC
Allan Jackson
KMB
Prople
Cavinhcade
J. DB. Adams
Lena Wilson
Children of Bethlehem
Pete Edelbrock
H. W. Cjes
Alf Oleson
Joe Strobel
Ed Forsyther
Industries of
Gustafson
Edwin C. Fill
Wdaf—News
N.B.C
y—Dance Orchestra
20Th Century Chiropragtig Health Service
Whitz Cause
C. B. Albright, B. C
Boggs Hat Shop
Vermont
Othen
Rapie Television
Motorola
Prescriptions
Round Corner Drug CO
Holmes and Peck Insurance
East Tit
Funk
Rince
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