West Junior High reports near semester end activities
At West Junior High School the first semester nears its end with final exams and grade deadlines in many courses. Students pursue sewing and cooking projects in home economics while gym and art classes prepare new routines and silver jewelry projects. The Warhawks basketball teams defeated Ottawa Whirlwinds aided by a 7th grade girls play, and biology classes plan earthworm dissection after studying worm composition.
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West Junior High School
Baker's TKE Class Picked at Baker University
Baldwin The first pledge class of Tau Kappa Epsilon at Baker University has been chosen. Fourteen Tekes were pledged at Baker Union with Col ony Advisor John Johnson present and officers elected including Gabe Sayey as president and Steve Cochran as rush chairman. The group aims to double membership by 1968 69 and pledge up to 30 more in 1969. An unrelated note mentions Arnhem Land artists using plant juices and hair brushes.
Troop 56 Scouts Demonstrate Camping Cookery at Scoutorama
Troop 56 of Boy Scouts at Trinity Episcopal Church showcased outdoor cooking skills for six hours at the Kaw Council Scoutorama in Kansas City Missouri. Senior Patrol led Dutch oven dishes while Mustang Raccoons Minks and Sidewinders demonstrated tin can tin foil and survival cookery under spectator scrutiny. Lawrence Paper Co sponsored the troop's booth at the American Royal Arena event.
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Kansas City
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Interior Secretary Nixon Nominee Hickel Born in Kansas
CLAFLIN Kan AP Alaska Gov Walter J Hickel born Ellinwood Kansas 49 years ago oldest son in a large family left a farm 28 years ago to help his parents. He moved to California 1940 tried Australia visa denied 37 cents in pocket stowed away to Anchorage later built Alaska hotel motel complex shopping center first national road and escalator served as Republican public official and governor.
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Australia
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Anchorage
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Wichita
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Battleship Guns Face Federal Gun Registration Probe
A Treasury Department agent inspected the battleship USS Massachusetts in Fall River mass to check compliance with a new gun registration law. The probe focused on nine 16 inch and twenty 5 inch guns reportedly unregistered. A final decision rests with Treasury officials and violations could bring prison and fines.
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Massachusetts
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Boston
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Gameone
Franklin proposed daylight saving time in France
Benjamin Franklin proposed a daylight saving concept while serving as the United States minister to France, examining how waking hours could better align with daylight and reduce candle usage.
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Nine Counties Report Gases Of Asian Flu
The state health department confirms reports of Asian flu in nine counties with many unconfirmed cases likely. Officials say most counties are seeing more cases as symptoms such as fever and nasal discharge spread. University of Kansas student health service reports unusually high URIs.
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