Job as Santa's Helper Not Without Its Real Hazards
An Associated Press account by Stephens Broening recounts the experience of serving as a department store Santa. The author notes the costly costume, the burdens of representing Christmas to anxious children, and a touching moment with a seven year old boy who asks for a coat for his mother, not himself.
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Bobby Brendle
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William Avery
U.S. Senate
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Conference at KU Opens on Jan. 6
The 15th annual Sanitary Engineering Conference at the Kansas University campus opens January 6 with sessions in the Kansas Union. Experts include Dr. Ross E. McKinney and George E. Holcomb describing anaerobic digestion and gas mixed digesters.
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George E. Holcomb
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Leonard L. Beyer
St. Louis Mo
Old Redskin Fans to Be at a Distance in Topeka Move
Gov elect William Avery plans to govern Kansas from Topeka after a decade in Congress. The article previews his reasons for leaving the House, his agenda on reapportionment and finance, and his plan to balance state needs with legislative cooperation. It notes his unlikely bid for a national office and cites thoughts from Avery and Oliver Hughes. The piece also recalls Avery’s Washington Redskins clippings for his son Brad and ends with a quirky World’s largest hot dog claim.
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Brad Avery
Washington
William Avery
Washington Redskins
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Kansas
Congress
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House of Representatives
Arts Center Names KU Grad Leader in Music Education
Leo Horacek a Kansas University graduate and former Midwestern Music and Art Camp instructor from 1949 to 1955 has been named chairman of the Music Education Department at West Virginia University Creative Arts Center. Horacek a Topeka native earned the KU Bachelor of Music in 1947 Master of Music Education in 1949 and PhD in 1955. He taught at KU 1945 to 1949 and later taught in Kansas Missouri before joining WVU in 1960. In 1955 he became director of Ellis public schools music program.
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Leo Horacek
Kansas University
West Virginia University Creative Arts Center
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Topeka
West Virginia
Kansas
Missouri
Ellis Public Schools
Science Shrinks Piles with New Non Surgical Treatment
A new healing substance Bio-Dyne, marketed as Preparation H, reportedly shrinks hemorrhoids, stops itching, and relieves pain without surgery. Case reports claim noticeable reductions and patient statements that piles are no longer a problem, available as suppository or ointment.
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New York, N. Y
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