Jehovah's Witnesses Hold Regional Assembly in Kansas City Area
About 700 to 900 members from eastern Kansas and northwestern Missouri gather in Lance Community building for a three day assembly starting tonight. Delegates from several towns will stay in private homes, with N Kovalak Jr from Watchtower headquarters delivering a Sunday address at 3 pm. Curtis E Bagby, Eudora, speaks Friday, topics include joyful service and Pleasing God. Sunday features baptism and water immersion, three talks conclude the assembly.
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Jehovah's Witnesses
Kansas
Missouri
Lance
Pt. Soxaph
Excelsior
John T. Henderson
N. Kovalak, Jr
Watchtower Socie Direct
Inrooklyn
Curtis E. ‘Bagby
Eudora
Chool
Kovalak
Murphy defends high medical school standards in Kansas City
Dr Frank D Murphy dean of the University of Kansas Medical School rebuts critics labeling high standards as quieting graduate output. Speaking at the National Conference on Rural Health he asserts standards protect the public, not industry, and insists medical schools must maintain rigor amid doctor and nurse shortages.
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Kansas City
Franklin D. Murphy
University of Kansas Medi
National Conference On Rural Health
Washington liner holed by western gale at Southampton
The 89 ton US liner Washington was wedged against Southampton docks as 60 mph winds battered western Europe. Most of its 622 passengers were shaken but unharmed. hold two flooded with automobiles. Crew stuffed mattresses into the breach under the waterline while longshoremen helped seal the hole. Nearby, the Cunard liner Queen Mary with 1848 passengers was stranded in Cherbourg harbor. Ogden S Jones writes on detecting oil field pollution in World Oil.
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London
U. S
Washington
Southampton Dock
Europe
Britain
Portugal
Cunard
Cherbourg
Local Births and Welcome news from area hospitals
At Memorial Hospital and various addresses, multiple births are recorded. Names include Mrs Es ther Lievitz, Mrs Ma rie Hollenbeck, Mrs Ruth Hess with newborns, and others. Families in Richland, Valley Falls, Bonner Springs, and Williams town announce daughters and a son born yesterday or today.
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C. H. Aull
Oskaloosa
Esther Lievitz
Sunflower
Marie Hollenbeck
Route 5
Mary
Heine
Richland
Ruth Hess
Laura Street
Joe Clough
Flossie Barker
Valley Falls
Georgia Pine
Connecticut Street
Chris Pinet
Your West Twelth Street
Magazine salesmen in Lawrence raise concerns at Chamber
Lawrence business officials report many inquiries about magazine salesmen working in the city. Chamber manager E. R. Zook says some residents described a persistent almost insulting approach. The men, claiming WWII veteran status, did not register with the Chamber and lacked satisfactory ID. Meanwhile Kiwanis members were processed in the community Blood Bank drive during a noon heating at the Eldridge Hotel.
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Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
R. Zook
Calla
Chamber
Kiwanis Club
University on campus hosts two high school groups schedule
University extension officials welcomed Liberal High School mixed choir with sponsors for lunch in the Palm Room of the Union. The state high school debate tournament brought Class AA and A entrants to campus for rounds today and tomorrow.
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University Extension
Liberal High School
K. U
Newton
el Dorado
Russell
Hutchinson
Emporia
Topeka
Winfield
Arkansas City
Army to Test Black-Eyed Peas for GI Meals
Fort Meade Maryland on February 8 will serve black-eyed peas in place of the usual beans as part of a new army directive to broaden station menus. GI diners will then be polled on their opinions of the vegetable, following publicity from congressmen who favored the dish.
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Fort Meade
Statie Ehata
Cqnsider
Sooners Crippled for Kansas State Iowa State Trips
Oklahoma basketball coach Bruce Drake takes two injured players on a two game Big Seven road trip. Bill Waters reinjured his leg and Don Leake damaged a knee in practice last night. The Sooners face Kansas State in Manhattan and Iowa State in Ames with a 1-3 conference record.
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Norman
Okla
UPI
University of Oklahoma
Bruce Drake
Bill Waters
Don Leake
Sooners
Kansas State
Manhattan
Iowa State
Ames
Oklahoma
Psychiatrist Says Carol Paight Was Sane At Trial
State Psychiatrist Dr Joseph M Lesko testified Carol Ann Paight, 21, was sane when she fatally shot her father in Bridgeport Connecticut. After five examinations since the shooting he said he heard all testimony including a defense psychiatric claim of insanity. Court recessed until Thursday for final arguments before the jury deliberates.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Carol Ann Paight
Ian
Joseph M. Lesko
Teachers association backs severance tax in gas oil
Topeka Feb 3 The delegate assembly of the Kansas State Teachers association endorsed a severance tax on gas and oil. The assembly also adopted a resolution opposing the loyalty oath required for teachers and all public officials under a 1949 law. Gunpowder is a mixture of saltpetre sulphur and charcoal.
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Topeka
Kansas State Teachers Association
Mrs Woodring to Speak at KU Leadership Workshop
Mrs. Harry Woodring wife of the former Kansas governor will address the KU Associated Women Students leadership workshop sessions on Tuesday and Thursday of next week and on February 14 at 7:30 PM in the Memorial Union Kansas room She will discuss a woman’s place in the community Other topics include leadership qualifications and parliamentary law Representatives from each women’s house dormitory and sorority at KU are invited to send three delegates to each session Ruth Hurwitz a college junior will host the February 14 talk and Blake Williamson will cover parliamentary procedure in the Union recreation room Mrs Stanley Ginn Mortar Board president from Columbia Mo will present leadership qualifications on Tuesday
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Harry Woodring
Kansas
Associated Women Students
K-U
Memorial Union
Ruth Hurwits
Sam Hurwitz
Kentucky Street
Woodring
K.U
Stanley Ginn
Mortar Board
Columbia
Memorial Union Recreation Room
Blake A. Williamson
Kansas City
Union Recreation Room
Markets at a Glance in New York and Midwest reports
Market news shows stocks higher with steels motors and rubbers in demand while bonds mix. Chicago wheat firm on short covers and corn steady with exports. oats up with corn. Livestock receipts and Kansas City cash grain noted with prices and market tone, including dairy and poultry figures and local hay sales.
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New York
Kanes Karsan
Ur City
K U Production of Sweethearts Tickets On Sale
The K U Light Opera Guild and University players have tickets on sale for Victor Herbert's Sweethearts to be staged in Fraser theater Monday through Friday with performances by a 75 student cast including orchestra and chorus. Tickets available at Bell Music Store Greenhall ticket office and Memorial Union. The production features the Pilgrims of Love quartet and uses Bobby Clark style lyrics.
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K. U. Light Opera‘Guild
The
University Players
Victor Herbert
Fraser Theater
Bell Music Store
K. U
Greenhall
Memorial Union Building
Bobby Clark
Initiation Services Held for John Redmond at KS Delta Chi
John Redmond, veteran publisher of the Burlington Daily Republican, was initiated as a professional member of the University of Kansas chapter of Sigma Delta Chi. The ceremony preceded a Memorial Union banquet where C. G. Wellington of the Kansas City Star spoke and Redmond reflected on his two years in Emporia and Burlington journalism.
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John Redmond
Burlington
Bidault Says Socialists Have Quit His Cabinet
Premier Georges Bidault said the Socialist party withdrew from his coalition cabinet. He would consult with President Vincent Auriol to decide whether to resign or to try continuing the government, with resignation considered as the unlikely option amid a confused political situation.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
Socialist Party
Bidault
Vincent Auriol
Auriel
Emporia Liquor Firm Cited For Rebates Hearing Set
Kansas Distributors Inc of Emporia was cited by Liquor Control Director Arthur Herrick for alleged rebate violations to retailers. The firm must appear February 9 for a hearing. The office approved five more retailer licenses: Grace Edna Catti Hugoton Arthur Leland Heffel Dorrance Houston Buckley Talbot Kansas City Kan James Robert Graham Jr Fredonia Edna Barbara Schealy and Ralph Howat Plainville.
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Topeka
Kansas Distributors, Inc
Emporia
Liquor Control
Arthur Herrick
Herrick
Liquor Control Office
I Grace
Edna Catti
Hugoton
Arthur Leland Heffel
Dorrance
Houston
Buckley Talbot
Kansas City
Kan
James Robert Graham Jr
Fredonia
Edna Barbara Schealy
Ralph Howat
Plainville
BIG Mortage
Document Totalling 9 883 500 Registered in Salina County
Salina Kan Feb 3 UP A first mortage for 9 253 500 was regist ered by the Saline county register of deeds today. The mortgagor is the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroa company. The mortgagee is the First National Bank of Chicago and Joseph C Williams Kansas City trustees. Salina county will be one of several counties in a number of regions in a registration. 0 P Backs Tax Cut Washington Feb 5 Democrats on the house ways and means committee defeated 14 to 10 today a Republican proposal to cut excise taxes immediately and consider other parts of President Truman's tax program later. A strict party line vote turned down the move by Representative Mich Woodruff (Re)
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Salina
Kan
Saline County Register of Deeds
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroa Company
First National Bank of Chicago
Joseph C. Williams
Kansas City
Salina County
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Truman
Mich
Woodruff
Fragmented 1958 notes on markets and deaths
Residents report slow demand and trading activity on February 3 1958 amid broad market mentions Chrysler Studebaker and other firms plus a note of 435 008 oil wells in the United States. Obituary lines thank friends for flowers cards and kindness after the illness and death of G A Mair with family signoffs from Charley Silvers Arthur Mair Rose Carolyn Hewitt.
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Ea Turmoerer
Sromac
Tarun
Walthase
Rena
Sre B. Steel
Hechlenem Steal
National Staal
Geerat Motors
Chrysler
Studebaker
Food 3Rich
L. F. LY. Central
Boneboard Air Line
Joe Finis
G. A. Mair
Charley Silvers
Arthur Mair
Rose
Carolyn Hewitt
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Lincoln Street
Ruth Lamb
Williamstown
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Bonner Springs
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Mangas City
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Kansas City Livestock
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USDAI
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Chiwee
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TS Hieher
Fed
Sigma Delta Chi
John
Redmond
Liquor Control Board
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Nemaha
Cherokee
Clinton
Kansas State College
Kansas Crop Improvement Assn
Chicago
U.S
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Inday
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Wall Streat
Just
the Pipe Shop
Douglas County
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Youngstown
Walt Sneegas
Bellinger Electric
T. Murl Real Accounting and Tax Service
New Lawrence National Bank
DuPont and
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Martin's Body Shop
Atomic Oil Station
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Arles
Tor Drawer
Somerset
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