House Okay For Bill Extending Draft Four More Years
Washington bill extends the military draft to mid 1959 with 32 to 0 House approval. Drafts of 11,000 monthly persist. measures include reserve obligation, universal military training test, and exemptions for National Guard service, plus limits on second tours for long-serving personnel.
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An American in Boston stage light operetta at USC
The USC theater presented The Hexual Student retitled An American in Boston set in 18th century Boston with dialogue blending 18th century diction and 20th century slang. Reinhold Schmidt led a capable cast. Act III, and Miss Townsley plus Messrs Wilcox Farrar Beetz and Stormont gave strong singing. The orchestra under Gerald Carney impressed, while production design by Milton Haworth shaped settings and costumes.
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K. U. Light Opera Guild
Charles. Loyd Holt
Zeland
Genee
Poland
Boston
Holt
Laughsecker
Reinhold Schmidt
Elizabeth Townsley
Schmidt
Marjorie Smith
Gretta Reetz
Linda Stormont
Mrs. Hutchinson
William Wilcox
Don Farrar
Miss Stormont
Mr. Farrar
Leo Horacek
Mr. Carney
Milton-Haworth
K. U. Light-Opera Guild
Danube
Thames
Seine
Hudson
Foxes Sought for Removal from Michigan Bounty List
Lansing Mich State Conservation Commission will ask the Legislature to abolish the bounty on foxes. The commission argues a high pheasant population shows foxes are a key factor in controlling bird numbers and deserve no bounty.
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Lansing
Mich
State Conservation Commission
Housing limits hinder Lawrence conventions role
University housing shortages affect conferences in Lawrence driving shorter sessions and weekend stays, with many attendees commuting from Kansas City or Topeka. Officials report 108 conferences totaling 9,484 attendees, but figures exclude accompanying spouses and overlook non university groups and civic clubs facing housing constraints. Local leaders urge more transient housing and note Rotary aims promote service and ethical standards.
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Topeka
A.C.E
Lyman Wiley
Lew Henry
Lawrence’ Junior Chamber of Commerce
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Rotary Golden Anniversary Observed by Local Club
Lawrence Rotary Club observed Rotary's Golden Anniversary with a noon program. Ralph Graber Gerald Hesse and Roger Allen spoke on Rotary history ideals and founder Paul Harris. Harris born in Racine Wis Princeton Iowa and Chicago notes.
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Gerald Hesse
Roger Allen
Lawrence
Rotary Club
Rotary
Graber
Chicago
Paul H. Harris
Paul Harris
Hesse
Harris
Racine
Wis
Princeton
University of Iowa
Iowa
Allen
Education Club Elects KU Student Leaders
Cheryl Brock, a senior from Wichita, was chosen president of the newly formed Education Club at KU. Martha Poor, a junior from Seneca, Missouri, was elected vice president. Ruby Schaulis from Clay Center is secretary, and Melba Austin from Topeka is treasurer. Advisors are Dr. Charles E. Johnson and Dr. Alvin Schild.
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Cheryl Brock
Wichita
Martha Poor
Seneca, Mo
Ruby Schaulis
Clay—Center
Melba Austin
Fom Topeka
Charles E. Johnson
Alvin Schild
College student numbers rise to five million by 1975
A single estimate projects about five million American college students in 1975, compared with roughly twenty million in 1953. The report notes llamas are used as beasts of burden at high altitudes.
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America
Donnelly brothers join Cardinals farm system
Ed Donnelly, pitcher, returns from service and will pitch for the Cardinals Piedmont League affiliate in Lynchburg Virginia. Dick Donnelly signs his first contract with the St. Louis organization as catcher.
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Dick Donnelly
Disneyland Tops 1954 TV and radio award list
Los Angeles based National Association for Better Radio and Television names Disneyland and Man's Right to Knowledge as top TV and radio programs of 1954. Awards cover education information, children, drama, comedy, news, and public service with winners from CBS ABC NBC and NBC Cbs.
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NBC
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Hall of Fame
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Jack Benny
Edward R. Murrow
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Dinah Shore
Voice of Firestone
Invitation To Learning
Carnival of Books
National Farm and Home Hour
MBS
Mary Margaret McBride
Man Shoots Wife and Children Then Kills Himself
In Wheat Ridge Colorado a 29 year old man Mitchell J Berkeley shot and killed his estranged wife Yvonne and two children Lindsey Ann and Tommy 11 months at their home last night before firing a final shot at himself when police arrived. Police say Berkeley a Navy veteran under psychiatric care called to see the children and entered the bedroom where the victims were found. He died at the scene and the family was pronounced dead.
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Wheat Ridge
Mitchell J. Berkeley
Enlow
Berkeley
Yvonne Berkeley
Lindsey Ann
Tommy
Schlumberger Award At K U Goes To A Wichita Student
Robert C. Foster Jr. of Wichita, a KU mechanical engineering senior, receives the $500 Schlumberger Collegiate Award. The Schlumberger Foundation also donates $500 annually to the university for school welfare. Selection is competitive, based on high academics and earning 12 electrical study credits.
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Robert C. Foster Jr
Wichita
Kansas University
Schlumberger
Schlumberger Foundation
Houston
Tex
Schlumberger Weil Surveying Corp
Pierre Schlumberger
Weather For Other Areas Report Mixed Precipitation
The Associated Press notes scattered wet spots with lingering light snow flurries in sections of the Great Lakes and northern Appalachians. Western Washington and northern Florida saw rain, while the Central Rockies stayed unusually cold around ten degrees above freezing. Readings near the Canadian border and across northern New England, the Great Lakes, and the upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys remained in the teens.
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Florida
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Appalachians
Rockies
Canadian
New England
Mississippi
Missouri
Verburg Named Associate Professor at Peabody College
Dr Wallace A Verburg education professor from Kansas University will become associate professor in the division of human development and guidance at George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville Tennessee effective at the end of spring term. He earned a PhD from Iowa University and an EdD from Columbia University and has served as an educational consultant at Elmhurst Nursery School for mentally retarded children at KU Medical Center and worked with the Boys Industrial School staff in Topeka.
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Wallace A. Verburg
Kansas University
George Peabody College For Teachers
Nashville
K. U. Medical Center
Kansas City
Boys Industrial School
Topeka
Guidance services for exceptional children in public schools
Fragmentary text indicates guidance services for exceptional children were being organized across multiple cities public schools. The item mentions establishment efforts and coordination among districts, signaling program expansion or planning stages within education departments.
Pirates Name Lengthy Home Schedule Through July Twenty Fourth
Pirates fans will see 60 of 77 home games completed by July 24 with a sparse September slate of just four home games. The note outlines a condensed early season and late reduction in home dates.
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Pirates
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