North California Storm Leaves Multiple Dead and Evacuations
A brutal storm hammered Northern California with winds rain and snow killing at least three people and displacing about 1000 residents. The Eel River Canyon area near Eureka suffered the worst flooding with six to seven feet of water threatening lumber towns.
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San Francisco
California
Sierra Nevada
Squaw Valley
Here
Eel River Canyon
Eureka
Weatt, Pepperwood
Myers Flat
Rockies
Plateau
Demos Say Group Won't Be Pledged To Major Choice
Kansas Democratic officials expect the state's delegation to the national convention to vote under the unit rule and not pledge to a single major candidate. Governor Docking remains a favorite son, with Kennedy and Symington as possible second choices in districts.
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Demos
Topeka
Kansas
Frank Theis
George Docking
John Kennedy
Massachusetts
Docking
Kennedy
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Ruby Harris
Wichita
Memorial Hospital Dismissals and Births Record
Dismissals list includes Mrs Ethel Brown and baby boy in Tonganoxie and James Patterson Jr in Barker Court among others. Births note a daughter Monday to Mr and Mrs Charles Mulally of 2019 Miller Drive.
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Ethel Brown
Tonganoxie
James Patterson Jr
Barker Ct
Ronald Lefholz
Naismith
Evelyn Herr‘strom
Ronald Colson
Route 2
James Johnson Jr
Baldwin
Carolyn Jones
Perry
Sue Ann Nichols
Carol Sue Whitney
Stouffer Place
Overland Park
Patricia Hardister
Johnson
Teresa Schwartz
Laura
Maxine Howe
Virgil Alburty
Mass
Barbara Morton
E. Glenn
Rosella Beers
Summit
Helen Snider
Edward Wellhausen
Charles Mulally
Miller
Deaths-Funerals Clinton W Sams and George Ruberson
Clinton W Sams 79 of El Cajon California died October 26 1959 in El Cajon where he had lived since 1951 formerly Lawrence resident moved from Lawrence after 37 years survived by his wife Acacia Lodge No 9. George Ruberson 59 died Monday in Pueblo Colorado funeral and burial planned in Pueblo survivors include Emma widow Bryan Ruberson four sisters and one brother.
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Clinton W. Sams
el Cajon
Calif
Lawrence
Acacia Lodge No. 9
George Ruberson
Leonard Levens
Learnard Sr
Pueblo
Colo
Emma
Bryan Ruberson
Levens
Lloyd Stephens
Denver
Floyd Foster
Craig
Goldie Martinson
Phoenix
Jack Ruberson
Suspect Sought In KU Loan Case
Newton student David J. Draper was told he owed a $100 loan at Kansas University's Endowment Association but he did not borrow it. The KU lending was done by a man using Draper or his ID. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation joined the case and a suspect with a warrant is pursued for forgery.
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David J. Draper
Newton Sophmore
Kansas University
University
Endowment Association
Draper
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Herbert Weatherby
Aids and Awards
State Game License Fee Raised to Three Dollars
TOPEKA AP A bill increasing hunting and fishing license fees from $2 to $3 was signed into law by Gov. George Docking. He also approved two Forestry Fish and Game Commission appropriations with a reservation urging no extra funds for Neosho Waterfowl Refuge until feasibility is proven. Docking stated radios and other needs justify the two way radio project for game protector cars.
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Topeka
George Docking
Docking
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Neosho
The
Fish & Game Commission
Douglas County State Lake project gains momentum
Local sportsmen groups and civic leaders from Lawrence and Baldwin backed a proposed Douglas County State Lake. The Wauka-Tally Association steered the site to Vinland Baldwin, with Commission support from Amer and backing from State Sen. Don Hults and Reps. Odd Williams and George Peppercorn.
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Douglas County
Baldwin
Baldwin Lake
Wauka-Tally Association
Booth
Vinland-Baldwin
Lawrence
Amer
Fish & Game Commission
Don Hults
Odd Williams
George Peppercorn
Board to Set Date for School Bond Election Next Tuesday
Lawrence board of education plans a brief meeting to name the voting date for a spring school bond election with a proposed limit of 722 000 and a target of 700 000. The plan includes additions to Lawrence High and new facilities across several schools.
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Board of Education
State School Fund Commission
Topeka
Lawrence High
Woodlawn
North Lawrence
Lawrence
Schwegler
Central Junior High
Robertson and Ericson
New West Junior High
Ernst and Son Hardware
County Clerks School Opens at Kansas University
The eleventh annual County Clerks School began at KU with Perry L. Owsley leading a session on the Board of Tax Appeals program. Speakers include Dr. Eben P. Alfen on County Court House Feuds and John Conard on The Legislator and the Public.
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Kansas University
Kansas Union
Perry L. Owsley
Board of Tax Appeals
Eben P. Alfen
KU Governmental Research Center
John Conard
Greensburg
Maxine Abbott
Iola
Allen County
Linn Peterson
McPherson
Harry Myers
Topeka
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Albert Martin
League of Kansas Municipalities
James W. Drury
D. E. Mathia
Douglas County
Paul R. Shanahan
Journalism Honor Roll at William Allen White School
Three juniors and four seniors earned places on the Dean's Honor Roll at the William Allen White Journalism School of Kansas University. The students are the top 10 percent by semester grade averages, ranging from 2.33 to 2.80. Seniors listed include Martha Crosier, Jack G. Harrison, Joanne M. Novak, and John L. Patten. Juniors named are William D. Goodwin, Carl John Peterson, and Alan W. Wuthnow.
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William Allen White
Kansas University
Martha Crosier
Jack G. Harrison
Hays
Joanne M. Novak
Minneapolis
Minn
John
Fireworks Plant Hit by Blasts in Maryland
A series of explosions struck the Havre de Grace Fire Works Co plant near Havre de Grace Maryland. The operation spans about 10 acres with 18 small frame buildings and area fire crews battled the fires and blasts. No immediate cause was found.
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Havre DE Grace, Md
Havre de Grace Fireworks Co
Chesapeake Bay
Lawrence PTA backs bond issue for school expansion
Lawrence Council of Parents and Teachers votes unanimously to support a $957,500 school bond package comprising $700,000 bond plus $257,500 from a city levy. Projects cover storage, Edgewood Park six room school, Schwegler upgrade, Woodlawn wing remodel, Central Junior High and Lawrence Senior High expansions, and site purchases.
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Lawrence Council of Parents and Teachers
Board of Education
Lawrence
William D. Wolfe
Edgewood Park
Schwegler
Woodlawn School
Woodlawn-Lincoln
Lincoln
Central Junior High
Lawrence Senior High School
Council
Winifred Gallup
Donald Welling
Council Juvenile Protection
Optimists Hear Debate at KU Holiday Inn
Members of the Breakfast Optimist Club heard a short debate this morning illustrating decision processes. The resolution argued that Congress should have power to reverse Supreme Court decisions. Harry Craig upheld the affirmative and Warren Wandling the negative, both Kansas University students. The program was presented by Joe Rhea, KU speech instructor.
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Optimist Club
Holiday Inn
Congress
Harry Craig
Warren Wandling
Kansas University
Joe Rhea
Payola probe cites two Cleveland DJs paid for plays
In a House Oversight hearing affidavit, disc jockeys Finan and Hopkins were alleged to be paid $50 weekly per RCA records played. Finan denied the arrangement while RCA Victor distributor Myron Byrnesong named him. An earlier Boston charity party case tied Epic Records to a record promotion scheme.
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Washington
House
Cleveland
House Legislative Oversight Committee
Robert Lishman
Joseph Finan
Finan
Myron O. Burneson
Mainline Cleveland
RCA Victor Records
Wesley Jopkins
KYW
Burneson
Allen Clark
RCA Victor
Hopkins
RCA Records
Epic Records
Lanin
Boyd aims to rebuild a united Republican Party in Kansas
Boyd vows a militant, rational, campaign in plain language to press progress and efficiency in state government. He targets a quarrelsome Democrat minority and says he recognizes no age or faction in the GOP with past fights over, and he has made no commitments or relies on ballot success.
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Republican Party
Boyd
Kansas
Chinese Observe New Year At Party in Kansas Union
The Kansas University Chinese Club held a late New Year celebration in the Community Building with 35 members and about 140 attendees from Topeka Leavenworth Kansas City and Wichita. The seven course menu featured Chinese dishes shipped from San Francisco followed by games dance and skits. An immigration officer said she will arrange a repeat performance at the Nelson Art Gallery in Kansas City likely in late March.
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Kansas Union
Kansas University
Phillip Quo
Topeka
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Wichita
Nelson Art Gallery
Quo
Probe in Way State Bills Handling Sparks Investigation
In Topeka the Republican led Senate urged the Legislative Council to probe how bills are processed after a printing error delayed a GOP funded university building bill. Gov. Docking, a Democrat, weighs whether to veto or sign as the House and Senate clash over procedure and timing.
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Topeka
Senate
Legislative Council
University of Kansas
Kansas State
Ft. Hays
House
Jess Taylor
George Docking
Docking
Lillie Washabaugh
Paul Wunsch
Kingman
Kansas
Lawrence High School English Head Writes Education Journal Article
Wesley Keltcher, head of the Lawrence High School English Department, authored a February article for the Journal of the National Education Association titled Student Writing With a Purpose. The piece explains his approach to giving individual attention within large classes.
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Wesley Keltcher
Lawrence High School
Journal
National Education Association
Sugar control act cited as expiring this year
The sugar control act ends this year and aims to stabilize prices and supplies through import and domestic marketing quotas. The piece notes Eisenhower’s budget proposal to raise interest charges to rural power and telephone borrowers via the Rural Electrification Administration.
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Eisenhower
Rural Electrification Administration
Civic Affairs Dinner Panel Explores Urban Renewal in Lawrence
The Lawrence League of Women Voters plans a 6:30 p.m. dinner on February 24 in the Crystal Room at Hotel Eldridge. Mayor Weatherwax will moderate a post dinner discussion with E R Zook Gere Haley Franze Gourley and Sidney Alexander. Reservations with Mrs C C Ragan or Mrs Charles Springer.
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Lawrence League of Women Voters
Crystal Room
Eldridge
Paul Howard
Raymond Cerf
Lawrence
John Weatherwax
E. R. Zook
Chamber of Commerce
Gere Haley
Lawrence Planning Commission
Franze Gourley
Redevelopment and Housing Authority of Columbia
Sidney Alexander
Wichita
Eskridge Resigns Post At Bowling Alley Here
Former Kansas University basketball assistant coach Jack Eskridge resigns as manager of the Hillcrest Bowling Alley effective immediately. He has accepted a position with Modern Chemical of Dallas and will assume duties Monday.
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Kansas University
Jack Eskridge
Hillcrest
Eskridge
Modern Chemical
Dallas
Tex
Card of Thanks to Fairview Mothers Club
The Koehler family thanks the Fairview Mothers Club for gifts and entertainment at their farewell party.
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Fairview Mothers Club
Lena Koehler
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