Dater to Start Against Huskers Saturday Night
Garden City grad Eddie Dater will start at guard for Kansas against Nebraska on Saturday at 7 35 p m in Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas aims to rebound in the Big Seven after back to back losses while Dater seeks his first start following a 21 point game versus Missouri.
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Eddie Dater
Dallas Dobbs
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Nebraska
Allen
Dater
Jayhawkers
Missouri
Dobbs
Cater
M. U
John Keller
Joss
Bartlesville
Oklo
Iowa State
Ames
Armory
Allen Fieldhouse
Gehe Elston
Phog Allen
Ron Johnston
Lee Green
Billy Brainard
Elston
Dbbs
Jays
Lew Johnson
Maurice King
Johnston
John Parker
Blaine Hollinger
Jayhawk-Cornhusker
Allens
Tigers
Kansas State
Colorado
Iowa
KLWN Bowls Win 36-Unit Women's Tourney Title
The KLWN bowling team captured the 1956 City Women’s Tournament with 2 360 plus 448 for 2 808 total. Individual leaders included Virginia Stancliff 603, Jean Barlow 524, Sally Stevenson 589, Marjorie Tucker 532, and Mary Ann Stull 560. Auto Glass finished second with 2 759, Pladium Lanes third at 2 718, and Charlton’s Insurance fourth at 2 699. Marjorie Tucker earned three trophies including doubles with Jean Weekly, while Lois Pringle won singles with 629. The event marked the largest women’s tournament to date with 36 teams, 55 doubles, and 110 singles.
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KLWN
Virginia Stancliff
Jean Barlow
Sally Stevenson
Marjorie Tuckel
Mary Ann Stull
Auto Glass
Pladium
Charlton
Marjorie Tucker
Jean Weekly
Lois Pringle
Inez Skeet
LWBA
Florence Hunter
Dorothea James
Rita Schmidtberger
Vivienne Lawrence
Faye Olmsted
Jail Escapee Turns Up After Rain Soaks Him
A Wichita, Kansas fugitive escaped from Grove City jail and briefly held Lt. William Osborne at gunpoint before stealing a car. Nine hours later Stephen Rodgers, 34, turned himself in at the farm home of Car Gaskey ten miles north of Grove City after being soaked by rain and fog.
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Wichita
Kas
Stephen Rodgers
William Osborne
Osborne
Car Gaskey
Ay Grove City
Kansas Freshmen Contend For Starting Berths Next Year
Kansas University faces fierce competition as 1956 recruits and holdovers duel for starting spots. Ronnie Loneski and Wilt Chamberlain expected to start, with Lew Johnson at center and Maurice King or Gene Elstun likely in guard roles. Freshmen Bob Billings Jerry Johnson Monte Domson Dick Keith and others push for rotation, while baseball talent and transfer scrutiny loom over football and grid plans.
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Bill Brainard
Jim Taft
Kansas
Dallas Dobbs
Jayhawk
Ronnie Lonesk
Calumet City
Ill
Wilt
Chamberlain
Philadelphia
Ronnie
Husky
Bob Billings
Russell
Maurice King
Lee Green
Eddie ‘Dater
John Parker
Ron Johnston
Et al
Loneski
Lew Johnson
King
Gene Elstun
Elstun
Billings
Johnson
Brother
Jerry Johnson
Chinute
Monte Domson
Kansas City Wyandotte
Dick Keith
Blue Springs
Jerry
Monte
Keith
Lynn Kindred
Emporia
Gary Thompson
Wellington
Kindred
Lawrence High
Jerry Waugh
Thompson
Wichita A
Wes Santee Camne
Tong Tan
Iailer
Wes
Santee
Dan
Avery
Colorado U
C.U
Joe Connors
Marty Javernick
K.U
Fred Schneider
Pachin Vicens
Kansas State
Argentine Star Leads Kansas Class AA Scoring Race
Bob Castaneda of Argentine tops the Kansas Class AA high school scoring list with 32 points in 12 games and a 28.0 average. He is followed by Gary Baer of Salina and Virgil Brady of Independence among the top 10 scorers through Feb 7, with totals and averages listed for each player and school.
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Topeka
Bob Castaneda
Kansas
Castanedae Yeep
Dle Pont Penny
Ceaphad
Avisage
Tate Coffenville
Casta Hedis
Wyandotte
Rob Castaneda
Ane
Fort Foldington Colunbus
Nh Vt
Gary Baer
Salina
Virgil Ready
Independence
Andy Henderson
Sumner
Dennis Walker
Newtons
Ronnie Clarkson
Atchison
Alan Donaghue
Four GIs Plead Innocent in Jap Pinball Parlor Brawl
Four American soldiers pleaded innocent in a Japanese court to charges of staging a brawl at a Maebashi pinball parlor on September 4. The case challenges the legality of foreign courts trying U.S. service personnel and follows a February 3 U.S. Federal Court ruling upholding the U.S. Japan administrative agreement. Defendants include Cpl. Walter R. McKenzie of Detroit, Pvt. Kenneth J. Reynolds of McGehee Arkansas, Pvt. Alan May of Chicago, and Specialist 3.C. Jesse Nortyke of Minneapolis. The second trial session was scheduled for February 24 after defense attorneys refused to let a witness answer a judge’s question.
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Pfe
Kenneth
J. Reynolds
McGehee
Ark
Prf
Alan May
Chiago
Jesse Nortyke
Minneapolis
Kas
No Motive Found In St. Louis Murders
A 71 year old detective killed three family members and wounded another in St. Louis as police noted no clear motive after reviewing a list of 91 possible fly-friend tips. The victims include Cpl Lester Steckhaus, his wife, and his mother-in-law. The elderly shooter Henry Steckhaus was ill and later died.
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Sud
Henry Sieckhaus
Lester Steckhaus
Marie
Ametlin Steckhaus
Steckhaus
City Hospital
Mary Dreher
Lester Sieckhaus
Sieckhaus
Dreher
Sydney Bechet Rocks Toulouse Audience With Dixieland Jazz
Bechet’s clarinet electrified about 1 200 teenagers in Toulouse last night as he performed Dixieland standards for over % minutes. The crowd demanded encores, stamped, whistled, then tore posters when he did not return. Police arrived as fans swarmed the theater, and security cooled the hall as the venue emptied.
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Franre
Sydney
Bechet
New Orleans
Fay
Native Daughter and Son banquet and Kansas Day club visit
Mrs. Fred Thompson attended the annual Native Daughter and Son banquet in Topeka and joined the Woman's Kansas Day Club sessions as a house guest of Mrs. Marguerite McCoy. Homemakers club met with Mrs. Martha Norman for a Thursday afternoon program centered on piecing quilt blocks.
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Topeka
Kansas Day Club
Mar-guerite McCoy
Martha Norman
Homemakers Club
Minnie Wagoner
Leona
Henry Streatpor
Misa
Betty Jo Miller
Ar Baker U
Roscoe Miller
Charles
Colonial Club
Helen Clark
Mayme Brown
Blanche Stevens
Thomas Nichols
Kansas
Annie
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