Rotary attendance expert Dr. Willard Garrett lauds
Dr. Willard Garrett professor emeritus of mathematics at Baker University spoke to the Baldwin Rotary Club on attendance. He has missed only two meetings in 20 years and has a perfect record since 1939. He travels with a Rotary director to attend meetings and explained club classifications and makeups. Garrett, Baldwin club attendance chairman, aims to lead district attendance and plans to attend Rotary International's 50th anniversary in Chicago.
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House Members Back Pay Hike Yet Skeptical Voices Rise
Members of the House weigh a 66 percent pay boost for themselves and federal judges as debate opens. Supporters foresee approval with votes likely under Senate scrutiny where a higher $22 500 figure is proposed. Some fear timing, urging action on workers’ raises first. a few suggest smaller increases.
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Eldridge Scholarships Established at Kansas University
The Seba and Kay Ruth Eldridge Scholarship in sociology at Kansas University was announced by Dr. Marston M. McCluggage during the Seba Eldridge Memorial Room dedication. The $150 annual award will aid outstanding sociology students and be funded by the late Dr and Mrs Eldridge's children, with Mrs Roderick MacKinnon, Mrs John G Staub, and Seba Eldridge Jr. named as contributors. Dr Eldridge taught at KU for over 30 years and authored a successful textbook while serving as an editor and consultant in social science education. Mrs Eldridge was active in civic work, especially the Tuberculosis and Health Association.
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Atomic Scientists Meet On Twice Delayed Tests
LAS VEGAS Nevada atomic scientists meet today to decide if they can initiate the twice delayed opening detonation of the new nuclear test code named Operation Teapou The initial shot was postponed due to shifting winds and radiation safety concerns from the Atomic Energy Commission Officials worried about high altitude winds up to 100 knots and fast currents threatening the southeast Nevada area near Lake Mead
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Thieves Do Double Duty At Dairy in Wellington
In Wellington a dairy near the police station was robbed twice overnight. First, Frank Wright found cash registers open at 9:30 PM after burglars entered through a window and stole $77. Later the same night, the robbers moved the safe, valued around $600, out through the same window and doorway. The incident followed a prior entry through the same window. A misspelled name appears as Veo Hendrick Baekeland in the report.
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Six Die in Basement Gasoline Blast After Child Tipping
In Pontiac area Highland Heights a 19 month old boy tipped a can of gasoline triggering an explosion that killed six people. Victims included Samuel Fowler 29 and his daughter Jeannie 5 months, Robert Zeller 28 and his wife Anita 22 with their two children Gloria Jean 7 months and Robert Jr. 19 months. The blast occurred as Fowler and Zeller were cleaning auto parts with gasoline in a three room home. Oxygen exhaustion caused the fatalities. flames briefly erupted but ceased quickly.
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Will Beck Named Pera Liaison in Kansas
Governor Fred Hall appoints Will Beck of Holton a former state senator as liaison officer between his office and the Legislature.
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