Wichita Drug Smuggling Case Ties to Reno County Slaying
In Kansas, authorities link Wichita resident Pres nF McBride to a drug-smuggling network and the slaying of Hutchinson taxi driver John C. Watkins. McBride admits killing Watkins in a rental car near Partridge, claiming motive related to drug gangs and pay owed for taking the rap on an embezzlement case. Federal agents are taking over the drug angle as Reno and Sedgwick County officials discuss payments and profits from illicit morphine shipments. The report also notes a Plymouth Congregational church sermonette by Haywood Davis and his role as youth director and K U student.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
McBride
Johnie Frank
Bob Gray
Reno
John C. Watkins
Hutchinson
Watkins
Partridge
Mexico
Sedgwick
State Industrial Reformatory
Reformatory
Frank
Gray
Kansas City
Plymouth Congregational Church
Haywood Davis
Davis
K. U
Southwest High School
Woody
Donald Davis
K. A
Plymouth
Penjoy High
Church School Teachers and Religious Education Board
Market News and Tragic Find At Local Scene
A market page fragment reports nervous trading with prices down and a body found near a pontoon area. Funeral arrangements are announced for a worker at a glass company, with services set at Rumsey funeral home and burial at Oak Hill cemetery. Survivors include parents, three sisters, two brothers, and grandparents.
Monumental Kansan: K A U alum and city planner's legacy
K U alumnus and builder Nichols rose from college club networks to lead major Midwest memorial efforts. Phi Beta Kappa graduate, he formed the Kansas University Endowment Association and directed ties between university research and the Midwest Research Foundation in Kansas City. He aided World War I and II memorials and promoted a thriving regional economy until his death.
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University Alumni Association
Research
Mid-West
Uuniversity Research
Midwest Research Foundation
Kansas City
Market report notes dull demand and mixed shipments
The dispatch cites a stagnant market with several names like Union Pacific and Northern Pacific among carriers and producers as trading slows. Six people were injured in a Wichita taxi crash late yesterday, including three Catholic nuns from Salina. Sister Austin, 51, and Sister Agatha, 34, face serious injuries with possible pelvic and collarbone fractures.
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Wichita
Salina
Austin
Agatha
Local crash leaves Sister Collette with injuries
A Wichita man and two others escaped with minor injuries after a collision. Sister Collette, 63, suffered internal injuries along with bruises and scratches, while the other occupant sustained minor bruises.
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Collette
Wichita
Lawrence Observes Mary Jones Visit. Illnesses Hit Attendance
Mrs Mary Jones a Bonner Springs second grade teacher is observing in Lawrence elementary schools today. An epidemic of colds and flu reduced attendance at Liberty Memorial High School with 86 absent yesterday and 97 out this morning. Older students are affected more while junior high and elementary schools report normal attendance.
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Mary Jones
Bonner Springs
Lawrence
Liberty Memorial High School
Non-Violence Talk Connects Gandhi to Civil Rights
Bayard Rustin spoke to about 200 at Plymouth Church on Non-Violent Techniques in Socialized Racial Tensions. Austin urged equal opportunities for Negroes and hinted civil rights legislation would shift political power, linking it to U S foreign policy. Curtis and K A sang, with Meribah Moore accompanying.
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Bayard Rustin
Institute of International Relations
American Friend’s Service Committee
Brotherhood
Lawrence League
Plymouth Congregational Church
Austin
Gandhi
India
Government House
New Delhi
Nehru
South
Truman
Congress
State Department
Austinson
Penny Addresses High-Twelve on Government Spending
M N Penny Lawrence contractor and ready mixed concrete heater spoke at the noon High-Twelve Club meeting urging close supervision of tax dollar spending. A district court divorce granted Sadie E Knight from Lewis E Knight with restoration of her maiden name Sadie E Searls.
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M. N. Penny
Lawrence
High-Twelve Club
Sadie E. Knight
Lewis E. Knight
Knight
Sadie E. Searls
Births and listings at Memorial Hospital and area homes
Memorial Hospital hosts a birth report noting two sons for Mr and Mrs David Vequist of Sunflower and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Edward Alexander of 840 Maine Street. Also listed are births for Francis Denton and others, plus a dance event at Eagles Lodge No.1 for members only from 9 to 22.00.
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David Vequist
Sunflower
Edward Alexander
Maine Street
Missouri Stree
Francis Denton
SS ’Eagies Lodge
Geo
Purdue
Wor
Ady
Dow Plant Blast Kills Eight in Midland
Investigators probe ruins of Dow Chemical Co plant after a blast killed eight workers and left twenty six injured. The explosion at the 414 building caused losses over a half million dollars as responders ferried injured to ambulances and private cars. Relevant victims include Edward Clevenger 42 and H S Hawkins 31 and six Midland men.
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Midland
Mich
Dow Chemical Co
Sista
Dow
Atex
Edward B. Clevenger
Shepherd
H. S. Hawkins
Gladwin
R. A. Missila
George Rig
David Brubaker
Miller
Floyd Schreiber
Merle Maybee
Michigan
Indians Put on War Dance for Co op Club
Five Oklahoma Indian students from Haskell entertained the Lawrence Cooperative Civic club at the Hotel Eldridge in native dress. Dancers included Hugh Booth Comanche Sol Birdshead Arapaho and Frank Brave with drummers Wilson Moore Pawnee and Tom Stevens Kickapoo. Guests Oley Stinson and Edward Penchard, Sr. heard a talk on four years in Salt River Valley Arizona.
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Eldridge
Haskell
Lawrence Cooperative Civic Club
Gordon Wiseman
Wilson Moore
Pawnee
Tom Stevens
Hugh Booth
Commanche
Sol Birdshead
Frank Brave
Osage
Oley Stinson
Edwar Penchard, Sr
Salt River Valley
Arizona
Talks Planned On Hoover Report By Lawrence Jaycees
Two Jaycees John Cheney and Milton Allen scheduled to address Soroptimist and Lion clubs next Monday about the Hoover commission economy proposals. A panel of six Jaycees will give talks with about 15 more appearances planned. A marriage license was issued to Ervie L. McBride and Ethel B. Pelham, both of Olathe.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence Civic Club
Hoover Commission
Jaycees
Hoover Committee
John Cheney
Milton Allen
Cheney
Soroptomist Club
Allen the Lion’s Club
Probate Court
Ervie L. McBride
Ethel B. Pelham
Olathe
Deaths and Funerals Include Richard R. Jones and Frederick L. Hartman
Richard R. Jones, 87, died at home with service by Rumsey Funeral Home on Monday at 3 p.m. Burial at Hubbel Hill cemetery Tonga noxie. Surviving include a son, three sisters and six grandchildren. Frederick L. Hartman, 77, died Thursday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage. Born in Wisconsin, he moved to Falls City Neb, Yarm northeast of Lawrence then to Lawrence. Surviving are four daughters, two sons, nine grandchildren and three sisters. Funeral services for Hartman are Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church at 1:30 p.m. with Rev. R. W. Albert.
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Richard R. Jones
Eli Jones
North Third Street
Rumsey Funeral Home
H. M. Sippel
Hubbel Hill Cemetery
Tonga
Noxie
Florence Helier
South Gate
Calif
Anna
Fearing
Myrtle Wilson
Lawrence
William B Jones
Sladington
Frederick L. Hartman
Lincoln Street
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Ford du Lac
Wis
Falls City
Neb
Leopold Hartman
Yarm
Albert Hayden
Carol Miller
Ralph Miner
Yoma
Ariz
Paul Hammond
Oklahoma City
Okla
Edwin H. Hartman
New York City
Elmer F. Hartman
August Zimmerman
Fillmore
Albert Kuhlman
Will. Tar Zimmerman
Pearl City
Trinity ‘Lutheran Church
R. W. Albert
Change in lawyers for Coplon spy trial in New York
Judith Coplon changed her lawyer today during the spy conspiracy trial before Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan. Three attorneys Sidney B. Berman Samuel Neuberger and Leonard Boudin were appointed to defend her, replacing Archibald Palmer as ex government girl’s counsel. Coplon and Soviet engineer Valentin Ritchey have been on trial since January 24 charged with conspiring to pass U S defense secrets to the Russians. Ritchey remains with Abraham J. Pomierantz.
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New York
Judith Coplan
Lin
Sylvester J. Ryan
Archibald Palmer
Sidney B. Berman
Samuel Neuberger
Leonyard Boudin
Miss Coplon
Valentin Ritchey
U. S
Gubitchey
Abraham J. Pomierantz
Gator and Sugar Bowl Money to Big 7 Moguls
The Big Seven conference received its share of bowl receipts. Reaves Peters, executive secretary, got 28 507.16 from Oklahoma as the conference’s portion of the Sugar Bowl. Missouri’s 5 000 check was on hand from the Gator Bowl. Rules require 5 000 from bowls 50 000 or less. otherwise a sliding percentage applies up to 20 percent for higher receipts.
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Kansas City
Big Seven
Reaves Peters
University of Oklahoma
Sooners
Pete's
University of Missouri
Tigers
Florida Church Bans 40 Methodist Publications
Hyde Park Methodist Church in Tampa Florida banned forty official church publications criticizing race treatment. The stewards voted to inform other Methodist churches of the action. The church with 1610 members bars publications from kindergarten to the Advocate. The ban targets Adult Student and High Road among others.
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Tampa
Fla
Hyde Park
General Board of Education
Mrs Ford in Bally Detroit Reports Slight Improvement
The condition of Mrs Clara Bryant Ford widow of Henry Ford aged 83 at Henry Ford hospital was reported slightly improved today after earlier serious illness. Her physician noted the slight improvement and indicated continued treatment for a heart condition.
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Detroit
Clara Bryant Ford
Henry Ford
Ford
Henry Ford Hospital
Move Into New Baker University Alpha Chi Omega House
Alpha Chi Omega sorority at Baker University Baldwin moved into a new two story colonial style chapter house today. Cost about 60,000 dollars and built by the sorority alumnae association led by Mrs. Thomas Neal of Kansas City. Fifty to eighty girls, led by housemother Shirley Justice, will reside in the semi fireproof building replacing the fire destroyed structure of March 2, 1949.
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Alpha Chi Omega Sorority
Baker University
Baldwin
Thomas Neal
Kansas City
Sire
Shirley Justice
C. O. Kimball
H. K. Ebright
Senior Recital by Gregory Simms Baritone
Gregory Simms a Newton born baritone from Reinhold Schmidt studio presents a senior recital Monday at 8 in Strong auditorium with Frank White on piano. He studied under Professor Wilkins then Schmidt this year. The program spans Italian early music Rachmaninoff Quilter Carpenter Giordano Chenier and lieder by Greig Brahms Strauss with spirituals.
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Gregory Simms
Reinhold Schmidt
Frank White
the Pine Arts School
Simms
Joseph Wilkins
Italy
Schmidt
Newton
K.U. Men’s Glee Club
Wichita Banker Harlan Herrick Dies at 59
Wichita banker and Republican leader Harlan Herrick died here last night at age 59. He was a well known investment banker and a delegate at large from the fourth congressional district to the Republican national convention in 1948.
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Wichita
Harlan Herrick
Passed at Wrong Time Plea in county court on traffic charge
John M. Criss pleaded guilty in a county court yesterday to a traffic charge of passing without sufficient clearance. He was fined five dollars and costs by Judge Frank Gr.
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John M. Criss
Frank Gr
Local Markets Today and Kansas City Produce Prices
Kansas City market notes dated February 11 report corn at 1.14 and oats at 0.80 with extensive commodity listings in butter poultry and live livestock. Prices cover butter Grade A, poultry cuts, various farm and commercial broiler weights, lambs, hogs, goats, and sheep with receipts and futures activity noted.
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Kansas City
Commercial Springs
Ibs
Leghorn Sprinke
Gommercal Broilers
Leghorn Oroilere
Youn
Capona
Escape ends as Kansas prison convict recaptured near truck
Kansas City reports that Robert McGuire, serving 1 to 30 years for car theft, escaped from Lansing prison and rode 30 miles in a truck before being stopped by patrol officers at a dock. McGuire surrendered when faced with a shotgun and riot gun.
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Kansas City
Kansas State
Robert McGuire
Lansing
Warren Robert Hudspeth
Nntentiary
McGuire
Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co
W. E F. Cole
Cole
New Implements Open House At Wilson Company
The Wilson Company at 401 North Second Street yesterday hosted farmers from the Lawrence trade territory to inspect latest Minneapolis Moline farm equipment. A lunch was served at noon and the three hour free show at the Community building drew over 1,200 attendees with KMBC radio entertainers and a dancing recital by Orva Dedson students.
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Wilson Implement Company
North Second Street
Lawrence
KMBC
Kansas City
Orva Dedson
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Wilson
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R. Albert
Oak Hill Cemetery
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Sacramento
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Camp Carson
Colo
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John Clark
Taylor Gron+inger
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Phiten
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Montcomery Ward
Boue'ne Mirerafi
American Smelting
Altted Chemical
General Hlecitic
Minneanolis-Honeywel
Comtal Airliv Unite Ern Ain
Mierefal
Air Lines
Eavein
Bragilan Traction
Consolidated Mining
Glet Alden
Kaiser-Frazer
Oklahoma Natural Car
Rotary Electric Steel
Salt Dome
Habsock and Wilcox
Cital Service
Sos Zine
Pletstarch Metallurgical
Standart Power and Light
Canadian Macaroni
Sentinel Hadi
Fazeltine
Chas Rae
At&t
Erric
J. Steet Tuy
Devorce
Memorial Hospital
Sylvis Bird
Silva Gentry
McLouth
Hulda Delph
Ohio Street
Jean Harris
Learnart Avenue
Mary Seiwald
Louisiana Street
Gladys Forney
Marcene Longanecker
Betty Brune
Roget 3
Lavina Hattimer
Oskaloosa
Mary Ann Bogle
Robert Simpson
Billy O'Mel
Vermont Street
Dorothy Brown
Delaware Street
Robert Dean Moore
Ves Bhy
Jaycee
Florida
Mrs. Ford
Bally
Haritone
The
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Temperature Equipt. CO
Eudora 212
Mantas City Livestock
CSDAI
Ted Belfera
Ateady
USDA
Ie City
API
Chiemgn
Wilson Company
Bugs & the Pipe Shop
Dura-Clean
Landrith
Lawre Cen Buporay Cay
Masa
T. Murl Beal Accounting and Tax Service
New Lawrence National Bank
Om South Sige
Big
Fraternal Order OF Eagles
AERIE
General Plumbing
Weinsto
Santie Tanke
Sta
Walt
Jerome Plano CO
I Pianos
Autherteed Kimball Dreler
East Lawrence
Douglas County
Building & Loan Assn
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