Donated Vault Used for Youngster's Burial in New Orleans
In New Orleans a one year old boy, Dewayne Farmer, was buried today in a vault donated by J. Culligan after his death possibly from poison in garbage. Coroner Dr. Nicholas Chetta noted metallic poison evidence in the child.
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New Orleans
Dewayne Farmer
XX. J. Culligan
Farmer
Culligan
Nicholas J. Chetta
Orleans Parish
Marshall Farmer
Dewayne
Lawrence
Wiliam Baughman Jr
Lawrence Women Observe 69th World Day of Prayer
Mary Larson led the Business and Professional Women's Club service with assistants. Elma St John led the Danforth Chapel service with Jo Ann Boswell and Patricia Ellis. Robert Schaaf was organist. A noon service at First Baptist Chapel followed, led by Mrs. Wilbur Pine with helpers. The observance marks the 69th year of the worldwide event.
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Mary Larson
Business and Professional Women’s Club
George Adams
Paul Rankin
Danforth
Elma St. John
Jo Ann Boswell
Kansas City
Patricia Ellis
Latvia
Robert Schaaf
Herington
First Baptist Church
Wilbur Pine
Council of Church Women
Paul Turner
Frank Jennings
Draft orders free fathers and older men from service
President Eisenhower moves to shield fathers and men over 26 from the draft with new guidelines. An estimated 1.347 million registrants aged 19 to 25 remain, and officials expect about 200,000 calls in the coming months, with February and March projected at 16,000 and 16,000 respectively.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Jective Service
Alls
Ottawa Man Elected to Kansas Dairy Association Post
A Ottawa man is elected to a Kansas dairy association leadership role succeeding Guy. Wichita officers named include vice president Dee Sammons and second vice president Vv. Lawrence. Secretary Floyd Leyb and Ila Watson of Wichita are listed as directors.
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Kansas Dalryen
Assa
Guy
Wichita
Vez
Gardner
Dee Sammons
Con
Vv.Lawrence
Floyd Leyb
Ila
Watson
Direc
Sweetwater reader notes fragile phonograph items in a special music library
A reader from Sweetwater asks to handle rare items with care after noting high value and fragility. The message mentions a remarkable record library with titles like Bela Sings the Blues and Basil Rathbone Sings Rock, reflecting interest in collectors items and archival music.
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Steve Linn
Sweetwater
Texas
Steve
Bela i
Pinky Lee
Basil Rathbone
Charlie Chan
Cole Porter
Margaret Tru
Gas Bill Veto Sparks Senate Debate and Oxford Scholar Visit
President Eisenhower vetoed the natural gas bill triggering Senate debate on political implications for a possible second term. Senator Neuberger publicized the veto early, while Ellender and Aiken clashed over its impact on policy. A Humanities Series lecture by Oxford's Dr. Ernest L. Stahl at Kansas University will cover Schiller and music and poetry.
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Eisenhower
Oxford
Senate
Washington
Sen. Nuberger
D-Ore
Associated Press
Neuberger
United States
Amer
Ican
Sen
Ellender
D-La
White House
Aiken
R-Vi
Hennings
D-Mo
Senate Democratic’ Policy Committee
Oxford University
England
P. m
Fraser Theater
Kansas University
Ernest L. Stahl
Christ Church At
Stahl
Schiller
Birmingham University
Cornell University
Foreign Office
Tanganyika
East Africa
City Plans Aging to City Umit and 16 Projects
The city outlines 16 planned street improvements for summer, with resolutions approved but contracts not yet signed. Projects span Twentieth Street Michigan to Alabama, Twenty-First Terrace Ousdahl to extra city limits, and multiple blocks on Maine Missouri Arkansas Eighteenth Yale Crestline Terrace Prairie Third and Ohio Streets. Five more proposals await City Commission approval on streets including Pennsylvania Delaware Twentieth Terrace and Montana Street in Park Hill Addition.
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Umit
Lawrence High School
Twentieth Street
Michigan
Alabama
Twentieth Terrace
Mitchell Tolabama Alamaba Street
Twenty-First Terrace
Ousdahl Nextra
Ousdahl Road
Missouri Street
Maine
Pennsylvania Street
Brookdale Addition No
Delaware Street
Brookdale
Lon
Ousdahl To
Lifton
Ohio Street
Montana Street
Park Hillddition
Dr P N Stevens Dies After Long Career Here
Dr Percy N Stevens aged 323 Ill St died just before noon at Lawrence Hospital where he had been a patient since Wednesday night. He had practiced dentistry in Lawrence for many years and formerly practiced in Oklahoma. No funeral plans were set pending word from relatives in other states. He is survived by his wife Kathryne Wilson Stevens of the home.
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Percy N. Stevens
Lawrence Hospital
Stevens
Lawrence
Oklahoma
Kathryne Wilson Stevens
About 650 Pupils to Try For Leading K U Grants
About 650 Kansas high school students will take preliminary examinations Monday for Summer field and Elizabeth M Watkins scholarships at Kansas University. The tests will be at six centers in Salina Chanute Lawrence Wichita Dodge City and Colby with final exams March 19 and 20 in Lawrence. The Locomotive Finished Materials Company Atchison funds a four year renewable scholarship of 500 dollars for qualified students including Mary Margaret Berry Bendena and Jack Falconer Joseph Filbert Atchison.
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Kansas High School
Summerfield
Elizabeth M. Watkins
Kansas University
Salina
Chanute
Lawrence
Wichita
Dodge City
Colby
Locomotive Finished Materials Company, Atchison
Mary Margaret Berry
Bendena
Jack Falconer
Joseph Filbert
Atchison
Company
Formosa Premier calls islands invincible amid defense praise
Premier O Yui told the legislative Yuan that Formosa defense is invincible and warned that inaction by the free world against Soviet Russia and the Chinese Reds could enable a surprise attack on the United States. Narce chapter to meet at Chamber of Commerce rooms at 2 p.m. Saturday. QC Davis chairs.
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Taipe
Formosa
O. K. Yui
Legislative Yuan
Free World
Russia
United States
NARCE
National Association of Retired Civil Employes
Chamber of Commerce
T. Davis
Golden Hawks to Face Topeka Fire Department Tonight
The Green Gijles Golden Hawks will play the Topeka Fire Department in a basketball game at six oclock tonight at the Lawrence Community Building.
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HAWKS
Topeka FD
Gijles Golden Hawks
Topeka Fire Department
Lawrence
Local dealers weigh cooperative car wash plan
Local auto dealers show strong interest in a cooperative central car wash as proposed by a Journal-World editorial. Tom Parker of Parker Buick plans to raise the idea at the Lawrence auto sellers meeting, with Morgan of Morgan-Mack Ford also expressing cautious support for a service that keeps cars clean and customers satisfied.
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Journal-World
Tom Parker
Parker Buick Co
Lawrence Auto Sealers
Parker
J-W
L. E. Morgan
Morgan-Mack Ford Co
Morgan
KU Graduate Writes 100 Years of Homes for Homemaking Magazine
Ernest Pickering, KU 1919 graduate and Cincinnati University dean since 1946, penned the article 100 Years of Homes for Living for Young Homemakers. The piece ties Street & Smith’s centennial to the publisher’s 100-year milestone and notes Pickering’s early Journal-World circulation work and architectural studies. He mentions limited recent travel to Maine and Europe and celebrates his first grandchild with wife Mrs Pickering.
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Ernest Pickering
K.U
Living For
Street & Smith
Pickering
Journal-World
Iindy University
College of Applied Arts
Cincinnati University
Lawrence
Maine
Europe
Army Wives Prepare for Naturalization Classes
About 70 foreign born wives of U S military personnel in Junction City will join spring naturalization courses run by the Kansas University Bureau of Correspondence Study. Classes start March 1 and meet twice weekly to cover government citizenship and American customs for the exam.
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Wiven
U.S
Junction City
Kansas ‘University Bureau of Correspondence
Misa Ruth Kenney
Hearings Set on Theft for Two Kansas City Men
Preliminary hearings for two Kansas City men charged with grand larceny are set for February 28 in County Court. Dewitt T. Bolton bond was set at $5,000 and Clarence Edward Johnson at $3,000. Both men are held after a Wednesday afternoon arrest in connection with the theft of two cameras from Hixon Studio on Maas Street. Floyd Landreth, formerly with the City Street Department, has been named as a driver for Kan ah he will drive.
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Kansas
Dewitt T. Bolton
Pond
Clarence
Edward Johnson
Hixon
Maas, St
K. U. Patr
Floyd Landreth
Kanah
Landreth
City’Street Department
Dave Farrier
Lawrence Paper Co
FPC Endorses Price Control Bill Amid Gas Price Debate
Republicans and Democrats clash over a bill patterned on a year old cabinet committee's fuels report. FPC chairman Jerome Klykendal states long term costs to consumers may not fall under regulation. Opponents warn of a 600 to 900 million dollar annual rise in gas bills and an 18 billion windfall to large oil holders from reserve value gains.
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Rep
Harris
Sen
Fulbright
President
Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence Area
George Clifton Rhine 73 of 546 Locust St died after a few hours illness at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Survived by five daughters, three sons, three sisters, a brother, 20 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday Lamb Funeral Home Baldwin. Burial Oakwood Cemetery. Also notices for Mrs. muarea vean ssrattion 19 and Ward death in Olothe. Elsie Ann Hanson 74, mother of Prof. Loring Hanson, had lived in Lawrence and Olathe. Funeral services in Hamilton, Olath e.
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George C. Rhine
George Clifton Rhine
Locust St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Baldwin
Phyllis Reberchek
Kiowa
Colo
Katherine Snodgrass
Ottawa
Lilian Clemings
Kansas City
Helen Crawford
Alma Warnock
Wellsville
George Rhine
Rolland Rhine
Colorado Springs
Clyde Rhine
Lamb Funeral Home
D. D. Wagoner
Oakwood Cemetery
Muarea Vean
Mass
H. Reimers
Dallas
Tex
Manhattan
Dick Tanner
Raye. Bratton
Tanner
Reimers
Rumsey
Rev
J. Kenneth Huyck
Memorial Park Cemetery
Five-District Merger of Schools Rejected in Vote
A proposed merger of Brackett Barker Sigel and Kanwaka schools was defeated 4 to 1 Thursday night. One hundred eighty patrons voted at their schools though about 300 were eligible. Barker was the only district approving with 15 yes and 7 no. Brackett 15 yes 19 no. Number Six 10 yes 25 no. Sigel 14 yes 15 no. Kanwaka 21 yes 39 no.
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Brackett
Barker
Sigel
Kanwaka
Seven Year Drought Sparks Ottawa Lawrence OT Thriller
Ottawa center Fred Harder scored 42 points as Lawrence beat Ottawa 72-71 in overtime after a 70-70 regulation tie. The game featured high scoring, late drama, and controversial officiating as Hamm tipped in the winning bucket with two seconds left.
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Atilitles
Don Wrench
Steve Bly
Ottawa
Fred Harder
Lawrence
Lions
Abernathy
Hamm
Smith
Lindquist
Arnold
Memorial Hospital Births and Dismissals Report
Hospital list notes multiple births and dismissals including Bess Lathrom baby boy 1505 E 15th Street and Iris Morris baby boy 717 N 6th Street. Births announced for Yousst daughter and Beckloff son with dates noted. A divorce suit is filed in District Court by Esther Mae Sheppard against Stanley Leroy Sheppard.
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Velma Loney
Ottawa
Durian Ives
Sunnyside
Ethel Weldman
N. J. St
Edith Harris
Learnard Ave
Monica Schreiber
Ohio St
Bess Lathrom
E. 15Th St
Carone Hefner
Kansas City
Georgia Riley
Lin Jywood
Iris Morris
Vernon Yousst
McLouth
Gerald
Beckloff
Terr
LeRoy Hadl
St. Terr
Thursrday
Esther Mae Sheppard
Stanley Leroy Sheppard
Burst of Magnetic Sun Storms Seen by Harvard Observer
At Sacramento Peak Observatory New Mexico Harvard observer Howard D Mastus reported a surge of magnetic storms on the sun possibly the largest of the period. He said the outburst rivals the 1946 47 event and may relate to longer cycles of sunspot activity occurring about every 11 years.
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Sacramento Peak Observatory
N.M
Howard D’mastus
Harvard University
D'Mastus
Market Close Mixed With Hogs Lead Jump At Kansas City
Kansas City livestock led gains with hogs advancing 25 to 50 cents and top at 12.75 while cattle steadied. Wheat futures rose modestly with March at 2.1334 and May at 2.094, Cash grain shows mixed to firm tones across No. 2 hard wheat and corn varieties. Wall Street ended on a mixed note as natural gas veto hit gas-related issues. Du Pont gained, Panhandle Eastern slipped, volume about 2.3 million shares.
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Kansas City
USDA
U. S
K. Q. Cash Grain
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line
Lone Star Gas
Chicago Corp
Long - Bell Lumber
International Paper Co
du Pont
Open house invites Lawrence youths for National Guard enlistment
Lawrence residents hear about Operation 1 000 as 17 to 18 44 year old men join a state wide one day drive. Capt Karl Reber leads Co H 137th Inf inviting parents to learn what Guard offers. Douglas County National Farm Organization to hold 8 p m meeting at 4 H Fairgrounds East Nineteenth Street to elect officers and explain the chapter’s purpose.
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Lawrence
National Guard
Karl Reber
Co. H 137Th Inf
Pew
Reber
Douglas County
National Farm Organization
East Nineteenth Street
Drunk Driver Finney Sentenced In County Court
John V. Finney of Parkville Missouri received 30 days in jail and a $150 fine after pleading guilty to DUI and transporting an open bottle in County Court on Thursday.
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John V. Finney
Parkville
Use of Home Appliances To Be Topic on Campus
Julis Kiene of Mansfield Ohio will open the second annual Electrical Women's Round Table Workshop at Kansas University with the speech Live Electrically. About 100 attendees are expected for the session ending Saturday afternoon. Julia Springer of Kansas Power and Light aids as chairman with E R Zook of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce delivering greetings. The Kansas City chapter and University Extension sponsor the workshop, with Saturday featuring demonstrations and displays of new home electrical appliances.
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Julis Kiene
Mansfield
Ohio
Electrical Women's Round Table
Kansas University
Julia Springer
Kansas Power and Light Company
E. R. Zook
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Dr. John Ise May Return Here to Live Next Year
Former Kansas University economics professor Dr. John Ise, cited as a colorful figure in KU history, may retire from teaching next year to return to Lawrence and work on his books. He notes homesickness for Lawrence and prefers living in the West, though Baltimore remains pleasant as he is on leave from Goucher College. He retired last June upon reaching the mandatory retirement age.
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John Ise
Kansas University
Lawrence
Ranen N. Sinha
K.U
Ise
West
Goucher College
Baltimore
MIT Freshman Thomas L Clark Found Dead
Skin divers using underwater lights recovered the body of 18 year old Thomas L Clark of Harvey Newfoundland at Cambridge Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He had disappeared during a fraternity initiation a week earlier.
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Cambridge
Mass
Thomas L. Clark
Harvey, NL
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In Memoriam Donald Donnie Groning er
In loving memory of our son and brother Donald Donnie Groning er who left us six years ago today February 16 1950. God alone knows the heartache and sees the tears we miss him sadly by his family who remember him with grief and love.
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Donald Donnie Groninger
God
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DeSoto
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