International Education Institute conference opens in New York
The Institute of International Education hosts a three day national conference in New York with a message from President Eisenhower praising student and professor exchanges as vital for true international partnership. The nonprofit agency founded 35 years ago promotes educational exchange programs and stronger ties with the free world.
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New York
Institute of International Education
Eisenhower
Direction Finder Needed Fast to Aid Lost Airmen
Two captains in a T33 jet trainer ran low on fuel when radio compass failed en route from Victorville to Olathe. Grandview AFB activated a new direction finder an hour early, locating the jet 50 miles north of Kansas City and guiding them to Olathe Naval Air Station.
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Kansas City
Grandview Air Force Base
Edward C. Schriner
William J. Sitman Jr
Langley Air Force Base
Victorville
Calif
Olathe
Kas
Naval Air Station
Roger S. Maier
Hampton
Grandview
Italian Princess and Prince Begin Madeira Honeymoon
Princess Maria Pia of Italy and Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia depart by air for a honeymoon in Funchal Madeira Islands following their February 12 wedding in Cascais Portugal. The couple’s marriage was recently celebrated in Cascais.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Maria Pia
Italy
Alexander
Yugoslavia
Funchal
Madeira Islands
Cascais
Weather For Other Areas
The Associated Press reports a cold blast and snow hitting storm battered areas of the north er Midwest and northern Rockies as arctic air from Canada moves into the Dakotas Minnesota and Iowa and heads east. Snow and strong winds threaten much of the region while most other parts see mild winter conditions with a few wet spots. The rain belt runs from southeast Alabama to western New England with a freezing line from the eastern Great Lakes through the Ohio Valley into central Oklahoma and New Mexico. Zero degree temps persist across the Northern Plains and northern Rockies. Orrantsburg records a low of minus 11.
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Rockies
Canada
Dakotas
Minnesota
Towa
Mississippi River Valley
Alabama
New England
Great Kes
Ohio Valley
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Plateau
Plains
Orrantsburgei
AFL CIO merger in Kansas reshapes state labor law
Kansas AFL and CIO leaders say a state merger would boost influence on legislation and reduce jurisdictional disputes. They estimate 200000 AFL and 40000 CIO members, about half of the organizable workforce, and foresee unions expanding in services clerical and professional fields. A state merger could occur about 18 months after national steps.
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Topeka
AFL
CIO
Kansas
Floyd Black
James Yount
Search to Continue For 2 Subs Sighted Tuesday
NEW YORK P The Eastern Sea Frontier Command will continue today to search for evidence of two submarines reportedly seen off the coast at Nags Head North Carolina. A spokesman said the search had so far found nothing and noted that shallow 50 foot depth along the shore makes submarine operation unlikely.
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New York
Eastern Sea Frontier Command
Nags Head
N.C
Coast Guard
Navy
Norfolk
Weeksville
Frontier Command
Gavilan Favored To Beat Constance In Miami Beach Bout
Gavilan a 2-1 favorite to defeat Hector Constance of Trinidad in a 10 round junior middleweight bout at Miami Beach. Gavilan aims for 152 pounds with Constance around 148. CBS airs at 9 p.m. as Gavilan seeks a comeback after losing the welterweight title to Johnny Saxton.
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Fla
Kid Gavilan
Hector Constance
Trinidad
Gavilan
Constance
CBS
Johnny Saxton
Philadelphia
Ernie Durando
New York
Lawrence Students Return From Combined Concert
Over 350 Lawrence School vocalists and Atchison performers returned Monday from a joint concert. Director R Wayne Nelson praised the trip as one of the finest and noted a special effort by all students. Soloists Will Owens Susan Woodruff and Barbara Richardson highlighted the program, with Caryl Dolan narrating Salute to America.
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R. Wayne Nelson
Lawrence School
Atchison
Lawrence
Will Owens
Susan Woodruff
Barbara Richardson
Caryl Dolan
America
Lawrence Hosts District FFA Contest Leads With Washington First
Washington won district FFA honors with the top score while Ottawa claimed second. Lawrence placed high but was ineligible to place due to being host. Senior Chuck Broadwell led Lawrence in single honors. Social notes recount Libby Elvig and others dancing Friday night and a slim party at Virginia Drake’s Saturday.
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Lawrence
Washington
Ottawa
Chuck Broadwell
Virginia Drake
Sally Mader
Linda Daniel
Ruthie Pippett
Joanne Peabody
Charlotte Bayne
British drive against Mau Mau on Mount Kenya slopes
Eight battalions of British and African troops aided by thousands of tribal police launched a full scale campaign against about 2000 Mau Mau guerrillas on the slopes of Mount Kenya, towering 17,000 feet.
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Natrobs
Kenya
Red and Black Revue planned for April shows
LHS students approved presenting the Red and Black Revue at planning stage with acts displaying senior talent. The event is scheduled for April 29 and 30. A tentative Junior Senior Play cast was named including Ray Nichols and Yvonne Richardson among others with C V Fishel as state manager.
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LHS
Ray Nichols
Alan Coombs
Yvonne Richardson
Carolyn Carter
Delores Skeet
John Prichard
Barbara Sample
Charles Malone
Kathy Morgans
C. V. Fishel
Thespian Club Initiates Highlight Student Talent
Sally Montgomery Chloe Ann Oh affer and Don Garrett were Initi ated into the Thespian Club with panto mime demonstrations including a sketch on girls preparing for a date. Elaine Kirby visits Arkansas for her grandmother illness. Nancy Jo-Smith shows a charm bracelet of London's sites, a gift from her brother Bob in England. Last Friday's assembly featured talent from classes with a sophomore girls ensemble and two boys on parallel bars. Will Owens impressed juniors with Ebb Tide.
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Sally Montgomery
Chloe Ann Ohaffer
Don Garrett
Thespian Club
London
Nancy Jo-Smith
Bob
England
Will Owens
Doctors Remove 414 Inch Thermometer From Patient
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania doctors operated on Lawrence Mylan a 66 year old retired coal miner for appendicitis and removed a massive thermometer measuring 414 inches Mylan claimed he swallowed it 23 years ago and it still works
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Waynesburg
Lawrence Mylan
Mylan
Piano Solo Caps Junior Recital Night
Sandra Harding opened with a piano solo, followed by Mike Baker performing his own arrangement of a piece initially written for orchestration. The program ended with a boys quartet drawing laughs and close harmony as spectators applauded. Congratulations to Gente Lea for first and Sally Schafer for second in the district art contest. Susie Anderson also recognized.
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Sandra Harding
Mike Baker
Gente Leasure
Sally Schafer
Susie Anderson
Burglars Foiled at Don's Service Station
Barbara Ragan and another resident aided by quick thinking and hesitating in catching burglars at Don's Service Station early Sunday morning. The help led to the suspects' capture by authorities.
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Barbara Ragan
Don's
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