Foreign Short Wave Radio Offers Cheap Global News Reach
Editor notes that short wave broadcasts from Rome Moscow Tokyo London and others provide English and local language programs with high power stations and affordable reception. SWL enthusiasts can build or buy receivers including surplus or kit sets. a good antenna and modest gear yield strong signals from 4.75 to 26.1 meters with 41 31 25 and 19 m bands most useful for ionospheric reception.
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Rome
Moscow
Tokyo
London
New York
Germany
Switzerland
Australia
United States
North America
Radio
Cuba
Havana
U.S.A
Ottawa Leap Year Gala Names Women to City Posts
In Ottawa Illinois on Leap Day the unmarried women will hold roles from mayor to police chief for a day to raise funds for a new mobile rescue unit. Miss Joyce Hayne heads the effort as junior women’s club president with events staged in a decorated city chamber court.
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Ottawa
Til
Illinois
Joyce Hayne
Accounting Department
Ottawa Silica Co
Ottawa Junior Women’s Club
Dorothy Bender
Nancy Hilton
Phil Bailey
Bailey
Fellows
State colleges show 6.4 percent rise in spring enrollment
Kansas state schools report 30 781 full time students this spring, up from 28 940 a year ago. The five Board of Regents institutions plus University of Wichita list enrollment by campus, with KU at 10 540 and Fort Hays at 3 350. Spring figures remain below fall totals but show better gains than last year.
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Topeka
Board of Regents
University of Kansas
Kansas State University
Kansas State College of Pittsburg
Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia
Fort Hays State College
University of Wichita
Votapek to Perform March 6 at Kansas University
Ralph Votapek, first prize winner of the Van Cliburn competition, will appear in concert at 8 20 p.m. March 6 in University Theatre Kansas University. The 28 year old has played Carnegie Hall and toured the Soviet Union and other nations. He plans two four hour practice sessions daily and favors a mix of classical romantic and modern works.
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Ralph Votapek
Fort Worth
Tex
University Theatre
Kansas University
Votapek
Carnegie Hall
Soviet Union
United States
Milwaukee
Wis
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Dave Fisher
Harper, Lawrence
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SWL
Lawrence
Abe Woodson
San Francisco 49Ers
van Cliburn
Carl Axline
Ark
Srey
the Friendly Store
Red Rider
Hiawatha
H.P
Sar Pan Mi Furniture & Appliances
Coronado TV
Armstrong
Ironer
Ash
Coronado
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