First Career Choice Reflected in Sculptures
Harold Tarpley, a Penn State professor who helped develop the electronic computer, spends retirement pursuing wood carving. His works fuse global motifs from Asia Africa and Central America with salvaged wood and antique panels, reflecting a lifelong blend of science and art.
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Tarpley
Pennsylvania State University
Eudora
Penn State
Kansas Prairie
State College
IBM
Katmandu
Nepal
Africa
Central America
U.S. Navy
Harold Tarpley
Emancipation Proclamation Signed by Lincoln in 1863
Today in history notes key events on January 1 including Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, Rio de Janeiro's establishment in 1531, and the 1901 proclamation of Australia. The list also chronicles Paul Revere's birth in 1735 and other notable milestones across centuries.
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Abraham Lincoln
Rio de Janeiro
Paul Revere
Boston
Beatrice
Neb
Commonwealth of Australia
Kansan Helps On UN Study In East Africa
Frank C. Foley former director of the Kansas Geological Survey returned from a United Nations Development Program mission in Uganda and Sudan to aid water supply development and refugee settlement planning. He advised reactivating Uganda’s water resources division within a few years to guide the Survey.
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Kansan
East Africa
Frank C. Foley
Kansas Geological Survey
United Nations Development Program
Uganda
Foley
Water Resources Division
Uganda Geological Survey
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Hazel Tarpley
Ruth
Women’s Club of
The
University of Pennsylvania
Harvard University
Lancaster
China
St.Peter’s Basilica
Rome
Iroait
Associated Press
United Nations
Washington
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
U.S
U. S
Southeast Asia
Moon
Talley’s
23Rd St
America’s Larges Soler
Journal-World Photo
Eee
S.R
Yaeln
Suir
COOK
eUire
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Kansas
Whelan’s, Inc
Topeka
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