Osa Johnson Dies At 58 A World Traveler And Lecturer
Explorer and author Osa Johnson died Wednesday likely of a heart attack. Born Osa Leighty in Chanute Kansas she married Martin Johnson at 16 and traveled through the South Seas and Africa filming wildlife. She later married Clark Gotts and was divorced in Chicago in 1949. Survived by her mother Ruby Isabelly of Chanute her burial will be in Chanute beside her husband after Presbyterian services here Friday night.
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Osa Johnson
Martin Johnson
South Seas
Africa
Osa Helen Leighty
Cha« Nute
Kas
Johnson
California
Clark Gotts
Chicago
Ruby Isabelly
Chanute
Sire
Three youths arraigned in Great Bend and Russell
Three youths waived preliminary hearings on burglary and robbery charges in Great Bend and Russell. Charles Aldrich 18 was arraigned here, Steven Price 18 and Gary Shewhart Jr 18 were arraigned in Russell. Kansas investigators link eight Hoisington youths to a spree from March to December 1951. Two others, Joseph Underwood and Franklin Harrison 18, are held in Miami in a fatal shooting case.
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Great Bend
Russell
Charles Eldon Aldrich
Steven Wayne Price
Gary Bean Shewhart, Jr
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Kansas
Hoisington
Joseph D. Underwood
Franklin Harrison
Miami
Fla
Dons Sefrano
Quint and Mullis Cases Return to Russell in Colorado Transfer
Jack L. Quint, 15, remains under hourt jurisdiction here as James Mullis is being returned to Russell from Colorado in a legal disposition affecting juvenile custody and transfer procedures.
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Jack L. Quint
James Mullis
Russell
Colorado
Kansas City Police Get Monthly Pay Boosts
Kansas City board approves $10 to $15 monthly pay increases for about 80 percent of police personnel. The hike is expected to total about $40,000 by the fiscal year end on April 30, with no longer term estimate provided.
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Kansas City
Board of Police Commissioners
Earthquakes Injure Eleven in San Jose Costa Rica
A sequence of damaging earthquakes in Costa Rica injures eleven people in San Jose. Thirteen others are reported hurt as authorities assess the latest tremor's impact and damage across the city.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Restless People Victimized by Mass Entertainment Idea
HAL BOYLE argues modern abundance breeds boredom as people crowd to parties, TV, and movies yet feel restless. He says real entertainment should inspire, relax, and involve activity rather than spectator culture, urging self made fun and personal engagement to escape hollow amusement.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Kansas Engineer Granted Patent for Electric Current Control Device
Billy H. Hamilton of Augusta and a 1949 University of Kansas graduate, now with Bell Telephone Laboratory in New York City, has been granted a patent for a device that controls current from an alternating source. He earned a B A in electrical engineering, ranking 10th in a class of 412, and assigned the patent rights to Bell.
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Billy H. Hamilton
Augusta
University of Kansas
Hamilton
Bell Telephone Laboratory
New York City
Vanderbilt Widow Dies in New York of Pneumonia
New York obituary notes Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt longtime society leader dies at Fifth Avenue home after long illness in her 80s She was widow of Brig Gen Cornelius Vanderbilt founder of a railroad empire The piece details her social prominence and family ties including lineage from Richard Thornton Wilson and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt The report also references a Kansas Farmers Union meeting set for January 12 as part of a separate note
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Newport
Fifth Avenue
Vanderbilt
Biscayne Bay
Fln
America
Grace Wilson
Richard Thornton Wilson
Nashville
Tenn
Confederate Army
Fother
Cornelius
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Lier
Alfred
Cornelius Rathen
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