Allies and Russians Resume Atom Talks in Geneva
In Geneva the United States Soviet Union and Britain renew negotiations on a nuclear test ban amid urgency after a US threat to resume tests at any time. Talks began Oct 31 1958 with a three week Christmas recess and resumed amid scientific dispute over underground test policing.
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Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
U.S
Eisenhower
James B. Fisk
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Evgenyi Fedorov
Board proposes Topeka school bond plan with expansions
The Topeka board plans a bond issue to fund new classrooms laboratories and grounds work at Central Junior High and other sites. Estimated total about 456600 with CJHS renovations around 45000 and site acquisition 32400. A 5 pm meeting next Monday will set final amounts and the plan moves toward possible Supreme Court review of district indebtedness.
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Ericson
Charles Marshall
Topeka
Marshall
Central Junior High School
CJHS
William D. Wolfe
Olin Petefish
India
Petefish
Supreme Court
Woodlawn
Centennial
Lawrence High
Woodlawn-Lincoln
Local Burglaries Reported and School Building Costs Listed
Police report a burglary at George Quier residence 1950 Barker Ave. between 6 and 11 30 p m Tuesday items valued at 132 dollars stolen include clothing jewelry a camera and a suitcase entry gained by breaking a glass pane from the front door family was away at a movie Also listed are approximate school building costs totaling 944 000 with a bond issue need noted.
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George Quier
Barker Ave
Tony
Twelve named to Social Service League board
Twelve persons were elected to the 1960 Board of Directors of the Social Service League at the organization’s monthly meeting Monday night. New board members include Walt Weichman Dr. Forrest Brown Howard Wiseman O. P. Barker Maurice Clarkson I. W. Hartley Mrs. Paul Roofe Mrs. F. J. Bayles Mrs. L. E. Rice Mrs. J. R. Cole Mrs. Gladys Johns and Mabel J. Richardson. No further business was taken up. next meeting set for February 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Social Service League
Walt Weichman
Forrest Brown
Howard Wiseman
0. P. Barker
Maurice Clarkson
I. W. Hartley
Paul Roofe
F. J. Bayles
L. E. Rice
J. R. Cole
Gladys Johns
Mabel J. Richardson
Reuter organ official speaks at Breakfast Optimist Club
Homer Frank, special representative and consultant for Reuter Organ Co., described instrument construction and displayed real pipes at a 7:15 a.m. Holiday Inn Breakfast Optimist Club meeting. He also gave a brief history of the company and showed instrument slides.
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Homer Frank
Reuter Organ Co
Optimist Club
Holiday Inn
Frank
Reuter Company
Mrs. Laura Bishop 83 Dies. Rites Saturday in Rumsey Funeral Home
Laura Elizabeth Bishop 83 of 2233 Ohio Street died Monday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She and husband Bert E. Bishop would have marked 64th wedding anniversary next March 14. Funeral services 1 30 p m Saturday at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev. Harold Hamilton officiating. Burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include husband, daughter Bonnie Stauffer three sons Melvin Howard and How ard Bishop, seven grandchildren six great grandchildren two brothers W J Leckron E F Leckton two sisters Edith Schiller Dora Rice.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Loyal Daughters Club
Royal Neighbors Lodge
Rumsey Funeral Home
Harold Hamilton
Oak Hill Cemetery
Bert E. Bishop
Bonnie Stauffer
Route 5
Melvin P. Bishop
Prairie Village
Howard L. Bishop
Lee's Summit
W. J. Leckron
Horton
E. F. Leckton
Abilene
Edith Schiller
Placerville
Calif
Dora Rice
Salisbury
N.C
Kilworth House Bequeathed to Local Church in Kilworth Will
Laura Kilworth widow of John L. Kilworth dies at 89 in Lawrence. Her will leaves the residence at 1233 Mass St to the First Presbyterian Church along with 5,000 dollars. The will also provides 5,000 dollars to the Kansas University Endowment Association, 3,000 to the scholarship fund and 2,000 to the Kappa Kappa Gamma loan fund. Kilworth was KU art graduate and longtime church hospitality chair.
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Laura Kilworth
Mass St.atong
First Presbyterian Church
Kansas University Endowment Association
Kilworth
John L. Kilworth
Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Thirteenth Street
Kappa Kappa Gamma
The
Presbyterian Church
Hoefer in Fairly Good Condition After Illness
George H. Hoefer a local accountant of 301 West 23rd Street was listed in fairly good condition today at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was taken there Monday afternoon after becoming ill at a restaurant around 12 30 p m The doctor declined to specify the illness but a possible heart attack was reported.
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George H. Hoefer
W. 23Rd St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Eight face assault and battery charges in county court
Eight persons, seven from Ottawa and one from Lawrence, face separate assault and battery complaints in County Court for beating and robbing Spencer V. Johnson, 28, outside the Golden Arrow Cafe. Five remain in Douglas County jail, three in Ottawa jail with rape charges. preliminary hearings set this week and juvenile proceedings for one reported 15 years old. Johnson escaped after being beaten and robbed, calling police from a farm house nearby.
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Lawrence
Ottaw
Spencer V. Johnson
Dove County
Ottawa
Willis Moten
Ark
St. George Moten
Lewis Edwards
Michael E. Edwards
A. B. Cooper Jr
Ronald Small
Alfred Cooper
Douglas County
Dale Chappell
Spencer
Golden Arrow
9Th St
Chappell
Howver
Prank Dangles Effigy At KU Over College Bowl Critique
A campus prank at Kansas University left an effigy of a football player hanging from a tree in front of Watson Library around 7:30 a.m. The taunting sign read College Bowl Team. Lt. Jack Evans is recovering from back surgery at KU Medical Center and expected to return home soon.
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Kansas University
Watson Library
Jack Evans
Lawrence Police Department
Kansas University Medical Center
Evans
The
Medical Center
Castro Comment Silence Follows U S Cuba Note
The Cuban leader Castro gave no immediate comment on the new U S note about Cuba. It is the third such note to Cuba in seven months. The document was prepared in Washington during talks from which Bonsal returned Sunday.
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U.S
Cuba
Washington
Bonsal
First Baptist Church Sets Annual Meeting
The First Baptist Church at 801 Ky. t. hosts its annual business meeting at 7 30 p m on Wednesday with a covered dish supper at 6 30. Thomas H Lovell the newly elected 1960 moderator will preside as officers board chairmen and organization leaders present annual reports and the proposed 1960 budget is considered. Other 1960 officers include Don Workman Verlin Gilbert Harold Dotson R Q Brewster Arthur Dowgan and Azel Turner.
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First Baptist Church
Ky. §T
Thomas H. Lovell
Don Workman
Verlin Gilbert
Harold Dotson
R. Q
Governor proposes budget cuts for state universities
Governor Docking endorsed operating budgets totaling 50.2 million for fiscal 1961 covering Regents' schools. He trimmed several building requests, added a new School for the Blind project, and approved 600,920 for capital improvements. The plan keeps a five-year building program with limited expansion across KU, K State, Emporia, Pittsburg, Fort Hays, and special schools.
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Regents
Board of Regents
School For the Blind
University of Kansas
Kansas State
Kansas
Docking
School For the Deaf
General Fund
Fort Hays State College
Kansas State University
Emporia State Teachers College
Tarpy Files For Douglas County Sheriff Nomination
A L Scoop Tarpy Sr 50 a Douglas County resident filed as a Democrat for sheriff becoming the first party member to announce. He is the only candidate to file and pay fees ahead of the Aug 2 primary, with two Republican rivals Ben Bowen and P W Jones. Tarpy born in Clinton raised in Lawrence lives at 1038 Pa St and works for the city. He previously worked at the Lawrence Paper Mill and hauled coal.
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A. L
Scoop) Tarpy Sr
Douglas County
Tarpy
Ben Bowen
Denuty P. W. Jones
Clinton
Lawrence
St. Tarpy
PTA Seeks Emergency State Aid to Lawrence Schools
Shoddypeka lawmakers back a plan during budget sessions to obtain emergency state aid from surplus funds. Council president Joy Browne cites a coalition with the Kansas School Boards Association and the Kansas State Teachers Association urging an emergency $25 per child, totaling about $150,000 for Lawrence to cover current operating expenses. Two new committees are named: State Convention Breakfast Decorations led by Louise Woods and Council School of Instruction chaired by Frank Hoecker.
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Peka
Council
Joy Browne
PTA
Kansas School Boards Association
Kansas State Teachers Association
Lawrence
Winchester Accident Claims Life In Kansas Crash
In Winchester Kansas a Sunday two car collision on K192 killed 72 year old Caroline J. Beying of Winchester. Her husband Eugene Beying was injured in the wreck authorities reported.
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Winchester
Kas
Caroline J. Beying
Eugene
Card of Thanks for Mildred Diedrich and Family
The Diedrich family expresses gratitude to relatives and friends for flowers food and help following the loss of husband and father Mildred Diedrich.
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Mildred Diedrich
Obituary notices list names and addresses from Memorial Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Rabinovitz at 825 Greever Terrace welcomed a son today. Other listings include numerous residents and institutions such as Memorial Hospital, Haskell Institute, and addresses across Salina Williamstown Richland and Eudora. The notice records births in the local area with multiple family names and confirms a baby boy.
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Billy G. Runnels
Prospect
George Hoefer
23Rd
Gerald Miner
Naismith
Ruth Steinmetz
Williamstown
Thelma Russell
N.J
Salina Jim
Haskell Institute
Aubrey Fishburn
Geneva Brizendine
Harriett Faith
Ohio
Peter Jacobs
Bob Bowen
Richland
Nancy J. Burcham
Stratford Rd
Grover Johnson
Eudora
Shirley Rabinovitz
Greever Terr
Marl Nehrbass
Clara Standing
Learnard
Margaret Rogers
Alice Wray
Baldwin
Egon Felthuhn
W. 14Th
Aaron Rabinovitz
Greever
Tax Cut and State Revenue Distribution Plan
The article discusses the division of 1214 million in sales tax revenue to cities and counties, delays by the 1958 Legislature, and a 1.2 percent proposed budget reduction for 1961. It notes that a quarter of the total budget is federal aid and that highway funding is a major factor behind the cut, with possible federal aid decreases shaping the figures.
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Docking
Docking Seeks 18.7 Million for Kansas State Hospitals
Governor Docking asks the legislature to appropriate 18.7 million dollars for state hospitals and the Division of Institutional Management in the next fiscal year. The request shows cuts from the agencies but remains above the current year’s funding. major reductions hit the new Kansas Neurological Institute at Topeka.
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Topeka
George Docking
Kansas Neurological Institute
Docking
State Finance Council
Rock Chalk Revue Skits Feature KU Sororities and Fraternities
Ten KU houses compete in the annual Rock Chalk Revue March 18–19 with five coed skits. Five pairing selections include Delta Gamma with Alpha Tau Omega and Chi Omega with Delta Upsilon. Judges include Dr. William Conboy, Dr. Alan Crafton, and Harold Harvey.
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Kansas University
Delta Gamma
Alpha Tau Omega
Chi Omega
Delta Upsilon
Kappa Alpha Theta
Beta Theta Pi
Pi Beta Phi
Phi Gamma Delta
Delta Delta Delta
Sigma Nu
William Conboy
Alan Crafton
Harold Harvey
Centron Motion Picture Company
Roger Stanton
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Marysville
Beverley Baird
Greenwood
Topeka
Richard Dowell
Hillcrest
Bartlesville
Philip Harris
Columbus
Thomas M. Stephens
Weir
Sally Brown
Wichita
Linda Baker
Education
Kansas City
Mary McKnight
Alma
Carlton Syler
Hutchinson
Edward King
Wednesday Meeting for Local Farmers Co op
The sixth annual meeting and officer election of the local Farmers Cooperative Association will run 10 30 a m to 3 p m Wednesday in Building 2 at the 4 H Fairgrounds. The event is open to 550 members plus patrons with Hal Charles of the Consumers Cooperative Association of Kansas City MO delivering a speech. Members will receive earnings, said Larry Lefholz the local plant manager.
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Farmers Cooperative Association
Go Op
Hal Charles
Field Organization
Consumers Cooperative Association of
Kansas City
Larry Lefholz
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