Sachem Elects Five K U Seniors to Fraternity
Five KU seniors L Sebasta of Brookville James M Stewart of Wichita Robert B Stewart of Kansas City Edward C House of Fort Worth and Wilbur D Goodseal of Chanute were elected to Sachem an honorary fraternity for senior men Seventeen students were elected in spring 1952 The fraternity founded in 1910 joined Omicron Delta Kappa in 1947
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K. U
Sachem
L. Sebasta
Brookville
James M. Stewart
Wichita
Robert B. Stewart
Kansas City
Edward C. House
Fort Worth
Tex
Wilbur D. Goodseal
Chanute
Omicron Delta Kappa
Allies Press Air Strikes Over Korea Rail Hub
Fifth Air Force says 24 MIGs engaged six Sabres in heavy dogfights as Allied bombers attacked Sinanju and supply routes near Pyongyang. Royal Australian and U S forces hit a road bridge south of Pyongyang and cratered a rail line. Winter temperatures plunged to nine below zero on the central front.
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Seoul
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Korea
Sinanju
Royal Australian Meteor
Pyongyang
Redan
Mercury
Solar research aims to harness sun power for food and fuels
Washington reports the National Science Foundation’s second annual plan to study using sunlight to produce protein from microscopic plants and to create fuels storing solar energy. The objective is to augment limited uranium and conventional fuels, with coordination efforts across federal agencies.
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Washington
National Science Foundation
Foundation
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Excite M Young Gardner
Funeral services for Mrs Excite M Young 54 of Gardner who died Wednesday from injuries in a car truck collision in Wyandotte County will be at 2 p m Saturday at Gardner Presbyterian Church. She was born in Lawrence and lived in Gardner 26 years widow of Adrian Young. They ran a Gardner hardware store and she is survived by daughter Barbara Page Edgerton brother Ben Hulett Merriam and two grandchildren.
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Lucifle M. Young
Excite M. Young
Gardner
Wyandotte County
Gardner Presbyterian Church
Barbara Page
Edgerton
Kansas Nurses Train Kansas Doctors in Vail Course
The University of Kansas partners with Topeka’s Vail Hospital to train doctors in modern diagnostic and treatment methods using radioactivity. Sessions run January through June with multiple two day meetings led by KU radio physicist Dr. Frank E. Hoecker and assistant Paul Wilkinson, expanding access beyond coastal centers.
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University of Kansas
Topeka
Vail Hospital
Vail
Kansas
Frank E. Hoecker
K. U
Paul Wilkinson
Page elected chair of 1954 Sanitary Engineering Conference
Richard T. Page, assistant professor of civil engineering at the University of Kansas, was elected chair of preparations for the 1954 Sanitary Engineering Conference at KU. About 80 people attended the third annual event. Don Pierce, KU sports publicity director, was hospitalized with virus pneumonia and ordered to rest. Charles Clarence Harold Anderson of Kansas City was found guilty in county court on the second count and fined on costs.
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University of Kansas
Richard T. Page
K. U
Don Pierce
Pierce
Charles Clarence Harold Anderson
Kansas City
Short to Rescue Washington Defense Backed by Rep Short
A Republican congressman backed President Truman’s defense of military leaders amid charges of waste and mismanagement. Truman said critics weaken public confidence in the armed forces, and Rep Short agreed while outgoing chairmen Bonner and Herbert defended Truman’s blessing of their probes.
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Washington
Truman
Capitol Hill
Rep
Short
R-Mo
House Armed Services Committee
Bonner
Herbert
Quick signs and campus socks in postwar Lawrence
Lawrence items report Dr John Newfield showing a humorous sign in his KU office. KU women once wore campus socks after WWII, a fashion revived on cold days. IRS opens Saturday hours, aiding tax forms, and a squirrel causes damage at 2234 N H St before being shot by police.
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K. U
Harry T. Craig
N. H. St
Craig
Local Mercury at Lowest Since Si
Extreme cold left automobiles stiff and batteries weak across the area. Plumbers tracked frozen water pipes as northern winds continued. Skaters hoped ponds would freeze while farmers faced stockwater shortages due to shallow ice and frozen pipes.
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Hopefol
Potter Lake
Kansas Press Assn Officers Named At State Meeting
About 369 of Kansas 371 weekly and daily newspapers belong to the Kansas Press Association. Leonard McCalla retiring president announced the figures and the Press Service reported an auxiliary gross of 190000 dollars. Harry Valentine was elected president. Wharton Hoch became vice president. Henry B. Jameson treasurer. EPA officials and Kansas Press Women also announced officers and directors including Marie MacDonald president and Helen Anthony first vice president.
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Wichita
Kansas
Kansas Press Assosiation
Association of Publishers and Editors
Leonard McCalla
Garnett Anderson Countian
Kansas Press Service Auxiliary
Harry Valentine
Clay Center Dispatch
Wharton Hoch
The
Marion Record - Review
Henry B. Jameson
Abi- Hene Reflector-Chronicle
Kansas Press
Marie MacDonald
KFBI
Helen Anthony
Topeka
Mary Turkington
Ray Benford
St. John
Erman Lou Jacobsen
Anthony
EPA
Byron E. Gulse
Marysville Advocate
Kevm Powers
Thayer News
Jameson
E Clasen
Florence Bulletin
Sam Shade
Kiowa News
Powers
Shade
Kansas Press Service
McCalla
W. A. Blair
Oswego Independent
la Miller
Divorce Suit Filed In District Court Meis V Meis
A divorce action was filed Thursday in District Court by Ruth A Meis against Albert M Meis. The notice lists multiple individuals as residents or related parties in various Kansas cities and towns, including Memorial Hospital and several addresses, with no further details on the proceedings.
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T. L. Burns
Lyons St
George Linden
del Soto
Robert Ligrett
Elm St
Ruth A. Meis
Albert M. Meis
Two Lawrence Residents Recall Inauguration Visits
Lawrence residents recount attending earlier inaugurals in Washington. Alex Jordan, Carlisle School alumnus, marched in 1917 and later saw Wilson at Hog Island shipyards in 1918. Paul Friend, Staunton militia member, joined the parade but was briefly redirected toward Mexico before returning home. Both men later settled in Lawrence and aided Red Cross drives.
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Lawrence
Carlisle Indian School
Pennsylvania
Alex Jordan
Mass. St
Company A
Pennsylvania Ave
Woodrow Wilson
Jordan
Wilson
Hog Island
Carlisle
Haskell Institute
Miller Brothers
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Paul Friend
Learnard Ave
Staunton
National Guard
Eeend
Virginia Militia
Mexico
Friend
Washington
New York
Virginia
Television and amplified sound aid remote medical teaching
Doctors in distant communities could observe the latest medical techniques via a live televised demonstration at University Hospital. About 60 physicians could watch simultaneously as amplified sound let them hear a heart beat from the farthest corner, eliminating crowding and the need for stethoscopes.
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Baltimore
University Hospital
Exp!rt
K U Language Teacher Receives Cuban Invitation
Richard M. Mikulski of the University of Kansas romance languages has been invited by Cuba to an international literary congress in Havana. The event marks Jose Marti centenary celebrations and covers topics on Marti and Americanism and Marti's political ideas. Mikulski earned an M A from Columbia and wrote about Marti in Yankeeland.
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Richard M. Mikulski
University of Kansas
Republic of Cuba
Havana
Jose Marti
Marti
Cuba
Spain
E.U
Mikulski
K.U
Columbia University
Martin
Queen's College
Flushing
N. Y
Columbia In
Tot crashes car in Detroit front room incident
In Detroit a 2 year old Anthony Widby reached the car starter while the family car was in gear and it sped across the street, jumped a curb, and lodged halfway into a neighbor’s front bedroom. The child escaped with a small head bandage, having survived similar mishaps before.
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Detroit
Mommy
Anthony Widby
Anthony
Show Boat Aids Fight Manila
The Philippine armed forces launch a "showboat" in an 1880 Mississippi River style to cruise the coastline and Manila Bay areas. The entertainers aim to sell the armed forces and government to bay town residents, a frequent Reds gathering point.
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Manila
Manila Bay
Pi ‘Am
Ramon Magsaysay
Bankmobile A Success In Montpelier Vermont
Montpelier National Bank introduces a bankmobile to offer on site banking for outlying communities. Traveling attendants credit customers on the spot and mail deposits to the home office. The service aims to spark interest in savings among school children and adults through cross pollination with kale and other vegetables.
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Montpelier
Montpelier National Bank
Purge Rumblings Reach East German Foreign Minister
East Berlin reports George Dertinger arrested on high treason charges as a Western spy. Western radio later cites the arrest of Max Keilson, head of the Soviet department, and Keilson's wife. Dertinger, a CDU founder, was a noted non Communist collaborator in the Soviet zone amid the purge tied to Slansky’s Prague convictions.
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Berlin
East Germany
Red
George Dertinger
East Berlin
Max Keilson
Dertinger
Kielson
Soviet Zone
Christian Democratic Union
Red Socialist Unity Party
Keilson
Socialist Unity Party
East Zone
Prague
Rudolf Slansky
Dertin-ger
Red Army
German Democratic Republic
Anton Ackermann
Moscow
College Capers Jam lights up Southwest campus airwaves
Houston disc jockey Chuck Ferguson, a 24 year old ex Marine and University of Houston student, hosts College Capers Jam after a successful start at the University of Georgia. He offers campus news on Southwest conference schools along with recorded music while pursuing radio and chemical engineering studies.
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Houston
Texan
Chuck Ferguson
Southwest College
Chuck
University of Georgia
University of Houston
Markets At a Glance Bends as Hogs Jump to 19.50
A terse market summary notes bonds easy and cotton down as liquidation persists. Corn recovers slightly while oats follow corn. hogs rise strongly by about 25 cents to a top of 19.50. Cattle hold steady to weak with KC Produce reporting eggs at 60 percent and 44 cents per dozen.
Farm official attacks extension budget in Kansas
MANHATTAN The Kansas Farm Bureau president criticized Gov. Arn cutting Kansas State College extension funds. The school sought 1,002,398 for two years, but the budget trimmed to 100,000. The 1951 Legislature had appropriated 653,624. Herman A. Praeger urged restraint yet warned against drastic cuts harming extension work. Four miners buried alive in Malaya after a cliff landslide trapped an engine shed. one escaped with minor injuries.
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Manhattan
Kansas Farm Bureau
Arn
Kansas State College
Farm Bureau
Herman A. Praeger
Claflin
Ipoh
Malaya
Sunflower couple granted marriage license in probate court
Wayne A. Irwin aged 24 and Patsy A. Hurst aged 18, both of Sunflower, were issued a marriage license Thursday in Probate Court.
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Wayne A. Irwin
Patsy A. Hurst
Sunflower
Cattle and grain markets mixed with Wall Street drop
Cattle receipts light with limited test of classes offered. Pr sures for calves hogs and lambs noted with ranges for weights and cuts. KC cash grain shows mixed wheat corn oats with futures steady to up. Wall Street records a sharp decline driven by broad selloff with railroads steels and motors hit hardest. Card of thanks honors family and flowers after illness and death of Lydia Hammig.
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K. C. Cash Grain
Kansas City
Lydia Hammig
E. E. Warren
Dorothy Cronemeyer
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