Reclamation Chief Sees 1962 Agriculture Balance
President of the National Reclamation Association warns Thursday that farm acreage in the United States is shrinking and a balance of agricultural supply and demand is expected by 1962. He notes water ownership debates and predicts industrial and production growth requiring more water, with member states including Louisiana Missouri Arkansas Texas Kansas Colorado Oklahoma and New Mexico.
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National Reclamation
United States
Guy C. Jackson J
Anahuat
Tex
Arkansas
Jackson
Congress
Wien
Association
Lowsiana
Missour
Texas
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
New Musico
First Christian Church Elects 1956 Officers and Board Members
The First Christian Church announces its 1956 leadership slate. Dwight Metzler is named general board chairman with a full roster of officers including Lisle Eby as vice chairman and Maurice Clarkson as secretary. Elders deacons and trustees span multiple long standing members and new appointees, with continuing officers and emeritus members noted.
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First Christian Church
Dwight Metzler
Stanley Penny
M. N. Penny
John Peters
Warren Mitchell
C. E. Birch
E. E. Rosser
John L. Harris
Roy Filkin
Lisse Eby
Russell Wiley
G. E. Manahan
Riley Burcham
Maurier Clarkson
John Long
Thomas Bechtold
James Belshe
Bart Campbell
John Chaney
A. A. Green
Merlin Hudson
Roy Parker
A. E. Stoner
Neil Larsenon Alderson
W. E. Burge
Charles Durr
Ralph Gelvin
R. B. Hutchinson
Harrison Marden
Oscar Olson
L. E. Risk
Charles Sc
Visiting Instructors Named for Languages In KU Spring
The Kansas University Germanic and Slavic Languages announces two visiting instructors for the spring term. Br. George Ivask will replace Werner Winter as visiting assistant professor of 19th and 20th century Russian literature. Birgitta Steene will replace Philip M. Mitchell as visiting associate professor of Scandinavian languages.
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Kansas University Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
Franklin D. Murphy
Br. George Ivask
Werner Winter
Texas University
Ivask
Harvard University
Moscow
Tartu University
Estonia
Hamburg University
Germany
Opgty
New York City
Birgitta Steene
Washington University
Phillip M. Mitchell
Mitchell
Wisconsin University
Miss Steene
Uppsala University
Sweden
Kiwanis Hears 1955 Fire Roundup in Lawrence
Fire Chief John Miller spoke to the Kiwanis Club on Lawrence fires in 1955. About one third of 35 calls were trash fires causing small damage and tying up equipment. He warned wasteful response times and cited electrical and other causes while urging monthly filter cleaning and no gasoline use at the fire HQ.
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Lawrence
Kiwanis Club
Miller
Ely
First Methodist Church
Lutherans to Install New Officers Sunday
Trinity Lutheran Church will install Cyrus Anderson Arden Booth Thornton Hemphill Harold Krogh and Ry ron Snegens as trustees and council members during a 10:00 a m service Sunday. They were elected at the annual congregational meeting. The congregation endorsed Midland College fundraising as part of a Central States Synod drive and approved a 1958 budget of 11 060 for evangelism and Christian service.
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Trinity Lutheran Church Board of Trustees
Church Council
Cyrus Anderson
Arden Booth
Thornton Hemphill
Harold Krogh
Ryron Snegens
Midland College
Tscbraska
Central States Synod of the United
Lutheran Church In America
Ford Foundation
Lutheran Evangelism Mission
Beech Aircraft Declares Dividend for Common Stock
Beech Aircraft Corp declares a cash dividend of 2 cents per share on common stock payable February 1 to holders of record February 2. Directors announced the dividend for 799,229 outstanding shares.
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Wichita
Florida Professor Leads Campus Arts Education Conference
Ivan Johnson, professor of art education at Florida University and NAEA president, will head the Art Education Conference at Kansas University. Activities include museum tours and a Bailey Hall exhibit of Denver elementary school drawings and paintings. Maud Lisworth chairs. all Kansas art supervisors invited.
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Ivan Johnson
Florida University
National Art Education Association
Kansas University
Muuseum of Art
Bailey Hall
Denver
Col
Memorial Union Building
Maud @lisworth
Kansas Art
San ers Conn town history in 1734 survey dispute
Fragmentary wording notes a Massachusetts town charter dating to 1734 and later surveyors determining the area was in Connecticut. The text hints at a border or jurisdiction change with differing colonial classifications. No specific dates beyond 1734 clearly identified.
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San
Massachuseetts
Connecticut
Gobel's Building A Hotel Fantas y in Phoenix
In Phoenix Arizona Earl Wilson profiles George Gobel and other celebrities visiting the Western real estate boom. He notes Camelback Mountain views, celebrity sightings including Georgie Jessel and Christine Jorgensen, and a lively but chaotic scene with locals commenting on weather, culture, and a sensational murder in nearby Scottendale.
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Earl Wilson Phoenix
Ariz
Gengie Jessel
George Gobel Burhnie
Phoenix
America
House Committees Hear Severance Tax Backers Explain Stand
Two Kansas House committees heard supporters of a severance tax on oil and gas arguing it is a fair levy on a nonrenewable resource. Groups backing the bill include the Kansas Farm Bureau Kansas Farmers Union Grange State AFL and railway workers union. Opponents will be heard next week. the measure would impose 2 percent on gross production with stripper wells taxed at 1.25 percent.
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Topeka
House
Kansas Farm Bureau
Kansas Farmers Union
Grange
AFL
Considerati
Wealthy Diamond Executive Louis Oppenheimer Dies
Louis Oppenheimer of the South African diamond family died after a long illness in Gerard's Cross England. He was 85 years old.
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Gerard's Cross
England
Louis Oppenheimer
Unclear fragmentary report from crowded Copacabana scene
A garbled OCR piece notes a scene at Copacabana with phrases about a table at the rear and a remark from comedian Joey Bishop about seeing someone in the outfield again. The text is highly incomplete and shows many errors.
K State Union Building Opens March Eight
The Kansas State Union Building, a $1 500 000 project, will open March 8 after last minute delays. Union director Laren Kottner said the east half and second floor are completed and activities move to the student activities center on the building’s second floor.
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Kansas State College
New
Laren Kottner
Feh
Tan
Student Activites Center
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