St Louis Billikens Lead In AP Top 10 Basketball Poll
New York Jan 25 The Associated Press poll shows St Louis top ranked with Kentucky second and Oklahoma A&M third. Villanova and Minnesota hold notable positions as Western Kentucky drops to fourth and Minnesota to fifth amid a reshuffled top ten.
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Kansas Citian Furnishes Lungpower For Injured Dog
Kansas City January 25 Robert FE Jackson breathed for his dog Boy after a car hit him. The dog suffered chest lacerations and broken ribs. Jackson carried the dog to Dr Pickett, then used a makeshift respirator for four hours during surgery. Roy the mongrel pit mix faced infection control with penicillin. Jackson, a 28 year old packing plant worker, did not give up on the wounded pet.
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Nightmare Comes True Brakeman Falls From Caboose
Pittsburgh January 25 A brakeman Harry Crawford 35 with the Virginia and West Virginia railroad stepped from a railroad car into darkness and plunged 85 feet through space. The train had stopped near a bridge over the Monongahela. He dislocated an ankle and suffered other injuries but is recovering in a hospital.
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Air Force cadets to switch to blue uniforms
Washington reports the air force cadets will wear blue uniforms after April 4 replacing khaki used since early in the war. The new dress includes a medium dark blue service coat with silver buttons and matching trousers, a blue shirt with a dark blue necktie, black socks, and a blue cap.
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Lawrence approves 34 retail beer licenses citywide
At a City Council meeting, officials approved retail beer licenses for 34 taverns pool halls private clubs cafes grocery stores and wholesale dealers after inspections by Police Chief Bronner Fire Chief Ingels Building Inspector Larkin and Sanitarian Weir. Six licenses were held for further inspector review.
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Columbia Nabs Red Skelton Show From NBC
CBS announces purchase of comedian Red Skelton from NBC. Starting next fall he will air on CBS Sunday nights at 9 10 EST, moving from NBC where he currently appears Friday at 9 30 pm EST. CBS has also acquired Amos n Andy and Jack Benny and bids for Bing Crosby and Edgar Bergen.
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First Phillips'66 Quintet In March Of Dimes Drive
Tempo, Flo reports optometrist Dr. T D Murrougha cites cross-eyed ability as a curiosity then moves to Phillips Petroleum all stars in a March of Dimes benefit basketball event. The 1930s team reunites with former players to challenge Lee tires squad, with rule waivers for unlimited timeouts to preserve formers’ stamina.
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University of Kansas Appoints Two Instructors
The chancellor’s office announced February 1 appointments of Richard Fisher as instructor in accounting and Lloyd Heiberg as instructor in architecture. Fisher, a KU B.S. graduate now pursuing an M.S. in business administration at Illinois, taught part time there and serves as a KU Beta Gamma Sigma member from Parsons. Heiberg, a Lawrence native, earned a KU architectural engineering B.S. in June 1947 and has worked in architecture in Texas after serving as an undergraduate assistant in engineering drawing.
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Democracy beats communism chosen for independence week
Jaycees adopt a nationwide campaign theme from Kansas City. The U S Junior Chamber of Commerce executive council endorsed democracy beats communism at a two day meeting in St Joseph. Spain’s generalissimo Franco ordered loyalty pledges from new municipal governments to be sworn February 6.
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Norton Chapel Campaign For Kansas Sanatorium Planned
In Norton January 24 the drive to raise fifty thousand dollars for an All-Paith Chapel at the Kansas state sanatorium for tuberculosis has collected over eleven thousand five hundred from individuals and groups statewide. Plans will soon be drawn for a worship center serving patients, employees, and local congregations. The brick fireproof building will align with other sanatorium structures and support services, with services broadcast to inpatients who cannot attend.
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Public contributions sought for sanatorium fund drive
Minseda Step Sign urges donations from every county and patient hometown. Funds go to sanatorium assistant superintendent Lyle Sarvis, with checks or cash sent to him or the local tuberculosis association earmarked Sanatorium Fund. Fourteen Douglas county patients receive care at the sanatorium. In London, Bevin criticizes Russia over the hall plat. Edward Campbell of 11 West Ninth Street fined five dollars for running a stop sign, two people paid one dollar fines for improper parking.
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