ROTC Commissions at KU Presented to 25 Students
Twenty-five KU ROTC cadets received commissions at Murphy Hall after completing graduation requirements. Ten new Army lieutenants include Breedlove and Dixon. ten Navy and Naval Reserve ensigns include Benson and Brown. two Marine and four Air Force officers also commissioned. Maj. Gen. Griffin spoke as KU unit leaders hosted a reception and luncheon afterward.
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Kansas University
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Murphy Hall
Army
Robert H. Breedlove
Memphis
Tex
George W. Dixon
Pittsburg
Glenn K. Katahara
Lihue
Kauai
Hawaii
Alfred L. Kaufman Jr
St. Francis
William D. Martin
Kansas City
Larry D. Miller
Ky. St
John S. Mullally
W. 25Th St
Robert D. Ohmart
Scott City
George W. Ryan Jr
Prairie Village
John L. Shideler
Stoufter Place
Navy
Fred B. Benson III
Independence
Jerry K Brown
Ralph L. Chappell
Lyons
Fredrick H. Honbaum
Hiawatha
Dick R. Matthes
Topeka
Larry G. Ostertag
Larry C. Schooley
Iola
Jerry C. Seyb
Humansville
Douglas M. Webb
Naval Reserve
Phillip A. McCollum
Hoisington
Benjamin J. Ainlay
Troy
Marine Corps Reserve
Chris A. Smith
Augusta
Air Force
Orley L. Lake
Naven
Richard H. Lee
Kan
Arthur A. Powell
N. H. St
Richard A. Willhite
Toronto
Thomas WN. Giffin
U.S. Army Crops
Omaha
George Smith
University
Orris E. Kelly
Ft. Riley
Clyde L. Jones
John W. Newsom
Robert P. Ash
Kansas Union
Griffin
Mandatory Jail Terms for Drunk Drivers
The Kansas House received a bill implementing Gov. Andersons recommendation for mandatory jail time for drunk driving. It prescribes 5 days to 1 year imprisonment with no suspension or parole, introduced by the Roads and Highways Committee led by Rep. Edward W. Beaman of Hoyt.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Roads and Highways Committee
Edward W. Beaman
R-Hoyt
Deaths and Funerals of Mrs. Maude A. Neis and W. Roy Martin
Mrs. Maude A. Neis 72 of Eudora died Monday night in Olathe. She was born 1888 in Vinland and married Fred W. Neis in 1909 in Lawrence. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at Eudora Salem EUB church with burial in Eudora Cemetery. W. Roy Martin 80 of Lawrence died Sunday in a Topeka hospital. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rumsey Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Maude A. Neis
Eudora
Eudora-Vinland
Olathe Community Hospital
Vinland
Fred W. Neis
Lawrence
Eudora Salem E.U.B
Richard Benton
Eudora Cemetery
Cooper- Warren Mortuary
Fred W
Clarence
Veral
William
Gladys Babbitt
Route 5
Homer Reusch
Robert Reusch
Jake Reusch
Baldwin
Clifford Reusch
Perry
Bill Reusch
Turon
Kan
W. Roy Martin
N. St
Topeka
Rumsey
Albert Parker
Memorial Park Cemetery
Olive Martin
Della Barns
Seattle
Wash
Pupil aid bill and milk price regulation move in Kansas House
The Kansas House considers a bill to provide 20 per pupil in emergency state aid, totaling about 2.5 million dollars, while also debating a milk price regulation proposal by the Agriculture Committee. Other measures include senior home owner tax deductions and embalming license requirements for funeral directors.
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Topeka
Republican House Caucus
Bill H. Fridley
Crestline
John Anderson
Fridley
House Agriculture Committee
Ross W. Zimmerman
Abbyville
Sedgwick County
Bill E. Gravely
Jerry L. Griffith
Robert R. Scallorn
Frank Riddle
Optimists hear Glen Kappelman on Holland tour films
Optimists' speaker Glen Kappelman presented color films from his Holland tour at a Breakfast Optimist Club meeting. The films will also be shown at 8 p.m. today in the Holiday Inn for the Opti-Mrs Group meeting. Guests Jack Dysart and Bob Marsh attended.
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Glen Kappelman
Optimist Club
Holland
Optimist
Jack Dysart
Bob Marsh
Kansas school boards consider salaries and health leaders
The Kansas Association of School Boards plans amid talks for teacher salaries. KU professor of education Jones seeks a second term as a key surgeon and former state health board president. Other members include Mrs. Ethan Allen Henry Shenk and Oscar Rumsey. Turnout for April ballots may be small, with 1 000 voters seen as good. A proposed group teacher insurance was ruled not legal by the state attorney general.
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Kansas Association of School Boards
Jones
State Board of Health
Ethan Allen
Henry Shenk
Oscar Rumsey
Fisher
Genes
Space chimp flight launches Redstone rocket test
The 83 foot Redstone lifted off with chimp No. 65 aboard in a planned 16 minute test flight. Cape observers noted capsule separation around 140 seconds at about 35 miles, a parachute would guide the one ton capsule to splashdown. Astronauts Slayton and Shirra watched from a jet as timing faced delays and the chimp wore a sealed cocoon with instruments to monitor vital signs and task performance.
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Cape
Donald Slayton
Walter Shirra
House Watch: Rayburn and Smith Clash Over Rules Panel
Washington AP House members brace for a power struggle between Speaker Sam Rayburn and Rep. Howard W. Smith as Rayburn seeks to enlarge the Rules Committee to curb the Southern conservative leader's clout. Rayburn, veteran speaker, and Smith, banker lawyer and Virginia farmer, hold long careers and divergent styles as Kennedy's program hangs on committee control.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Sam
Kennedy
Rayburn
Smith
House
Henry Clay
Virginia
Middleburg
Congress
Texas
Bonham
Memorial Hospital Admits and Dismissals Reported
Memorial Hospital lists admissions including Edith Fries 1291 Tenn Anderson Morris 1445 Laura John M McAlexander Tonga noxie Lloyd J Dixon 243 Ark Annette Valles 2014 Maple Lane Elizabeth Adele Lester 540 Okla Sara Ann Schlappi 1446 Ky Shirley Ann Hand Tonganoxie and William Clyde Rollings 781 Lake. Dismissals include Margaret Deay 2116 Ohio Alice J Miller and baby Tracy Lee Shaw Manhattan Allen O Phillips 1716 W 9th Mary Ann Freeman 1922 Barker Cindy Lynn Westpraht DeSoto Eric Clabaugh 601 Ind Walter Elms 701 R I Elizabeth Adele Lester 540 Okla Mildred Orr 177 N 7th Jacquelyn Beahm 2246 Tenn Glenn W James 834 Mo Ruth A Glasgow 630 Mo Robert L Coffelt Jr 1417 Prospect. Mr and Mrs Andrew J Bowling 1747 Tenn a son today Mr and Mrs Stanley R Hand Tonganoxie a daughter today Mr and Mrs Larry W Schlap pi 1446 Ky a daughter today Capt and Mrs Joe R Valles 2014 Maple Lane a son today
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Edith Fries
Tenn
Anderson Morris
Laura
John M. McAlexander
Tonganoxie
Lloyd J.dixon
Ark
Annette Valles
Maple Lane
Elizabeth Adele Lester
Okla
Sara Ann Schlappi
Shirley Ann Hand
William Clyde Rollings
Lake
Margaret Deay
Ohio
Alice J. Miller
Avalon
Tracy Lee Shaw
Manhattan
Allen O. Phillips
W. 9Th
Mary Ann Freeman
Barker
Cindy Lynn Westpraht
DeSoto
Eric Clabaugh
Ind
Walter Elms
R. I
Mildred Orr
N. 7Th
Jacquelyn Beahm
Glenn W. James
Ruth A. Glasgow
Robert L. Coffelt Jr
Prospect
Andrew J. Bowlin
Stanley R. Hand
Larry W. Schlappi
Joe R. Valles
Mothers' March for March of Dimes Tonight
Participants named for the Mothers' March from 6 to 9 p m as part of the March of Dimes drive. The program in Douglas County raised substantial funds and aided eight local patients. over 40 women will march in Eudora, boosting the two communities' totals toward 500 participants. Local march leaders include Mrs Louis Pollard and a list of forty other women.
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Douglas County
Eudora
Mothers’ March
Louis’ Pollard
Richard Haun
W. W. Wempe
Harold Graves
Judson Smoyer
Homer Nelson
Bennie Stewart
Ralph Tusten
Frank Green
Duane Wenzel
William Collinson
Ralph King
Frang Case
Ed Weaver
Arthur Sparks
Neil Harris
Clinton Laughlin
Marlin Hornberger
City Banks Award 240 Kansas Centennial Medals
More than 1,000 applicants vied at Lawrence’s Law rence National Douglas County and First National banks for Kansas Centennial Medals. 240 medals were allocated to Douglas County 316 others at Baldwin State Bank and Kaw Valley State Bank in Eudora. Medals minted in Washington D C with 20 000 produced for distribution. Winners notified now must claim by next Monday or face another drawing. Each medal costs 2 50.
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Lawrence
Lawrence National
Douglas County
First National
Baldwin State Bank
Kaw Valley State Bank
Eudora
U.S
Washington, D.C
Truck Backing Into Car Causes $400 Damage
A car and a semi-trailer truck collision on New Jersey Street caused about $400 in damage. The unattended car belonged to Otis Young of 846 North Jersey Street. The truck driver Melvin B. Pettit 52 of 1812 Vermont Street said his trailer back door was open when he backed into the car. No injuries were reported.
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New Jersey Street
Otis Young
N. J. St
Melvin B. Pettit
Pettit
Township Fire Dept Plans Upgrades In Township
The fire department outlines upgrades including a 1000 gallon water tank truck and a 500 gallon pumper. Plans include assigning a fire code number to residents on file cards and completing a township road naming map to aid responders. Aiming for at least a B-plus state rating once improvements and map are finished.
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Smith
Mitchell
Phone Charge Bill To Be Introduced In Kansas
AP reports Rep. Hubert Fatzer will introduce a bill in the Kansas House to base utility rates on original cost minus depreciation rather than the fair value method. Southwestern Bell seeks a 1.3 million rate increase after a 5.8 million request, with full collection pending appeals.
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PEKA
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Kansas House
Hubert Fatzer
R-Fellsburg
Shawnee District Court
Kansas Corporation Commission
District Court
Kansas Supreme Court
Bell
Fatter
Senate
Fatzer
Shorter Ballot Change in Date Proposed in Kansas Senate
The Kansas Senate considers a constitutional amendment to streamline the state executive branch by electing governor and lieutenant governor as a team with four year terms starting 1966. A separate bill proposes moving the party primary from August to September, shortening the gap to the general election. Also under review are bills to waive immunity for government bodies for negligence damages and to require covering loads of sand and similar materials carried on public roads.
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Topeka
Kansas
Senate
Wade Myers
D-Emporia
E. W. Strahan
R-Salina
Charles Joseph
D-Potwin
Myers
Sens
Stedman Ball
R-Atchison
Howard Harper
R-Junction City
Harper
In the Courts CRIMINAL CASES
Police Court Melvin Earl Ray 205 Mo 125 dollars and 30 days for driving while drunk and no license. Harold Olson Lyons Neb 25 dollars for drunk.
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Melvin Earl Ray
Harold Olson
Lyons, Neb
Police Court Violations Mixed in City Listings
A roster of traffic infractions lists individuals by name and address with fines for offenses such as speeding improper muffler no driver's license failure to yield right of way and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. Entries include Richard Glasgow Elzon Gifford James Rogers David Cowden Peter Swindell Roy McCallop John Wyman Raymond Reed Joan Carroll Paul Degroot David Brune Ernest Cook and others with fines ranging from 5 to 45 dollars.
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Richard Glasgow
Elzon Gifford
David Cowden
James Rogers
Green Acres Motor Court
Peter Swindell
Ottawa
Roy C. McCallop
John Wyman
Stouffer Pl
Raymond Reed
Haskell
Joan F. Carroll
Schwarz
Paul Degroot
David Brune
Ernest Cook
Fire meeting starts as field blaze reported near town
An open Wakarusa Township meeting at the 4-H Fairgrounds discussed the fire department. Just before start time, a car caravan raced to a false alarm about a fire west of town. It was a controlled field fire reported from Stouffer Place. attendees returned.
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Wakarusa Township
Stouffer Place
Don Grob
McLouth Reveals New Honor Rolls At High School
McLouth High School announces semester honor roll with Jerry Bell Linda Wells Linda Edmonds Barbara Funk Jim Means Verne Peterson Earl Wonnell John McPherson Ronnie Bower Larry Greer Janet Rollins Pauleen White Cheri Schwinn Larry Fuqua David Rollins Floyd Pentlin Jim Won nell. Third six week honorees include Mike Bear and Louise Voelker with honorable mentions to Larry Means and Ronnie Bowers.
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McLouth High School
Walter C. Meyer
Jerry Bell
Linda Wells
Linda Edmonds
Barbara Funk
Jim Means
Verne Peterson
Earl Wonnell
John McPherson
Ronnie Bower
Larry Greer
Janet Rollins
Pauleen White
Cheri Schwinn
Larry Fuqua
David Rollins
Floyd Pentlin
Jim Wonnell
Mike Bear
Louise Voelker
Larry Means
Ronnie Bowers
Gas Cloud From Train Crash Kills Animals In Louisiana
A chlorine gas spill from a Kansas City Southern Freight train wreck in New Roads Louisiana sent deadly vapor into ditches killing animals and sending about 50 people to hospitals. Police evacuated 400 school children from a nearby building as the cloud drifted toward Morganza, while a three week old baby received a large dose of the gas.
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New Roads
Louisiana
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Card of Thanks Expressing Gratitude to Medical Staff
Roy Hegeman thanks doctors nurses friends and relatives for kindness flowers and cards during his hospital stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Hegeman
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Webster
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U.S. Weather Bureau
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