City and Townships Settle Rural Fire Charge Dispute
City Commission ends stalemate by agreeing to negotiate on rural fire protection fees with Wakarusa and Grant townships. Grant agrees to a lower rate than the maximum, while Wakarusa sticks to 30 cents per $1,000 valuation.
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Wakarusa
Grant
Grant Township
Kansas Inspection Bureau
Lawrence
Buureau
Jack Harris
John Weatherwax
Harold Horn
George Noland
Lawrence Insurance Board
Noland
Insurance Board
Commission
Bob Charlton
Charlton
More than duty in this arrest
Sacramento report says juvenile officer Robert Dunkeson arrested a 13 year old boy in Citrus Heights after the youth admitted 35 burglaries over three weeks. The suspect robbed Dunkeson’s home five times for food and ice cream, prompting the officer to pursue. Dunkeson stated he had to catch the kid to stop the thefts.
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Sacramento
Calif
Robert Dunkeson
Citrus Heights
Dunkeson
House Returns With Busy Schedule After Vacation
Members return from the Fourth of July holiday to a packed agenda with daily sessions planned and possible Saturday meetings. The House aims a mid August adjournment barring delays like a major Senate filibuster on civil rights.
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Washington
House
Senate
Statehood
Alaska
FBI
Hell's Canyon
Soil Bank
Four KU Engineering students receive $3000 anonymous grant
Lawrence student Joe Edwin Sheldon along with Don ald Harvey Kenward Bernard Lee Renger and William Edwin Harris receive scholarships totaling $3000 for 1957-58 from a Kansas manufacturing firm. Harris may renew in 1958-59. Selection based on high scholastic standing and financial need. Summer employment offered during scholarship. Sheldon, a senior mechanical engineering student and veteran, earns a 1.9 GPA and is on the Dean's Honor Roll.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Kansas University Engineering School
Joe Edwin Sheldon
Ky. St
Donald Harvey Kenward
Merriam
Bernard Lee Renger
Wakarusa
William Edwin Harris
Atchison
Harris
Hutchinson Student Wins Nickel Award for KU
Frank Galen Hodge of Hutchinson, a sophomore in metallurgical engineering at Kansas University, receives the International Nickel Company Scholarship for 1957 58. The award covers about 500 dollars for tuition and fees with renewal potential for three more years if standards remain high.
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International Nickel Company, Inc
Kansas University
Frank Galen
Two New C L Burt Scholarships Awarded at K U
The University of Kansas Engineering School grants two C L Burt Scholarships to freshmen for 1957 58. Recipients are Norman Lee Mailen of Clay Center and Jerry Clark Brown of Hutchinson. Each award is 925 dollars for the year with three possible renewals if academics and activities stay strong. Brown is Hutchinson High School graduate and athlete son of Gerald C Brown. Mailen is Clay Center High School valedictorian and athlete son of John B Mailen. Mailen plans electrical engineering at KU.
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C. L. Burt
Ait Kansas University
Norman Lee’ Mailen
Clay Center
Jerry Clark Brown
Hutchinson
Brown
Gerald C. Brown
Hutchinson High School
Mailen
John B. Mailen
K. U
McGuire Sisters Ready to Fulfill Oklahoma Contract
The McGuire sisters said they would honor an $18,750 contract for a seven day run at the Oklahoma City exposition after their first night was canceled due to Christine’s alleged illness. Manager James Burge said the contract was breached by their no show, refunds were issued, and $22,000 in advertising was lost. the sisters’ attorney argued illness does not breach.
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Insurance Board
New
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
I. B Young
Lawrence
Alabama Street
twenty-Third Street
Belle Haven South Addition
Louisiana Stree
Florida Street
Jayhawk
Delbert Erhart
Kansas Supreme Court
Marie A. Whitcomb
14Th and
Ky. Sts
Kansas
Whitcomb
Oklahoma City
McGuire Sisters
Christine
James’ Burge
Burge
McGuire
Robert Martin
Wichita
KU Student Chosen For Electric Grant
James Edward Anderson, a KU Engineering School freshman, has been awarded a Western Electric scholarship for 1957 58 valued between 400 and 800 dollars. The grant honors need and ability, with emphasis on work related to the company’s operations. Anderson, son of James E. and wife, hails from Mission and Omaha Central High School graduate of 1956. He carries a 2.62 GPA, plays varsity football, intramural baseball, and belongs to Lambda Chi Alpha and the University Veterans Organization.
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Western Electric’ Company
New York City
James Edward Anderson
Kansas University
Anderson
James E. Anderson
Mission
Central High School
Contractors Association Renews 500 Scholarship for KU Sophomore
The Kansas Contractors Association renewed its 500 scholarship for Robert Larson Luce of Ottawa, a Kansas University civil engineering sophomore. The award, renewable for two more years if scholastic standards are met, began in fall 1956 with Luce as the first recipient and allows one additional freshman recipient yearly until four scholarships exist. Luce, 19, is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert W Luce and a Ottawa High School graduate.
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Kansas Contractors Association, Inc
Robert Larson Luce
Ottawa
Kansas University
Luce
Robert W. Luce
Schoeppel urges railroads to improve passenger service
In Emporia during the centennial picnic for the Santa Fe Big Four brotherhood, Sen. Andrew F. Schoeppel urged railroads to make passenger travel a pleasant experience and avoid citing passenger losses to justify high freight rates. He criticized attitudes of railroads that do nothing to improve service.
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Emporia
Andrew F. Schoeppel
R-lias
Santa Fe Railroad
Brotherhood
Schoeppel
Solar eruption ranks among greatest observed by scientists
A giant sun explosion was seen from the Capri Observatory on the Isle of Capri at 8 22 a m local time. European officials reported it as the first European observation of the latest solar flare series that began June 28, warning of solar activity causing magnetic storms and radio blackouts on Earth.
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Rome
Isle of
Capri
Frametideety
International Geophysical Year
Holland
Europe
Maj Eisenhower Declines Higher Pay to Stay in Army
Maj John Eisenhower turned down a lucrative offer to become an educator, reportedly at three times his military pay, to avoid seeming to quit the Army for a better salary. The Kansas City Star cited a Washington dispatch noting President Eisenhower discussed the matter with lawmakers at White House breakfasts. The president encouraged his son to decide for himself, and Maj Eisenhower chose to remain in the Army, citing concerns about recruiting and retention.
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Kansas City
John Eisenhower
Kansan City
Washington
Jack Williams
Star
White House
Williams
Eisenhower
Maj. Eisenhower
Umed
Four Arabs Executed in Algeria for Slaying Three European Boys
Four Arabs were executed in Constantine Prison in Algeria for the murder of three European boys last year. The eldest, 15, disappeared May 3, 1956, while riding a bicycle. their mutilated bodies were later found in a mountain cave near Blida.
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Algiers
Algeria
Constantine
Blida
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W.23rd St
Oklahoma
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American Service Co
Vermont
Yourlee Co
Contractors Association
OUR See
Line Builders
Maj
John
ANC Ase Hi
Betty B
Voiles
Bembergs
Nylons
Dacron and
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