Democrats OKay Platform Anyway in Southern Rights Fight
At the Los Angeles convention the Democratic platform was adopted after Southern resistance to a civil rights plank failed. The 15,000 word document promised strong civil rights enforcement, federal aid for education housing and unions, and a five percent growth goal while pledging military strength and world peace aims.
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Los Angeles
White House
Leroy Collins
Collins
Eisenhower
America
Lincoln
Rights of Man
U.S
Memorial Hospital Budget Sets Pay-As-You-Go Plan for 1961
The Lawrence Memorial Hospital presents a pay-as-you-go 1961 budget totaling 858 142 dollars with only 10 400 from city taxes for two land purchases. Salaries reach 526 680 dollars and supplies 238 000 as new pathologist, radiology gear, and Hi Lo electric beds are added. depreciation reserves total 46 360 dollars.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Rodger Johnson
Watt
Emick
Elizabeth M. Watkins
Hos
Pital
Watkins
LMH
Esterly Death Tuesday Night
Mrs. George A Esterly 86 longtime Lawrence resident died Tuesday night at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after 15 months there. Born Eleanor Rittenhouse February 10 1874 in Salem Ohio she married Dr George A Esterly January 4 1900. Funeral Friday at Plymouth Congregational Church chapel burial Oak Hill Cemetery.
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George A. Esterly
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
She
Eleanor Elizabeth Rittenhouse
Salem
Ohio
Roberts L. Rittenhouse
Mary Shanks Rittenhouse
Topeka
Esterly
Charles E. Esterly
Round Corner Drug Store
Kansas
Rutgers University
New Brunswick
N.J
George W. Esterly
Short Hills
John P. Adams
Daniel B. Esterly
San Marino
Calif
Plymouth Congregational Church
Paul Davis
Oak Hill Cemetery
Cooper-Warren
KU AWAITS WORD FROM MATZKES
KU officials report no word on the fate of Dr. Howard Matzke a KU anatomy professor his wife and two children who were in the Congo on a research trip. The university asked the State Department to check their whereabouts while Congo turmoil may have delayed mail.
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Kansas University
Howard Matzke
Congo Republic
Africa
Matzke
Congo
State Department
Irwin L. Baird
Matzkes
U. S
Memorial Hospital Dismissals List Names and Addresses
Memorial Hospital releases show multiple dismissals and new births. Names include Frank Jost Pamela Chandlee Gertrude Hirst Reynelda James Mary Coleman Beatrice Ayan Elvira Hatch Bertha Nelson Eda Stanley Maggie Smith Frances Ann Cortner and more with addresses across Missouria Iowa and Kansas. A son and a daughter were reported Tuesday at two households.
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Frank Jost
Edward Cameron
Meadow Lane
Pamela Chandlee
Summit
Gertrude Hirst
Reynelda James
Mary Coleman
W. 9Th
Beatrice Ayan
N.H
Kimberly Williams
Calif
Elvira Hatch
Bertha Nelson
Elm
Eda Stanley
Maggie Smith
R.I
Frances Ann Cortner
Journal-World Ad Inquiries Prompt Summer Address
Classified note directs sending summer address to the Journal- World with a phone contact VI3-1000 for advancement advertisements.
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Journal- World
Former KU Prof Martin E. Rice Dies at 89
Martin Everett Rice associate professor emeritus of physics at Kansas University died this morning at Samaritan Lodge he was 89 He taught at KU from 1892 to 1944 and held memberships in Sigma Xi and several scientific societies He traveled widely in retirement and is survived by two daughters three granddaughters and a grandson His wife died in 1943 no funeral will be held Memorial gifts may go to the University Flower Fund.
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Martin Everett Rice
Kansas University
Samaritan Lodge
Rice
Olin Templin
Sigma Xi
American Physical Society
American Association For the Advancement of Science
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Masons
Order of Scottish Rite
KU Alumni Association
New England Society
Lawrence
Westfield
N.Y
Martin C. Rice
Westfield Republican
United States
Vt. St
St. John's Catholic Church
Antioch College
U.S
Alaska
Mexico
Hawaii
Morris E. Mayes
Pittsburgh
Forrest W. Frease
Greeley
Colo
Katharyn
Janet
Sharon Mayes
John Michael Frease
Hazel Hope MacGregor Rice
Two-Car Collision Leaves No Injuries in McLouth Area
Major damage estimated after a Tuesday morning two car crash at 10th and Pa Streets. Police report no injuries. Drivers named are Virgil Shopteese, 32, of McLouth and Harvey H. Miskimen, 70, of Eudora.
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10Th and
Pa. Sts
Virgil Shopteese
McLouth
Harvey H. Miskimen
Eudora
Anderson Plans Talk in Eudora Campaign Swing
Republican governor candidate John Anderson campaigns in Douglas County with a GOP rally at Eudora City Hall at 8 p.m. and a 6:15 p.m. dinner at Hotel Eldridge. He attends events in Lawrence Baldwin and a reception at the Reed home, urging change in state administration amid pardon and parole concerns.
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Kansas
Ctty
John Anderson
Lawrence-Baldwin-Eudora
Douglas County
Eudora
Anderson
Lawrence
Baldwin
Eldridge
Ralph Reed
Fred Six
George Docking
Olathe
Smissman Named To Dread Post At KU Pharmacy
Dr Edward E Smissman is named professor and head of the KU pharmacy department succeeding Joseph H Burckhalter who leaves after 13 years to head Michigan University pharmaceutical chemistry. Smissman, 34, holds a BS from Illinois University 1948 and a PhD from Wisconsin University 1953. He has taught at Illinois and Wisconsin and chairs the ACS division of medicinal chemistry.
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Edward E. Smissman
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Kansas University Pharmacy School
W. Clarke Wescoe
Smissman
Joseph H. Burckhalter
Pharmaceutical Chemistr
Michigan University
Illinois University
Wisconsin University
Ilinois University College of Pharmacy
Wisconsin University School of Pharmacy
Wisconsin
American Chemical Society
Ex City and KU Man Is Given a Professorship
Edmund P. Learned a former Lawrencian and KU graduate now of Cambridge Mass will become the Charles E Wilson Professor of Business Policy at Harvard Business School. The appointment honors former defense secretary and was funded by General Electric in 1950. Learned studied at Lawrence High School KU and has served on KU faculty and as a consultant for the armed forces.
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Lawrencian
Kansas University
Edmund P. Learned
Cambridge, Mass
Charles E. Wilson
Harvard University Business School
City Fire Loss Figures for First Half Reach 164857
Fire Chief John Miller reports the city’s losses for January through June total 164,857 with 127,236 to buildings and 37,621 to contents. The city logged 141 in city fire runs and five outside runs, plus nine false alarms. Electrical fires lead causes with cigarettes second. 22 grass and trash fires noted.
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John Miller
Miller
Marriage Licenses Granted in Various Kansas Counties
A list of couples from multiple towns including Lawrence Prairie Village Topeka and Wichita obtained marriage licenses. Names ages and hometowns are provided for Rex McKinley and Almeda Asher and many others across Kansas with several partners from Lawrence and nearby areas.
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Rex McKinley
Almeda Asher
Hill Head
Donald L. Nyberg
Eileen A. Bohny
Prairie Village
Robert Spencer
Hilda Stovall
Lawrence
Claron Gerald McNulty
Deloris M. Sutton
Waverly
Carroll Wingert
Darlene Daniels
Donald Pease
Topeka
Mary Shinkskey
Richland
Andy Girtz
Frances Scott
Chilocco
Okla
Robert Evans Allison
Ruth E. Olson
Wichita
William Edgar Robinson
Croskitte
Tenn
Luna Jane Holtzclaw
Richard L. Laing
Janet L. Cameron
Edward H. Graham
Julia C. Nicholson
William C. Pearn
Laura L. Langford
Franklin M. Beaver
Norma Jimbox
Louis J. Taylor
Annanaka Bishop
Kansas City
Gary D. Guinn
City Baseball and Softball Schedule Tonight
City league games start at 7 30 with Lawrence Sanitary facing Happy Hal s and Cal lery meeting Clinton. Industrial league has Inland vs Skeptics at 7 and Hallmark vs Tigers at 8 30 and Orioles vs Athletics at 8. Recreation league features Red Sox vs Indians at 5 30 Giants vs Tigers at 6 45 and Orioles vs Athletics at 8.
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Lawrence Sanitary
Happy Hal’s
Callery
Clinton
Inland
Skeptics
Hallmark
Tigers
Orioles
Athletics
Red Sox
Indians
Giants
Heaven and Humbuggery at KU Camp Dramatists
The Kansas University Theater presents The World of Sholom Aleichem by Arnold Perl at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday. High school age campers from the Music and Art Camp perform in three Aleichem tales with a Lawrence cast, directed by Jack Brooking. Tickets are available at Murphy Hall Box Office, the Kansas Union, and Bell's Music Store.
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Heaven
Humbuggery
Kansas University Theater
Arnold Perl
Lawrence
Mark Twain
Saul Rabinowitz
Aleichem
Chelm
Bontche Schweig
Jack Brooking
KU Theater
Mike Milroy
Mendele
Mary Godfrey
Angel Rochele
Larry Ketchum
Lithuania
Byron Leonard
Dodi
Alan Glines
Melamed
Linda Holt
Rifkele
David Haverty
Rabbi David
Darrell Lawrence
Sarah Corliss
Lawrencians
Kittie Williams
Courtney King
John Nance
Aaron Katz
Lucinda Hauser
Judy Hudson
Hannah
Jeff Quinsey
Moishe
Cal Winter
Ann Bintliff
Maxi
Gigi Gibson
Reba
Murphy Hall
Kansas Union Ticket Center
Bell’s
Dutch elm disease found in city again on private property
Vernon Cooper of the Park Department reported the first confirmed case of Dutch elm disease this year. The diseased tree on Alabama Street was removed, with several other potential infections under review. city spraying targeted city property, while private property spraying is the owner’s responsibility.
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Vernon Cooper
Park Department
Alabama Street
Cooper
Mrs Jean George Treated After Heart Attack In L A
Mrs Jean George wife of Kansas Rep Newell A George is hospitalized at Temple Hospital in Los Angeles after a coronary attack suffered during the Democratic National Convention trip. At admission she received oxygen but later was discontinued and attendants described her condition as good. The Georges reside in Kansas City Kansas.
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Los Angeles
Jean George
Kansas
Newell A. George
Temple Hospital
George
Georges
Kansas City
Kan
Police Elect Harrell Pension Board Leader
Night Detective Vernon Harrell is the new president of the Lawrence Police Pension Board. Other officers elected are Sgt Merle McClure as vice president and Pathelma Earl Harris as secretary. The officers will serve until July 1961.
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Vernon Harrell
Lawrence Police Pension Board
Merle McClure
Pathelma Earl Harris
KU Rifleman Disarmed as BB Gun Confiscated
Atchison Kansas police confiscated a University of Kansas football player BB gun from Lee Flachsbarth a 20 year old junior quarterback Tuesday night after a neighbor complained BBs were landing in his yard. No arrest was made. Flachsbarth is nicknamed The Rifleman for his passing accuracy.
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Atchison, Kan
Atchison
University of Kansas
Lee Flachsbarth
Flachsbarth
Lawrence Plans Own Olympic Styled Games at Haskell
Lawrence sponsors a July 26 summer Olympic styled games at Haskell Stadium with six divisions from 6 to 17 years. Preliminaries began July 8 with events at Haskell Cordley and Woodlawn, featuring a parade, baton twirlers, and the torch kickoff.
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Lawrence
Haskell
Haskell Stadium
Wayne Bly
Recreation Commission
Woodlawn School
Cordley
Local Court Docket Sees Multiple Petty Offenses
County Court lists charges for petty larceny jail breaking and grand larceny with preliminary hearings for Charles Thompson Bert Vogler and others. Police Court items include driving with no license headlight out improper registration and various fines totaling several dollars for multiple violators.
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Ronald L. Miller
Ky. St
Charles Thompson
N.J. St
Bert L. Vogler
William Icks
Pa. St
Robert J. Dailey
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Brian Grace
R.I. St
Sylvester Hagan
Tenn. St
Martin B. Dickinson
Ind. St
Lawrence M. Cheek
In memoriam Carl F. Barlow seven years gone
In loving memory of our dear son and brother Carl F. Barlow who passed away July 13, 1953. Seven years have passed and we miss him deeply. Sadly missed by parents sisters and brothers.
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Carl F. Barlow
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Esterly Death
Acacia Lodge No. 9
Af&am
Master Masons
Joseph K. Garbutt
W M
M. J. Estes
Secy
Fred Heck
H. D. Hart
Emma Franklin
Edward Shawbaker
Effie Snow
E. 19Th
Mary Huskey
Tonganoxie
Frieda Rowe
Joseph James
Sharon DeMate
Stouffer Place
Inez Skeet
Oskaloosa
Richard Warner
Charles Ledom
Robert James
Nicholas Ayon
Martin E. Rice
Dread Post
KU Man
Mass. St
Jack Sullivan
Kansas Highway Patrol
Iowa Street
Westdale Road
Ureau Bera Berra
Commerce
Tennessee
Mississippi
Southern Plains
New York
Florida
Virginias
Idaho
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Plains
Department
Rumsey Funeral Home
KU Camp
L.A
Harrell Pension Board
Robert Fulton
the Safest Packing Service
Bencoe
Bill Villee
Memoriam
Lawrence Memorial Co
East Ringin
Farmers Insurance Exchange
Andy” Anderson
R. L
Bob” Stewart
Alphus Wilson
Lawrence Office
West
W. S. McAlister, Baldwin
Don Ray, Eudora
Don Frandle, Perry
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