Reapportionment Debates Heat Up Across States
A Supreme Court debate stalled Michigan Senate reapportionment while Rhode Island Florida and Kansas pressed ahead. Michigan seeks stay on a state court order with Aug 20 deadline. Rhode Island court urged reapportionment of the House. Florida called a special session for Aug 1 after a federal ruling. Kansas weighs injunction against current apportionment law amid a test case by newspapermen. Governor Notte hinted at a possible special session in Rhode Island.
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Supreme Court
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Franconia
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Federal Court
Littleton
N.H
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City welfare ambulance service plans equipment split in Topeka
City welfare ambulance service outlined steps to split new equipment in Topeka with Lawrence to share maintenance costs between the two operations. Plans include removing radio units, seeking lower rent or city owned, rent-free facilities, and tougher debt collection by turning accounts to an attorney. Some commissioners questioned the 1963 budget need, but others approved sewer districts temporary notes for street work and paving projects. Planning minutes noted expansion of Hillcrest Medical Center by over 4,000 square feet for multiple businesses, while draining issues from Friday night rain were discussed.
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Wisconsin Street
McConnell
Pioneer Ridge
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Knox Oil Co
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Planning Commission
Hillcrest Shopping Center
Locally Aiming For World Premiere of Carnival of Souls
Commonwealth Theater Corp plans Law rence city premiere for Carnival of Souls with American International of Kansas City working to bring the film here. Herts-Lion of California handles distribution. Herb Harvey directed produced the film shot in Law rence and Salt Lake City. Harvey left Centron to produce it, with profits and national distribution tied to Herts-Lion’s theater release success.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Commonwealth Theater Corp
Commonwealth
American International
Kansas City
Herts-Lion of
California
Herb Harvey
Centron
Salt Lake City
Harvey
Herts-Lion Distributing
Bids Opened for Two School Projects
Bids for a four classroom addition at Opal Jayne Kennedy School and for a portable classroom building were opened this afternoon. The board of education will likely award contracts at 7:30 p.m. Green Construction Co. bid $39,949 for the Kennedy addition. G A Roberts Construction Co. bid $13,890 for the portable building to be used as Lawrence High School this fall.
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Board of Education
Green Construction Co
G. A. Roberts Construction Co
Lawrence High School
KU Preview Draws Record Freshmen In Lawrence
Lawrence attendees listed among 216 prospective freshmen at the 10th KU Preview held Monday and Tuesday. About 1,400 new students have taken placement tests met with faculty advisers and arranged housing with two more previews planned. In Manhattan the Kansas State University campaign exceeds its $350,000 target, raising $414,545 locally, helping the school's second century fund as the national drive nears $2.5 million.
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Philip W. Evans
E. 12Th St
Stephen Jewett
Ohio St
Daniel L. Kirby
Monty E. Nelson
W. 22Nd
Terr
Robert Wetzel
W. 20Th St
Fculty
Manhattan
Kansas State University
Trl Yeo
Ford Motor Earnings Rise in First Half of 1962
Ford Motor Co reports $268.3 million profit for January to June 1962, up from $209.4 million the prior year. After a two for one stock split, earnings equal $2.44 per share versus $1.90. Q2 sales reach $2.04 billion and six month sales total $4.04 billion, with Q2 profit at $140.6 million.
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Ford Motor Co
Ford
Get the Journal World at Your Summer Address
Classified ad promotes subscribing to the Journal-World at a summer address with a phone contact VJ3 1000 for details and delivery.
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Journal-World
KU Summer Enrollment Rises at Lawrence Campus
Summer enrollment at the University of Kansas Lawrence campus climbs about 10 percent with 3 294 students enrolled by June end, up 290 from a year earlier. Final summer totals may reach 3 600 by August. Medical Center in Kansas City adds over 400 students, pushing fall projections above 4 000.
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Lawrence
Medical Center
Kansas City
Hoffa faces subcommittee charges over union misdeeds
The panel accuses Hoffa of backing behind the scenes figures who funneled 31 000 dollars a year in payroll to corrupt insiders. It cites cases including Samuel Goldstein and Tony Pro Provenzano, noting Hoffa resisted cleansing Local 239, supported suspects, and kept indicted or convicted figures in leadership roles.
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Tony Pro) Provenzano
Teamsters Local 560
Hoboken
N.J
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Joey) Glimco
Chicago
Glimco
D. Harold Gross
New York Local 138
Gross
Raymond Cohen
Philadelphia
William Presser
Cleveland Local 555
Ohio Conference of Teamsters
Presser
Congress
Republicans Plan Election Activity For County Voting
County Republican leaders outlined duties for precinct committee men and committeewomen at a county meeting in the Hotel Eldridge. Chair J. D. King led the session with special guests bound for the Aug 7 primary. A door-to-door get-out-the-vote campaign was announced to boost turnout for both the primary and general elections.
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Eldridge
Central Committee
J. D. King
Morris Kay
Mary Wilson
Delbert Mathia
King
New School District Plans Bond Election
Marion Springs Consolidated School District 101 will vote August 14 on issuing general obligation bonds totaling 185000 to purchase a site build furnish and equip a new schoolhouse. District 101 formed after six southwest Douglas County schools Consolidated Union Colyer Willow Springs Central Exceline and Globe. Voting at Central School from 8 am to 6 pm.
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Douglas County
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Colyer
Willow Springs
Central
Exceline
Globe
Central School
Willard fights for film rights in two lawsuits
Los Angeles AP Jess Willard 80 seeks more than 1 million dollars in two suits over a lost fight film of the 1915 Johnson bout. The cases allege fraud and privacy violations related to the television showing of the Cuba fight film and its ownership.
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Jess Willard
Phanton
Jack Johnson
Willard
la Crescenta
California
Lawrence
Kaw
Champ
Los Angeles Superior Court
Brian Manion
William Cayton
Turn of the Century, Inc
Jacobs
Cayton
Schlitz Brewing Co
Columbia Broadcasting System
Australia
Havana
Johnson
Camp Ballet Recital at Kansas University Ends Six-Week Camp
Six weeks of hard work culminates in a public ballet recital at 7 30 p m Friday in University Theatre Murphy Hall Kansas University Prof Russell Wiley camp founder calls it the finest program in the division s 10 year history Marguerite M Reed choreographer and director leads the students who trained under professional standards A special orchestra under Prof Gerald M Carney and chorus by Prof Clayton Krehbiel will provide music notes
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University Theatre
Murphy Hall
Kansas University
Russell Wiley
Marguerite M. Reed
Tulsa Opera Ballet Company
Horse injures child near Topeka farm
A two year old girl Wanita Flinn was admitted to a Topeka hospital in serious condition after a horse stepped on her head near her farm home in St. George. Authorities said she fell from the horse and sustained a skull fracture.
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Topeka
Wanita Flinn
Merle Flinn
St. George
Hospital Blaze Evacuates 295 at St. Marys Brooklyn Loft
Nuns aided the swift evacuation of 295 patients when a fast-moving three alarm fire broke out in a loft at St. Marys Hospital Brooklyn. No injuries were reported and fire crews controlled the blaze within 20 minutes.
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St. Mary’s Hospital
Brooklyn
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