Allen Family Graduates at KU Commencement Weekend
Ruth Love profiles William Sherman Allen and Maxine Bednar Allen as they graduate from Kansas University with law and education degrees while raising two young daughters Linda Kay and Brenda Fay. The piece covers their wartime service, family routine, and plans to move to Mission Kansas, with support from relatives and Lawrence friends.
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Memorial Stadium
Kansas University
Linda Kay
Brenda Fay
William Sherman Allen
Maxine Bednar Allen
Mt. Oread
Bataan
Philippines
Maxine
Allen
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Sayfiool of
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Argaret Allen
St. Joseph
Dell Bednar
Manly
Iowa
Allens
Mission
Kansas
Rushton
Ayeh
Harry Chris
Tian
Lawrence
Mrs. Allen
Wes Santee
Journal-World Photo
Large Relief Fund Builds Up For Udall Storm Victims
Udall Kansas towns face a devastating May 25 tornado as private groups and Red Cross mobilize about 90 000 in donations from across the region and Canada Austria The Red Cross expects nearly a million dollars from disaster funds for rebuilding in the Udall Blackwell area Washington offers low interest SBA loans for reconstruction KAKE TV raises 25 389 in relief drive and motorists and fans contribute 36 600 Rosind Russell attends and donates 1 000 held from Joshua Logan housing units open in Wichita for Udall families over July Salvation Army leads private relief efforts Memorial Day crews 2 000 volunteers clear debris clothing shipments flood in Mayor Earl Rowe urgent need is money for homes and a grocery store next
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Udall
Kas
Red Cross
Canada d
Austria
Red, Cross
Itsisaster
Blackwell
Oklo
Washington
Small Business Administration
Kake-Tv
Wichita
Sioux City
Roslind Russell
Hutchinson
Joshua Logan
Salvation Army
Earl Rowe
Baker Included in Gift From Standard Oil Fund
CHICAGO Standard Oil Foundation announces its third annual grant of 150000 to 145 private colleges across 14 Midwest states including Kansas and Missouri. Dr. Robert E. Wilson notes state associations save time on solicitations and help executives evaluate institutions. Kansas colleges received 7500 last year, Baker University about 600. Funds go through the Kansas Foundation of Universities and Colleges Inc., which pro rations the grant.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Foundation, Inc
Indiana
Midwest
Kansas
Missouri
Robert E. Wilson
Foundaion
Wilson
Baker University
Baldwin
Standard Ye E
Intruder noises end with accidental self injury in Woodrow
In Woodrow North Carolina a man chased a nighttime disturbance in a henhouse. He forgot his belt but seized a pistol. The pistol discharged causing a self inflicted wound to his left leg. The intruders were an opossum and a black snake.
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Woodrow
N. C.P
Paul Jones
Irs
Jones
Local Notice Fragment From Pacific Beach Signage
A fragmentary notice from Pacific Beach shows a sign reading two bed per unit and urges signing or action. Details are sparse but indicate a housing or rental matter in California with terse wording and no clear dates or parties listed.
Toll of Memorial Day Weekend Reaches Record Levels
Final AP tallies show 369 traffic deaths, 131 drownings, and 96 misc accidents from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight. The traffic toll tops 363 from 1952, and the overall total of 596 sets a new record. Last year’s figures were 362, 93, and 84.
Guard Budget Worries Force Gov Hall Plane Ban
Budget constraints of the U S National Guard grounded the plane used by Gov Fred Hall forcing him to fly commercial to Denver for Agriculture Secretary Benson drought conference. Maj Gen Joe Nickell said guard bureau orders spread funds over the year and exceeded the maximum allowed flight hours.
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Topeka
U. S. National Guard
Fred Hall
Joe Nickell
Kansas Adjutant General
Guard Bureau
Kansas National Guard
Denver
Agriculture
Benson
State Farm Prices Down to Peka
Kansas farmers received average prices for the month ended May 15, down about four percent from April and near the level a year earlier. The U S Agricultural Marketing Service notes livestock and livestock products fell sharply while crops averaged slightly higher.
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Kansas
U. S. Agricultural Marketing Service
Missionaries Prolong Return After Japanese Ferry Sinking
American missionaries Mr and Mrs Willis Adams from Pleasanton Kansas and Junction City Wisconsin survived the May 11 ferry disaster that killed at least 159. They plan to visit two Japanese teens who credit them with saving their lives before resuming homebound travel on the Japanese freighter Asaharu Maru.
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Tokyoah
Willis Adams
United States
Adams
Pleasanton
Kas
Junction City
Wis
Adamses
Bernadine
Japan
Tokyo
Los Angeles
Revised Casualty List Sets Tornado Areas
ARKANSAS CITY Kas Tom Desmond Red Cross disaster director here has issued revised tornado casualty figures for the Oklahoma Kansas area He also said the central relief headquarters here is opening branch offices in Cheyenne and Leedy Okla Revised casualty figures Blackwell Okla Twenty dead 68 major injuries 182 minor injuries 68 hospitalized Udall Kas Seventy nine dead 18 major injuries 104 minor injuries 1413 hospitalized In Dewey and Roger Mills Counties Oklahoma area beholding Cheyenne and Leedy Two dead eight major injuries seven minor injuries and eight hospitalized.
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Kas
Tom Desmond
Red Cross
Oklahoma-Kansas
Cheyenne
Leedy
Okla
Blackwell
Udall
Dewey
Roger Mills
Oklahoma
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