KU Graduates Largest Class
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe outlined a new era for Kansas University in a State of the University address. He urged renewed private support for scholarships, faculty, and research as enrollment climbs and talent grows. The talk, delivered to about 1,500 in the Kansas Union ballroom, called for breaking log jams in construction and funding to attract top scholars and increase salaries. The address signals momentum toward new heights for KU.
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Wescoe
The
Kansas Union
Dick Wintermore
KU Alumni Association
KU Commencement to honor record 2477 degree candidates
The 1964 Kansas University commencement in Memorial Stadium will grant diplomas to a record 2,477 candidates, surpassing 1950’s 2,438. Weather may move exercises to Allen Fieldhouse, with remarks by Gov. John Anderson and KU officials. Distinguished service citations will be awarded to eight alumni.
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Kansas University
Campanile Hill
Memorial Stadium
Allen Fieldhouse
John Anderson
Henry A. Bubb
Kansas Board of Regents
W. Clarke Wescoe
Clement H. Hall
William F. Danenbarger
Carillon
Cora M. Downs
Emerita Summerfield
Frank A. Theis
Kansas City
Kansas School of Religion to Expand Staff and Build New Hall
The Alumni Board voted to raise full-time staff from two to four and to start construction on a new building to replace Myers Hall across from the Kansas Union. A third full-time faculty member from the Episcopal Church will join next fall, with a Methodist member by fall 1965.
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Kansas School of Religion
Myers Hall
The
Kansas Union
Episcopal Church
Paul Hasvold
Paul Shibel
College of Emporia
R. Edwin Browne
Kanu-Kfku
Robert C. Casad
Ruth E. McNair
Ernest Griswold
Gifts for Father and Graduates at Diebolt’s
Advertises largest selection of gifts for fathers and graduates at Diebolt’s with the Businessmen’s Noon Luncheon offered weekdays for 97 cents and mentions Little Banquet and Hallmark Cards at Key Rexall.
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Diebolt’s
Adv
Hallmark Cards
Key Rexall
Weather outlook and records for northeast Kansas
Partly cloudy with a chance of a shower tonight. West winds 5 to 15 mph today and tonight. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs Tuesday in the lower 70s. Readings show 66, 47, 66. rainfall trace Saturday. Record highs 92 in 1944 and 1951. Sunrise 4:56 am, sunset 7:42 pm. Rumsey Funeral Home advertises since 1920.
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Kansas
County Traffic Heavy but Safe During Memorial Day Weekend
Douglas County kept Memorial Day weekend quiet with two minor injuries and no fatalities. Kansas Highway Patrol and Sheriff’s Office held a selective enforcement sweep Saturday night, yielding 46 traffic arrests as part of a three‑time yearly collaboration.
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Douglas County
Kansas
Douglas County Sheriff's Department
Lone Star Lake
Fred Broeker
Stock Market Closes Mixed On New York Exchange
Closing average for 60 stocks stands at 305.8, down 2 points. An advertisement notes Gene Doane seeks clients for insurance services. Another ad invites readers to have the Journal-World mailed daily during summer absence.
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Stock Market Index
New York
Worker killed at Perry Dam in fatal accident
Robert T. Hudson of Spring Hill Kansas died when a corrugated pipe weighing 3000 to 4000 pounds rolled onto him while he unloaded a truck at the Perry Dam project. E L Bodine of Osawatomie assisted. Hudson worked for International Pipe and Ceramic Co of Perry.
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Topeka
Robert T. Hudson
Spring Hill
Kan
Perry Dam
E. L. Bodine
Osawatomie
Kan. Hudson
International Pipe and Ceramic Co
Perry
Showers Likely Tonight Highs Remain Mild Through Tuesday
Partly cloudy skies give way to a chance of a shower tonight in the Lawrence area as temperatures stay mild through Tuesday. Westerly winds will be moderate, with tonight's low in the mid 40s and Tuesday's high in the lower 70s. The five day outlook shows temperatures about four to eight degrees below seasonal normals Tuesday through Saturday. Sunday saw a high of 71 and a low of 51, with Saturday at 62/52 and a 46 degree 6 am reading. KU Weather station set a Sunday low of 52 breaking the old 55 degree record from 1956.
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Lawrence
U.S. Weather Bureau
Topeka
Kansas University
Seniors Meet Grim News at KU Breakfast Hoax
Kansas University seniors gathered for the annual senior breakfast in the Kansas Union Ballroom to read The Last Gasp headline declaring an injunction and a forged graduation rule by Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe. The prank noted Wescoe vowed to stay on until his class graduates, while he received a mock administration degree from the Class of 1964.
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Kansas University
W. Clarke Wescoe
Ann Leffler
Kansas Union
Wescoe
Miss Leffler
Pittsburg
Agnes Wright Strickland
KU Alumni Association
Journal-World Photo
Jerry Pullins
Douglas Voters To Act Tuesday On School Plan
Douglas County voters decide Tuesday whether to approve a two unit school unification plan. Lawrence voters form one unit and the rest of the county forms a second unit with voting hours 7 am to 7 pm in Lawrence and 8 am to 6 pm outside.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
First Ward
Pinckney School
Hillcrest
Central Junior
New York
Woodlawn
Clinton Township
Township
Eudora Township
Eudora
Grant Township
Grant School
Kanwaka Township
Kanwaka Hall
Lecompton Township
IOOF
Marion
Marion Center Hall
Palmyra
Baldwin High School
Wakarusa
India School
Willow Springs Township
Township Hall
State Superintendent of Schools
Grant
India
Riverside
Kaw Valley
A. F. Throckmorton
Planning Board
Earl Wilson
Attraction Might Never Be Finished in This Day and Age
Mont Saint Michel in France rises from a granite island off the Brittany Normandy coast. The abbey built from 1017 to 1135 dominates the bay, reached by a narrow causeway, with history of battles, prisons, and monk life. Shops line the base as visitors climb the winding way.
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Mont Saint Michel
France
Paris
Brittany
Normandy
Mont St. Michel
Mount Oread
Mount
Kansas
Massachusetts Street
Lawrence
Richard I
Saint Benedict
Richard II
Hixon's Studio Offers 6 Hour Photo Finishing
Hixon's Studio at 721 Mass Ave advertises six hour photo finishing and fast color service for customers seeking quick turnaround on developing and printing photographs.
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Hixon’s
Mass
Watkins legacy fuels KU growth through land gifts and student aid
Irvin Youngberg notes Elizabeth M. Watkins funded KU with 650 acres across Morton, Stanton and Stevens Counties plus substantial buildings and scholarships. From 1941 to 1945 her trust produced $1.92 million for campus expansion, student aid, and staff research, shaping facilities from Watkins Hall to the Campanile.
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Watkins
Endowment Association
University
Watkins Trust
Iowa Street
Sixteenth Street
Naismith
Indiana
Fifteenth Street
Watkins Fund
Kansas Union
Danforth
Medical Center
Kansas
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