Baker University graduates receive honors at Centennial Year events
Dr Frank H Driggs, Baker alumnus and Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. president, urged liberal arts value as vital to human perfection during commencement. He received an honorary LL.D. along with J Edward Hedges Horn and Dougiea P. Coole. Sunday's baccalaureate urged graduates to be whole in body mind and soul as Baker rededicates centennial heritage.
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Frank H. Driggs
Baker University
Baldwin School
Driggs
Fan-steel Metallurgical Corp
North
Chicago
Baker
Dr. Driggs
William J. Scarborough
B. A. Gessner
J. Edward Hedges
Nelson P. Horn
Dougiea P. Coole
Thomas A. Evans
Baldwin
Harold Soulen
Hutchinson
Wanda May Vinson
Topeka
Alfred C. Runyan
Pittsburg
Scarborough
No Incidents Reported During No Pact Period
Detroit reports show nearly 500000 auto workers reporting for duty at 275 GM Chrysler and Ford plants without a union contract. It is the first nation wide no contract work for GM and Chrysler since 1937 and Ford since 1941. UAW President Walter P. Reuther urged restraint and warned officials to avoid actions that could trigger plant shutdowns. Negotiations stalled, with no temp extensions agreed, as firms held to two year contracts with modest wage increases.
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General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
United Auto Workers Union
Walter P. Reuther
UAW
Reuther
Ousted Attorney Quits Citing Political Motives
Former Jackson County prosecutor Shute retracts political motive claims as he withdraws Saturday from magisterial race. He told officials Gov Blair and Mr Collet had charged his Kansas City organized crime allegations were for publicity since he seeks public office. Shute says the grand jury can hear his testimony without political taint.
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Jackson County
Austin
Shute
Wilken
Collet
Magis- Goliet
On Crime
Kansas
Blair
Kansas City
Grand Jury
Dr M F Modder Dies At 67 In Carlisle
Dr Mon tagu Frank Modder 67 visiting professor of English at Dickinson University and a writer and illustrator for magazines and newspapers died Saturday. Modder had been a professor of English at Befort Wisconsin University for 2 years and was in Colombo Ceylon when the death occurred.
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Carlisle, Pa
Montagu Frank Modder
Dickinson University
Modder
Befort
Wis
Colombo
Cey
Eisenhower Urges Youth to Wage Crusade for Peace
President Eisenhower in a Mount St. Marys College commencement address urged America's youth to wage a crusade for world peace and domestic justice. He framed the era as a contest between free religiously grounded governments and despotic communism, citing opportunities in racial relations, education, slum clearance and higher living standards. The visit followed Memorial Day at Gettysburg with Mrs. Eisenhower.
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Emmitsburg
Eisenhower
Free World
Mount St. Mary's College
Gettysburg
Three Named to Five-Year KU Alumni Board Terms
Robert I. Cory of Wichita Nell Blurton Renn of Arkansas City and Paul R. Ward of Hays were elected to five-year terms on the Kansas University Alumni Association board from six nominees. Paul J. Adam chaired the meeting with Claude E. Chalfant elected president. Ned Cushing became vice president. retiring directors include Roy Edwards Jr and Fred Littooy.
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Robert I. Cory
Wichita
Nell Blurton Renn
Arkansas City
Paul R. Ward
Hays
Kansas University Alumni Association
Paul J. Adam
Kansas City
Claude E. Chalfant
Hutchinson
Adam
Cory
Remn
Kansas
White House
University Alumni Association
Ward
Producers Pipe Line and Gas Co
Distributors Gas, Inc
Fred Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Education Focus At KU Chancellor Urges Quality Emphasis
Kansas University's chancellor Franklin D. Murphy addressed five reunion classes at a Sunday luncheon. He stressed that education quality matters more than building and hiring alone and urged support to turn KU into a major Midwest scholarly center. He spoke on preserving campus beauty while expanding facilities and faculty, and praised alumni interest despite modern education challenges.
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Kansas University
Franklin D. Murphhe
Universite
Midwest
Dristan Tablets Promote Sinus Drainage Relief
Announced new tablet to drain seven eight sinus cavities and relieve congestion. It claims fast, painless internal action carried by the blood to shrink swollen passages and ease pressure. Sold at drug centers without prescription for 24 tablets with refund guarantee.
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New York
N.Y
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