Child Hit by Car in Lawrence Street Incident
A three year old girl named Abra Dolton was treated for minor injuries at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after being struck in the 1100 block of Tennessee Street. She was released after treatment and X rays. The driver was Marion C Brandt a 31 year old of 234 Neb Street.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Tennessee Street
Abra Dolton
Donald Dolton
Tenn. St
Marion C. Brandt
Neb. St
Tanker Fire Kills Eight Nearby Trooper Survives
A tanker fire near Schuylkill Haven engulfed the area at about 6:15 a.m. CST. Troopers redirected traffic while two fire companies battled flames. An explosion around 8:45 a.m. killed eight or nine by the roadside. one trooper ducked behind a police car to survive. Authorities cited no collision and offered no原因 for the fire.
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Philadelphia
Clouser
Schuylkill Haven
Red Church
Funeral services set for Edna Calb of Baldwin
Edna Elizabeth Calb 79 of Baldwin died Sunday night in Topeka. Funeral 2 30 p m Wednesday at First Methodist Church Baldwin with Rev Mark Rouch officiating. Burial Oakwood Cemetery Baldwin. Survivors include daughter Emma Horrell Minneapolis sister Carrie Somers Los Angeles and brothers Gilbert Gander Baldwin and Dr James H Gander Menlo Park. Lamb Funeral Home in charge
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Edna Elizabeth Calb
Baldwin
Topeka
First Methodist Church
Baker University
Evangeline C.E.S
Charles A. Calb
Mark Rouch
Oakwood Cemetery
Lamb Funeral Home
Emma Horrell
Minneapolis
Equality Chapter Knights Rose Croix Meeting Notice
Stated communication on Wednesday June Vera at 8 p m announces election and installation of officers. Joseph L Humbert W M and O Wright Secy Adv to preside.
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Knights Rose Croix
Joseph L. Humbert
W. M
O. Wright
Zerbal Lodge of Perfection
Ernest A
S— Pontius
V. M
C. Wright
Douglas County Man DieS After Self Inflicted Shot
A 61 year old Douglas County man Paul Thompson died after shooting himself with a .410 shotgun while deputies served a warrant for assault. He had moved to Lawrence in 1908 and was a World War I veteran. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Rumsey Funeral Home.
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Dale Chappell
John Miller
Paul Thompson
Route 3
Thompson
Journal-World
Douglas County
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Byron Walters
Martha Connett
Lawrence
Connett
Lineville
Iowa
J. F. Thompson
Rumsey
Three Air Force fliers die in Hemet crash near Riverside
A jet bomber from March Air Force Base crashed near Hemet California killing Lt Col Donald Wynn 38 Maj John Thomas 41 and Lt James Browning 25 all Riverside residents. A fourth crewman survived badly burned wandered from wreckage and told deputies I don’t know what happened. Fire from wreckage set five fires across rolling ranchland as investigators secured details and next of kin notifications continue.
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Hemet
Calif
Air Force
Los Angeles
March Air Force Base
Riverside
Thomas Carney
Donald D. Wynn
John W. Thomas
James M. Browning
Riverside, Calif
KU Graduation Honors Four Alumni With Distinguished Service Citations
Four KU alumni received the university’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Citation, among a graduation cohort that included 37 with highest distinction and 82 with distinction. Local graduates and Lawrence participants are named, with summer sessions to follow and Baccalaureate moved indoors due to weather.
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Kansas
Hall
The
Universe
Eac
Evelyn Hitchcock Alden
Wellsville
Stanley Learried
Barthesville
Okla
Alexander Marble
Boston
Mass
Clifford W. Seibel
Amarillo
Tex
Lawrence
James Christopher Pool
Sarah Hopkins Beene
Judith Mydland Platz
Barbara Bradford Daly
Stephen Higdon Hill
Ernest Ralph Johnson
Melisande Magers Jones
James D. Millikan
Gary Lee Bosworth
Charles Milton Malone
Norman Lynn Burnett
Judith Ann Conkey
Nancy Lee Jones Morrow
Patricia Carol Shaw
Eleanor Marie Younberg
David Arthur Laney
James L. Gilliland
Baccalaureate
Allen Fieldhouse
Elementary Education Workshop Under Way
The Kansas University campus hosts a two week Elementary Education Workshop for teachers supervisors and administrators Speakers include Dr Herbert F Spitzer from Iowa State University and others from Penn State and KU General sessions run June 9 to June 13 The notice promotes Vacation Pak service for staying informed during vacations.
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Kansas University
Herbert F. Spitzer
Iowa State University
Edward L. Mattis
Pennsylvania State University
Oscar M. Haugh
Margaret Byrne
Nicaragua Government Suspends Import Licenses Amid Invasion
President Somoza’s government halted all import licenses as a response to a minor airborne invasion by exiles from Costa Rica. Businessmen called a general strike to pressure tax and duty cuts, while the National Guard reported battles near Mata galpa and Santo Tomas with air force support slowing rebel incursions.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Luis Somona
Somoza
Costa Rica
Enrique Lacayo Farfan
San Jose
U. S
Santo Tomas
Lake Nicaragua
National Guard
May Rainfall Comes In Below Average For City
May rainfall total 3.92 inches versus 4.69 inch average. KU station logged 68.4 degree average, 90 degree high on May 1, and 29 degree low on May 15. Downtown sites hit 91 on May 1 and 28, 29 reached 90. May had 12 rainy days, 12 clear, 5 partly cloudy, 14 cloudy. biggest single deluge was 2.01 inches on the 29th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Lawrence Merchants Plan Door Busters Summer Sales
A Lawrence breakfast meeting of the Retail Merchants Division drew 28 local businesses as leaders unveiled a summer program called Lawrence Door Busters. The plan features Tuesday sales with genuine bargain prices starting June 9, aiming to avoid token discounts and non-demanded goods.
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Retail Merchants’ Division
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Larry Flannery
Flannery
Gib Francis Sporting Goods
Crown Drug Co
Norris Bros
Gibbs Clothing
Jim Clark Motors
Carl's
Ober’s
Bell's
Jack Harris
University Ford Sales
Fritz Co
First National Bank
Roberts Jewselry
Kansas Public Service Co
Salsbury
Diebolt's
Terrill's
Duckwall’s
Montgomery Ward
the Jay Shoppe
Edmiston's
Miller Jones
Big Buy Drive In
Smith Paper Supply
Royal College
Weaver's
Anchor Savings and Loan
Surplus Store
Vase Stolen from Kansas Union Display Case
Campus police report a ceramic vase valued at $100 stolen from the Kansas Room display case at the Kansas Union. The vase, brown with blue glaze and white abstract design, was created by Sheldon Carey, professor of design, and appears to have been taken about Wednesday May 27.
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Kansas Room
The
Kansas Union
Sheldon Carey
Memorial Hospital Births and Families Listed
A memorial hospital bulletin lists new births and parental announcements. Couples include Mrs. Jozina Roberman, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy McClelland along with multiple families across Harold Cannon Bald Sturdevant and Tonganoxie, noting babies born Monday and today.
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Jozina Roberman
R. I. St
Harold Cannon
Baldwin
Ethel Sturdevant
la. St
James McClacherty
National Lane
Charlotte Altenbernd
Maribeth Guffey
Ky. St
Barbara Dowdell
Wis. St
Fred Henderson
Donna Benedict
Ala. St
Harry Sutton
Lecompton
Jane Bruggeman
Tonganoxie
Jeanne Gust
Sunnyside
LeRoy McClelland
Charlie Fatino
Stouffer Place
Merle Southard
Ind. St
Ronald Bruggeman
Surgery Fatal To Space Monkey
Able one of two monkeys aboard a Jupiter rocket space mission died during an operation at Fort Knox Kentucky to remove an implanted recording electrode. The Army said death was due to rapid convulsive heart action after anesthesia and not related to the flight. Baker the companion monkey was a lighter squirrel species.
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Washington
Able
Army
Army Medical Research Laboratory
Ft. Knox
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Baker
Kansas bankers begin three day clinic at KU
About 350 bankers from Kansas gather at the University of Kansas for a three day Kansas Bank Management Clinic. Speakers include R L Mullins of Wolfe City National Bank and W M Harrison of First National Bank Oklahoma City discussing advertising and loan methods.
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Kansas Bankers
Kansas University
Savings and Loan
Kansas Bank Management Clinic
Kansas Bankers Association
R. L. Mullins
Wolfe City
Tex
W. M. Harrison
First National Bank
Oklahoma City
Carl E. Bahmeier Jr
Huron
S. D
South Dakota Bankers Association
R. J. Doll
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Lawrence police warn door to door peddlers in city
Lawrence police urge residents to check for registered door to door salesmen with city permits or chamber receipts while planning a Kansas Centennial meeting at City Hall to gain broad Douglas County participation. Wilt Chamberlain discusses education plans while signing with the Philadelphia Warriors.
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Police Department
Chamber of Commerce
John Hazelet
Hazelet
Department T
P.m
11Th and
Mass. Sts
Kansas
Douglas County
Ted A. Kennedy
Wilt Chamberlain
Lawrence
Penn
Temple
Dipper
The
Globe Trotters
Seventeen Girls Associations Convene Conference
Mrs. Mills Hollis of Great Bend resumes directing the program as 17th Girls Associations hold a Kansas event with leaders including Mrs. Ethan Allen, Hazel Anderson, Elizabeth Whetstone, Viola Pritchard, Capt. Allen Rush, and E. A. McFarland. Registration is Sunday 1 to 4 30 p m and opening at 7 30 p m with a Friday banquet titled A Night at The Ballet on June 12.
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Carriers Association
Ethan Allen
Board of Education
Lawrence
Hazel Anderson
Kansas University
Elizabeth Whetstone
American Legion Auxiliary
George B. Smith
Viola Pritchard
Allen C. Rush
Kansas Highway Patrol
Mills Hollis
Great Bend
E. A. McFarland
University Extension
Vinyard Elected Traffic Commission Chairman
Ken Vinyard was elected chairman and Don Robertson vice chairman of the Traffic Commission. Challis Shaffer was succeeded as chair, Bill Willee became secretary, and the group moved to address several traffic hazards and parking restrictions citywide. The panel urged state review of lights at 6th and Mass Streets and studied 9th and Iowa Streets.
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Ken Vinyard
Traffic Commission
Don Robertson
Vinyard
Challis Shaffer
Bill Willee
Winyard
Eleventh Street
Vermont West
Robertson
al Thomas
9Th
Iowa
City Commission
State Highway Commission
6Th and
Mass, Sts
High Drive
Emery Road
Cambridge
Rusty's Food
VFW Leader Shocked by Attorney General Gambling Call
Kansas VFW department commander Chris Herrman of La Crosse said he was shocked by Attorney General John Anderson's call for enforcement of gambling laws at the VFW department convention in Wichita. Herrman spoke after arriving in Wichita Thursday and expressed regret at the statement.
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Wichita
Kansas
Veterans of Foreign Wars
John Anderson
VFW Department
Chris Herrman
la Crosse
Anderson
Card of Thanks for Debra Lyn Wingert
The Gene Wingert family expresses gratitude to friends and relatives for cards flowers foods and kindness and thanks Dr Branson Dowell nurses and staff for their care during illness and at Debra Lyn Wingert s death.
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Journal- World
Adv
Sunflower
Mike McWilliams
Federalist Party
Marvin Pine
MacArthur County
Justin Rice
Arnold County
Replater of Deeds
David Stinson
King County
Register of Deeds
Randy Williams
Pine
Nationalists
New Progressive Party
Baby Boy Sullivan
Bonner Springs
Michael Sneegas
Murrow
Alva Siders
Eudora
Cherry Dunham
N. J. St
Roberta Ewing
Vt. St
Norma Dotson
Helen Pritchett
Linwood
Marlene Heinrich
Miller
NEW Alumni Association
Kansas University Alumni Association
Ned T. Embry
Margaret Butler Lillard
Salina
Wade Stinson
Chicago
Karl Kreider
the Dipper
Chamberlain
Philadelphia Warriors
Trotters
Regnier
Travelers Homeowners Policy
Travigo
Calvin
Hartford
VFW
Lawrence Memorial Co
Hillcrest Peppermint Kiddieland
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