Summer reading program at Lawrence schools expanded
The Lawrence school summer reading program opens this week for junior high students, with PTA and Public Library sponsorship. Students read books from public, home, or school shelves, log each title, and submit slips in the children’s library. Seals awarded by color for books read, with certificates for reaching milestones, and a playful "book baseball" progress game run by City Librarian Donald Potter.
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Lawrence
PTA
Ninth
Vermont
Margaret Perkins
Bessie Daum
Pesgram
Donald Potter
Curmmer
Cordles
Morgan K. Allison
Lincoln
Lavonia Jackson
McAllister
Carl Smith
New York
Pinckney
PL Svat Woodlwn
Hichhorn
Four Legged Lawnmowers For City Economy In Ridgefield Park
Ridgefield Park officials launched a four legged economy plan with Commissioner Vogt inaugurating a trial using sheep to mow grass in two village parks. If successful, Vogt plans to buy four more sheep to cut labor and machinery costs.
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Ridgefield Park
N. J
Ross
Vogt
Longtime Lawrence fire chief Ingels retires after forty years
In a reflective farewell at the fire station, Ingels discusses the demands of the job, the need for training and drill, and the variety of fires faced. He avoids naming a single worst blaze, noting some were more memorable for their impact than others as a 40 year career in community service ends.
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Lawrence Fre
Spe
Ingels
Fire Chief Ingels Stresses Honesty in Service
Lawrence fire chief Ingels reflects on four decades in the department, noting the city’s core duty is protection of property. He recalls steam era fire wagons, the move to motorized trucks, and his role from 1910s as chief guiding safety drills with university partners and local officials.
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Rich Clarkson
Lawrence
Iin
Day
Ingles
Ingels
Fenco
Isis
Coopers *Cith Whew University
State Department
Chauffeur for Ike to Abilene among KU students
Seven University of Kansas students who were patients at Watkins Hospital as classes closed will leave the hospital. Frederick Rice of Abilene, a freshman, will drive Eisenhower in his Abilene homecoming journey. Beverly Cape, a senior, will walk in the graduation procession if she recovers. William Firth of Emporia was discharged after an auto injury. James Kubik of Wichita will be released to enter law classes. Some students will stay longer for summer school.
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K.U
Watkins Hospital
Ike Eisenhower
Abilene
Arkansas
Frederick Rice
Eisenhower
Rice
Wichita
Sineumania
Fother
Hospital
Ronger
Mother attends son's graduation after surgery
A Kansas City woman, just post operative, was allowed by her physician to attend her son Frederick L. Baldwin's graduation. She was told to stay in bed except during the actual ceremony hours as her son completed his commencement.
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Baldwin
Kansasity
Frederick L. Baldwin
Exchange Hot Notes as Korean Truce Talks Stall
U N and Communist negotiators exchange strongly worded notes on prisoners of war in Panmunjom. North Korea protests treatment of Reds on Koje Island while Gen Harrison presses for names and accounting of nearly 1,000 UN soldiers captured but unnamed. 34 minute session ends without progress on the truce dispute.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N
Nam 0
Panmunjom
Koje Island
William K. Harrison
Dai Fardier
U.N
G.N
Irela
Presbyterians to Review Progress for Past Year
The 92nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church opens in Charleston West Virginia for a five day review of the past year and to plan action. 483 commissioners attend from various states, mainly in the South, with topics including segregation within churches and beliefs on marriage divorce and remarriage.
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Charleston
W. Va
92Nd General Assembly of the
Prebysterian Church
U. S
Progran
Firit
South
Do Your Legs Itch A Legacy of Dry Skin Remedies
A vintage ad promotes Resinol as a medicated oil rich ointment to soothe parched skin and relieve itching from winter dryness and minor irritations. It touts Resinol for diaper rash chafing diaper rash and minor skin conditions with a lightly medicated cleanser for best results.
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Lee
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