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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1955

Page

5

Violent Weather Blasts Oklahoma Across State

Oklahoma City area faces a possible tornado at 9 15 am after a funnel northeast of the city. A two hour alert covered towns within 75 miles. flash floods followed in the west with six inch rains near Hydro. Roads paused as heavy rainfall and hail shaped a cloudburst in the South Canadian River watershed.

Oklahoma City Oklahoma Highway Patrol Hydro Weatherford U.S. 66 Weather Bureau South Canadian Thomas Purcell

Thirty three nurses receive pins at Kansas Uni Med Center

Thirty three nurses graduated in Battenfeld Auditorium Kansas University Medical Center Kansas City receiving pins and certificates. Dr Mahlon Delp spoke as Miss E Jean Hill presented pins and Dr W Clarke Wescoe awarded certificates. Graduates held BS degrees in nursing or home economics and nursing with thirty earning degrees Monday at commencement.

Battenfeld Kansas University Medical Center Kansas City Mahlon Delp Department of Postgraduate Medical Education E. Jean Hill Department of Nursing W. Clarke Wescoe School of Medicine Kansas University Haven Applegate Meade Margaret Armstrong Chetopa Lillian Bernard Helen Burson Hutchinson Dolores Edwards Allen Mary Fink Garnett Barbara Garberich Wichita Theresa Hanson Topeka Jane Henry Oskaloosa Kathryn Lygrisse Fredonia Ann White Clay Center Jo Ann Merryfield Minneapolis Helen Moore Marlene Frohn Manhattan Dee Johnson Margaret Moore Erma Sykes Joanne Carver Plattsburg Jo Ann Lusk Oliver Lynne Cole Newton Mary Sorem Jetmore

Young man seeks army enlistment despite tests met

A Kansas City youth named Robert Vonne seeks Army enlistment. He has passed physical and mental standards but lacks verifiable identity and birth information required for minors. He has lived with carnivals and foster families, claims years with traveling shows, and registered for the draft in Nevada, Missouri, as investigators seek his true vital statistics.

Kansas City Robert Vonne Nevada Army

Citizens Group Backs Up Leader of Wiretap Probe

In New York a citizens group supports William J. Keating, former counsel for the New York City Anti Crime Committee, who refused to name sources. Keating helped reveal a major illegal wiretap scandal and later declined to reveal how he learned of a secret wiretap raid to a grand jury, facing five days in jail for contempt.

New York William J. Keating New York City Anti-Crime Committee Keating

Daughters of the American Revolution Meet Relocated

Betty Washington Chapter weather postpones its Saturday meeting to 3 PM at Hiblcrest School corner Hilltop Drive and Harvard Road. Program features member ancestry talks. supper chaired by Mrs C C Winslet. Transportation calls to Mrs Mildred Watson.

Betty Washington Daughters of the American Revolution Hiblcrest School Hilltop Drive Harvard Road Huddleston Servier C. C. Winslet Wit Des Ehairman

Local families and business leaders in transit and events

Personal notices list Mrs Harold Goff and her son Gary visiting relatives in Overland Park while Hal and Frank Neil visit paternal grandparents in Pleasanton. Metropolitan Life reps John Cox T Mel Daniel Robert Einstein Kenneth Pine attend a Kansas City conference led by Frederick Ecker. Other items note school officials at Topeka conference, and family travel to camp, California and Seattle.

Harold Goff Gary Overland Park Waldo Durr Lawrence Eudora Colorado Springs Betty Broat New York Ruth Anna McCracken Olney Friends Boarding School Barnesville Ohio Anna McCracken Newhall Calif Conference Point Camp Lake Geneva Wis Janet Jackson Forrest Jackson Hilda Pittsburg Vera Stough Michigan Austasia Francis TH WI A

Santa Fe and Las Vestas Representatives Present from Estates

Representatives from Santa Fe and Las Vestas appeared as gifts from the estates and Gen Cmeda, Plow and Purrty Rien.

Santa Fe Las Vestas Cmeda

Menon Talks With Eden On Formosa Settlement

London reports Krishna Menon and Eden discuss prospects for a Formosa settlement amid tensions with Red China and ongoing regional leadership discussions. No formal pact announced as Ottawa and Tokyo leaders, along with Eisenhower aides, await further talks.

Menon Eden Formosa London Krishna Menon Ottawa Tos Eisen Fee Paca Seepe Et Menon

East West Tensions Face Conference on Formosa

Report says he seeks Brosh support for Pao pean policy and aims for a conference with United States on Formosa fate and East West issues. Mentions possible broader strategy and alliance dynamics amid growing regional tensions.

Brosh Pao Pean Pea Chona United States Formosa Teast

Holton Coach Leads Ottawa Trio in Basketball

William S Frear of a defunct academy led a noted basketball effort at Ottawa University today after Don Meek Merk joined last week to enjoy campus life. Frear evacuated from Ottawa after playing for two teams in the Wise Conference. He served four years with the Mire noes during World War II.

Otpawal William S Frear Dfonaikashich Owas Ottowi University Don Meek Merk Pio Oite Feear Ottawa Wises Ite

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