Sixteen Kansas Beauties Ready For Competition In Pratt
Sixteen Kansas contestants arrived for the Miss Kansas 1961 pageant in Pratt with events including a parade, a get acquainted banquet, and rehearsals. Gov. Docking and Miss 1960 crown the winner Friday. talent ranges from a hula dance to a self taught piano solo and a dress design demo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pratt
Kansas
Atlantic City
N. J
Pratt Rotary and Lions Clubs
George Docking
Sharon O'Neal
Kansas City
Kas
Linda Marie Park
Chanute
Brenda Jo Stewart
Tola
Judith Ann Vaneger
Haysville
Sharon Kay Merritt
Bonner Springs
Janice Kaye Hutson
Coffeyville
Gayla Leigh
el Dorado
Judith Jamison
Lawrence
Linda Lou Marshall
Wichita
Kakeland
Sonja Ann Hendricks
Jeanine Rosalie Tiemeier
Lincolnville
Marion County
Mary Ann Hamilton
Pola
Karen Lynne Sparks
Salina
Patti Lee O'Berg
Miss Winfield
Honolulu
Manhattan
Golfer Dressed Intruder Robs Lawrence Club Locker Rooms
A man in golfer attire robbed four lockers at Lawrence Country Club Wednesday evening, taking $143 in cash. Several checks were left. a $4,000 diamond ring and a $400 wrist watch were not taken. The same night two self service laundries were entered and cash boxes emptied. Police report additional unknown amounts stolen at Wash-o-Matic on 23rd and La Sts and at Speed-Wash The Malls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Country Club
la. Sts
Bank Management Clinic Closes at Kansas University
The 21st annual Bank Management Clinic ends at KU with 350 top Kansas banking executives in closing sessions. Tuesday through the week featured a breakfast presided by Lloyd B. Ferrell of Topeka First National Bank and a talk by Bradford A. Warner of Manufacturers Trust Co. on cashing in on research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Kansas
Lloyd B. Ferrell
Topeka
First National Bank
Bank Management Commission
Bradford A. Warner
Manufacturers Trust Co
New York
William C Wise of San Marcus Texas dies
William C Wise of San Marcus Texas died Wednesday evening after falling ill in his yard and dying in a hospital there. He was born in Lawrence and lived in Texas about 40 years. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include wife Etha two sons Lawrence Wise and Gene Wise two sisters Clara Wood and Rosa Wilks two brothers Charles Wise and Elmer Wise five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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William C. Wise
San Marcus
Tex
Lawrence
Texas
Memorial Park Cemetery
Etha
Lawrence Wise
Stroud
Okla
Gene Wise
Kerrville
CJHS Students Earn Westgate Awards for 1958 9th Grade
Phyllis Babbitt and Alan Hitt win the Westgate Award at Central Junior High School marking top ninth grade leadership scholarship and citizenship. Orvel Criqui presents memorial honors to Earle Westgate. Babbitt active in Student Council 4-H sewing cooking and church youth work. Hitt showcased in band orchestra sports and Youth Fellowship.
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Phyllis Babbitt
Alan Hitt
Westgate
Central Junior High School
Irl
Orvel Criqui
CIHS
Earle Westgate
Miss Babbitt
Dale Babbitt
Route 4
Lawrence High School
Belvoir Rural
Clinton United Presbyterian Church
Clinton
James K. Hitt
Mo. St
Hitt
South Park
Plymouth Congregational Church
Retail Sales Rise in 1959 Totals Reaching Near 892 Billion
1959 retail sales are estimated at 891.4 billion, about 7 to 8 percent above 1958. Retailers gain influence from newspaper advertising and, along with other local advertisers, spent over 2 billion dollars annually on ads in daily newspapers.
Defense Bill O K Seen by Drafters
Washington AP reports two senators who shaped the defense appropriations bill predict Senate Appropriations will approve it Friday with few changes. The panel added 828 million to the House total, restoring hundreds of millions for carriers missiles anti submarine research and the B70 bomber program.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Dennis Chavez
D-Nm
Sen
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Appropriations Subcommittee
House
Chavez
Eisenhower
Saltonstall
Senate
Navy
Senate Group
Pacific Northwest
Bitter union strike shuts five U.S. defense sites in fourth day
United States defense plants are paralyzed as the IAM and Convair battle over wage hikes. Fewer than 3,000 of Convair's 27,235 IAM members are on strike, with hundreds laid off and air bases including Cape Canaveral and Edwards seeing absences across multiple facilities.
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San Diego
Calif
U. S
Convair
International Assn
IAM
Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Missiles and Space Division
Burbank
Douglas Aircraft
Santa Monica
United Auto Workers
Douglas
Long Beach
Architects Assn
EAA
Air Force
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Warren Air Force Base
Cheyenne
Wyo
Offutt Air Force Base
Edwards Air Force Base
Rockefeller rails at administration in 1960 bid
Nelson Rockefeller blasts defense, education, medical and labor policies, calls for government reorganization and a stronger foreign stance. He criticizes the 1959 steel settlement, predicts weaker U S standing than 15 years ago, and outlines a New York GOP convention role amid Nixon talks.
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Nixon
Rockefeller
Prince Philip
Britain
Eisenhower
White House
National Security Council
New York State
Chicago
United States
Korea Peninsula Size Compared To Minnesota
A historical note compares Korea to Minnesota in land area, describing Korea as a peninsula roughly about the same size as the U S state. The comparison emphasizes geographic scale and regional context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Peninsula
Minnesota
Summer music camp invites high school players for elite instruction
The camp offers a summer program for high school and junior high students in music. It features top faculty from KU and guest conductors including Guy Fraser Harrison Temianka, Allessandro, Caillier, Jones, and others. Participants gain exposure to conducting, private instruction, ensemble work, and performance with leading artists and university staff.
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Guy Fraser Harrison
Oklahoma City’ Symphony Orchestra
Henri Temianka
Temianka Little Symphony
Victor Allessandro
San Antonio Ymphony Orchestra
Lucien Caillier
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Donald Johanes
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Leo Kucinski
Sioux City Symphony Orchestra
Lloyd Plautsch
Southern Methodist University
Eugene Kenney
Texas Tech College
Robert McCowan
Iowa State College
Hospital list notes births and addresses in the area
Memorial Hospital records a series of births and mothers including Mrs. Edith Bailey and baby girl in Eudora, Mrs. Edith Qwens and Mrs. Irene Graham with baby boys, and several others at multiple addresses. The item reads as a roster of names and residences with no narrative context.
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Minnie Shaw
Linwood
Willard Fitzgerald
Eudora
Edith Bailey
Wesley Miller
N.H
George Edmonds
Maurine Bogert
Humboldt
Vernon Jolliff
Bonner Springs
Jane Pilch
W. 19Th
Melvin and
William Lange
Pamela Reese
Edith Qwens
Elm
Dorothy Wieneke
Irene Graham
Baby Boy
Route 1
Carmie Niemeyer
DeSoto
Carl Brocker
N.Y
Lou Gehlbach
Dean Panos
Barber Elected to Board of First National Bank
Richard A. Barber, attorney, was elected to the board of directors of the First National Bank on Wednesday. Woodrow W. Miller has resigned as he leaves the city. Barber, a Lawrence High School and Kansas University graduate, has practiced locally since 1934 and served in World War II. Kelvin Hoover chairs the board. other directors are H. C. Brinkman James M. Kemper Jr. George J. Kirchhoff Chris Kraft E. B. Martin Warren Rhodes C. C. Stewart and M. S. Winter.
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Richard A. Barber
First National Bank
Woodrow W. Miller
Lawrence High School
Kansas University
Kelvin Hoover
H. C. Brinkman
James M. Kemper Jr
George J. Kirchhoff
Chris Kraft
E. B. Martin
Warren Rhodes
C. C. Stewart
M. S. Winter
Harold A Beck Seeks Re‑Election as Douglas County Register
Harold A Beck announces candidacy for re election as Douglas County Register of Deeds. A Republican veteran of 13 terms, Beck has modernized the office with photostating a real estate index system and microfilming deeds mortgages and records dating to 1857. He has long held civic roles with Kiwanis and the National Polio Foundation. He has lived in the county since infancy and attended local schools.
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Harold A. Beck
Douglas County Register of Deeds
Union School
Willow Springs Township
Lawrence High School
Beck
Lawrence Business College
Register of Deeds
Lawrence Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Orthopedic Clinic
Douglas County
National Polio Foundation
Midland C.P.A
Kansas Register of Deeds Association
Ag Hall Drive Exceeds Goal By Nine Thousand Dollars
The Douglas County Agricultural Hall of Fame Development Fund surpasses its goal by more than 9000 dollars with total contributions over 31500 dollars. County chairman Emil Heck said the local share of a 5 million national drive was 22400 dollars. Local union Plumbers and Steamfitters contributed 500 dollars and R R Zurbuchen 950 dollars from the Cooperative Farm Chemicals Association. The national shrine will be built on a 409 acre tract about 20 miles east of Lawrence near the Kansas Turnpike Bonner Springs interchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Agricultural Hall of Fame
Emil Heck
Plumbers and Steamfitters Union
R. R. Zurbuchen
Cooperative Farm Chemicals Assn
Journal World Ad Notice Sent To Summer Address
The Journal World informs readers of an ad notice sent to a summer address and provides a contact phone VI3-1000 for follow up.
Rockefeller Challenges Nixon as GOP Faces Direction
The Associated Press reports Nelson Rockefeller issued a forceful challenge to Nixon to define the GOP direction. Republicans mostly back Nixon, Rockefeller questions party leadership and platform, while Democrats see momentum for Kennedy and Symington gains at state conventions.
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Associated Press
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Washington
Congres
Nixon
New York
Rockefeller
Local Boys Begin Boys State Duties
Six Lawrence High School seniors prepared for a week in Wichita Sunflower Boys State with roles including attorney general Bob Shenk justice on the state supreme court Jeff Heeb chief of the highway patrol Lary Schiefelbusch and Chuck Lanning appointed to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation Lanning also elected county coroner Larry Colburn named county assessor and county marshal The Governor's Ball closes the session with delegates returning to Lawrence Saturday after the convention at Wichita West High School.
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Lawrence High School
Sunflower Boys State
Wichita
Bill Cottle
LHS
William C. Cottle
Ky. St
Bob Shenk
Henry Shenk
State Supreme Court
Jeff Heeb
Highway Patrol
L. J. Heeb
Ind
Lary Schiefelbusch
R. L. Schiefelbusch
la. St
Chuck Lanning
Charles W. Lanning
Ind. St
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Lanning
Larry Colburn
Glenn T. Colburn
Lawrence
Wichita West High School
Newspapers and outlets reprise Better Meals campaign
Nine hundred seventy three daily newspapers joined by leading food outlets in six hundred sixty six markets across the United States and Canada participated in the Better Meals Build Better Families campaign last September. Food industry readers have voted to repeat the promotion this year.
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U.S
Canada
Food Industry
Safe Driver Isabel Allen of Lawrence Honored
Mrs. Isabel Allen of 1317 Strong Ave Lawrence is this week’s safe driver after officers noted her careful driving at multiple locations with a focus on children’s safety. The Police Department awarded a safe driver certificate and the local Elks Lodge presented a gift.
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Isabel Allen
Strong Ave
Touhy Brother Dies of Cancer in Chicago
The Sun-Times reports the last of the Touhy brothers, Thomas “Terrible Tommy,” died May 16 at relatives’ home after a battle with cancer. He had hoped to die peacefully with family present rather than in bullets, follows Roger “The Terrible” Touhy shot after leaving prison. Two brothers were killed in Capone era gang wars. another died in prison of tuberculosis. James died of natural causes.
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Thomas
Tommy) Touhy
Roger
The
Sun-Times
Tommy
James
Southern Lad Champion In Spelling Bee
Henry Feldman thirteen from Oak Ridge Tennessee won the 1960 National Spelling Bee. Betty Jean Altschul twelve from Norfolk Virginia was runner up. Feldman clinched the title by spelling eudaemonic correctly after both finalists missed words. Feldman previously placed twentieth last year and competed in 1958. Celian Ann Krehbiel fourteen from Moundridge Kansas failed on Hartmattan after two attempts.
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Washington
Henry Feldman
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Betty Jean Altschul
Norfolk
Henry
Betty Jean
Celian Ann Krehbiel
Moundridge
Kas
Hartmattan
Atlantic
Africa
Census Office Closes After Five Month Operation
The Second District Census Office in the Community Building basement closed at noon after five months of work counting residents in nine counties. All records were sent to Jeffersonville Indiana for verification and tabulation with an expected release in about four months. Lawrence’s population was 33 033 and payroll totaled 27000 dollars.
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Second District
Jeffersonville
Ind
Robert Haggart
Lawrence
Hagpart
Allen files today as Republican state Senate candidate
Milton P. Allen, a Lawrence attorney, filed in Topeka today as the Republican candidate for state senator from the Fifth District.
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Milton P. Allen
Topeka
Lawrence
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