Washburn Unable to Open After Tornado Damage
Topeka Washburn University faced extensive destruction from a summer tornado. Crews began boarding and cleanup as President Henderson and Assistant Barker were away. Buildings including McVicar Hall Rice Hall Benton Hall and the library suffered major damage with millions in losses. About 50 baton clinic attendees sheltered in Benton Hall basement with no injuries.
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Washburn
John W. Henderson
Gerald Barker
A.F. Engelbert
McVicar Hall
Rice Hall
Benton Hall
A.J. Carruth
Morgan Hall
Washburn Library
Washburn Science Hall
Law
Whitingfield House
Mulvane Art Center
Engelbert
Boys State tornados scare Topeka crowd at KU ceremony
American Legion Boys State leaders and delegates at Kansas University rode out Wednesday night’s Topeka and Leavenworth tornado threat. Gov. Wohlford and other elected officials faced weather disruption as several attendees avoided danger in campus basements.
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Gib Mantey
Mound City
American Legion Boys State
Kansas University
American Legion
Boys State
Topeka
Leavenworth
Mantey
Larry Wohlford
Hutchinson
Murphy Hall
Tim Edwards
Kansas Highway Patrol
Wayne Scenogle
National Hospital
Legionnaires
Walter Raymond
Lawrence
Templin
Lewis and Hashinger
William Avery
Wohlford
Nationalist Party
Richard Lefebvre
Prairie Village
William Ebert
John Stevenson
Great Bend
James Nichols
Hiawatha
John Adams
Overland Park
Randy Cullen
William Mallory
Ellis
Stephen Jacobs
Leawood
Tornado Strikes Washburn Event Hurts Area Residents
Law School graduates from KU and others were at Washburn during a tornado that demolished nearby structures in Topeka. Curran described uprooted trees and a devastated area with several graduates’ cars damaged or destroyed. Several attendees found rides home as the storm passed.
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Curran
Lawrence
Washburn
Topeka
Steve Chambers
Shawnee Mission
Larry Sheppard
Dick Zinn
Wichita
Mark Berkley
Tescott
Darwin Johnson
KU Law School
Bill McAdoo
Larned
Robert Koehler
Kansas City
Don Vasos
Carroll
Iowa
Charles Hammond
Osage City
Roger Wilson
Douglas Lancaster
Independence
Terry Wuester
Centralia
Jim James
Emporia
Jerry Palmer
el Dorado
Don Erie
Haskell Institute Fire and Police Protection Bill Signed
President Johnson signs a bill authorizing state and local authorities to provide fire and police protection for Haskell Institute in Lawrence Kansas. The measure consolidates security duties for the institution.
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Washington
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Kan
Johnson
Fred and Oscar Runmisey Owners Rimsey Funeral Home
Rimsey Funeral Home run by Fred and Oscar Runmisey. Vio 3 51 Adv details not fully readable.
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Fred and
Oscar Runmisey
Rimsey Funeral Home
14 Known Dead in Topeka Tornado Toll
The Civil Defense office lists 14 Topeka fatalities from Wednesday night's tornado. Names include Edward J. Lyons Lisle Grauer Sterling Taylor Mrs Bertha Whitney W R Crouch John D Culver Mr and Mrs Calvin Wolf Oliver J Milton Grayford Lee and three unidentified persons. All victims are from Topeka.
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Topeka
Kan
Civil Defense Office
Edward J. Lyons
Lisle Grauer
Sterling Taylor
Bertha Whitney
W. R. Crouch
John D. Culver
Calvin Wolf
Oliver J. Milton
Grayford Lee
KU Offers Full Support To Washburn And K State
After a tornado damaged Washburn University in Topeka and Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas University officials pledge full aid in facilities and personnel. Buildings crews worked overnight. KU light generators aided night operations. K State housing faced near total loss with 560 units uninhabitable and major damage to the E State Food Service Building and Beef Cattle Building, valued around 200000 dollars.
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Washburn University
Topeka
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Kansas University
Washburn
Mount Oread
Harry Buchholz
Journal-World
Topeka Capital Publishes Tornado Edition With Lawrence Help
The Topeka Capital produced an abbreviated edition after a Wednesday tornado cut power at the Topeka plant. The Lawrence Journal-World supplied staff and press help enabling 35,000 copies to be printed at Lawrence for late Wednesday night into Thursday.
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Topeka Capital
Kansas
Lawrence
Lawrence Journal-World
Topeka Daily Capital
Topeka
Capital-Journal
Journal-World
Journal- World
Ramada Inn
Daily Capital
Journal-World Press
Italian youth dies after chimp kidney transplant
An Italian youth who lived 31 days with a chimpanzee kidney in his body died Wednesday. Doctors said the transplanted kidney functioned well to the end, with death attributed to heart and circulatory failure from prior hypertension before the operation.
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Rome
Polyclinic
Judge's Rule Struck Down in California Case
Santa Barbara Calif AP It is neither sterilization nor jail for Mrs Nancy Hernandez 21 She is free on probation. Municipal Judge Frank Parnes attempt to have her sterilized was struck down by superior court Judge C Douglas Smith ruled the condition arbitrary capricious beyond a judge authority and against the law This ruling followed Hernandezs arrest on a misdemeanor for being in a room where narcotics were used The judge emphasized governance by law not whim and power.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Nancy Hernandez
Frank Parney
Kearney
C. Douglas Smith
Mrs. Hernandez
Clyde M Blair Dies at 82 Former Indian Service Administrator
Clyde M Blair 82 longtime Indian Service official and former superintendent of the Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina died Saturday in an Asheville hospital after a heart attack. He led Haskell Institute in 1933 and held posts at Carlisle Indian School Kla math Agency Navajo Reservation and more. Funeral held June 6 in Asheville First Presbyterian Church.
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Clyde M. Blair
Haskell Institute
Asheville
N.C
Indian Service
Blair
Carlisle Indian School
Pennsylvania
Klamath Agency
Oregon
New Mexico
Arizona
North Carolina
Rotary Club
First Presbyterian Church of
Cambridge
Ohio
Monmouth, II
Kansas University
Sterling College
University of Chicago
Tom Hines
Raleigh
N. C
J. S. Blair
DeLand, Fla
Scott Hamilton
Neblam
First Presbyterian Church
Lewis Memorial Park Cemetery
Eudora Cooperative Church School Holds Parade Picnic
The Eudora Cooperative Church School ends Friday with a 9 am class at St Pauls UCC and the Methodist Church followed by a 10:30 am church service dedication at the Methodist Church for World Service. A parade begins at 11 am from 7th and Church Sts to City Park with sack lunches and a noon pickup, rain date canceled. Enrollment totals Nursery 15 Kindergarten 33 and first three grades 30.
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Eudora Cooperative Church
St. Paul’s
Main Street
Whaley fatally shot after armed confrontation
Whaley, armed with two loaded revolvers and 18 extra 38 shells, carried a citizen’s band walkie talkie. Police cite two theories for the weapon and radio: an accomplice lookout or a guide coordinating weather and police activity. He was 6 feet tall, 155 pounds, and died on arrival at Lawrence Memorial Hospital from a single spinal bullet.
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Whaley
Troelstrup
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Motorcycle Mishap Leaves Boy Hurt at Intersection
A 12 year old boy was hospitalized after a motorcycle crash at Crescent Road and Spencer Drive. John J. Dietrich of 1121 Vt. was listed in good condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with facial and arm injuries. The rider, Robert L. Dietrich, 22, of the same address, was uninjured. Damage to the cycle totaled $20.
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Crescent Road
Spencer Drive
John J. Dietrich
1121
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Robert L. Dietrich
Dietrich
Haircut ruling sided with Valley High School student
In Louisville Kentucky Judge Marvin Sternberg ruled Valley High School acted reasonably in suspending 16 year old musician John Hodge for failing to cut his hair The judge noted that historical figures like Bach Beethoven and George Washington were not Valley High students and that the principal Cantrell could have ordered haircuts if they wished to stay in school
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Louisville
Bach
Beethoven
George Washington
Valley High School
Jefferson Circuit Court
Marvin Sternberg
John Hodge
Hodge
Sternberg
J.C. Cantrell
Cantrell
Card of Thanks for Loss of Son Tom
Thanks to our many friends for the kindness shown us during the loss of our son Tom. L. D. Ryan & Family.
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Tom. L. D. Ryan
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Loyd Durow
Durow
Manhattan Pops Chorus
Haskell Bill
W. 23Rd St
Betty Sickles
J-W
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State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington, Linois
Raymond B. Williams
Rusty’s
Northside
2Nd and
Lincoln Sts
George
Kentucky
Lawrence Memorial Co
Norman Enda
Docaine
Scobblers Bench
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