Medgar Evers Buried With Honors at Arlington National Cemetery
Medgar W. Evers, NR A C P field secretary for Mississippi, buried with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. About 900 mourners, including Cabinet members and senators, attend at Ft Myer and graveside ceremony. Evers served 1943-46, earned two Bronze Stars for Normandy and northern France campaigns.
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Medgar W. Evers
Arlington National Cemetery
Ft. Myer
Jackson
Miss
Interior Department
Stewart L. Udall
Udall
Evers
American Veterans Committee
Pierre Salinger
White House
Albert Turner
Military District of
Stephen Gill Spotswood
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Myrlie B. Evers
Daryl
Reena Denise
Charles Evers
Medgar
Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Paul H. Douglas
D-Inl
NAACP
John Vesey
Normandy
France
Scholarships Awarded From Lundquist Estate To KU Students
Eleven Kansas University students from McPherson and Osage counties receive a total of 3850 in Lundquist estate scholarships. Recipients include John Sigmund Anderson and Jean Louise Rouland from Osage City and James Lewis Hooper of Reading. McPherson County scholars Dill Daniels Goering Gary Goff Carolyn Graber Ann Sherrie Peterson Linda Sheryl Larsen Karin Peterson Verlyn Peterson Donovan Train receive 200 to 500 dollars each for the coming freshmen and upperclass years.
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McPherson
Osage Counties
Ada Lundquist
Jones
Reading
Osage County
John Sigmund Anderson
Jean Louise Rouland
Osage City
James Lewis Hooper
Lundquist
McPherson County
Danielle Goering
Moundridge
Gary Goff
Carolyn Jean Graber
Hesston
Ann Sherrie Peterson
Conway
Linda Sheryl Larsen
Karin Peterson
Verlyn M. Peterson
Donovan L. Train
Lindsborg
Powys Author John Powys Dies in Wales Cottage
John Cowper Powys, a noted author and critic born in 1884, died Monday night in Blaenau Festiniog Wales. His best known works include Wolf Solent and A Glastonbury Romance, and he spent the last 24 years of his life in a secluded cottage in the town.
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Blaenau Festiniog
Wales
John Cowper Powys
Powys
Alcoholism Rising in U S Experts Warn
Berkeley psychiatrists at the California School on Alcoholism warn the United States is becoming more alcoholic. They cite 160 million gallons of spirits and 150 million gallons of wine consumed yearly, with about two million heavy drinkers and up to 12 000 alcohol related deaths annually. The economic cost is estimated at 10.5 billion dollars per year.
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Jones
Karl Bowman
Langley Porter Clinic
San Francisco
Charge Account Rage To Get Even Bigger In The Next 20 Years
At the 51st International Consumer Credit Conference in Kansas City AP reports credit buyers will rise from 60 percent to 80 or 85 percent in twenty years. Wylie of Winstock Lubin Sacramento predicts a surge as war babies enter the market. Downey of Rothschild Oklahoma City notes teen credit is not riskier and stores extend credit to attract teens.
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Robert M. Wylie
Winstock-Lubin
Sacramento
Calif
Wylie
Edith Downey
Rothschild’s
Oklahoma City
More Arrests Likely In Drip Gas Thievery
Beaver County Attorney Dick Trippett said more arrests are expected in a scheme to siphon drip gas from natural gas transmission lines across Oklahoma Texas and Kansas. The operation had produced at least 20 000 gallons of stolen gasoline. One man has been convicted and charges have been filed against another.
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Beaver County
Dick Trippett
Trippett
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
KSU Names Parris Assistant Professor in Journalism
Fred Parris of Topeka is named assistant professor and assistant extension editor at Kansas State University effective July 1. He previously directed sports publicity and served on the journalism faculty from 1944 to 1953 and has been a PR representative for the Kansas district of the Portland Cement Association, plus vice chairman of the Kansas State Chamber of Commerce tourist council.
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Manhattan
Kan
Fred Parris
Topeka
Kansas State University
Parris
Kansas State
Kansas
Portland Cement Association
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Cardinals Begin Conclave to Elect Pope After John XXII
Eighty cardinals arrive at St. Peter's Basilica to seek divine guidance before locking in a papal election. Voting begins Thursday with four ballots daily in the Sistine Chapel until a two thirds majority yields the 262nd pope, likely Italian and a cardinal. The process faces factional divisions among conservatives progressives and moderates.
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John XXII
St. Peter’s Basilica
Eugene Cardinal Tisserant
Apostolic Palaces
Sistine Chapel
John
Sutton Vane Actor Dies at 74 in Hastings Hospital
Hastings England April obituary notes playwright and actor Vane Sutton Vane aged 74 known for Outward Bound. He died Saturday in a Hastings hospital, announced Monday by family and estate.
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Hastings, England
Vane Sutton-Vane
Hastings
Hoboes Shaken as Train Derails at Meade Kansas
Fifty-one cars of a Rock Island freight derailed in Meade yards tying up the main line. Hoboes were shaken but unharmed as the Golden State passenger train rerouted. Freights were delayed until a detour track was laid with 28 derailed cars carrying perishable goods. Local high school boys hired to salvage cantaloupes.
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Meade
Kan
Rock Island
Golden State
Los Angeles
Chicago
Riley Aggressor Center to be Deactivated at Fort Riley
The Army announced it will deactivate its aggressor center at Fort Riley Kansas. The unit provided uniforms equipment and training to simulate enemy forces for training exercises. The decision affects personnel facilities and ongoing training programs at the base.
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Fort Riley, Kan
Army
Army closes training center after 1946 origins and 200 personnel
The Army will close the training center effective June 25 as units now craft realistic adversaries on their own. Opened in 1946, the facility employed about 200 people, including 12 civilians, who will be reassigned to other duties at Ft. Riley.
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Army
Ft. Riley
Big Six Leader J Gordon Gose Dies in Carmel
J Gordon Gose, past president of the Pacific Coast Big Six Athletic Conference and UW law professor, died Tuesday in Carmel while attending a conference. He helped found the Big Six and served as the university's faculty athletic representative.
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Gordon Gose
University of Washington
Gose
Big Six
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