Kansas City Hutchinson girls named to Girls Nation
Janie Dean of Kansas City and Molly Clark of Hutchinson were named delegates to Girls Nation in August in Washington DC following Sunflower Girls State at Kansas University. The session closed after 338 delegates plus about 40 counselors left. The two will join Nancy Ward at Girls Nation, with alternates Lottie Caldwell of Rue and Kay Crites of Ottawa. District leaders announced the 12 outstanding 1955 Citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janie Dean
Kansas City
Molly Clark
Hutchinson
Girls Nation
Washington, D. C
Sunflower Girls State
Kansas University
Miss Dean
Girls State
C. A. Dean
Molly
Scott Clark
Dean
Nancy Ward
Shawnee Mission High School
Miss Clark
Kansas
American Legion Auxiliary
Lottie Caldwell
Ruse
Okla
Haskell Institute
Kay -Crites
Ottawa
Miss Caldwell
Lawrence
Skipper Williams
Haskell
Kansas Girls Nation
Cynthia Hunter
Harriet Adamson
Topeka
Washington
Arapaho
Sharon Rosenwald
Sue Suran
Hays
Girl Statera
Alumnae Association
Franklin D. Murphy
S&s
Mary Plank
Baldwin
Alice Telford
Winfield
Florence Batten
Manhattan
Harold G. Barr
School of Religion
Memorial Union
Corbin
North College
K. U
University Extension
E. A. McFarland
Kenneth Beasley
Government Research Center
Bill Wolfe
W. D. Wolfe
Russell Steen
Martha Chane
Colby
Legion Auxiliaries
Clarice Miller
el Dorado
Viola Pritchard
Iona Cohoon
Parsons
Ruth Hemphill
Norton
Lucille Hayden
Sedgwick
Marguerite Schock
Sue Williams
Garnett
Edith Preisker
Ellsworth
Willa Lucero
Karma Aylward
Pat Aylward
Pansy Bock
Herington
Elsie Cox
Deane Davis
Whitewater
Ernestine Gray
Coldwar
Local 1954 Girls State attendees and officials named
The listing names Schmidt Sedgwick Mrs Esther Sims Osage City Mrs Beth Williams Baldwin Mrs Hazel Wilson McPherson and Mrs Bessie Young Hutchinson. Also assisting were Miss Creta Carter of Jennings 1954 Girls State governor who presided until Miss Ward was elected and Miss Sandra James of Wichita alumni representative.
35 Hour Week Aims In Bell Telephone Talks
In St Louis CIO Communications Workers Union president Joseph A Beirne announced a 35 hour work week goal for Bell Telephone System switchboard operators. He said about 175000 operators nationwide would shift to a seven hour day under the plan, with about 15000 operators at independent companies also covered.
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ST. Louis
CIO Communications
Bell Telephone System
Joseph A. Beirne
Oldster Parachutes From Plane in Detroit Stunt
Seventy year old Jack Clapp proved age is just a number by jumping from a plane in Detroit. A former city schools painter in his younger days he planned the stunt after retirement and somersaulted before pulling the rip cord.
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Detroit
Jack Clapp
Tornado injures 30 in Vita Manitoba town
A tornado struck the southeastern Manitoba town of Vita yesterday injuring at least 30 people and causing heavy property damage. Initial reports of two deaths were incorrect, and the exact number of injuries could not be determined. Vita, a 400 resident Ukrainian immigrant settlement, saw a two minute tornado pass through.
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Vita
Man
Manitoba
Pravda Calls for Stricter Soviet Controls Across Economy
A front-page Pravda editorial urges tighter control by the Russian Communist party and government over all aspects of Soviet industry and agriculture. The article warns against red tape yet says close checks on decisions are practical work to expose shortcomings.
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Moscow
UP Pravda
Russian Communist Party
Teaching Methods Are Wrong Continued From Page One
The author argues that classic children's books like Little Women Tom Sawyer and Bulfinch teach words unfamiliar to Chinese readers and that current school readers are dull and repetitive. He questions factory produced textbooks and asks what happened to a scholar who called teaching methods flawed.
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Bulfinch
AF reveals false confession by flier no action planned
An Air Force spokesman said a false confession obtained by Chinese captors from Capt. Harold Fischer Jr. and three other released fliers is not grounds for disciplinary action. The officers, including Heller, Cameron, and Parks, were said to have confessed under pressure but will likely receive a clean bill of health. The services deny any Air Force orders to cross the Yalu and will study the fliers’ actions without punishment.
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Washington
Air Force
Harold Fischer Jr
Swea City
Iowa
Fischer
Yalu
Edwin Heller
Wynnewood
Lyle Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Roland Parks
Omaha
Man arrested after attempt to rape in downtown alley
Phoenix police booked a 30 year old man for investigation of attempted rape after restraining a woman in a downtown alley. A scrap of paper bearing a horoscope prediction was found in his pocket stating opposite sex will react warmly to advances.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Ed J. Camp Named Kansas Vehicle Commissioner
Gov Fred Hall announces Ed J Camp of Topeka as state motor vehicle commissioner succeeding C M Voelker effective July 15 Voelker resigned after 19 years in the post Camp 62 is a former Shawnee County commissioner and past president of the Kansas County Officials Association He chaired the Shawnee County Hall for Governor committee in last year s primary campaign
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Topeka
Fred Hall
Ed J. Camp
C. M. (Cooney) Voelker
Voelker
Camp
Shawnee
Kansas County Officials’ Association
Shawnee County
U S Steel Plans Wage Offer to CIO in Talks
In Pittsburgh United States Steel Corp says it will propose a wage increase to the CIO United Steelworkers to spur a quick mutual settlement. Nego chiefs say wage talks resumed for two hours today and recessed to reconvene later this week at the next meeting.
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Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
John Stephens
Big Steel
Baldwin News Notes and Local Arrivals Detail Family Moves
Miss Elizabeth Ebright heads home from Stormont Vail after minor surgery with parents. Baldwin area residents visit Lawrence and Osawatomie. several weddings and moves announced. Dr Gordon Thompson moves to Baldwin. Baker University ties. Miss Betty Beedles and Miss Joan Schwartz attend Girls State. Community events include picnics, bridge parties, and Legion meeting prizes. Mrs Merle Hobson dies. services held. family survivors listed.
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Topeka
Elizabeth Ebright
Stormont Vail Hospital
Washburn College
Robert Hudson
Richard Hickey
Allen
Liberal
Baldwin
Lawrence
Kansas University
Clarence Gordon
Clarence Broadfoot
Mary S. Martin
Osawatomie
Dale Martin
Larry
Leslie J. Demeritt
Lone Star
Mary Alice
Charles
Gordon
First Methodist Church
Gordon Thompson
Oskaloosa
Evansville
Ind
Thompsons
Colorado
Garden City
John P
Tina Schellenberg
Vinland
May Marsh
Thomas A. Evans
Emporia
Fred Plank
Leo Williams
Betty Beedles
Joan Schwartz
Hugh Stouppe
Baker University
St. John’s Methodist Church
Kansas City
Stouppe
Bob Brown
Lawrence Memrial Hospital
Richard Theodore
Webb Fenton
American Legion
Merle Hitchcock
Thomas H. Windrum
Austin
Tex
F.C. Leitaker
Virgil Wood
Scott Morgan
W. J. Adriance
Delbert King
J. J. Turner
Stanley Flickinger
John Heaton
Hobson
Dan Hobson
Jimmy Hobson
Kenneth Hobson
Stephen Hobson
Tom Hobson
Gene Hobson
West Baldwin
Earl Hobson
Lloyd Russett
Hanford
Calif
Ray Russett
Sanger
Nationals Smash Convoy Near Matsu in Formosa Fight
Nationalist China announced air forces attacked a convoy of over 400 Communist vessels about 15 miles from Matsu, sinking more than 20 ships. The action marks the largest reported Red fleet engagement near the island to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
China
Matsu
Local society notes mention Topeka visit and Oklahoma trip
Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Flickinger were guests of friends in Topeka last Thursday. Mrs Hazel Eberle and daughter Joyce plan a two week visit to Kingfisher Oklahoma with relatives Dr and Mrs H K Ebright re-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Flickinger
Topeka
Hazel Eberle
Joyce
Kingfisher
Okla
H. K. Ebright
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Ness City
Mildred Harris
Mills Hollis
Great Bend
Jackie Lembright
Dodge City
Nelle McCabe
Mary. Morse
Mound City
Vera Boyce
Howard
Dorothy Dickerson
Baxter Springs
Opal Gaines
Wichorta
Emily
Hamilton
Salina
Montell Larson
Weir
Marjorie Wilson
Lena Pate
Kasas City
Leta
Dwaine Sibley
Kaw River
Journal-World
Oldster
S. E. Manitoba
Dick and
Jane
Alice and
Jerry
E. J. Camp
U.S. Steel
Pfe
Clifford J. Ikenberry
First Infantry Division
Germany
First Medical Batallion
Clifford
Ira Ikenberry
Floyd Rogers
Leo Smith
Bill Hey, Jr
Carl B. Butell
Herman Brown
Tolley Whitley
T. C. Hitchcock
Gus Olsen
Independence
R. N. Pendleton
Laurence Memorial Hospital
Wilbert W. Lewis
Neodesha
McGuire
Robert Ray Randel
Clarence Daugherty
Chila Vista
Daugherty
Dora Randel
Wilda Lucas
Wo Hllarcas
O. L. Lucas
Eudors
Ralph Lehmidlt
Eudora
John O'Brien
Melvern
David Mackie
Lois Warner
Georgann Malicy
Diane Robinson
Warner
George Pickens
John Pickens
Vermont
Insurance Agency
of Sunflower Village Housing Project
Sunflower
Kan
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