Kansas Tornado Reputation Attributed To Spotters
Richard A. Garrett of Topeka told Rotary Club listeners that Kansas’s tornado reputation stems from vigilant local observers more than an unusually high storm record. He explained four atmospheric conditions that precede a tornado and stressed warning systems that inform without causing panic, noting 1949 start in Topeka forecasting service.
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Richard A. Garrett
Topeka
Udall
Garrett
Rotary Club
Eldridge
Dean Burton Marvin
Rotary
LaGuardia Airfield
New York City
Custodial School Held At Junior High In Lawrence
A three day custodial school for custodians will be held at the Junior High School at 14th and Mass. St. Lawrence Schools and the Vocational Department of the State Education Department sponsor the event. Three instructors from the Vocational Department will discuss custodial care and heating problems. It opens 9 a.m. Thursday and ends at noon Saturday.
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Mass. St
Lawrence Schools
Vocational Department
State Department of Education
Antique Show Aids MS Agency Tickets On Sale Here
Lawrence Junior Chamber of Commerce kicks off an Antique Show to benefit the Multiple Sclerosis Society. The sale runs next Tuesday through Friday at the Town House in Kansas City with 30,000 items valued above $300,000 from exhibitors in the Midwest and New York. Proceeds fund MS research. Tickets available at local stores or from Mrs Edar Wolfe. Show runs daily 1 to 10 30 p.m.
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Almong
Farouk
London
Paris
Berlin
Ford calls for industry wide contract with CIO UAW
Henry Ford urged auto makers to pursue an industry wide contract with the CIO United Auto Workers. The 37 year old Ford Motor Co president said informal talks were held with industry executives. GM was opposed, Chrysler might be for it, others silent. News sources cited GM opposition.
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Henry Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
Detroit News
Secretary Deflects Polio Vaccine Responsibility
Washington secretary of welfare Hobby said she bears no responsibility for the government actions in the Salk polio vaccine situation. She stated the law places that burden on Surgeon General Leonard A. Scheele and distinguished between her department and the Public Health Service. She added she would be legally powerless to overrule Scheele if she thought he erred.
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Welfare
Hobby
Leonard A. Scheele
Scheele
Public Health Service
Welfare Department
Godfrey Quits Navy Commission to Seek Independence
Navy spokesman announces radio personality Arthur Godfrey has resigned his commander’s commission asserting he can serve all armed forces better without official ties. Godfrey forfeited his Navy flying status after declining a required periodic physical examination.
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Washington
Navy
Arthur Godfrey
Godfrey
Polio cases in Kansas reach thirty this year
The Kansas polio tally climbs to 30 with five new onset cases in the past week. Last year at this time the total was 1. The five newest cases are in Sedgwick Montgomery Harvey Shawnee and Geary counties.
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Kansas
Topeka
Sedgwick
Montgomery
Harvey
Shawnee
Geary Counties
Counties receive tax share from liquor enforcement fund
Kansas counties share in 225,753 from state liquor law enforcement tax revenue for the quarter ended June 15. State Treasurer Richard T. Fadely cited ranges from 387 for Greeley County to 26,361 for Sedgwick County.
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Kansas
Richard T. Fadely
Greeley County
Sedgwick
Lawrence school board to meet on Friday evening
The Board of Education of the Lawrence city schools will meet at 7 30 Friday evening at the Junior High building to discuss next year's budget.
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Board of Education
Lawrence City Schools
Nine Area Jobs Listed by Lawrence Employment Service
The Lawrence Kansas Employment Service office this week lists nine area job openings including two stenographers a saleswoman a cook and three waitresses plus a janitor and a farming couple. The office reports 32 people were placed in jobs last week half of them men.
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Lawrence
Kansas Employment Service
K U MEN ON FIELD TRIP IN NINNESCAH VALLEY
Three Kansas University men travel to the Ninnescah Valley south of Wichita to study water pollution control in oil producing areas. They are Dr. Frank C. Foley director of the State Geological Survey Dwight F. Metzler chief engineer of the State Board of Health and W C Fishel head of the cooperative ground water division of the Federal and State Geological Surveys.
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Ninnescah Valley
Wichita
Frank C. Foley
State Geological Survey
Dwight F. Metzler
State Board of Health
W. C. Fishel
Cooperative
Federal
State Geological Surveys
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