Denim Garment Invades Soviet Union in Jeans Style Evolution
American blue jeans move from disdain to popularity in the Soviet Union as Investia notes Western cowboys wear them in hard work. The piece tracks wartime adoption by Rosie the Riveter, evolving fashions from knee cuts to frayed edges, the rise of sport wear, and Levi Strauss’s 1860 origin tied to Virginia City. Khrushchev’s reaction is noted with a hint of irony about possible credit disputes.
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New York
Soviet Union
Investia
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Rosie the Riviter
Virginia City
Nev
Levi Strauss
Khrushchev
Area residents share visits and travel plans in Kansas town
Fersonds and Detwilers travel home after visits with relatives in Lawrence. Orangeburg New York visitors arrive to stay with Landrith family and plans include a visit from Dan Matassarin's family. Other locals host and travel to Florida Alaska and Minnesota camps as summer plans unfold.
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James Detwiler
Nancy
Seattle
Wash
Ralph Gelvin
G. S. Landriths
Dan Matassarin
Linda
Kathy
Gary
Wichita
Guy Redfearn
Locust St
Richard Easton
Leslie
Belliflower
Calif
Bert Chaney
Coffeyville
John Chaney
la. St
Max Stalcup
Mr. Stalcup
G. E. Stalcup
Oregon
Dean Alexander
Mike
Greg
Lawrence
Tucson
Ariz
George Alexander Sr
George Alexander Jr
Pineapple Slices Broiled with Butter and Brown Sugar
Instructions for broiling eight canned pineapple slices brushed with melted butter and light brown sugar. Broil four inches from heat for ten to twelve minutes. Serve hot on sponge cake slices with whipped cream.
Lawrence Girl Scouts Attend Two Week Camp at Camp Daisy Hindman
Twenty five Lawrence girls join the first two week session at Camp Daisy Hindman two miles south of Dover for a summer camp. Activities include bicycle trips crafts cookouts boating canoeing swimming horseback riding and archery. The new swimming pool is in use this summer.
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Lawrence
Daisy Hindman
Dover
Kaw Valley
Karen Krehbiel
Jane Drury
Cindy Green
Margie Joseph
Gundi Scherer
Margie Cook
Sandy
Fluting a Cucumber with Peel Er and Fork Scoring
A kitchen tip explains using a swivel blade vegetable peeler to remove the thin skin then dragging a fork along the cucumber length to create a scored effect and slice thin.
KU To Award 1250 Dollar Prize For Scholarly Work
Kansas University will honor a Kansan or Mississippi Valley writer with the Byron Caldwell Smith award, a 1250 prize given every seven years for significant scholarly books. Dean James K. Logan chairs the Stephens bequest committee and nominations are due by October 1. The award honors a former KU Greek professor and can cover imaginative literature, historical or biographical works, or humanistic views in law medicine or science.
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Mississippi Valley
Kansas University
Byron Caldwell Smith
Kate Stephens
KU Law School
Smith
William
Chase Stephens
Kansas
Robert Taft
James K. Logan
Law School
Stephens
Miss Stephens
Sunset Drive In Fireworks and July 4th Marathon
A fireworks display is planned for Sunset Drive-In on Wednesday July 3 followed by a four feature marathon on July 4. The JayCees host an event titled great display but attendees are invited to visit as well.
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Sunset Drive-In
JayCees
4-H Club and HDU News Highlights Meetings
The Five and Fifty Home Demonstration Unit meets Monday at 1 30 p.m. with Mrs. Earl Hill to study Quick and Easy Machine Mending. Kanwaka 4 H Club guests Stull and Cardinal discuss the July 7 Brackett School ice cream social and IFYE delegate Roger Pine shares India trip photos. Brackett and Hilltop HDUs hold morning meetings with current events and mending tricks.
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Brackett School
Teresa Stoneback
Kathleen Hird
Roger Pine
India
IFYE
I. J. Stoneback
Dean Stoneback
Brackett Home
Carl Hunzicker
Tenn. St
Nathan Lynch
Willmyra Home Demonstration Unit Sees July Plan
Eleven members and five guests met at Willow Springs Township Hall for a lesson on quick and easy mending methods by Virginia O Connor. Mary E Sturhahn outlined the social security program. The July meeting will be hosted by Mrs Oscar Turner with a lesson on machine mending and members will bring materials to be donated to Valleyview Rest Home.
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N. J. Burris
Virginia O’connor
Willmyra Home
Willow Springs
Mary E. Sturhahn
Oscar Turner
Refreshing Salad with Deviled Eggs and Beans
A noontime salad combines deviled hard cooked eggs with cooked snap beans and greens in vinaigrette. Prepare eggs and beans ahead, chill to let flavors develop, then remove from fridge about 15 minutes before serving.
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Fersonds
Clay S. Hobson
Westwood
Fairbanks
Alaska
Hobson
Hobsons
Bret Williams
Skipper Williams
Marc .Joseph
Howard Joseph
David Mast
Herman Mast
Camp Easton
Ely
Minn
Bret
Marc
David
M. E. Easton
Girl Scouts
Lawrence Paper CO
6Th & N.H
Redman
Smartaire
Oxfords
Poll Parrott
Massachusetts
Kamperoos
Acme
Redmans
Lawrence, Kansas
George Willhoste
C'Tv
Commonwealth Theatres, Inc
Granada Theatre
Lawrence, Kas
Kas
Varsity Theatre
Sinbad
Bob Hope
Granada
Anita Eckberg
Wee Eenanentann Suns
Jerr Wald
Martin Ritt
A.E. Hotchner
Beco Colony DE Luke
Disney
George
Walt Disney
Sam
Jerry Lewis
Varsi Varsity
Stela Stevens
Ernest D.glucksmann
Sunset Drive
Jason
Columbia Pictures Presents
Charles H. Schneer
Jan Read
Beverley Cross
Ray Harryhausen
Don Chaffey
Morningside
Fim ! Sqls
HDU
Earl Hill
Prairie
Harold Beehle
Kanwaka
4-H Club
Stull and Cardinal
Kanwaka Hall
A. E. Woestemeyer
Hilltop Home
19Th
Louisiana
Valeleyview Rest Home
Audiotronics
Norelco
Sue Sheergt
Intermark
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