Buffs Welcome to Big Six Rivalry and Rugged Challenge
Colorado joins the Big Six era with optimism about tougher rivalries against Kansas Nebraska Iowa State Oklahoma and Missouri. Coach Jim Yeager notes the challenge while acknowledging a history of mixed success in football and basketball against former Big Seven foes.
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Specialty Journal-Waray
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Cola
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Michel Mentor
Ba Wen
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Town Cage Star Accepts Bid for East-West Game
Iowa's Herb Wilkinson accepts a bid to play in the East-West basketball game at Madison Square Garden, highlighted by state college notes on boxing trials and a Purdue bleacher collapse incident affecting football plans.
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Town Cage Star
Purdue
Bob Higgins
Penn State
West Virginia
Hirgina
Iowa
Herb Wilkinson
Madison Square Garden
Penn
Gerry Karver
Notable Runner Follows Penn Sisters Track Legacy
A brief sports item notes a runner last week tracing the Penn Sisters track lineage, suggesting he followed closely in their established footsteps and set a compelling pace among competitors.
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Penn Sisters
Larry
Bowling notes show Rural Routers tie league leaders Strays
In Tuesday night play Rural Routers beat Strays to forge a first race tie with Kanazs Electric. Unpredictables took two from Dovers Duds and Golden Crest Dairy beat V.F.W. A and P won three from Co Topa by forfeit. KEP took two from Wrights. Buhler Ware beat Dodes Dandies. Hoover led with 205 high single, Power posted 532 high series. Rural Routers led team highs 10 and 30 with 876 and 2567. Strays and KEP share first at 42-2, Dowers Duds 37-26, A and P 36-27. Monday night Parker Buick Co. won two from Houk Barbers. Obers Clothing dropped two. Parker Buick top, Obers second, Rankins Drug and Winter Chevrolet tied for third. Next week Rankins Drug bowls at Obers Clothing. Team highs 30 2405 Rankins Drug, Team highs 10 174 Obers Clothing. Individual high rolling Andy Endicott 554. high 10 went to August Kolterman 229. Bradlew won two from Morgzan Mack. OK Rubber won three from Farmer.
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Strays
KEP
Parker Buick Co
Houk Barbers
Obers Clothing
Parker Buick Company
Rankins Drug
Winter Chevrolet
Hish
Obers
Andy Endicott
August Kolterman
Bradlew
Morgzan-Mack
OK Rubber
Fren Tal’ Farmer
K U to Stage Three Day Midsummer Night Dream Run
The University of Kansas theater will present a three day run of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream with final dress rehearsal this afternoon. Director Atlen Craften noted costume delays were resolved by Crafton’s crew who made fairies outfits while other costumes arrived. Reserved ticket sales began yesterday in Green Hall and continue until curtain time March 13. Curtain at 8:14 p m. Stage manager Tixen and Crafton oversaw forest scenery, promising one of the university’s most lavish shows.
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K. U
Atlen Craften
Comric
Crafton
Green Hall
K. UC
Tixen
Standard Life Reports Record Surplus Increase
Standard Life, the Lawrence insurer, announced a 48 per cent rise in surplus funds for the prior year. At December 31, 1946, assets exceeded liabilities by over 11 million dollars, with 67,616.36 dollars standing above the required reserve. The real value of assets includes a major office building at Eighth and Vermont streets valued at 57,580,000 dollars.
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Wondrow Miller
Richard F. Allen
Lawrence Insurance Company
Eighth and
Vermont Streets
Army Day proclaimed by President Truman in April week
President Truman proclaimed Monday April 7 as Army Day and April 6-12 as Army week. He urged governors to issue similar proclamations to honor the army and appealed for public support to ensure soldiers have the means to fulfill their duties abroad and at home. He said honoring the heroic dead is best shown by aiding the living soldiers who carry on their mission.
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Washington
Truman
Continental Oil meeting at Eldridge Hotel in Lawrence
The Continental Oil company held an advertising session at the Eldridge Hotel in Lawrence last night at 6 30 pm, displaying promotional material to dealers from east and northeast Kansas. Attending marketers included M V McBeth Robert Bucheim Chris Jensen Harold Lewis Leo Bellenger Charles McBeth Harry Wuthrow Richard Xiges Melvin Franz Jack Hill and Starney Maher, with H P Solem of the Kansas City office conducting the session.
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Continental Oil Company
Eldridge Hotel
Kansas
Feral Company
M. V. McBeth
Robert Bucheim
Chris Jensen
Harold Lewis
Leo Bellenger
Charles McBeth
Harry Wuthrow
Richard Xiges
Melvin Franz
Jack Hill
Starney Maher
H. P. Solem
Kansas City
Legion to Celebrate Its 28th Anniversary Soon
The American Legion plans a March 15 to 17 celebration marking 28 years since its founding. Founder statements note veterans' eligibility and growth from 644,000 members to 3,715,975. origins trace to a Paris caucus and Minneapolis convention.
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American Legion
Caurus
Lewis
Mirnreane
Paty i Bedin
St. le
Minneapolis’ Tanvent
Threatened Strike Averted at Wichita Union Stockyards
Wichita Union Stockyards Co. called off a threatened strike of seventy employees set for Monday. Cenlee Smith, vice president of the firm, announced the decision.
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Wichita
PSA
Wichita Union Stockyards Co
Cenlee Smith
Veteran Engineer Dies Atchison Kaw March
James J. Wellman a 93 year old retired locomotive engineer died yesterday in Atchison Kansas He worked for the Missouri Pacific railroad here in 1832 The notice lists several readable names Marie Wideon Mary Elizabeth Shrun and Jeanette Meyers tied to Hampshire Illinois Comanche Oxla and Cass counties in Illinois and Missouri Pacific links are noted This OCR fragment preserves the core fact of a veteran engineer's death with linked names and places
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Mary Elizabeth Shrun
Cass and
Jeanette L. Meyers
Hampshire, IL
Atchison, Kaw, Mar
James J. Wellman
Missouri Pacific
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