Prospects Bright For Winter Wheat
Washington reports favorable winter wheat prospects with the Agriculture Department noting excellent conditions in the Great Plains and adequate water in western irrigation areas. Hazards remain before harvest. Milk output in February rose 0.5 percent from last year and 12 percent above the 10-year average, while egg production dipped five percent due to smaller flocks amid blizzards.
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Agriculture Department
Great Plains
Pacific
Woman Intervenes With Dog In Station Wagon Injury
Mrs Agnes Rogers a 38 year old passer by tried to coax a large German shepherd from a station wagon. She fell against the shift lever pushing from park to reverse and was struck by the car wheel as it leaped forward injuring her spine and leg. The dog escaped and driver Carrie May said she had left the engine running in her startled exit.
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Whiskeytown
Calif. i
Agnes Rogers
Baldwin and Eudora Top Groups at Eudora Festival
Eudora and Baldwin high schools won Clues I ratings at the Little Seven League one act Play festival in Eudora. Baldwin presented Box and Cox, a comedy directed by Margaret Stutsman. Eudora offered Love Errant, a comedy directed by Joen Conkey.
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Baldwin
Eudora
Losture
Spring Hill
W.O. Ward
Wellsville
Barbara L’ecuyer
Six LHS journalists join Quill and Scroll fraternity
Six LHS journalists were initiated into the international Quill and Scroll journalism fraternity during a tri school ceremony with Shawnee Mission and Topeka on Monday night at Kansas University. The honorees include Jim Anderson, Frank Wiebé, Linda Akin, Jane Dicker, Carolyn Shull, and Jerry Schafer. Nancy Vogel was initiated last year. Gerald Renner is the journalism teacher at LHS.
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LHS
Shawnee Mission
Topeka
Kansas University
Jim Anderson
Frank Wiebé
Linda Akin
Jane Dicker
The
Red and Black
Carolyn Shull
Jerry Schafer
First pamphlet published on Asia by KU Summer Institute
The Kansas University Summer Institute on Asia published its first pamphlet on Asian nations and culture titled A Short History of Japan. Mark Plummer, assistant instructor in Western Civilization at KU, wrote the pamphlet and took part in last summer's institute. Dr. George M. Beckmann, associate professor of history at KU and institute coordinator, edits the pamphlets to supplement high school history texts and provide convenient summaries for the general public.
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Kansas University
Asis
Japan
Mark Plummer
George M. Beckmann
Nine KU Students and Dean Attend Dallas Conference
Nine Kansas University students and Dean of Women Emily Taylor will attend the Intercollegiate Associated Women Students Regional Conference in Dallas Texas from Saturday through Monday. The KU group includes Eleanor Youngberg Gayle Kinemond IAWS coordinator and AWS president elect Alice Gould Kala Lou Mays Gretchen Grinwold Diane Hoisington Nan Newton Sharon Mather Ann Hoppin garner.
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Kansas University
Emily Taylor
Associated Women Students
Dallas
Tex
Eleanor
Tudy) Youngberg
Barker Ave
New KU Aws
Gayle Kinemond
Rushton
Alice Gould
Kansas City
Kala Lou Mays
Lyons
Gretchen Grinwold
Silver City
N.M
Diane Hoisington
Paradise
Nan Newton
Kas
Sharon Mather
Stafford
Ann Hoppingarner
Miss Kinemond
Young Teacher Hero Es School Bus Burns
James Meredith, an eighth grade teacher and bus driver, saved 18 fifth and sixth graders from a burning 52 passenger bus after it crashed into a culvert on a gravel road. Eight children were in serious condition. Meredith suffered facial burns while freeing students through flames and smoke.
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Aurora
James Meredith
Meredith
Wet Weather Impacts Broad US Areas Today
Wet and cloudy conditions spread across much of the United States with no severe storms. Light snow or flurries linger in the Rockies and central regions, while the west belt runs from Montana through Colorado to the Mississippi Valley. Illinois reports up to two inches of snow.
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Associated Press
Rockies
West Belt
Montana
Colorado
Mississippi Valley
Ilinois
Great Lakes
Misissippi
Overbrook Church to mark 70th anniversary Homecoming
Overbrook Methodist Church plans a May 25 Homecoming Dedication Day to celebrate its 70th anniversary. The church, recently enlarged, has received new furnishings and will host former members and friends. Six former pastors have been invited and district superintendent Rev. John Clinton will lead the dedication service.
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Overbrook Methodist Church
John Clinton
Immigrant mother awaits missing husband at New York pier
Mrs. Carnelia Pasut, a Genoa-born immigrant, arrived in New York with her two children Alessandro and Liliana after an eight day passage aboard the Constitution. She expected to meet her husband Luigi Pasut, who had died a week earlier in Oakville, Ontario, leaving the reunion unfulfilled.
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New York
Carnelia Pasut
Genoa
Alessandro
Liliana
Canada
Luigi Pasut
Oakville
Ont
ChryslerExecutive pay in 1957 totals 2.4 million
In 1957 Detroit Chrysler Corp executives and directors received 2 412 million in salaries fees and bonuses. The split shows 1 849 112 in salaries and fees and 1 703 300 in incentive awards payable in five annual installments. EL J Collett led with 250 900 in salary and 238 000 in incentive pay. Other executives earned up to 81
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
EL. J. Collett
KU Teacher Has Grant To Danforth Study Year
Muriel H. Johnson associate professor of home economics at Kansas University is named among 60 college and university teachers receiving Danforth teacher study grants for the 1958 59 year as announced by the Danforth Foundation.
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Muriel H. Johnson
Kansas University
Danforth
Danforth Foundation
Proxy statements reveal engineer compensation ranges
Figures show incentive compensation from $47,600 to $153,400 and total packages from $467 to $735,350. Proxies mailed to shareholders ahead of the annual meeting on April 15 reflect these amounts. In 1956 about two thousand engineers worked in the United States, a third higher than 1950.
Teen-Age Boy Stabs Classmate At Westport High
James Gint, 11, is in fair condition after a deep stab wound to the lower left side. Jimmie West, 15, is held at the county parental home with no charges filed against him. Westport High students involved in a recent wave of rowdyism, knives reportedly shown after a scuffle, and the incident began when Gint bumped West in a hallway.
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Kansas City
James William West Jiro
Westport High School
James Gint
General Hospital
Jimmie West
Jim
Northeast High
Westport
Northeast
Jone
Theo
Limmie
Hink
West
Gant
Flo
Tom
Oursider West
Rajeteria
Dint West
Atanie Bevin
Sammie
Norte East
Ae A
Innocent Sleep Involved Car Crash Near Columbia
A driver asleep in a car from Summertown veered off a curve, knocking down mailboxes and rails, crossing an embankment and a sign, then crashing into a residence yard. The occupant, George Crews, woke to one of the baffling events and found no one harmed.
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Columbia
Wiley Faught
James Adroyiste
Summertown
George Crews
Crew
Hepatitis Cases Reported in Kansas City
In Kansas City, fourteen cases of hepatitis have been reported this year with one death among a 40-year-old. Health authorities note rising numbers compared with previous periods and urge precaution while tracking the outbreak.
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Kansas City
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