Turnpike Bid Totals Near 2.2 Million Across Kansas Counties
Bids totaling about 2.2 million dollars were opened for Kansas Turnpike work in Butler Sedgwick Shawnee and Douglas counties. Apparent low bids run about 95 thousand under engineers estimates. Notable bids include C F Lytle for multiple grading and drainage tasks near Wichita Andover El Dorado totaling 1 418 857 50, Cyclone Fence Corp for fencing near Wichita Andover and El Dorado 83108 75, Anchor Post Products for fencing near El Dorado 51988, List and Weatherly for steel bridge work 562 338, Chain Link Fence Co for fencing between Topeka and Lawrence 46372.
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EL Dorado
Kas
Butler
Sedgwick
Shawnee
Douglas
Wichita
C. F. Lytle
Sioux City
Town
Butler County
Andover
Cyclone Fence Corp
Chicago
Cyclone
Anchor Post Products, Inc
Baltimore
Weatherly
Kansas City
Topeka
Lawrence
Chain Link Fence Co
Thousands praise Pope at coronation anniversary ceremony
In Vatican City Pope Pius XII, age 79, appeared in a gold cape and triregnum at the coronation anniversary commemoration. More than 5,000 pilgrims, Romans, and tourists filled the Sistine Chapel area to bless the pontiff, who beamed and blessed the crowd from a portable throne. Cardinals, archbishops, bishops, prelates, and diplomats from over 40 nations attended.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
Sistine Chapel
Panite
Soprano Leontyne Price Welcomed Home in Laurel Parade
A mile long parade and the first mixed concert audience in Laurel history greeted Negro soprano Leontyne Price for a benefit performance aiding a new Negro hospital. About 3 000 white attendees sat apart in the auditorium, and guests came from Louisiana and Alabama. Price had earlier starred in Tosca on NBC Opera Theater, a historic TV milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel
Miss
Leontyne Price
Soprano Price
NBC Opera Theater
Louisiana
Alabama
Cordley PTA Sees Guest Speaker At Book Night
March PTA notes report Cordley PTA meeting at 7 45 p m with Ruth Gagliardo as guest speaker on Reading and Library Service. New York PTA executive board to meet at 2 p m in the school library. March NY PTA meeting at 8 p m in the school auditorium Head's Night features Albert F Bramble speaking on Better Home and Family Relations. Hillcrest PTA board to meet at 10 a m Wednesday at Joe Traylor home 1601 Highland. PTA Council to gather Tenday evening in the Junior High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordley Pta
Ruth Gagliardo
PTA
Reading and Library Service
Executive Board
New York Pta
Albert F. Bramble
First Methodist Church
Hillcrest Pta
Joe Traylor
Highland
Fatal fall claims life of Salina painter Warren Graf
Abilene Kansas report states painter Warren L. Graf, age about 38, of Salina, died from injuries after a fall onto a concrete floor. He suffered the incident at a location described as about 40 feet below ground level.
Striking Lawrence Expansion Makes Aerial Map Obsolete
A 1952 aerial map of Lawrence, kept in City Hall, shows rapid growth areas such as Brookdale, Moramar Additions, East Heights, Park Hill, and KU campus developments like Majott Hall and Allen Fieldhouse. The article notes many new homes and projects not present on the map, including Sunset Hills and Schwarz Acres, suggesting maps will quickly become dated amid ongoing expansion and major turnpike plans.
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Lawrence
City Hall
Brookdale
Moramar
Additions
East
Louisiana Street
K.U
Majott
West Hills
Sest
Hillcrest
Sixth Street
Sunset Hills
Schwarz Acres
Kansas
Smith Center Minister Wins Regional Temperance Award
The Rev. Kenneth Prunty of Smith Center Church of God received a regional award for the best temperance sermon in 1944. The National W C T U praised his message as first among churches under 200 in New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky. A second place went to Rev. Harry K. Zeller of the Church of the Brethren in McPherson, Kansas.
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Evanston
Kenneth Prunty
Church of God
Smith Center
Has
National Woman‘s Christian Temperance Union
Prunty
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Harry K. Zeller
Church of the Brethren
McPherson
Kas
Rural Music Festival Set for Baldwin Consolidated School
The first grade school music festival in the county will be held Tuesday at Baldwin Consolidated School starting at 2 pm. Participating groups include Colyer Oakdale Enterprise Central Baldwin Rural Exceline Prairie City Union Brubaker and Centennial. Wendell Hicks directs with Melba Reeves as accompanist. Mrs. C. E. Terrell of Richland chairs. Three Baldwin Scouts will present the colors. Similar festivals follow at Eudora Lecompton and Vinland.
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Baldwin Consolidated School
Colyer
Oakdale
Enterprise
Central
Baldwin Rural
Exceline
Prairie City
Union
Brubaker
Centennial
Wendell Hicks
Baldwin
Melba Reeves
C. E. Terrell
Richland
Carl Butell Jr
Jimmy Miller
D. D. Waggoner
Eudora
Lecompton
Vinland
Rangers and Landowners Battle North Florida Blaze
The Florida Forest Service and private landowners joined a large firefighting effort to save woodlands in northeast Foley area as winds complicate suppression. The blaze roared through about 12 000 acres of timber, while three new fires erupted in Madison County with two northwest of Madison still out of control.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida Forest Service
North Florida Woodlands
Foley
Madison County
Madison
Eleanor Roosevelt Heads to Paris After Britain Visit
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt departed by plane today for Paris following a four day stay in Britain. The former first lady traveled from Britain to the French capital amid European goodwill and press coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eleanor Roosevelt
Paris
Britain
Pravda Responds Mildly To Tito Attack On Molotov
Pravda labels Tito's charges as not reflecting reality and urges Yugoslavia to forget past tensions and align with Russia. The Observer signed editorial signals a cautious Soviet stance, contrasting with prior newsroom silence on Tito's speech.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Marshal Tito
Pravda
Communist Party
Yugoslavia
Russia
Buttal
Tito
Molotov
Drilling Pace High For State Oil and Gas Fields
Operators drilled at a brisk pace in Kansas oil and gas fields this week aided by good weather. State reports show 117 new wells started and 98 completed, including 50 oil wells producing 17,319 barrels daily and gas wells totaling 96,431,000 cubic feet per day. Pro-rated areas listed 33 oil wells tested for 17,498 barrels daily and 1 gas well at 786,000 cubic feet per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
State Conservation Division
Church Holds Second Harry L Smiths Appreciation Service
The Ninth Street Baptist Church plans a Sunday appreciation service for Mr and Mrs Harry L Smith. The couple have long been active members of the church and the event continues the series honoring their service.
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Harry Smiths
Ninth Street
Harry L. Smith
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Smith
Durbin Visit and Nineteen Hundred and Now Club Meeting
E L Durbin and spouse spent Sunday in Lawrence dining with daughter and Ed win Burgess family. Mrs J D Adams led the March meeting at Mrs Tom Akin's rural home with the forum Weather Signs and a talk titled The Weather and Its Effects on Our Lives. Officers elected included President Arden Ott and Vice President Ab bert Wichman with Secretary William F Miller and Treasurer Mrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Durbin
Lawrence
Edwin Burgess
J. D. Adams
Hundred and Now
Tom Akin
Carrie Forsythe
Arden Ott
Abbert Wichman
William F. Miller
Eudora Assembly Of God Plans Fellowship And Ceremony
Members will attend a sectional fellowship meeting and dedicatory ceremony for a new church in Topeka Highland Park after Sunday services in the social room. Other local activities include visits to Kansas City and Great Bend, plus missionary society talks at Hesper Friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eudora
Topeka
Jean Yatés
Sunflower
Arthur Bernitz
Myron
Great Bend
Wanda Bernitz
Bert Dowding
William Dowding
Bonnier Springs
Gary Midgette
Lawrence
Norton Sanitarium
Katie Klosson
Wanda Kimbrell
Delpha Klint
Hesper Friends Missionary Society
Roger Stanley
Leroy Thornburg
Hesper
Jean Gabriel
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Blaze
Eleanor
Life Magazine
Beaman’s
Motorola
Sylvania
Emerson
Sentinel
Sheven
MR. Cringely
Kay Cramer
Westbridge
Glendolen
Surrous
The
Associated Press
South America
Eighth Street Baptist Church
I. H. Henderson
Kaw Valley District Association
Ninth Street Sunday School, Training Union
Usher Board
Carroll Gerstenbeger
Junior Neis
Gerstenberger
Miler
Patricia Ann O'Connor
Gardner
Gene Moser
Walter Parker
Leora Rapier
Verna Terrell
Pete Edelbrock
Fred Walker
Adams
African Violet Club
Oscar Lothhelz
Berean
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
A. Y. Phillips
W. P
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Journal-World Roue
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