Topeka Torch Relay Opens KU Greek Week
Eight KU track men in Roman garb carry a lighted torch from the Statehouse in Topeka to the KU campus to start Greek Week. The relay ends with lighting a ceremonial torch above the Chi Omega fountain.
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Kansas University
Statehouse
Topeka
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
Atty
William Ferguson
Capital Steps
Jayhawker Blvd
State Highway Patrol
Bill Dotson
Jamestown
Chi Omega
William Cot
Lawrence Senior Wins State Essay Award in Masonic Event
Bil Kerfoot, a Lawrence High School senior, won a $700 first prize in a Kansas AF and AM essay contest on Our Kansas School Heritage. Vicky Hesser of Fredonia tied for first, with 10 total winners announced after a Topeka Masonic Grand Masters dinner before about 1,400 attendees.
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Bil Kerfoot
Lawrence High School
Grand Lodge of Kansas
AF & AM
Vicky Hesser
Fredonia
Topeka
Kansas
Kerfoot
Marguerite Kerfoot
21St
Terr
Lawrence schedules shift for school bands this Saturday
Lawrence High School changes its elementary orchestra concert band and training band times for Saturday only with orchestra at 8 a.m., concert band at 8 45 and training band at 9 15. Regular times resume thereafter. Journal World ad week offers free classified ads for youths ages 6 to 14 with deadlines 10 a.m. on publication day. The 1962 Kansas Relays parade plans include float construction deadlines March 24 and parade at 10 a.m. April 21. Netherlands New Guinea was discovered in 1511 by Portuguese sailors.
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Lawrence High School
Wayne Nelson
Journal-World
Kansas University
Netherlands
New Guinea
Students Build Parts of Altar for Shrine in Belleville
Two KU graduate students in design craft silver altar pieces for the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville Illinois valued about 9000 dollars. Mrs Ann Wiley of Hutchinson and Condon Kuhl of Beloit design and forge the monstrance six candlesticks two seven branch candelabra and two wall bracket lamps plus a cross for the crucifix all in sterling silver with some 14 karat gold. They study under Carlyle H Smith and work long hours to finish before the August 1 opening.
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Beloit
Ann Wiley
Hutchinson
Kansas University
Belleville
Ill
Our Lady of the Snows
Kuhl
Parking needs in student housing spur city planning talks
City officials discuss parking requirements for living units near campus as students share apartments. Horn notes one to one and a half stalls per unit, with possibilities of larger multiunit buildings needing more spaces. Planning consultants will survey municipal and campus area needs to shape a general plan including urban renewal options.
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Horn
Robbery At Route 3 Flame Tavern Reported
Sheriff's Office reports a break in at the Flame on Route 3 early this morning. About $60 was taken from five machines including the music machine. Entry gained by breaking the front door lock. Burglarized machines also yielded cigars cigarettes and gum.
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Route 3
Worden Alarm Not So Trivial At Atlas Site
A Worden Atlas missile site near Lawrence experienced a serious malfunction Tuesday evening. Officials later said internal failure buckled the shell, triggering a Broken Arrow alert but with no risk to the nuclear warhead. The warhead was removed for investigation, a spare missile remains ready at Forbes AFB, and sabotage has not been proven.
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Worden
Lawrence
Air Force
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Santa Fe Net Income Climbs 6.3 Per Cent
Santa Fe Railway System reports 1961 net income of 54 million plus, up 6.3 percent from 1960. Earnings per common share rise to 2.00 from 1.87. Freight carloads dip 2.3 percent amid recession, with freight revenues totaling about 503 million, while passenger revenues grow 2.3 percent and mail revenue rises 7.4 percent. Dividends from wholly owned affiliates total 8.6 million, up from 8 million.
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Santa Fe Railway System
German scientists reveal sunspot 1H year cycles
Nineteenth century researchers identified sunspots as following one half year cycles. The finding marked an early step in understanding solar activity patterns and their timing.
Dodson Elected President of Jayhawk Model Masters Club
John Dodson was elected president of the Jayhawk Model Masters Club at a Wednesday evening meeting in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Lester Tucker is vice president Aubray Martin secretary Larry Eubanks treasurer and Raybert Thornton Jr sergeant at arms. About 50 people attended as 15 projects were shown and discussed with plans for a club photographer and radio transmitter. A Sunday 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. test at the Community Building and spring outdoor model flights at KU intramural fields are planned. The club, formed under a constitution, welcomes all ages interested in model building.
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Jayhawk Model Masters Club
Chamber of Commerce
Wren
8Th and
Vt. Sts
Lester Tucker
Aubray Martin
Larry Eubanks
Raybert Thornton Jr
Kansas University
Nineteen Douglas County Schools Enter Spelling Contest
Nineteen county schools compete in a Saturday spelling contest at West Junior High School. Students from grades two through eight can enter, with two entrants per grade per school. The local winner advances to the April 28 state contest in Topeka.
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West
Earl Wilson
Topeka
Wilson
Baldwin
Holy Family of
Flood Problems Meeting Topic at Kaw Basin Dinner
Local flood control concerns and prevention operations take center stage at the Kaw Basin Water Management Association annual dinner in the Hotel Eldridge at 6 30 p m Col Andrew P Rollins of the Kansas City Corps of Engineers will speak to about 85 attendees Bank stabilization and agricultural levees for the area are key discussion items Congress has allocated 65 000 for Lawrence protection with 85 000 in Kennedy budget for the project The Clinton Reservoir proposal will also be on the agenda.
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Kaw Basin Water Management Association
Eldridge
Andrew P. Rollins
Kansas City Corps of Engineers
Congress
Lawrence
Kennedy
Clinton
KU Drive Leaders Highlight Private Gifts For Education
Bubb and Simons chaired a Lawrence KU drive event stressing private contributions to KU progress. Speakers included Olin Petefish, Maurice Barker, Clarke Wescoe, and Odd Williams, noting loans from 40 to 400 dollars and that 230 ty percent of funds helped Lawrence students while 96 percent aided Kansas city students.
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Kansas Cities
Bubb
Simons
Olin Petefish
Maurice Barker
Greater University Fund
Clarke Wescoe
Odd Williams
Russia
Topeka
Education funding and growth urged by Kansas leader
Bubb argued education is vital to national survival and economic growth. He cited Colombia and Hungary with resources but poor populations due to weak education, contrasted with Denmark and Switzerland. He urged private funds for student loans, noting college graduates earn substantially more and urging continued private support for KU as public funding remains limited. He projected KU staff growth and $25 million in new plant costs, stressing private contributions to sustain and expand the university.
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South America
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Switzerland
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University of Kansas
Ten treated in Lawrence hospital ER
Ten persons were treated and released from Lawrence Memorial Hospital's emergency room on Tuesday and Wednesday. Names and injuries include Howard Miskimen stitches for finger, Douglas Easum scalp laceration, Mark Williams knee cut, James Johnson cast for arm, Cheryl Humphrey splinter under nail, Michael Beard stitches for eye, Fred Kennedy forehead laceration, and James Shirer finger injury from a power saw.
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Howard Miskimen
Maine
Douglas Easum
Lyon
Mark Williams
James Johnson
Tonganoxie
Cheryl Humphrey
W. 22Nd St
Michael Beard
Fred Kennedy
la. St
James Shirer
Route 2
Eudora Resident Arthur O. Eisele Dies at 66
Arthur O. Eisele born August 21, 1895 at Rural Route 2 Eudora Kansas died March 7 1962 at age 66 6 14. Survived by widow Susan two daughters Mary Scolastice Christene Warsop son John Eisele five grandsons two brothers William and Henry Eisele. Funeral March 10 at Rumsey Funeral Home Lawrence with Rev. Ellsworth. burial Eudora Cemetery.
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Arthur O. Eisele
Eudora
Kansas
Melchair
Christine Kaiser Eisele
Susan L. Bryant
Susan L. Eisele
Mary Scolastice
St. Clairsville
Ohio
Christene Warsop
DeSoto
John Eisele
William Eisele
Lawrence
Card of Thanks for Miller Anderson’s Family
The children of Miller Anderson express heartfelt thanks for sympathy, flowers, cards, and food received after their father’s death. Grateful for neighbors and friends’ kindness during this sorrow. Mrs. Arthur Eisele Mrs. John Eisele Mrs. Christene Warsop Mrs. Mary Scolastice.
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Arthur Eisele
John Eisele
Christene Warsop
Mary Scolastice
Miller Anderson
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