Mary Lynn Smart Named 1966 Engineering Exposition Queen
Mary Lynn Smart a KU freshman and Chi Omega pledge was chosen queen for the 1966 Engineering Exposition at Mount Oread. Attendants Debbie Campbell and Karen Wight were named. The queen will lead opening ceremonies April 22 and participate in the KU Relays parade April 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lynn Smart
Paul Smart
Hil
Debbie Campbell
Milwaukee
Wis
Karen Wight
Tulsa
Okla
Lawrence
Journal-World
Kansas University
Ill
Mount Oread
South Park Recreation Center
Massachusetts Street
6Th Street
Miss Smart
Chi Omega
Corbin Hall
Fresh Hawks
Associated Women
KUY
Vox Populi
Campbell
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Wight
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
HOPE Nominees Named for KU Senior Class Award
Names of KU faculty members nominated for the HOPE award were announced by Paul Piper. The $100 honor honors outstanding progressive educators and will be presented at a mid April class tea.
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Kansas University
Paul Piper
Parsons
HOPE
Robert Raustian
Aldon Bell
KU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kenneth Bloomquist
Clark Bricker
Robert Orton
Carroll Clark
John G. Clark
Charles Deble
Herbert Ellison
William Gilbert
Walter Meserve
Mary Mulvaney
Jank Nelick
Robert Nunley
Clifford Osborne
Calder Pickett
Kenneth Rothwell
Walter Sandelius
James Tiedemann
Leo van Hoey
George Waggoner
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Helga Vigliano
Evelyn Swartz
Sam Anderson
William Bass
Ernest Bayles
Elmer Beth
Natalie Calderwood
Barbara 4A’raig
Frank Cross
Mildred Dickeman
Wakefield Dort
J. Eldon Fields
Robin T. M. Fraser
Robert Georges
George Jenks
Richard MacCann
Gary Maranell
Norris Nahman
John Nelson
and Leland Pritchard
Donald Richardson
Randall Sadier
Edward Shaw
Wichita to Issue Bonds for Cessna Expansion
Wichita city commissioners approved issuing 6,030,000 in industrial revenue bonds to fund expansion of Cessna Aircraft Co. facilities. Cessna Treasurer R. P. Bauer proposed the bonds, saying the project would bring new money to the city through construction purchases salaries and increased aircraft sales.
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Wichita, Kan
Cessna Aircraft Co
Cessna
R. P. Bauer
Lawrence Native To Head Refuge In Kansas Flint Hills
Lawrence native Lyle Stemmerman, son of A W Stemmerman, named manager of the 22 000 acre Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge at Burlington Kansas. He has worked for the Bureau since 1957 and previously led Salt Plains and Fish Springs refuges.
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Lyle Stemmerman
Lawrence
A. W. Stemmerman
Miss. St
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge
Burlington, Kan
Albuquerque
John C. Gatlin
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Stemmerman
Anita Pontius
Ernest Pontius
Route 3
Kansas University
Colorado State University
Bureau
Tishomingo
Okla
Laguna Atascosa
Tex
Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge
Dugway
Utah
Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge
Burlington
Flint Hills
Beem seeks re election as Douglas County register of deeds
Janice Beem 29 lifelong Douglas County resident will seek another term as register of deeds. Republican Beem, former deputy to Harold Beck, lives in Eudora with her husband and son Terry. She cites 1965 broad changes in office procedure from the uniform commercial code and aims to continue serving the public.
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Janice Beem
Douglas County
Register of Deeds
Women’s Republican Central Committee
Tion
Rex Johnson
Travis Glass
Bessie Bennett
Dan Young
Glass
Elmer Ousdahl
Edythe Norman
Bennett
Ralph King Jr
Beem
Lawrence fire chief warns on burning and cigarettes
Fire chief Albert Smith urged township residents to burn fields with care and motorists to avoid tossing lighted cigarettes. Two grass fires were reported today, at the Joe Swadley residence on Route 4 and near the Hallmark plant at Mrs. Carlson's home. He noted dry conditions and soft ground that damage fields and yards during response.
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Wakarusa Township
Albert Smith
Joe Swadley
Route 4
Robert Carlson
Hallmark
Smith
Johnson to nominate Palmer for Africa affairs top post
President Johnson announced the nomination of Joseph Palmer II a longtime Africa specialist to succeed G Mennan Williams as assistant secretary of state for African affairs Palmer has more than 20 years of experience in the field.
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Washington
Johnson
Joseph Palmer II
Africa
G. Mennan Williams
Charlie Metro Coached Nine Minor League Teams
Charlie Metro, a coach with the Chicago White Sox, managed or coached nine different minor league teams between 1948 and 1961, shaping early careers for many players.
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Charlie Metro
Chicago White Sox
Freight Cars Strike Train in Olathe Derailing Nine Cars
In Olathe Kansas two Santa Fe freight cars uncoupled on a spur line and rolled into a passing train injuring three trainmen. Engineer H W Williamson fireman John W Coy and brake man Charles Booe Jr reported bruises as about nine cars derailed. Police noted the crew escaped serious injuries.
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Olathe
Kan
Santa Fe
H. W. Williamson
Kansas City
John W. Coy
Merriam
Charles Booe
St Luke A M E Church Hosts Four Day Conference
St Luke A M E Church at 9th and N. Y. Sts will host a Kansas City Omaha district four day conference in meetings tonight through Friday. Opening program features Ernest Pulliam Lawrence mayor and NAACP leader, with Rev Don C Stephenson directing. General R Woods of Omaha will speak midweek. Choirs from Grant Chapel and Trinity Kan join, focusing on stewardship moral and spiritual topics.
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St. Luke A.M.E
9Th and
N. Y. Sts
Kansas City-Omaha
Church
Ernest Pulliam
Lawrence
William Binns
Lawrence Council of Churches
Jesse Milan
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Charles Wesley Garrett
Lawrence Ministerial Alliance
Don C. Stephenson
General R. Woods
Omaha
Neb
Woods
Primm Chapel
A. M. E. Church
Grant Chapel
A.M.E
Kansas City
Kan
Eva Fishback
Voices of Faith
Trinity A.M.E
Bethel A.M.E
Leavenworth
Astros Coach Jim Busby Traded Five Times in MLB Career
Jim Busby, longtime Houston Astros coach, had a frequent playing career in Major League Baseball with five trades. He moved through several organizations, leaving a mark as a versatile outfielder and later transitioning to coaching roles with the Astros.
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Jim Busby
Houston Astros
Kansas Receives 25000 Grant for Industrial Extension Office
Governor William H. Avery announced a twenty five thousand dollar federal grant to Kansas for a new industrial extension program. An office will operate by June 30 with a central center at Manhattan and regional centers in Manhattan Lawrence and Wichita. Dr. John B. Sutherland of Kansas State University will head the program under the Board of Regents. The plan spans five years with a total budget of two hundred fifty five thousand dollars, shared by state and federal government.
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Topeka
Kansas
William H. Avery
Manhattan
John B. Sutherland
Kansas State University
Board of Regents
Lawrence
Wichita
Iola student Don Cooper faces blindness while pursuing higher education
Don Cooper, a 27 year old Iola resident legally blind since 1965, returns to the University to pursue a master's in speech correction after embalming work. He relies on note taking or taped recordings, explains instructors support, and emphasizes education's value in job prospects despite limited vision.
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Don Cooper
Iola
Kansas University
Mount Oread
Cooper
Journal-World Photo
Blind student Cooper pursues college with readers and recordings
Cooper, a full time student with traveling vision, uses Recording for the Blind to access texts. He tapes library materials for his wife to type, and tests are read aloud or orally examined. He notes readers sometimes miss and time burdens but believes totally blind students can attend college with mobility as the main challenge.
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Cooper
Independence
Lawrence
Gratitude for Hospital Help From Church Staff and Friends
A patient thanks Dr. Mitchell, the ambulance service, the 1st floor north nurses, Rev. Harris, and friends for their kindness during hospital stay.
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Dr. Mitchell
Rev. Harris
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KU Engineer Exposition
Lodge
Scottish Rite
Blue Lodge
Robert A. Etherton
V. M
J. Albers
Stephenson Scholarship Hall
Templin Hall
Kansas Union
Stephenson
Templin
Harold Fisher
Fisher
City Hall
Congressional Record
U. S
Robert F. Ellsworth
R-Kan
U.S
Ellsworth
Henry Hewes
Saturday Review
Virginia Woolf
University Theatre
Ross Wilson Field
Park Hill
New York
Life Insurance
St. Luke
Alsa
Paes Repertar
R. L. Bob Stewart
U. C
Andy Anderson Howard C. Lang
West & II, RK
Iola Junior
Ft. Scott Junior College
Louisville
Ft. Scott
Jeffrey —Cooper
Lawrence Memorial
Unc
W. N. Park
Kuok
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