Wichita Man Uses Family As Excuse In Cheney Bank Theft
A 46 year old Wichita man Floyd Shobe was arrested near Anthony Kansas after robbing Citizens State Bank in Cheney and stealing about 2500 dollars. He admitted the robbery saying he did it for his family and was unemployed since October. Money found in his possession included 118 dollars. The bank president said the robber demanded money or he would blow their heads off.
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Wichitan
Wichita
Citizens State Bank
Cheney
Floyd Shobe
Anthony
Kas
Kansas
Shobe
U.S
Arthur Johnson
Johnson
Sedgwick County
Floyd Schroeder
Schroeder
Floyd L. Snyder
Snyder
Richards Roberts
Roberts
W. A. Veatch
Veatch
Bluff City
Leon Roemback
Ehrsam Award Given to Garden City Freshman at KU
Walter Eugene Palmer, a KU School of Engineering and Architecture freshman from Garden City, receives the J. B. Ehrsam and Sons Manufacturing Company Scholarship for this semester. The $750 yearly award renews for four years with a minimum B average, current KU GPA 2.2. He also holds a residence hall scholarship valued around $300 annually.
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Walter Eugene Palmer
Ehrsam
He Alo
Air Force plans 17 mile high parachute bailout over New Mexico
The Air Force outlines Project Explorer to bail out volunteers from balloons at 17 miles altitude or higher over the New Mexico desert next fall. Lt. Henry P. Nielsen, 31, a record holder for high altitude jumps, will lead the mission with one other airman using automatic parachutes and new gear.
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Washington
Air Force
New Mexico
Henry P. Nielsen
Nielsen
Jayhawk FFA Mechanic Team Places Fourth in District Contest
The Jayhawk Chapter FFA farm mechanics team finished fourth in the East Central Kansas district contest held Saturday in Lyndon. Eleven teams competed. team members were Bob Howard Roger Pine Fred Shirk Donald Funk Jon Bartz and Fred Grammer. Howard, a Lawrence High School sophomore, placed third among 50 individuals.
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Jayhawk
Future Farmers of America
Kansas
Optometrist Dale Sillix Hospitalized After Illness
Lawrence optometrist and Planning Commission member Dale Sillix was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for clinical observation after a serious illness. His condition improved to good today and he remains hospitalized for several days of observation.
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Dale Sillix
Lawrence
Small Jobs at K U Continued on Page 1
Bayles outlines year round campus grounds maintenance from spring sod and shrubs to winter snow clearance. He stresses daily yard work and a long term plan to keep University grounds and Lawrence looking better.
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Bayles
Universit Bayles
Lawrence
Margaret Plans Quiet Independence Vows
A sparsely detailed report says Margaret plans a quiet independence vow ceremony at a Missouri church where her parents were wed 37 years ago. The article notes attendance by notable figures and mentions a news conference with limited participation from the press.
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Margaret
Joan
Poery
Chirom Daneel Vpri
Bayes
Sretri
Nike
Trinity
Independenes
Truman
Ois
County Court Fines for Drunkenness on Public Highway
Clyde Eugene Ledom of Arkansas City was fined 100 dollars and costs in County Court for being drunk on a public highway. Kenneth Burgoon of Otisxa was fined 50 dollars and costs on a safe charge.
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Clyde Eugene Ledom
Arkansas City
Kenneth Burgoon
Otlisxa
Malenkov Claims Kremlin Has Cleaned Up Russia
Former Soviet Premier Georgi Malenkov told British MPs at a London dinner that the Kremlin has cleaned up Russia and that a Stalin dictatorship cannot return. He said collective government is firmly established and assured listeners that dictatorship would not rise again, though the extent of conviction varied among the hosts.
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London
Georgi M. Malenkov
Kremlin
Russia
Malenkov
Richard Crossman
Crossman
U S Pledges Support to France in Algeria Uprising
The United States pledged solid support to France in seeking a liberal and equitable solution to the nationalist uprising in Algeria. Ambassador C Douglas Dillon condemned the rebels and affirmed U S backing of France in North Africa.
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Paris
United States
France
Algeria
U. S
C. Douglas’ Dillon
Kansas student wins Tulsa music competition prize
Lut Gewinner a vello major at Kansas University from Webster Ma won the $100 first prize in the string division of the Philharmonic Society of Tulsa midwestern music competition in Tulsa Oklahoma. She studies cello under Raymond Stahl associate professor at Kansas University.
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Lut Gewinner
Kansas Universit
Webster
Aruves
Philharmonic Society
Tulsa
Okla
Raymond Stahl
Ottawa Man Sentenced for DUI and Suspended License
Ottawa resident John Leonard Rose was sentenced in County Court to six months in jail and fined $600 plus costs for driving while intoxicated and for driving on a suspended license.
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John Leonard Rose
Ottawa
Fresh Testimony In Boycott Trial
In Montgomery Alabama prosecutors presented fresh testimony about a new Negro organization that devoted most of its efforts to supporting the Montgomery bus boycott. The Rev Martin Luther King Jr led 30 Negro leaders called to trial on indictments tied to the boycott and led the Montgomery Improvement Association formed December 5 the day mass refusals began.
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Montgomery
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Montgomery Improvement Assn
Hoover Warns Reds Plan U S Crusade Over Four Months
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover told a House subcommittee the U S Communist party plans an intensive four to six month crusade to undermine anti Red legislation He said tactics would be concealed through Communist front organizations and liberal groups with a hard core of about 20289 members nationwide including 000 in New York and 3022 in California
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Communist Party
Hoover
House
U.S
New York State
California
County to seek emergency warrants for wells
Douglas County commissioners travel to Topeka on April 10 to seek state approval to issue 8000 in emergency no fund warrants. Funds would buy pumps for county public wells facing a ninth month of drought, with three pumps already installed and more to come if approved.
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Douglas County
Neen
Topeka
State Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Commission
Elmer Ousdahl
Crowd Fills St Malchy’s Church for Fred Allen Funeral
A large procession of theater and broadcasting luminaries attends the funeral of comedian Fred Allen at St. Malchy’s Church on 49th street near Broadway. About 1,200 inside the church and 700 outside attend as Msgr. James B. O’Reilly leads a high requiem mass. Allen’s widow Portland Hoffa is escorted by Jack Haley among the honorary pallbearers. Egypt population figure appears as unrelated text.
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New York
St. Malchy’s
Fred Allen
49Th Street
Broadway
James B. O'Reilly
Allen
Portland Hoffa
Jack Haley
Courteous Driver Honored by Local Women’s Club
Mrs. Sherman Fletcher received a courteous driving award from the Business and Professional Women’s Club for stopping completely at a school crossing at 10th and Connoy Streets observed by the Journal-World Photo.
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Sherman Fletcher
Business and Professional Women's Club
10Th and Conn. Sts
Journal-World Photo
AF Training Plane Crashes Near Dobbins Base
A two engine navigational trainer from Maxwell Field crashed near Dobbins Air Force Base in Marietta Georgia killing both occupants. The aircraft was on a training flight from Maxwell to Talesville New York. The pilot issued a distress call just after 1 am and the plane went down about 400 feet from a farmhouse. Firefighters contained the fire and recovered the bodies. Identities were withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Marietta, Ga.ry
Air Force Plone
Dobbins Air Force Base
Mariella
Birth Announcements From Memorial Hospital Totals
At Memorial Hospital births reported for several families. Names include Cushenbery Sunflower son. Wenzel 603 Tenn St son. Conkey RK 1 St daughter. Kohls Tonganoxie son. Lindell 1004 W 6th St daughter. Also listed are dozens of residents associated with addresses across Kansas towns.
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Floyd Cushenbery
Sunflower, & Son
Duane Wenzel
Tenn
Howard Conkey
Dennis Kohls
Tonganoxie
Charles Lindell
6Th St
Walker Death Services Set At Ninth Street Baptist Church
Funeral services for Cornelius A. Walker will be held at 2 30 p m Wednesday from the Ninth Street Baptist Church with Rev Frank J Brown officiating. Burial follows in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at Bowser Lee Mortuary from 4 p m today until services.
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Cornelius A. Walker
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Frank J. Brown
Oak Hill Cemetery
Bowser- Lee
KU Faculty Members Set to Speak at Wichita Conference
Three Kansas University faculty members will speak at a two day political science teachers meeting opening Friday at Wichita University. Speakers include Ethan Allen chair of the KU Political Science Department and director of the Bureau of Government Research Walter E. Sandelius political science professor and Alvin Schild associate professor of education.
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Kansas University
Wichita University
Ethan Allen
K.U. Political Science Department
Bureau of Government Research
Walter E. Sandelius
Alvin Schild
Markets At a Glance Mixed Totals in Early Trading
A compact market summary covering stock indices, bonds, cotton, wheat and corn futures, oats and hogs, plus cattle and livestock activity at Kansas City. It notes firming wheat and corn, mixed stocks, and varied livestock bids, with prices for cash grains and local market quotes.
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Kansas City
Shorts
Two-Vehicle Crash Causes $225 Damage Near Lawrence
A two car collision on U S Highway 59 seven miles south of Lawrence caused about $225 in damage. No injuries were reported. Drivers were John F Laughlin Jr aged 37 of Route 2 Baldwin and James Thornton Spright aged 36 of Ottawa according to the Highway Patrol.
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Lawrence
Highway Patrol
John F. Laughlin Jr
Route 2
Baldwin
James Thornton Spright
Ottawa
Negroes Convicted for Beating White University Student
In Tuscaloosa Alabama two Black brothers Arthur Washington and John Washington were found guilty of assault and battery a misdemeanor for beating a University of Alabama freshman. They received six months in jail and a $500 fine each. The case stemmed from reactions to mob actions against Autherine Lucy. A Black coed was later expelled from the university.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Albama
Arthur Washington
John Washington
Autherine Lucy
Eleven Drunk and Fighting Cases Heard in Police Court
Eleven defendants appeared in police court for drunkenness and related charges. Roy Yazzi Mathew Begay Jim Yazzi and others from Farmington Lupton Haskell Shawnee and Has kell faced fines up to 25 dollars with sentences including suspended terms probation and parole actions.
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Roy N. Yazzi
Farmington
N. M
Mathew Begay
Jim Yazzi
Lupton
Ariz
Robert Poshlakai
Wilfred Begay
Haskell
Alma Dale
Tones
Shawnee
Trddy Noble
Daniel Hildreth
Charles Begay
Allen Tulley
Alfred Allen
Ky St
Marvin Prepares Paper on Journalism Education for Paris Conference
Dean Burton W. Marvin of the William Allen White School at Kansas University drafts a 6000 word study on Education for Journalism in the United States. The paper will be presented April 9 13 in Paris at a UNESCO conference on professional journalist training with about 30 experts from 21 countries. Dr N N Luxon of the University of North Carolina will represent American journalism schools.
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United States of America
Burton W. Marvin
William Allen White
Public Information
Kansas University
Paris
France
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
N. N. Luxon
North Carolina University School of Journalism
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John J. Ver- M
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K.U
Pablo Mendoza
Mendez
Journal- World Photo
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Yopeker
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Ind
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Egypt
Memorial Hospital
Opal Tingle
Wayne Gudke
R. L St
Lloyd Davidson
Sunflower
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Conn
Jene Smith
Lecompton
Lloyd Webster
Rosa Dillon
Hardtakfer
Byron Cooke
John Wolfe
Mass. St
Evelyn Graves
Valley Falls
Carey MacAlexander
Oskaloosa
Delores Johnson
Ky. St
Leroy Cantrell
McLouth
I Russell Clay
DeSota
Vickie Rogters
W. Hills Terr
Donald Luther
Pa. St
Louis
13Th St
Anita Huebener
N. Y. St
Oliver Shields
Learnard Ave
Larry Landis
Coleta Wurtz
Billy Radcliff
Me. St
Dortha Treas
Wellsville
Mildred McKittrick
N.H. St
Herbert Kasold
Miklrod Percival
E. 13Th St
Patricia Harris
Cynda Schwemmer
Norma Elliott
Camera Nash
Iowa St
Phoebe Schneck
Cadet Ave
Parma Kirkpatrick
Vt. St
H. C. Nunemaker
Mass
Joan Hultz
Ohio St
Jirene Smith
Livestock
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Westy el
Woolworth
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New Hampshire
Manley Insurance Agency
M. C. Manley
Merle McKinney
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Legionnaires
Decker-Coy
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Warren Decker
Bud Coy
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