Changes Okayed In Airport Lease By City Commission
The city commission approved two changes demanded by the Kansas Board of Regents for a 30 year lease of Municipal Airport owned by Kansas University. Regents will review the latest draft on March 30 in Topeka. The deal keeps KU free use for normal functions, while the city pays $1 a year for general use and must fund improvements including a paved runway within five years. Estimated city cost ranges from 36100 to 50100 with matching federal aid.
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City Commission
Kansas Board of Regents
Regents
Topeka
Kansas University
K. U
Greek Week at E U marks third annual event and growth
The University of Kansas held its third annual Greek Week last week at E U, with earlier informal Weeks dating to the 1940s and 1951’s flood relief efforts. Dean Woodruff notes fraternities and sororities helped clean Centennial Park and supported the multiple sclerosis drive. hazing persists in some houses but paddling is rare. Dean Alderson reports GPA improvements and better pledging, while about 1,500 men live in 27 social fraternities on campus.
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E.U
North Lawrence
Dean Woodruff
Centennial Park
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Donald Alderson
Dean Alderson
K.U
Nine Local Eagle Scouts To Be Honored At Dinner
Lawrence boys among about 90 slated for the Kaw Council Eagle Scouts dinner at 6 p.m. in the Memorial Union Building on the KU campus. Herbert Wunderlich of Kansas State College will speak. Local attendees include Lowell Craig C Fisher Billy Hargrove Elmer Hargrove Gene Jackson Carl McClung Mark Richardson Robbie Remple and more, sponsored by local businessmen. dinner delayed from February.
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Lawrence
Kaw Council
Memorial Union
Kansas University
Herbert Wunderlich
Kansas State College
Lowell Craig
Fisher
Ill. St
Billy, Elmer
John Hargrove
Prairie Ave
Gene Jackson
Ohio St
Carl McClung
Iowa St
Mark Richardson
Vt. St
Robbie Remple
N. H. St
Alumni Secretary Leaves For Series of Meetings
Fred Ellsworth executive secretary of the Alumni Association at Kansas University will leave Thursday night for a trip to the East to speak at a series of alumni meetings. He will first speak Saturday night at the Union League Club in Chicago, joined by KU basketball coach Dr. Forrest C. Allen. Ellsworth continues Sunday in Westfield New Jersey Tuesday in Philadelphia and Friday March 30 in Washington D C. He will attend the Kansas Society dinner Saturday March 31 in Washington and another meeting is tentatively set Thursday March 29 in New York City.
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Fred Ellsworth
Alumni Association
Kansas University
East
Union League Club
Chicago
Forrest C. Allen
K.U
Elsworth
Westfield
N. J
Philadelphia
Washington
D.C
Kansas Society
Washington, D.C
New York City
Oscar era rumor and two more officials announce bids
A sweeping Oscar coverage notes uncertainty over top honors with actors Magnani Hayward and Borgnine as favorites for acting awards and Marty as best picture contenders. In Douglas County two Republicans announce August primary bids for county offices, Edythe Norman for treasurer and Wayne Allphin for county attorney, both seeking second terms. Norman, a lifelong Lecompton resident, has long experience in bookkeeping and served as deputy treasurer before her 1954 election. Allphin, a Lawrence native, lawyer, and former city police judge, has held the attorney post since 195? and lives with his wife and son.
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Teclesina
Douglas County
Edythe Norman
Wayne Aliphin
County Storney
Norman
Lecompton
Strickler Business College
Topeka
Emporia State Teachers College
Hercules Powder Co
Sunflower
Stanley
Crestline Dr
Henry Leslie
Perry
Dongias
Jefferson Counties
First Christian Church and Order of Eastern Star
Allphin
Lawrence
Lawrence Public Schools
Kansas University
KK. U. Law School
Mass. St
Ohio St
Lois
Charles
Lawrence Junior High
Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence Area
Obituaries list Willard H. Pasewark a 61 year old former Lawrence mail carrier who died late Tuesday. Services set Friday at First Methodist with burial at Oak Hill. Also noted are W H Banker an Okla. attorney, Julia Barkley of Baldwin, and several local residents with funeral details and family survivors.
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Willard H
Bil) Pasewark
Willard HL
Bill Pasewark
Lawrence
Fall Leaf
American Legion
Eva
Doris Wagner
Baldwin
Ina Mae Wilson
Moundview Dr
Jim Noland
DeSoto
Henry Hand
John Carroll
Kansas City
Curtiss Pasewark
Bruce Pasewark
Eudora
First Methodist Church
Albert F. Bramble
Oak Hill Cemetery
Dorsey- Liberty Post
W. Rothwell
Muskogee
Okla
Banker
McPherson
Willis B. Banker
First Presbyterian Church
Kansas University
Beta Theta Phi
Banker and Bonkls
Margaret Fitch Banker
Robert Mathews
Chattanooga
Tenn
Robert F. Banker
Clacilin Mathews
Elizabeth Banker
Merrill Bowtle
Tulsa
Edward Seveik
Hilo
Hawaii
Julian Banker
Stigler
First Presbyterian Church of
Oak Hill Cemttery
Dulla Barkley
Julia Barkley
Fred
Mae Hobson
Edna Simpson
Blue Mound
Stella Sturdevant
Denver
Cole
Ermine Ines
Lawreres
Ros Barklet
William Tharkles
Pomona
Ives Chapel
Wile Fis Waeney
Oakwood Cemetery
Army Colonel to Speak to Pershing Rifles at Union
Col John C Winchester of the British Army and instructor at the Command and General Staff School will address the Pershing Rifles honor society of the WA Army ROTC at 7 30 p m Thursday in the Memorial Union.
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John C. Winchester
Command R and General Staff School
Fl. Leavenworth
Kansas University
Pershing Rifles
Honor Society of the
City commission approves street vacation plan and shopping center links
The commission authorized vacating a short street between Yale Road and Hillcrest Shopping Center sites to create a unified parcel for a larger shopping center. Two 10 acre tracts on the west of Iowa Street, Harrison and Hillcrest, are involved with Hillcrest promising to buy Harrison if the street is vacated. The move hinges on establishing a suitable Yale Road route further south. The body also backed Emil Heck and Jack Harris in flood control funding efforts in Washington, approved Kansas Public Service Co rate increase requests, authorized a new dump truck purchase for 2657 dollars, and approved 506872 dollars in claims.
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Memorial Park Cemetery
Centennial Park
Hillcrest
Town Street
Yale Road
Iowa
Syert
Robert Harrison
Hillcrest Shopping Center Inc
Harrison
Lawrence
Kansas Public Service Co
Steeer Department
Kuhn Truck and Tractor Co
Kuhn
Lawrence seeks public input on proposed municipal pool
Recreation director Wayne Bly announced a public meeting at 7 30 p m Thursday in the City Commission Room at City Mall to discuss a proposed $200000 pool project. A fact finding committee report has been shared with over 50 local groups. many attendees are expected as plans clash over pool adequacy Jayhawk Plunge status and non segregated facility needs. City officials plan a future major traffic route west of Iowa Street to prepare for long term growth.
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Lawrence
City Commission
City Mall
Kansas University
Jawa Street
Massachusetts Street
Iowa Street
U. S. 40
Sunset Hills
Twenty-Third Street
Births and listings at Memorial Hospital noted by patients
A memorial hospital notice lists numerous patients and addresses alongside birth announcements. Among the entries are Dorothy Mason, Rhoda Staley, Leo Williams, Opal Seoul, Olive Pickett, John Padget, Olive Vitt, Wilma Woods, Winifred Reynolds, Barbara Bray, Marilyn Kamp Schroeder, Thelma Reusch, Marjorie Peterson, Sparky Holder, Oliver Shields, Shirley Brown, Mary Shurtz, Ruth E. Mitchell and baby girl, Carrie McAlexander, Margie Kelley and baby boy, Yola Scott, John D. McNeill, Anna May Smith, Vick Rogers, plus births for Harold Huebener and Jack Borland with locations in multiple states.
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Sunnyside
Marilyn Kamp Schroeder
Route 4
Thelma Reusch
Eudora
Marjorie Peterson
Mass
Sparky Holder
St. St
Oliver Shields
Learnard ,Ave
Shirley Brown
Mary Shurtz
Greever Teecr
Ruth E. Mitchell
20Th St
Carrie McAlexander
Margie Kelley
McLouth
Yola Scott
Grant St
John D. McNeill
del. St
Anna May Smith
New Zealand Librarian Visits Kansas University Library
New Zealand librarian F. A. Sandeau from Auckland University College visits Kansas University this week as part of a seven month U.S. tour studying American university libraries. He and his wife stay with Dr. and Mrs. Ruftis H. Thompson, who hosted them since Sunday. The tour continues to Iowa City to view the University of Iowa libraries.
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F. A. Sandeau
Auckland University College
Auckland
New Zealand
Kansas University
U.S
Sandeau
Ruftis H. Thompson
Thompson
Botansy, Lves
Iowa City
Iowa
Iowa University
Clergymen Leave Russia After Soviet Church Contact
A delegation of U S Protestant clergymen departed Moscow today ending a historic visit that established the first broad church-to-church contact between Soviet and American faith groups since the Communist Revolution.
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Moscow
Local Couple Charged With First Degree Arson
Lyial and Agnes Sheard, residents of 704 Lincoln St, were bound over to the May term of District Court on charges of first degree arson and burning insured property. Bond set at $3,000 per couple, they remained jailed after failing to post. State fire marshal and Fire Chief John Miller aided the investigation after a Saturday fire at 704 Lincoln St. Sheriff’s officials said the pair are husband and wife. another suspect, Hiv Seaple, was arrested Tuesday evening.
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Lyial
Agnes Sheard
Lincoln~St
Bop
Sherlts
Bor
Een
John Miller
Shriff's Officr
Hiv Seaple
Blast at GE Plant Kills Two Injures Eleven in Schenectady
A massive early morning blast at General Electric in Schenectady New York killed two workers and injured eleven. Fire and debris destroyed a chemical materials building. Five escaped unharmed as the blast shattered windows five miles away. Officials await cause and identify two bodies found at the scene. The four story structure stood at the downtown plant and the explosion occurred about 1 am.
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Schenectady
N.Y
General Electric
Onturt
Proposals Grow for Turtle Creek and Related Dams
Brewenthal describes Blue Valley residents open to selling land for Turtle Creek work while others urge funding for Tuttle Creek and reservoirs at Perry, Milford, and Manhattan. Rep Scrivner backs nine million for the project as flood control remains a priority with city officials and chamber leaders on the witness list.
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Blue Valley
Brewlenthal
Puttle Creek
Turtle Creek
Lew Paramore
Tuttle Creek
Wilson
Ralph Extline
Salina
Paul Hoffman
Abilene
Stanley F. Spencer
Arkansas City
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Bank Robbers Hit U S Treasurer's Home Bank Heist
Three men tied Mrs Georgia Neese Clark Gray and her husband then forced her to drive to her bank and surrender about 4000 dollars. Billy Gene Ross, 23, was later killed by Mrs Gray on January 28 as he climbed stairs. Debenham was arrested in Texas, and Young was captured in Topeka. Fletcher identified as getaway driver.
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Georgia Neese Clark Gray
U. S
Truman
Gray
Billy Gene Ross
Dallas
Topeka
Debenham
Texas
Fletcher
Law Day Speaker at KU Banquet April 13
Steven S. Chandler chief judge of the Federal District Courts of Oklahoma will speak at Kansas University Law Day banquet on April 13. Chandler a 1922 KU graduate, will attend a plonie skits and the crowning of Miss Res Ipsa Loqui the law queen. Ron Thomas Baxter Springs senior class president oversees arrangements.
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Steven S. Chandler
Federal District Courts of Oklahoma
Kansas University
Chandler
K.U
Ron Thomas
Baxter Springs
Malenkov Tour Includes Hike and Autographs in England
A one mile hike and a traffic collision marked Georgi Malenkov's visit to Hams Hall power station and Stafford plant. Autograph seekers gathered as Malenkov spoke with workers and inspected generators, while a rear-ender injured a driver in Warwickshire.
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Birmingham
England
Georgi Malenkov
Hig
Hams, Hall
English Electrical Company
Stafford
Hams Hall
Soviet Union
Warwickshire
Lawrence area students named to KU engineering dean's list
Twenty Lawrence residents are among 182 students named to the dean's honor roll in Kansas University's School of Engineering for the fall term. The list includes James G. Tisue and several others from Lawrence with top grades, all A averages among the upper 10 percent of their class.
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Lawrence Area
Kansas University
James G. Tisue
Mester
Lawrence
Elberson Hunn
Almira Ave
Charles Malone
Ind. St
Richard Easton
Norman Nielsen
David Borahaugh
Elmer Boyd
Gene Hasford
Ala
Bowen Perkins
Tenn
Paul Wilson
Robert Guenter
Mass
Rey Holladay
Miss. St
Gene Morgan
Sunflower
Donald Park
Til
George Salser
W. 13Th St
Richard Stevens
Valley Jane
Newell Rodewald
Eudora
Merle Ellis
Perry
Miles Tade
Tonganoxie
Flel Ter Magnuson
Direct Certification Denied for CAB Route Plan
Civil Aeronautics Board examiner Ruhlen ruled against direct certification of proposed airline service to a dozen larger Midwest Plains cities. Auburn G. Light for Liberal Kansas urged bypassing further CAB proceedings. several cities joined the request, arguing it would speed up decisions.
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Wichita
F. Merritt Ruhlen
Civil Aeronautics Board
Midwest Plains
Ruhlen
Auburn G. Light
Liberal
Kas
Insurance risk fund set aside for atomic power losses
The Insurance Co of North America announced five million dollars in special reserves to cover losses from atomic power mishaps. The move aims to strengthen financial protection as nuclear risks rise.
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Philadelphia
the Insurance Co. of
North America
Kansas Traffic Deaths Reported in 1956 Totals
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section. In the last 24 hours to date in 1956 128 deaths versus 110 in the same period of 1955.
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Topeka i
Kansas
Funds Urged For Dams in Kansas
Washington urged federal funding for dam projects in Kansas. Neosho River Strawn dam near Burlington seeks one million dollars to finish planning and begin construction. Verdigris River Toronto dam would receive four million eight hundred thousand dollars to continue work. Speaker Chorge A. Fox emphasized southeast, central, and eastern Kansas need. Fox also asked two hundred thousand dollars for planning of Council Grove and Marion dams.
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Washington
Funda
Strawn
Toronto
Kansas
House
Neosho River
Burlington
Butget
Verdigris River
Bank Still Missing Million Dollar U S Treasury Note
New York Chase Manhattan Bank reports a mislaid one million dollar U S Treasury note found missing on March 6. Bank officials say the search continues, going through vaults and millions of documents to locate the missing note.
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Big
Chase Manhattan Bank
Chase Manhattan
U. S. Treasury
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