Bids Opened On Med Center Library Project Kansas City
Dutoit Construction of Kansas City is apparent low bidder for general construction at 254 364 dollars with total low bids for building and equipment at 477 817 dollars. Apparent low on electrical is Plaza Electric, 42 320 dollars. Plumbing heating and air conditioning low is W T Conroy, 78 711 dollars. Equipment bids from Remington Rand 74 442 Thacher 4 980 and Jackson Manufacturing 23 000. The two story reinforced concrete brick faced library will have basement and sub basement.
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Dutoit Construction Company
Kansas City
Kansas University Medical Center
Plaza Electric Company, Inc
W. T. Conroy Heating and Plumbing Company
Remington Rand
Thacher, Inc
Topeka
Jackson Manufacturing” Company
Unseasonable Cold Grips Northeast and Southeast States
Frigid air and subfreezing temperatures covered the Northeast and Deep South. New England, New York, and Pennsylvania saw below 20 degrees, with some areas near zero. Florida remained in the 40s, while the storm-stricken Northeast faced no immediate precipitation. The storm toll reached 166 deaths with monetary losses in the hundreds of millions. Schools in New York City reopened as 16 of 32 New York state storm deaths occurred in NYC, many from heart attacks while shoveling snow.
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New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
Macon
Chicago
Fargo
N.C
Baree
Jacksonville. A
Ohio
Maine
New York City
New York State
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Virginia
Maryland
New Hampshire
Delaware
Five Local Girls Set for KU Leadership Day Roles
Five local high school girls will join 60 participants in the Kansas University leadership day sponsored by AWS. From Lawrence High School are Jerry Eschhorn Martha Hammig Julie Harnar and Sharon Zimmerman along with Isa Attackine from Haskell Indian Institute. Kansas City Mo Mrs C Richard Powell will deliver the keynote address It s Your Life Betty Lou Gard Emporia AWS president 1954 55 will speak at lunch on So This Is College A Mortar Board panel will discuss It Takes All Kinds and a second afternoon talk covers The Big Change The Rock Chalk Revue closes the day Hoch Auditorium Bearer Youngberg assisted with arrangements at 1908 Barker Ave.
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Lawrence High School
Haskell Indian Institute
Kansas University
Associated Women Students Organization
K. U
Jerry Eschhorn
Emerald
Hoch Auditorium
Bearer Youngberg
Barker Ve
Born 30 Years Too Late
Louisville report notes Kenneth Wagner, owner of a 1925 Model T Ford, faces a costly parts hunt after a teen driver wrecked the car. Wagner estimates $200 to replace a wooden spoke wheel and headlight, but parts remain elusive. the vehicle had stored years and had no prior accidents.
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Louisville
Kenneth Wagner
Wagner
Ford
Mid Week Lent Vesper at Immanuel Lutheran Church
The sixth mid week Lenten vesper at Immanuel Lutheran Church features John Stainer’s The Crucifixion cantata performed by the church adult choir under Charissa Von Gunten. Soloists Ralph Ohlmeier Kurt Gust and Fred Reuter participate as tenor bass and bass. Service starts at 7 30 with a short sermon by Pastor Norman Brandt on The Sinner’s Christ.
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Immanuel Cutheran
John Stainer
Charissa von Gunten
Ralph Ohlmeier
Pasola
Kurt Gust
Lawrence
Fred Reuter
Scott City
Has
Norman Brandt
Christ
Georgia Clerk First to Miss Grand Prize on 64 000 Question
Kingsland Georgia store clerk Robert Edward Bennett aged 48 failed on The 64 000 Question losing his accumulated 32 000 prize. He did not know Abraham Lincoln offered 3400 per slave for voluntary emancipation and left with a Cadillac as consolation. Ralph Newman questioned the Lincoln offer while Ha March gave 3400 as the figure. Bennett was the first contestant to gamble for the grand prize and lose as three others have won the 64 000 prize.
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New York
Robert Edward Bennett
Kingsland
Abraham Lincoln
Bennett
Lincoln
Ralph Newman
Abraham Lincoln Bookshop
Chicago
March
A Penny Saved Judge Denver Grants Divorce
Mrs Emma L Vocate 32 and bus driver Robert L Vocate 31 were awarded a divorce after she contended she was forced to wear a coat indoors to curb heating costs and was limited to a single electric light.
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Denver
Emma L. Vocate
Robert L. Vocate
Change of Method On Electoral Vote Again
James Marlow reports on renewed debates in Washington over amending the Constitution to alter the Electoral College. The Senate faces party divisions as proponents and opponents weigh proportional and district-based plans while noting risks to big and small states alike.
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James Marlow
Associated Press News
Washington
Congress
Senate
Proposal to use electoral reform to empower parties
The text discusses shifting state legislatures and congressional districts to reflect funds and give parties more influence in selecting a president. It argues that if no party wins 50 percent of the electoral vote the House and Senate would jointly pick the President and Vice President. It warns this could delay the choice and turn the presidency into a political dealmaking football.
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Smith
Jones
Senate
House
Congress
Music of K U Man Will Be Played in Texas
John Pozdro a Kansas University assistant professor of music theory will have his composition The Rain performed at the fifth annual South Western Symposium of Contemporary American Music in April at Texas University. The piece for women’s voices is dedicated to the K A chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon and sets a poem written by his wife. Pozdro previously presented Cynical Overture for full orchestra and The Lament of Judas for chamber.
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John Pozdra
Kansas University
Texas University
K.A
Mu Phi Epsilon
Pozdro
Texas
Judas
WVU program features wind ensemble pieces by composer
A program at West Virginia University presented music by a noted composer, including Interlude for Woodwinds and Elegy for Trumpet and Piano. The ensembles performed selections from his orchestral works and wind ensemble repertoire in a campus concert this month.
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Chestra
West Virginia University
Mexico City approves trip for Cortines to Eisenhower talks
Mexico City grants final approval for President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines to travel to the United States for a meeting with President Dwight Eisenhower and Canadian Prime Minister Louis St Laurent in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia from March 26 to 28.
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Mexico City
P—Congress
Adolfo Ruia Cortines
Eissenhower
Louis St. Laurent
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Traffic Court Hears Thirteen Cases In City Police Court
Thirteen traffic cases were heard Tuesday in police court. Names and offenses include Eugene Thornton for failure to yield with a $10 fine and $5 suspended for one traffic school session. Others involve violations such as running a stop sign and illegal left turns with various fines and bonds forfeited.
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Eugene F. Thornton
St. St
Leonard G. Rockers
Ky. St
Daniel Miles
N. 7Th St
George B. Shaw
Haskell Ave
Regal
Donald Wrench
N. St
Rich
Ard Hargrove
Campus Ave
Harry C. Dunmire
Eudora
Donald Neher
Vt. St
Phillip Hopkins
Ind. St
Arthur Christie
Conn. St
James V. Routt
Jean Craton
Laura Kennedy
Richland
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