Five Children Die In Blizzard Bus Tragedy Near Lamar
A bus carrying 23 children was stranded in a Colorado blizzard four miles northeast of Lamar. Five children aged eight to fourteen froze to death. Eighteen survivors, many with pneumonia, were treated as rescue efforts continued. Driver Carl Miller remained missing as planes searched for him.
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Lamar
Colo
Jack Hart
Towner
Lizzard
Hart
Max Mitchell
Carl Miller
Holly
Cola
Mar
Prairie Country
Colorado
Holly Morgue
Lucille Stonebraker
Orlo Unteidt
Robert Brown
Neth Johnson
Mary Miller
Miller
Ahelp
Tribune
Kan
Eads
Maxwell Hospital
Towner School
Pleasant Hill
Weather map forecast for Kansas and nearby cities
Weather forecast for Kansas and surrounding areas. Fair tonight with a warming trend in western and central portions. Sunday brings increasing clouds. Morning clear at Wichita Arkansas City and Salina with others cloudy or partly cloudy. Roads frozen in Pittsburg Ottawa Wichita and Arkansas City. Salina snow covered. Coffeyville fair. Douglas county noted. Temperatures tracked from yesterday to today with a half inch of snowfall yesterday. Total precipitation zero. See Hamilton for Fords-adv.
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Kansas
Wichita
Arkansas City
Salina
Pittsburg
Ottawa
Coffeyville
Douglas County
Shawnee Court Upheld State School Book Royalties
Shawnee County District Judge George H. Whitcomb denied Mrs. Ella Burton’s petitions to stop $135,000 in royalties to Bobbs-Merrill and John C. Winston under five year contracts for primers readers and geographies. The ruling allowed the lump sum payments as within the commission’s discretion, with intent to appeal announced by Burton’s attorney Ed Rooney.
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Topeka
George H. Whitcomb
Shawnee County
Boynton
Ella S. Burton
State School Book Commission
Burton
Whitcomb
Bobbs-Merrill Company
John C. Winston Company
J. Glenn Logan
Shawnee
Commission
Fruit Is Hard Hit Defer A Decision
Reports from Coffeyville Winfield Independence and Emporia Kansas on March 28 say spring snow and freezing temps ruined peach and apricot crops and damaged apples while oats and wheat faced uncertain prospects. Amid weather notes a university liquor case update from KU leaders defers decision on three students charged, noting declining student drinking and ongoing cooperation with authorities.
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South University
Kansas
Coffeyville
Kan
Winfield
Mar
E. H. Archer
Cowley County
Emporia
Rhea Sets New Shot Put Record in Relays
Hugh Rhea of Nebraska broke the Rice Institute relay record this afternoon with a 50 feet 10 inches throw in the shot put. The previous mark was 46 feet 1 inch. Earlier at Austin, Rhea set a Texas Relays meet record of 51 feet 2 18 inches. Gridley of Kansas won the 220 yard low hurdles in 25 seconds with Hager of Iowa late second and Flick of Kansas third.
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Houston
Hugh Rhea
Nebraska
Rice Institute
Austin
Rhea
Texas
Gridley
University of Kansasavon
Hager
Iowa
Flick
Kansas
Highway wreck injures Kansas City man near Big Springs
Lawrence Ivan, 32, of Kansas City Missouri, is hospitalized with a fractured kneecap and minor head cuts after his car went off Highway 40 near Big Springs at about 2 am. He told attendants he was driving toward Lawrence when glare from an approaching car blinded him and pavement slickness caused the car to skid over the embankment. A passing motorist drove him to Memorial hospital.
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Lawrence Ivan
Kansas City
Police officer Aubrey vindicated over Burke sighting
Claude B. Aubrey of Louisville said I told you so after spotting a man he believed to be Fred Burke near St. Joseph Missouri last summer. He warned sheriffs and Louisville officials but was dismissed as daydreaming. Burke is wanted for wounding a bank cashier in a holdup. Aubrey mourns a share of the reward he could have claimed if others had believed him.
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Louisville
Claude B. Aubrey
Aubrey
St. Joseph
Fred Burke
Missouri
Burke
Blaze destroys Hope home during early morning fire
Earl Hope’s six room residence near the Country Club was burned with contents valued around 3000 dollars. Fire origin undetermined but likely from a defective flue. Neighbors summoned Hope from the Kappa Eta Kappa house as flames were discovered just after 7 AM.
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Earl Hope Farm
Earl Hope
Country Club
Hope
Kappa Eta Kappa
West Fourteenth Street
Lela Hope
Storm victims in Cheyenne Wells area die from exposure
Two people die in Cheyenne County during a severe blizzard. Fred Snyder, 44, and Fern Terrill, 72, perish in isolated cabins. Rural carrier Robert Burns finds Terrill, while an unidentified man about 40 freezes in a vacant house near Roggen. A man around 35 near Hannibal, Illinois, believed to be Charles Ciscle, is found dead along a railroad right of way, likely from a train incident.
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Cheyenne Wells
Colo
Cheyenne County
Fred Snyder
Kit Carson
Fern Terrill
Robert Burns
Greeley
Roggen
Hannibal
Charles Ciscle
Quincy
Burlington Railroad
Move for more control in Germany decree bans meetings
Berlin reports President von Hindenburg using Article 48 to regulate public meetings parades and placards and to expand police powers against weapons. The decree bars gatherings likely to insult the state or religion and requires 24 hours notice for public political or outdoor meetings.
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Berlin
von Hindenburg
Germany
Enjoyed Spring Musical Delights Binged by Students
A large crowd of parents and junior high students attended the spring musicale at the senior high school auditorium on Friday night. The boys glee club and cantata Dawn of Spring by the girls glee club drew strong applause along with the band and orchestra. Hazel E. Lynn led the glee clubs and choruses while Byron Donmyer directed the orchestra and bands. A separate item notes former Governor James M. Cox undergoing emergency appendectomy in Miami Beach, resting well after surgery.
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Hazel E. Lynn
Byron
Donmyer
President's party shifts to winter clothing at sea
The presidential party abandoned tropical whites for winter blue as they sailed north from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands aboard the Arizona. The ship faced a northeaster with rough seas, while in Salina, Kansas, snowplows cleared blocked highways as relief was anticipated tonight.
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Hoover
Tropics
U.S. S
Arizona
Porto Rico
Virgin Islands
Georgia
Salina
Kan
Kansas
Guard Against Removal of State Furniture
Topeka March 28 The executive council granted use of part of the legislature quarters to the water resources division of the board of agriculture and moved to guard against further furniture loss. The council refused to open representative hall for a public health workers meeting. Earlier this year some furniture including the speaker's chair was missing. most items were recovered by the sergeant at arms, but the valuable chair remained missing.
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Topeka
Executive Council
State Department
Council
Water Resources Division
Board of Agriculture
Representative Hall
House
University and church leaders plan second interfaith service
Kansas University and Lawrence churches convene a second all University religious service at 7 pm in the University auditorium tomorrow. Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of Chicago will deliver the address titled What is Your Cause? The program includes University music with Dean Swarthout, G. Griss Simpson, and Alice Moncrieff, plus Dorothy Kuernteiner and others. Chancellor E H H Lindley will introduce the speaker with a benediction and choral music finale.
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University of Kansas
Lawrence
University Auditorium
Edwin Holt Hughes
Chicago
Methodist Episcopal Church
K. U
Lawpmes
Tomor‘row
University Peecer
D. Wu. Swarthout
K. U. School of Fine Arts
G. Griss Simpson
Alice Moncrieff
Dorothy Kuernteiner
Dean Swarthout
Mr. Simpson
Wana DY Kos
Charles A
D. M. Swarthout
Theodore H. Altman
Divine
Redeemer_Gounod
Dorothy Euersteiner de Swarthout
Criss Simpson
E. HH. Lindley
D.D
M. EE. Church
Stainer University Vesper
Denies Poisoning Child Confession Forced by Brother
Martha Kennedy, 21 month old farm woman held on a murder charge, denies poisoning Elmer York baby in a letter to a Tennessee relative. She says her confession was caused by her brother Alex Kennedy, seeks help from George Kennedy to gain funds and victory in Harrisonville. Officials await chemical analysis of a baking powder can found in the Kennedy household.
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Harrisonville
Tennessee
Martha Kennedy
Elmer York
Roy W. Mosby
Cass County
Ella Allman
Hillsboro
Alex Kennedy
George Kennedy
York
Yorks
Trains in Today's Weather Affects Schedules
The first Denver to Union Pacific train since the recent storm was due 6 to 7 pm. An Ellis originated train was expected shortly after 2 pm. Rock Island trains were late, while a Denver Santa Fe service arrived 12 hours late at Lawrence. Southbound trains ran on time and bus connections extended to Salina with transfers anticipated for westbound travelers.
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Denver
Union Pacific
Ellis
Rock Island
Santa Fe
Lawrence
South
Salina
Jwest
Mullins to Return to KU as Backfield Coach in 1981
Larry Mullins, currently an assistant at Kansas, will resume coaching duties at the University of Kansas next fall. He left for South Bend to study at Notre Dame this semester and is due back September 10 to groom KU backfield candidates for the 1981 season after arriving March 17 to assist with spring practice.
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Larry Mullins
University of Kansas
South Bend
Ind
Notre Dame University
Mullins
K. U
Gun sale offer linked to Burke case near Milan Mo
Lawerence authorities report Fred Burke alias Richard F White held in St Joseph Mo after Milan capture may have attempted to buy a Thompson submachine gun from Rutherford former Douglas county sheriff. The weapon sold to W R Gill Phillips petroleum agent in Kansas district. Rutherford had been notified of gun for sale and a prior call from Kansas City offered 3500 before being refused. Registration and transfer details noted with New York police. Separately Kansas Relays entries opened with Oklahoma A and M Washington Univ Butler College and St Joseph Junior College among early entrants.
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Fred Burke
Richard, F. White
St. Joseph
Milan
Lawrence
R. R. Rutherford
Douglas County
Rutherford
W. R. Gill
Phillips, Petroleum Company
Kansas District
Kansas City
White
Gill
Phillips Petroleum Company
Thompson
New York City
R. W. Kenny
Oklahoma Aggie
Peyton Glass, Jr
Texas
J. E. Davis
Bert Nelson
Herman Phillips
Butler College
Indiana
Butler
R. W. Blomfield
St. Joseph Junior College
Oklahoma senate probes Governor Murray charges at University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City March 28 AP legislative investigation into charges of Governor Murray involving flagrant immorality misuse of state funds and liquor law violations at the University of Oklahoma began today as a seven member committee with subpoena power was appointed. The governor made the charges after a partial inquiry and the matter will be reviewed by the university board of regents. The committee will hear evidence at Norman and report back.
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University of Kansas
E. H. Lindley
Henry Werner
K. U
University
Kansas City
Kansas
Harry Frazee
Oklahoma City
Mar
Murray
University of Oklahoma
Senate
Alva McDonald
United States Marshall
Board of Regents
University At
Norman
Armored Car to Return Burke to Michigan
Governor Caulfield signed requisition papers for the extradition of Fred Burke, a notorious gunman wanted for killing a policeman, from St. Joseph Missouri to Michigan. An armored motor car with machine guns waited at Macon to transport Burke to St. Joseph for return to Michigan where the maximum penalty is life imprisonment.
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Jefferson City
Caulfield
Fred Burke
Michigan
Burke
St. Joseph
Mich
Macon
Missouri
Rush to Register Rising in Lawrence City Election
City voters prepare for April 7 polls with 5596 registered. O H Stockwell, city clerk, reports 687 new registrations since March 10, brisk activity in final days, with over 350 registrations yesterday before closing time. Electors choose a commissioner of finance three school board members and a treasurer. Incumbents Wetzel and Penehard named for commissioner and school board treasurer incumbents Whit Churchill and Mattie Crooks, plus six candidates for the board including Ed Riling who seeks ballot placement via petitions.
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O. H. Stockwell
Lawrences
George Wetzel
Ed Penehard
Whit Churchill
Mattie Crooks
Ed Riling
Baldwin Mitchell
Riling
W. “ McConnell
George J. Kirchhoff
V. Kck. Bruner
Frank Strong
V. M. Atchard
al Green
HOLD MARSHALL FUNERAL TOPEKA KANSAS
State officials, members of the bar, and friends of the late John Marshall paid final tribute to the Kansas Supreme Court associate justice who died after a prolonged illness. For three hours the public filed past the casket in state at the funeral chapel before services at 2:30 pm at First Methodist Church conducted by Dr. Walter E. Barat and Dr. John R. McFadden. Honorary pallbearers included Chief Justice Johnson and several associates. burial followed at Topeka Cemetery.
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Topeka
John Marshall
Kansas Supreme Court
First Methodist
Walter E. Barat
John R. McFadden
Johnson
Burch
Harvey
Dawson
Hutchison
Smith
Clad Hamilton
Frede S. Jackson
W. E. Atchison
John Kinkel
Deporting Aliens Departs Kansas City in Mass
Kansas City acted as a staging point for deportation of aliens. Eight recently released from Leavenworth federal penitentiary joined eleven arrivals from the east as they were sent by train west or southwest. The group includes thirteen bound for Mexico, two to China, two to Japan, and two to India. Immigration official O. W. Munster noted many released inmates had served time for narcotics violations.
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Kansas City
Mar
Leavenworth
Kan
Mexico
China
Japan
India
O. W. Munster
United States Immigration Service
Urge Mack for Position in American League Presidency
Reports from Philadelphia dated March 28 indicate Connie Mack may be asked to chair the American League. Ban Johnson’s retirement four years ago left league presidents considering him for the post, though he previously declined. Balchen Returns to St John after Viking search failure. aviator Bernt Balchen with Enslaw and Cooper head home to New York. Mt Riga Texas Holstein yields 16984.8 pounds milk and 643.6 pounds butterfat in a 365 day period. Hotel Wood Sunday Dinner menus featured on Society Page.
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Connie Mack
American League
Ban Johnson
Mace
Balchen
Cornerbrook
N. F
Bernt Balchen
Randy Enslaw
Merion Cooper
Varick Frissell
St. John
N. B
New York
Mt. Riga
Texas
Examinations for Scholarships At University of Kansas
Sixty nine high school seniors from northeast Kansas took preliminary summerfield scholarship exams at the University of Kansas today with about 150 more candidates in six cities. Thirty to forty from the six sites will advance to the final exam here April 18, where four year scholarships cover all expenses. Professors in charge include A G Mitchell at KU and city coordinators in Wichita Parsons Concordia Great Bend Hoxie. Names of finalists will be announced in about two weeks as papers are graded and compared.
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Summerfield
University of Kansas
Kansas
K. U
A. G. Mitchell
Wichita
John Ise
Parsons
Olin Templin
Concordia
Paul B. Lawson
Great Bend
Great Bend High School
Hoxie
James J. Brooks
Hoxie High School
William H. Dedderidge
James L. Lawson
Lloyd Metzler
Lawrence C. Mills
Lawrence
John Grist
Robert Cory
Ralph Bohmsock
Eudora
Charles Brougette
Vernon M. French
Dorald Hawks
Harold Hillmer
Bert Johnson
Charles S. Joss
Philip Lawlor
Peter E. Marchetti
Kenneth Richards
Arnold E. Sene
Dean Stevens
Perry Wendell
Spencer Wyant
Topeka
Omar Bixler
Robert Boyce
Harold Buddemeyer
Raymond Carr
Wilburn Flournoy
Duvall Gee
Jack Mayes
Feeny Mitchell
Orm Moats
Jack Reid
Kansas City
Kan
Case Dismissed In Breach Of Promise Suit In Missouri
A $150000 breach of promise suit filed February 27 in Independence Missouri by Miss Collie Arney against theater owner Glen W Dickinson was dismissed with prejudice late yesterday at plaintiffs cost. Dickinson, president of Glen W Dickinson Theaters Inc, filed a March 24 motion noting a letter from Arney regretting the suit and stating she did not wish to pursue it. Dickinson, based in Kansas City, formerly lived in Lawrence.
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Collie Arney
Glen W. Dickinson
Yeaterday
Addie Arney
Dickinson
Glen W. Dickinson Theaters, Inc
Miss Arney
Davidson
Kansas City
Lawrence
Heart Trouble Fatal for Leavenworth County Farmer
George Shaffer aged 62 a Leavenworth county farmer dropped dead in his kitchen about 5 a m near Tonganoxie death due to heart trouble He lived on the farm for thirty years and is survived by one daughter Mrs Otto Luckan of Lawrence His wife died two years ago Bishop Wise to Preach Rt Rev James Wise D D Bishop of Kansas will preach at 11 oclock Trinity Episcopal church tomorrow and celebrate at 6 oclock for students Public invited Varsity Cleaners advertisement
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George Shaffer
Leavenworth County
Homaiwo
Tonganoxie
Shaffer
Otto Luckan
Lawrence
Bishop Wise
James Wise
Kansas
Trinity Episcopal Church
Ishop Wise
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