Old Love Affair with Flying Reignites in a Flight Lesson
The writer resumes flying lessons at Lawrence Airport with instructor Dennis Sooby of Erhart Flying Service. He describes preflight checks, taxiing, takeoff, and a first practice flight, noting the thrill of a small plane, the navigator’s sense of altitude, and the rekindled affection for Powered Flight after nearly two years.
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Lawrence
Dennis Sooby
Erhart Flying Service
Sooby
Fraser Hall redevelopment to reshape KU campus core
Plans detail new Fraser Hall on Mount Oread for psychology and anthropology with seven stories and basement. Aimed at preserving old building cues, the project adds Blake Hall integration, air conditioning, and expanded teaching and research spaces across seven floors.
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Psychology Clinic
New Fraser Hall
Blake Hall
T. R. Griest
Topeka
Griest and Eckdahl
Mount Oread
Lawton
James C. Canole
KU School of Engineering and Architecture
Griest
Kansan
Kansas State University
New Blake Hall
KU Alumni Group Views Facilities
Kansas University Alumni Association directors met Saturday at KU to discuss alumni university relations, tour campus landmarks including Fraser Hall and the Center for Engineering Research, and decide on officers and next year’s centennial plans. About 20 student leaders joined the luncheon. Officers’ names were not announced.
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Kansas University Alumni Association Board of Directors
Wescoe
Fraser Hall
Fraser
Center For Engineering Research
Alumni Association
Ceramic horse statue stolen from Elden Tefft home
Police report a ceramic statue of a horse was stolen from Elden Tefft at 1315 Naismith Snr during the weekend. The statue valued at $750.
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Elden
King calls for mass boycott of Alabama products
In a nationwide TV address, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. urged the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to prepare an economic withdrawal program targeting Alabama goods. The move aims to pressure state practices amid civil rights tensions.
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San Francisco
Martin Luther King Jr
Alabama
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Expert on Soviet to Speak Tuesday at KU
Dr. Klaus Mehnert, renowned Soviet affairs authority, will lecture at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union. He directs Aachen University’s Institute of Political Science and is touring the United States. Topic: The Soviet Union since the Fall of Khrushchev. Open to the public. Sponsored by KU political science department and Slavic and Soviet area studies committee.
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Klaus Mehnert
Kansas Union
Institute of Political Science
Aachen University
Germany
United States
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Department of Political Science
Community leaders honored with Master Teacher Awards
Miss Simmons,, past president of Altrusa and the Kansas Association of Elementary School Principals, has been active in the Lawrence Education Association and the American Association of University Women. Master Teacher Award recipients were selected by C. Wright, Adel Throckmorton, Mrs. Robert Herzog, Mrs. Quentin Nelson, and S. L. Schlagie.
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Simmons
Altrusa and
Kansas Association of
Lawrence Education Assn
American Assn. of
University Womne
C. Wright
Kansas State Teachers Assn
Adel Throckmorton
Robert Herzog
Kansas Division
The
American Assas. of University Women
Quentin Nelson
Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers
S. L. Schlagie
Kansas City Kansas Schools
Man in Fairly Good Condition After Self Inflicted Wound
Chester A. Wilks Sr. 56 of 231 N 5th St was reported in fairly good condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a bullet wound to the mouth from a .22 rifle. He told police the shot followed failed efforts to settle marital difficulties with his wife. The bullet entered the roof and emerged under the right eye. Emick for Commissioner. (Pol. Adv.)
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Chester A. Wilks Sr
N. 5Th. St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Wilks
Assessors Near Finish in Douglas County For This Year
Douglas County personal property assessors near completing the annual work with one or two finishing tasks remaining. Darwin Rogers urged anyone missed to report to his office in the courthouse to be assessed. He noted some think they are exempt by a 1963 law, but items were not entirely removed. A mobile x ray unit from the State Department of Health will be at Rustys on 23rd Street Tuesday morning and afternoon, following a stop at Dillon's Plaza today.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
North Viet Nam
Bach Long Island
Gulf of Tonkin
Bach Long
Red China
Hainan Island
Cmdr
Henry. P. Glindeman
Coeur D’alene
Idaho
Airwing 15
Coral Sea
Douglas County
Darwin Rogers
Rogers
State Department of Health
Rusty’s
23Rd Street
Dillon’s Plaza
Old Stone House Burns Near Clinton
An old stone house one mile west of Clinton on the new blacktop road was gutted by fire Saturday night. Owned by Charles Hodges of Clinton and occupied by the Melvin Busch family, most furnishings had been removed as they were moving. The house, insured, had a fuel stove possibly left on. The 100 year old stone section with two later wooden additions formed a seven room dwelling. The cause remains unknown with electricity shut off.
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Sooby
Charles Lindbergh
Clinton
New Blacktop
Charles Hodges
Melvin Busch
Fling Speech by Chancellor Puts Stress on Leadership
Chancellor W Clarke Wescoe spoke at the Spring Fling banquet in Lewis Hall stressing leadership responsibility for KU students and alumni. The event preceded Spring Sing with prizes awarded to Ellsworth Hall for grand prize and to multiple dorms for races, pie eating, and car contests.
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W. Clarke Wescoe
Lewis Hall
Association of University
Wescoe
Kansas University
University Theatre
Ellsworth Hall
Ellsworth
Potter Lake
Candy
Jolliffe
Hashinger
Lewis and Battenfeld
Dennis Colombo
Brooklyn
N. Y
Jane Bellman
Randolph
Hashinger Hall
Susan Griffiths
Chanute
Sellards Hall
Pamela Latshaw
Kansas City
Fred Samuelson
Wichita
Templin Hall
Battenfeld Hall
Rachael Hall
Watkins Hall
Joseph R. Pearson
Men of Templin
Watkins
Pearson Halls
Sellards
Miller Hall
Miller
Five Injured In Weekend City Traffic Crashes
Five persons suffered minor injuries in three weekend city traffic accidents. Michael S. Wickware 17 of 1319 Elmwood sustained cuts from a collision at 15th Lindenwood. Harold E. Roe 68 of Baldwin was unhurt. Total damage 425 dollars. In another crash on 11th La Sts two people had cuts and bruises Gary Simmons 19 of 1122 W Campus and Willie Wystemp 19 of Oklahoma City. Driver Michael R. Hall 18 of Manhattan was not hurt. Damages 1050 dollars. A third two car crash at 13th Mass Sts left Gayle Cornelison 24 of 1109 RI St and Jesse Nunez 20 of 1414 Tenn St with minor injuries. Damages 1000 dollars.
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Michael S. Wickware
Elmwood
15Th
Lindenwood
Harold E. Roe
Route 3
Baldwin
la. Sts
R. I. St
Jesse J. Nunez
Tenn. St
Lawrence High Students Win State JAS Honors
Three Lawrence High School students won first places at the Kansas Junior Academy of Science state meeting held at Kansas State College Pittsburg. They will present their projects at the Senior Academy of Science in May in Manhattan. Winners are Alice Fitch Mary Jo Seyler and Woody Wright. Lawrence High led 19 schools and captured the highest award percentage. A total of 13 first places were awarded from 32 participating students.
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Lawrence High School
Kansas Junior Academy of Science
Kansas State College
Pittsburg
Senior Academy of Science
Manhattan
Alice Fitch
Mary Jo Seyler
Woody Wright
Lawrence High
Modern Surroundings Rumsey Funeral Home Adv
Advertisement for Rumsey Funeral Home inviting inquiries to VI 3-5111 about services and arrangements.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Regional 4 H Day winners in Baldwin highlight Douglas County groups
On Saturday Regional 4 H Day in Baldwin saw Douglas County individuals and groups shine. Blue ribbon recipients include Jane Heck Jayhawk Mary Ann Isaacs Cottonwood Joyce Baldwin Clinton Busy Bees. Red ribbons went to Ramon a Willits Virginia Wulf kuhle Kanwaka Phillip Shirk Sunflower Don Fornelli Steve Fornelli Cottonwood Debra Freed Rock Chalk. Worden Workers Vinland Valley Meadowlark Sunflower Lone Star 4H groups earned blue ribbons and Cottonwood earned a red ribbon in group competition.
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Jane Heck
Jayhawk
Mary
Ann Isaacs
Cottonwood
Joyce Baldwin
Clinton Busy Bees
Ramona Willits
Virginia Wulfkuhle
Kanwaka
Phillip Shirk
Sunflower
Don Fornelli
Steve Fornelli
Debra Freed
Rock Chalk
Worden Workers
Vinland Valley
Meadowlark
Lone Star
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Old Fraser
Journal-World
By Jack Zimmerman
Journal-World News
Kaw
Rangoon
Burma
Gordon
Seagrave
Burmese Hill Hospital
Ronald Lwin
Namkham
Here
U.S
Washington
Supreme Court
N.Y
Colombo
Journal-World Photo
Miss Simmons
Emick
Pol
Nuveen
Mercen “FarExempt
Joe Spibheen
Ceesel
New York Stock Exchange
George Hedrick
Carl Mingos
J. D. Underwood
Robert Dillon
Joseph W. McCoskrie
Tennessee
Old Stone House
Memoria Co
Douglas County State Bank
F.D.J.C
Kentucky
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