Campus Recess Opens As Kaness University Vacant
Kaness University greets eight day spring recess with most of its 8,000 students and faculty away. YMCA YMCA trip to Mexico attracts 50 students including five from Lawrence led by William Allaway and Kathryn Taylor. They will visit archaeological digs Mexico University Mexico City and Acapulco returning April 9.
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Kaness University
Mexico
YMCA
YWCA
Lawrence
Phyllis
Carolyn Carter
Margaret Howard
Barker Ave
Elaine Oehrle
R. I. St
Patricia Durr
William Allaway
Kathryn Taylor
George Ivask
Domingo Aleart
Seymour Menton
Robert Sudiow
Mexico University
Mexico City
Acapulco
Phyllis Landeene
Topeka
Washington, D. C
Kansas
Kansas Relays
Petroleum Engineering
Clinical Psychological
Kansas Natural Resources
Kansas Institute For Research
English Teacher Transitions From Female To Male By Legal Correction
In Haydon Bridge England Oliver Bury a long serving teacher at Shaftoe Trust School used vacation to legally change gender from female to male. The birth certificate was updated to Donald. Headmaster Edward Waite called it a legal correction and said it does not affect Bury's teaching role or tenure.
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Haydon Bridge
England
Shaftoe Trust
Oliver
Oliver Bury
Bury
Donald
Olive
Edward Waite
Tals
Waite
Ft. Riley Man Hurt In Friday Car Crash
Pvt Richard Anderson of Ft. Riley suffered injuries Friday evening when the car he rode in overturned after missing a corner on U S Highway 24 59 about eight miles northeast of Lawrence He was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital and expected to be released. Driver Joseph Hill 20 and a third passenger were uninjured. Vehicle damage was about 1200.
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Richard Anderson
Ft. Riley
Lawrence
Anderson
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Hospital Aton
Joseph Hill
Highway Patrol
Drunk Drivers Sentenced in Police Court
Three persons were jailed and fined Friday in police court. Loyd C. Douglas of 1944 Barker Ave. received six months and 300 dollars for driving under the influence and driving without a license. John D. Skinner of Gardner drew 30 days and 100 dollars for DUI. Homer P. Beard of Fr. Riley and John W. Nokes of 1403 Maple Lane faced sentencing for intoxicated driving with varying penalties.
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Loyd ‘C. Douglas
Barker Ave
John D. Skinner
Gardner
Homer P. Beard
Fr. Riley
John W. Nokes
Maple Lane
Meeting Notices Special Communication of Lawrence Lodge No 6
Lawur rence Lodge No 6 of AF and A M holds a special communication Monday April 2 at 7 pm Work in the entered degree with Wowcraft team Visitors and sojourners cordial Three invited Adolph Deplue W M and W Mola secretary Ady
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Ur Rence Lodge No
A.M
Fel‘Wowcraft
Adolph Deplue
W. M
Ww. Mola
Ady
Haskell Institute Helps Red Cross Drive With 201 Dollars
Haskell Institute contributed 201.20 to Douglas County Red Cross, raising county totals to 12 178 of a 16 732 goal. Miss Leona Bonser chairs the Haskell drive with Home Economics and Student Council aid. Officials say residential goal reached and likely surpassed before close.
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Haskell Institute
Douglas County Red Cross
Haskell
Leona Bonser
Haskell Home Economics Department
Red Cross
Bill Hough
Hough
Local Jaycees to Present Miss America Contestant Plans
Junior Chamber members outline culture and talent focus for a local pageant with contestants in evening gowns and swimsuits. Scholarships for Ideal winners remain to be set, Atlantic City winner gets 5000 dollars, others receive 3000 to 1000. Sharon Kay Ritchie named Miss America 1956 after winning in Atlantic City last September. Local committee led by Deuser includes Wiley Starks Freed Arthurs Whit ney Starkey Vineyard and Roy Baker. Lewis Rankin serves as president.
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Jaycees
Atlantic City
Sharon Kay Ritchie
Colorado Woman's College
Colorado
Deuser
Lyman Wiley
Harry Starks
Ralph Freed
Dave Arthurs
Wes Whitney
Jack Starkey
Kenneth Vineyard
Roy Baker
Lewis Rankin
Memorial Hospital Births and Local Names Listed
A transmission of names and partial addresses appears from Memorial Hospital listing births and residents. Included are Mrs Esther Becker and Mr Gere. Richard Anderson. Sally Liester. Bert Hodgden. Homer Thompson. Mrs Shirley Williams. Mrs Fern Sorenson. Mrs Aileen Holliday and baby girl. Linda Wells. Wilma Jean Butler. Mr and Mrs William Kennedy. Mr Grover Vandruff. Mr and Mrs James B Smith with newborns or recent births noted in various cities.
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Vaylor Ray
Sia
Tui St
Esther Becker
Baldwins
Geretrude Stevenson
Ind
St. Pyt
Richard Anderson
Fr. Riley
Sally Liester
Stet
Bert Hodgden
Barker Ave
Homer
Thompson
Wichita
Shirley
Williams
Eudora
Jismissed
Fern Sorenson
Tanganesses
Donald Pritz
Aileen Holliday
Vandals damage rear building at 909 Vt. St
Police report vandals damaged a rear building at 909 Vt. St. Sometime Thursday evening windows were broken and items inside scattered. Owner Miss Agatha Lewis said no damage estimate was available.
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Vt. St
Poice
Agatha Lewis
Lawrence seniors plan convocation at 10 a.m. April 25
Tentative schedule for Kansas University senior convocation sets 10 a.m. Wednesday April 25 in the Memorial Union Building. Al Frame Wichita president of the class will preside. Parking rules and a spring vacation period are noted along with campus police comments. A children’s campaign visit by Julie Chappell is recounted. Cordley school announces its first edition of Cordley Comment with student staff and advisor. A divorce suit is filed in District Court by Ethel Makei Truck against George Amos Truck.
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Memorial Union
Kansas University
al; Frame
Wichita
Strong Hall
Joe Skillman
Jayhawk Drive
Cordley Comment
Cordley School
Maurice A. Lucas
Stephen Kovatch
Mary Smithmeyer
Ron Newman
Zereldia Allison
David Galloway
Cindy Thompson
Bill Mayer
Journal-World
Ethel Make i
George Amos
Ronald Shannon
Mayetta
Shannon
Lawrence Paper Co
Robert Bartelll
Frank Shannon
Topeka
Political Kidnapping Mystery In New York Journal
In New York a Columbia University assistant professor Jesus de Galindez, 42, a critic of the Dominican Republic regime, has vanished three weeks with FBI and police search yielding no clues. Friends fear kidnapping or worse while others suggest hiding or writing an anti-Trujillo book. De Galindez, Spanish exile since 1937, came to the United States in 1946 and last appeared March 12.
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New York
de Galindez
Spain
Dominican Republic
United States
Fifth Ave
German Ornes
el Caribe
Latin - American Affairs and Human Rights Appealed On March 20 To Atty. Gen
Herber Brownell Jr
FBI
Norman Thomas
Hewsmen
Russians Begin Talks With Swedish Leaders
In Moscow, Khrushchev and senior Soviet leaders opened talks with Swedish Premier Tage Erlander who arrived for a goodwill tour. The Soviet government announced it will lift its ban on foreign travel in Georgia and Armenia to allow Erlander’s party to visit those southern republics. The meeting follows tensions after a party campaign denouncing Stalin sparked unrest in Georgia. This was Khrushchev’s first public appearance since his February 24 secret speech.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Tage Erlander
Georgia
Armenia
Erlander
Joseph Stalin
Khrushchev
Communist Party Congress
Eight Clubs Compete In 4-H Basketball Tourney
Eleven teams from eight clubs compete in the Douglas County 4-H Club Basketball tournament at Baker University Gym Baldwin. Four-Leaf Clover enters the only mixed team in the boys division with Jolly Juniors Vinland Valley Lone Star Marion Boosters Cottonwood Jayhawk Palmyra in boys action and Cottonwood Jayhawk Palmyra in girls. Preliminary games were today with finals this afternoon. previous champions include Jolly Juniors in boys and Cottonwood in girls.
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Douglas County
Baker University
Baldwin
Bill Hundley
Four-Leaf Clover
Jolly Juniors
Vinland Valley
Lone Star
Marion Boosters
Cottonwood
Jayhawk
Palmyra
Gough Apartments Sold to Shaw of Tonganoxie
William Shaw, a prominent Tonganoxie investor, purchased the Gough Apartments at 1723 Mass. St. from Fat and Eva Gough of Lawrence. Real estate agent Sol F. Kunz of Lawrence arranged the sale completed this morning with no price announced. The building was completed in 1950 and Shaw already owns multiple area properties.
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William Shaw
Iféunit Gough
Mass. St
Fat
Eva Gough
Lawrence
Sol F. Kunz
Shaw
Deaths and Funerals Edith Van Horebeck
Edith Van Horebeck 79 died Friday morning at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Survived by two cousins Phillip H. Chessna of Topeka and Mrs Edyth Harding of Omaha. Funeral 2 30 p m Tuesday Schubert Chapel Rev Albert Bramble officiating Burial Memorial Park Cemetery. Baby Roy Menzies infant son of Mr and Mrs John Menzies Route 3 died Friday night at Lawrence Memorial Hospital services 4 p m at Oak Hill Cemetery Rev Leroy Davis officiating Survivors include parents sister Rosemary two brothers Tom and Donald maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs E L Stumbo present at home.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Mass
Phillip H. Chessna
Topeka
Edyth Harding
Omaha
Schubert Chapel
Albert Bramble
Memorial Park Cemetery
Roy Menzies
John Menzies
Oak Hill Cemetery
Leroy Davis
Rosemary
Tom
Donald
E. L. Stumbo
Car Truck Collision Causes Minor Injuries Near Lawrence
Damage estimated at 1030 dollars followed a Friday afternoon crash nine miles west of Lawrence on U S Highway 40. Drivers Doyle Clark Moots of DeSoto and Willis Bowlin of Lecompton suffered cuts and bruises but were not hospitalized, the sheriff's office reported.
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Lawrence
U.S. Highway 40
Doyle! Clark Moots
DeSoto
Willis Bowlin
Route 1
Lecompton
Sheriff's Office
Sunrise Easter Service at Local Theater
The fifth annual Easter sunrise service will start at 6 30 Sunday morning at the Lawrence Drive In Theater 625 W 23rd St sponsored by Immanuel Lutheran Church Reverend Gerhardt W Hyatt US Army chaplain will deliver Thoughts on Immortality served from a theater roof with worshipers in cars and offerings aiding the American Bible Society Mrs Norman Stuewe chairs the local committee Coffee and Easter music offered from 6 to 6 25 AM prior to service
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Lawrence Drive-In
W. 23Rd St
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Gerhardt W. Hyatt
U. S. Army
Hyatt
Chief of Chaplains
Washington
Command and General. Staff College
Ft. Leavenworth
Ft. Leavenworth, Capt. Hyatt
Korea
Chaplain School
Ft. Slocum
Norman Brandt
Immanuel Lutheran
American Bible Society
Norman Stuewe
Overbrook Bank Official John J Cooper Dies at 76
John J Cooper president of the Kansas State Bank at Overbrook died Friday at his farm home west of Overbrook at age 76. A longtime Overbrook leader he helped organize the Farmers Union elevator, served as bank stockholder director since 1918 and was Hurricane Grange treasurer for 25 years. Survivors include Mia Anna widow, two daughters, a son, two brothers and eight grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending.
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John J. Cooper
Kansas State Bank
Overbrook
Cooper
Farmers Union Elevator
Hurricane Grange
Carbondale
Carbondale High School
Emporia State College
Osage County
Mia
Anna Cooper
Ceatlia Tannehill
Bismarck
N. D
Frances Roskam
Wichita
Chester Cooper
Blair Cooper
Guy Cooper
Springfield
Ore
Baker Funeral Home
Bodies Brought From Fiery plane Crash Klamath Falls
Rescuers pulled three charred bodies from a crash of an Air Force C45 cargo plane near Klamath Falls Oregon. Five aboard. two survivors, Leroy Wigglesworth and Virginia Bowman, seriously hurt. Identifications given for two dead pilots Mabry Sims Monhgs and Frank roughary. third victim's relatives not notified. Local markets and unrelated notices follow.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
Air Force
Leroy Wigglesworth
Gladstone
Virginia F. Bowman
Portland
Norton Air Force Base
San Bernardino
Calif
Mabry Sim
Frank
Market News Cattle and Hogs Prices Rise Across Kansas City Trade
Market notes show fed steers finishing 100 to 1.50 higher than last week with most at 16.50 to 20.00 and some high choice lots reaching 20.25 for 1,145 lb. Heifers up 50-100. bulls and calves steady. Hogs up 23-40 for barrows and gilts, sows 25-50 higher, with week top near 15.25. Lambs and sheep mixed, spring lambs active, native slaughter lambs 19.00-21.25. Arizona spring lambs strong at 22.23.
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K. C
Kansas City
U. S
Arizona
Mos
Truman's Buddy May Enter Race
Kansas City councilman Thomas J. Gavin, a close friend of former President Truman, says he is considering seeking the Democratic nomination for U.S. senator. He notes party leaders in the state urged western Missouri representation, amid talk of opposing Sen. Hennings. Gavin says he has not discussed the idea with Truman and has kept it quiet while weighing the move.
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Kansas City
Thomas J. Gavin
U. G
Gavin
Harry S. Truman
Thomas Hennings
St. Louis
Missouri
Senate
Hennings
Symington
Truman
Pendergast
Date Change For Jury Duty In Leslie Lathrom Case
The District Court jury group was ordered to report April 5, replacing an April 9 date. The case against Leslie Lathrom of 525 North Third Street will be heard, with charges of assault and hunting wild game birds on a township road without permission. Three earlier trial schedule cases have been dismissed.
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District Court
Lucille Allison
Leslie Lathrom
N. Tth
Lathrom
Allison
Marriage Licenses Issued by Probate Court This Week
Probate Court issued marriage licenses to Richard Lee Speer 22 La Grange MI and Joan G Reed 23 Garden City, William H Fink Jr 34 and Madeline C Fink 34 Topeka, William Jack Moore 24 Lawrence and Mary Jane Conklin 20 Abilene, Scoville C Neal 70 and Lola Ann Baugh 57 Topeka, Guy L Ross 23 Bonner Springs and Myrna L Dumas 23 Lawrence.
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Richard Lee Speer
la ‘Grange
Joan G. Reed
Garden City
William H. Fink, Jr
Madeline C. Fink
Topeka
William Jack Moore
Lawrence and
Mary
Jane Conklin
Abilene
Scoville C, Neal
Lola
Ann Baugh
Guy, L. Ross
Bonner Springs
Myrna L. Dumas
Lawrence
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