Bloody clothing found in home of slain New York child
Police found blood spattered clothing in the residence of 3 year old Sharon Crosman whose battered body was found beneath a porch two days after she disappeared from her crib. Investigators suspect beating with a woman's high heeled shoe and blood analysis is underway. The parents said they used cloth to stop nose bleeds and were not held. A medical examiner found no sexual assault but confirmed severe beating. Sharon had recently undergone a pancreas operation and was reported still weak.
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Buffalo
N. W
Sharon Crosman
Sharon
Robert Crossman
Eleanor
Bird Experts to Visit KU for Weekend Event
Kansas University hosts the 10th annual Kansas Ornithological Society meeting drawing experts from across the state. The event, under KU Museum of Natural History and KU Zoology Department, includes a Saturday meetings, a 6 p.m. banquet in the Kansas Union, and a Sunday field trip with about 100 attendees.
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Kansas University
Kansas Ornithological Society
KU Museum of Natural History
KU Zoology Department
Robert Mengel
Kansas Union
The
Ten Science Groups Read Papers at KU Sessions
The 91st Kansas Academy of Science meeting enters its final day at Kansas University with ten natural science paper sessions. Seventy four papers are read today by high school students and college faculty, followed by an annual banquet in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Dr Ernest P Griswold chairs the local arrangements. Dr Ted F Andrews of Kansas State College at Emporia presents The Future of the Kansas Academy of Science. John Jacob Astor founded a settlement at the mouth of the Columbia River in 1811.
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Kansas Academy of Science
Kansas University
Kansas Union
Ted F. Andrews
Kansas State College
Emporia
Ernest P. Griswold
GOP Chair Attacks Docking Picks Linking Labor Leaders
Sam Mellinger say Kansans will view two Docking appointments with suspicion. Malcolm R Lee Sedgwick County Democratic leader and AFL-CIO observer Harold L Smith Kansas City named to labor related roles. Mellinger accuses Docking of favoritism toward Walter Reuther and the UAW. He hints at 1960 political plans.
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Dodge City
Sam Mellinger
Kansans
George Docking
Malcolm R. Lee
Sedgwick County
Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
Harold L. Smith
Kansas City
Afl-Cio
Committee
Mellinger
Lee
Smith
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Reuther
UAW
Docking
Miss Lawrence Pageant Set for May 15 at Lawrence High
The third annual Miss Lawrence pageant runs May 15 at Lawrence High School with 20 plus contestants ages 18 to 28 open to unmarried women. Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co and the Jaycees sponsor with $500 in scholarships. Pratt hosts the state contest June 3–5. Miss Kansas awards $2,500 in scholarships. Entry deadline May 6. contact Jaycee officials Don Fisher or Don Willing. Vic Harrod is the local Pepsi dealer.
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Lawrence High School
Jaycees
Mary Ann McGrew
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Union Building
Pratt
Atlantic City
Jaycee
Don Fisher
Don Willing
Vic Harrod
Alexander Graham Bell Dies at 75
Noted inventor Alexander Graham Bell, famed for patenting the telephone in 1876, died aged 75. The early communication pioneer left a lasting legacy in science and technology.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Penalty on Dogs In Effect Today
The dog licensing penalty takes effect today in Lawrence. City Clerk Harold Fisher notes a surge in permits with 900 licenses sold so far this year, far exceeding last year’s 419. New tags were shipped from Michigan in three days and mailed to owners. After May 1 penalties double the normal fee to 4 dollars for males and spayed females and 10 dollars for unspayed females.
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Lawrence
Harold Fisher
Fisher
Michigan
Memorial Hospital Births and Parents Named in County Area
Birth notices list new daughters and sons born to families across multiple towns including Baldwin DeSoto Eudora Lecompton Oskaloosa and Tonganoxie. Among them are Mr and Mrs Tommy Patchen a daughter and Mr and Mrs James Oppold a daughter both born today.
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Clarence Sears
Conn
Rose Rinke
Eudora
Dorothy Callahan
Schwarz Rd
Gwen May
Michael Savinda
Maple Lane
Jacqueline Courtright
Oskaloosa
Margaret Ferguson
Baldwin
Margaret Korb
Tonganoxie
Deveda Hoard
R. I. St. Thomas Steele
Phyllis Tilley
DeSoto
Bertha Masterson
Piper
Kas
Sharon Devers
Lincoln St
Sandra Floerke
R. I. St
Betty Nicolay
Marlene Bradley
Tommy Patchen
Ohio St
James A. Oppold
Bobbie Davis
Route 2
Duane Robinson
Lecompton
Cuban Invaders Leave Nombre de Dios Aiming For Panama City
About 60 of 89 Cuban invaders left Nombre de Dios and moved toward Panama City while the rest stayed behind. National Guardsmen were dispatched to intercept the column as a possible surrender or escape plan loomed. Cesar Vega led the expedition and sought a quick settlement with neutral mediation via the OAS.
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Nombre de Dios
Panama City
Caribbean
Cesar Vega
Havana
Organization of American States
Vega
National Guard
Nombre de Dio
New Record Value Set for April Housing Units
April housing totals push new record in value with a triplex and an eight unit apartment totaling 58 720 dollars. Earlier record 30 500 dollars set in 1956. Grand April total 591 560 dollars across new homes additions remodels and miscellaneous projects.
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W. 2Nd St. Terr
LL. Bales
Ala, St
Belle Crest Dr
P. D. Gimstead
Va. St
Norman Fuqua
Neb.St
Gene Fritzel
Park Gl Terr
James Midgett
W. 22Nd St
Gordon Evans
Dakota St
Zands General Contractors
Perry Wray
19Th St
Kinsley and McArdie
J. A. Reed
Moore Associates
E. 19Th St
B&b
18Th St
Beer and Pratt
Belle Haven Dr
O. F. Stinson
Belle Crest
Herren and Werterhouse
20Th St
Bob Still
Park Ave
Dale Stevenson
6Th St
Russel Jones
25Th St
Franklin Mitchell
Highland Dr
S. Manteold
Ind. St
W. 10Th St
John Kapfer
Hillcrest
8Th
Iowa Sts
TR. A. Green Construction Co
East Heights
15Th
Haskell Ave
Constant Construction &Co
Rusty's Food Ncenter
C. W. Stodgrass
Mare. St
Harry Christian
Mass, St
R. W. Moss
R. 1. St
Donald Barnett
Cadet St
Williams Elected President at Rocky Mountain Mineralists
C. Williams of 920 Ind. Lt. was named president for a one year term by the Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies at its 16th annual Wichita convention. Fifteen Lawrence delegates attended the meeting carrying five showcases of mineral specimens from the Local Rock and Mineral Club.
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C. C. Williams
Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies
Wichita
Lawrence
Jocal Rock and Mineral Club
State Patrol Sets Up Accident For KU Class
The Kansas Highway Patrol staged a 25 mph rear end collision at 18th Street and Naismith Road as part of a Kansas University Patrol School exercise. Eight teams of recruits investigated the crash while veterans acted out roles, with $600 in vehicle damage and lessons on accurate reporting.
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18Th St
Naismith Rd
Highway Patrol
Kansas University
Carl Gray
Homer Langsdorf
Gray
Landsdorf
Walter Dunn
Langsdorf
Dunn
Riot erupts at Aldin school board meeting with 60 deputies
A Houston area riot disrupted a suburban Aldin school board meeting after teachers voted not to work for pay. Deputy sheriffs detained several combatants as two board members were struck with chairs and three members sought refuge in a restroom.
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Houston
Tex
Aldin
Richard Cas
Robert L. Whitmarsh
Harry Ammons
Carl H. Tautenhahn
Whitmarsh
Ammons G
City crews prep Vermont Street changes and street work
Lawrence street department crews begin preparing Vermont Street from Sixth to Eleventh for diagonal to parallel parking changes. They mark off spaces before painting, with new meters and standards arriving soon.
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Vermont Street
Harold Horn
Horn
Mike Wagner Heads Local Skating Club in Lawrence
Mike Wagner is the new president of the Lawrence Skating Club withJim Britton as vice president Tony Henderson treasurer Janice McCloud secretary and Scott Henderson publicity director The group voted not to attend the Greeley Colorado competition this year but to join the national association and race in league play this summer Lawrence team members include Henderson Wagner Kenny LaRue Dennis Finley Tony Henderson Darrel Richardson Omer Buck Larry Meyers Charles Bowen and Charles Davenport.
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Mike Wagner
T the Lawrence Skating Club
Jim Britton
Tony Henderson
Janice McCloud
Scott Henderson
Greeley
Lawrence
Olathe
Henderson
Wagner
Kenny LaRue
Dennis Finley
Darrel Richardson
Omer Buck
Larry Meyers
Charles Bowen
Charles Davenport
Handel Performance Sunday on Mt. Oread
The 200th anniversary of Handel is observed at Kansas University with a public Sunday concert of Solomon in Hoch Auditorium at 3 30 p m. Prof Clayton Krehbiel directs the University Chorus of 200 voices and the University Symphony Orchestra. Soloists include Mrs Miriam Hamilton soprano Joseph F Wilkins tenor and Reinhold Schmidt bass baritone from the Fine Arts School faculty.
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Kansas University
Solomon
Clayton Krehbiel
University Chorus
University Symphony Orchestra
Hoch
Fine Arts School
Miriam Hamilton
Joseph F. Wilkins
Reinhold Schmidt
Lawrence High Names Third Consecutive National Merit Scholar
William Paden Jr of 821 Ala Street earns National Merit Scholar honor becoming LHS third in a row to win the grant. The national cohort totals 850 recipients and Paden plans to study French at Harvard University.
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William Paden Jr
William D. Paden
Ala. St
Lawrence High School
Harvard University
Strauss Denies Inglis Charges At Senate Hearing
Secretary of Commerce Lewis L. Strauss rejected "untruths" and "falsehoods" in response to accusations by atomic scientist David P. Inglis. Inglis labeled Strauss vindictive and narrow minded while Pastore urged focus on competence. Hearing on Strauss’s cabinet nomination continued amid tensions.
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Secretary of Commerce
Lewis L. Strauss
David P. Inglis
Strauss
Inglis
Senate
Pastore
Senate Commerce Committee
Card of Thanks from Three Families
The John Nichols family, the Fred Papenhausen family, and the Chester Hemphill family express their gratitude for cards, flowers, food, and other acts of thoughtfulness during their recent bereavements. They extend thanks to Dr. Campbell, friends, neighbors, and relatives for support.
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John Nichols
Fred Papenhausen
Eudora
Kas
Chester Hemphill
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