Graduate of KU To Speak Here
L. E. Stollenwerck chief advertising and public relations executive for Spencer Chemical Co. Kansas City Mo and a 1950 KU graduate will speak at the Kansan Board Dinner on May 12. The event awards university journalism students and honors include citations for superior Kansan work and cash prizes for editorials and ads.
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L. E. Stollenwerck
Spencer Chemical Co
Kansas City
Kansas University
Stollenwerck
William Allen White
University Daily Kansan
The
Kansas Union
Mark Dull
Kansas
William Allen White Foundation
Henry Schott
Sigma Delta Chi
Professional Journalistic Society
Alpha Delta Sigma
Schools Vote to Annex Lecompton Districts in State Move
Yarnold School District No 40 approved annexation with Lecompton Joint District No 26 by a 26 to 0 vote Monday night. Greenwood Valley and Barker previously joined Lecompton, while Yarnold remains closed. Enterprise considers Overbrook annexation and Belvoir must disorganize by July 1. Kanwaka Twin Mound and Brackett, three one teacher districts, plan to stay as they are per Earl Wilson.
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Yarnold
Lecompton
Greenwood Valley
Barker
Enterprise
Overbrook
Belvoir
Kanwaka
Twin Mound
Brackett
Earl Wilson
Secret Jury Sessions In Wichita Antitrust Probe
A federal grand jury in Wichita met in secret session to probe antitrust violations in the light aircraft industry. Judge Earl Jenkinson of the Justice Department led questioning of about 50 witnesses with two aides present. A Kansas jury includes Ernest Pontius of Lawrence among its 20 members.
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Wichita
Earl Jenkinson
Antitrust Division
Department of Justice
Chicago
Ernest Pontius
Lawrence
Kan
Kansas
Baseball Registration To Be on Wednesday
A registration meeting for boys who plan to play in the South Park Baseball League will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Community Building. Wayne Bly, city recreation director, said all boys who want to play must register. The league is open to those who are 13 years old or will become 13 during 1962 and to those who will not become 15 before Sept. 1.
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South Park Baseball League
Wayne Bly
Eisenhower Library Dedication Attended by National Figures
The dedication ceremonies in Abilene featured Gov. John Anderson and Vice President Lyndon Johnson praising Eisenhower. The KU marching band and 150 Naval ROTC midshipmen joined a library dedication led by the Eisenhower foundation as plans moved to connect the library car to a train to Kansas City.
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Ion
Abilene
KU Naval
Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Kansas City
Gettysburg
California
Herbert Brownell Jr
William P. Rogers
Neil McElroy
Secretary of
Defense
Fred Seaton
Interior
Robert B. Anderson
Treasury
Mabel McKay
Douglas McKay
Lawrence
Arthur B. Weaver
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Milton S. Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
Edgar Eisenhower
Tacoma
Wash
Earl Eisenhower
LaGrange
Ill
Eisenhower Museum
Eisenhower Foundation
Washington
Austin
Tex
Tom Miller
Harry S. Truman
Ralph E. Truman
KU Women Receive Four Awards At All Women's Day
Four Kansas University women earned honors at the All Women's Day program hosted by Associated Women Students. AWS Memorial Scholarships of 250 dollars went to Elizabeth Landolt Janice Wise and Martha Shirley, with Howell Karlene receiving the AAUW senior woman award, providing a year of free AAUW membership.
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Kansas University
Associated Women
Elizabeth Landolt
Moberly
Janice Wise
Kansas City
Martha Shirley
Mankato
American Association of University Women
Karlene Howell
Kan
Foreign Students To Visit Truman Birthday
Kansas University hosts students from about 45 nations for former President Harry S. Truman’s 78th birthday celebration in Kansas City. H. J. Talge organizes the event with KU sending one student from each nation. Dr Clark Doan introduces them. The gathering noon at the Hotel President includes native-language birthday wishes and photos.
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Kansas University
Harry S. Truman
Kansas City
H. J. Talge
Truman
Clark,Doan
United States Information Agency
Voice of America
State Department
Slaying Of Woman At Victory Junction Restaurant
Wyandotte sheriff officers seek clues after 42 year old Mildred Elliott was found dead in the anteroom of her Victory Junction restaurant near the Wyandotte Leavenworth line. She was gagged bound and stabbed five times. the weapon is missing and motive is unclear. Her husband, a Washington High School custodian, discovered the body Monday night.
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Victory Junction
Wyandotte- Leavenworth County
U.S. 2440
Mildred Marie Elliott
Wyandotte
Elliott
Washington High School
People to People board members named in Brussels meeting
The article lists a nine member People-to-People board chaired by Eisenhower with Kennedy as honorary chairman. Members include Walt Disney DeWitt Wallace Anna Rosenberg Alfred Gruenther Franklin Murphy Alfred Frankfurter Mark Bortman and Al Hillex. The group is incorporated in Missouri with offices planned in Washington and Brussels. Tice plans to finish a humanities PhD at KCU and is the son of Guy J. and Mrs. Tice.
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Thomas
Brussels
Belgium
Kennedy
Gen
Eisenhower
Joyce
C. Hall
Hallmark Cards, Inc
Nineman
Walt Disney
DeWitt Wallace
Reader's Digest
Anna Rosenberg
Defense
Alfred M. Gruenther
American Red Cross
Franklin D. Murphy
UCLA
Alfred Frankfurter
Art News
Mark Bortman
Boston
People
al Hillex
Kansas City
People-to-People
Missouri
People-to- People
Washington, D. C
Tice
KCU
Guy J. Tice
Clare Rd
Edythe Norman Announces Candidacy for County Treasurer
Edythe Norman 919 Crestline Dr. former deputy treasurer for four years declares candidacy for county treasurer in the August primary. Republican, lifelong county resident, with 11 years of bookkeeping and 10 years in the treasurer's office, including prior elected terms.
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Edythe Norman
Crestline Dr
Norman
Lecompton
Strickler Business College
Topeka
Emporia State Teachers College
Hercules Powder Co
Sunflower
Bennett
Douglas County Republican Central Committee
County Treasurers’ Association
Women’s Republican Club
Mike Wempe Invited to Speak at State 4-H Roundup
Mike Wempe of the Cottonwood 4-H Club earned a blue rating in regional 4-H Club Day and won a promo talk at County 4-H Club Day. He will speak at the State 4-H Roundup in Manhattan June 5 to 9, where a public speaking workshop is planned. He is the son of Dr and Mrs W W Wempe and serves as vice president of the Douglas County 4H Council.
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Mike Wempe
Cottonwood
City moves on street cleaning and urban renewal in Lawrence
City Manager Harold Horn explains moisture helps dirt settle before washing so streets are cleaned efficiently. Eight vacant unsafe buildings have come before the City Commission as Lawrence undertakes small scale renewal while six structures were reviewed. Douglas County Tax Board begins 10 day hearings with protest forms available through Saturday and adjournment after May 11 before resume dates May 29 and May 31. After this month tax relief routes switch to the Tax Appeal Board in Topeka.
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Harold Horn
Nature
Lawrence
Commission
Douglas County Board of Commissioners
Visitation Planned At Wakarusa School
The Wakarusa Valley School schedules visitation Day on May 4 inviting current and future pupils to meet next year's teachers. Buses run on normal schedules, noon pickups at the school, lunch in the cafeteria, and eighth graders visit Lawrence. Call if invitation not received.
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Wakarusa Valley
Lawrence
Centron Wins Blue Ribbon at American Film Festival
The Centron Corp of Lawrence earned the festival's blue ribbon for Help Wanted produced for Phillips Petroleum at the Biltmore Hotel in New York City. The award tops entries in Sales Training, with Centron previously winning in 1960 and 1961.
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Centron Corp
Lawrence
Biltmore
New York City
Help Wanted
Phillips Petroleum, Co
Centron
Topeka
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Peru
McGraw- Hill Book Company
Charles Lacey
Kenneth Travis
Norman Stuewe
Dan Palmquist
Don Jessup
Oscar Rojas
Arthur Wolf
Chris Bohn
Tom Rea
Ross Fisher
Phillips 66 Station
23Rd
la Sts
Destructive Midwest Storm Hits Chicago Area and Indiana
A fast moving storm roared from the Midwest into Illinois and Indiana with top speeds near 105 mph in Joliet and 70 mph in Chicago. It caused widespread damage as it moved through Logansport Komomo South Bend and Kentland felling trees power lines and injuring dozens. Fatalities occurred in Frankfort and Pontiac with additional injuries in Niles Pinckney and Spottsville Arkansas amid a night tornado and roof collapses. Weather stations reported power outages and debris hurled by the fierce winds.
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Joliet
Indiana
Logansport
Kokomo
South Bend
Kentland
Frankfort
Lima
Ohio
Michigan
Pontiac
Niles
Pinckney
Mich
Spottsville
Arkansas
Ottawa Woman Killed by Santa Fe Train
An elderly Ottawa woman identified by cards as Mrs. Sarah B. Hicks was struck and killed Monday by a Santa Fe passenger train. Engineer W. J. Whitlow of the northbound Tulsan reported seeing her from a distance and tried emergency braking but could not stop in time. her body was thrown 57 feet.
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Ottawa
Sarah B. Hicks
W. J. Whitlow
Kansas City
Scout Hunter Treated For Accidental Wound
William D. Johnson 21 of De Soto was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital emergency room for a bullet wound in the right leg. He was treated and released after a .22 caliber rifle discharged accidentally while he hunted near his home.
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William D. Johnson
DeSoto
Lawrence , Memorial Hospital
Psychologists Meet at KU For May Brain Cognition Forum
Seventy five or more psychologists from across the United States and abroad will gather at Kansas University May 7 9 to memorialize Dr Martin Scheerer world authority on brain damage psychology professor at KU for 13 years The theme is Cognitive Psychology Theory Research Promise Speakers include Dr Solomon E Asch Dr Fritz Heider and Dr Ron Taft Former students from KU Clark University and New York area will present on cognitive operations free recall and brain pathology
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United States
Kansas University
Martin Scheerer
Scheerer
New York Area
Ron Taft
The
Univeristy of
Western Australia
Solomon E. Asch
Swarthmore College
Fritz Heider
Seymour Wapner
Clark University
Institute of Human Development
C. Kermit Phelps
Veterans Administration Hospital
Kansas City
Sheldon Korchin
National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda
Joseph Lyons
Lexington
Irvin Rock
Yeshiba University
New York City
Riley Gardner
Menninger Foundation
Topeka
Herman Witkin
State University of New York College of Medicine
Teen-Age Stepson Held After Woman Shot Near Pleasant Hill
Mrs. Virginia McClure, 45, was found shot to death at her Pleasant Hill area farm. Allen McClure, 15, the victim’s stepson, was questioned after being detained by Paola police. Sheriff McComas said the teen indicated he shot his stepmother saying he was alone at the time.
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Pleasant Hill
Virginia McClure
Jack McComas
McClure
Allen McClure
McComas
Law Day Assembly Speakers Highlight Role of Courts
Lawrence attorneys Qlin Pete fish and Bryan Springer spoke at a Law Day observance in Lawrence High School. Justice Walter G. Thiele Frank Gray Charles Rankin and William Pendleton also appeared. Pete fish asked why law is needed and described life without laws. Springer explained how courts uphold the constitution and protect rights.
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Lawrence
Qlin Petefish
Bryan Springer
Walter G. Thiele
Douglas County Bar Association
Kansas Supreme Court
Frank Gray
Charles Rankin
William Pendleton
Petefish
Springer
McLouth plans special May 12 election on sewer project
Residents of McLouth will vote May 12 on a $153,000 sewer system and purification plant financed by revenue bonds. The plan covers construction and facilities for the community.
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McLouth
Business Exec Couple Named by Frat Group After State Competition
David M. Eldridge and Roberta Bane of Emporia State College were named Mr and Mrs Business Executive for 1962 after winning the Phi Beta Lambda state meeting at Kansas University. Runners up included Nancy Scott Janet Hall Dennis Benner and Edward F Schulenberg. Neil Roach of Emporia State was elected president of Phi Beta Lambda for the coming year. About 1 000 students attended the KU event for Phi Beta Lambda and FBLA activities.
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David M. Eldridge
Roberta Bane
Emporia State College
Emporia
Phi Beta Lambda
Kansas University
Topeka
Kansas City
Lawrence
Nancy Scott
Ottawa
Janet Hall
Emporia State
Dennis Benner
Hiawatha
Edward F. Schulenberg
Neil Roach
Pat Sidders
St. Benedict’s College
Jerry Cantrell
Arkansas City Junior College
Patsy Kriebel
Bethel College
Carol Albers
Marymount College
John Arnold
St. Benedict’s
Future Business Leaders of America
Mortar Board Selects 16 Junior Women at KU
Dean Emily Taylor announces the selection of 16 Kansas University juniors to the Torch chapter of Mortar Board, a national honor society for senior women, based on academic achievement and leadership. The elected include Carol Belack of Esconi, Susan Callender of Bonner Springs, Mary Jean Cowell of St. Louis, Gail Eberhardt of Wichita, Elizabeth Fry of Topeka, Marilyn Hardisty of Salina, Sondra Hays of Salina, Carolyn Houser of Howard, Constance Hunter of Hutchinson, Marilyn Mueller of Kirkwood, George Anne Porter of Kansas City Kansas, Sharon Saylor of Morrill, Mary Nan Scamman of Tarkio, Joanne Stover of Colby, Hollis Walters of Prairie Village, and Janice Wise of Kansas City Missouri.
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Kansas University
Mortar Board
National Honor Society
Emily Taylor
Carol Betlack
Sconi
Susan Callender
Bonner Springs
Mary Jean Cowell
St. Louis
Gail Eberhardt
Wichita
Elizabeth Fry
Topeka
Marilyn Sue Hardisty
Salina
Sondra Hays
Carolyn Houser
Howard
Constance Hunter
Hutchinson
Marilyn Mueller
Kirkwood
George Anne Porter
Kansas City
Kan
Sharon Saylor
Morrill
Mary Nan Scamman
Tarkio
Joanne Stover
Colby
Hollis Walters
Prairie Village
Janice Wise
Breithaupt Wins $100 At State FFA Meeting
Kenny Breithaupt of Route 4 won $100 in the swine category at the Kansas Future Farmers of America convention held Monday in Manhattan. The Lawrence Jayhawk FFA chapter also earned a gold emblem among 18 groups, while Star Farmer of Kansas Dennis Dechert, 17, from Colby, received a $200 award.
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Kenny Breithaupt
Don Breithaupt
Route 4
Kansas Future Farmers of America
Manhattan
Lawrence Jayhawk Ffa
Star Farmer of
Kansas
Dennis Dechert
Colby
Kansas City Pitcher Posts 4.74 ERA In 1961
A Kansas City pitcher finished the 1961 season with a 4.74 earned run average. He appeared in multiple games, contributing to the team's pitching staff during the year.
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Kansas City
Judge Grants a Stay in New Orleans Desegregation Case
U S District Judge Frank B Ellis granted a stay on the order to desegregate the first six grades in New Orleans public schools. A hearing is set for next Tuesday after the School Board filed for a new trial on Judge J Skelly Wrights May 16 1960 desegregation decision, which followed a modified grade-a-year plan.
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New Orleans
U.S
Frank B. Ellis
J. Skelly Wright
Ellis
Wright
Card of Thanks From Rockhold Schutz Findley Sodders Family
Acknowledges neighbors friends and relatives for cards gifts and kindness after the accident to the Rockhold Schutz family and after the loss of loved ones for Findley Sodders and Sodder family. Expresses gratitude for prayers flowers cards food and sympathy from churches and friends.
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Deneese
Connie Schutz
Sam Findley
Harold Sodders
Richard
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