Zany Race Seeks Goal Atop Tower
About 400 contestants race from London’s Post Office Tower to the Empire State Building and back in a London Daily Mail sponsored event with prizes totaling 144000. Anne Alcock, 18, will start by descending the tower at 600 feet per minute. The race marks the 50th anniversary of Alcock and Brown’s 1919 transatlantic flight.
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London
Post Office
Empire State Building
New York
Daily Mail
Anne Alcock
St. John Alcock
Arthur Whitten Brown
St. John’s
Mld
Clifden
Ireland
Pioneer Cemetery at KU site to host research center
Lawrence history notes that Pioneer Cemetery on Kansas University grounds, once Oread Cemetery, will anchor the KU Research Center area. Endowment plans call for lighting and a new fence this summer, with a six acre historical park later and restoration costs exceeding ten thousand dollars.
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Journal-World Photo
Pioneer
Kansas University
Highway 59
University Endowment Association
Endowment Association
KU Research Center
KU Center For Research In Engineering Sciences
CRES
U.S. Geological Survey
Botanical Research Center
Pharmaceutical Chemical Laboratory
ALZA
Lawrence
The
Lawrence His
Art and Theater Listings for Park Festival and Campus Events
Festival schedule features art displays at South Park and venues across Lawrence with paintings by Mrs. Fleming Scofield and Fern Kieffer, student works at Lawrence Public Library, and exhibitions at KU Museum of Art and Spencer Library. The theater and music program includes carillon recitals, choral concerts, original one act plays, and lectures across campus venues.
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South Park
Lawrence Banks
Anchor Savings
Ernest Pontius
Douglas County State
Gertrude Park
First National
Maud Ellsworth
Lawrence National
Teresa Rasing
University State
Fleming Scofield
Fern Kieffer
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Herta Galton
Lawrence Public Library
John Talleur
KU Museum of Art
Edward Avedisian
Spencer
Carry Nation
Walt Whitman
Watson
Omnibus Shop
9Th
Ind
Luella Vaccaro
Albert Gerken
Swarthout
Potter Lake
University Brass Quartet
Danny Cox
Union Ballroom
Lawrence High School
Allen Fieldhouse
Central Jr. High Auditorium
Lawrence pool hires Harper Hines and Russell for summer
The Lawrence Park and Recreation Department named Robert Harper manager Robert Hines assistant manager and Robert Russell water safety director for the city pool in Central Park. They will be paid 587 458 and 356 dollars monthly on a three month contract.
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Lawrence Park and Recreation Department
Central Park
Robert Harper
Kansas University
Robert Hines
Overland Park
Hines
Patrice
Ousdahl Rd
Robert Russell
Merriam
Russell
Merriam Swim Club
Colorado Senate seeks Eisenhower silver dollar
Colorado's Senate urged Congress to issue a new silver dollar featuring Dwight D. Eisenhower. The resolution by Sen. Chet Enstrom was unanimously approved, with endorsement from the Colorado Mining Association. Mrs. Eisenhower's Denver ties noted as context. Eisenhower once used Denver as a summer White House during talks with the future president.
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Denver
Colorado
Senate
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chet Enstrom
Grand Junction
The
Colorado Mining Association
Mrs. Eisenhower
President
State
Mr. Eisenhower
White House
Costly Vandalism in City Parks Sparks Concern
City Park and Recreation Director Wayne Bly calls park vandalism a serious problem costing the city hundreds yearly. Breaks in Broken Arrow and Centennial parks include torn tissue holders, mud, loose lavatories, and a destroyed toilet with a firecracker, while careless acts leave trash and graffiti across facilities.
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City Park and Recreation Department
Wayne Bly
Bly
Broken Arrow Park
29Th Ter
la. Sts
Centennial Park
6Th
Rockledge Rd
Broken Arrow
KU Microbiology Department Receives Renewal Grant
The Kansas University microbiology department is awarded a renewed 67 702 dollar grant from the U.S. Public Health Service for eighth year. Chairman David Paretsky credits the program’s excellence as basis for the renewal. Funds cover doctoral student assistantships and research supplies and equipment. Fourteen students have graduated with support from the program.
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Department of Microbiology
Kansas University
U.S. Public Health Service
David Paretsky
Behind the Counter with Health Costs for Seniors
Americans over 65 spend about five times as much on drugs as young adults with average annual drug costs around 42 dollars for older persons and 8.25 for ages 15 to 24. Women over 65 spend more on medicines than men, and hypertension and heart disease dominate drug spending.
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Royal Navy
Angus McPherson
Britain
Navy
By Kristin Goff
EU Research
Torical Society
Oread
Aaron Perry
Cornelius Campbell
Quantrill
Free State
the Historical Society
David C. Buffum
Salem
Mass
Kansas
Buffum
Oak Hill Cemetery
Pioneer Cemetery
Elmer V. McCollum
Washington, D.C
Robert Creeley
Forum Room
Union
Robert Christopher
Newsweek
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship
Arthur Katz
K. C
Robert Duncan
Byron Tsangadas
Byzantium
Kariye Camii
Blake
Seee
K.C
Egenne City Museum
Sinéoush Aeth Sine Bank
Eudora
Karl Matternall
Plaza
Mid
Ne Linwood
Herbert
Lawrence Community Arts Council
Harper's
Harper
Jayhawk
Mary
1St and Mich, Sts
Mother's Day
Toa Namale
Roberts Jewelry
Mr. Realy State
Farm & Land Listings
Brown Realty Co
Dale Glenn
Castile
Charles Bishop, R. Ph
Herculon
Paini
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