Sailors Die in Guantanamo Mine Blast on Birthday
The Associated Press reports five American sailors were killed in a mine field blast at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. Among the dead were Richard Garrett 19 of Oceanside New York Steven Knight 19 or 20 Providence Rhode Island Arthur Orr 21 Henry Pazdan Jr. 19 and David Pyle 19 from Kentucky. Their families describe them as ordinary young men.
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Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Richard Garrett
Oceanside
N.Y
Navy
Charles C. Knight
Steven
Providence
R.I
Cranston
Arthur H. Orr
Wanda
Reggie
Greenville
D.C
Henry
David N. Pyle
Crofton
Forrest Pyle
Guantanamo
Pyle
N.C
Young Pyle
Garrett
VFW Auxiliary Elects Delegates to Department Convention
Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Alford Clarke Post 852 elected delegates and alternates for the Department convention to be held June 6 to 8 in Wichita. Delegates are Elaine Belt Frances Correa Virginia Wright Nannie Ireland and Betty Hess. alternates are Frances Schutte Violet Bahnmaier Evelyn Hess Nell Saunders Alice Laughlin and Virginia Harding. A post auxiliary visit to Wadsworth Hospital was planned for Friday evening and officers will be installed May 18 in a joint ceremony open to the public.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Alford Clarke
Department
Della Morgan
8Th
Vt. Sts
Wichita
Elaine Belt
Frances Correa
Virginia Wright
Nannie Ireland
Betty Hess
Frances Schutte
Violet Bahnmaier
Evelyn Hess
Nell Saunders
Alice Laughlin
Virginia Harding
Six Lawrence Women Among Bible Class Graduates
Six Lawrence women received diplomas at the 61st annual Menninger Bible Classes closing ceremony in Topeka. Diplomas and pins were given to 342 graduates completing the four year Bible study course sponsored by the YWCA. The event featured Roy W Browning Jr speaker and Rev R P Stiefel offered invocation and benediction.
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Lawrence
Menninger Bible
Topeka
Young Women’s Christian Association
H. Lloyd Randel
Menninger Bible Classes
Kenneth Wilke
Topeka Ywca
Roy W. Browning Jr
Browning
U. S. Naval Air Force
R. P. Stiefel
Robert Slemmons
Girl Scout Dinner Benefit by Troop 611 at Church
Mariner Girl Scout Troop 611 hosts a ham dinner at First Methodist Church on Saturday from 5 30 to 7 30 p.m. Tickets available for adults and children under 12. Reservations to Noreen Nieder at VI 3 4363. Menu includes ham and sides with 17 girls baking distinct cakes. Proceeds fund camping equipment.
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Mariner
First Methodist Church
Noreen Nieder
English Faculty Prepare for Central Renaissance Conference
Kansas University English faculty members will attend the Central Renaissance Conference in Normal Illinois from Thursday to Saturday. Speakers include Joel Gold on Johnson and the Literature of Travel Charlton Hinman on Early Corrupters of Shakespeare's Text and Walter Meserve on Aims Problems and Achievements of the Drama Journal Myra Olstead will serve as recording secretary for the Johnson Society and chair the Medieval Conference George J Worth will serve as secretary of the English II group.
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Kansas University
Normal
Midwest Modern Language Association
Joel Gold
Johnson
Charlton Hinman
Walter Meserve
Myra Olstead
Johnson Society
George J. Worth
English II Group
Edgerton Man Files For Democratic House Nomination
Wesley W. Obermeier of Edgerton announced he will file on Thursday to seek the Democratic nomination for Congress from Kansas 3rd District. Obermeier, 29, works as a mathematical analyst for Bendix Corp.
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Edgerton
Kan
Wesley W. Obermeier
Congress
Obermeier
Bendix Corp
Hundreds of Women Expected for HDU District Meeting in Kansas
About 500 women from Franklin Shawnee Osage and Douglas Counties will attend a Home Demonstration Unit meeting in the Kansas Union. The event marks Kansas Home Demonstration Unit Week May 3 to 9 with talks by Richard Hrdlicka and Elsie Lee Miller plus a 50th anniversary address by Kathryn Sughrue.
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HDU
Franklin
Shawnee
Osage
Douglas
Kansas Union
Kansas
Richard JD. Hrdlicka
Newton
Harvey County
Joe Baldwin
Douglas County Home Economics Advisory Committee
L. E. Ott
Osage County Home Economics Advisory Committee
Elsie Lee Miller
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Kathryn Sughrue
Advisory committee chairmen and home economics agents
Four county advisory committee chairmen and home economics agents are noted in the briefing. The tally names leaders and assigns responsibilities across the four counties, outlining roles and local coordination efforts.
New Drugs Help Control Motion Sickness Across Travel
Motion sickness from air car and sea travel is better managed now. Causes lie in the inner ear balance organs. tips include keeping the head back and still, watching the horizon, and watching food intake. New drugs are proving highly effective.
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