Memory of Noted Professor to Be Honored on Hill
Kansas University to open the William Savage Johnson reading room in Watson Library May 21 at 8 p.m. The gift funds furnishings through Mrs. Claudia Pendleton Johnson, KU graduate, in memory of her husband. The room will expand KU’s special collections with about 75 000 items and future acquisitions by the class of 1964 gift. Distinguished speakers and KU leaders will attend, highlighting the English department’s legacy and the library’s growing rare-book program.
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Kansas University
William Savage Johnson
Watson
Watson Library
Claudia Pendleton Johnson
Crescent Rd
Charlton Hinman
University
Natalie Calderwood
W. Clarke Wescoe
Thomas R. Buckman
Maurice Breidenthal Jr
Kansas City
Alexandra Mason
David Foxon
British Museum
Kansas
Lawrence
Carrie B. Watson
Maud Smelser
Laura Neiswanger
Ellis
Ralph Ellis
E. Raymond Hall
Summerfield
Museum of Natural History
Solon Summerfield
EU Endowment Association
James Joyce
KU Law Queen Candidates Revealed for Fun Day
Wednesday afternoon Leon Roulier announced candidates for Miss Res Ipsa Loquitur at Kansas University Law School Fun Day in Fraser Hall. Names include Susanne Northcutt Vernal Utah Lorena Peterson Salina Gigi Gibson Independence Patricia Schwope Shawnee Mission Jeanne Veatch Wichita Patricia Cram Larned Jolana Wright Shawnee Mission Deborah Galbraith Wichita Janet Starr Hollywood Constrance Crum Manhattan Mary Lasley Shawnee Mission. The event features a noon picnic and barn dance with law faculty as judges and speeches by Donald Culp and William Howard.
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Kansas University
Leon Roulier
Fraser Hall
Susanne Northcutt
Vernal
Utah
Lorena Peterson
Salina
Gigi Gibson
Independence
Patricia Schwope
Shawnee Mission
Jeanne Veatch
Wichita
Patricia Cram
Larned
Constrance Crum
Manhattan
Margaret Jones
Moultrie
Mary Lasley
Fraser Theatre
School of Law
Donald Culp
Kansas City
William Howard
Stouffer Place
Student Bar Association
James Barclay Smith
Law School
Supreme Order of Barrister
Charles Oldfather
Centron film strips win top award at New York festival
Centron Corporation wins a blue ribbon in the history category at the American Film Festival in New York City for a six-strip set titled Children of Pioneer Times produced for McGraw-Hill. The firm also earns Awards of Merit for additional films and geographies, with Centron executives and Lawrence contributors noted.
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Centron Corporation
W. 9Th St
New York City
Centron
McGraw-Hill Book Company
Kenneth Travis
Herb Harvey
Norman Stuewe
Robert Rose
Lyle Hart
Jerry Poindexter
Oscar Rojas
Lawrence
Carlyle S. Smith
George Anderson
Kansas University
Russell Mosser
Sunset Dr
Rocky Mountain
Great Lakes
Men, Minerals and Machines
McGraw-Hill
Phillips Petroleum Company
American Medical Association
U. S. Geography
Drago to Speak on Group IV Chemistry at KU
Russell S. Drago of Illinois University will discuss "Understanding Trends in Group IV Chemistry" at 7:30 p.m. in Malott Hall Room 122. The KU American Chemical Society sponsors the talk with a dinner at the KU Faculty Club preceding the lecture.
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Russell S. Drago
Illinois University
Malott Hall
Dr. Drago
Kansas University
American Chemical Society
KU Museum to Exhibit Rare Books Collections in June
The special collections and new quarters at the university library will be used late in June when members of the rare books section of the American Library Association attend their annual meeting at KU.
Villa Eden Visitors Share Weekend Across Kansas
Mr and Mrs Arlie Flory of Worden spent Sunday with Mrs Frieda Reetz and family. Alfred Torneden visited with Anna Shafstal of Lawrence. Augusta Kohn Edward Kohn and son visited Louis Torneden. Ruth Pettengill joined a Lawrence group on a weekend Ozarks trip. Several families visited in Kansas City Wellsville and Lawrence for birthdays and gatherings.
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Arlie Flory
Worden
Frieda Reetz
Alfred Torneden
Anna Shafstal
Lawrence
Augusta Kohn
Edward Kohn and Son
Louis Torneden
Ruth Pettengill
Nate Pettengill
Denise
Ozarks
Bob Hadi
Eudora
Florence Renner
Diane
George Taber
Kansas City
Louise Burrell
Wellsville
Tom Hadl
Nancy
Fred Farrier
Charles Davidson
Lloyd Douglas
Melba Rhodes
Qui
Dien Bien Phu echoes haunt French after Waterloo memory
Ten years after Dien Bien Phu fell French in Saigon still shudder at the valley fortress disaster. They recall the 1954 defeat that ended their Indochina dream and worry the United States could face a similar peril in South Vietnam. A French journalist and others warn that Viet Cong savagery shows strengths not seen a year ago. The lesson repeats: do not underestimate the enemy.
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Dien Bien Phu
Peter Arnett Lagion
South Viet Nam
Indochina
Waterloo
Saigon
United States
North Vietnamese
Laos
Viet Nam
U.S
Pettengill Family Visitors Roundup in Tonganoxie Area
Vera Lake visited Friday with her parents Mr and Mrs Godfrey Reetz. Sunday guests included Mr and Mrs Alfred Torneden visiting Mrs Mae Had of Eudora. Visitors from DeSoto and Lawrence dropped by Ruth Pettengill and Frank Pettengill homes for weekend gatherings.
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Vera Lake
Godfrey Reetz
Alfred Torneden
Mae Had
Eudora
John Zimmerli
Rena Lovall
DeSoto
Herbert Torneden
Linda
Caroline Pettengill
Lawrence
Ruth Pettengill
Bud” Pet
William Torneden
D. S. Wilson
Peggy
George Mills
Tonganoxie
Ben Leavitt
Frank Pettengill
Health Board to Meet Monday at City Hall
The City Council Health Board will convene at 7 30 p m Monday in the basement of City Hall to discuss public health matters.
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City Council Health Board
Storm in Washington Could Cost City $50,000 per Inch
A large Washington storm is projected to cost the city about $50,000 for each inch of accrued rainfall or water damage, highlighting severe financial exposure and urgent mitigation needs.
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Washington
Two Lawrence Seniors Win KU Scholars At Kansas University
Two Lawrence High School seniors Lois Elaine Adams and Sara Nancy Paretsky are among 100 high school senior women receiving KU scholarship hall awards. Announced by Bob Billings KU aids and awards director, the non cash awards are valued at about 300 dollars each.
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Lawrence High School
Kansas University
Bob Billings
Lois Elaine Adams
E. C. Adams
N. 6Th St
Sara Nancy Paretsky
David Paretsky
Route 1
Eudora
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Connie Crum
Journal-World Photo
KU Law Queen
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Aston
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Warner Bros
Ion Wildest
Croat Psion
Tony Rda Ei
Weler Math
Second Waterloo
Dien Bien
North
Geneva
Lawrence Theatres
Mae Peer Me
Ralph Nelson
Wiles Aeege
Troy Donahue
Connie Stevens
Robert Preston
Tony Randall
Island of Leve
Ray
Hiway
Dairy Queen
Dallas’ Finest
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