Names Chosen for Haskell- Jopata City Park Contest
Ne Chosen a Name Entry Devore Thompson of Dubuque Ariz won for his 4Broken Arrow Park suggestion with a $50 prize shared by city and county. Hopi Ver on Magayesva earned $10 for Kachi Park, a name linked to the Kachina masked dancer.
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Haskell-donated
Haskell
Devore Thompson
Cibique, Ariz
Thompson
Broken Arrow Park
Broken Arrow
Floyd Stayton
Journal-World Photo
Dubuque, Ariz
Ursday
Haskell- Jopatad
Park
Law Historical Society
Hastkell
Vernon Magayesva
Kachi Park
the Historical Society
Local Hymn Sing Set Sunday Night
The interdenominational hymn festival starts at 7 30 p m Sunday at First Presbyterian Church 901 St. Lawrence High sophomore quartet will sing two numbers Directors include Dr Elin Jorgensen Merton Anderson and R Wayne Nelson Chief pianist is Mrs Winifred Gallup Neal Wherry Lawrence High principal organizer says the gathering is informal with no money to raise or sell all who enjoy old hymns are urged to attend
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First Presbyterian Church
St. St
First Methodist
Trinity Episcopal
Plymouth Congregational
Old Rugged Cross
Lawrence High
Elin Jorgensen
Merton Anderson
R. Wayne Nelson
Winifred Gallup
Neal Wherry
Deaths Funerals George Gufler 90
George Gufler 90 of 1014 N J St died Thursday evening at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He worked for Poehler Mercantile Co. 1891 to 1903, then moved to Yakima, Washington, returning in 1957 to live with his brother. Funeral 9 a.m. Saturday at St. John s Catholic Church with Rosary tonight at 7. Burial Holy Family Cemetery Eudora. Survivors: brother Joe Gufler, nephews Bill Gufler and W A Gufler, niece Mrs. William Schebrer.
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George Gufler
N.J. St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Poehler Mercantile Co
Yakima
Wash
Lawrence
St. John's Catholic Church
Cooper-Warren Chapel
George Towle
Holy Family Catholic Cemetery
Eudora
Joe Gufler
Bill Gufler
W. A. Gufler
Mt. Vernon
William Schebrer
Long Shadow play canceled at KU Experimental Theatre
The Saturday night reading performance of The Long Shadow will be canceled, director Gordon Beck said. A second performance, which won a KU Centron sponsored contest, will proceed at 8 p.m. tonight with ticket-holders allowed refunds or entry.
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Gordon Beck
Kansas University Experimental Theatre
Beck
Births at Memorial Hospital and area listings
Birth notices from Memorial Hospital list numerous residents and addresses. Mr and Mrs Charles Head Baldwin welcome a daughter today. Mr and Mrs Donald E Smith 1616 E 15th St greet a son today. Mr and Mrs Hoyt Morris 237 Il St welcome a daughter today.
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Alice Bliesner
N. H. St
H. Lupton
Strong Ave
Diane Cates
George March
Maude Siroky
Mich
Goldie Channel
Baldwin
Stephen Johnson
Crestling Dr
Anna Sample
Cadet St
Albert Simon
14Th St
Mary Corman
Tenn
Charmac Head
Eric Smith
Route 2
Shirley Morris
Ill
Mary Smith
15Th St
Russell Davidson
Linwood
Mae Starkey
Eudora
Shirley Herbert
DeSoto
Fred Blockberger
19Th St
Charles Head
Donald E. Smith
E. 15Th St
Hoyt Morris
Il. St
Well-Baby Clinic Planned at Lecompton High School
A Well-Baby Clinic for pre-school children will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at Lecompton High School. Dr. Helen Gilles will oversee the clinic.
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Lecompton High School
Helen Gilles
Four White Men Plead Innocent in Rape Case in Tallahassee
In Tallahassee four white men charged with raping a Negro college student pleaded innocent at arraignment. The court set May 27 for trial amid a packed gallery of black spectators and white onlookers.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Bill Joyce
Harry Michaels
W. May Walker
Willian T. Collinsworth
Patrick Scarborough
Offie Stoutamire
David Er
FBI Leaders and Key Espionage Cases Highlighted by Hoover
In recollections, J Edgar Hoover recalls pivotal FBI moments from 1930 to 1941. He notes the arrest of Alvin Karpis in New Orleans May 1 1936 and the Pearl Harbor response. He credits Harry Gold in 1930 with breaking a Soviet atomic spy ring and faces a 30 year sentence.
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United States
FBI
Hoover
New Orleans
Alvin Karpis
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Harry Gold
Philadelphia
Gold
Architects to Meet Saturday on Oread
The Kansas chapter of the American Institute of Architects will hold a statewide meeting at Kansas University this Saturday. The KU architecture faculty will lead an educational presentation and Dean John S. McNown will preside at luncheon in the Kansas Union. Peter J. Caws will discuss "Morality of Architecture."
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American Institute of Architects
Kansas University
KU Architecture Department
John S. McNown
Engineering and Architecture
Kansas Union
Peter J. Caws
Truck Damage Reported Near KU Campus
Campus police say a Volkswagen truck owned by the Kansas Union at KU sustained 250 in damages Wednesday night after slipping out of gear while parked at Emery Road and High Drive rolled over a curb hit a ditch sideswiped a tree and stopped Ervin Dennis 772 Walnut Street was the driver but not aboard at the time of the accident.
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The
Kansas Union
Emery Rd
High Dr
Ervin Dennis
Walnut St
Tracking Plan Revealed for First U.S. Orbiter
Dr. Herbert F. York testified before a Senate subcommittee that a tightly coordinated system of tracking facilities will monitor the first American to orbit the Earth. The plan links tracking equipment under Defense Department oversight for an unprecedented data network.
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Washington
U.S
Earth
Herbert F. York
Defense Department
Senate
Herter outlines Western goals for Germany and Berlin talks
He urged good faith negotiations with the Communists and set three core aims: a reunited Germany in freedom, a security system with arms control, and a free Berlin. He warned against appeasement and predicted only slow progress toward a just peace in Geneva, while seeking a steadfast stance from the West.
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Germany
Berlin
West Berlin
Geneva
Quarles Describes Career From Teen Teacher to Defense Leader
Donald Quarles, born in Van Buren Arkansas in 1894, rose from a youthful math teacher to secretary of the Air Force. A Western Electric official and Sandia Corp. president, he advised defense budgets as a longtime aide during World War II and the Eisenhower era. He appeared at the Capitol as a witness on the defense budget with a reputation for wit and steady leadership. His background includes service in World War I and radar development, and he is survived by his widow and three children.
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Ark
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Western Electric Co
New Jersey
Western Electric
Sandia Corp
Sandia Special Weapons Laboratory
Albuquerque
N.M
Atomic Energy Commission
Eisenhower
Defense
Air Force
Carolyn Anne
Stanley C. Lewis
Donald Aubrey Jr
Defense Department
University of Missouri
University
Tnn
Yale
France
Germany
New York
Columbia University
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Clarence Mason
Quarles Death In Arlington House Quietly Under Investigation
When Quarles failed to respond, a driver found him in bed around 7 55 a m. Mason called Quarles' son in law Col Stanley Lewis who rushed to the home. A Pentagon spokesman said Quarles likely died earlier and he was pronounced dead at about 8 30 a m Quarles had attended a MacIntyre dinner with Pentagon officials and an Air Force concert earlier in the week. He was alone in the house. Mrs Quarles was in Chicago.
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Quarles
Mason
Col
Stanley C. Lewis
Lewis
Pentagon
The
Air Force
Malcolm MacIntyre
MacIntyre
Centron Wins Two Top Scholastic Teacher Awards
Centron Corporation received two 1959 Scholastic Teacher Magazine awards at a New York ceremony for an elementary science film Animals and Their Homes and filmstrip Elementary Science Filmstrip Series No. 6. Ten awards per category were chosen by educators nationwide, marking Centron’s eighth consecutive year earning this national honor distribution by McGraw-Hill.
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Scholastic Teacher Magazine
Centron
McGraw-Hill Book Company
Arthur H. Wolf
Dan, Palmquist
Kenneth Travis
Bob Rose
Vosper to lecture on building a research library at UM
Robert Vosper director of libraries at Kansas University will present the first annual Frank K Walter Lecture tonight at the University of Minnesota. His topic is How to Build a Research Library.
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Robert Vosper
Kansas University
Frank K. Walter
University of Minnesota
Former Lawrence Attorney Alan F. Asher Dies in California
Alan F. Asher, former Lawrence attorney who moved to Long Beach in 1953, died Thursday in a Long Beach hospital at age 43. Born April 15 1916 in Lawrence, he graduated from Kansas University and earned his KU law degree in 1941. World War II service as an officer preceded his return to Lawrence to practice law. He was the son of Henry F. Asher of 2009 Vt. St. Private graveside services and cremation arrangements by Rumsey Funeral Home. The surviving relative is his father.
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Alan F. Asher
Lawrence
Long Beach
Calif
Asher
Kansas University
Henry F. Asher
Vt. St
Rumsey Funeral Home
Pleasure boat overturns on Nile near Cairo
A pleasure boat carrying 280 people to a Nile picnic grounds eight miles north of Cairo capsized in the Nile River. Initial reports say 100 rescued, 9 bodies recovered, 140 missing.
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Cairo
Nile
Truman to Toast Coast to Coast Birthday Observance
Ex-president Truman will host a $100 filet dinner at the Waldorf Astoria and address a nationwide party linked by closed circuit TV. About 50,000 guests in 16 cities will view a 90 minute program including Man of Decision and appearances by Durante Benny and Kaye, with speeches by Johnson and Stevenson.
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Truman
Waldorf-Astoria
Man
Dove Schary
Jimmy Durante
Jack Benny
Danny Kaye
Boston
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harkness To Speak At Kansan Board Dinner
Richard Harkness, renowned radio and TV commentator, will return to KU to address the 46th Kansan Board Dinner in Lawrence. He will speak on Washington correspondents and attend events with KU journalism students and faculty, as about 500 people are expected.
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Richard Harkness
United States
Kansas University
Kansan
Harkness
Washington
Lawrence
Calder M. Pickett
Henry Schott Memorial
Ninth Street Baptist holds breakfast and recital program
Parents and former members will attend an 8 45 a m Sunday School breakfast at Ninth Street Baptist Church. Later the missionary union and Second Baptist Church Baldwin present the Ninth Street young peoples choir in a 3 p m recital.
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Ninth Street Baptist Church
Missionary Union
Second Baptist Church of Baldwin
Young Peoples’ Choir
Ninth Street Baptist
Eleanor Powell Denies Reconciliation Rumors
Hollywood star Eleanor Powell debunks rumors of reconciling with Glenn Ford. She states she knows nothing about a reconciliation and maintains her decision to obtain a divorce.
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Hollywood
Eleanor Powell
Glenn Ford
In memoriam Charles Lilly May 8 1955
In loving memory of our son and brother Charles Chuck Lilly who passed away four years ago today May 8 1955. A star shines brightly in heaven. Up with the angels so sweet. On earth God knows we miss him. Sadly missed by Edith Marshall and Patricia Carmichael.
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Charles
Chuck) Lilly
Edith Marshall
Patricia Carmichael
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