Opera Star Anna Rozsa Visits Lawrence on Monday
Romanian soprano Madame Anna Rozsa toured Kansas University during a Lawrence stop, visiting a voice lesson and a Western civilization class. Rozsa, 66, credits promoter Norman Hill for arranging her American returns, explaining her lifelong dedication to opera and noting U.S. audiences’ lasting love for classical works.
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Madame Anna Rozsa
United States
Romania
Europe
Mme. Rozsa
Hill
Anna Rozsa
Mme. Rouzsa
New York City
Metropolitan Opera
Lawrence
James Seaver
la. St
Alabama
Journal-World Photo
Uncertainty for Kansas Wheat After Freezes and Drought
Kansas wheat harvest nears with estimates ranging from 141 to 214 million bushels, below the 250 million average. Official April 1 tally was 197 million. Flooding rains may mend some damage, but drought, freezes on April 22 24 and May 12, and uneven growth cast doubt on yield across counties including Sumner, Reno, and Harper. Farmers report wide variation and early cutting could begin by Memorial Day.
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Eddie Ewy
Arlington
Reno County
Bill Kiser Jr
Anthony
Harper County
Kiser
Sumner County
Two-State Group Pleas For State Water Projects
A 100 man delegation from Missouri and Kansas urged the House appropriations subcommittee to approve 63.686 million dollars for water projects in those states and for Rathbun Reservoir in Iowa and for planning on the Little Nemaha River in Nebraska. They asked funding to begin construction on Clinton, Big Hill and Fort Scott reservoirs in Kansas and for continued Glen Elder reclamation. The plea emphasized water as Kansas economic life blood and outlined additional prioritised projects and budget differences with Johnson’s proposal.
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Washington
Missouri
Kansas
House
Rathbun Reservoir
Iowa
Little Nemaha River
Nebraska
Johnson
Kansas, Marais Des Cygnes-Osage
Arkansas
Clinton, Big Hill
Fort Scott
George Lister
Ottawa
Kan
McArk Basins Flood Control and Conservation Association
Lew Paramore
Kansas City
Mississippi Valley Association
Glen Elder
Robert Docking
Terry Scanlon
Mc Ark
Mississippi
Lawrence
Grover
Hays
Kansas River Navigation Survey
Sailors Offered Self taught Sailing Tips Reputable Captain Says
Capt Irving Johnson who has sailed teenagers worldwide urges would be sailors to learn by doing. He recommends a simple craft such as a sailfish to practice basic sailing, noting that tipping over is safe and recovery quick. He says trial and error teaches the core skills.
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Irving Johnson
Local board names area chairs and study group
Directors appoint Bob Radcliffe as overall chairman with regional chairs including Keith Lu cas at Nineteenth and Massachusetts Street and Clark Gore with Twenty-Third Street merchants. Roy Bergen represents Iowa Street. A special study committee led by Bob Radcliffe was named.
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Ing
Bob Radcliffe
Keith Lucas
Massachusetts Street
Clark Gore
Twenty-Third Street
Roy Bergen
Iowa Street
Apollo crews named for first manned Apollo flight
NASA chief James Webb announced the first manned Apollo flight is planned for early next year with a three man crew including Walter Schirra Walter Cunningham and Donn Eisele. A redesigned fireproof spacecraft will be delivered to Cape Kennedy late this year with cost estimates around 22.7 billion dollars and possible extra costs if lunar landing slips.
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Washington
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Senate Space Committee
North American Aviation, Inc
Webb
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Walter R. Cunningham
Donn F. Hisele
Air Force
Cape Kennedy
NASA
Apollo Contracting
North American
Boeing Co
Lawrence Chamber to study need for Education Center
The Lawrence Chamber will study the need and desirability of a continuing Education Center similar to Lincoln Nebraska and Norman Oklahoma. The committee will report findings to the Chamber board. Chairmen include Dean William Smith Morris Kay and David Huff.
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Lawrence
Lincoln
Nebraska University
Norman
Oklahoma University
Chamber Board
Chamber
William Smith
KU School of Engineering and Architecture
Morris Kay
Lawrence Insurance
David Huff
School of Business
KU Center For Regional Studies
RAID LINKS BUFFALO MEN TO APALACHIN GAMBLING MEET
Police tied 36 men to a gambling raid in New York state and linked several to a famous 1957 Apalachin “crime convention.” Among those named were Nicholas and Roy Carlisi, both with prior gambling records. cash bail was common, and no weapons were found. FBI agent Neil Welch said the lead came from underworld sources.
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Roy Carlisi
Buffalo
LaDuca
Carlisi
Apalachin, N. Y
Joseph Barbara
Campus fraternity scales back UFO experiments after police warning
Coffeyville freshmen Carey Borum and others in the fraternity admitted they sent up several UFOs on campus grounds. A last flight tangled in backyard wires, frightening neighbors and drawing a police order to stop. University peers and even local officers sought to learn how to build them.
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Carey Borum
Coffeyville
Borum
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By Gary Burge
Mme. Rovzsa
J. E. Palleson
Kansas Crop Reporting Service Statistician
Kenneth Ingle
Gilbert Youth Service
Rane
Norelco
Novelco
North American Philips Company, Inc
East 42Nd Street
New York
N.Y
Simons
Tra. Nicholas
UFO
Oldsmobile
Youngmobile
Olds
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