LeRoy Fox Named New City Librarian in Lawrence
LeRoy Fox of Emporia will head the Lawrence Free Public Library after July 1 as Donald Potter leaves for Duluth. Fox is about 26 and married with a young daughter. He holds a bachelor’s from Town University and is completing a master’s in library science at Emporia State Teachers College. He arrives July 9 and will visit Lawrence later this month to be briefed by Potter. Other library staff include Miss Thelma Baker Mrs Jose Oogma and Miss Bessie Daum.
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LeRoy Fox
Emporia
Lawrence Free Public
Emporia State Teachers College
Lawrence
Potter
Duluth
Thelma Baker
Jose Oogma
Bessie Daum
Burma Festival to feature Donna Hull speakers
The second annual Burma Festival will be at 7 30 p m Thursday in the basement of the First Methodist Church. Under the auspices of the church Commission on Missions Miss Donna Hull a former missionary and social worker in North Africa now a Kansas University graduate student will speak and show slides on Africa. Funds will aid finishing a home for Rev U Po Sein a retired Methodist minister.
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First Methodist Church
Commission On Missions
Donna Hull
North Africa
Kansas University
Africa
U Po Sein
Mission festival in Burma tied to Spears and Wismer
Miss Nettie M. Wismer chairs the Mission Festival in association with Rev. and Mrs. Ray Spears, longtime Burma missionaries. The event invites the general public and will feature ice cream and cake.
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Ver
Pegu
Burma
Ray Spears
Lawrence
Nettie M. Wismer
Commission On Missions
Tri-State Vote On Postal Pay Measure
Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma representatives split on a bill boosting postal workers pay by about 8.8 percent. Democrats from Missouri and Oklahoma supported. Republicans Belcher Short supported. Curtis George Hope Rees Scrivner Smith opposed. Thirty three were absent or did not vote.
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Washington
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
House
Senate
Cannon
Carnihan
Hull
Jones
Karsten
Moulder and Sullivan
Albert
Edmondson
Jarman and Wickersham
Belcher
Short
Curtis
George
Hope
Rees
Scrivner
Smith
Realtor In Whitewater Found Hanged in a Tree
Oliver Neal, a Whitewater real estate man, was found hanging from a tree in a wooded grove six miles from Potwin. Sheriff Glenn Tarrant said Neal, missing since noon yesterday, had a nervous disorder and had been recently released from a Wichita hospital.
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Whitewater
Eas
Oliver Neal
Whitewater Real Estate
Glenn Tarrant
Neal
Potwin
Wichita
Eleven Kansas districts to receive 31 million in building funds
Eleven Kansas school districts will share 31,197,000 in construction funds this year due to the impact of federal installations and defense projects on enrollments. Federal operating funds totaling 2,950,000 will be distributed among 190 districts for operating expenses expanded because of federal students. Districts receiving construction funds include Avondale Shawnee County 573 0, Derby Sedgwick County 254 400, Ft Leavenworth Leavenworth County 180 166, Lansing Grade School District 75 Leavenworth County 510 600, Salina Public Schools Salina 150 000, Kech Center Sedgwick County 82 150, Oxden Riley County 36 760, Hazel Grove Wyandotte County 20 140, Olathe Johnson County 80 560, Junenien Geary County 119 250, Overland Park Johnson County 190 270.
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Topeka
Kansas
A. F. Throckmorton
Avondale
Shawnee County
Derby
Sedgwick County
Ft. Leavenworth
Leavenworth County
Lansing
Salina
Kech Center
Oxden
Riley County
Hazel Grove
Wyandotte County
Olathe
Johnson County
Junenien City
Geary County
Overland Park
Sarnoff Calls Mega Cold War Offensive Plan
Radio Corp of America chairman David Sarnoff urged the government to launch a multibillion dollar Cold War offensive aimed at total victory. He proposed Eisenhower appoint a cabinet level official to head intensified Cold War planning in a memorandum released to the White House.
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Wasitington
David Sarnoff
Radio Corp. of America
Goveernment
Sarnoff
Eisenhower
White House
No One Injured as Storm Tops Odessa Cars
Odessa Texas enjoyed a dramatic flash flood that swept across a 21 block area. Police reported more spectacle than damage as several cars were stranded and occupants rescued from car tops by boats. Water drained quickly and damage remained slight with no injuries. Pure silicon market note says $380 per pound in rains.
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Odessa
Tex
West
Texas
West Texas
Times Photographer Wins AP National Award for Photo
Jack Gaunt of the Los Angeles Times wins the Associated Press national award for excellence in news photography for 1954. His winning entry Cruel Waves depicts a husband and wife watching as their young son is swept into the sea, a scene also tied to his Pulitzer Prize.
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South Bend
Indoo
Jack Gaunt
Los Angeles Times
Associated Press
Gaunt
Paul B. Neville
South Bend Tribune
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Rita Moreno
Storm
Folger
GROW
Ny C
Nstant
Times
Manley Insurance Agency
Manley
Merle McKinney
Mewest
9Th & Mass
Sunbeam
MIRON
Eo Arin
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