Girls State Program Set For June 8 to 15 at KU
Four hundred twenty four high school seniors will participate in the annual Girls State program June 8 through 15 on the Kansas University campus. The event, sponsored by the Kansas American Legion Auxiliary, features mock government with party caucuses, primary and general elections, and a June 12 inauguration attended by Gov. Robert B. Docking.
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Former Commie Speaker Tuesday Lecture by Leszek Kolakowski
An expelled Polish Communist Party member and visiting McGill philosophy professor, Leszek Kolakowski, will speak at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Forum Room at Kansas Union. He will discuss The Epistemological Consequences of the Sociology of Knowledge. Born in Poland, he taught at the University of Warsaw and has been praised and criticized for his Marxist reinterpretations.
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Polish Communist Party
Kansas Union
Philosophy
Leszek Kolakowski
McGill University
Canada
Poland
University of Warsaw
Marx
Communist Party
Lawrence Chamber Directors Back Hershberger Resolution
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce authorized its president to draft a resolution thanking Wichita oilman Jim Hershberger for a 125000 dollar donation for a new all weather Kansas University track layout. The gift supports Relays events and a Friday night coaches banquet, with the track touted as among the nation’s finest and a donation that may have saved the Kansas Relays.
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Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Robert Payne
Wichita
Jim Hershberger
Kansas University
Hershberger
Kansas
Summer Job Time Near Topeka
Kansas businessmen were told that more than 15 000 young people aged 16 to 22 will seek summer work. Gov. Docking urged them in a letter to contact the local state employment service office for job or training opportunities.
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Lawrence
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Independence
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Prairie Village
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Concordia
State Capitol
Cedarcrest
Girls’ State Alumni Association
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Heinz
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Libby
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Mary Baker Sugar
U.S.D.A
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Rusty
Louisiana
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Ra Haddock
Ford
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Alabama
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