Kansas City airport gridlock prompts bridge runway plan
The piece weighs options for Kansas City Missouri’s downtown municipal airport with long runways, pilot concerns, and a proposed cross river link to Fairfax Kansas to create a continuous airport corridor. It suggests merging the two facilities with a bridge runway to improve safety and keep a central terminal.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Mid-Continent
Mid- Continent
Kansas
Fairfax
Missouri Field
Missouri River
London
Los Angeles
Buildup to Cuba May 20 Uprising Speculation
The article notes growing official interest ahead of May 20 Cuba Independence Day. It cites recent strikes by Castro opponents and questions whether exiles alone can mount a major operation, while acknowledging possible brewing developments and heightened international attention.
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Cuba
Fidel Castro
Weather and health link explored in scientific studies
Weather shifts may influence corn health and trigger physical and mental changes in people. Researchers cite solar storms and magnetic activity correlating with mental hospital admissions, while warm air increases restlessness in schizophrenic patients and cold fronts affect epileptics.
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Grandpa
Cleveland
Robert O. Becker
New York Upstate Medical Center
Syracuse
Baker
S. W. Tromp
Leiden
Holland
Grandpa Foretells Rain Through Cornben Folklore
The article argues weather effects arise from atmospheric conditions and human responses. It notes that observations by Grandpa and similar elders may have a tangible basis, supported by growing study of meteorology and psychology.
Defense contractors face uncertain near term outlook
The piece notes growing uncertainty for defense contractors as government demand for weapons production peaks and declines. It highlights regional job risks across California New York and other states with large prime contracts totals, and discusses possible economic conversion policies and congressional hearings led by the Senate Commerce Committee to craft a national conversion plan.
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Washington
Times-Post
Gulf
California
New York State
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Jersey
Ohio
Texas
Johnson
Congress
Senate Commerce Committee
National Economic Conversion Commission
Secretary of Commerce
Delta Gamma honors Virginia Brand retired advisor leader
Old Home Town items recall Virginia Brand honored as retiring advisory board chairwoman. Brand, initiated at Goucher College, led Kansas City alumnae chapter and state membership work, helped found Beta Kappa at KU in 1940, and served on the advisory board since. Prof. George Beal of KU spoke on Engineering and Architecture in St. Joseph to two groups.
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Delta Gamma Sorority
Virginia Brand
Miss Brand
Goucher College
Kansas City
Beta Kappa
George Beal
St. Joseph
Engineers Club
St. Joseph’s College
Building Industries Club
Today’s Bible Message and Prayer Reflection
A brief devotional notes that if Christ is righteous in us we are born of him. It asks believers to witness to Christ starting at home and ends with a traditional Lord’s Prayer invocation.
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Christ
Ammen
Passions at Little Rock School Fire in Desegregation Era
The Sept 1957 mob at Little Rock Central High halted nine Negro students entry as Elizabeth Eckford faced jeers. Years later Eckford and eight others from the Little Rock nine pursue ordinary lives amid lingering scars of desegregation. Other stories reach Clinton Tenn and Prince Edward County Va as early desegregation pioneers persist.
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Little Rock
Central High School
Elizabeth Eckford
Supreme Court
Eckford
Liz
Frankie Freeman
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Ernest Green
Michigan State University
New York City
Minnijean Brown
Central
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Ill
Thelma Mothershed
Miss Brown
Peace Corps
Miss Mothershed
Arkansas
Clinton
Tenn
Bobby Cain
Bobby
Spokane
Wash
Nashville
Prince Edward County
Carrie Stokes
Barbara Johns
Miss Stokes
Fayetteville
N.C.) State College
Barbara Johns Powell
Philadelphia
TV Defenders Critique Echoes of Ribbon Creek Tragedy
General Marshall critiques The Defenders for oversimplifying Marine life and war ethics. He argues the TV portrayal distorts Marine discipline, ignores real blame, and echoes the 1956 Ribbon Creek incident without reflecting true character or duty.
Humane Society thanks Journal-World for help finding homes
The Lawrence Humane Society thanks the Journal-World for untiring support in finding homes for animals. Appealing shelter photos by Wilbur Hess helped, and Jeanne Mitchell notes there are always orphans waiting for a good home to visit the shelter in the afternoons.
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Journal-World
Journal - World
Lawrence Humane Society
Wilbur Hess
J-W
Jeanne Mitchell
Growth on ear lobe cyst advised to check by doctor
Reader asks about a pea sized growth behind the ear lobe. Dr Molner suggests a medical exam to identify a possible simple cyst and notes lancing offers only temporary relief. Also advises readers on teething cries and varicose vein guidance with a paid booklet offer.
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W.J.L
Lyons and Wagner Napkin Sketches at Spellman Dinner
Louis Nizer sketched Mayor Wagner on a napkin and marked it Vice President Wagner for presentation. Wagner responded with a napkin sketch of Nizer and labeled it Senator Nizer. Carol Haney’s sudden Broadway death ends a decade of rising stardom after a single line audition. Gene Kelly and Jack Cole mentored her in choreography.
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Cardinal Spellman
Louis Nizer
Wagner
Nizer
Senator Nizer
Carol Haney
Broadway
Gene Kelly
Jack Cole
Cole
Jack
Procter & Gamble
New City Library Adds Diverse 1960s Titles
The list includes Reasonable Doubt by J W Ehrrich, Clarke's The Treasure of the Great Reef, Ulysses Found by Ernie Bradford, Reporting by Lillian Ross, Paris in the Terror by Stanley Loomis, Watchers of the Skies by Willy Ley, Why Did They Name It by Hannah Campbell, The Leper and Other Stories by Milovan Djilas, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah Green, Extreme Magic by Horace Calisher, Spire by William Golding, The Constant Star by Prue dence Andrew, The Big Man by Henry J Taylor, and Home Is the Sailor by Jorge Amado.
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J. W. Ehrrich
Great Reef
Arthur Gcg Clarke
Great Basses Reef
Ceylon
Ulysses
Ernie Bradford
Mediterranean
Lillian Ross
New York
Bean Blossom Township High School
Indiana
Paris
Stanley Loomis
Marat
Charlotte Corday
Danton
Mme
Roland
Robespierre
Camille Desmoulins
Fouche
Willy Ley
Hannah Campbell
Kansas
George Eastman
Kodak
Oda
Paul Jones
Leper
Milovan Djilas
Milovan Dijilas
Hannah Green
Hortense Calisher
Verlaine
Hugo
America
England
William Golding
Dean Jocelin
Pruedence Andrew
Woodpill
Henry J. Taylor
Jorgs Amado
Vasco Moscoso de Arago
Current Best Sellers List From Publishers' Weekly
The compiled list shows fiction titles including The Spy Who Came In From The Cold by Le Carre Convention by Knebel and Bailey The Group by McCarthy The Night In Lisbon by Remarque The Martyred by Kim. non fiction titles include Four Days by UPI A Day In The Life Of President Kennedy by Bishop Profiles In Courage by Kennedy The Naked Society by Packard Diplomat Among Warriors by Murphy. The Torch Is Passed is not listed due to limited bookstore sales.
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McCarthy
Lisbon
Remarque the Martyred
Kim
Upiamerican Heritage
President Kennedy
Bishop
Courage
Kennedy the Naked Society
Packard
Murphy
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Los Angeles Times News Service
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American Association of University Women
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Susan and
God
Rachel Crothers
Deal Six
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Lawrence
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
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Washington Post News Service
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Wayne State University
Detroit
UCLA
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Parris Island
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Ribbon Creek
Boots
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