Northeast Kansas library system forms regional network leader named
Wayne Mayo of Lawrence Public Library becomes Director of Grants for NE Kansas Library Regional System. The eight county network serves 350000 people with 400000 books, central reference, training, and monthly consultive services while preserving local library autonomy. A bookmobile and Kansas Information Circuit support resource sharing.
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Wayne Mayo
Lawrence Public Library
Northeast Kansas
Mayo
Kansas
Lawrence
Baldwin
Eudora
Oskaloosa
Tonganoxie
Johnson County
Douglas
Leavenworth
Jefferson
Miami
Franklin
Johnson
Nemaha
Brown
Today in History May 16 highlights through the years
On this date in 1775 Massachusetts adopted the first state constitution. Other events include Marie Antoinette's 1770 marriage, the nickel’s 1866 minting authorization, British Columbia joining Canada in 1871, a 1927 tax filing ruling for bootleggers, Oatis release in 1958, the 1960 Paris summit collapse over a U2 flight, Soviet talks on nuclear test detection, NKorea release of two U.S. crewmen, and AFL-CIO action against UAW in a past year.
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United States
Massachusetts
Marie Antoinette
Louis XVI
France
U.S. Treasury Department
British Columbia
Dominion of
Canada
U.S. Supreme Court
Czechoslovakia
Associated Press
William N. Oatis
Paris
Soviet Union
Outer Space
North Korea
U.S
Lecompton Dinner Highlights Local Business Leaders
The Bell Telephone Company hosted a recent dinner for Lecompton business men and women at the Kildridge Hotel. Attendees included William J. Smith Rev Lybian Endsley Lucy Large, Roland Kraft, Myrtle Pfeffer, Dick Hubert, Bob Parrish, Galen Sanford and Herb Roberts. Ralph Robison returned to duty after an eight day hospital stay at Stormont Vail. Minnie McAfee also returned home after surgery at Stormont Vail. Mike Bahnmaier celebrated his 17th birthday with a Casa De Montez dinner in Topeka, joined by Steve Goodrick Betty Smith Carl Paslay Loretta Brouchard Bruce Inles Connie Haas Donald Bahnmaier and Mrs Joe Bahnmaier.
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Lecompton
Kildridge
Bell Telephone Company
William J. Smith
Lybian Endsley
Lucy Large
Roland Kraft
Myrtle Pfeffer
Dick Hubert
Bob Parrish
Galen Sanford
Herb Roberts
Ralph Robison
Stormont-Vail Hospital
Minnie McAfee
Mike Bahnmaier
Joe Bahnmaier
Rt. 1
Casa de Montez
Topeka
Steve Goodrick
Betty Smith
Carl Paslay
Loretta Brouchard
Bruce Inles
Connie Haas
Donald Bahnmaier
LHS Orchestra Spring Formal Concert Monday Evening
The Lawrence High School orchestra presents its Spring Formal Concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the school auditorium under director Larry Williams for its 15th concert of the year. The program features Iphigenia in Aulis Overture, Suite from Julius Caesar, Coro I, Sinfonia I and March, Symphony No. 2 excerpts, Conccerto for Violin first movement with Ken Rummer as soloist, Polovtsian Ballet music selections, Romeo and Juliet Overture, and selections from Carousel, with student conductor Dennis Mercer and other ensembles.
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Lawrence High School
Gluck Wagner
Coro I
Sinfonia I
Handel
String
Borodin Schmidt
Tschaikowsky- Muller
Dennis Mercer
Lamb
Rodgers- Hammerstein
Menninger Attacks Jails as Civilized Society Ills
Dr Karl Menninger head of the Menninger Foundation in Topeka told Sigma Xi diners at the Kansas University ballroom that jails are dehumanizing and fail to reform exconvicts. He urged penalties tied to crime and calls to end punitive violence while improving police education and street presence.
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Karl Menninger
Menninger Foundation Board
Topeka
Dr. Menninger
Sigma Xi
Kansas University
25th Lawrence Horse Show Fund Drive Gets Underway
Dr and Mrs Corbin Robison head a drive to fund the 25th annual Lawrence Horse Show to be held June 1922 at the County Fairgrounds. Net proceeds support Achievement Place, the boys home. Tom Swearingen is general manager. Robisons are financial directors. Reach Swearingen or the Robisons to donate. The event is the region’s largest four day horse show in Kansas with sponsorship from citizen groups in recent years. Proceeds have benefited charitable operations.
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Corbin Robison
Lawrence
County Fairgrounds
Tom Swearingen
Robisons
Sweringen
Robison
Kansas
Fleming President Top Super Market Post
Richard D. Harrison, president and CEO of Fleming Co. Inc. Topeka, was elected president of Super Market Institute at the annual convention in Atlantic City. He succeeds Robert B. Wegman of Wegman's Food Markets Rochester. Harrison now leads a food research and educational association with about 900 member firms worldwide. Fleming supplies IGA markets in the Lawrence area.
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Atlantic City
Richard D. Harrison
The
Fleming Co. Inc
Topeka
Super Market Institute
Robert B. Wegman
Wegman's Food Markets Inc
Rochester, N. Y
Harrison
Fleming
IGA
Lawrence
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City Librarian Heads System
Mary. Murphy
Lawrence Central Reference Service
Kansas Information Circuit
Northeast
NEKL
Russii
Afl-Cio
United Auto Workers Union
LHS Orchestra
Larry Williams
Menninger
Achievement Place
Hopkins Kleen Air Service
Barker
Cooper
10Th
Big Shot
Iowa
Montgonery
W. 23Rd St
Merete
Wards
Orelco
Norelco
North American Phillips Corporation
East 42Nd Street
New York
Thurs & Fri
Norelco Speedshavers
Tues
Play Toys
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