Lecompton and Perry Seek Doctor for Rural Area
Southern Jefferson County will send representatives to a medical fair June 3 and 4 in Topeka to obtain a physician for the rural area. Twenty attendees, including Frank Obenland, Jerry Dick, and Mrs. Dale Hope and Mrs. Willard Good, will work with Midwest Medical Service to place a physician.
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Perry
Jefferson County
Ramada Inn
Topeka
Midwest Medical Service
Perry Legion Hall
Perry and
Lecompton
Frank Obenland
Jerry Dick
Dale Hope
Willard Good
KU Will Offer Summer Slavic Language Projects
The Slavic and Soviet area studies program at Kansas University received U S Education approval for two six week language programs. Up to 30 students can study intermediate Polish at Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan and up to 30 study Serbo Croatian at Zagreb University Yugoslavia with a two week field trip. Courses run June 11 to August 15 and require one year of prior language study.
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Kansas University
U.S
Office of Education
Oswald P. Backus
Joseph L. Conrad
Adam Mickiewicz
Poznan
Poland
Zagreb University
Yugoslavia
William C. Fletcher
Names Proposed for Haskell Buildings By Alumni
Alumni suggestions to name new Haskell Indian Junior College buildings were sent to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for final approval. Proposals include Graphic Arts honoring Peter Navarre the first graduate of Haskell’s printing program and a warehouse named for Chief American Horse and a Sioux Masonry workshop named Tammanend of the Delaware.
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Haskell Indian Junior College
Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIA
Peter Navarre
Haskell
American Horse
Tammanend
John Ross
KU Bequeathed Funds for Award
The Kansas University Endowment Association received a 4470 bequest from Myrtle Lasley Epps of Topeka to establish the Myrtle Lasley and Frederick William Epps Scholarship Fund. Mrs. Epps died in 1971, a KU 1902 Latin graduate and Phi Beta Kappa member. Her husband Frederick W. Epps was KU educated in engineering. First scholarships awarded 1972-73.
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Kansas University Endowment Association
Myrtle Lasley Epps
Topeka
Myrtle Lasley
Frederick William Epps
Epps
Jackson County
Phi Beta Kappa
History professor receives travel grant for Rome meeting
Travel aided Oswald P. Backus, professor of history at Kansas University, to attend the planning session of the International Committee of Slavistics, Oct. 11-18 in Rome, Italy. Grant is one of five from the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council to support scholars at international meetings.
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Oswald P. Backus
Kansas University
International Committee of Slavistics
Rome
Italy
Backus
American ‘Council of Learned Societies
Social Science Research Council
Unique Grads Standout in KU Class of 72
James and Shirley Gilbert will graduate with Ph.D. degrees in clinical psychology and speech communication, ending 13 and 8 years of college. Mary Ellen Warner, mother of 10, earns a master of social work while balancing family life and ongoing ministry work. John Goodrick becomes KU’s first science writing degree recipient, blending biology and journalism interests.
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James
Shirley Gilbert
Gilbert
Northern Colorado University
Greeley
Todd
Chad
Timothy
Newton
Prairie Vew Community Mental Health Clinic
Mary Ellen Warner
Topeka
Warner
Washburn University
Goodrick
Agnew Holds Talks With South Vietnam Leader Thieu
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew met for over an hour with President Nguyen Van Thieu in Saigon to underscore U.S. support amid a Communist offensive. Thieu's office said they reviewed the general situation. aides gave no details or messages to Nixon.
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Saigon
Spiro T. Agnew
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
South Vietnam
Theiu
Agnew
Thieu
Nixon
Gold price hits new high as SA restricts sales
In Frankfurt on market open, gold rose to $58.50 an ounce amid tight supply. Dealers cite South Africa's halted full weekly output, confirmed by Governor Theunis De Jongh in Johannesburg, as demand stays heavy in a limited market.
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London
Frankfurt
Free Market
Theunis de Jongh
Reserve Bank of South Africa
Johannesburg
South Africa
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Department of Biology
Edward P. Bassett
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Police
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Monsanto
Wards Buffeteria
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