KU NSF Funds Buy Undergraduate Science Lab Gear
Kansas University will invest 68020 dollars in new undergraduate science equipment from NSF grants and matching KU funds. The funds support the Bacteriology Department and Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, enabling more undergraduates to use modern equipment and perform demonstrations and graduate-level style experiments.
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Kansas University
National Science Foundation
NSF
David Paretsky
Frederick E. Samson Jr
Science grants boost equipment funding for colleges
NSF matching grants raise undergraduate science and engineering education across 263 colleges. With recipient institutions’ matches, more than $10 million will be directed toward equipment and micro-manipulator studies for surgery on cells.
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NSF
Reserve Reports Gain In Sales During Week
Department stores in the 10th Federal Reserve District posted a 13 percent sales gain last week from 1961, above the national 8 percent rise. Joplin 23 percent, Tulsa 19, Kansas City 17, Oklahoma City 15, Wichita 13, Denver 10, Topeka St Joseph Lincoln 9, Omaha Albuquerque 6, downtown Kansas City 3. Year to date district up 3 percent versus national 6 percent.
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Kansas City
Federal Reserve District
Joplin
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Wichita
Denver
Topeka
St. Joseph
Lincoln
Omaha
Albuquerque
Vesta White to Receive NAES Banquet Award
Miss Vesta J. White, secretary of the Board of Education, earns the Grade VI Option 3 Certificate in the National Association of Educational Secretaries Professional Standards Program. She will receive the award July 21 at the NAES annual convention banquet in Emporia.
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Vesta J. White
Board of Education
National Assn. of Educational Secretaries
Miss White
NAES
Emporia
Congressional drive for full inquiry into Estes Agriculture scandal
Dear readers outline a plan to use a Congressional Resolution on May 17 to press for a thorough investigation into Billie Sol Estes Agriculture Department ties amid calls for full disclosure and justice. The exchange notes economic fallout from steel dispute and cautions against passive foreign policy during world tensions.
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Bob
Billie Sol Estes
Agriculture Department
Congress
Ten Books Recommended For Study of Soviet Union
A Kansas University list by Dr. Oswald P. Backus offers eleven volumes on the USSR. It praises careful, balanced reading to avoid sensationalist or biased views and covers history, religion, politics, and foreign policy with titles by Vernadsky, Shub, Kennan, and others.
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Soviet Union
Oswald P. Backus
Kansas University
U.S.S.R
Backus
Dr. Backus
Russia
John Lawrence
York
Mentor
Vane
George Vernadsky
New Haven
Yale
G. VW. Redotov
New York
Harper Torehbooks
Ya. Perback
Bernard Pares
Lenin
David Shub
4H Thwaan
George Kennan
Anvil
Prom
America
Iy Henry
Roberts
Marx
David Millany
Collier
Abel Hies
Two Patrolmen Appointed by Police Chief Cox
Lawrence Police Chief Bill Cox announced the appointment of two probationary patrolmen, Gary Skeet and Henry D. Smith. Skeet, 27, lifelong Lawrence resident, married, attended local schools. Smith, 25, married with one child, grandson of longtime officer Hick Smith, studied engineering at Kansas University and played professional baseball for a year.
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Skeet
Lawrence
Smith
Henry
Hick) Smith
Police Department
Kansas University
KU Junior Wins William Chase Stevens Botany Award
Jeri Leigh Hibler of St. Joseph Missouri, KU junior, receives the 100 prize for outstanding botany scholarship in honor of the late Dr Stevens, longtime botany department chair for 25 years.
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Jeri Leigh Hibler
St. Joseph, Mo
Kansas University
William Chase Stevens
Dr. Stevens
Stull Community Socials Include Visits and Travel
Mrs Frances Wulfkuhle and Mrs Ruth Gowing visited Mrs Selena Houk Wednesday morning. Several neighbors spent Tuesday afternoon with Mrs Houk. Other gatherings include Walter Confer as supper guest of Marvin Smith and multiple calls at the Confer home. Continental travel notes mention Condleys leaving for Europe May 14 and Julia Condley staying with grandparents.
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Frances Wulfkuhle
Ruth Gowing
Selena Houk
Katherine Hallman
Abby
Christine Kraft
Ruby Brass
Marie Traxler
Walter Confer
Marvin Smith
L. A. Confer
Carol
Rose Lee Walter
George Smith
Marvin
Susan
Kenneth Confer
James Mackey
Lincoln
Neb
Darrell Cox
George Steele
Russell Harrel
Steele Ranch
Lyndon
J. H. Vestal Jr
Larry
Lee’s Summit
Fay Kent
Leon Condley
Europe
Julia Condley
Albert Hildenbrand
Willis Hallman
Wesley Wallkuhle
Topeka
Stull
Houk reunion and local church events in Lawrence area
The record lists a Houk reunion at the 4-H fair grounds in Lawrence and Dr H H Vogel as guest speaker at Stull Evangelical United Brethren Church with a basket dinner after Sunday service. It notes May 13 E Y F picnic, social teas, showers, and junior class events, plus local family visits and a Kansas State University graduation.
Death notices and family weekend gatherings in Linwood and nearby towns
Dr. James Frederick, a University of the Ozarks professor in Clarksville Missouri and nephew of Mrs. T. P. Frederick, died at age 89 on May 12. James Ward, longtime mail carrier, passed away at home. Mayme Culp was guest of honor at a Mother's Day picnic in Lawrence Centennial Park. Lula Lamb attended a family picnic in Tonoxie. Mr and Mrs Harry Bowers from Los Angeles are guests at ...
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Merry Matrons Club
Harry Harbaugh
Glenn Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Centralia
Harry Engle
Tulsa
Mayme Engle
Pearl Bourn
Charles Henry Douglas
Valleyview
Memorial Park Cemetery
Homer Bowen
Victor Browning
Elwood Hadl
Penny Cline
Bowen
Martha Sue Jamison
Methodist Church
Betty Redford
Glenn Kirkman
Duke Fleckenstein
Shirley Savage
Kathy Parks
T. P. Frederick
James Frederick
University of the Ozarks
Clarksville
Frederick
James Ward
Mayme Culp
Centennial Park
Lawrence
Lula Lamb
Tonganoxie
Harry Bowers
Los Angeles
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Tle Banquet Restaurant
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Earl Hallenbeck
Richard Shores
Overbrook
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John Gilliland
Linwood High School
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Deana Jo
Jack Howard
Lenexa
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