Democrats Seek Senate Candidates in Kansas Race
Kansas Democrats urge several potential contenders for the U S Senate seat and the unexpired Schoeppel term. Harry Wiles says he is being pressured to run while figures like Docking, Arn, Breeding, Robinson and Strnad are also discussed as possible candidates. Filing ends June 20.
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Topeka
Harry Wiles
U. S. Senate
Wiles
Senate
Kansas
George Docking
Andrew F. Schoeppel
James B. Pearson
Edward F. Arn
Frank Carlson
Statehouse
Docking
Federal Export-Import Bank
John D. Montgomery
Washington
Montgomery
Junction City
J. Floyd Breeding
D-Kan
Breeding
Congress
William S. Robinson
Wichita
Robinson
Lud Strnad
Brewster Farmer
President
Strnad
State
Coed Climbs to Top Of Highest Mountain
Miss Bucknell a 19 year old coed at the University of Alaska becomes the second woman to reach the 20320 foot Mt McKinley summit. She and five companions started April 16 on the north side and completed the ascent Sunday watched by Merrill Wren who flew over the peak. Mrs Bradford Washburn was the first woman to climb the mountain in 1948 with her husband.
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Rairbanks
Alaska
Anore Bucknell
University of Alaska
Mt. McKinley
Miss Bucknell
North America
Merrill Wren
Bradford Washburn
Boston
Kansas duo set for 10 month Manila exchange program
An assistant instructor Virgil L. Jacobs from Claflin and first year medical student Paul A. Hensleigh of Winchester will depart Friday for Manila to join the Philippines University for a 10 month exchange. Hensleigh will study at the College of Medicine and accompany his wife Bonnie.
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Kansas University
Manila
the Philippines University
Virgil L. Jacobs
Claflin
Paul A. Hensleigh
Winchester
College of Medicine
Hensleigh
Bonnie
Iceland Exiles Czech Trade Envoy for Espionage Attempt
Iceland expelled Czechoslovak trade envoy V. Stohl accusing him of trying to recruit an Icelandic pilot to gather information on the type and number of U.S. military aircraft at Keflavik base. The move underscores Cold War tensions and security concerns around Icelandic air defenses.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
V. Stohl
U.S
Keflavik
Two Librarians at KU To Study New Methods
Two Kansas University librarians will spend June studying library techniques. George M. Caldwell, chief reference librarian at Watson Library, will study archival material handling and economic history at Harvard's Baker Library in Cambridge on a grant from Harvard Business School. Earl Farley will attend the Summer Computer Science Conference at Oklahoma University to study computers and their application to library problems.
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Kansas University
George M. Caldwell
Watson Library
Harvard Business School
Harvard
George F. Baker
Cambridge
Earl Farley
Oklahoma University
Storms Strike Midwest Tornado Toll Reported
Tornadoes ripped through the Midwest causing widespread damage across Mitchell South Dakota Tilden Nebraska Sheldon Iowa and Lake Andes South Dakota towns. At least 42 injured including many in Mitchell and Tilden. Homes farms and businesses leveled and power lines knocked out.
Tornadoes, Storm Hit Nebraska and Southeast with Heat Spike
A small twister damaged Hartington and Til den area as trees and utility lines fell. Two girls were injured in Sheldon when a tree fell on their car. A tornado affected Lake Andes with three injured and homes and a new school damaged. Southeast storms brought wind rain and hail with record heat in Savannah Montgomery and Charleston. morning lows ranged from 85 in Del Rio to 38 in Delta Utah.
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Hartington
Tilden
Nebraska
Sheldon
Lake Andes
Mitchell
Suffolk
Savannah
Montgomery
Ala
Charleston
S.C
del Rio
Tex
Macon
San Angelo
Houston
Maine
Delta
Utah
De Soto Struggles and Reunions Highlight Weekend Gatherings
John P. Taylor returns to Philadelphia after news of his father Louis F. Taylor. About 40 relatives attend the Jewett Nease and Robbersman family reunion at Memorial Hall with attendees from Bur lingame Overland Park Lenexa Shawnee Ellinwood Eudora and Baldwin. The Nease families plan next year’s event. A Women's Society of Christian Service meeting at the Methodist Church features devotions and committee chairs including Mary Jewell Smith Alma Middleton Essie Qelschlaeger Martha Ridges and Margaret Steele.
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Jewett, Nease and Robbersman
Memorial Hall
J. M. Jewett
Kansas University
Patience Collins
Burlingame
Zella Paxton
DeSoto
Register
Overland Park
Lenexa
Shawnee
Ellinwood
Eudora
Baldwin
Louis R. Penner
Earl Ross
Guy W. Longstreth
Hazel Wright
Bertha Bell Whitelaw
Emily Ballance
Nease
Women's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Kenney
Betty Hughey
Edna Zellers
Lois Tripkos
Mary Jewell Smith
Alma Middleton
Essie Qelschlaeger
Martha Ridges
Margaret Steele
Edith Owens
Dorothy Robbins
Delores Weller
Mary
Now You Can Borrow College Expense Money Without Family Obligation
Kansas banks offer college students from sophomores to seniors up to 1000 dollars a year for three years with repayment starting five months after graduation. The student, bank, and school handle paperwork and approval. low interest rates apply.
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Kansas
Annual High School Banquet and Prom Highlights
The annual banquet honoring the high school athletes is set for Friday in the study hall with cheerleaders also honored and meals served by the home economics class. The Junior-Senior prom and banquet occurred Saturday May 5 at the Kansas Union, with dinner speakers including Barbara Johnson and Myrna West. A National Honor Society with 19 students was organized by teachers.
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Margaret Plummer
Edith Sigman
Alberta Martinson
Bertha Bell Whitelaw
Betty Garretson
Verna Bowlin
Kansas Union
Kansas University
Barbara Johnson
Myrna West
Don Spurlock
Arlen Gabriel
Rosena Delana
Caroline Davis
Gary Plumb
Eric Nelson
Dennis Zeigler
Neil Polter
Jim Wright
Carol Tripkos
Barbara Gardner
Virginia Murphy
Judith Luther
Linda Mann
Jerry’ Thomas
Pam Haughman
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Vermont
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