NY Times Publisher Orvil Dryfoos Dies at 50
Orvil E. Dryfoos president and publisher of the New York Times died at 50 in Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center after a hospital stay since April 15. He led the paper since 1947 succeeding Arthur Hays Sulzberger and oversaw the Western edition launch in Los Angeles.
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Rain Delays Lawrence Legion Nine Openings Schedule
The Lawrence American Legion baseball team will not open until Monday due to a rain postponement of today’s doubleheader against Topeka. The team, plus fathers and coaches, attended a breakfast meeting where manager Kenny Page outlined a rugged summer with over 50 games, including league, invitational, and district tournaments.
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Fellowship Dinner Notice at Lawrence Lodge No. 6
Lawrence Lodge No. 6 AF and AM invites all Masons including Entered Apprentices and Fellowcrafts to a fellowship dinner on Monday May 27 at 6 30 p m J O Hurley W M G W Mole Secretary
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California Board Approves Major Teaching Reform
The California Board of Education approved a revision requiring teachers to specialize in subject matter. Elementary teachers face a fifth year of college, while superintendents must complete seven years. The changes bar majors in professional education and add rhetoric art and drama to required subjects with an Einstein Clause for eminent experts.
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Lawrence City Track Meet Postponed To Tuesday
Recreation Commission postpones the Lawrence city grade school track meet to 2 p.m. Tuesday at Lawrence High School due to wet grounds. The event for boys and girls spans three grade levels with winners advancing to the Junior Olympics here later. Kansas University pitcher Carl Nelson earns all star honor in the Big Eight despite a 5-5 record and 2.07 ERA over 80 innings. Shoppers report calm sugar aisles amid talk of a possible shortage.
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Stadium Expansion Ticket Plan For Kansas City Mountaineers
KU grid schedule notes 44 900 seats after completion against Syracuse on September 28 with a Fort Worth night opener at Texas Christian. Donors to the stadium expansion get first choice for tickets in the expanded area. After June 1 sales open to regular season ticket holders. Reorder deadline is June 1 but season tickets remain first come first served until opening game.
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Reed in Fairly Good Condition at University Med Center
Clyde M. Reed chairman of the Kansas Board of Regents and publisher of the Parsons Sun is reported in fairly good condition at the Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City Kansas for treatment of an ulcer.
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Two Hospitalized After Regional Friday Accidents
Two people were hospitalized Friday after traffic incidents in the region. Raffel Miller, 30, suffered a fractured jaw and facial injuries when his car hit a culvert near Mackey School northeast of Lawrence. Vicki Lynn Monsees, 19, was treated for cuts and bruises after colliding with William Fitzpatrick, 21, at 10th and Ind. Streets. she was taken to Watkins Memorial Hospital while Miller remained at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Damage estimates totaled 650 dollars. Fitzpatrick was uninjured. A separate 1:10 p.m. crash at 19th St. and Barker Ave left a 1960 vehicle demolished with no injuries.
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Bobby Has Talks On Race Matters
Attorney General Robert F Kennedy met with James Baldwin Lena Horne and Lorraine Hansberry among others to discuss combating racial discrimination in the North. A separate reported hotel integration meeting with hotel heads remained unconfirmed. The New York Times cited a dozen Negro attendees at an undisclosed Manhattan location.
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Graduation time at Kansas University begs for future focus
The Saturday Column notes KU faces funding and faculty retention challenges as graduation season approaches. It urges more emphasis on planning and private support, warns against complacency, and calls for an active public selling of KU’s needs to match Missouri’s momentum.
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Demo Coffin Announces Bid for Governor in 1964
P Donald Coffin 58 of Council Grove announced in Topeka he will seek the Democratic nomination for governor. An attorney businessman and former lieutenant governor candidate he is president and GM of the Council Grove telephone company and owns Morris County farms. He earned a law degree from Washburn University in 1936.
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Dedication Sunday at Lecomp ton Evangelical United Brethren Church
The church parsonage will be dedicated after the 11 a.m. service with Bishop Paul W. Milhouse of Kansas City Mo. presiding and Dr Earl R. Ford Salina District superintendent assisting He will speak at the 11 o clock service A basket dinner follows the dedication.
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KU Coed Plans New York Work Week After Exams
Kansas University freshman Martha Yankey, a top ten best dressed coed in the United States, will fly to New York City for the first two weeks of June for Glamour Magazine sponsored work week. She will model for a fall magazine article. Yankey is a KU Relays queen attendant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Yankey, living in Pearson Hall and pledged to Kappa Kappa Gamma.
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Recognition Program Tuesday at West Junior High School
West Junior High School will honor 211 ninth grade students in a 9:30 a.m. recognition in the school gymnasium. James R Surface Kansas University vice chancellor will give the main address. Principal C D Hargadine will present the class, accepted by Neal Wherry Lawrence High School principal. Dr Carl S Knox superintendent will give the welcome. R Edwin Browne elder of the Reorganized Church will give invocation and benediction. Music includes Let There Be Peace on Earth Sine Nomine and The Beatitudes performed by the ninth grade chorus orchestra and girls ensemble.
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Accused Thief Ready to Deal in Vancouver Heist
Douglas John Brown an armored car driver linked to a $325000 Vancouver theft arrived from Brazil and said he would seek a deal for the money. Interpol FBI and Canadian agents met him at Idlewild. Police in Rio de Janeiro held him Friday after his hotel arrest. He claimed knowledge of the money's location and hinted at a lighter charge in exchange.
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Weird Explosion Damages Capitol
A mysterious daytime blast damaged windows in the 34 story Louisiana Capitol and a nearby apartment building in Baton Rouge. No injuries reported. A magnolia tree on the Capitol grounds was stripped of leaves and blossoms near Huey Long’s burial site. A statue of Long remained unharmed. Moments earlier another blast shook LSU stadium dorms about three miles south.
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UN to press return of downed helicopter pilots
The United Nations command says it will renew demands for the return of two American helicopter pilots captured in North Korea on May 17. Captains Ben W. Stutts of Florence Alabama and Charlton W. Voltz of Frankfort Michigan were forced down while checking truce markers near Seoul. North Korea accused of delaying tactics and aggression and refused to discuss the case at previous meetings.
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Tito Turns 71 as Nation Joins in Birthday Cheers
Yugoslavia marks President Tito's 71st birthday with visits by youth groups children and workers to the government palace to congratulate him and present gifts. The event reflects widespread public celebration across Belgrade.
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