Prank spree jolts Lawrence area with vandalism and near misses
Intruders struck across Lawrence with scattered debris and blocked roads at Cole Creek Bridge, the Al pha Chi Omega house front door, and Carruth O’Leary Halls. Police report water balloons hurled at homes and cars, eggs broken on a Ford, rocks pelted houses, a fire extinguisher sprayed parked cars, and a barricaded street near 7th and Mich. Streets. Authorities call the incidents pranks, while noting the danger of the Cole Creek Bridge disruption.
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Eudora
Lawrence
7Th and
Mich. Sts
Alpha Chi Omega
Oread Ave
Carruth
O'Leary
Campus Rd
N. H
Pauline Rudolph
Mass. St
New York Street
Sam Gellens
Tenn. St
Steps to Slash Imports Are Hailed by Oil Men
At a St Louis convention the Independent Petroleum Association of America welcomed government steps aimed at cutting Middle East oil imports. The Import Policy Committee reported that action announced yesterday encourages a solution to excessive imports. The convention, with about 1,000 oil producers in attendance, approved the report.
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ST. Louis
Middle East
Independent Petroleum Aim
America
Seven KU Students Voted for Honor Recital
Seven Kansas University students will present an honor recital at 8 p.m. Monday in Strong Auditorium. Chosen by the School of Fine Arts faculty for outstanding spring semester performances, the group includes Robert Johnson Hutchinson Raymond Roberts Kingman Sue Gewinner Webster Groves Missouri Mary Le Moine Lincolnville Norman Chapman Brandon Manitoba Canada and Virginia Wallace and Carolyn Hart Topeka.
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Strong
Kansas University
School of Fine Arts
Robert Johnson
Hutchinson
Raymond Roberts
Kingman
Sue Gewinner
Webster Groves
Mary le Moine
Lincolnville
Norman Chapman
Brandon
Manitoba
Canada
Virginia Wallace
Carolyn Hart
Topeka
Ridgway Delivers Two Lectures in Kansas
Dr. Robert Ridgway, assistant professor of education, gave two lectures in Kansas on the Factors of a ere. Readable notes and pupil engagement followed, though some details are garbled in the text.
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Robert Ridgway
Kansas
Doughnut Tires Doomed by Size and Flaws in Wit
A spoof tale recounts Dr Schwine the Cast Iron Hose inventor turning to doughnut tires. Each 8 pound two foot diameter wheel with white sidewalls and non skid treads proved unwieldy and broke cups and limbs. A Buna rubber boost barely saved profits with 2000 sold to the Army for bullet proof seap tires.
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Dr. Schwine
Schwine
Army
Pentagon
Peace Pilgrim Continues 100 Mile Per State Walk
Peace Pilgrim, a middle aged woman who calls herself Peace Pilgrim, resumes a 10 000 mile journey for peace. She plans to walk at least 100 miles in each state ending in the state capital. Her pilgrimage aims to spark world peace and inner peace through dialogue with thousands. She began this journey after a prior coast to coast walk, vows to wander until mankind learns peace. She often travels on foot with little more than faith and a message of disarmament.
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Lawrence
Satwrefice
Woman Prefers Prayer Belief While Aims for World Peace
The speaker, praised for her excellent work, defends prayer as valid and notes that even nonbelievers seek world peace. She traveled to Kansas City then through Missouri en route to Pennsylvania.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Community Chest drive reports $4 861 raised
By noon today $4 861 had been collected toward a $19 806 goal for next year’s Community Chest. Glenn B D Squires, chairman of the outlying business division, announced captains for sections Kenneth G Ritter Edgar Harrison Roy Bergen Mrs Robert Frakes Fred W Lobb R E Leonard and noted a captain for the University area is still needed. Additional donors include Jayhawk Motors Odd Williams Vincent's Inc Eldridge Hotel W G Hinson Commerce Acceptance Co Evans Auto Supply Pendry Furniture Marion A Barlow General Appliance Kroger Southwestern Bell Telephone Co Paul H Getto Partledes Seed Co TNY Food Products Inc.
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Glenn BD. Squires
Kenneth G. Ritter
Edgar Harrison
Roy Bergen
Robert Frakes
North Lawrence
Fred W. Lobb
West Sixth Street
R. E. Leonard
West Ninth Street
Squires
University
Jayhawk Motors
Odd Wiliams
Vincent's Inc
Eldridge
W. G. Hinson
Commercce Acceptance Co
Evans Auto Supply Co
Pendry Furniture
Marion A
New Deputy Hired for Sheriff’s Office
Charles C. Hanna 432 Migs St has been hired as the sixth deputy for Sheriff Billy Hod son. Hanna a Lawrence resident since 1951 previously worked for Hercules Powder Co and Clark Construction.
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Charles C. Hanna
Migs
Billy Hodson
Hanna
Lawrence
Hercules Powder Co
Ana List and Clark Construction
Mrs Emil Borer Death Funeral Rites Planned
Funeral services for Mrs Emil Borer 80 who died Sunday at her home 1101 North Street will be held at 2 pm Wednesday at Rumsey Funeral Home. Rev Albert F Bramble will officiate and burial will be Memorial Park Cemetery Pallbearers include Ray Newell E E Ewing Richard Pine L E Nuffer George Newton and Richard Miller.
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Emil Borer
Rumsey Funeral Home
Albert F. Bramble
Memorial Park Cemetery
Ray Newell
E. E. Ewing
Richard Pine
L. E. Nuffer
George Newton
Richard Miller
Dr. Jack Baur Named to AAUP Southwest Executive Committee
Dr. Jack Baur sociology associate professor at Kansas University was chosen for the executive committee of the AAUP Southwest Region at a Lake Texoma Oklahoma meeting last weekend. Also attending were William P. D. Paden English professor and Ambrose Saricks history assistant professor from the University chapter.
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Jack Baur
Kansas University
American Association of University Professors
Lake Texoma Okla
Wiliam PD
Escaped slave dies in Lancaster at old age
Billy Adams, who escaped slavery and later lived in Lancaster County, died yesterday. Born May 15, 1845 in Louisiana, Adams was Lancaster County's oldest resident according to census figures.
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Lancaster
Billy Adams
Adams
Louisiana
Lancaster County
Halloween Party on WIBW TV and local causes in Lawrence
Twenty nine Pinckney School first graders joined a Halloween party on a WIBW TV show with parents and hosts. The Lakeview sand removal project near Lawrence progresses to provide a turnpike paving material while aid efforts fund CARE and a home for the Layton family, all reflecting local civic activity.
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Ernest Purliam
Pinckney School
Pembroke
Topeka
Fred Farrier
Harold Rucker
Lawrence
Jesse Layton
Ole Stinson
Ernie Achers
Roland Roney
Sertoma Club
Laytons
Layton
Lawrence National Bank
Layton Project Fund
William Chase Stevens Scholarship Fund Created at KU
Kansas University will establish the William Chase Stevens scholarship in botany in memory of Prof. Stevens who died at age 84. Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy announced the fund now totals about 1200 dollars and will be expanded by further donations. The Endowment Association will act as trustee.
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William Chase Stevens
Kansas University
Franklin D. Murphy
Stevens
K. A
Murphy
K. U. Endowment Association
Kansas
Rehearsals Under Way For Gammer Gurton's Needle
Kansas University students rehearse the second University Theater play of the year Gammer Gurton's Needle to be presented December 10 or 11 in Fraser Theater. Jack Brooking, instructor and assistant director, will direct the performance.
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Memorial Union
Nat Bek
Jack Heysinger
School of Business
Kansas University
University Theater
Gammer Gurton's Needle
Fraser Theater
Jack Brooking
Surgeon College to Review Surgeon Fees
A six or seven member committee of distinguished surgeons will investigate whether fees charged by surgeons are excessive. They will report to the college regents around mid December. Dr J S Rawdin of Philadelphia chairs the ACS board of regents and says the regents approved the inquiry unanimously. He declined to name the investigators to keep their work confidential.
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Surgeon
Chicago
J. S. Raydin
Philadelphia
ACS Board of Regents
Wheat and hog market swings at Kansas City report
Markets show mixed steps with grains firm or steady and livestock prices uneven. Cattle and hogs decline at top values while wheat and corn hold firm against light trade. Wall Street opens with a see-saw session amid quiet activity.
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N. C
Kansas City
USDA
Return to standard time shifts stock prices to 1 p.m
Eastern markets adopt 1 p.m. quotations after four hours of trading as the Journal- World table switches from closing prices. The 1 p.m. figures remain in use until next spring when daylight saving time returns and final prices are published after the market closes.
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Journal- World Table
New York City
Trading totals in dual major division market day
Activity centered in individual issues with gainers and losers briskly traded. About 1,700,000 shares were traded for the day, compared with 1,900,000 yesterday as the market closed slightly lower.
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Tmes
Births Admits and Dismissals Reported at Local Hospitals
Memorial Hospital admits list includes Lillie Rayburn Eudora Albert Hatfield 1116 Ky St Hattlebel Swan Lecompton Frances Brumley Sunflower William Sager 1229 N J St Richard Snow 1207 Unskell Ave Gale Klotz 1037 Ky St Edna Nightengale 1304 Maple Lane Phyllis Lewis Eudora. Dismissed Wilma Trine 1146 N Y St Barbara Marton and baby girl 1912 N H St Larry Means Route 4 Mary Woody 642 Ark St Mildred Ditty and baby boy. Tonganoxie Darlene Curtire 202 E 20th St Barbara Brecelsen and baby girl Baldwin Albert Hatfield 1116 Ky St Mary Paretsky and baby boy 1706 Vt St baby boy Read 246 Ark St Marie Walker askell Pauline Coker and baby girl 1005 Miss St Myrtle Dickerman 856 Lyons St Births Mr and Mrs Andrew Crofts Sunflower a daughter today Mr and Mrs Marvin Wouk Richland son today How Naw Wop At K U Hob Nail Top annual dance for School of Engineering scheduled March 24 at Kansas University Committees appointed to hire a band and handle arrangements.
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Lillie Rayburn
Eudora
Albert Hatfield
Ky. St
Hattlebel Swan
Lecompton
Frances Brumley
Sunflower
William Sager
N. J. St
Richard Snow
Unskell Ave
Gale Klotz
Edna Nightengale
Maple Lane
Phyllis Lewis
Wilma Trine
N. Y. St
Barbara Marton
N. H. St
Larry Means
Mary Woody
Ark
Mildred Ditty
Tonganoxie
Darlene Curtire
E. 20Th St
Barbara Brecelsen
Baldwin
Mary Paretsky
Baby Boy Read
Ark. St
Marie Walker
Askell
Pauline Coker
Miss. St
Myrtle Dickerman
Lyons St
K.U
School of Engineering
Kansas University
Engineering Student Council
Trash Fire Reported at Smith Floral Service
Lawrence firemen were called early this afternoon for a trash fire at Smith Floral Service on East Twenty Third Street. Damages were not immediately available.
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Lawrence
Smith Floral Service
East Twenty-Third Street
Traffic court fined for speeding and open bottle
Kenneth Richard Ragan of 1133 R I Street was fined 10 dollars and costs in County Court for speeding. Clarence Scott Epperson of Topeka was fined 50 dollars and costs in County Court for transporting an open bottle. A marriage license was issued in Probate Court to Jerald E. Jackson 28 and Rose M. Peters 25 both of Lawrence.
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Kenneth Richard Ragan
R. I. St
Jerald E. Jackson
Rose M. Peters
Lawrence
Clarence Scott
Epperson
Topeka
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