Oklahoma Eyes 27th Straight Win at Colorado Showdown
Colorado hosts Oklahoma at Folsom Field in Boulder with 29 000 predicted attendance and ideal conditions. Oklahoma is favored by three touchdowns to extend its modern football record. Colorado faces Shelton ankle issue but aims to challenge. Ground attack duel features Leon Heath and Mervin Hodel as key matchups in a high stakes Big Seven clash.
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Shoots for Moon Big game shapes Cotton Bowl bid
Austin reports Southern Methodist, ranked No 1, faces Texas in a pivotal Southwest Conference clash that could decide which team advances to the Cotton Bowl. SMU leads in total offense with 447 yards per game while Texas relies on 324 yards mostly on the ground. Experts predict a high scoring showdown despite Texas coach Blair Cherry’s caution.
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Collision injures sixteen in Kansas City street car crash
Sixteen people were injured, three seriously, when a westbound moving van collided with an eastbound street car at the intercity viaduct in Kansas City Kansas. The car front was knocked from the tracks as police identified the impact near the viaduct.
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Slammin Sam Sweeps Most Honors In Open Play
Pinehurst N C November 4 Sammy Snead dominated the North and South Open adding a large share of the prize money to his season total. He shot 68 71 66 70 for 275 13 under par on the 6952 yard course winning by four strokes and marking the first repeat win since 1926 27. Sammy earned 55200 of 7500 prize and surpassed rivals including Johnny Palmer Claude Harmon and Lam.
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KU Alumnus Named to Welding Institute Advisory
T. B. Jefferson a 1931 KU alumnus known as Mr. Welding in the industry joins the advisory committee of the Welding Institute at Milwaukee School of Engineering. From Kansas City he earned a mechanical engineering degree, has edited The Welding Engineer since 1940, and edited the Welding Encyclopedia. He now lives in Skokie Illinois and serves on the local board of education.
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Meeting of Statesmen to Revise European Council Law
Rome November 4 top European statesmen agreed in principle to a winter meeting to revise the statute of the Council of Europe. Italy proposed convening a conference to end the unanimity rule and strengthen efforts toward European unification.
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Escape at State Hospital Stuns Kansas Town
Two dangerous young criminals fled the Larned state hospital for the insane by threatening the main gate with a knife. Wilmer Lee Stebens 21 of Lakin is a first degree murder convict from Garden City. Roy Antholz 18 of McDonald is jailed for attempted shooting of his father. The escape occurred early today.
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Rise of C F Van Neste Highlighted in Manteno News Feature
The Manteno News profiles C F Van Neste on the twenty fifth anniversary of his Manteno business. A former Kansas transplant, he started with a garage feed store and a Model T truck, growing into five employees, five trucks, and three buses. The firm now hauls livestock to Chicago stockyards, milk, stone, furniture, and provides school transportation and charter trips. The longest serving employee has been the milk route driver for 14 years. One bus driver is noted as a woman.
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Identification schools teach wheat varieties in November
District wheat variety identification schools will be held in nine Kansas cities in November. The nearest school to Douglas county will be in Topeka on November 10. The schools train millers bakers and producers to recognize acceptable wheat varieties and milling quality. Morning sessions cover discussion and afternoons include wheat kernel analysis.
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Top college grid clashes loom as Army and SMU test rivals
Southern Methodist and Army, ranked one and two, face stiff tests as SMU eyes a Southwest Conference crown and a Cotton Bowl host bid. Army travels to Penn while Texas hunts a break in their single- loss season. California vs Washington on the West Coast and Michigan vs Illinois in Ann Arbor loom, with Kentucky hosting Florida and Notre Dame meeting Navy in Cleveland. Fortunes hinge on results as college football powerhouses duel for rankings and bowls.
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Kansas tractor maintenance champion named for 1950
20 year old David Klamm of Leavenworth county's Glenwood 4-H club earned the Kansas tractor maintenance championship for 1950. He will travel to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago November 26 to 30 as part of the state award. Also notes on a pump switch to save wells and a private dinner at Blair House for Mrs. Perle Mesta.
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Unemployment Dips to Two-Year Low in October
The census bureau reports unemployment fell to 1,940,000 in October, down 401,000 from September. Non farm employment declined 142,000 to 53,273,000 while farm jobs jumped 680,000 to 8,391,000. Poultry Exposition heads to Emporia December 7 to 9. Truman plans St Louis trip with William M. Boyle Jr and Treasury Secretary Snyder.
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