Anderson Orders Prison Clampdown To Halt Escapes
Gov. John Anderson told state prison officials to stop a rash of escapes in the last month. He met with Robert Kaiser and wardens from Lansing and Hutchinson reformatories. He noted trusties caused most escapes and said no drastic system changes are planned.
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Lawrence Business Association to host planning talk
The Lawrence Business Association sponsors a public meeting on comprehensive city planning at 7 30 p m next Tuesday in the Community Building. Ethan Smith says speeches will be brief and followed by questions from the floor with speakers David L Condon and John Cofer.
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Ethan Smith
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Lawrence
John Cofer
Cofer
Harland Bartholomew & Associates
Condon
Smith
Johnson Named Trustee of Kansas Hospital Association
Rodger Johnson administrator at Lawrence Memorial Hospital was named a trustee during the Kansas Hospital Association meeting in Kansas City.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Kansas Hospital Association
Kansas ‘City
Ketzel to Speak on India Pakistan Afghanistan Impressions
Dr. Clifford Ketzel an associate professor of political science at Kansas University will discuss his impressions from visits to India Pakistan and Afghanistan at 7 p m today in the Jayhawk Room Kansas Union.
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Kansas University
India
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Jayhawk
Kansas Union
Martin Named New President of Model Masters
Aubrey Martin was elected president of the Jayhawk Model Masters at a Wednesday night meeting in Building No 2 at the 4 H Fairgrounds. The event marked the club’s first birthday with more than 100 models on display and plans for the coming year.
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Model Masters
Aubrey Martin
Jayhawk Model Masters
National
Alfalfa
Lakeview
Les
Dan Walters
Topeka
Broken Arrow Park
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Eleanor Roosevelt Dies After Long Illness at Hyde Park
The former first lady Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, born 1884, died after a prolonged illness. She willed her eyes to an eye bank eight years earlier and helped shape United Nations involvement. Her death follows extensive public service and political activity with her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt and later as a representative to the U.N. in the Truman era. Her son James Roosevelt won a California seat in Congress on Tuesday.
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Campobello Island
White House
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Congress
California
New York State
New York
Stevenson
Kennedy
Franklin Jr
John
Anna Roosevelt Halsted
Elliott
Miami
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt Visits Lawrence Speaks on Communism Menace
Eleanor Roosevelt arrives in Lawrence and addresses concerns about communism while deferring questions on Adolf Hitler to the State Department. She wears a black velvet gown with blue brocade and orchid corsage. Officials scramble to guarantee the $1000 speaking fee.
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Adolf Hitler
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Lawrence Chuckle
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Lawrence coeds start Army wife orientation at KU
About 20 University of Kansas coeds signed up for an Army wife orientation course led by Mrs. Clyde Jones, meeting 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays in the Military Science Building with plans for guest speakers and a Ft. Leavenworth tour. Enrollments open year round. Veterans Day events and campus intramural football results also noted.
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Kansas University
Clyde Jones
Military Science
Ft. Leavenworth
Estes Convicted in Texas Swindle Trial
Tyler Texas AP Estes a bankrupt promoter was found guilty of swindling by a jury after a 17 day trial over a mortgage on non existent liquid fertilizer tanks. The 37 year old faces eight years in the state penitentiary and pending federal charges of fraud conspiracy and perjury tied to 22 million dollars in loans.
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Tex
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Pecos
T. J. Wilson
FHA Head's Son Fatally Wounded
Robert Weaver Jr., 22, adopted son of the FHA administrator, died after a self inflected gunshot during Russian roulette. Detective William Muldoon said he aimed to pull the trigger with a single bullet in the chamber. Weaver's wife disputed the theory, saying the loaded bullet was deemed too small to fire.
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Robert Weaver Jr
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
William Muldoon
Weaver
Nixon Loses California Governor Bid and Faces Final Exit
The piece reviews Richard M. Nixon’s failed bid for California governor, his postloss vow to quit politics, and contrasts with Edmund G. Brown’s victory. It notes California voters reelecting Brown while sustaining Senate GOP leader Kuchel, and surveys broader national shifts in party control and key races.
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Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Wayne Morse
GOP
California
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Edmund G. Brown
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Michigan
Omney
Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
Ted Kennedy
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Volpe
Rhode Island
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John H. Chaffee
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Santa Fe Seeks Abandonment of Lawrence Area Rail Line
Santa Fe Railway officials told the Journal-World they will file a government request to abandon 23.1 miles of track from three miles south of Lawrence through Vinland and Baldwin to Ottawa Junction citing declining business. No locomotive has run between Baldwin and Ottawa for five years and carload shipments fell 43 percent from 1960 to 1961. Shippers in Baldwin were notified of the proposal. Lawrence to Baldwin freight has operated on demand for five years. The line was built 1866-67 by the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad, originally Leavenworth, Lawrence & Fort Gibson Railroad, formed in 1858.
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Ottawa Junction
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Ottawa
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Cuba Walk-Out by U S Official at Soviet Reception
In Sofia, U S Minister Eugenie Anderson walked out of a Soviet reception after Bulgarian President Ganev accused the United States of piratical action against Cuba. Anderson, citing the provocation, left as officials sought to smooth tensions amid the Cuba dispute and Khrushchev era rhetoric.
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Bulgaria
U.S
Eugenie Anderson
Dimiter Ganev
United States
Cuba
Ganev
Mikhail Suslov
Blas Roca
Cuban Communist Party
Georgi A. Denisov
Denisov
Khrushchev
Mrs. Anderson
Homecoming events feature theater and concert night
The 1948 homecoming queen returns as the University Theatre stages Paint Your Wagon at 8 p.m. in the theater. In the Kansas Union ballroom Warren Durrett leads a 14 piece band for the homecoming dance. Hoch Auditorium hosts Miriam Makeba, the South African folk singer, in a late concert. The same ticket covers both the dance and the Makeba show.
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University Theatre
Kansas Union
Warren Durrett
Hoch Auditorium
Miriam Makeba
Makeba
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