Fairview School Lights Up With New Fluorescents
At Fairview rural school three miles south of Wrence a dedication ceremony celebrated three rows of fluorescent lights replacing gas lighting. First graders Linda Burse Carol Ann Johnson and Judy Johnson activated two switches as the audience cheered. Douglas county sanitarian Robert C Weir praised the brighter illumination and urged more rural schools to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview Rural School
Wrence
Ernest Leary
Ernest Rahiston
Linda Burse
Carol Ann
Judy Johnson
Robert C. Weir
Douglas County Health Department
Faye Deay
Weir
Fairview
Douglas County
Edwin F. Sample
Ernest Iston
Pan American Clipper Sets New New York London Record
The Pan American Airways Clipper Flying Cloud cut 13 minutes from the New York to London commercial flight record. Four passengers were aboard, the flight landing in London at 4:20 a m EST after eight hours and 55 minutes from Idlewild. The craft averaged 449 miles an hour.
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London
Pan American Airways
Idlewild
New York
Will Open Highway Ten Mile North Segment By Thursday
The new ten mile section of Highway 50 N between the Douglas Shawnee county line and U S 75 is to open by Thursday. L H Vinsent, first division highway official, says the road has been resurfaced with a blacktop mat like the Baldwin Junction Overbrook stretch completed last year.
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Douglas-Shawnee
L. H Vinsent
Baldwin Junction
Overbrook
Various Items History Found To Have Acted As Money
The passage notes that metals furs sheep skins cattle skulls grains tobacco olive oil and salt have functioned as money in the past. It highlights a broad range of commodities used as medium of exchange across societies and eras.
Smear campaign against Los Angeles sparks official response
Los Angeles officials denounce a nationwide postcard smear accusing the city of crime and danger. The Chamber of Commerce and city council condemn the misrepresentation and call on FBI and postal authorities to investigate the November 13 mailing from San Diego by the public relations committee of the Los Angeles citizens council with the National Tourists and Travelers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
the Angeles
Chamber of Commerce
City Council
Chambers of Commerce
San Diego
Red Star Credits Russian Inventor With First Parachute
Red Star reports that G. Kotelnikov designed the world’s first parachute in 1911 and that all modern chutes follow his principles. Kotelnikov died five years ago. Britannica notes early parachute jumps from balloons in 1797 and a 1912 airplane jump in St. Louis, a year after Red Star’s claim.
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Moscow
Red Star
G. Kotelnikov
Kotelnikov
Encyclopedia Brittanica
Paris
Berry
St. Louis
On Trial for Shooting in Susank Gun Battle
Great Bend Kansas November 22 P C Weatherly of Hoisington faces trial on assault with intent to kill for a Susank gun battle on July 29 Dale Crisswell of Susank was sentenced to up to five years for endangering Constable Gene Hostmyer Crisswell was convicted after more than 40 shots were fired with no injuries reported to anyone involved
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Great Bend
Kan
P. C. BP
Weatherly
Hoisington
Susank
Dale Crisswell
Crissall
Gene Hostmyer
Wind-blown silt covers northern Kansas in Survey report
Kansas State Geological Survey details wind blown loesses across about two thirds of northern Kansas. Ceramic tests on 318 samples and chemical analyses of 52 samples from 48 localities show loess depth from 195 feet in Doniphan County to a few feet in Cheyenne County. The deposits formed from winds on stream sediments during glaciation and offer uniformity and low excavation costs for ceramic use.
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Kansas
State Geological Survey of
Missouri Valley
Doniphan County
Arikaree
Cheyenne County
Ceramic Utilization of Northern Kansas Pleistocene Loesses
Authors John C. Frye Norman Plummer Russell T. Runnels and William B. Hladik publish Ceramic Utilization of Northern Kansas Pleistocene Loesses and Fossil Soils in State Geological Survey of Kansas Bulletin ’82 Part 3. Free copies at the Geological Survey office Lawrence or by mail for 14 cent charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Frye
Norman Plummer
Russell T. Runnels
William B. Hladik
Kansas
State Geological Survey of Kansas Bulletin
Geological Survey
Lawrence
Rent Decontrol Vote Halted by Federal Ruling in Wichita
Wichita officials are barred from final action on a rent decontrol resolution after a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order. Three tenants moved to suspend the measure pending a December 2 hearing on an injunction against decontrol. The commission had scheduled a second reading today after unanimous first reading last Tuesday. The petitioners cited they act for rents in the Wichita defense area.
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Wichita
Kan
Sedgwick County
Delmas C. Hill
George W. Hartell
Vincent A. Watson
A. T. Elvin
Wichita Defense Area
Thanksgiving assembly at Community building high school
Junior high students host a Thanksgiving program tomorrow at 10 45 a m in the Community building auditorium Eleventh and Vermont inviting parents and friends. The program features Thankssmvina Draver Phate Carter Will Am Thankful Robin Love and scenes from Hansel and Gretel with the High School Orchestra and Ninth Grade Chorus directed by Lyle Work Wayne Nelson and others performing Girls Glee Club and Junior High Band pieces.
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Eleventh
Vermont Streets
Wayne Nelson
My Here Girls’ Glee Club
Heriting
Lyte Work
Timber in Alaska Coast Within Reach of Tide Water
The U S forest service estimates that three quarters of the timber in Alaskan coastal forests lies within two and a half miles of tide water.
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U.S. Forest Service
Alaskan
Kellogg's All-Bran Promises Relief and Satisfaction
An advertisement features Jerry Russell of Maryville Tennessee praising All-Bran for stopping laxatives after three years of use and better wellbeing. It urges others to eat an ounce daily with water and promises double money back if not satisfied after ten days.
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Kellogg’s
Jerry Russell
Route 8
Maryville
Tenn
Kellogg's
Battle Creek
Mich
NO PANIC ON COAL Pittsburgh Nov 22
National coal consumers show no panic over a possible miners strike led by John L Lewis. Some states report low stock, Illinois sees higher buying, miners at work, and preparations to resume action later in the month. Weather cools but retail coal demand remains orderly across regions.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Mississippi River
Howard D. Gibbs
Retail Coal Merchants Association
Indiana
J. S. Weber
Indiana Coal Merchants Association
New York
New England
Illinois Central Railroad
Missouri - Kansas - Oklahoma - Burdette
Oklahoma Attorney Has Bumper Crop of Turnips
Bartlesville attorney Charley Pennel harvests five acres of turnips after a diet choice leads to prolific cultivation. Needing food during a restrictive diet, he planted the five acres and conditions favored a bumper yield.
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Oklahoma
Bartlesville
Okla
Charley Pennel
Pennel
Five Acres Donated for Purple Topped Turnips
Five acres now yield large purple topped turnips and ennel invites fellow turnip lovers to help themselves, sharing the harvest with the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ennel
Kansas State staff: Dr Marvin J Twiehaus appointed
Telein K State staff in Manhattan announces Dr Marvin J Twiehaus of S&S Charles Missouri will join Kansas Land College as an assistant pathologist effective December 1. The brief notice names Twiehaus and his prior affiliation.
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Manhattan
Kan
Marvin J. Twiehaus
S&s
Charles, Mo
Kansas Land College
Twiehaus
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