Scout Council Sets Program For Kaw Council Activities
Kaw Council of the Boy Scouts sets goals for six committees including Lawrence. Activities include the Explorers Ball January 28 in Kansas City Kansas and Scoutorama April 28-29 at the American Royal building. Camp Naish reservations open January 3 with first session June 11. planned attendance includes 60 percent of youths at Naish, 175 at Philmont and 75 on a canoe trip to Canada. Lawrence area members join executive and advisory boards with titles for Riley Burkham Nichols and others.
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The
Boy Scouts
Lawrence
Kansas University
Kansas City
Kaw
American Royal
Camp Naish
Naish
Philmont National Scout Ranch
Cimarron
N.M
Canada
Riley Burcham
Keith Lawton
Raymond Nichols
A. E. Woestemeyer
George Lowman
Dolph Simons
W. Clark Wescoe
W. J. Scarborough
Baldwin
National Council
Riley Burenam
Joe Skillman
Pelathe
Bill Villee
Army to Start Holiday Drive This Christmas
The Salvation Army opens its annual Christmas Kettle Appeal on Friday with bells in downtown areas to raise funds for those in need this season. Local groups assist with doll dressing projects and toy purchases, planning dinners, parties, and visits to shut ins, hospitals, and the elderly. Rotary, Sertoma, Kiwanis, and the American Legion help with kettle collections.
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Salvation Army
Sad Holiday For Mother
Kids wandering Gimbels toy department seek their mother with note pleading for help. Five year old Michael and four year old Maria say they are Catholic and have no money or home. Security alerts via loudspeaker. they are taken to City Children's Home.
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New York
Toy Department
Gimbel’s Department Store
Michael Browne
Michael
Maria
Yogi Bear
Browne
Youth Killed In Fight's Aftermath
A 21 year old Brunswick youth Darrell M. Lewis was shot in the heart and killed while driving to a farm home near Bosworth after a dispute over dates. Stanley Dale Bond a 19 year old Brunswick soldier on furlough confessed to the shooting. No charges filed yet.
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Brunswick
Darrell M. Lewis
Bosworth
Stanley Dale Bond
Ft. Leonard Wood
Paul Johnson
Bond
Johnson
Lewis
Rex Lightfoot
Kuhlman
Bagsworth
Lightfoot
Sharon K. Maudlin
Peggy Jean Bruce
Maudlin
Edwin Phelps Nominated for All-America Honors
Kansas University graduate Edwin R. Phelps chief engineer of Peabody Coal Co is among 67 candidates for the silver anniversary All America football team chosen by Sports Illustrated Magazine. Twenty five winners will be announced in December. Phelps a St Louis native and Leavenworth product earned KU letters 1933 1934 1935 as a center. He was an all conference pick and top student in the School of Engineering. He recently left Pittsburg Midway Coal Mining Co for Peabody. Mystic Seaport at Mystic Conn is a recreated 19th century coastal village of the Age of Sail.
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Edwin R. Phelps
Peabody Coal Co
Sports Illustrated
Phelps
St. Louis
Leavenworth
Pittsburg Midway Coal Mining Co
Peabody
Tragedy Ends Holiday Travel in Private Plane Crash
A bride of three months, her husband, and a second woman died when their four seat Mooney went down in rain and fog near Warrenton North Carolina. Francois Jean Crouzet 39 of New York City was the pilot, with Victoria 23 his wife. Barbara Clark 30 also aboard, daughter of Mrs Albert Alloy of New York City and Oak Beach New York. Mrs Clark had phoned her mother from Spring Valley New York saying she was taking off with the Crouzets. Crouzet longtime Free French flyer in World War II. Mrs Crouzet attended Spence School and the University of Pennsylvania and had worked as secretary to Maynard Werner of Time Life.
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Nassau
Francois Jean Crouzet
Victoria
New York City
Albert Alloy
Oak Beach
N.Y
Barbara Clark
Alloy
Clark
Spring Valley
Crouzets
North Carolina
Crouzet
Four Vehicle Crashes Hit Lawrence Wednesday
Four two car accidents occurred Wednesday in Lawrence with no injuries. The severest crash involved Sarah Valentine Miller’s car hitting a parked Heat and Air Conditioning Inc truck at 2137 Tenn. St at 10:50 p.m. Major damage to both vehicles. Other crashes included Clyde McMillin and Charles Perkins at Cole's IGA lot with minor damage at 6:58 p.m. Harold Elliott and Grace Frink collided when a door was struck at 4:27 p.m. on Massachusetts near North Park. A fourth collision between Betty Shipstead and Harry Smith at 4th and N J Sts caused minor damage at 5:25 p.m.
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Lawrence
Sarah Valentine. Miller
Route 5
Heating and Air Conditioning Inc
Tenn. St
Cole
IGA
Deaths Funerals Sherman Wiggins Rites Set
Funeral services for Sherman Wiggins 73 of 1011 W 9th St who died Tuesday will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Cooper Warren chapel with Rev Paul Davis officiating. Masonic graveside services follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers include Edward Wiggins Ray O Wiggins Elwood A Wiggins Ivan E Wiggins James R Wiggins and Carl D Wiggins.
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W. 9Th St
Cooper-Warren Chapel
Paul Davis
Oak Hill Cemetery
Edward Wiggins
Ray O. Wiggins
Elwood A. Wiggins
Ivan E. Wiggins
James R. Wiggins
Carl D. Wiggins
Viet Nam Guerrilla Threat Grows in South
In Saigon the Viet Cong guerrilla campaign and terrorist tactics are seen as a rising threat to South Vietnam. Officials discuss hunter killer units and possible civilian-clad troops to strike the North's elusive forces, estimated at 3,000 to 5,000 in the field.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
South
Ngo Dinh Diem
Viet Cong
Camobhia
Laos
Experts See No Unity as Moscow Talks Stagnate
Washington experts say the Moscow summit will yield a general statement but not resolve the rift between the Soviet Union and China. Differences center on disarmament, Formosa, economic goals, and influence in Outer Mongolia as rivalry for dominance grows.
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Khrushchev
Communist Party
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People’s Daily
Pravda
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Formosa
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CJHS Thanksgiving Assembly Selects Choir and Speakers
Central Junior High held a Thanksgiving assembly on Wednesday before an early dismissal. Choir directed by Mrs. Deal Six performed with members including Henry Booth and Connie Shaver. Claudia Williams presided. Preston Birmingham served as narrator. Dr. George Smart spoke. invocations and scripture were read by named students.
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Central Junior High School
Sheri Mitchell
Ann Owen
Connie Shaver
Jean Smithmeyer
Sandra Snedeger
Laurie Streib
Beverly Toyne
Gretchen VanderWerf
Sandra VanKeuren
Kathy Vaughn
Jeannette Wahwahsuck
Marilyn West
Betty Williams
Jean Wissler
Claudia Williams
Preston Fambrough
William Hamble
Nancy Gallup
George Smart
Haskell Institute
Jim Gillispie
W. M. Stalcup
Sad-Eyed Husband Kills in Reno Courthouse Shooting
In Reno Nevada a 52 year old contractor Bob Williams opened fire in a courtroom injuring two and killing one attorney and wounding another. Williams was disarmed by his own attorney after firing at his wife and mother in law amid a divorce settlement dispute.
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Bob Williams
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Jon Collins
Joyce
el Livierato
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G. Weldon Snyder
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Medina
Snyder
Edna Snyder
Sam Francovich
Francovich
Vandals Damage Car Behind Lawrence High School
Lawrence High School officials report an apparently abandoned car behind the school was extensively vandalized with damage estimated at 200 dollars. Police identified the owner as John Kapfer of 173544 West 19th Street.
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Lawrence High School
John Kapfer
W. 19Th St
Herman Still In Bed in Alameda Court Over Cat Nuisance
Herman the tomcat lay in a pet hospital with a high temperature as Alameda County Superior Court heard the public nuisance case against him. Mrs. Russell H. Bowler apologized for the cat’s absence while attorneys sparred over damages claimed by Mr and Mrs J H Cook for alleged Siamese cat damage. The judge declined to rule, saying a verdict couldn’t be said when.
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Calif
Herman
Russell H. Bowler
Ralph E. Hoyt
Alameda County Superior Court
Oakland
John Paul Jones
J. H. Cook
Gentry
Nixon Plans California Law Firm After Presidency
Vice President Richard M Nixon intends to join a California law firm after his term ends in January, the Los Angeles Times reported. The Times did not name the firm or city. The decision was reportedly made while Nixon was vacationing in Florida and the Bahamas following the election.
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Richard M. Nixon
California
Los Angeles Times
Times Washington
Nixon
Florida
Bahamas
Quiet Thanksgiving at the White House as Eisenhowers dine alone
President and Mrs. Eisenhower mark Thanksgiving with a private White House turkey dinner and no guests. Their son John and family stay at Gettysburg farm while Mamie Moore and Ellen Moore attend a White House tea Friday. The president returns from Georgia where he hunted quail and endured bursitis episodes with relief from X-ray treatment.
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Eisenhower
White House
Georgia
Albany
Augusta National Golf Club
Family reunion after missing car theft scare ends in shelter
Mrs Samons called police after a walk turned troubling and spent Tuesday night in jail before reuniting with Bruce and Shirley on Wednesday. The family is housed at a Salvation Army home for Thanksgiving with meals provided. Authorities seek Samons as a local businessman offers him a job.
KU Class of 1950 Graduates See Small Family, Weight and Hair Line Changes
Ten years after graduation 260 Kansas University alumni report modest family growth and weight gains, with women averaging 2.2 children and men 2.4. They note hair loss, nerves, and shifting ideals, and say money remained the top need in 1950 and 1960.
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Kansas University
Karl Marx
John D. Rockefeller
Community Building gym hosts youth basketball sessions in Lawrence
Recreation superintendent Wayne Bly announces Friday and Saturday open times for Junior High and Senior High basketball at the Community Building. Elementary players have morning sessions Saturday at five schools. Central Junior High girls gym times are also listed for junior high boys. JoAnna March appears in Marcus in the High Grass at Greenwich Mews Theatre with David Ford in New York City.
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Bly
Woodlawn
Centennial
Cordley
Pinckney
McAllaster
Central Junior High School
JoAnna March
David Ford
William Gunn
Marcus
Greenwich Mews Theatre
New York City
Miss March
George March
941
Ky. St
Ford
New York Times
Leonard Schneider
New York
Memorial Hospital Admissions List Includes Several Patients
Mrs. Carrie Cooper 1311 W 19th Thurman Barnes 625 Ind Mrs. Barbara Sanders Stouffer Place Mrs. Helen Dardis Eu dora Ellanor Sewell 1045 Ky Jack Riley 2044 Barker Mrs. Mary Pace and baby girl 1502 W 3rd Mrs. Barbara Butell Route 5 Donald Neal Eudora.
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Carrie Cooper
W. 19Th
Thurman Barnes
Ind
Barbara Sanders
Stouffer Place
Helen Dardis
Eudora
Ellanor Sewell
Jack Riley
Barker
Mary Pace
W. 3Rd
Barbara Butell
Donald Neal
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