Mothers Blockade William Frantz School in New Orleans
Police cleared a path for Rev Lloyd Foreman to escort his five year old daughter into William Frantz School as mothers protested the integrated entry. Blockaders harassed white parents and marred the scene with threats while the boycott showed signs of weakening as more black and white children attended.
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New Orleans
William Frantz School
Nepro
McDonagh No
William Frantz
Louisiana
Lloyd Foreman
Varnum laid to rest in Kansas City after longtime service
Funeral services for W H Varnum will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Cooper Warren Chapel with Rev Paul Davis presiding. Burial follows at Memorial Park Cemetery with Masonic rites. Survivors include wife Blanche two sons Walter B Varnum Collingswood NJ and Ralph E Varnum Kansas City MO and five grandchildren.
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American Pharmaceutical Assn
Cooper Warren Chapel
Paul Davis
Memorial Park Cemetery
Cooper-Warren Chapel
Blanche
Walter B. Varnum
Collingswood
N.J
Ralph E. Varnum
Kansas City
Deaths and Funerals in Independence and Nearby Areas
Funeral services were held in Independence for Lawrence Earl Holmes 80 who died Saturday at a son’s home. Burial was in Mound Grove Cemetery. Survivors include the widow Emma two sons Wayne and Reed and eight grandchildren. Also noted are the deaths of Fred C Bernhardt 84 a Reno resident and former farmer buried in Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence and Harold Pence 62 a former High Prairie resident who died in Tacoma Washington with services there. Survivors include wives children and siblings.
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Independence
Lawrence Earl Holmes
Wayne Holmes
Hillview Rd
Mound Grove Cemetery
Holmes
Emma
Wayne
Reed Holmes
Drummoyne
Australia
Fred C. Bernhardt
Reno
Samaritan Lodge
Millersburg
Ohio
Rumsey
Charles Grosse
Reno Methodist Church
Memorial Park
Lawrence
Glen Bernhardt
del. St
George F
Ward
Harold Pence
High Prairie
Tacoma
Wash
Lawrence High School
Pence
Lea Pence
Everett D. Pence
Baldwin
Earl Pence
Puyallup
Mabelle Powell
Pearl Cook
Ventura
Calif
Jon Baker
Midland
Tex
I. S. Flory
N. Y. St
Docking Names Grauerholz to Kansas Corporation Commission
Gov. Docking appoints Alvin F. Grauerholz of Coffeyville to replace Richard Byrd on the Kansas Corporation Commission. The Senate must confirm. Byrd has served interim since March. The three-member panel will remain two Democrats and one Republican with a vacancy to be filled when Marion Beatty leaves for a district judgeship.
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Topeka
George Docking
Alvin F. Grauerholz
Coffeyville
Kansas Corporation Commission
Richard C. Byrd
Ottawa
Docking
South America
Grauerholz
GOP
Senate
Byrd
Marion Beatty
Shawnee County
Beatty
Harry G. Wiles
St. John
Wiles
Fred Hall
John Anderson
Anderson
The
Corporation Commission
Kansas
Coffeyville Chamber of Commerce
Montgomery County Bar Association
Clarence Malone
John E. Kirchner
Kirchner
Gale Moss
Kansas Turnpike
Moss
Malone
Revenue Department
Advisory Commission On
Myrl Kliesen
Dodge City
Paul Armstrong
Columbus
Richard L. Merkel
R. G. Klein
Karl A. Menninger
Eisenhower Presidential Library Commission
Charles Brainard
Abilene
Thomas Stephens
William E. Robinson
New York
John D. Montgomery
Junction City
John P. Harris
Hutchinson
Brainard
Stephens
Montgomery
Robinson
Arkansas Basin Development Association
Joseph A. Mermis Jr
Great Bend
Lowell Oakleaf
Cherryvale
R. A. Monroe
Augusta
Fate of Cager Still in Doubt
ISU basketball star Vinnie Brewer and freshman wrestler Fred Capalongo faced charges after a stolen car incident in Ames. Brewer led the depart team's scoring last season and may be blocked from play pending university conduct decisions. both pleaded guilty to damaging public property with reduced felony charges. New Jersey cropland yields more cash per acre than that of any other state.
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Ames
Iowa
Vinnie Brewer
Fred Capalongo
ISU
Brewer
O. J. Erickson
Larry Tweed
Capalongo
Milton Seiser
New York City
Glen Anderson
Anderson
New Jersey
State
Lawrence KU and high school teams to play at Allen Fieldhouse
Lawrence High School hosts Wyandotte in its first home game at 5 30 p m before the KU Northwestern contest at 7 39 p m The Northwestern game is KU s season opener while LHS travels to Winfield Friday to open its schedule Kansas Fish and Game Commission ends quail season early forcing rabbit season closure in Douglas County until December 15 and pheasant season not extended KUBB tickets for fourth through ninth graders go on sale at several schools for entry to multiple games with badges sold for 25 cents
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Lawrence High School
Kansas University
Allen
Lions
Ku-Northwestern
LHS
Wyandotte
Northwestern
Jayhawk
Winfield
Kansas Fish & Game Commission
Eddie Bond
Douglas
Bond
Fish & Game Commission
Wayne Bly
Hillcrest
Schwegler
Cordley
Central Junior High
West Junior High
KUBBS
Iowa State
Oklahoma State
Air Force
Colorado
KUBB
Wilks Divorce Case Notes Fire Losses Compared
In the courts Mary Jane Wilks vs Chester Arthur Wilks Sr. notes fire losses referenced from last year show Italy's total at 30 million dollars, under four percent of U S figures.
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Mary Jane Wilks
Chester Arthur Wilks ‘Sr
Italy
United States
Dread Gridders' Father Is Dead
Peter Bausch 92 father of KU football greats Frank J. and James A. Bausch died in a Wichita hospital. Survived by six sons, two daughters, 22 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Funeral at St Anthony’s Catholic Church with Calvary Cemetery burial.
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Wichita
Peter Bausch
University of Kansas
Luxembourg
Bausch
Garden Plain
James A
Hot Springs
Arx
Frank J
Pete
K.U
Nick
Colwich
Kas
Leo
Charles
Lawrence
Denver
Helen Orth
H. Y. Robertson
San Jim
Sullivan
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Calvary Cemetery
Memorial Hospital Admits and Births List Local Residents
Memorial Hospital reports admissions for numerous residents including Patricia Hines Sunflower Homer Willis Baldwin Vada Baillie 936 Ky Barbara Laughlin 341 Lyons Mildred Daugherty 1927 Countryside Sharon Rose Stouffer Place Elizabeth Lane 2408 Ohio Ray Burcham Bonner Springs Eva Hardesty Eudora Mary Jo Josephine King 736 N 4th Rachel Feldman 335 Highland Dr Hazel Lolley Stouffer Place Harold Courtright 1400 Tenn Lorene Dover and baby boy 933 A J Roda Abel Route 2 Helen Dardis and baby boy Eudora Max Thomas 1010 Me Alrena Hobson Baldwin Roseann Mabel and baby girl 1620 Harper Max Fessler 2035 Ohio Carrie Cooper 1311 W 18th Florence Hatfield 2131 Mass Rex Bosher 2203 Wt Mamie Cottom 1308 Conn Glenda Wiseman 1247 Prairie. Births Mr and Mrs Darwin Sharp 1504 Oak Hill a daughter Monday Mr and Mrs Charles Higley 1324 Ky a daughter Monday Mr and Mrs Lloyd King Jr 736 N 4th a son today Mr and Mrs John Rose II Stouffer Place a son today Mr and Mrs Richard Lolley Stouffer Place a daughter today.
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Patricia Hines
Sunflower
Homer B. Willis
Baldwin
Vada Pearl Baillie
Barbara Laughlin
Lyons
Mildred Daugherty
Countryside
Sharon Rose
Stouffer Place
Elizabeth Lane
Ohio
Ray Burcham
Bonner Springs
Eva Hardesty
Eudora
Mary Josephine King
4Th
Rachel Marilyn Feldman
Highland Dr
Hazel Ruth Lolley
Harold Courtright
Tenn
Lorene Dover
A.J
Roda Abel
Helen Dardis
Max Thomas
Alrena Fern Hobson
Roseann Mabel
Harper
Max Fessler
Carrie B. Cooper
Florence’ Hatfield
Mass
Rex Bosher
Mamie Cottom
Glenda Diane Wiseman
Prairie
Darwin Sharp
Oak Hill
Charles Russel Higley
Lloyd C. King Jr
John L. Rose II
Richard Lolley
Kansas Woman Out On Bond For Kidnapping Case
A Kansas woman, Mrs. Sarah I. Chilson, 22, is released on 2500 bond to appear in federal court in Reno Nevada with Gerard F. Blekickis 25 of New York on kidnapping charges. FBI says they forced a market clerk Edward Sims to drive to Reno, robbed a service station and held two employees as hostages. They were arrested November 21 in Las Vegas area and later released to Sacramento before traveling to Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Kansas
Reno
Nev
Sarah I. Chilson
McPherson
Kas
U. S
Gerard F. Blekickis
New York
FBI
Elko
Edward Sims
Sims
David Maxwell
Sacramento
Calif
Chilson
Blekickis
Snowbound mother delivers in Sierra cabin
Anna Shifrine gives birth to a 34 pound baby Rebecca in a snowbound Sierra cabin Friday. The mother, her husband Moshe, friends and a rescue party reached the cabin and transported mother and newborn to their home where they were reported in good condition.
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Vacaville
Calif
Anna Shifrine
Moshe
Sierra
Rebecca
Shifrine
Kennedy Considers Night News Conferences For TV
President-elect John F Kennedy may hold some presidential news conferences at night for live TV. Press secretary Pierre Salinger confirmed discussions but said a decision is a long way off. Spokesman noted moving times could let more viewers watch.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
Salinger
Union Leaders Facing Prison in Indiana Highway Scandals
Carpenters Union President Maurice A. Hutcheson and Vice President O William Blaier were sentenced by Special Judge M Walter Bell to 2 to 14 years in prison with $5000 bonds each after a conviction for conspiracy and bribery linked to highway right of way deals in Lake and Wayne counties in 1956. Doggett faces a bribery charge.
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Indianaplopis
Ind
Carpenters Union
Carpenters
Maurice A. Hutcheson
O. William Blaier
M. Walter Bell
Bell
John A. Royse
Hutcheson
Blaier
State Highway Department
Lake
Wayne
Harry O. Doggett
Soviet Urges Congo Pullout and Budget Cuts
United Nations in New York heard a Soviet demand for immediate end to U N Congo operations with no payment of the current year’s estimated 66 million, plus plans to liquidate the intervention. The United States offered an extra 3.5 to 4 million over its share while urging other members to meet assessments. The piece notes New Orleans elevation figures unrelated to the main item.
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United: Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
U.N. Congo
U.N
A. A. Roschin
Dag Hammarskold
Roschin
Congo
U.S
George D.’ Aiken
RVI
United States
Kansas Governor-Elect Seeks General Funds For College Building
Governor-elect John Anderson Jr. says general revenue should supplement the current four million dollar annual property tax levy for the five state colleges due to rising enrollments. He told a WIBW-TV panel he will recommend the move to the legislature but did not quote a figure. He also voiced support for a short ballot and indicated possible state aid to Washburn University and the University of Wichita with state oversight.
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Topeka
John Anderson Jr
Kansas
Anderson
Wibw-Tv
Washburn University of Topeka
University of Wichita
Jim Petterson
Topeka Capital Journal
Bill Colvin
The
Manhattan Mercury
Eldon Sloan
State Chamber of Commerce
State
Olaf Soward
Nortonville Burglars Fail Bank Robbery
In Nortonville Kansas burglars gathered tools at Leighton’s garage and JOE Pharmacy during the night but failed to open the First National Bank. They cut at the vault door but left without taking anything after the alarm sounded.
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Nortonville
Kas
First National Bank
Leighton
JOE Pharmacy
W. D. McBride
Sabbath Breaking Penalty in Bermuda's Early Days
In Bermuda's early days, Sabbath-breaking carried two days in prison and a fine of ten pounds of tobacco. The harsh measure reflected strict colonial norms influencing daily life and religious observance.
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Bermuda
Card of Thanks From Mrs Marie Neis
Mrs Marie Neis thanks friends relatives and neighbors for cards letters flowers and deeds of kindness during her hospital stay noting appreciation for support and care
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W. H. Varnum
Lawrence Merchant's Bureau
Masonic Lodge
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Kansas Pharmaceutical Assn
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Walter Varnum
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Ann Leavitt
Corbin
Diane Fulton
Hodder
Nancy
Wilcott
Alpha Chi Omega
June Owens
Lewis Hall
Joycelyn Cade
Watkins Hall
Susan Callender
Pi Beta Phi
Kathleen McCarthy
Gamma Phi Beta
Lynnette Alver
Chi Omega
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Alpha Delta Pi
Susan Bresch
Kappa Alpha Theta
Dread Gridders
US. Weather Bureau Dept. of Commerce
Moing
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Plateau
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Clerk
JFK
City of
Flowers
Winth and
New Hampshire Sts
Trav Lop
CaLvin Plow
Gwmuce
Marie Neis
É Rumsey Funeral Home
Indiana St. Ambulance Service
Lawrence Memorial Co
East 13Th
Lawrence Mills
Karl Kreider
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