Eldridge Hotel installs new radio and PA system
The Eldridge Hotel begins a 30106 modernization with a four station music and public address system including a fire and civil defense siren in every room. Installation by American Communications Corporation adds background music options and four radio stations. New pacing in the cafe and lobby and upgraded PA gear in the Crystal room accompany other upgrades planned by owner W G Hutson, a veteran hotelman.
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Ildridge
W. G. Hutson
American Communications Corporation of New York
Hheer
Crystal Banquet
Hutson
Lawrence
Kansas City
Wichita
Boulder
Colo
House of Bernarda Alba at KU Fraser Theatre
The Fraser Theater at Kansas University presents The House of Bernarda Alba by Frederico Garcia Lorca. Directed by Jack Brooking with sets by Air Godfrey and lighting by Arthur Kean, the cast features Jan Stauffacher Ponela Jane Qudids Nancy Nixon Barbara Richards Melony Asher Nancy O’Brien Sonia Flourney La Neile Cade Mary Jo Wooster Caroline Watkins and others. Rehearsals begin Oct 22.
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Dee
Fraser Theater
Kansas University
Bernarda Alba
Frederico Garcia Lorca
Jack Brooking
Islant
Air Godfrey
Arthur Kean
Mary Jo Lowman
Servant
Jan Stauffacher
Ponela
Jane Qudids
Beggar Waitin
Elsie Willan
Bernarda
Nancy Nixon
Angustias
Barbara Richards
Magdalena
Melony Asher
Amelia
Nancy O'Brien
Martirio
Sonia Flourney
Adela
la Neile Cade
Maria Josepha
Tomi “Yodon
Prudencia
Mary Jo Wooster
Caroline Watkins
Marilyn Henderick
Allegra Clark
Wanda Latham
Wanda Wellie
Ft Riley Men Bail Out In Iowa Plane Crash
Ft Riley first lieutenants Lawrence Fralick and Lloyd Adams escaped a light plane engine failure over Walnut Iowa at 6000 feet. They bailed at 3000 feet. the craft crashed in a field but did not ignite. Fralick resided in Bagley Wisconsin and Adams near Ames Iowa.
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Atlantic
Iowa
Ft. Riley
Kas
Lawrence Fralick
Bagley
Wis
Lloyd Adams
Ames
Walnut
Cassville
Fourteen KU faculty to speak at School Health Conference
Fourteen University of Kansas faculty members join five guest instructors for the School Health Conference October 22 23 at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City. The event features experts from pediatrics medicine education and public health discussing heart disease and peripheral disease while drawing school personnel and parent teacher associations as participants.
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K.U
Kansas Univerote Facuity
KOU Medicad Center
Nanmite
Ras
Roe Nen
Deakeneih
F Andersen
Sehood of Eduction
da Claames
Dare John
Christianson
Asseenite
Miedseine
Megiciine
Kas Valley Heart Association
Kansas Medical Society
Kansas State Board of Health
Rainmaking by bonfire plan from French brothers
Two French brothers, Jean and Henri Dessens, claim to induce rain by lighting a large brush fire to form cumulus clouds. They reported four successful July experiments in the Belgian Congo to France's Academy of Sciences, with a fifth trial thwarted by sudden wind.
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Jean
Henri Dessens
Academy of Sciences
France
Belgian Congo
Congo
A M Winner in Judging at Dairy Contest
A M College won the National Intercollegiate Cattle Judging Contest at the Dairy Congress in Waterloo Iowa Oklahoma. Hansas State College placed fifth with 1996. Pau W. Klemn aged 18 from Versailles Missouri and five other scouts won regional awards plus $200 checks.
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Waterloo
Lowa &P
Oklahoma
AXM College
Yessoweth Todt Paints
Hansas State College
Future Farmers of America
Pau W. Klemn
Versailles
Hve
Scouths
Two Brothers Question Rain On Forest Fires Why Not
The speaker notes that fires do not automatically trigger rain and cites atmospheric conditions as a common limiting factor. They discuss the explanation being unclear and suggest that weather patterns often aren’t suitable for rain to extinguish fires.
Furniture Plant Gutted By Flames in Baltimore
A predawn fire gutted a furniture manufacturing plant in Baltimore's crowded warehouse district four blocks from a major university, causing extensive damage and prompting emergency response. No further details on casualties or cause were provided in the readable text.
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Baltimore
University
Maryland Hospital Fire Response and Aftermath
A blaze at Mercy Hospital on Ballmore’s edge drew over 70 fire apparatus across 10 alarms. Firemen fought the three story brick building, containent later, with structural walls collapsing in places. No further details on injuries beyond brief mentions of workers treated for cuts and bruises.
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Maryland Hospital
Ballmore
Mercy Hospital
Royal American
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