City Students Join KU Debate Team For 1956-57 Schedule
Two Lawrence youths Arly Allen and Ray Nichols join Kansas University's debate squad for the 1956-57 season. KU will face Oxford University in three intramural debates, three Big Seven debates and 13 tournaments. The team includes 28 members with 11 novices and 17 veterans and will debate topics on American pedagogy and foreign aid. Ted Barnes and Bill Crew are the graduate assistant coaches guiding the squad with plans for matches against Colorado Oklahoma State and Kansas State College.
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Lawrence
Kansas University
Oxford University
England
Arly Allen
Ohio St
Ray Nichols
Tenn, St
Nichols
Lawrence High School
Colorado University
Robert Kimball
Kansas City
Kas
Kenneth Irby
Fort Scott
Bill Summers
Wichita
Bill Crew
K.U
Kim Giffin
Kansas State College
United States
Heart of America
Crossbow Case Extradition Tied to Grim Neighbor Joke
In Los Angeles a Rhode Island extradition request cites a grim joke by suspect Michael Yosick after William Alan, 19, was shot with a crossbow while near a Hyuer store. Neighbor Mrs. H V Buell affidavited that Yosick asked wouldn’t it be funny if I did it while at her home. Allen survived and Yosick was captured in Providence. Extradition papers sent to California Governor Knight.
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Los Angeles
Rhode Island
H. V. Buell
William Alen
Hyuer
Michael Yosick
San Diego
Allen
Anna Allen
Two Baptist Ministers Injured in Road Wreck
Two Baptist ministers were seriously injured when a car left U S 69 and plunged into a dry creek bed south of Stanley Kansas. Rev William Fawcett 22 of Ponca City Oklahoma pastor of First Southern Baptist Pittsburg Kansas suffered spine and facial fractures in fair condition. Rev John Mead Kansas City evangelist suffered severe head cuts in good condition. Both taken to University of Kansas Medical Center. An unidentified passerby applied neck pressure to Moad to stop bleeding for nearly an hour and rode in the ambulance with him.
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Stanley
Kasw
U. S
Here
William Fawcett
Ponca City
Okla
First Southern Baptist Church
Pittsburg
Kas
John Mead
Kansas City
University of Kansas Medical Center
Larry Turnbaugh
Johnson County Patrol
Moad
Turnbaugh
Dumb Blonde Wiggles Seeks Man in Hollywood
New York feature profiles Barbara Nichols, known as Wiggles, as she jokily rejects Hollywood stardom while chasing a husband. She recalls early modeling nicknames, flirtations with acting, and past TV roles, asserting she prefers older men with lines and a playful, carefree persona.
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New York
Hollywood
Barbara (Wiggles) Nichols
Mae West
Colorado to Be Asked For Polio Shots Fund
Colorado lawmakers will seek funds to finance free polio vaccinations for all residents up to age 36. State Health Director Roy L. Cleere said rising adult polio rates justify a state program and that age should not bar access. Free shots for children under 13 and pregnant women remain under the federal program.
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Denver
Colorado
Roy L. Cleere
State Health Department
Cleere
KU Professor and Topeka Doctor Return From Oak Ridge Meeting
Dr. Frank E. Hoecker biophysics professor at Kansas University and Dr. Otto Hanson of Santa Fe Hospital Topeka returned from a week long Oak Ridge Institute conference. Sixteen specialists selected from across the nation worked with eight physicists and eight physicians to develop a standard method for measuring radioactive iodine absorption in the thyroid. The aim is a universal standard operating procedure for hospital and research labs to ensure consistent results in the future. Dr. Hoecker serves as a consultant to Oak Ridge Institute for Nuclear Studies.
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Frank E. Hoecker
Kansas University
Otto Hanson
Santa Fe
Topeka
Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies
Tennessee
Hoecker
Oak Ridge Institute
United States
Oak Ridge Institute For Nuclear Studies
Oak Ridge
Coleague
Hanson
Santa Fe Hospital
Payroll theft scare near Los Angeles treasury
Police raced to the city treasury after an accidental burglar alarm rang as Treasurer Leon McCardle’s office was surrounded by officers. Officials suggested the alert may have been triggered during an attempted payroll theft.
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Los Angeles
Treasury
Leon McCardle
Damages Awarded in Salina Death Suit
Council Grove widow Lucie Kennedy won $44 800 against Missouri Pacific Railroad over her husband a conductor who died July 7 1954 after falling into a grain elevator pit at Salina. She alleged improper lighting at the site and the court awarded compensatory damages from the railroad.
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Wichita
Lucie Kennedy
Council Grove
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific
Salina
Kennedy
Seven Traffic Cases Heard at Police Court
Seven traffic violation cases were heard today in police court. Defendants include Robert Hamilton of 1135 Ohio Street with reckless driving and a $5 fine. Elmer E. Small of McLouth with disregarding a traffic signal and six months probation suspension. Richard Davenport of 1711 Mass Street with reckless driving and a $395 fine with $60 suspended after six traffic school sessions.
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Police Coun
Robert Hamilton
Ohio St
Elmer E. Small
McLouth
Richard Davenport
Mass. St
Robert Evans
W. 6Th St
Paul Nielsen
W. Wath St
Paul Dunkak
Aligrando ‘Munoz
Topeka
Police Court Fines Robert Filton for Disturbing the Peace
Robert Filton of 1301 W Campus Rd was fined five dollars in police court for disturbing the peace in a case heard today.
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Robert Filton
W. Campus Rd
Gourton
Openings listed as Kansas Employment Service shows varied jobs
Forty openings, largest in months, are listed by the Kansas Employment Service. Jobs include men’s roles such as transit and level man, dental technician apprentice, cooks, farm hands, bus driver, meat curer, delivery, clothes checker, service station attendants and tire repairman, with women’s posts for stone grapher, clerks, housekeepers, babysitters, waitresses, cooks, dispensers, dishwasher, and dirt presser. State Finance Council delayed action on a 1.5 million dollar annual raise for state employees. incoming governor may study it. County lake projects in Bourbon and Washington counties receive $220,000 additional spending ceiling.
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The
Kansas Employment Service
Walter Johns
Topeka
State Finance Council
Fred Fall
Warren W. Shaw
State Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Bourbon
Washington
2 Year Old Hurt as 750-Pound Heifer Runs Wild
In Houston a Brahman heifer broke its rope and ran loose for about two hours. Gaylen Powers aged 2 was knocked from her tricycle and injured. Beverly Fox chased the animal with a broom. Police corralled the heifer with a car then shot it. the child suffered cuts bruises and three broken teeth.
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Houston
Tex
Gaylen Powers
Gaylen
Beverly Fox
W. E. Spies
Spies
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