New KU Sociology Faculty to Join Spring Semester
Four new instructors join the Sociology and Anthropology Department at Kansas University for the 1961 62 spring term. William N Stephens expands research and cross cultural studies while Felix Moos joins East Asian studies. Ray Zinser and Norman C Jacobs also prepare to join, alongside ongoing police civil defense training led by Lt Col Lathrop B Read with a growing volunteer force.
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Read
Force
Kansas University
William N. Stephens
EU Child Development Bureau
Stephens
Harvard
Felix Moos
Tokyo University
Moos
Japan
Korea
Maryland University
Far East
National War College
Ray D. Zinser
Chicago University
Graceland College
Lamoni
Iowa
Drake University
Des Moines
Wayne State University
Detroit
Mich
Norman C. Jacobs
International Cooperation Administration
Iran
Dr. Jacobs
Lathrop B. Read
Douglas County Civil Defense Police Force
Sheriff's Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Maj
Laurence G. Holubéd
Neil Cummings
Eudora
Melvin Benschoter
Clifford T. Davis
Joe Smith
Lecompton
Otto Garber
Thomas
Prowler Reported At Sellards Hall KU
KU police were alerted early today after a coed in Sellards Hall basement saw a young male walk from the kitchen through the room to the stairway. The suspect was not located despite a police search.
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Sellards Hall
Kansas University
Post Office Dates For Military Yule Parcels
The period Nov 1 to Nov 20 is set for mailing Christmas parcels to Armed Forces overseas by land and sea, with air mail Dec 1 to Dec 16. Greeting cards should follow parcel timelines. Packaging rules require sturdy boxes, strong cushioning, and a contents list. Surface parcels should mail by listed dates per region to arrive before Christmas.
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Post Office Department
Armed Forces Overseas
Armed Forces
U. S
APO
New York
San Francisco
Calif
Seattle
Wash
Fleet Post Office
N. Y
Navy Post Office
c/o
Long Sea
South and
Central America
Africa
Far East
Europe
Near East
Draft Board Seeks Help Locating Registrant Robert Daniels
Local Selective Service board seeks aid to find 21 year old Robert Daniels ordered for physical examination. Mail to him returns as unknown or unclaimed. Clerk Edith H. Metcalf urges anyone with information to contact Local Board No. 18 in the Professional Building at 927144 Mass. St. A note mentions his father Kenneth Daniels and his selective service number. The rest of the text discusses St Peter's Church proportions.
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Selective Service Board
Robert Daniels
Edith H. Metcalf
Local Board No
Kenneth Daniels
Local Board No. 18
Mass
Fallout concerns rise after Soviet atomic test
Experts debate fallout levels from a Soviet megaton bomb. Harold C. Urey calls US fallout unpleasant but not critical, while Lapp cites a possible unmanned drone deployment. Officials warn of higher radiation levels and urge readiness to measure exposure and take corrective action.
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Lapp
New York
Harold C. Urey
United States
Urey
U.S
James Terrill
Radiological Health Division
The
Public Health Service
Prairie Park seeks state funds for national prairie park
The Prairie National Park Natural History Association plans a $5.5 million land purchase in Pottawatomie County and asks Gov. Anderson to back a 10 percent state appropriation. A four-member legislative committee will press for support while a nonprofit org is formed and draft bylaws. The group notes Congress may cover remaining costs with state aid.
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Topeka
Prairie National Park Natural History Association
Pottawatomie
Association
John Anderson
Congress
Joe Warren
Maple City
Charles Arthur
Manhattan
Don Joseph
D-Whitewater
Marvin Clark
R. Paola
Arthur
Charles Stough
Lawrence
Franke Theis
Arkansas City
National Park Service
Turtle Creek Reservoir
Pottawatomie County
Beckmann to join Ford Foundation program in East Asia work
KU professor Dr. Beckmann will join the Ford Foundation as Program Associate in the International Training and Research Program, based in Princeton. He will train Americans and develop Asian research projects to boost U.S. competence in East Asia studies, while planning to strengthen liberal arts curricula and non Western studies.
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N.J
Foundation
Beckmann
Ford Foundation
East Asia
China
Japan
Korea
America
United States
Communist Party
Tokyo
Thomas R. Smith
Harvard
Stanford
Charles
David
KU MU Pact Urges Strong Action Over Sports Event Trouble
Eberhart notes Kansas and Kansas State universities agreed on a pact to crack down on students involved in disturbances at intercollegiate games. He admits authority is limited to students but hopes student example changes behavior beyond the stands.
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Kansas State University
Eberhart
All Student Council Debates NSA Status at KU
The Kansas University All Student Council will discuss the National Student Association at KU and decide on possible disaffiliation. The ASC meets at 7 in the Kansas Union to consider the eight year NSA involvement and campus survival questions.
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Kansas University All
ASC
Kansas Union
NSA
U N diplomats lash at Soviet 50 megaton test at UN
At the UN in New York diplomats condemned the Soviet explosion as senseless and noted there was little support for an urgent appeal to Moscow. An eight nation bloc withdrew priority for a direct appeal while Denmark confirmed the resolution stands. Canada cited the blast as the largest nuclear device ever detonated.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Soviet Union
Moscow
Denmark
Canada
Alfred J. Brooks
101-Nation Committee
Picasso Birthday Party Planned at KU Wednesday
KU marks Pablo Picasso 80th birthday with a lecture by Dr. Klaus Berger at 4 p.m. in the Art Museum lecture hall titled Picasso and Tradition. screenings of Picasso films follow at 7 30 p.m. and 9 p.m. in the same venue with an exhibition of KU works by Picasso ongoing.
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Pablo Picasso
Kansas University
Klaus Berger
Picasso
Art Museum
Berger
Marilyn Stokstad
France
Farm Hand Severely Injured Southwest of Wichita
John Byrd a 26 year old farm hand was critically injured when he lost balance and his left arm was pulled into an onsite cutter on Earl Long Jr s farm southwest of Wichita The arm was severed below the elbow and workers spent over an hour reversing the machine by hand to free Byrd A doctor gave a sedative and Byrd remained conscious during surgery he was stuffing maize into the cutter at the time
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Wichita
John Byrd
Byrd
Earl Long Jr
Inmates End Hunger Strike at Green Haven Prison
At Green Haven State Prison in Stormville New York 1966 inmates resumed regular meals after a three day hunger strike. Warden Edward Fay and the state corrections commissioner pledged to review grievances including parole board actions and medical treatment.
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Stormville
N.Y
Green Haven State Prison
State Commissioner of Correction
Edward Fay
State Parole Board
Top Jailbreakers Out Again
Seattle AP reports two seasoned jailbreakers Thomas R. Fasenmeyer Jr. and Arthur St. Peter remain at large after a King County jail escape. One inmate died during the failed breakout while others were captured. FBI joined the manhunt as authorities traced a stolen car toward Marysville and possible Canada.
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Seattle
Thomas R. Fasenmeyer Jr
Arthur St. Peter
King County
Fasenmeyer
Florida
St. Louis
Los Angeles
St. Peter
Bellevue
Wash
Washington
Idaho
FBI
Marysville
Here
Canada
Flood Forecasting By Radar Possible
Radar makes it possible to forecast floods up to eight hours earlier, said John P. McCallister of the Fort Worth river forecast center. He described radar use to predict rainfall, river rises, and flood areas with hourly radar summaries to guide warnings.
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Kansas City
John P. McCallister
Fort Worth River
Texas
American Meteorlogical Society
McCallister
Roy M. Blackmer Jr
Stanford Research Institute
Menlo Park
Calif
Tiros I
Blackmer
Lawrence Flying Club builds flight time and growth plans
The Lawrence Flying Club reports seven months of operation with 15 members logging 175 hours. President Jerry McGee says ground school is ongoing for student pilots and licensed members. The club plans to buy a four place plane and add 10 new members.
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Lawrence Flying Club
Jerry McGee
Ground School
McGee
Fitness Tests Planned for Fourth to Sixth Graders
After school this week, girls and boys in grades four through six will take physical fitness tests on school playgrounds. Participants should report to the playground director at 4 p.m. Tests will be repeated in spring for comparison, said Wayne Bly, superintendent of recreation.
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Wayne Bly
Reapportioned Ellsworth District Dinner Plans
Ellsworth Central Kansas reports that after reapportionment the district holds eight counties Allen Bourbon Jefferson now. To cover transition elections representatives from all ten counties attend a dinner. Six assigns ticket sales supervision in each county and forms a local committee including Don S Hills Mrs Ralph Reed Dolph Simons Mrs Joe Wilson Mrs Edythe Norman Paul E Wilson and Odd Williams.
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Kansas
Allen
Bourbon
Jefferson
Don S. Hills
Ralph Reed
Dolph Simons
Joe Wilson
Edythe Norman
Paul E. Wilson
Odd Williams
Card of Thanks for Elsie Whitington
The family expresses heartfelt thanks to Dr Campbell Dr Dowell hospital staff neighbors and friends for kindnesses during illness and at the death of Mrs Elsie Whitington W H Whitington L H Whitington Mrs Maxine Simmons Mrs Margaret Moore
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Campbell
Dowell
Elsie Whitington
W. H. Whitington
L. H
Whitington
Maxine Simmons
Margaret Moore
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