Kiwanis elects Al Gallup president of Lawrence club
Al Gallup an insurance agent and Kiwanis member since 1944 was elected president of the Lawrence Kiwanis Club for the coming year. He will succeed Henry Shenk with Albert Fearing and Frank Foley as vice presidents and six others on the board of directors.
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al Gallup
Lawrence Insurance
Lawrence Kiwanis Club
Henry Shenk
Albert Fearing
Frank Foley
Karl Edwards
Armin Woestemeyer
Chester Jones
E. A. McFarland
Gallup
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Kiwanis Club
Kansas City
Central High School
Ex Dread Gridder Pratt Dies at 91 in Kansas City
William Henry Harrison Pratt, 91, a Kansas City lawyer and former University of Kansas football player, died at a rest home. He practiced law 53 years before closing his office in 1950 and led a 1929 drive to curb Missouri’s Jackrabbit courts. Pratt served on the commission that drafted a 1936 state social security law and played five years of KU football, captaining his final season.
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Kansas City
William Henry Harrison Pratt
University of Kansas
Missouri
Pratt
K. U
Deaths and Funerals in Ottawa and McLouth Areas
Charles A. Myers 83 longtime auctioneer died of a heart attack at his Route 4 Ottawa home. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday Centropolis Christian Church Ottawa with burial Union Cemetery. Survivors include wife five sons four daughters a half brother 20 grandchildren 14 great grandchildren. Dora E. Bowie 66 longtime area resident died Wednesday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Moved to McLouth 1943 after 21 years in Valley Falls. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday First Baptist Church burial McLouth Cemetery Bradford Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include husband J H Bowie eight daughters four sons a brother 25 grandchildren five great grandchildren.
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Charles A. Myers
Route 4
Ottawa
Centropolis Christian Church
R. W. Browning Jr
Union Cemetery
Leslie Churchbaugh
Lawrence
Norman Watts
Sam van Huss
Wellsville
Dora E. Bowie
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Bowie
McLouth
Valley Falls
First Baptist Church
Herman E. Taylor
Fred Bolinger
Bradford
J. H. Bowie
Helen Lassiter
Los Angeles
Ethel Elliott
South San Gabriel
Calif
Rudy Edwinson
Oakland
Lucille Elliott
Gladys Haupt
Baldwin
Elda Mae Musselman
Leavenworth
Dorothy McAfer
Fort Morgan
Ruth Ethington
Eudora
Glen R. Bowie
Habor City
Russell Bowie
Kyle
Tex
Earl Bowie
Howard Bowie
Emporia
Amos Helterbrand
Leeton
Jayhawks linked to South Pole visits and football setbacks
Lawrence column notes KU figures head to Antarctica. Dr Edward Zeller and assistant may reunite with Ronald Tisue, a LawrEnce High graduate, on the Navy South Pole operation. KU alumnus Steve Schmidt will serve as Antarctica public relations director for four months. Floyd of Kansas football suffered ankle injuries early season and was cut by Edmonton to favor a Canadian native.
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Kansas University
Floyd
Edmonton Eskimos
Lawrence
Kansas City
Edmonton
Antarctic
Edward Zeller
Kansas University Geology Department
Work
Zeller
Lawrence High
Ronald Tisue
Tisue
Navy
South Pole
Steve Schmidt
Jayhawker
Antarctica
Schmidt
Fred Ellsworth
Alumni Assn
One-Car Wreck West of Baldwin Causes $200 Damage
A Wednesday afternoon single car crash about a mile west of Baldwin on U S 56 caused an estimated $200 damage. The driver escaped injury. Nikolai Constantienescu, 31, Baldwin, swerved into a ditch to avoid a truck, the crash record indicates. The car traveled 198 feet in the ditch and did not overturn. The other vehicle was driven by Sam Frank Wrightsman, 69, Route 1, Baldwin.
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Baldwin
U. S. 56
Sheriff's Office
Nikolai Constantienescu
Sam Frank Wrightsman
Callas concert in Kansas City draws mixed crowd
Madame Callas performs with the Kansas City Philharmonic to support Nelson Art Gallery. While the concert stage style and gown drew commentary, audience energy lagged behind European opera houses. critics note her star power hinges on notoriety as much as vocal skill.
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Maria Callas
Kansas City
Kansas City Philharmonic
Nelson Art Gallery
Art Museum
Madame Callas
Cadillac Output To End Tonight
Cadillac will end auto production with the second shift tonight due to steel shortages. About 7,000 workers will be idled as Cadillac becomes the second of GM divisions to shut down. Pontiac quit Wednesday and Oldsmobile is set to end Friday. Buick plans idle Friday but may resume next week. Chevrolet has closed nine of 13 plants. Corvair production may continue at Oakland plant Wednesday.
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Detroit
Cadillac
General Motors
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
Buick
Chevrolet
Oakland
Calif
Driving While Intoxicated and Traffic Fines Reported
Maurice Russell of Kansas City Kansas posted a 500 appeal bond after a DUI conviction. Ernest Miller of 2200 Louisiana Street appealed his stop sign and resisting arrest convictions. Warren Hall 71114 Mass Street Dick Black 1439 Tennessee Street were fined five dollars for driving over a fire hose.
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Maurice Russell
Kansas City
Kan
Ernest Miller
Warren Hall
Mass
Dick Black
Tenn
Court Won't Rush Appeal by Union On Steel Orders
The Supreme Court refused to order the United Steelworkers to speed up their Taft Hartley back to work appeal. Union lawyers planned a formal notice Friday with a full brief by Monday. If no deal by Monday, a joint bargaining conference may be called and the strike could continue into next week.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United Steelworkers
Taft-Hartley
Justice Department
Philadelphia
Arthur J. Goldberg
Pittsburgh
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Eisenhower
Births Listed At Memorial Hospital And Nearby Homes
Memorial Hospital records several newborns and births at nearby residences. Names include Nora Elbel Mary Walker Deloras England Margaret Moore Eugenia Edelheit Patricia Snow Thomas Eagle Rebecca Levine Martha Longanecker Phyllis Pine Frances Breese Carol Nugent Carl Lotz Myrtle Walters Ardith Johnson Ruth Wingert Benjamin Newell Nadine Weis Rowena Mauck Rebecca Cannon Merlene Maag Elizabeth Williams Mary Lou Hutchens Sarah Toler Nancy Reed Frank Wilson Phyllis Bagby plus couples Billy Williams James Nieder Wilbur Lonanecker with daughters and sons born Wednesday and today.
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Miss. St
Mary Walker
Tonganoxie
Deloras England
Prairie Ave
Margaret Moore
Richland
Eugenia Edelheit
Tenn. St
Patricia Snow
Eudora
Thomas Eagle
R. I. St
William Parrett
Oxford Rd
Rebecca Levine
Mass. St
Martha Longanecker
Ind. St
Belle Woods
Sioky Rest Home
Phyllis Pine
Frances Breese
Carol Nugent
Carl Lotz
Robert Sphar
W. 9Th St
Myrtle Walters
Ardith Johnson
Ruth Wingert
Brook St
Benjamin Newell Jr
N. Y. St
Nadine Weis
Mich. St
Rowena Mauck
Baldwin
Daniel Blevins
N. 4Th St
Marcia Robison
Lecompton
Helen Snavely
Carol June Cannon
Merlene Maag
Stouffer Place
Elizabeth Williams
Mary Lou Hutchens
Conn
Sarah Toler
Nancy Reed
Oskaloosa
Frank Wilson
Linwood
Phyllis Bagby
Thekla Phelps
Dak
In Memoriam Almeda Castle Obituary Note
In loving memory of our mother Almeda Castle who died two years ago on October 29 1957. Sad ly missed by daughters Bernice Curry and Mildred Tryon.
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Almeda Castle
Bernice Curry
Mildred Tryon
Khrushchev U S Tour Film Draws Moscow Audiences
A color film documenting Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s U S visit plays to packed houses in Moscow theaters. It highlights talks with leaders and features shots of New York, Colorado, and the Grand Canyon while omitting some urban details and noting crowd control observed during showings.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Khrushchev
New York
Colorado
Grand Canyon
San Francisco Harbor
Alcatraz
Oakland
Golden Gate Bridges
Wiley 25th Year at KU Prompts Homecoming Weekend Events
KU marks Prof. Wiley’s silver anniversary with a halftime musical tribute directed by Kenneth Bloomquist. The KU Greater University Fund invites all past band members to attend a luncheon and contribute to a Wiley name scholarship via 1,600 alumni. Missouri game on Nov 21 anchors Homecoming festivities including lawn-decor judging, queen crowning, and a Kansas Union dance.
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KU Greater University Fund
Prof. Wiley
Franklin D. Murphy
Kansas Union
Wiley
Kenneth Bloomquist
Missouri
Miami
Leg-Graft Miracle Performed on Coast
A Hayward California surgical team grafted back a severed leg for Billy L. Smith after a crane accident. Vascular and orthopedic specialists joined to restore arteries and nerves with skin grafts to follow. The operation, kept secret for months, may mark a medical first in limb reconstruction.
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Hayward Review
Billy L. Smith
DeCoto
U.S. Pipe and Foundry Co
K C Man Shot Fatally by Cop
The Kansas City man Robert Dee Erwin, 21, was killed by police as he drove a stolen car. Officers said he opened fire, wounding Detective Jack Brady who returned fire. Erwin had 12 prior arrests in Kansas City and more than a dozen in nearby towns. He faced theft charges and bonds. Police probe links to a market robbery.
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Kansas City U
Robert Dee Erwin
Jack Brady
Brady
Cliff Robbins
Erwin
Kansas City
Unclear Segment on Erwin Incident Mentioning Narcotics
Police found two yellow capsules believed to be narcotics inside a bracelet on Erwin's arm. The fragment notes another person named Paul Wilbur Dunlap and references the narcotics discovery.
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Paul Wilbur Dunlap
Erwin
Symington Drops Segregated Event in Arkansas Dinner
Senator Stuart Symington withdraws from a Friday Arkansas Democratic Harmony Dinner after learning Negro delegates would sit at segregated tables. He was to appear with Sam Rayburn before about 4000 attendees at a $10 plate event. Symington had signaled possible 1960 presidential ambitions.
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Little Rock
Ark
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Symington
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Easton
Arkansas
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