Freakish Weather With Deadly Toll Strikes West
A severe weather outbreak across Utah California Arizona and surrounding areas caused deaths and injuries with property damage running into millions. Wind gusts up to 92 mph toppled houses and trees while floods blocked highways and two children drowned in central Arizona floods.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
California
Arizona
Rockies
Plains
Wasatch
Tremonton
Utah-Idaho
Los Angeles
Imperial Valley
U.S
High Sierra
Colorado
Wyoming
Miss Belle Woods 81 Lifelong Lawrence Resident Dies
Miss Belle Woods 81 a longtime Lawrence resident died this morning at Lawrence Memorial Hospital She resided at the Sioky Rest Home Survived by sister Mrs Nellie Brearman Vancouver WA and brother Milton Woods Minneapolis Kan Funeral services set for 2 pm Monday at Cooper-Warren Chapel Lawrence Burial in Lawrence.
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Belle Woods
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Sioky Rest Home
Nellie Brearman
Vancouver
Wash
Milton Woods
Minneapolis
Kan
Cooper-Warren Chapel
Age 83 Auctioneer Charles Myers Dies At Home Near Ottawa
Charles A. Myers a longtime area auctioneer died Tuesday at his home near Ottawa aged 83. Services will be held Sunday afternoon at the Christian Church in Centropolis with Rev. R. W. Browning Jr. in charge. Burial follows in Union Cemetery Ot tawa.
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Charles A. Myers
Ottawa
Christian Church
Centropolis
R. W. Browning Jr
Union Cemetery
Death notice for Mrs. Della Frazer Ramey
Mrs. Della Frazer Ramey formerly of Lawrence died October 19 at Seaside Hospital Long Beach California. A Kansas University graduate she lived in Lawrence until about 35 years ago when she and her late husband moved to Long Beach. Survived by son John Ramey professor of history at Alabama University.
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Della Frazer Ramey
Lawrence
Seaside Hospital
Long Beach
Calif
Kansas University
John Ramey
Alabama University
GUF Board Meets Today on Hill at KU
The Great University Fund advisory board gathered in the Music and Dramatic Arts building at Kansas University. About 50 attendees heard Dean Thomas Gorton on private support for music and arts, and Joseph J. Wilson discussed housing and alumni help.
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Greater University Fund
Music and Dramatic Arts
Kansas University
Anderson W. Chandler
Topeka
Thomas Gorton
Joseph J. Wilson
Stanley
Bartlesville
Okla
KU Endowment Association
Paul Parker
GUF
Franklin D. Murphy
Brigadoon
Memorial Hospital Births and Resident List
Birth notice from Memorial Hospital lists Mr and Mrs Ralph Bradley and Mr and Mrs Charles Medlock as new parents to sons born Friday. The document includes multiple residents and addresses across McLouth Tonganoxie Eudora and nearby areas.
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Rosa Marie Bradley
McLouth
Horace W. Smith
Tenn
C. W. Knotts
R. I. St
Buford Taylor
N. Y.st
Alice Krum
Tenn. St
David Palmer
Tonganoxie
Mary Beth Medlock
Judith Marshall
Stouffer Pl
Ralph Bradley
Charles L. Medlock
Vt. St
Pregnant Prisoner Case Sent Back to Sheriff
Shelby County grand jury found no indictable offense but blamed two deputies for intimate relations with Lela Fay Flick, 22, jailed for robbery. She conceivably conceived in a sheriff’s car during February transport to City Hospital. birth due within a week.
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Memphis, Tenn
Shelby County Grand Jury
Lela Fay Flick
Professor Rose Named Cochairman At National Metals Conference
Prof Kenneth E Rose of Kansas University mining and metallurgical engineering chair will be co chairman of a seminar on research in metal processing at the National Metals conference in Chicago November 11 to 14, jointly hosted by the American Society for Metals and the American Institute of Mining Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers.
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Kenneth E. Rose
Kansas University
National Metals Conference
American Society For Metals
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineerings
Chicago
Cuba seals foreign oil firms files in unexpected move
In Havana, Cuba seals the files of Esso, Texaco, Atlantic Refining, Cuban Keewanee, Cuban Gulf, Cuban California, Union, and Shell as the government prepares a new petroleum law. Prime Minister Fidel Castro's cabinet fines access hindrance, executives report loss of file access, while most Cuban oil comes from imports with minimal domestic production.
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Ministry of Public Works
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Venezuela
Esso
Texaco
Atlantic Refining
Cuban Kewanee
Cuban Gulf
Cuban California
Standard Oil
California
Union
Shell
Blasts Struck Crestview After Plumbing Error Night of Terror
Five people were injured in three explosions when butane gas entered Crestview's water system after a plumber mixed lines at a cafe. The 5 year old Larry Thompson, Carolyn and Arthur Eiland, and Miss Elizabeth Dennis with Miss Lillie Waldron were hospitalized.
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Harry Booth
Larry Thompson
Carolyn Eiland Kennedy
Arthur Eiland
Elizabeth Dennis
Lillie Waldron
Larry
Film Planned Monday By Sportsmen's Club
The Douglas County Sportsmen's Club will sponsor a KU Extension Library film on outdoor sports at 7 45 p m Monday at the 4 H Fair grounds. Other programs include Duck Hunters Dilemma with George Walyer of the Kansas Fish and Game Commission. Ducks Unlimited will present a film on waterfowl nesting site improvements on January 8.
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Douglas County Sportsmen's Club
KU Extension Library
Fairgrounds
George Walyer
Kansas Fish and Game Commission
Ducks Unlimited
The Saturday Column on US trade balance and world markets
The column discusses rising concerns over U S trade balance amid European Common Market plans and European Free Trade Association growth. It notes competition from European and Japanese manufacturers, potential tariff debates, and the need for more economical American production to sustain exports and jobs.
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European Free Trade Association
Austria
Denmark
Norway
Portugal
Sweden
Switzerland
Britain
Free Trade Association
America
Wall Street Journal
U.S
Congress
South America
Africa
Europe
East
Washington, D.C
Wall Street
No charges yet against mother in Flynn case
Beverly Radland, 17, once linked to Errol Flynn, spent two years with the actor before his death. District Attorney William McKesson says complaints prompted an inquiry, but Inglewood Police Lt. Chester Houston urged dropping the case, noting Florence Radland acted as chaperone.
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Los Angeles
Stight
Errol Flynn
Beverly Radland
Flynn
Dist
Atty
William McKesson
Inglewood
Chester Houston
Florence Radland
Beverly
Mrs Roy Hutchinson Named Red Cross Volunteer Consultant
The Midwestern area Red Cross office in St Louis appoints Mrs Roy Hutchinson of Lawrence as volunteer field consultant for Kansas. She will help chapters develop voluntary programs focusing on recruitment training and volunteer recognition and foster cooperation with other organizations.
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Midwestern
The
American Red Cross
St. Louis
Roy Hutchinson
Lawrence
Kansas
Hutchinson
Red Cross
KU Professor Dr Stene Honored by City Managers
Dr Edwin O Stene a Kansas University political science professor on leave from KU was elected to an honorary membership in the International City Managers Association at its St Louis annual convention. He led KU training for city managers and was chosen for this honor due to that work.
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Costa Rica
Jose Figueres
Kansas University
Figueres
South
Central America
Franklin D. Murphy
Cora Lee Price
Lawrence
Jane Crow
Topeka
Julia Stanford
Concordia
Edwin O. Stene
Indiana University
International City Managers Assn
St. Louis
Stone
Death Toll Rises to 1500 in Mexico Storm and Floods
In Colima and Jalisco thousands face hunger and disease after a hurricane and floods. Officials fear the final death toll may reach 1500 with over 500 bodies recovered. Isolated areas rely on air drops for food and medical aid. Tent camps emerge in Manzanillo and Minatitlan as 800 of 1350 residents in Minatitlan are reported dead.
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Mexico City
Colima
Jalisco
Pacific
Manzanillo
Minatitlan
Javier de la Riva
Federal Health Minstry
Sorkin's Killer Had Worked Well With His Victim
Dr. Cylvia Sorkin states the man who killed her psychologist husband Ellis Trauernicht worked with both as researchers and advisors on their writings. Trauernicht says he has no idea what sparked Sorkin's anger. The Coroner's Jury ruled justifiable homicide and the case proceeds to a Circuit Court Grand Jury.
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ST. Louis
Cylvia Sorkin
Ellis Trauernicht
Harry Sorkin
Trauernicht
Sorkin
Elmer Ousdahl Helps Land '61 Convention
Kansas officials led by Douglas County commissioner Elmer Ousdahl helped secure the American Roadbuilders Association 1961 national convention for Wichita. Ousdahl noted Kansas delegates wore sunflower buttons and sang Home on the Range to showcase the centennial effort and received a favorable reaction from other delegates.
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Elmer Ousdahl
American Roadbuilders Association
Wichita
Kansas
Minneapolis
Douglas County
Ousdahl
Lawrence High football team seeks fourth straight title
Lawrence High football coach Woolard, famed for defense, was consulted by two rivals about defensive schemes before facing each other this week. The Lions routed Ottawa 50 to 0 for their 36th straight win, prompting 1,436 calls to the Journal-World about the outcome.
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al Woolard
Lawrence High
Kansas
Woolard
Lawrence ‘High
The
Journal-World
Lion- Ottawa
Ottawa
Lions
Finnish Librarians to Visit KU for Cultural Exchange
Two Finnish librarians visit the University of Kansas for four days under the State Department Cultural Exchange program. Dr. Jorma Vallinkoski of Helsinki University will speak on library policies and problems. Accompanying him is Kaarlo Lausti, librarian of the Helsinki Student Union Library with about 300 000 volumes.
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Kansas University
State Department
U. S
Jorma Vallinkoski
Helsinki University
Finland
Mika Waltari
KU Library Staff Association
Kaarlo Lausti
Helsinki University Student Union
Helsinki Student Union
Helsinki
In Memoriam for Frank Rob erson
In loving memory of Frank Rob erson who passed away two years ago on October 31 1957. The one we loved was called away and God took him home but in our hearts he liveth still. Sadly missed by wife children and grandchildren.
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Frank Roberson
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