English Barrister to Lecture Series at KU Law
The Right Honorable Sir Francis Evershed Master of the Rolls will deliver the fourth Judge Nelson Timothy Stephens lectures in law at Kansas University September 16 17 and 18. He will give three lectures on The Academic and Practical Aspects of English Law Contrasted. Lectures in Strong Auditorium begin at 8 pm on Sept 16 1 and 1 pm on Sept 18 with a reception after the first lecture in the Kansas Memorial Union. The Stephens Lectureship was founded by the late Miss Kate Stephens in memory of her father Judge Nelson Timothy Stephens who served as judge of the Fourth Kansas Judicial District from 1877 to 1884. Commemorative remarks will be given by Hon Walter GTryne of the Kansas Supreme Court at the first lecture. Evershed, who joined the British government in many roles, is Master of the Rolls roughly equivalent to an associate justice in the U S Supreme Court and has held that post since 1949. He served on the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague in 1960 and was knighted in 1944. He studied at Balliol College Oxford and studied law at Lincoln's Inn. The circuit of former Stephens lecturers included Justice Wesley Rutledge and professors A A Berlert and Zachariah Chafee.
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Francis Raymond Evershed
Rolla
Royal Courts of Justce
London
England
Nelson Timothy Stephens
Kansas University
Kansas Memorial Union
Judge Stephens
School of Taweat KU
Kate Stephens
Lawrence
Divine Nelson Timothy Stephens
Kansas Judicial District
Lincoln's Inn Law School
King's Counsel
Balliol College
Oxford University
Leeves
France
Nude photos spark arson at Brooklyn residence
In Brooklyn a woman, Alice Fiorito, 20, set fire to her former boyfriend Albert Dinally's house after a dispute over nude photos. The couple, once dating 18 months, had disagreements over the pictures. Police say she surrendered to a policeman after a movie, held on arson charges with bail set at $2,500 as grand jury action looms.
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New York
Alice
Fiorito
Brooklyn
Albert Dinally
Albert
Abbert
Brunere Alice
Jamaica
Queens
Al‘bert
Fely Court
Pictres
Unclear Labor Strike Threads Through Martian Ruggles
By Roger Price in a fragmented account a labor dispute on Mars unfolds with references to feds rationing and management’s refusal. The piece depicts a strike action labeled unflettered Ruggles and subsequent economic turmoil, ending without a clear resolution.
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Mars
Massachusetts School Start Postponed by Polio Outbreak
Massachusetts school committees moved opening dates back one to two weeks amid rising polio anxiety. Eastern boards held emergency meetings while parochial and private schools followed suit. Football schedules advanced. Fisher Junior College and Essex Agricultural School delayed openings as polio cases rose to 2,274 nationwide regionally including Rhode Island and New Hampshire.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Oie
Fisher Junior College
Essex S Agricultural School
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Bizarre Escape Plan Narrated in Trial
Prosecutor described Sterl ing T Colson’s unusual prison escape in Federal Court Jacksonville Florida. Colson allegedly obtained keys from a prison equipment supervisor to steal a guard’s car, drove to a gas pump, had the pump attendant fill it, then used the car to drive to the prison gate where guards opened it. He later sold the car near Bay City Texas crossing state lines and admitted guilt. sentenced to one year by Judge Bryan Simpson. Colson already serves 10 years in Florida State Prison for forgery and was arrested last year on that charge.
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Jacksonville
Fla. Us
Sterling T. Colson
Alabama
Asst. L
Coleman
Madsen
Colson
Bay City
Tex
Bryan Simpson
Florida State
births and hospital births reported at Memorial Hospital
A list of residents and relatives including Sheila Miller Mary Jane Runnels Margaret White and others at Memorial Hospital with births noted for several mothers and babies born today in multiple locations such as Sunnyside Baldwin Eudora DeSoto and Ark Street. Families welcomed a daughter or son today including Marie Ice Maxine Madden and Margie Hopkins and other newborns and parents.
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Sheila Miller
Tenn
Marie Ice
Ark. St
Maxine” Madden
Sunnyside
Margie Hopkins
Mary Ann Nicolay
Eudora
Mittie Jenkins
DeSoto
Christine A. Brooker
Barker Ave
Prather 85 Dies. Graveside Rites Set in Oak Hill
George M. Prather 85 died Wednesday at a Leavenworth hospital. Graveside services are noon Tuesday at Oak Hill Cemetery with Western Star Lodge No. 1 in charge. Prather, a longtime Barteldes Seed Co. employee and retired Union Pacific flagman, was born here.
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George M. Prather
Leavenworth
Oak Hill Cemetery
Western Star Lodge
Prather
Barteldes Seed Co
Union Pacific
Local Man Found Dead at Tory Mass Apartment
William H. Chapman age 83 was found dead in his Tory Mass St apartment this morning. Police were alerted at 10 45. Officials said death appeared natural but Douglas County Coroner Byron Walters was summoned to investigate the case.
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William H. Chapman
Tory Mass
Douglas County
Byron Walters
Collision Causes $360 Damage At 12th And Del Streets
A Friday crash at 12th and Del streets caused about 360 in damage to two cars driven by Charles Richard Powers 23 of 1201 Brooks Street and William Lawrence Hartman 46 of 1427 Prairie Avenue. No injuries were reported.
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12Th
del. Sts
Charles Richard Powers
Brooks St
William Lawrence Hartman
Travel Heavy Incident at Barker Ave Leaves Girl Hurt
A 4 year old, Christine Broeker, was choked by a jeep bed that fell against her neck at 172414 Barker Ave. She is recovering and released from Lawrence Memorial Hospital. A trash fire on a field owned by L. O. Armstrong, 113 miles south on US 59, was reported under control with no damage. Fire drills extended all day as Lawrence public offices close until Tuesday morning. Police, Fire, Sheriff, and Highway Patrol maintain usual coverage with split shifts over the weekend.
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Palmotor
Barker Ave
Christine Broeker
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
L. O. Armstrong
Lawrence
U.S. Highway 59
John Miller
Sheriff's Office
Highway Patrol
First Wreck Victim Here James Rayburn 24
James Rayburn of Eudora aged 24 was the first Labor Day weekend accident victim in the area. He was injured in a two car collision near Eudora at 11 15 this morning and transported by ambulance to Lawrence Memorial Hospital with injuries not believed serious. Rayburn's vehicle collided with one driven by Rex Nicolay 24 Route 1 Eudora. Nicolay and Rayburn's younger brother Gerald 9 were uninjured. Damage was estimated at 1600 to Nicolay's car and 360 to Rayburn's car.
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James Rayburn
Eudora
Rayburna
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Rayburn
Rex Nicolay
Nicolay
Gerald
Ray
Bes i
Water and Sewage Session Highlights 38th Annual Meeting
Two main issues dominated the Kansas University gathering of 125 plant operators. Detergent foaming from synthetic cleaners worries engineers, with industry studies and university programs funding research. A second finding at Chicago’s South District plant links sludge recycling and alum floc to improved settling. Kansas State Health official Russell L. Culp endorses fluoridation to prevent dental decay.
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Kansas University
Paul Haney
Black and Veatch
Kansas City
Ford
Haney
American Association of Soap and Detergent Manufacturers
U.S
M.I.T
Purdue
Ilinois
California
Chicago South District
Russell L. Culp
Kansas State Board of Health Water Laboratory
University
Wreck Fatal to Infant in Great Bend Collision
Six month old Mike Grimes died and his parents Mr and Mrs Johnny Grimes of Great Bend were involved as another driver suffered injuries in a two car crash yesterday. It marked the citys second traffic fatality this year.
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Great Bend
Mike Grimes
Johnny Grimes
Woman Burned in Home Fire in Nortonville Kansas
Mrs. Maude Burdick, 65, suffered serious burns in a house fire yesterday. Rescued by railroad workers who spotted the blaze, she is the widow of A. P. Burdick longtime publisher of the Wortonville News. Early deadline for Labor Day edition.
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Nortonville, Kas.p
Maude Burdick
A. P. Burdick
Wortonville News
Local Legionnaires To State Convention in Topeka
About 50 members of Lawrence Dorsey Liberty American Legion Post No 14 travel to Topeka for the 1955 Kansas Department convention. John Mitchell will chair the 14 delegates and 10 alternates. The Lawrence drum and bugle corps performs in tonight’s parade at Washburn University. The U S Army Field Band from Washington D C headlines three days of events with a concert tonight at Moore Bowl and another Sunday at Municipal Auditorium.
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Lawrence Dorsey-Liberty American Legion Post No. 14
Topeka
American Legion
Kansas Department
John Mitchell
Lawrence
Lawrence Legion
Washburn University
Moore Bowl
U.S. Army Field Band
Washington D.C
Municipal Auditorium
Japs Say All of China Is Becoming Sovietized
Hong Kong report quotes Minoru Yokota leader of a one man Japanese press and broadcasting delegation to Peiping declaring Red China is being completely Sovietized. He says all fields of Chinese Communist construction are under U.S. S.R. direction with Soviet technicians aiding Chinese workers and signage in Chinese and Russian visible in public spaces.
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Hong Kong
Red
Robert E Lee stamp to debut September 21
Protests by ex District Judge Hugh Means of Lawrence accompany the Post Office Department plan to issue a 30 cent Robert E Lee stamp in Norfolk Virginia on September 21. The gray stamp features the General’s likeness with a two line name and denomination layout. Collectors may buy at the Philatelic Agency Washington DC after September 22 using money orders. Local fire department training and a real estate donation are also noted in this fragment.
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Hugh Means
Lawrence
Post Office Department
Robert E. Lee
Norfolk, Va
Gen. Lee
U.S
Philatelic Agency
Washington
D. C
Means
Lee
U. S
Missouri Woman On Probation For Bank Robbery
A 22 year old Missouri woman pled guilty to conspiring to rob a Southwest City bank and receiving 1500 dollars. She was placed on three years probation in a federal court. Her father in law, Glen H Potter, 53, of Thayer, received two years for similar charges. Three other men, all guilty in the same 50,000 robbery case, received sentences from 12 to 60 months.
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Kansas City
Loyer
Southwest City
Bank Bery
Margaret E. Potter
Cornertone Bank
Glen H. Potter
Thayer
Market News Wheat Prices and Livestock Reports
Kansas City market rounds report mixed grain prices and detailed livestock figures from USDA weekly figures. Cattle and hogs show varied gains and declines across weight classes with calves, heifers, and sows moving in tighter ranges.
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Kansas City Ua
USDA
Game Bird Situation In Kansas Best in 3 Years
Pratt report says upland game birds in Kansas are the best in three years with gains of 20 to 40 percent over last season. Pheasants remain up 10 percent, eastern regions show more prime chickens, and season dates will be set at meetings in Wichita on September 9.
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PRATT
Woansa
Hestern
Easiel Teaday
Juive Leahy
State Forestry, Fish and Caine Dermission
Rana
Ay Ramimaschen
Wichita
State's Drilling Pace Steady for Past Week in Kansas
State and industry reports show drilling stayed steady last week with 97 new wells started and 84 completions. The week ended Friday saw 44 wells producing oil and gas, six wells reworked, and a total daily output of 46 089 000 cubic feet of gas and 1 689 barrels of oil. Official figures cover 22 counties and list RBO 600 cubic feet gas wells.
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Kansas
Wea
Frida
Droit
Obituary: Arilene Calkins 87 Former County Treasurer
Arilene of Mr Calkins 87 longtime city clerk and former Dreiser County treasurer died yesterday. Survivors include his widow Neo sens and a daughter. The funeral will be Monday afternoon.
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Arilene
Calkins
Crty
Cleri
Foremer Dreiser
LF Sears
Neo Sens
Dauaghter
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