Red Cross Ends Flood Fund Drive in Douglas County
The American Red Cross closed the eastern flood fund drive after raising $10 million nationally and $1,876.51 locally in Douglas County. Local contributions exceeded the county goal of 1010, with gifts from area towns and individuals including 50 cents from a Lawrence student and 100 dollars from another resident.
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Larry J. Heeb
Douglas Counts
Ellsworth Bunker
Red Cross
Heeb
Douglas County
Douglas Collntians
Lawrence
Baldwin
Bismarck Grove
Clinton
Eudora
Lecompton
Mystery Yank Freed Claims German Identity
Berlin reports say a man freed by the Soviets as an American civilian now claims he is Klaus Frederick Glaubitz, a 27 year old German. U.S. officials doubt the new identity and continue checks on his status while he remains held incommunicado.
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Berlin
U.S
Charles Frederick Hopkins
Americas
Reds
Sax
New York City
Army Soramand
Hop
Elevator Tragedy Claims 2nd Victim in New York
Marie Handwerk 25 of Manhattan died from injuries after slipping three stories down an elevator shaft while attempting to free her 6 month old daughter Linda who was crushed when the carriage wedged beside the wall. Police theorize the carriage handle may have bumped the controls.
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New York
Marie Handwerk
Manhattan
Linda
Le Roy Area to Form Rural High School District
Residents adopt rural Le Roy school district spanning Le Roy and about a six mile radius in Woodson and Coffey counties with a valuation of 3.5 million dollars. City votes: 268 for 3 against. County votes: 244 for 55 against. Total 512 for 58 opposed. Election held yesterday.
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LE Roy
Kasah
Woodson
Coffey
Tuttle Creek Field Office Opens North of Manhattan
Col. E. C. Adams Kansas City district engineer announced a new Tuttle Creek field office near the dam site north of Manhattan. B. V. Reany named project engineer. he led early Tuttle Creek Dam work in 1952 and has 33 years with the Corps of Engineers.
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Kansas City
Col. E. C. Adams
Manhattan
B. V. Reany
Reany
Tuttle Creek
Corps of Engineers
Fire Crews Battle Trash Fire on Prospect Ave
Firefighters were alerted Tuesday afternoon to a trash fire at 1216 Prospect Ave. The blaze was brought under control with no damage reported.
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Prospect Ave
Polio cases in Kansas drop sharply from 1954 levels
The Kansas Board of Health reports polio in 1955 shows a sharp decline. Ninety new cases were reported last week versus 43 the prior year, bringing the year total to 155 compared with 386 in 1954.
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Peka
Kansas Board of Health
KU Faculty Men Return From Boeing Summer Studio
Seven Kansas University faculty members resumed teaching after a summer at the Boeing Wichita Division where they joined 29 other college instructors in multi jet chamber production. They worked with engineers on design development and manufacture of high performance craft. Participants include Ammon S. Andres Albert S. Palmerlee Loring O. Hanson Arthur N. Paul Howard F. Stettler Grant A. Snyder and Robert C. Umholtz.
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Kansas University
Boeing Airplane Company
Wichita
K. U
Ammon S. Andres
Albert 5. Palmerlee
Loring O. Hanson
Arthair N. Paul
Howard F. Stettler
Grant A. Snyder
Rober C. Umholtz
AEC Lets Newsmen View Test Base on West Coast
The Atomic Energy Commission permits newsmen to inspect its Salton Sea testing base near Brawley California. The 3.5 million dollar facility near 27 miles northwest conducts nonlive bomb fall tests using dummy ordnance dropped from aircraft from Kirtland Air Force Base New Mexico.
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Brawley
Calif. i
Atormic Energy Commission
Salton Sea
Here
Kiviland Air Force Base
Albuquerque
N.M
Cowboy Fund Leader In Satisfactory Condition
Gray Graham executive director of the Cowboy Capital campaign for Dodge City is hospitalized in Topeka in satisfactory condition after a mysterious assault. Graham on leave from his Dodge City purchasing job was injured Monday. police report no attack details and Graham recalls little about the incident.
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Topeka
Gray Graham
Dodge City
Graham
Wilma Hanson
Cowboy Capital Campaign
Sgt Jack Evans Named Police Traffic Leader
Lawrence police promote Sgt Jack Evans to traffic sergeant in charge of safety education parking control and crossing guards 37 year old veteran of the force since 1949 designated by Chief John Haze det
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Lawrence
Jack Evans
John Hazedet
Evans
Hazelet
Evang
Eudora Man Pleads Innocent On Disturbance Charge
O. E. Clark 55 of Eudora pleaded innocent in County Court to a peace disturbance charge filed by Dorothy M. Sluder. He is free on a 350 dollar bond with trial scheduled for 3 30 p.m. Thursday. The other item notes that Valentine greeting cards began about 1400 A.D.
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O. E. (Dobbs) Clark
Eudora
Dorothy M. Sluder
Clark
Kansas professor takes USC visiting post in accounting
Stettler associate professor of accounting at Kansas University will serve as visiting associate professor in accounting at the University of Southern California Los Angeles for the week. He will teach courses including cost accounting and auditing. Sherwood Newton will handle his Board of Accountancy duties during his absence.
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Howard IF. Stettler
Kansas University
University of Southern California
Los Angeles
Stetter
Leonard Axe
School of Business
Stettler
Kansas State Board of Accountancy
Sherwood Newton
Boeing Airplane Company
Wichita Din
Walter Meigs
U.8.c
Clinois University Grad Becomes Accounting Professor
The subject earned a master’s degree from Clinois University and became a certified public accountant there. He taught at Clinois for two years after World War I before joining Kansas as assistant professor of accounting in 1947, becoming associate professor in 1951.
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Clinois University
Clinois
Kansas
Guthrie Named Assistant Commander of Big Red One
Brig. Gen. John Simpson Guthrie of La Junta Colorado is appointed assistant commander of the U S 1st Infantry Division now rotating from Germany to Ft Riley Guthrie age 47 is a 1930 West Point graduate who moves from the 4th Infantry Division in Germany and has wartime decorations born in Washington DC and raised in La Junta
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Germany
John Simpson Guthrie
la Junta
Colo
U. S
Ft. Riley
Guthrie
West Point
4Th
Washington, D. C
Networks differ on GOP rebuttal time to Democrats
CBS rejected the request citing balance and an upcoming Nixon speech on Oct 19. ABC said it would grant equal time and suggested Nixon as the Republican spokesman. NBC said it had the request under consideration.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
CBS Radio and Television
Sig Mckerson
CBS
Nixon
American Broadcasting Co
National Broadcasting Co
Wreck death in Kansas City marks third injury case
Speech on radio and TV mix noted as ABC aired on radio only. Reptile told by GOP in Denver. Leonard W. Hall, an airman, claimed Troman sat center yesterday. A two car wreck on Highway 10 Friday led to multiple injuries and a fatality. NBC CBS and ABC coverage noted as juries judged two car collision impact.
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GOP
Denver
K. U
Leonard W. Hall
Troman
Troma
Highway 10
Wriday
de- Kansas City
Kas
NBC
CBS
Emima
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