Radar Charts Explain Andrea Doria Stockholm Collision
Radar experts argue the wreck was not caused by radar errors. The article explains how radar displays objects at sea, with blips indicating ships and wakes, and notes fog and weather can affect interpretation. It emphasizes that radar shows locations only and cannot replace human judgment. The Stockholm and Andrea Doria collision is attributed to captain decisions rather than radar failure.
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New York
NEA
Stockholm
Nantucket
Ivan Eastwood to Hold Lawson Memory Award at KU
Ivan Eastwood a Summerfield freshman will sponsor the 1956 57 Paul B Lawson scholarship at Kansas University. Spencer Morin KU aids and awards director announced the honor named for the late Dr Lawson former dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences and long time entomology faculty member. The award covers all fees for the freshmen year and selection is based on scholarship.
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Ivan Eastwood
Summerfield
Paul B. Lawson
Kansas University
Spencer Morin
K. U
de. Lawson
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Wichita East High School student wins first award
A Wichita East High School freshman, the first recipient of the award, plans to major in physical education. The report notes fire losses and crop impacts from weather, including $38,068 in losses and a July blaze near $400, with electrical fires in August adding to firemen’s workload and seven electrical incidents recorded.
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Uate
Wichita East High School
Farm youth work boosts summer earnings nationwide
U S Labor Department estimates indicate hundreds of thousands of high school and college youths earned money on farm chores this summer and more work may follow after school hours. Farm placement services placed about 300,000 youth in farm jobs with potential earnings in the millions, while many others worked on family farms or in food processing plants. Programs include day-haul clubs camps and live-in arrangements with supervision by teachers and farm crews to ease labor shortages during harvest season. The report also notes key conditions for expanding youth farm work and the ongoing effort to reassure farmers and parents about safety and supervision.
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Washington
U. S. Labor Department
Bureau of Employment Security
Bureau
Don Larin
Division of
Farm Placement Service
Larin
Maine
Labor Department
Wichita White Truck Sales Scholarship for KU Freshman
Irvin Youngberg secretary of the KU Endowment Association announced a $250 Wichita area freshman scholarship. The award, requested by Morris J. Krause, president of Wichita White Truck Sales Inc., honors a 1956 KU graduate Ronald Keith Jantz and supports Kansas University entrants from Wichita.
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Wichita White Truck Sales Inc
Kansas University
Irvin Youngberg
K.U. Endowment Association
Wichita
Morris J. Krause
Ronald Keith Jantz
Ship owner sued for damages by injured sailor in Miami court
Willy H. Watkins, injured aboard a Norwegian ship, seeks $50,000 from the ship's owner, a corporation named Kampskibsaktieselakabet Laly, now on the docket of U.S. District Court in Miami Florida.
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Fla.b
U.S. District Court
Willy H. Watkins
Kampskibsaktieselakabet Laly
Medical Center Kansas City Hosts School Health Conference
At the Medical Center in Kansas City Kansas the conference covers school health heart and lung disease. Last year two hundred attended and officials expect 300 to 400 this year. Administrators educators nurses and public health personnel will join five guest consultants from American Medical Association Kansas Medical Society and other regional bodies.
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Conrad M. Barnes
Kansas Medical Society
Seneca
Hilbert P. Jubert
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Medical Society
Manhattan
Howard D. McEachen
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