Education Meeting Divides Views on School Services
Delegates at the Douglas County Conference on Federation of Education on September 17 at K U varied in opinions on school services, with 33 percent not answering service questions and 60 percent favoring district reorganization. Higher salaries for teachers and stricter entry requirements were among the top recommendations to attract and retain staff.
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Douglas County
K. U
James Wortham
Tiang
Washington Inmates Protest Treatment At Walla Walla
Thirty seven prisoners at the Washington state penitentiary refused a fifth meal in protest against outmoded quarters and feared punishment for possible rioting in July and August. They drink water, a prison physician monitors them, and Warden Lawrence Delmore Jr. will resume talks when they choose to eat.
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Walla Walla, Wash
State Penitentiary
Lawrence Delmore Jr
Jayhawk Motors Announces September Used Cars Sale
Jayhawk Motor Company owner Krimminger at 1040 Vermont Lawrence declares used car sales in September strong and states remaining stock will be sold on a first come, first served basis.
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Howard” Krimminger
Jayhawk Motor Company
Vermont
Lawrence
Jayhawk Motors End of September Sale Promises Big Pontiac Stock
Mr Krimminger notes September trade ins on 1955 Pontiacs near a record high in Jayhawk Motors history. Local sales rank Pontiac third, with a large stock of 72 cars across four doors convertibles wagons and trucks. The sale runs to 9 pm at 1040 Vermont with many price ranges and brands included.
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Krimminger
Jayhawk Motor
Pontiac
Miles Lef
Cadillac
Buick
Chevrolet
Ford
Dodge
Kaiser
Hudson
Stidebaker
Plymouth
Packard
Chrysler
Jayhawk Motors
Nightmare Ends for Collins as Big Bat Propels Yankees
Joe Collins delivered two homers to power the New York Yankees past the Brooklyn Dodgers 6-5 on opening day. The veteran first baseman, who endured a 1957 World Series hitless drought, praised by manager Casey Stengel for sticking with him in late-season lineups, showed clutch power and proved his critics wrong.
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New York
Joe Collins
New York Yankees
Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn
Collins
Carl Erskine
Casey Stengel
Stengel
Washington
Joe
Casey
Don Newcombe
Bill Skowron
Stengeli
Kansas City
Lawrence Named as Site For Savings-Loan Meet For Region
Northeast Kansas savings and loan officials met in Ottawa Tuesday and chose Lawrence as the site for the 1956 fall group conference. Lawrence Building and Loan Association's Lisle E. Eby joined John Cawthorn of Wichita, president of the Kansas Savings and Loan League, to note Kansas home-building prospects. Cawthorn said 100000 Kansans are involved in home building and predicted steady or slightly higher activity. He cited Kansas savings and loan assets rising from 190 million in 1950 to 435 million today, marking an all-time high.
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Northeast Kansas Savings and Loan
Ottawa
Lawrence
Northeast Kansas
Kansas
John C. Emick
Douglas County Building and Loan Association
Lisle E. Eby
Lawrence Building and Loan Association
John Cawthorn
Wichita
Kansas Savings and Loan League
Authorn
Kansas Junior Savings and Loan League
Kansas University
League
Secretary Benson to officate wedding of Barbara Benson
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson officiates at the Salt Lake Temple wedding of his daughter Barbara Benson to Dr. Robert Harris Walker of Calgary Alberta. The couple plans a trip to Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks before settling in Calgary where Walker runs his medical practice.
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Salt Lake City
Ezra Taft Benson
Barbara Benson
Robert Harris Walker
Calgary
Alberta
Salt Lake Temple
Latter Day Saints
Mormon
Benson
Council of Twelve Apostles
James H. Walker
Raymond Alta
Yellowstone
Glacier National Parks
Walker
British Use Gas and Clubs to Break Up Cyprus Youth Meet
British troops and police used tear gas and clubs to disperse youths attempting to mass in Metaxas Square Nicosia as meetings there were banned during a general strike. Extremist leaders urged workers to halt activity in protest of a U.N. Assembly debate report on Cyprus while Cypriot Greeks press for unification with Greece.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Metaxas Square
U.N. Assembly
Greece
Kansas Harriers open 05 schedule versus Oklahoma Aggies
Kansas will open a five meet cross country schedule against Oklahoma A M defending NCAA champions Hin Stilhwater. Other dates announced include Miscasuri at Lawrence October 28 Oklahoma at Norman November 4 the Big Seven at Ames November 12 and the NCAA at East Lansing November 21. Coach Bill Easton returns every member of last year’s squad which won the Big Seven and finished fourth in nationals. Team captains and key runners named include AL Fesine Wie ita Lowell Janae York Ned Jan Howell Macksville Tommy Rupp Hays Grant Conkson and Bernie Gay with six promising sophomores also listed.
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Kansas
Oklahoma A & M
Hin
Ralph Higgins
AL Fesine
Wieita
Lowell Janae
York
Ned
Jan Howell
Macksville
Tommy Rupp
Hays
Grant Conkson
Green
Frame
Bernie Gay
Gardner
Easton
Jerry McNeal
Minneapolis, Minn
Bob Nicholson
Maize
Hal Long
van . Calif
Yerlyn Schmidt
Rob Corman
Salina
Earl Ebten
Lenexa
Britain Warns Egypt Over Arms Purchase Plan
London announced to inform Egyptian Prime Minister Gamal Abdel Nasser that Britain takes a grave view of Egypt's plan to buy arms from behind the Iron Curtain. The Foreign Office said Ambassador Sir Humphrey Trevelyan would deliver the warning to Nasser about dangers of an arms race in the Middle East.
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London
Foreign Office
Humphrey Trevelyan
Britain
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Middle East
Young Cyclones Open Football Campaign For Big Eleven Scrimmage
Iowa State faces Illinois in Champaign with a young lineup and coach DiFrancesca weighing injuries. Sophomores may start at quarterback as Iowa State seeks experience after a 19-7 loss to Denver and a bye week prior to the Illinois test.
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Kansas City
Iowa State
Illinois
Illini
Champaign
Cyclone
Vince DiFrancesca
Sin
al Rickert
Ilinois
Cyclones
Denver
MLV
Aiatae
Cotuedne
Missouri Plays Utah Saturday in Columbia
The season resumes with Missouri back in uniform as they prepare to host Utah in Columbia on Saturday.
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Missouri
Utah
Columbia
Hall Deplores Extremists in Republican Party
Ottawa Kansas Mayor Hall laments extremists within the GOP as a major 1956 election challenge. He spoke at a 2nd District Republican workshow noting party unity may hinge on elevating leaders who can carry Eisenhower’s hoped for second term.
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Ottawa
Kas
Gay
Fred Hall
GOP
Hall
Eisenhower
Ennai
Rupe Penthal
McPherson
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