Hutchinson Junior High teachers swap classes for two weeks
Ninth grade girls learn shop while boys try home economics in an unusual two week swap at Central Junior High School Hutchinson. Principal Roscoe Coyne says the rotation will show if cross training benefits students and potential career insights. The program ends January 20 with both groups gaining basic skills in their swapped subjects.
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Hutchinson’s Central Junior High School
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Union Official Is Tortured in Kansas City Raid
Floyd R. Hayes former Teamsters Local No 41 leader was tortured during a home invasion by four masked gunmen who held his wife and sister in law hostage. The intruders ransacked the house stole 285 dollars cash jewelry a mink coat and antique guns after binding the victims and locking them in a storage room. Hayes escaped with his family and police were alerted. Hayes had recently been released from prison after 18 months for income tax evasion. he previously served as president and later secretary treasurer and business agent for the local union.
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Teamsters Local No. 41
Sheriff Verne Robinson Faces Jail Turmoil
AP reports Topeka sheriff Verne Robinson facing a troubled start after taking office Monday. County jail inmates flooded cells by stopping toilets and burning a trash receptacle. Two inmates escaped Thursday night by climbing from the attic, cutting sheet metal roofing, and lowering to the street with a smuggled rope. Fugitives LeRoy Kirt doll, 38, and Warren Brandon, 20, both from Topeka, were serving burglary and larceny or petty larceny respectively.
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Bonded Brake Shoes and Cylinders Ad for auto parts
An auto parts ad promotes BONDED BRAKE SHOES MASTER wheel cylinder kits and bonded ishoes with exchange at no extra cost for old shoes. It notes honing brake cylinders before kit installation and features genuine Thermoid brake parts and fluid. Contact Harry Smith at CH 2-1522.
Be Careful About Showing Your Past
New York AP recalls a reflective landscape of bygone days. It notes fathers presenting watches on 21st birthdays, mothers baking bread, and people awaiting Houdini messages from beyond. It contrasts old fears and social norms with early media, fashion, and daily life quirks.
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New York
Houdini
Wichita Clearance Project Approved in Wichita
The Urban Renewal Administration approved final plans for the Skyline slum clearance project in Wichita and proposed a grant of 161,188 dollars. A Wichita hearing is likely before final approval. Rep. Gartner E. Shrivers says funds would mainly acquire land.
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Urban Renewal Administration
Wichita
Gartner E. Shriver
Shriver
KU Students Demonstrate After Refusal of Service Incident
In Lawrence faced with a downtown tavern accused of denying service to Black patrons, University of Kansas students staged a peaceful demonstration Thursday night. No violence occurred and no charges were filed. fourteen students were reprimanded by police.
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University of Kansas
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