Culture Caravan Brings World to Kansas Classrooms
The Kansas International Cultural Caravan, largely led by foreign born Kansans, tours schools to teach international living. Its aims are to spark youth interest in global cultures, meeting people from abroad, and understanding customs. Founders include Mrs. Roy Menninger and Mrs. Harry Snell, linked to UNICEF and Church Women United of Kansas.
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Robert D. Haworth
Associated Press
Topeka
Kan
India
Japan
Kansas
Kansas Inernational Cultural Caravan
Roy Menninger
Menninger
Huseband
Menninger Foundation
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Unicef
Harry Snell
Church Women United of
50th Reunion of Williams Class of 1917 Attracts 32 Alumni
Tremendous change over 50 years marked Williams College 1917 alumni reunion in Willimstown. Of 73 survivors, 32 attended, receiving a class gift of 514000 for the school while recalling World War I, prohibition and the jet age. Several spoke of aging, war and social change, with one member praising Thurgood Marshall's Supreme Court nomination and another urging petitions against Vietnam.
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Willimstown
Mass
Old Guard
Survie Vors
Williams College
Thomorrow
Chapin Hall
Stan Phillips
Vietnam
America
Williams
Reg Cooke
Rayford Logan
Howard University
Johnson
Thurgood Marshall
U.S. Supreme Court
Bryan Hamlin
Bridgehampton
N.C
Weather forecast: heavy rains and flood risk in Kansas
The Weather Bureau predicts numerous showers and thunderstorms across Kansas as a cool Canadian air outbreak moves southeast from northwest Kansas. If heavy rain materializes in eastern Kansas tonight, a new flood threat could emerge along the Marais des Cygnes River.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Raineswollen Marais Des Cygnes
Kanesas
Senate Votes To Censure Dodd
The Senate censured Sen. Thomas J. Dodd for improper handling of political funds, a case that marked only the sixth time a U.S. senator faced censure. Several colleagues voted against censure. others did not vote or were absent as the chamber wrestled with the ethics findings and procedural questions.
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Washington
Senate
Thomas J. ‘Dodd
Senate Ethics Committee
Connecticut
Dodd
Sen
John Stennis
D-Miss
Ethics Committee
Cene Surifig Hint Walsén
Rassély-B
Long
D-La
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Daniel K. Inouye
D- Hawaii
B. Everett Jordan
D-N.c
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Tower
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Young GOP Revolt Shakes Omaha Convention
In Omaha the Young Republicans break from senior GOP control by choosing a national chairman amid a confrontation over amendments. The Young Republican Federation rejected changes that would give the GOP National Chairman more power to discipline the youth arm, signaling a power struggle within the party.
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Omaha
Neb
GOP
Young Republican Federation
Ray Bliss
Young Republicans
Republican National Committee
National Party
Pennsylvania
Bliss
National
Pont Pansickletofddansag
Jack McDonald
Nashville
Tenn
National Young Republicans
National Committee For the Young Republicans
Flood Crests Predicted By Weathermen Near Marais River
AP reports the Weather Bureau forecast crest levels for the Marais des Cygnes River with rainfall potential. Quenemo Ottawa Osawatomie La Cygne and Trading Post expect crests ranging from 27 to 38.9 feet, with varying declines possible if no more rain occurs and some areas should return to banks by Saturday night or Monday.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Marais Des Cygnes
Quenemo
Banks
Ottawa
Osawatomie
Health officials warn on flood water safety and cleanup
The Kansas State Health Department urges boiled water only from flooded wells after disinfection. Steps include removing flood water and mud, repairing seepage, chlorine treatment with laundry bleach, and four hours contact time, plus sending water samples to the Sanitary Engineering Lab in Topeka. Also advise slow basement water removal, safe handling of canned foods, disposal of contaminated materials, and proper septic tank pumping instructions.
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Kansas State Departement of Health
Health Department
Sanitary Engineering Lab
Harrison
Topeka
Health Dept
Inestead
Ammo Plant Blast Kills Three Women in Iowa
An explosion at a heavy munition loading line of an Army ordnance plant near Burlington Iowa killed three women Jessica Gilman 40 from Fort Madison Dorothy Groves 54 of Montrose and Ida Koett 37 from rural West Burlington and injured four others. All seven workers were in the same area when the blast occurred around 1050 p m.
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Burlington, Iowa
Army Ordnance
Iowa City
Jes
Sica Gilman
Fort Madison
Dorothy Groves
Montrose
Ida Koett
West
Burlington
George Mathis
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Fasheon
Irv Smith
Smith
Norm Kennedy
New York
Prentiss French
Concord
Lincoln
Lincoln Memorial
French
Gardiner Platt
Balkans
Leonard Wolcott
Pottawatomie Creek
Young Gop
Trading Post
McDonald
Ammo
Iowa
Ottawa Herald
S. Main
Claude Myers
Edith Crandall
Nuzman Lumber
Patty
Wales
Devo Acton
Malott’s lHdw
Appl
Pizza Hut
Main
Ottawal
Peanuts
United Feature Syndicate
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