State Hospital Study Planned
TOPEKA W A proposal to study charges prescribed for patients in state hospitals was accepted by the Kansas Legislative Council. Other proposals accepted for study include municipal transportation problems licensure of private employment agencies and pref erence for Kansans on state contracts.
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Topeka
Kansas Legislative Council
Thomas van Cleave
Kansas City
Bill Fribley
R-Creastline
Fribley
William Scott Takes London Post With Gulf Oil
William Scott, former Ottawan and son of John Scott, has joined Gulf Oil Co. and sails from New York to London where he will head the London office. A graduate of Ottawa High School and Columbia University, he studied at Vienna on a scholarship and served as United States vice consul there for seven years in the 1930s. After returning to America, he spent about 17 years with Socony Mobil Oil, largely in the Near East and Africa. He will begin duties on October 1.
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William Scott
Ottawan
John Scott
Cedar
Gulf Oil Co
New York
London
Scott
Ottawa High School
Columbia University
New York City
University of Vienna
United States
Vienna
Hitler
America
Socony-Mobil Oil Co
Near East
Africa
Mark Twain Novel Dropped From City Textbook List
In New York schools the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is no longer on the approved elementary and junior high list after three textbook contracts were not renewed in two years. Miss Ethel Huggard says the book is not a required text and bookstores remain available in libraries. the work still appears in city high schools.
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New York
Mark Twain
Ethel Huggard
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Twain
U.S. Rejects News Exchange Talk with China
Washington declined a Chinese proposal to swap newsmen while offering to consider individual reporter visas under immigration law. Ambassador A. Alexis Johnson explained no exchange agreement is possible, and Beijing appears to seek direct dealings or propaganda leverage.
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Washington
United States
Red China
A. Alexis Johnson
Geneva
Switzerland
Wang Ping-nan
U. S
Wang
United Saes
Soviet Victory Seen In U S Racial Troubles
6500 Top-State and Congress figures discuss racial violence in the United States. Senator Kefauver and other officials caution against Communist manipulation while urging calm amid school integration tensions in Tennessee and Kansas. In Tokyo, weather and landslide reports link to broader regional unrest, with casualties reported on Shikoku Island.
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Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
London
U. Ss
Coun
U. S
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United States
Kefauver
Keating
Tennessee
Tokyo
Japan
Hennings
D-Mo
Shikoku Island
Missouri
Rains Lash Japan Jure Injured and Landslide Buries Family
A family of three was buried alive in their home by a landslide as heavy rains lash Japan. In other news, delegates from 46 countries gather for the Inter Parliamentary Union conference in Kansas with American lawmakers and about 5,000 students enrolled at Kansas State College. The registrar notes total enrollment near 6,800 as of the term beginning today.
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Kansas State College
Soviet Union
Proto
Easimore International
Worth M. Gerritz
Keating
R-Ny
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