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University Daily Kansan
Page 0226_2 from reel: L 2348 (1953-01-14 to 1953-11-16)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/145349

Title: Ku Coed Strangled
Summary: An 18-year-old fine arts sophomore was found strangled in Potter Lake. Campus police are investigating the circumstances surrounding her death.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student death; campus tragedy; police investigation
Named Entities: Burzuk, Orvetta M. [student]; Skilman, Joseph [campus police chief]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Atomic Blast Scheduled for KU Stadium
Summary: An atomic bomb will be exploded in Memorial Stadium on April 17 to mark the opening of the 1953 Kansas Relays and Engineering Exposition. The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission approved the blast which will affect a populated area in wartime.
Category: campus news
Subjects: university events; atomic energy; campus safety
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Truck Hits J-Student; Revenge Suspected
Summary: Ronald Kull, journalism senior, was struck by a truck near Danforth chapel. Police are investigating whether the incident was an accident or revenge.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student accident; campus safety; vehicle incident
Named Entities: Kull, Ronald [journalism senior]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Aspirin Shipment Arrives
Summary: Watkins hospital announced the arrival of a new shipment of aspirin to handle all those broken legs, sunburn cases, and influenza patients.
Category: campus news
Subjects: health services; medical supplies; campus health
Confidence: 0.7

Title: ROTС Deferments Canceled
Summary: All ROTC deferments will be canceled April 15. The Department of Defense announced that this action was necessary because so many men were entering college to evade the draft.
Category: campus news
Subjects: military service; student deferments; campus policy
Named Entities: Hershey, Louis [director of selective service]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Murphy Granted Leave of Absence to Assist Hobby, New Cabinet Post
Summary: Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy was granted a year's leave of absence to accept a post as administrative assistant to Oveta Culp Hobby, newly appointed head of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Category: campus news
Subjects: university administration; chancellor; faculty appointments
Named Entities: Murphy, Franklin D. [chancellor]; Hobby, Oveta Culp [head of Department of Health, Education, and Welfare]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Hoch Condemned for Weak Ceiling
Summary: Hoch auditorium has been condemned for further use until extensive repairs can be made on the ceiling which has cracked under the strain.
Category: campus news
Subjects: campus facilities; building safety; auditorium repairs
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Pach, FACTS Combine Forces
Summary: Pachacamac and FACTS political party spokesmen announced that both parties will dissolve their present systems of organization and combine to form a new party.
Category: features/profiles
Subjects: student organizations; political groups; campus politics
Confidence: 0.75

Title: Relax – We're Foolin'
Summary: The Daily Kansan front page shows a different layout with the headline 'Relax – We're Foolin'' indicating this is an April Fools' edition.
Category: features/profiles
Subjects: April Fools'; campus humor; student pranks
Confidence: 0.7

Title: Students Go on Strike
Summary: Nine student employees of Watson library walked out of the library in an effort to force the administration to raise their wages to a minimum of 66 cents an hour.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student protest; library workers; wage dispute
Confidence: 0.75

Title: Photo: Campus Tragedy—Herkimer Haddox, College Junior, Wades From the Depths of Potter Lake With the Body of Orvetta M....
Category: photos/graphics
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [advertisements]
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [classifieds]
Category: classifieds
Confidence: 0.9

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