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University Daily Kansan
Page 0485_2 from reel: L 2345 (1950-05-12 to 1951-04-10)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/148504

Title: ASC Members Refuse to Support Anti-Discrimination Bill
Summary: The All Student Council defeated a measure to support an anti-discrimination bill in the state legislature by one vote, with discussion about employment practices and policies based on race, color, religion, or national background.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student government; anti-discrimination; university policy
Named Entities: Howard, Jack [business senior]; Bradley, Richard [engineering junior]; Cligan, Melvin [A.S.C. president]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Experts Discuss Age at Meeting
Summary: Over 175 delegates attended the first Kansas Conference on Aging where medical and social experts discussed problems of an aging population, including findings from a study of 40 Kansas homes for the aged.
Category: features/profiles
Subjects: aging population; gerontology; social services
Named Entities: Heilman, R. M. [director, Kansas state board of health]; Twente, Esther [professor, sociology]; Rottersman, William [director, Menninger School of Psychiatry]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Kent Shearer Places First in Buehler Speech Contest
Summary: Kent Shearer, a College senior, won the fourth annual Lorraine Buehler Oratorical contest with his oration 'Recipe for Suicide' before an audience of 200 in Strong auditorium.
Category: campus news
Subjects: speech contest; academic competition; student achievement
Named Entities: Shearer, Kent [College senior]; Buehler, E. C. [professor of speech and drama]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Wage Formula Upped 10 Per Cent Retail Profit Margin Limited
Summary: The government approved pay raises for 57 million workers and some price increases for retail merchants, with Economic Stabilizer Johnston lifting the wage freeze to permit wages to rise 10 percent above the January 15, 1950 level.
Category: national news
Subjects: economic policy; wage controls; retail industry
Named Entities: Johnston, John A. [Economic Stabilizer]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Heaviest Red Barrage of the War Stalls United Nations Offensive
Summary: The U.S. 1st cavalry division faced the heaviest Red artillery barrage of the war, stalling their offensive near the 38th parallel as Communist forces mounted heavy resistance.
Category: national news
Subjects: Korean War; military operations; United Nations
Confidence: 0.85

Title: AWS Candidates to Attend Tea
Summary: Candidates for the Associated Women Students election who passed the AWS examination will attend a tea in the Women's lounge in Strong Hall from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student elections; Associated Women Students; campus events
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Student Delegate to Washington
Summary: Howard Baumgartle, a graduate student, is representing the University of Kansas at the Oread Meeting of the Society of Friends in Washington D.C., with interviews arranged with congressmen to discuss Quaker views on military training and peace negotiations.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student representation; Washington D.C.; university governance
Named Entities: Baumgartle, Howard [graduate student]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: The Weather
Summary: Kansas: Partly cloudy and cold tonight with diminishing winds; Thursday fair, colder east portion; warmer extreme west. Low tonight 15 northwest to 25 southeast. High Thursday 45-50 northeast to 55 southwest.
Category: informational content
Subjects: weather forecast; Kansas weather
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [advertisements]
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [classifieds]
Category: classifieds
Confidence: 0.9

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