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University Daily Kansan
Page 0608_1 from reel: L 2344 (1949-10-11 to 1950-05-11)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/149486

Title: Floods Hit Midwest
Summary: Flash floods across Midwest from Oklahoma to Canada leave nine dead and seven missing, with widespread damage to infrastructure and communities.
Category: national news
Subjects: natural disasters; floods; midwest united states
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Harvard Doctor to Give Lecture
Summary: Harvard ophthalmologist E.J. Curran to lecture at University of Kansas School of Medicine on ocular therapeutics and practical applications.
Category: local news
Subjects: university lectures; medical education; ophthalmology
Named Entities: Curran, E.J. [ophthalmologist]; Dunphy, Edwin B. [professor]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Cabano Now a Tent City
Summary: Fire in Quebec town of Cabano destroys 150 homes, leaving 1,200 residents homeless and creating temporary tent city.
Category: local news
Subjects: natural disasters; fire damage; canada
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Bracke Calls KU 'Snobbish' in Book
Summary: Former KU instructor William B. Bracke's book 'Wheat Country' criticizes University of Kansas as 'snobbish' according to reviewer William L. White.
Category: local news
Subjects: university reputation; literary criticism; higher education
Named Entities: Bracke, William B. [author]; White, William L. [reviewer]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Russian Boycotts Council
Summary: Russia boycotts Allied council meeting in Japan over treatment of Japanese war prisoners, with Gen. Douglas MacArthur requesting UN investigation.
Category: local news
Subjects: international relations; russian politics; united nations
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Music Camp Set to Start June 19
Summary: University of Kansas to host 13th season of Midwestern Music Camp June 19-July 30 with guest conductors and daily concerts.
Category: campus news
Subjects: music education; summer camps; university events
Named Entities: Wiley, Russell L. [director]; Fraser Harrison, Guy [guest conductor]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Phillips Geologist Sees Job Drought
Summary: Phillips Petroleum geologist T.E. Weirich reports difficult job market for geology graduates, with only 1 in 4 finding positions.
Category: campus news
Subjects: geology careers; employment; higher education
Named Entities: Weirich, T.E. [geologist]; Ocamb, Ray [college senior]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Young Country Folks Like Television; May Keep 'Em Home on the Farm
Summary: Study shows television may keep young people on farms rather than moving to cities, with 6,000 Massachusetts farm families surveyed.
Category: features/profiles
Subjects: rural life; television impact; agriculture
Named Entities: Pickett, Carleton I. [executive secretary]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Elbel Studies Injuries
Summary: University of Kansas physical education instructor Edwin R. Elbel studies high school athletic injuries, finding 78% occur in football.
Category: sports
Subjects: sports medicine; athletic injuries; university sports
Named Entities: Elbel, Edwin R. [instructor]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Minstrels Benefit
Summary: Beta Sigma Phi and Nu Phi Mu sponsor minstrel show benefit for Bert Nash Mental Health Clinic May 12-13 at LMHS Auditorium.
Category: announcement
Subjects: charity events; mental health; campus activities
Named Entities: Bert Nash Mental Health Clinic
Confidence: 0.85

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: Boyer Motors; Beta Sigma Phi & Nu Phi Mu; Dye's Standard Service
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

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