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University Daily Kansan
Page 0312_2 from reel: L 727 (1958-09-11 to 1959-07-30)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/194676

Title: ASC Authorizes Insurance Plan
Summary: The Student Health Commission approved a commercial health insurance plan for students, with coverage starting October 1, 1959, at $11.70 for individuals and $64.75 for families.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student government; health insurance; university policy
Named Entities: Ditmomore, Edgar [committee member]; Barnes, Richard M. [committee member]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: KU Budget Hearing Will Start Tomorrow
Summary: The University of Kansas' 1959-60 budget will be presented to the State Budget Director in Topeka, with officials expecting $9,150,367 in requests to be reduced due to state budget constraints.
Category: campus news
Subjects: university budget; state funding; academic finance
Named Entities: Murphy, Franklin D. [chancellor]; Nichols, Raymond [executive secretary]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Fires Add Tragic Note to Christmas Season
Summary: Multiple fires during Christmas season caused deaths and injuries across the United States, including a department store fire in Bogota, Colombia, and school fires in Pennsylvania and California.
Category: local news
Subjects: fire safety; holiday season; disasters
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Mao Gives Up Half His Duties
Summary: Mao Tse-tung has decided to give up half his duties as head of Red China to concentrate on party work, with Marshall Chu Teh moving up from vice-chairman to chairman.
Category: national news
Subjects: political leadership; China; Cold War
Named Entities: Mao Tse-tung [Chinese leader]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Sophomore Coffee Will Be Tomorrow
Summary: Sophomores will hold a pre-registration coffee at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union, with entertainment including a vocal solo by Joyce Malting.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student events; campus traditions; social gatherings
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Air Force ROTC Program Offered in 7 Semesters
Summary: The Air Force ROTC program will now be offered in 7 semesters instead of the usual 8, allowing students to complete the program with one junior course concurrently with a sophomore year course.
Category: campus news
Subjects: military education;  ROTC program; academic requirements
Named Entities: Ash, Robert P. [professor of air science]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Gifts From the East—David Elliott, Merriam Freshman, Portrays One of the Three Kings From the East, as He Places a Gift...
Summary: Photo of David Elliott as one of the three kings in the German Nativity play, with Carol Yagher as Mary, to be performed at 8 p.m. in Fraser Theater.
Category: photos/graphics
Subjects: theater; holiday performances; student activities
Named Entities: Elliott, David [freshman]; Yagher, Carol [sophomore]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Weather
Summary: Clear to partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with continued mild temperatures. Low tonight 30 to 35. High Thursday 55. Mercury soared into the 50s over most of Kansas yesterday.
Category: informational content
Subjects: weather forecast; temperature; atmospheric conditions
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Miss Santa Named
Summary: Announcement that Miss Santa has been named, with details to be found on page 8.
Category: announcement
Subjects: student pageants; holiday events; campus traditions
Confidence: 0.7

Title: [advertisements]
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.5

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