Summer Session Kansan
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—Photo Bureau
WAKARUSA FLOODS—Several families of the Wakarusa valley south of Lawrence were forced from their homes Wednesday and Thursday as the river overflowed its banks and flooded the lowlands. Crops were damaged by the high
water but no other loss of consequence was reported. The above picture was taken where Highway 59 crosses the Wakarusa south of Lawrence.
For summer vacation employment you can't beat treasure hunting. It pays 70 bucks an hour.
KU Students Get High Pay For Their Treasure Hunt
At least, that's what it paid a pair of KU students from Wichita on the Fourth of July. Shortly after midnight on the holiday the pair, Pat Little and Bob Boyer, found a check worth $1,400 hidden in the hollow of an old tree.
Their discovery climaxed some 10 hours of searching, and listening for clues as to the check's whereabouts over Radio Station KFBI. The check had been hidden on Monday, July 1 by the station as a listener promotion.
Boyer, who will be a senior in pre-law next fall, and Little, a coming junior in political science, decided to play detective. Boyer works at Steffen Dairy Foods Company this summer, while Little is tutoring.
The two alternately listened to clues over KFBI during the day, then launched into their search after working hours. By the tenth clue they had the check's location narrowed down to some park. Then came clue No. 11, which concerned an ancient French King named Pepin.
"This tipped us to the possibility that it might be in the vicinity of a section called Pippin Court in North Riverside Park," explained Boyer. "And sure enough, that's where we found it, wrapped in a plastic bag in an old tree."
The check's initial value was $2,000. This decreased as additional clues were offered by KFBI announcers, and eventually would have dropped to $200.
The two Jayhawkers were racing not only against time, but against hundreds of other check-seekers. Some sections of several city parks, suspected as likely locations of the hidden loot, were scenes of swarms of hunters—folks obviously not pickniking. Station KFBI was swamped by callers asking for a repeat of clues (which was denied), accusing the station of fraud, or merely probing for additional information.
"One practical joker even scattered printed cards around
Correction
Kathryn Meredith, Joplin, Mo.
senior, was incorrectly listed as the violin soloist in the review, "Recent Works Played in Sunday's Concert" in Tuesday's Kansan. Judy Gorton, Lawrence, was the soloist.
Friday, July 12. 1957
The Russians in Port Arthur, Manchuria, surrendered to the Japanese on Jan. 2, 1805.
a section of the park which caused quite a bit of confusion," reported Jim O'Neill, KFBI program director. "The cards said Take This to KFBI and Receive Prize." And several people did."
Little and Boyer, after finding the check, called the station immediately. However, only a technician was on duty at the early morning hour. He suggested they bring it in early the next morning, which they did.
Upon reporting their success to the station, they were immediately put "on the air" on O'Neill's morning disc jockey show and interviewed. To the obvious question, what do they plan to do with the money, Boyer replied:
"I guess we'll both just hang onto it a while, and use it where it helps the most. Going to college is a pretty expensive business, and I'm sure we'll find plenty of use for it."
RICHLAND, Kan.—(UP) —The family dog in the household of Mrs. Georgia Neesec Clark, Treasurer of the U.S. in the Truman administration, lost considerable stature today in the eyes of Richland admirers.
The animal had been something of a hero since its barking aroused the Grays during an attempted burglary at their home 18 months ago. Andrew Gray, husband of the woman Democratic leader, shot and killed the intruder.
Dog Named Mamie No Heroine Now
Carried to safety by Gray, who had waded through three blocks of swirling waters to rescue her, the dog jumped into the flood water and swam back some, where the Grays had left her in their first hurried exodus ahead of the flood.
But in yesterday's flood crisis the dog appeared less than brilliant.
The animal's name—Mamie.
SAN DIEGO — (UP) — Graduates this year from San Diego State College voted to do away with the traditional handshake with the college president at graduation ceremonies.
No Handshakes This Year
They said eliminating the handshake would speed up the process of obtaining their sheepskins.
Kansas News In Brief
TOPEKA-Staff members of the Kansas State Historical Society here found a whiskey bottle embedded in the masonry behind a frame of a door to a room which houses state relies. It was bonded whiskey, sealed and aged in masonry since 1914.
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RUSSELL — Agriculture officials here said many Russell County farmers were converting rain-beaten wheat into hay.
TOPEKA—Flash floods here hit almost six years to the day after the 1951 flood disaster. On July 11, 1951, dikes along the swollen Kaw river broke, making more than 17,000 persons homeless within 48 hours in many parts of the same area hit by flash flooding here July 10.
TOPEKA-Atty, Gen. John Anderson said the investigation into the death of a transient, Earl Perkins, 42, in an Ellis jail cell June 17 during floods there was "far from finished. I'm not satisfied yet."
WICHITA—Twenty-one traffic deaths ranked Sedgewick County as tops in death toll during the first six months of fatality record-keeping by the State Highway Patrol. McPherson was second with 14 traffic fatalities.
RICHLAND - Mrs. Pearl Weiss, lone telephone operator here, gave five long rings on all Richland telephones when flash flood waters from Camp Creek began pouring into the town at 2 a.m. Wednesday. Lacking a central civil defense warning system, the five rings in Richland means a major emergency to all residents.
HOUSTON, Tex. — (UP) — Bystanders were astounded at the getaway anties of a pair of bandits who robbed Captain John's restaurant here.
Bandits' Escape Is Stranae
TOPEKA-William Murphy, Alcoholic Beverage Control director, said Kansas now has 1,002 retail liquor stores operating, who paid in an all-time record $2,317,736 in gallonage taxes last year.
Police said the men jumped into separate cars and roared off in opposite directions.
Bill Will Block Use Of Troops
WASHINGTON — (UP) — Sen. Olin D. Johnston said Thursday he will introduce legislation forbidding President Eisenhower to enforce civil rights with federal troops.
The South Carolina Democrat said he would introduce the legislation as an amendment to the President's Civil Rights Bill.
Johnston anounced the plan shortly after Republican sources said Eisenhower was willing to change the bill to calm fears that troops might be sent into the South to force school integration.
Supporters of the measure said there are no grounds for such fears, but its Southern foes were not convinced. Johnston said the bill in its present form "leaves unquestionable" the President's right to "bring the South ... to their knees at bayonet point."
The Senate was debating for the fourth day a motion to bring the bill formally to the floor for consideration.
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