Kraft, Arthur Named One of Ten Outstanding Young Men in the Nation

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The image shows a newspaper clipping titled "REMEMBER WHEN?" from "The Star and Times of Jan. 9," which looks back at events from 10, 20, 30, and 40 years ago. In 1975, President Ford considered requesting additional funds from Congress for South Vietnam and Cambodia, and a historic appointment happened in Alabama's cabinet. Elvis Presley, at age 40, decided to stay out of the public eye until losing weight. In 1965, Frank Lane won a legal settlement, and the Vietnamese armed forces ended military rule under U.S. pressure. In 1955, Kansas City was set to expand telephone numbers. In 1945, issues like Navy disagreements on robot bomb threats and Col. Oveta Culp Hobby’s award were noted, alongside efforts for establishing transport services for military personnel.

The image shows a newspaper clipping titled "REMEMBER WHEN?" from "The Star and Times of Jan. 9," which looks back at events from 10, 20, 30, and 40 years ago. In 1975, President Ford considered requesting additional funds from Congress for South Vietnam and Cambodia, and a historic appointment happened in Alabama's cabinet. Elvis Presley, at age 40, decided to stay out of the public eye until losing weight. In 1965, Frank Lane won a legal settlement, and the Vietnamese armed forces ended military rule under U.S. pressure. In 1955, Kansas City was set to expand telephone numbers. In 1945, issues like Navy disagreements on robot bomb threats and Col. Oveta Culp Hobby’s award were noted, alongside efforts for establishing transport services for military personnel.

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Kraft, Arthur Named One of Ten Outstanding Young Men in the Nation

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AM2012.13.6

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Kraft, Arthur Named One of Ten Outstanding Young Men in the Nation by the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1954. This article was written in the Kansas City Star under "Remember When?" "30 years ago -- 1955". The article was written in 1985. "Arthur Kraft, Kansas City painter and sculptor, has been named by the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce as one of the 10 outstanding young men in the nation in 1954." Arthur Mayfield Kraft was a native of Kansas City, attended Southwest High School, the Kansas City Art Institute and Yale University. While at Yale, he won an Alice Kimball English Award in 1946 to study abroad. His paintings took first prize at both the Army Arts Exhibition in San Francisco in 1945 and at the Fifth Annual Audubon Artists Exhibition in New York in 1946. Mr. Kraft has four metal sculptures at the famous Northland Shopping Center in Detroit, Michigan. His works have appeared at the Salon of Jean Cocteau at the Palais Royale in Paris and in 1949 at a one-man show in New York at the Jacques Selegmann Gallery. In Kansas City, his murals are in the Muehlebach Hotel, Macy's, Pickwick Hotel, the Kansas City Public Library, Douglass School, and Security National Bank , to name a few. Arthur Kraft was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation for 1956 by the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce. His is composed of brilliant colors and fantasy figures and beautiful shapes. Arthur Kraft was a patient at the St. Joseph State Hospital #2 for a short period of time.

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Kansas City Art Institute, U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce, Man of Year, St. Joseph State Hospital No. 2, Glore Psychiatric Museum

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Good

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Date

Jun 26, 2012

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Kraft, Arthur