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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1963
Page
11
Wheat soybeans and corn prices shown with figures for market week. Eggs poultry butter hogs cattle and stock market notes included with brief price ranges and futures data.
Michigan State junior guard Bill Schwarz, born in Transylvania, Romania, grew up in Columbia City Indiana and stars for the Spartans as a key backcourt contributor this season.
A local note lists numerous residents and addresses connected to births at Memorial Hospital Merriam and surrounding areas. It records many mothers with babies born today and includes names such as Mrs. Don na Sieber, Mrs. Juanita Hadl, and Mrs. Martha Murphy among others, with multiple streets and towns cited.
The Kaw Valley Electric Cooperative Inc will hold its 26th annual meeting Wednesday at Topeka Municipal Auditorium. The new facility at 5715 West 21st Street serves 2650 rural members on 1030 miles of line across six counties near Topeka. Entertainment includes Madrigals of Topeka High School and Hoyt High School sextet. Paul Madden Auburn president of the Board of Trustees will preside with Lloyd J Nicolay Philip Carter and I C Anderson as officers.
The Lawrence Board of Education outlined Kansas first on the job education internship with a KU Education School candidate spending half time in the district under the program. Al Cerne, current Olathe Public Schools business manager, was selected for the role. The plan aims to link practical on the job training with academic study to improve the school system. The board also approved the film Boy to Man for junior high after school with parent permission and a medical doctor present. A vocational survey of student job opportunities was approved, to be conducted by the Lawrence Business Association. Elected teachers for 1963-64 include Beverly Dolezal Karen Heeb Mary Jo Johnston Elizabeth Bardack Jerome Stremel Jr.
The board granted a sabbatical leave to Mrs Sally O Connor and accepted the resignations of William Ross Matherly custodian and Judith Knapp secretary at Lawrence High School effective at year end.
Dr. Robert Hooper 41 director of medical education at St. Joseph Hospital Kansas City died Saturday afternoon. He earned an A B from Kansas University in 1948 and KU Medical School in 1953 specializing in thoracic and heart surgery. Survived by wife Gladys Hooper who earned A B and master’s degrees from KU and taught at Pinckney School 1948–1951.
Jean D Barber 49 of Route 2 died early today at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church with Rev Harold M Mallett officiating. Burial is in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by widower Oliver P Barber a son Thomas Wayne Barber mother Mrs G W Dillahunty Blytheville Ark two sisters Mrs Farris McCalla and Mrs Harmon Taylor Blytheville and a brother George Dillahunty Blytheville Rumsey Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Richard M Long, longtime managing editor of the Wichita Eagle and the Evening Eagle and Beacon, announces retirement effective April 28. He began with the Eagle in 1914 as a delivery boy and has spent decades shaping the paper.
Kansas Power and Light reports 1962 net earnings after preferred dividends of 8.31 million dollars, up from 7.96 million in 1961. Earnings per common share rise to 2.63 from 2.52, while operating income reaches 62.1 million with 42.272 million from electricity sales and 17.628 million from natural gas. In Lawrence, the firm holds only the electrical franchise.
Nine Atlas missile bases in the Topeka area will be upgraded to boost readiness for national defense. Work starts mid June and lasts 10 to 12 weeks per site with a staggered schedule to keep some missiles operational. Air Force engineers and 300 personnel, led by Lt. Col. Louis Cunlisse, gather at Forbes AFB depot as modification kits arrive.
Gov. John Anderson remains at home recovering from a mild influenza illness. He returned home Monday afternoon and is resting as doctors monitor his condition.
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