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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1966
Page
1
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The notice outlines added day events on Thursday April 21 for freshmen and junior college athletes. General admission for April 21 and 22 is via Allen Fieldhouse or gate sale, EU students admitted free with ID. Advance tickets for Saturday April 23 are for Lawrence civic club members. No charge for the Ecumenical Institute on May 13. Major public recall and responses at 4 p.m. on Sunday May 1 in Hoch Auditorium. discussion groups on May 2 and 3 in the Kansas Union. Inquiries to Dean William J. Moore, Kansas School of Religion, Myers Hall. Public sale of Carry Nation tickets begins April 21, with University Theatre Box Office taking orders. The May 28 night performance will be formal dress with few tickets left. Limited tickets remain for other events on April 28 and for the on Saturday April, with strong demand for the May 1 program featuring professional leads.
Three Mount Oread scholars Klaus Berger John C Greene and Charles Michener are among 321 Guggenheim Fellows chosen from 2001 applicants. The awards total 2 277 million dollars in the 42nd annual program honoring scholars scientists and artists.
Kansas officials report an apparent grain shortage of over 400000 bushels at a Hutchinson elevator. The shortage ties to a corporation linked to William Addington, a Kansas gubernatorial candidate, while federal probes focus on CCC backed loans. Investigations by state and federal agencies are ongoing with expected timelines of weeks to months.
Westclox reports its watch bearings are lubricated with a synthetic oil priced at nearly $2,000 per ounce, according to the company.
Lawrence report says Wichita freshman Carol Sparnroft found an unexpected parakeet on her Lewis Hall window ledge. The owner can call Rick Kramer at VI 20261 to reclaim the bird before April 11 when it will stay with Sparnroft if unclaimed. Also notes Douglas County Spelling Bee set for April 9 at the Courthouse.
The elite Metro police squad began tracking the slayer of 14 year old Ruth Shifrin whose nude body was found in a timber patch near Round Prairie Road east of Jackson County. Ruth disappeared Tuesday night en route home from a friend’s house. Coroner Dr Charles B Wheeler said she was beaten and choked with possible rape and died before being dumped. Her body was found Friday by Leonard Roberts and son in law Paul Burge on the Roberts farm. Police sealed off the area and launched an intensive search. Ruth was last seen at 75th Street Terrace and Troost Avenue at 8 15 p m Tuesday. She was a brown haired 120 pound girl with many friends.
Eight KU students with Dr. Jed Davis attend the Regional Meeting of the Children's Theatre Conference in Lincoln Nebraska. The Eastern European Tour team of six under Dr. William Kuhlike performs An American Medley in Warsaw Prague Belgrade and Bucharest before June 5 return. Public performances will be announced. Dr Hubert Heffner lectured on American Theatre History for the Seminar in Modern Theatre. Harold Clurman will lecture April 11 15 on acting tradition in the United States and discuss Has the Theatre a Future at the Inter-Century Seminar. He has directed Bus Stop A Touch of the Poet and Heartbreak House.
Police say they have broken a $1 million-a-year gambling ring in Mamaroneck New York with six arrests including four housewives accused of taking 25 to 100 bets weekly since December 1.
Overnight Lawrence area crashes include Nancy P Metzler 23 and Arthur R Watkins 82 colliding at N Second and Lyons Streets. Metzler injured lightly. damages 550 and 250 dollars. Earlier, Fred Brown 22 of Topeka struck a Shetland pony on U S Highway 40, 13 miles west, pony killed, Brown uninjured, car damage 150 dollars.
Harold Fisher, born January 29, 1898 in Marion Township, longtime Douglas County school superintendent, says he will retire to focus on fishing and baseball. He reflects on family, church, and his aim to train a successor while remaining in Lawrence with his wife Lora and children Alan, Ross, and Margarett.
Centenary Methodist Church plans a Holy Week program with a choir cantata Behold Your King by John W. Peterson at 10 55 a m Sunday. Soloists include Larry Colburn Eugene Connely and Velma Adams with others contributing. joint services with North Lawrence Christian Church run 7 30 p m each evening in Lent.
The article notes that during authorities' attentions elsewhere the Viet Cong completed plans for Friday’s bombing of a US officer’s billet, with a sense of concern felt in the official U.S. community.
Biochemist Harry Gold and former Foreign Service officer Irvin C. Scarbeck, jailed for passing U.S. secrets to Communist countries, were ordered released on parole next month. Scarbeck on May 2 and Gold on May 18 from Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary after good prison records and helpful behavior.
Expressions of deep appreciation from Fred Baldwin and family for the kindness shown by friends and relatives after Teresa Baldwin's passing. Sincere thanks from Mr. and Mrs. Moreland Baldwin Joyce and Jim Mr. and Mrs. Fremont Hornberger and Bob and Steve.
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