Weather outlook for Northeast Kansas showers Friday
Considerable cloudiness tonight and Friday with a 60 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid-40s tonight, highs in the 60s on Friday.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1969
Page
14
Considerable cloudiness tonight and Friday with a 60 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid-40s tonight, highs in the 60s on Friday.
John T. Willingham, warden at Leavenworth federal penitentiary, was named associate commissioner of Federal Prisons Industries Inc by Attorney General. He succeeds Olin C. Minton, who retired February 28. Willingham, 53, has served with the system since 1938. Robert L. Moseley will replace him at Leavenworth.
Dismissals include Kathleen Chubb Baxter Springs and Joseph Flory Rt. 5 Topeka. births reported for Terrance Suarez 1613 W 25th and James Higgins 603 N 3rd St. plus multiple residents named at addresses in Leavenworth Olathe DeSoto Eudora and Topeka.
Portraits and landscape paintings by Mrs. Theresa Rasing are exhibited at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. The works include oils, watercolors and acrylics. Co chairs in charge of hospital exhibits are Mrs. Ralph Wolfson and Mrs. M. N. Penny.
A special community Good Friday service sponsored by the Douglas County Ministerial Alliance convenes at 12 15 p m at Plymouth Congregational Church 925 Vt featuring a trilogue sermon by Rev Guy Stone Hyacinth Abamadu and Horace Bond reflecting on I thirst The service includes scripture readings by local clergy and a fundraiser collection for Biafran relief plans A Ecumenical Players dialogue It Is Finished and Indian sign language Lord's Prayer plus photographs and displays of Christ's words on the cross The note adds a historical fact about Maj Andrew Henry's 1810 Idaho trading post as the first U S establishment west of the Continental Divide
Investigators blamed vandals for a two hour blaze at the 18th Street Baptist Church in Kansas City. The fire started in a neighboring unoccupied building and spread to the 80 year old church where Rev Ralph Hansen said the congregation of 400 had just finished interior work and planned to convert the vacant space for Sunday school use.
Dog obedience classes sponsored by the Lawrence Kennel Club are cancelled for Faster Sunday. The April 13 session will be moved to the west end of Centennial Park because of a rodeo at the 4-H Fairgrounds.
Rescue teams pressed to recover bodies after a methane gas blast at Altos Hornos Mine Shaft No 2 near Barroteran Mexico. The official death count reached 33 with four more bodies found, including a rescuer. total trapped workers estimated between 18 and 155 as crews continued digging under dangerous conditions.
The Army Nurse Corps, previously composed of women only, began admitting qualified male nurses in 1955 marking a shift toward gender integration in military medical service.
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