05 Apr 1960
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1960
Page
1
In Nyanga, Cape Town, two white officers were injured and a Black security worker killed as police and troops tried to force African workers back to work. Witnesses say armored units beat residents while authorities claim only warning shots were fired.
Lt Cmdr Eugene Drabent a Naval Science instructor at KU sells a Wagon Train script titled The Archibald Leach Story about a Pennsylvania Dutch family heading west with an itinerant teacher. The headless horseman becomes a headless Indian. Drabent plans to retire next year to pursue writing full time.
The second in a series of local pre-natal lectures will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the physicians' lecture room at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Lois Linden, health nurse, will discuss Mother's Nutritional Needs and Supplies. She is a registered nurse and certified instructor teaching five of the eight classes.
The Kansas University School of Engineering and Architecture will host its annual Exposition April 22 23 on the KU campus with the theme Engineering and Modern Living Thousands of visitors are expected to view displays from the various engineering departments The event runs alongside the Kansas Relays also set for April 22 23 at KU The Veterans of Foreign Wars will lend its display window at 9th and N Streets to the Army Navy and Air Force ROTC with future services adding explanatory displays in coming weeks
Ann Arbor industrialist Charles Baird 51 owner of the Ann Arbor Grinders Manufacturing Co is charged with soliciting murder to kill Circuit Judge James R Breakey Jr who had granted his first wife a divorce and jailed him for alimony. Bond set at 15000 with examination date April 18.
Aldous Huxley, famed British author and lecturer, presents the fifth Kansas University Humanities Lecture of the current school year at 8 p m in the University Theater of the Music and Dramatic Arts Building.
Lawrence Lions club members viewed color slides during a Monday night meeting at the Country Club. The presentation started at the plant entrance and moved through operations to the finished product under Kenneth Lahm and supervisor Lee DuPont guiding the tour.
St Johns vocal ensemble earned a No 1 rating at Xavier Festival under St Marys College Music faculty. Seventh grade group featured Robert Borland Bobby Flannery George Milleret Jeff Triplett Billy Rowland Bob Whitaker Jimmy Mailhiot Joyce Zillner Mary Koehler Shaun Morey Sue Hagen Isabel Chavez Penny Whitley Patricia Robbins. They performed Prayer of a Norwegian Child and Stouthearted Men with perfect marks for tone rhythm enunciation intonation and deportment. Soloist Jimmy Mailhiot received two No 1 ratings for Swing Low Sweet Chariot and I Believe accompanied by Mrs James Hall. Highlights included a campus tour shrines and area sights and a closing program by St Marys College students.
Minnie Shoemaker 84 longtime Appanoose resident dies at daughter's home near Pomona. Services set at Appanoose Brethren Church with burial in Appanoose Cemetery. Also mourns Scott Mehaffey 60 Brainerd father of Journal-World official Jack Mehaffey. Funeral in Halverson Brainerd. Broeker 73 Lawrence resident dies. Black 41 Haviland dies Pratt. Funeral plans listed with survivors and church names.
Elring's Gift Shop at 924 Mass Street was sold last Friday to Mr and Mrs Leon Gilkerson of 1033 Tenn Street. The shop will keep the Elving's Gift Shop name and operate as before with Mrs Gilkerson to manage.
Mrs. Ida Miller aged 91, a former Lawrence resident, died Monday in Denver where she had lived seven years. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Rumsey Funeral Home with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Robert Eggert 70 longtime Lawrence resident died Monday at his home 1340 Haskell Street Funeral services were set for 5 45 p m today at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev Paul Davis The second service will be at 2 p m Friday at Hauser Funeral Home Charles City Iowa Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery Charles City Surviving are widow Florence W Eggert of 620 Ky Sr a daughter Florence Jean Eggert of Raleigh North Carolina a son Robert W Eggert of Caracas Venezuela and three sisters Edna F Young of the
Graveside services for Edith Huntington Snow, 84, of El Segundo California, died March 26, scheduled for 1 30 p m at Oak Hill Cemetery. Rev Paul Davis will officiate. Cooper Warren Mortuary handles local arrangements.
Carl Parke Word informs Mr and Mrs Elmer Piterson of the death of their son's father in law Carl Parks 65 Monday in Pasadena California Parks longtime Internal Revenue Service employee in Ottawa recently moved to Pasadena and planned to return to Strong City Funeral services incomplete Survivors include daughter Mrs John Pierson and son in law John Pierson of Emporia
Missouri Arkansas Basins Flood Control and Conservation Assn asked Congress for flood control appropriations exceeding Eisenhower budget plans. Requests include $75,000 planning funds for Lawrence flood protection and $20 million for Turtle Creek Dam near Manhattan. Pomona and Perry reservoirs seek multi million sums. Milford remains at $1 million.
W. G. Hutson Jr. of Boulder Colorado is listed in serious condition at a Boulder hospital after insulin shock. Mrs Hutson Sr and Mr and Mrs M J Getto departed Monday night for Boulder.
A hospital notice lists numerous admissions with residents named along with street addresses. The entry ends noting two couples expected a daughter and a son on Monday.
In Spencer Indiana a 13 year old boy who said he never drove a car before and a 12 year old girl attempted a Florida wedding with a car owned by the girl’s brother. The duo, carrying a cookbook parakeet clothing a sack of popcorn and oranges, skidded into a ditch west of Spencer and were held by the sheriff until relatives arrived to take them home.
The Board of Education lists LHS cafeteria and grounds improvements totaling 453,798 including a 45,000 Soren Central Junior High School project, a 40,000 phase t maintenance building, and 36,036 for new building sites to match growing enrollments.
Hospital floral arrangements promoted by Alexander's Flowers. Contact VI 2-1320 for orders and delivery notes for patient rooms and lobby display needs.
Lawrence Jaycees announce the Miss Lawrence pageant on May 6 in the Lawrence High School auditorium. The winner advances to the state contest in Pratt this June and on success could enter Miss Kansas and Miss America scholarship events. Local scholarships total 200 dollars with broader awards including a 2000 dollar Miss Kansas scholarship and potential 75000 dollars in modeling fees and appearances.
In memory of our mother and grandmother who passed away April 5 1959. Though we miss you, you are not forgotten on earth you are with us as you were before. Loved and sadly missed by the family.
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