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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1966
Page
10
President Johnson announced plans to boost Social Security benefits for 21 million Americans and to study a new dental aid program for children under six. He ordered a plan for expanding Medicare to the young, while signing a bill extending the elderly Medicare signup deadline in San Antonio.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife Mamie plan to end their winter vacation in Palm Desert between April 27 and May 1 and return to their Gettysburg farm in Pennsylvania. Friends offered the plan on Thursday.
Trading halted as markets observe Good Friday with no stock lists issued.
Local market notes show wheat at 1.45 a bushel, yellow corn at 1.21, and milo at 71 cents. Harwood’s Market lists Eggs grade A large 34, medium 28, undergrades 18, pullets 18, current receipts 23.
Kansas City AP report shows cattle numbers low with no calves sold. Hogs up 25 to 75 and sows up 50 to 75 with barrows and gilts in the 190 to 265 pound range at 93.00 to 93.25, 160 to 290 pounds 21.75 to 22.50, sows 20.00 to 21.00. Sheep absent.
The North Carolina Fund Mobility program relocated 279 low income families from the mountains and coast to the Piedmont where employers need workers. Mobility ensures jobs before move and assists with adapting to urban life, while a $1 million federal grant funds 2,000 more relocations.
The Army will raise basic training capacity by 30 000 by reopening barracks at Ft. Lewis Washington Ft. Campbell Kentucky and Ft. Bragg North Carolina each facility to train about 10 000 basic trainees The move is part of a long term buildup as thousands of seasoned officers and men return from Europe to staff training facilities and new units
A new agreement between United Student Aid Funds Inc and the U S Office of Education will aid Kansas college students seeking loans. The plan offers a government subsidy of 6 percent interest while in school and 3 percent during repayment, with United Student Aid Funds acting as a private non profit guarantor.
HOUSTON Texas AP Neil A Armstrong already the nation's highest paid astronaut. He received a $678 annual raise to 21 653. Armstrong, 35, civilian, was command pilot of the March 16 Gemini mission that rendezvoused with an Agena satellite before an emergency landing in the Pacific.
In the Courts TRAFFIC Police Court Robert L. Duke of St. Joseph Missouri faced charges for seven stop signs resisting arrest rescuing a prisoner and speeding with a total fine of 805 dollars and 80 days appealed Norman K. Marion of Leawood speeding improper driver's license and escaping custody fined 165 dollars and 30 days appealed Clara B. Garrett 1933 Tennessee Street no driver's license and defective tail light fined 10 dollars Stephen C. Allen Route 1 speeding fined 65 dollars 10 days and license suspended 30 days Drexel E. Yeager 1415 North J Street defective head light fined 10 Freeman E. Sales 598 Ind Street excessive noise fined 15 and Gary F Spatzierath 425 Ohio excessive noise fined 10
Mrs. Elsie Watson Perkins 82 of 1015 Kg died this morning at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements by Rumsey Funeral Home. Born May 4 1883 in Little River she belonged to Plymouth Congregational Church. Survived by five daughters Frances Childs Kansas City MRS Mildred Smith Topeka Velma Snyder Pryor OK Martha Lou Robb Route 4 and Jean Winters Perry. three sons Malcolm Topeka Robert Wellsville and Paul Brawley CA. 27 grandchildren 22 great grandchildren and one sister Rose Rising Sunland CA.
Billie Ruth Willsey, 19, was cleared of a public decency charge by Municipal Court Judge Luther Lane after approving her bare-bosomed dance at an adults-only club. Lane ruled the act violates no law when performed where adults pay to see such entertainment.
Keith Lawton of Kansas University urges faculty students and Lawrence residents to use alternatives to private cars during the KU centennial week. Special provisions allocate top of the hill parking to guests with bus service from Zone 6 east of Allen Fieldhouse to Hoch Auditorium for convocations and evening programs.
Mrs. Anna Irene Faringer 81 formerly of 1836 Learnard died early today at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev Harold Hamilton in charge. Burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Rumsey Funeral Home. Survivors include daughter Mrs Hazel Jackson of Shelby Ohio and son G E Faringer of Galena and four grandchildren. Her husband Norris E Faringer preceded her in death on February 15.
Firemen were dispatched at 1 30 this morning to extinguish a grass fire at 1650 Cambridge. No damage was reported.
LSU athletic director James J. Corbett 46 underwent emergency surgery after a crash left him in a wrecked car with a chest wound. He was listed in good condition after four blood transfusions. Police noted the car struck a street sign and a tree. no weapon was found. Corbett had attended a sports function and a nightclub before the incident.
Memorial Hospital records list dozens of names and addresses including Claudette Taylor 1309 Pa and Carol Guy Route 1 Walther Oehrle Overbrook Melva Hodge 2656 Moundview Annie Hughes DeSoto Rhonda Nightingale 1329 Maple Lane Philip Hodson 346 Ind Susan Crim 2456 Ohio Ralph Wolfson 2224 Mass Mrs Wilma White 2108 Barker Jackson Clark 1013 Del Harry Wyant Chillicothe Mo Mrs Gertrude Pulver DeSoto Kevin Coulter 1521 E 18th Mrs Lena Koehler 640 N 6th Mrs Beverly Darnall and baby girl 1032 NH Mrs Vivian Cortiff and baby boy Stouffer Place Mrs Saundra Wincher Williamstown Mrs Marie Tolbert 1602 Wedgewood Lester Mills 940 R I Mike Leonhart 2016 Learnard Mrs Ronda Ford 2200 Harper Debra Garber 1419 W 4th Mrs Joan Peterson and baby boy Sunflower Village Mrs Jemenia Davis 312 ill
Mr and Mrs Roger Rawlings of 1334 Ohio welcomed a daughter on Thursday. Mr and Mrs David L Rob inson of 1021 RI welcomed a daughter the same day.
Gov. William H. Avery appointed William J. Acker of Manhattan and H. V. Gill of Topeka to the Kansas Apprenticeship Council. Acker presides over the Kansas chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association and Gill serves as works manager at the Santa Fe shops in Topeka.
A series of lectures presents Harold Clurman at 10 30 a.m. on Has the Theater a Future Karl Mennninger at 3 30 p.m. on Our Crimes Against Criminals Arthur C Clarke at 8 p.m. on Explorations in Tomorrow and Franklin D Murphy KU chancellor 1951 1960 and UCLA chancellor in future.
Barbra Streisand announces a fall concert tour hitting 20 U S cities with a total earnings surpassing 1 million dollars. A spokesman said the star’s per show salary will exceed 50 000 dollars for each performance.
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