14 Apr 1960
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1960
Page
1
The mayor’s son died today with a tentative cause listed as a heart attack. His father told Sheriff Dale Weatherwax. The lad had been treated for heart trouble. Three Weatherwax children remain in the home: David 11 Joy 9 and Scott 7.
Kansas City drama follows Gov. Docking’s commutation of Joe Spencer from death to life for the June 1959 murder of Mrs. Ruby Blanton. Spencer’s death sentence remains in dispute among relatives who condemn the governor’s action as overreaching.
A crowded passenger truck drove over a bridge that collapsed killing 13 people and injuring 15 near Kwangju, about 200 miles east of Seoul. Fourteen words readied.
A dynamite blast damaged a home in Atlanta after a Negro family moved in. no injuries. Miami officials plan talks on desegregation as a Bi Racial Committee considers lunch counter integration. Savannah clergy report threatening calls amid opposition to integration. Federal court action seeks school integration in Clarendon County. Chattanooga sit in yields service but no arrests. Pickets near White House and Capitol draw 300 students in Amherst. Jackson leaders protest alleged interstate station discrimination.
In Fridley Minnesota on Easter, Dennis Ellis aged 7 and Kenneth Ellis aged 11 were killed when a Great Northern Red River passenger train struck them while they tossed stones from a railroad trestle over Rice Creek. A third boy, William Messeh, 9, escaped by lying on the ties as the train passed inches away.
In Paris, members of the Peugeot family left their apartment as speculation rose that contact with kidnapers of 4 year old Eric Peu geot was near. The ransom demand is $100,000 and two enigmatic calls followed the kidnapping. Police are on alert nationwide and Erik was taken from a playground sandbox by a lanky dark haired man in a Peugeot driven away by an accomplice.
Western foreign ministers wrap three days of talks in Washington with agreement on two key summit topics Germany Berlin and disarmament. Secretary of State Herter calls the meeting very satisfactory while France's Couve de Murville notes agreement. The session focused on East West relations as part of plans for the Paris heads of state summit starting May 16.
Lawrence and Kansas officials report springtime door to door furnace schemes by con men using fake inspections and “free” assessments to induce fear and pressure payments. Victims paid upfront. many suspects leave town without completing work.
At Gantz farm in Route 1 a Wednesday roundup branded 120 cows with the inverted A bar and dehorned them as Dr. W. W. Wempe supervised TB testing. The scene contrasted with Wyatt Earp days as portable stalls, a blow torch, and quiet cows dominated the routine.
Tim the 13 month old gorilla, brought from Africa, panics at the zoo during a proposed wedding night for owner Terrible Tim. Zoo officials and Dr. Deets Pickett consider 24 hour human companions as Tim resists Mamabeing left in a cage overnight.
ST. LOUIS AP reports Thomas Murphy now in Joliet prison admits involvement in the murder of James Bullock on December 17, 1988. Police say Murphy previously claimed to have arranged the killing, a story authorities later deemed fantastic and unbelievable.
Water-laden clouds dumped the heaviest rainfall on Lawrence since last October as 1.59 inches fell overnight. The Wakarusa River rose to 19 feet near Lawrence with flood danger. scattered showers and thunderstorm chances linger tonight before a partly cloudy Friday.
Local mice underestimated insulation danger eating electrical cable at a traffic light base on 6th Street. They died after a short circuit that fused cables, knocking out signals at the 6th and Mass intersection. Workmen replace the cable and restore service expected by mid afternoon. officer directs traffic as drivers adjust to a temporary four way stop.
Area churches schedule Holy Week services including Maundy Thursday and Good Friday meditations plus Easter celebrations. The Lawrence Council of Churches Evangelism group holds a Friday service on the Seven Last Words, with ministers Patton Maguire Dobbs Barr Allen Price Hett. The Haskell Sunrise Service at 6:30 am in Haskell Stadium draws 400 to 500. Rev Francis Hursh speaks with Susan Ulmer on portable organ. Immanuel Lutheran hosts a Sunrise Service at 6 am at Sunset Drive-In Theater with Rev Daniel DeBlock.
The Kansas Revenue Department moved the state income tax filing deadline to midnight Monday following the federal extension. The change comes as Good Friday affects deadlines. most state offices close at noon Friday while staff stay on to assist with returns.
Scattered showers affect eastern counties tonight with otherwise partly cloudy conditions through Friday. Temperatures show little change with lows in the mid fifties and highs near 75 on Friday.
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