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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1963
Page
1
Republic Steel Corp, the nations third largest producer, said it will raise prices on selected carbon steel products by 5.44 a ton average. The increases apply to products in heavy demand and will take effect with shipments starting Tuesday, ranging from 0 to 4 cents per pound.
Estes, once a prominent promoter, received a 15 year federal prison sentence in El Paso for mail fraud and conspiracy tied to fertilizer tank mortgage schemes totaling about 24 million dollars. Judge Thomason called him the most gigantic swindler in history after overruling a new trial motion. The sentence follows Estes’s March 28 conviction on five of 14 counts arising from complex mortgage deals with farmers and finance companies.
Navy inquiry heard Lt Cmdr Hecker describe the Thresher sounding a garbled message at 9 12 a.m. and the sound of air rushing into ballast tanks as the submarine tried to surface. He recounted remaining details including timing, distance from Skylark, and the dive area off Cape Cod.
A Senate Economic Committee inquiry into steel prices profits and production was ordered. President Kennedy expressed skepticism about Lukens price increases meeting public interest criteria as hearings were set to examine costs profits and foreign competition while Lukens cited a drop in profits to 2.6 percent in early 1963.
In Scarsdale New York three teenage boys and two 15-year-olds were brought to the police by their parents after admitting to stealing 63 100 from Mario Lalli's home in New Rochelle. Police recovered 56 250 and allege entry was through an unlocked window. John O Connor 16 was held without bail on first degree grand larceny while the other two 15-year-olds were booked as juveniles and released to their guardians.
President Kennedy, barefoot, boarded a small sailboat off the Honey Fitz as Easter Sunday ends. He steered briefly for a 15 minute sail with Paul Fay aboard, enjoying salt spray and a thrilling ride praised by the crew.
Topeka First Presbyterian Church selected Robert W. Ebendorf's cross design for the memorial area. The walnut cross features Alpha Omega letters over a gold and silver center, surrounded by a sterling band, and will accompany a leather-bound memorial register. Ebendorf, a KU design graduate student from Topeka, plans to complete the piece in one to two weeks and has funded part of his schooling with jewelry orders nationwide.
Scattered thundershowers tonight and cloudy Tuesday with a low in the 50s and a high in the 70s. Sole owners Fred and Oscar Rumsey of Rumsey Funeral Home advertise their business. VI 3-5111.
Kansas University hosts six major happenings including the 38th Kansas Relays and the 43rd Engineering Exposition. Activities span Memorial Stadium Allen Fieldhouse and the Kansas Union with track finals, moot court, space project displays and a prestigious awards banquet featuring Dr. Joseph F. Shea. The weekend also includes Law Day and a statewide speech and drama festival attracting students from KU and beyond.
A parched Lawrence area saw a trace of moisture this morning, foretelling scattered storms tonight. Skies stay mostly cloudy through Tuesday with limited moisture from tonight. Temperatures dip to the 50s tonight and rise to the 70s Tuesday, after an Easter Sunday peak near 75.
A tree conscious Lawrence community boosts landscaping amid warm dry weather. Nurserymen report busy season as residents plant trees, with stores noting strong sales of crab apple and redbud varieties and growing interest in ornamental trees. Local retailers Rubinstein Cosmetics and Key Rexall referenced.
Editor notes a professor of speech and drama at Kansas University, outlining his career from instructor to professor. The piece discusses university teaching, research, and service functions, emphasizing the professor’s synthesis of instructional and research duties, and the social responsibilities shaping his work with communities and non university groups. It highlights risk taking, funding challenges, and long term studies, especially in child research and communication development.
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