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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1969
Page
10
Classified rates list prices and rules for local ads in Lawrence including line counts per word charges and minimums. It notes copy deadline 10 30 a m day of publication and a Saturday cancellation deadline 9 30 a m. It also specifies rates for line ads and for out of town or trade area insertions per word per issue.
Legal and probate notices from Lawrence Kansas in April 1969 announce hearings on property improvements for sanitary sewers and minimum structures, appointments of administrators for Geneva S. Ogden and executors for Clarence H. Smith, with deadlines for creditors and interested parties. Notable names include Burt Brown Irma Brown John W. Lawson Kenneth Jorgensen James Clark Geneva S. Ogden Byron Springer Fred Smith and Lawrence city officials.
Local ads list strawberries five kinds and gas stoves, cars, and several houses for sale including a 1960 Olds, a 3 bedroom ranch, and a by-owner property. Rentals cover furnished and unfurnished rooms, duplexes, and a 3 bedroom duplex with appliances, with several contact numbers and agents such as Rogers Realty and Holmes Peck Brown.
Death occurred at his home here with service at 2 30 p m Sunday in the Christian Church. Burial will be in Hubbell Hill Cemetery. He was 58 and employed by Minneapolis Honeywell in Kansas City. Survivors include Elizabeth Betty a daughter Mrs Kenneth Mahoney Rt 1 Tonganoxie a son Robert Rt 1 Tonganoxie a sister Mrs Christiana Cronemeyer Kansas City Mo and a brother Hervey of Tonganoxie Also listed are numerous relatives and siblings in Topeka Hutchinson Harbor City and elsewhere.
Funeral services for Matthew R. Hagen 56 of DeSoto are set for 12 30 p m Saturday at Wall Diffenderfer Chapel Topeka with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Hagen a supervisor at Hercules Inc near DeSoto died Tuesday night at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Topeka and had lived in Sunflower Village before moving to DeSoto. Survivors include his widow Margaret and three sons Scott of?
Docking argues that the sales tax burdens the working man and calls for removing unjustified exemptions while preserving those mandated by the constitution, federal prohibition, or to avoid greater regressivity.
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie D McColloch 81 of 825 La die will be held 10 30 a m Saturday at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev Harold M Mallett officiating. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Born June 1 1887 in Lawrence she lived there all her life retired teacher member of First Presbyterian Church charter member of CW chapter PEO No Name Study Club and Delta Kappa Gamma. Her husband Frank B McCulloch was a well known Lawrence druggist.
A list of names and addresses appears including Mrs Mary Denny 945 Centennial Dr, Mrs Violet Cox 733 Ky, Mrs Darlene Saile Baldwin, Axel Olson 841 Mass, Mrs Ella Replogle 1020 Lawrence, Mary Tenorio San Felipe Pueblo Mexico, Mrs Dorothy Streeter Oskaloosa, Mrs Lila Peters 1509 Mass, Mrs Nancy DeHoff Tonganoxie, Luis Santos 9 Stouffer Pl, Scottie Edwards 1032 NY, Mrs Irene Alvarez Eudora, George Byers 1639 Learnard, Mrs Mary Huffman Tonganoxie, Mrs Barbara Herring DeSoto, Wayne Twigg Eudora, Theodore Monroe Oskaloosa, Raymond LaDuke Lecompton, Edward Pyle Eudora, Mrs Shirley Dowd 705 Miss, Hart Sloan 529 Maple, Mrs Judy Ater 2912 Ala, Jim Clark Eudora.
The Army Engineers rejected the sole bid for 250 housing units at Fort Leavenworth because it exceeded the congressional allowance. Penner Construction Co of Denver bid 8 386 936 while the government estimate stood at 5 380 800. The project will likely be re advertised.
In Wichita a gunbattle left an armed robber Gene Chaves killed after firing on detectives Don Myers and Barry Costello. A grocery clerk Harry Fergus was wounded, while Myers is in satisfactory condition and Ferguson treated and released. Over 30 shots were fired as the suspect fled toward a loading dock.
The Nixon administration recommended a one year extension of funds for five regional development commissions including the Ozarks region covering Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and Arkansas. Assistant Secretary of Commerce Robert Podesta told the House Public Works Committee the department remains committed to regional development and needs more time to address problems before proposing changes. He noted opposition to altering the department regional relationship or the commissions authority while discussing co chairmen reporting to the President or the Secretary of Commerce and whether entire states should be in a regional area.
U S Sen James Pearson and Kansas lawmakers Rep Vogel Rep Kay send backing to Lawrence coalition for Biafran relief. They note Nigeria civil conflict and urgent human suffering. Pearson the first to sponsor Nigeria Biafra relief resolution with broad Senate support.
The New York Yankees will distribute baseball caps to all young attendees at the May 3 game against the Baltimore Orioles in New York.
Men in Service Captain John S. Salter of 1013 W. 20th receives the Military Airlift Command 1000 Hour Flying Safety Award for accident free flying in a C-124 Globemaster. He serves with the 303rd Military Airlift Squadron of the 442nd Wing at Richards-Gebaur AFB Missouri. Crews of the 442nd fly C-124 missions worldwide including Southeast Asia combat zones.
Detroit AP reports auto production accelerated this week after a settlement reopened Chrysler's Sterling Heights stamping plant. Output is projected around 171,398 cars, up from last week but below the year ago level. Calendar year totals show progress despite ongoing Chevrolet and other plant disruptions.
TOPEKA AP Mrs Larry Miller wife of the Kansas Press Association general manager died in a Topeka hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage She was a Topeka native Baker University graduate 1934 Miller has led the association since 1947 Survived by two sons Larry E Miller West Point Neb and Air Force Capt David L Miller San Antonio Tex Services 130 pm Monday Penwell Gabel Mortuary Topeka
The National Science Foundation granted $15,000 to Gerry Kelly of Kansas University’s Electrical Engineering for a digital processor. The computer, to be installed in October in the Center for Research in Engineering Science, supports graduate studies in digital control, pattern recognition, real time optimization of networks, and man machine interaction studies.
Seaman Apprentice Gary S. Ellsworth, USN, son of Mrs. A E Williams of 2429 Jasu Drive, recently graduated from Basic Electricity and Electronics School at the Naval Training Center in San Diego California. The course provides background in electricity for sailors in Navy electrical fields.
Winfred Rudolph Gilbert Jr 18 of 1800 N H St was bound over to the May term of the Douglas County District Court on a third degree burglary felony after a preliminary hearing. He posted 1500 bond and had been in jail since March 31. He and three Lawrenc e juveniles ages 15 16 16 are accused of breaking into the Kansas University Football stadium concession stand on March 30. They took vending machine keys and used them to open machines in EU buildings and were stopped after restaurant staff and officers noticed them counting coins. Disposition of the juvenile charges is pending.
A compiled docket shows names and addresses with offenses and fines including speeding, expired registrations, no registration, no tail lights, defective muffler, and traffic signal violations. Amounts range from five to thirty five dollars across multiple Kansas cities and neighborhoods.
In Coffeyville Kansas 5000 bronze coins marking the city centennial sold in 35 minutes at three banks and a savings and loan. Each coin cost one dollar and can be redeemed at Coffeyville stores through August 20. The rapid sale has the centennial committee weighing a second order.
Kansas University's James Moeser, chair of the department of organ, will headline two American Guild of Organists regional recitals in June. He performs at the Midwest regional in Kansas City in KU Swarthout Recital Hall using the new Reuter organ and at the Southwest regional in Fort Worth. He also has a July 15 recital at Riverside Church New York as part of its summer series.
AP reports the Kansas Teen-Aage Republican State Convention opens Saturday in Wichita with about 300 teens and their sponsors expected to attend the two day session.
Petition filed in Douglas County Kansas to admit the will of Nettie M McCanles dated August 26 1953 to probate. Eva J McCanles requests appointment of Lulu L McCanies as executrix without bond. Defenses due by May 15 1969 at 10 30 am in Lawrence Court. John J Tiling attorney for petitioner.
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