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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1963
Page
15
Boston hospital reports Patrick Bouvier Kennedy died at 2 04 a m after an 89 hour battle for breath while the President stood nearby. Salinger said the hyaline membrane disease caused the infant's failure. burial set for Holyhood Cemetery with Cardinal Cushing presiding.
Scotland Yard and a 14-county police hunt the gang behind the Glasgow to London mail train raid as official tallies climb toward 7 million pounds. About 120 bags of registered mail were seized from the second coach and a first coach, with banks reporting multi hundred thousand pound losses and rewards totaling 60 thousand pounds.
The Journal-World prints a 14 page agricultural section today to mark the 4H and FFA Fair next Monday through Wednesday and the Douglas County Free Fair and Jayhawk Rodeo next Thursday through Saturday. Pages 15 through 28 feature articles by nationally known agricultural leaders and other rural and urban interest pieces.
Advertisement notes that Vacation Pak plans include no extra charge and invites readers to join in the offer. The notice emphasizes a bundled travel or leisure service included in the package without additional fees.
The closing av erage rose to 272.3, up 1.3 points as 60 stocks finished higher. A district softball tournament is scheduled tonight at 7:30 at Municipal Ballpark.
Construction crews for Cities Service Gas Co. push seven miles of 26 inch pipe across the Kaw River east of Lawrence. The crossing uses 115 concrete weights and eight Caterpillar machines with crews welding and x raying welds to ensure a secure line to serve Leavenworth Atchison and Falls City. Completion is anticipated in 45 to 50 days with the river crossing itself likely finished by Saturday morning.
Rumsey Funeral Home advertisement references a funeral service lineage dating back to 1920. The notice appears in a historical newspaper page segment, noting VI 3511L as an identifier or contact for arrangements.
Richard Cardinal Cushing will officiate at the infant Patrick Bouvier Kennedy's funeral in Boston. The Mass of the Angels will be held at 4 am CST in the Cardinal's private chapel, with attendance limited to immediate family at Holyhood Cemetery Brookline. President Kennedy will travel by helicopter to attend the service.
Police report a chlorine gas leak from a tank at a chemical plant in northeast Philadelphia. Many residents in the mixed residential and industrial zone were hospitalized and taken to two area hospitals as details were initially scarce.
Scattered rain showers began in the Lawrence area this morning and are forecast to continue with cooler temperatures through tonight. Measured rainfall at KU Weather Station was 0.6 inch, leaving August as the first measurable moisture of the month and a deficit to this point in 1961.
James Cossins, candidate for president of the American Sunbathing Association, collapsed at Sycamore Hollow before election results were read. He was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital around 2:45 PM. a condition report was not available at 2:30 PM. J H Lattimer of Escondido, California, was reelected president of the group.
Entries for the 4-H and FRA Fair in Douglas County are expected to exceed 1962 figures by 100 to 800 exhibits. Pre registered divisions show strong growth in fed steers with 95 head projected, plus 25 additional club members. The fair runs Monday through Wednesday with extensive livestock displays and an August 17 auction offering 104 animals.
Scattered thundershowers and considerable cloudiness expected in northeast Kansas tonight. Partly cloudy Saturday with a low near 7 and a high around 0.
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