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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1958
Page
1
U S Marines from the 2nd Battalion of the Indivisible Division begin moving heavy gear to the beach as withdrawal from Lebanon starts. Adm Holloway announced the 1700 men are the first unit to depart, signaling a broader pullout amid U N debate and regional tensions.
In the Lawrence Country Club golf meet second round matches must finish by Sunday. Max Kennedy fired a 35-38-73 in the first round, one over par. Various match results follow in championship, A, B, and C flights with numerous players advancing or winning by margins from 1 up to 7 and 1.
Tom Triplett re joins Kansas football staff to replace Gene Corotto after mid season resignations by most of Mather’s aides. Triplett, a former guard at Western Kentucky, continues in local business and locker room duties, following past roles including head coach at Glendale College.
Washington officials announced intentions to study establishing an Inter American Regional Development Institution. The body would provide loans in dollars or other currencies for development projects across member nations.
Funeral services for Miss Claire Tay will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Deaver Chapel. The former home economics teacher at Lawrence Junior High School died Sunday in a Denver hospital after a several months illness. She was an airman in the Clothing Department of the Women's College. She is survived by a cousin Ruth Huddleston of Law, her mother Mrs. Jim Toy of the home, and two brothers.
Per-Acre continued crop notes show corn yield at 35 bushels per acre the best since 1950 but harvest area only slightly larger than last year's record low. July weather aided pollination. some fields flooded. Barley crop second largest in Kansas history at 1914 million bushels. Oats very small at 15 million. Soybeans forecast 544 million, hay crops up about one third from normal.
In County Court John E. Rockhold of 401 Pa St faces a preliminary hearing at 10 a.m. on August 26 for assault and battery. Police Court fines include Tilman Napier of 1 NJ St fined $10 for failure to yield, Marvin L. Lipp of 1217 Prospect fined $15 for no license, Rolla Herrington of Eudora fined $15 for improper brakes, and James L. Perry of 507 E Bth St fined $10 for an improper muffler.
Incumbent Wint Smith secured the Republican nomination for a seventh term as 11th District congressman after an unofficial tally from last Tuesday's Kansas primary. With returns in from 24 of 26 counties and in-state absentee ballots counted, Smith led Keith Sebelius by 45 votes.
Senate Republican Leader William G. Knowland of California said Congress should be able to quit by August 20 a week from Wednesday. The report notes he discussed adjournment timing and referenced requests for circulation and vacation-address delivery of publications.
A KU Medical School nursing education program in Kansas City shifts to reinforced practice with 16 hours of lab and eight hours of class weekly. Students work half their time with an instructor and half with a head nurse, earning income during hospital practice. The experiment aims to deepen care through direct patient work and ward administration supervision. Berlin incident: Soviet Union rejects U.S. protest over East German police raid in West Berlin Steinstuecken village inside U.S. sector.
The Army's Kingfisher target missile was intercepted by the Talos anti aircraft guided missile at White Sands New Mexico. It marked the first publicized firing against the new target missile which matches the speed of any known tactical aircraft.
Memorial Hospital provides a long list of patient names with dismissals and a birth brief. The notices include residents from Perry Ottawa Tonganoxie Lecompton Oska loosa and surrounding areas with names such as Dolores Chilcoat Ruby Watts John Niteher Mary Graver Irene Symons Fern Leonard and others. Several births are noted including daughters and sons born to couples in Perry Tonganoxie Lecompton and nearby towns during the period.
John Bachman Hardcastle a 22 year old American student from Nashville Tennessee was arrested last week on border violation charges. He was held for three days and handed over to Austrian authorities at Berg border checkpoint.
Tom Maupin of Maupin Travel Agency spoke to the Lawrence Optimist Club at the Holiday Inn. He described Russia's progress in living conditions over 15 to 20 years but noted the nation lags behind the United States. He has arranged about 36 group trips, mostly for farm groups, and showed a Russia film highlighting church presence and other flaws. He said a U S film on Russia is in production and soon available. Maupin noted Russian workers do not take vacations freely and are directed by officials where to go and how long to stay.
The text discusses possible merger dynamics among Arab states, noting Nasser's influence and fears of Cairo overriding Iraq and Syria. It suggests loose federation as a compromise, and recalls Western leverage, with Eisenhower’s U.S. policy framed around stability, security, and development to counter Soviet aims.
Union and company negotiators plan to meet again Wednesday in Wichita to avert a planned strike of production workers authorized for August 22 at Boeing Airplane Company's Wichita bomber plant.
Kansas University Engineering School awards scholarships to two students. William B. Webb of Liberal receives the Schlumberger Collegiate Award. Samuel F. Marmoy of Independence earns the Vendo Company Scholarship. Both are $400 annual awards funded by Vendor and Schlumberger Foundation. Webb, a senior in engineering physics, has been on the dean’s honor roll thrice and helped found two engineering fraternities. Marmoy, a senior in mechanical engineering, transferred from Graceland Junior College and made the dean’s honor roll both semesters.
Robert Morris and Mary Lou Salisbury both of Lecompton. Richard Miles Hammond and Kath eryn René Ehlers of Kansas City Mo. Grant Cookson of Lawrence and Virginia Kihm of Hutchinson. William Icks and Patricia Forth both of Lawrence.
Kansas City elder statesman and physician Dr George M Gray died today at 102 in St Margaret's Hospital which he helped establish. A pioneer who began practice in 1889 he later became a banker remaining active in two banks. An Ethiopian dollar exchange rate is noted as about 40 cents U.S. currency.
In a 51 to 39 vote the Senate rejected reducing the 20 percent cabaret tax to 10 percent. Senators Malone and Bible had offered the amendment to an excise tax bill, but Finance Chairman Byrd warned it would cost the Treasury about 20 million dollars annually. The session also scrapped whisky and all gas depletion amendments and aimed to close the 85th Congress by week’s end.
The Douglas County Highway Department completed resurfacing on five miles of county roads including two miles on Vinland Road and about three miles on Clinton Road with new asphalt seal coats. Incumbent Elmer Ousdahl leads Republican challenger Clarence Schaake by 27 votes, 835 to 808, in the First District County commissioner race after 11 ballots. Schaake reportedly weighing a recount option.
Marie Dionne, third of the Canadian quintuplets, wed Florent Houle in a secret Montreal ceremony to escape publicity after the autumn marriages of Annette and Cecile. The fourth sister Yvonne is a registered nurse. Emilie died in 1954 and Marie honeymooning today.
The U S submarine Nautilus returns to England for a hero’s welcome in Portland after a 8 145 mile voyage from Pearl Harbor under the Arctic ice cap. Cmdr William R Anderson leads 116 crew and officers as U S Ambassador John Hay Whitney and Royal Navy officials greet them.
Washington AP reports compromise legislation to extend the reciprocal trade program for four years awaits President Eisenhower’s signature. Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks calls the bill the best yet. The Senate passed 72 to 18. The plan extends four years, allows tariff cuts up to 20 percent, near the President’s request of 25 percent.
A speculative glimpse describes a future with extended flights from Dallas by rocket, globe spanning broadcasts via satellites, and a world governed by automatic highways. Weather control, abundant powered industry, and a reduced work week shape a peaceful, efficient society.
In Kansas City a man and woman robbed Hotel Pickwick of 4000 to 5000 dollars in cash and checks last night. About 20 patrons were in the lobby when they accosted general manager Glenn Carden and office manager Ned Sells. Carden’s one year old daughter Linda was present as the pair demanded the loot and warned the manager to hurry or the child would be harmed before fleeing in a taxi cab.
Bees attacked and killed Nicholas Castanon, 66, a Fresno farm laborer, after his car wrecked their hives near the city. The incident occurred yesterday, prompting shock in the local farming community.
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