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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1966
Page
11
Local church directory lists services across numerous denominations including Catholic, Methodist, Church of Christ and Baptist. Entries provide church names, street locations or nearby landmarks, pastors, service times, Sunday School, youth groups, and midweek meetings across Baldwin and nearby towns.
Father Robert D. Pool serves as pastor. Masses occur on Sundays at a.m. First Friday and daily masses at 7 a.m. Regular Saturday confessions run from 4 to a.m. and 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Saturdays.
Des Moines Register and Minneapolis Tribune report Hans V. Tofte, a CIA operative suspended after a security raid, claims inside information on Bay of Pigs, Dominican Republic, and Vietnam operations. He writes a friend seeking exposure and a personnel cleanup at the CIA, naming Richard Helms and alleging attempts to railroad him.
Luci Johnson Nugent and her husband Pat attended a tea at Government House in Nassau Bahamas the governor Sir Ralph Grey hosted. It marked the couple's first public outing since their honeymoon ended Sunday.
Washington Creek and nearby listings show Reverend Orville Chase as pastor with Sunday school at 9 a.m. and worship at 10 a.m. A fellowship supper is held on the second Thursday each month. Harry A. Bartlett appears as minister and Sunday school leader at 9:45 a.m. and worship at 10:45 a.m.
In Washington the Census Bureau reports rising family incomes and the Commerce Department notes record profits at $80 billion for 1966's April-June quarter. Median 1965 family income rose 5 percent to 6900 but inflation shaved two points. Congress paves highway and housing money while Republicans critique policy.
A Kansas City motorcyclist, Warren E. Graves, 19, had an almost severed foot restored by surgery. Dr. William Monaghan reported the fracture above the ankle was set and tissue repaired, with about a third of the flesh and the major artery remaining intact. The primary risk cited was infection.
In Shepheards Bush London three police officers from the criminal investigation division were shot dead in a street gunfight near Wormwood Scrubs Prison. Scotland Yard confirmed the killings with few details. no prison connection found. The incident occurred in a racially mixed area after officers halted to speak with two men.
James Roosevelt says the family knew Lucy Mercer was at Warm Springs when Franklin D. Roosevelt died, calling her an old family friend. He disputes a published account of a long secret romance with Eleanor Roosevelt bitterly. Roosevelt, then 11 in 1918, recalls no awareness of such ties. He now serves as U N delegate to the Economic and Social Council.
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved an annual defense budget exceeding $58 billion and called for using trained reservists in Vietnam. Senator Richard B. Russell said the system allows unqualified individuals to join Reserve or National Guard units while draftees are sent to fight.
Washington AP Senator James B Pearson R Kan says a proposed fair farm budget act will dispel the myth of widespread farm subsidies. He cites 1965 USDA expenditures of 7 billion with two thirds aiding consumers and general public rather than farmers. He argues funds like Food for Peace are foreign aid and not farm subsidies.
Gary Scott ten year old of Eu dora was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital emergency room after cutting his left leg when he fell against a fence.
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