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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1966
Page
13
Mary Lou Stockstill a 41 year old deaf blind mother of two in Canoga Park holds an amateur radio license and uses S O S in Morse code to signal her needs. She communicates through finger spelling on her husband's palm and a Braille typewriter.
Reader letters discuss a desire for a horse funeral with minister and hearse, the minister’s rebuke, and a teen waitress's pattern of dating married men. Landers cautions the aunt against bizarre funeral ideas and explains parental rule tweaks and social guidance.
Food prices jumped this week with bread milk eggs and butter rising. Butter reached its highest level since 1952 while margarine oil and shortening climbed. Weather trimmed supplies of grain vegetables and fruit and labor costs edged up. Consumers face higher costs for fresh and later canned and frozen varieties amid forecasts of tighter corn peas beans and cherries. A large pear crop remains reported.
Veal falls three cents in Portland while rising one cent in San Francisco. Midwest pork prices ease while West Coast values climb. Turkey features in many areas as larger supplies come to market.
The article notes fit issues may arise from off grain cutting, inaccurate cutting marking stitching or pressing, and home sewing pattern design or alterations not matching body contours. Poor posture and weight, plus individual bone and flesh differences, can affect fit, says Christine Wiggins of Kansas State University.
KU announces seven visiting scholars for its 20th anniversary Humanities Lectures series. Each will stay three days, present an 8 p.m. talk in Swarthout Recital Hall or University Theater, and address classes and forums. Lectures span fields from art history to linguistics with venues in Lawrence.
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