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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1966
Page
3
Mary Lou Stockstill, 41, deaf and blind since youth, is the West’s only deaf blind amateur radio licensee. She communicates via telegraph signals in the international code and uses Braille tools to read and type. Her husband, once blind, helps, and their daughters Kathy and Connie are visually impaired but attend to school. She manages housework and even camping, proving a busy, self sufficient life despite sensory challenges.
A reader describes auntie seeking a church funeral for a horse after a field accident. Ann Landers condemns the idea as bizarre and advises seeking psychiatric aid and abandoning the plan. Other letters discuss parental rules, couple incompatibility, and dating advice for an 18 year old waitress encountering married men and liars.
Food prices jumped this week with bread milk eggs and butter climbing. Butter hit the highest level since 1952 while margarine oil and shortening edged upward. Forecasts warn of lower crop yields for corn peas wax beans and cherries though a large pear crop remains. Meat prices vary by region with beef ribs veal pork and turkey showing mixed moves across states.
Christine Wiggins of Kansas State University explains fit issues from off grain cutting to inaccurate stitching and pressing. She notes home sewing pattern design, body contours, posture, and individual build affect garment fit.
KU plans a 20th anniversary Humanities Lectures series with seven visiting scholars. Lectures run Tuesdays at 8 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall or University Theater, with one session at Lawrence High auditorium. Clif ford S. Griffin leads the EU slate November 8 on the university’s history. Elmer F. Beth chairs the committee.
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