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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1962
Page
2
James Ralston leads the University Concert Choir in a four century program unaccompanied and in foreign languages. Vittoria O Vos Omnes opens somberly, Le Jeune and Leisring brighten the mood, Bach brings restraint, Poulenc conveys passion with Eluard poetry.
Lawrence merchants announce a sand and sack program for winter driving hazards at the Malls Shopping Center. A Kansas Union concert drew about 400 with a 17 piece band led by John Hill and singer Bonnie Schonhorn. Burglaries hit R Edmiston Stores Ottawa. oldest Lawrence carrier Dick Shanafelt reflects on historic paper routes and Lawrence Journal-World’s current delivery force, now 150 Little Merchants.
Special meeting called for Tuesday December 4 at 7 30 p m to conduct degree work discuss fees and enjoy refreshments Jacob A Myer Commander C O Anderson Recorder Advise attendees to attend for degree work and organizational notices
A long death and birth notices section lists residents and addresses from Williamstown to Topeka with several births recorded. It includes names such as Roy McNamara Williamstown Charles Pendry and many others with addresses in Eudora Baldwin McLouth and Sunflower. Birth announcements note multiple families welcoming daughters and sons on the weekend.
Prof DeJorge Lines of Costa Rica praised Kansas University's exchange program with the University of Costa Rica for strengthening U S Costa Rica ties. He spoke at the Lawrence Rotary Club about student exchanges and Rotary Fellowships, noting the global anxiety to learn and the value of studying abroad.
About 500 people are expected for tonight's Kansas University Football Dinner Dance at 6 30 in the Memorial Union Ballroom. Sponsored by the Lawrence Quarterback Club the Chamber of Commerce and the KU Athletic Department. Awards include the Or mond Beach Memorial Trophy to the player voted most valuable by teammates and the Art Weaver Scholarship Trophy the Mike Getto Lineman of the Year Award.
John Scruggs, a firefighter from 757 Elm Street, faced a small car fire sparked by a backfire near 9th and Mass Streets. Fire Department arrived two blocks away and contained the blaze as Scruggs watched, muttering in disbelief.
Ivan Strickler of Iola was named president of the Holstein- Friesian Association of Kansas at a meeting here Saturday. Jim Shetler of Conway Springs and Carol Moore of Iola were selected as the outstanding 4H Club boy and girl in Kansas. Other officers elected were Ed Tellers of Hays, vice president, Tom Wilson of Lincoln, Kan., director-at-large, Harold Scammon of Abilene was re-elected secretary-treasurer. Foster Lewis spoke on proposed federal milk legislation and production controls.
A 25 year old Indian exchange student Dr Ramish Jain admitted fatally harming his pregnant wife to stop her pleas to return to India and then concealed her body in a refrigerator. He was arrested at Jacobi Hospital on a serious case charge after signing a full confession.
Mal ik Wali Khan, an MP from a district near the Afghan frontier, alleged secret U.S. missile bases in northern Pakistan near Cherat and Budabir by Peshawar. A U.S. spokesman denied the claim, saying there are no American missile bases in Pakistan. Malik urged neutrality as Parliament debated Western arms shipments to India.
Police concluded a Topeka mother killed herself and her four children after authorities found Anne Fitzgibbons 27 and her children Billie 4 Tommie 3 Jeffrey 2 and Kelly 1 dead in their home. A note stated she was “no good” and a butcher knife was found nearby. The husband discovered the scene on returning home.
Watt Peterson a 41 year old of 824 Ark St was to be arraigned in County Court on a third degree arson charge. Police said clothing owned by his wife burned and that he made no effort to extinguish the fire. The house filled with smoke as officers arrived following a Sunday morning call. Peterson pleaded innocent to a vagrancy charge in Police Court earlier Sunday.
Jaime Laredo, 21, Bolivian violinist, performs at 8 tonight in University Theatre Murphy Hall Kansas University. It marks the second concert in the 1962 63 Concert Course season. Laredo has recently been named cultural attaché to the Bolivian delegation to the United Nations.
Lawrence Area obituary notice highlights Rumsey Funeral Home contact VI 3-5111. Celebrates long service to the law and community with tribute to legal professionals.
City records indicate 1962 permit activity lags 1961. Only four apartment builds totaling 76 units this year versus 28 buildings with 244 units last year. new homes match 132 for 1961, while total value trails by over $1 million. March tops 1962 monthly permit value at 507000 with few months reaching 400000. List of November permits includes new businesses, dwellings, additions, and remodels across multiple streets and firms.
The body of Nicholas Marcellino, 24, a Kansas University senior engineering student, is sent to Long Island New York for funeral services after a one car Turnpike crash near Topeka. Passenger Ruth Hart, 22, of Topeka, suffered cuts and bruises and was released from hospital. Brennan Mortuary of Topeka handled local arrangements.
Bernard Lambert of Key Rexall Drugs won the presidency of the Malls Shopping Center Assn succeeding Bill Cohn of Western Auto whose term expired this month. No other officers were chosen.
Picketing continues at the Penny Construction Co. project at 1818 Mass. St. near Dillon's Plaza. Cement Finishers Union Local 44 of Topeka protests non union labor as exterior work nears completion by January 1 and interior work runs until March 1.
Benj M. Stansbury, 84, of La Canada California, dies November 22. A former Kansan and retired lawyer, he funded KU athletic scholarships since 1954, contributing about $20 000 annually to students across all sports, though he did not attend the university.
Students in Lewis Hall at Kansas University reported a false fire alarm shortly after 9 p m Sunday when a clip board toppled from a bulletin board triggering the system.
A two car crash on the Kansas Turnpike near Lawrence injured Ronald Schuelker of Wichita. He received head cuts after the Ware vehicle tore through guard railing and slid 400 feet. Duane Cox of Topeka escaped injury when forced off the road near the same area.
Early today an office burglary at Mount Hope Nurseries in the Hotel Eldridge netted about 3 in cash and two pocket watches valued at around 25. Entrance was gained by breaking a window and police reported no other items taken.
Family expresses heartfelt gratitude to friends relatives and neighbors for flowers cards food and kindness after the illness and death of husband and father Ear L. Stanclift. Loretta Stanclift Raymond Stanclift Virginia Wright Mamie Neis Pauline Beebe.
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