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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1966
Page
1
Mrs. R. H. Ruge, a KU dorm baker at McCollum Hall, crafts decorative candles in her home after work. She earned a Candlecraft Institute certificate and attends regional candle maker events. Her husband assists with heavy work while retired from a long local taxi career, previously a butcher in Topeka.
Admission list includes Beverly Hensler Linda Spencer Jr A J Robins Mary Colman Everett Wagoner and others from Pike Anderson De Soto Shawnee Mission and Eudora. Dismissals list names Loyd Guidry Rebecca Jackson Loren Offen backer Aralia Cameron Elmer Logan and others. Births record daughters for Storch Bechard Thorpe Shaidani Collins Patton Harris Garrett among families.
Gov. William H. Avery endorses reducing state income tax withholding from 15 to 10 percent of federal withholding. The proposal, from the Department of Revenue, awaits figures for Docking’s administration. A hearing is set by the State Board of Tax Appeals for Wednesday.
Douglas County Commission and County Engineer L. D. Rice will visit El Dorado Tuesday to view county facilities. Elmer Ousdahl said the group will study Butler County’s remodeled courthouse and annex plans to gain ideas for Douglas County. The commission will report to the Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Facilities on December 15.
A survey of U.S. male senior high school students found 42 percent owned a rifle or shotgun while only 27 percent owned a typewriter. The contrast highlights differing access to personal weapons and writing machines among youths.
Snowstorms pile high drifts in Italy's Alpine and Apennine regions isolating villages in Bologna and L Aquila area. Roads remain chain required in the north as Florence and Po valley face flood threats amid easing cold.
Twenty two youngsters met at the Ballard Center to form a new 4-H club. Center director Jack McCall and Douglas County 4-H agent Ralph Utermoeh len explained the program. Nancy and Kathy Taylor discussed the emblem pledge and motto. Enrollments were filled and officers will be elected later. A next meeting is set for 2 p.m. Saturday with Palmyra 4-H members from Baldwin to demonstrate Christmas gifts and decorations.
Lawrence realtor Bill Womack will join the Kansas State Chamber of Commerce executive staff in Topeka effective Jan 3 1967. He leaves M R Gill real estate in Lawrence but will remain in the area with his family. Womack chaired the speaker’s bureau for the recent school bond election after a 22 year Army career and teaching at Fort Leavenworth.
Rev. Benedict L. Justice 36 of Kansas City Kansas died when his car veered from the Kansas Turnpike struck a bridge pillar on the medial strip 1.5 miles west of the Bonner Springs interchange. Investigators say he likely fell asleep. The car was registered to the Franciscan Fathers. The scene was 12 miles west of Kansas City.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower aged 76 will enter Walter Reed Hospital this week for gall bladder removal. The operation is planned for Thursday but details on timing were not released. Brig. Gen. Robert Schulz noted the office would cancel appointments beyond Thursday if needed and that Eisenhower shows no outward signs of discomfort.
The third travel and adventure film will play at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Lawrence High School auditorium. The Mighty Amazon by Julian Growmer follows the world’s largest river from Belem up 1000 miles inland highlighting its journey and significance.
Fifty four needy children aged 4 to 11 visited Olin Templin Hall on the Kansas University campus for a Christmas party from 2 30 p m to 5 p m Santa Claus arrived on a Lawrence Fire Department fire truck and handed out over 190 in gifts The Templin Singers offered carols and stories were read Ice cream and cookies were served Russ Driskill KU junior from Fontana California chaired the project Santa’s gifts were supplied through the Salvation Army entries.
The Teen-Age Republicans meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the police and fire auditorium at 8th and Vt. Larry Winn Jr. will discuss the future of the new Congress.
A seven member FFA speech team from Lawrence High School took second place out of 15 teams at the East Central Kansas FFA Speech Contest in Eskridge. Individual honors followed with Gerald Wedel eighth Steve Rice second Craig Cropp third Dale Nottingham fourth and Mike Flory seventh. Eighty six participants from all teams. LHS members Jerry Harrell and Bob Russell attended. Accompanied by vocational agriculture instructor Earle Simmons.
Gov elect Ronald Reagan of California will speak at Kansas State University in a series honoring former Gov Alfred M. Landon. Reagan notified university authorities he would be delighted to appear in The Alfred M. Landon Lectures on Public Issues.
Law rence observes Peace Corps Week as KU hosts recruiting booths in Strong Hall and the Kansas Union. Placement tests are set for the week and returning volunteers give talks in KU classes.
A 25 foot Christmas tree was placed in the Strong Hall rotunda at Kansas University this morning. An employee from the Buildings and Grounds Department began decorating it this afternoon and the job is expected to be completed by Tuesday.
Samuel Hurwitz aged 68 died Saturday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Funeral 1:30 p.m. at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rabbi Alexander Grunbart officiating. Burial in Topeka. Survived by daughter Ruth Kemish Westport Conn and son Eugene Hurwitz Prairie Village. two sisters and five grandchildren. He co owned Lawrence Sanitary Milk and Ice Cream Co with brother the late Simon Hurwitz. He later started Sam's Produce and was active in local Jewish and fraternal groups.
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