Broken Arrow Park Plan OKed by City County and School Board
The City Commission, County Commission and Board of Education approved general plans for Broken Arrow Park, a 60 acre joint development south of town. They aim to start grading immediately with some areas usable next summer, including a softball field and playgrounds, while a school site hinges on future construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Commission
Board of Education
Broken Arrow Park
John Weatherwax
Lowsana Street
Richard Preston
Lawrence
Kansas State University
Harold Horn
Preston
Wolfe
Horn
Fire Halts Grain Fire At Overbrook Elevator
About 50 000 dollars in losses were reported as the older section of the Overbrook Farmers Union Co-Op elevator burned. Firefighters kept nearby bulk oil storage tanks cool to prevent possible explosions while the structure later collapsed. No cause had been determined.
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Overbrook Farmers Union Co-Op
Overbrook Citizen
The
Journal-World
Farmers Union Co-Op
Obituary notices for Orender Endacott Cartwright family
Marion Edward Orender 72 of Overland Park died at home. Funeral 1 pm Thursday Hoge Chapel Overland Park burial Memorial Park Cemetery Lawrence. Survivors include Grace wife and several children and grandchildren. Edwin W. Endacott 66 of Lawrence dies at hospital. Funeral arrangements by Rumsey. Rae Lynn Cartwright infant daughter of Cartwrights dies at Lawrence Memorial Hospital burial Columbus. Survivors include parents a sister and extended relatives. Rumsey Funeral Home in charge.
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Marion Edward Orender
Overland Park
Reno County
Kansas City
Orender
Lawrence
Hoge Chapel
Memorial Park
Grace
Gust Apostle
Kan
Jim
Korea
Tom
Olathe
Jerry
Houston
Tex
May Everley
Eudora
Marion Everley
Edwin W. Endacott
N. H. St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Rumsey Funeral Home
William A. Endacott
Ruth Brown
James Endacott
Ala. St
Henning Endacott
Tulsa
Ernest Endacott
Denver
Rae Lynn Cartwright
Columbus
Earl D. Cartwright
Bonner Springs
Sandra
John . Cartwright
Scammon
Neil Lawrence
Chetopa
John Radcliff
Lida Lawrence
Leahy proposes state lakes for boats and skiing in Kansas plan
Dave Leahy director of the Kansas Fish and Game Commission seeks 1961 legislation to create a string of state lakes financed by unclaimed gasoline tax refunds for marine use. The plan aims to build two lakes per year for boaters and skiers, with fishing as a secondary use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Leahy
Kansas Fish and Game Commission
Leahy
Kansas
State Highway Department
Outboard Boating Clubs of America
Highway Department
Michigan
New York
California
Douglas County State Lake
Vinland
Baldwin
Lawrence
Memorial Hospital Birth Notices Include Several New Arrivals
Birth announcements list Kevin R. Jones and Lawrence H. James as new fathers with wives, stating a son for Jones and a daughter for James. Names and addresses accompany patrons from Lawson, DeSoto, Lecompton, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kevin R. Jones
Lawrence H. James
Lecompton
Modern surroundings Rumsey Funeral Home note
Funeral home contact and subscription promotions appear in the notice. The Journal-World offers gifts and subscriptions via Circulation Dept. in the VI 3 area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rumsey Funeral Home
Journal-World
Lawrence Park Improvements Proposed As Must List
City commissioners outline a set of basic park upgrades for Lawrence including a new bridge linking park areas in Centennial Park, hard surfaced play spaces for tennis shuffleboard volleyball badminton and basketball, added playground equipment, and field game areas in the northwest Centennial Park. Plans also call for equipment for North and East Lawrence land acquisitions while a calendar date remains undecided.
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Centennial Park
Central
South Parks
East Lawrence
Lawrence Park
Three KU wrecks Tuesday with no injuries reported
A Lawrence driver education car was involved in one of three Kansas University wrecks Tuesday. No injuries occurred as a training car struck a parked vehicle and two other collisions caused minor damage to four cars near Strong Hall and Hills Parkway.
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Lawrence
Kansas University
Robert Hamill
Prairie St
B. L. Stewart
Strong Hall
Stewart
Hamill
Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence School Board
Wilhelm Spiekelmeyer
Anaheim
Calif
W. Hills Pkwy
Phil Bigham
9Th St
Jack Vincent
Bigham
Vincent
Gilbert Nicholls
Stoney Brook
N. Y
14Th
la Sts
Air Force Launches Up Discoverer Satellite
A souped up Discoverer rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Base carrying tissue samples and secret spy gear. If it reaches orbit, the Air Force will attempt to recover the space capsule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Miniature Army Figures Parade for Retiring NCO
M Sgt Eugene C Nicholson plans a postretirement display using 2.5 inch tall Napoleonic era figures. He has built dioramas with regiments from Bengal Lancers to Grenadier Guards and World War II staff officers, aiming to expand his Southern California collection.
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Paris
Voltigeurs
Napoleon
Nicholson
Orient
Europe
Southern California
United States
Seventh Regiment
New York State Guards
Grenadier Guards
First Aid Course Starts December Training Six Firemen
A six week standard first aid course begins December 13 in the Police Fire Building from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays. Open to non firefighters, it qualifies graduates for advanced first aid training. Lee Burns is the instructor. Tammy Marihugh will appear on My Sister Eileen at 8 p.m. on Channels 13 and 5.
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Lee Burns
Mer
My Sister
Eileen
Missing Man Hartley found dead near Wellington
Warren L. Hartley 39, postmaster of Belle Plaine, found dead in his cart near a wrecked shed nine miles northwest of Wellington. A 16 gauge shotgun was discovered between his knees. authorities say death was by self inflicted gunshot. Hartley had attended an American Legion meeting and disappeared Monday night. He was active in school, church, and civic affairs and left behind a wife and two children.
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Wellington
Warren L. Hartley
Belle Plaine
B. J. Myers
Sumger County
Hartley
American Legion
Vernal Burris
Sumner County
Wichita
Burlington ad touts towels for the damp family
A Burlington Record advertisement proclaims towels for the whole damp family, reflecting a local sales pitch carried by the AP. The quirky copy hints at home products and consumer coupons in a small town market.
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Burlington, Colo
Burlington Record
ATO to Buy TKE Fraternity House at 1541 Tenn St
Alpha Tau Omega at Kansas University signs to purchase Tau Kappa Epsilon home at 1541 Tenn Street for about 50 000 dollars. Sale may lead to razing the TKE house next to ATO property at 1537 Tenn Street. TKE owns Endowment land south of 19th Street near Iowa Street set aside for future fraternity use.
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Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
Kansas University
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Tenn St
ATO
TKE
Alpha Tau Omega
Tenn
St. Tau Kappa Epsilon
Endowment Association
19Th Street
Iowa Street
Futile Firefight Sacked by Sink Strainer in Gaston
Fred Granger tried to douse a neighbor's kitchen blaze in Gaston Indiana using a water pan that turned out to be a sink strainer. The improvised bucket failed to deliver water, leaving the fire uncontrolled until help arrived.
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Gaston
Ind
Fred Granger
Mail Em Now For Christmas Postmaster Urges Early Sending
Lawrence postmaster James Parsons warns it is late to wait for Christmas mail. He says hire of about 30 extra workers is planned to handle the rush and stresses clear return and recipient addresses, zone numbers, and two bundles for local versus out of town mail. He urges sending out of town cards by Dec 10 and local gifts by Dec 15.
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Independence
Kas
B.C
Troy
Eugene C. Nicholson
Wiggins - Rattlers Army Reserve Center
Torrance
Calif
Marines
Army
California
Nicholson
Panama
Lawrence
James Parsons
Parsons
U S Asks That Zorin Leave Job During Debates
The United States demanded that Soviet Delegate Valerian Zorin disqualify himself as president of the U N Security Council during the Congo debate. Ambassador James J Wadsworth urged Zorin vacate the chair citing attacks on the U N Hammarskjold and Congo leader Kasavubu.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Valerian A. Zorin
U.N. Security Council
Congo
U.S
James J. Wadsworth
L-Nation Council
Zorin
Dag Hammarskjold
Joseph Kasavubu
Wadsworth
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Mobutu
Soviet Union
U.N
Security Council
Patrick Dean
Williams Poised For Pro Tem Speaker Post In Kansas House
State Rep. Odd Williams of Lawrence expresses optimism about securing enough support to win the pro tem speaker race in the Kansas House. He notes ongoing efforts to win undecided votes, with the Jan 9 decision date and Gov elect John Anderson Jr.'s inauguration on the horizon. Opponents named include Rep. Fred Meek, with other contenders Rep. William L. Mitchell and Rep. Bill Fribley.
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Odd Williams
Lawrence
The
Journal-World Today
Kansas
House
John Anderson ,Jr
Williams
Fred Meek
Idana
William L. Mitchell
Hutchinson
Bill Fribley
Crestline
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Overbrook
Lodge
Lawrence Lodge of Perfection
Marion W. Manion
V. M
O. Wright
Acacia Lodge
AF & AM
Joseph K. Garbutt
Www
M. M. J. Estes, Secy
Douglas County
Lone Star Lake
Irvin Flory
Pearl Smith
Lake
Thaine Koons
Belle Crest
Roy Gross
Terr
Norma Bartley
Arthur Strobel
Mary Kilburn
Maple
Mary Cartwright
Wendell Else
A.I
Terry Waggond
N.H
Eloise Davis
N.J
Lavonne Platt
Ill
Alva Bozarth
Lawson
Gloria Foster
W. 19Th
Esther Horr
Susan Kay Rucker
Iowa
Lawson, Mo
Donald Craig
Richard Lee
DeSoto
Jeffrey Gilstrap
Shelburn Place
Terry Waggoner
Larry Harrell
Etta Heffner
Vada Baillie
Discoverer
Gen Townsend
Independence Daily
Associated Press
Farmers Insurance Exchange
Ares Group
C. O
Andy” Anderson
L. Bob
Stewart Lawrence
West 9Th
W. S. McAllister
Baldwin Don Ray
Don Frandle
Perry
Rather
Sureau
New England
Great Lakes Area
Ohio Valley
Tennessee Valley
South Atlantic States
Gulf Coast
Plains
Tammy Marihugh
Bob Cummings
Marvin Milett
Wendy
Elaine
Kansas Turnpike
KTA
Jayhawks
Syracuse
Oklahoma
Memorial Stadium
West Lawrence
American Red Cross
E. A. McFarland
Queen of the Kansas University
Kansas Union Ballroom
Lynette Alver
Oak Park
Chi Omega Sorority
Joan Munson
Arkansas City
Alpha Delta Pi
Patsy Batt
Algonquin
Delta Gamma
TKE Frat House
Sleepy Eye
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Honolulu
Los Angeles
Miami
St. Paul
New Orleans
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tampa
St. Thresa ‘Club
Father Quigley
Father Rieth
Bicklemeier
Lawrence Memorial Co
U. S
M. C. Allen
Mr. J. Robert Balch
Mrs
Morgan K. Allison
Alabama
Lawrence Optimist Clubs
Sunset Club
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