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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1960
Page
6
X-ray methods reveal hidden insect activity in living trees with Professor Ronald W. Stark leading work. The piece also notes potential portable X-ray gear for woods. Separate ideas discuss origins of life with Edwin Norbeck and the role of clouds in Earth’s heat balance via the Tiros satellites.
Robert Mitchum explains he moved back to Maryland two years ago not for tax reasons but for a different life. He lives near the Chesapeake Bay area, enjoys privacy, and will star in The Last Time I Saw Archie for Jack Webb. He warns against chasing money by taking any role and stresses responsibility to his craft.
Army engineers report Missouri River shipping tonnage rose 70 percent last season to 1 430 000 tons. The program to stabilize and render the river navigable from Sioux City to the mouth is about 82 percent complete. Feasibility studies for extending navigation above Sioux City are underway.
Warren L. Hartley 39, postmaster at Belle Plaine, was found dead with a shotgun wound seven miles west of town after vanishing Monday night en route to an American Legion meeting. A note left behind mentioned health struggles. a statewide alert had prompted a 24-hour search and possible kidnapping concerns. He leaves a widow and two young children.
ENID Oklahoma AP A Farm Bureau Federation director says a new government wheat program will be hard to establish as farmers are content with the current one but Boone of Eureka Kansas calls it inadequate and defensible He urges policies to cut farm operating costs and secure a favorable national and international farm income. A Kansas editor backs using public relations to gain acceptance and support for wheat farmer proposals and to explain their role in the national economy Ray Pierce editor of the Dodge City High Plains Journal says publicity will boost the impact of research development and legislation pursued by wheat growers.
Seneca Missouri volunteer fire department halted efforts on a large brush fire after it crossed into Oklahoma, due to a regional rule not to cross state lines without an invitation. Firefighters fought the Missouri section then waited for an Oklahoma call that never came as the blaze moved west toward Tulsa.
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