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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1961
Page
5
Local ad column lists apples, turkeys, furniture, autos, rooms for rent, and services. Buyers see deals on homes, clothing, toys, tools, and a broad mix of local offerings with contact numbers and addresses.
Investigation continues after a young woman’s skeleton was found near Edwardsville. Ballistic tests rule out her as the eighth victim linked to George York and James Latham, convicted cross-country slavers in Kansas. Six .38 caliber slugs were embedded in the skull near a thicket off Chouteau Laugh Road.
Hollywood AP reports the talking horse Mr Ed has turned syndication into network status. Alan Young and co star discuss audience appeal as CBS reels in a high Sunday 6 30 rating.
The Kansas Civil Service Board reinstated J. M. Highfill Dean Rose and Mrs. Myrtle Cox at Winfield State Hospital for now but they will leave their posts December 31. The trio had been fired October 27 by hospital superintendent Dr. Christian Rose for refusing to support his program. Their civil service status and back pay are restored, with appeals canceled.
Joseph B. Rosario a 39 year old Miami teacher wired a carport to deliver an electric shock to gas thieves but was killed when he touched the car while barefoot on a wet surface. His wife Yvonne 35 was hospitalized after attempting to save him.
The Fine Arts School at Kansas University presents the University String Quartet at 8 30 p m Monday in Swarthout Recital Hall Murphy Hall. Members include Raymond Cerf Theodore Johnson violinists Karel Blaas violist and Raymond Stuhl cellist. The program features Haydn Bartok and Beethoven quartets.
London police set up a tight security zone around U S air bases and posted Official Secrets Act warnings as demonstrations against nuclear weapons escalated. Five leading members of Bertrand Russell’s Committee of 100 were seized amid efforts to break the march.
Three Chicago men Charles Minor Willie Nelson and Frank Williams were arrested in Kansas City on confidence game charges. They allegedly bilked 75 year old Wright Flowers of 2825 in savings after proposing a gambling scam in a downtown store. Flowers drew 28 hundred dollar bills to prove solvency, then the men took the cash and fled.
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer flies to Paris to urge De Gaulle to start early negotiations with Russia on Berlin. De Gaulle remains cool to American ideas despite Adenauer's recent talks with President Kennedy. Adenauer will report on his Washington discussions.
A week of Experimental Theatre at Kansas University features Greek to modern dramatic forms from the directing and community theatre classes. Readings include A Wee Diamond Ring and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof scenes at 3 p.m. Monday in Strong Hall Auditorium and more performances through Friday with no admission charge.
Vickers Petroleum Co. announces sale of all working interests in 101 leases across Kansas Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico to National Cooperative Refinery Association of McPherson. The deal covers 265 producing wells and six secondary units with 607 producing wells and is effective December 1. Price not disclosed.
Mrs. A L Shaner entertained the Douglas County Farm Bureau women with Mrs. John Metzger in charge of the business meeting. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Amos Bland from Colorado staying with Mr and Mrs Dittrick and Mr and Mrs Robert Johnson along with David and Kevin of Columbus Missouri. Weekend guests of Mrs Johnson’s parents were Mr and Mrs A L Shaner and her brother Robert Shaner. The Lecompton IOOF No 413 hosted the IOOF District events.
City Hall meeting drew lodges from Valley Falls to North Topeka with Grand Master Ches ter A Doles of Newton speaking. The 4-H Club and Vocational Agriculture banquet was sponsored by the Douglas County Bankers Association at the Kansas Union. A birth announced in Lawrence added Michael Shawn to Mr. and Mrs. Chester G Hart. Various meetings, visits, and open houses filled Sunday across local households and clubs with multiple attendees and hosts named.
The Lawrence City Commissioners will meet at City Hall December 19 1961 at 8 pm to hear objections to proposed street improvements and special assessments for sewer projects including Black Lake Street North Lawrence Holiday Hills Addition Turney Addition Southridge Addition and related deeds. A probate notice alerts heirs of Olive Powell deceased seeking determination of heirs and property descent with a hearing set in Douglas County. Dorothy Powell Herd as daughter and heir files petition. attorney Springer & Springer represents petitioner.
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