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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1966
Page
19
Katherine Simonds Thompson, 60, wife of Lovell Thompson, vice president of Houghton Mifflin Co., died Thursday after a brief illness.
The Kansas Business Review notes that in 1965 one quarter of all Kansas industrial jobs were in aircraft manufacturing, centered in Wichita. The article says the industry will stay a key state employer but warns its dependence on defense contracts makes the economy cyclical and urges diversification. It cites rising earnings for production workers and growing private sector demand for air and commercial aircraft.
Medical expert Dr. Arthur C. Curtis states there is no cure for male pattern baldness, as it is inherited. He notes patchy hair loss from emotional issues can heal when the problem is resolved, criticizing scalp specialists who promise quick cures. The article also lists local social notices from Lawrence and Topeka residents.
Recent visitors to Earl Bell’s home in Woodstock included 1st Sgt. Earl E. Bell and family from Lawton Oklahoma plus relatives from Centralia Basehor Hamilton and Blythe?dale Missouri. Sgt. Bell’s return from Vietnam preceded a move to Fort Stewart Georgia after Fort Sill Oklahoma. The Bell household also hosted a wiener roast for Sgt. Bell and family.
The United Nations finishes a two-covenant treaty on economic social cultural and civil political rights to bind nations. Highlighted rights include self determination free elections child names nationalities fair wages social security and just work conditions. Ratification steps require Senate approval in the United States and acceptance by at least 35 states to take effect.
Detroit AP reports 1966 vehicle production topped all years except 1965 as GM plant cutbacks trimmed output. Passenger cars totaled 199,476 this week down from 204,626 last week and 214,519 in 1965, while trucks reached 37,962 versus 38,453 and 39,769. Year to date totals: 8,132,438 cars and 1,670,663 trucks, vs 8,822,732 and 1,682,667 in 1965.
In the 1966 World Series the Dodgers went scoreless for 33 innings while collecting 15 hits and 7 walks but failed to plate a run.
In Portsmouth an inquest heard that Gerald Rogers 41 a senior scientific officer aboard HMS Wakeful died of natural causes linked to seasickness doctors testified he ruptured his gullet and seasickness directly caused the death. The coroner accepted the finding with surgeon Lt Cmdr Henry Black noting the last similar case was in 1919 in America.
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