Jury Selection Moves Slowly in Kansas City Murder Trial
In Kansas City Kansas AP report the jury pool for Lee Andrews 19 faces slow questioning in the first degree murder case involving the slayings of his father W L Andrews mother Opal Andrews and sister Jennie Andrews at their suburban home. Prosecutors said 36 were qualified yesterday while some questioned were excused for opposition to the death penalty. Defense asserts mental illness at time of the killings while prosecutors argue financial motive.
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Lowell Lee Andrews
Kansas University
Buford E. Braley
Harry Hayward
Kansas
Kansas Gity
Kan
Lee Andrews
University of
Viial
Andrew
W. L. Andrews
Opal Andrgwa
Jennie Andrews
Samuel '4 Walls
Robert H. Bingham
Memorial Hospital Admissions And Dismissals
Memorial Hospital lists admissions including Mrs Virgil M Johnson Mrs Lulla D Shermis Irene Hirst Herbert E Garrett Phyllis I Queen Laura Kilworth. Dismissals include Mrs Carol Wood Mrs Mark R Moore Mrs Carol Dunwell Sally King Bert C Day Sue Mousséau Judith Marie Brizendine and baby boy Patti Fitzgerald and baby boy Esther F Faler. Births include a son to Dr and Mrs Sherwin S Shermiln and a son to Dr and Mrs Arthur Queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil M. Johnson
Lulla D. Shermis
Irene Hirst
Herbert E. Garrett
Phyllis I. Queen
Laura Kilworth
Mass
Carol Wood
Mark R. Moore
Carol Dunwell
Sally King
Bert C. Day
Sue Mousséau
Haskell
Judith Marie Brizendine
Stouffer Pl
Patti Fitzgerell
Esther F. Faler
Walnut
Sherwin S. Shermiln
Arthur Queen
Indi
Two Obituaries for Dr. A P Winston and Mrs Mary W Newson
Graveside funeral services for Dr. A P Winston of Austin Texas and for his sister Mrs Mary W Newson of Poolesville Maryland will be held at 2 PM Monday at Oak Hill Cemetery. Both died recently in their late seventies or eighties and survivors include spouses and children. Mrs Newson had taught at Kansas University and was daughter of a former Lawrence physician.
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A. P. Winston
Austin
Tex
Oak Hill
W. Newson
Poolesville
Winston
Maryland
Lawrence
Kansas University
Kate Winston
John
Florence
Mary W. Newson
Hugh Benet
Josephine Newson
Chicago
Henry Newson
Durham
N.C
Sunflower Village sale closes bids on a near city growth site
Auction of the Sunflower Village development near Desoto and Lawrence drew seven bidders before prize bidder Ensley won with a final bid around 200000 dollars. The property includes commercial buildings housing, parking, roads, and several school buildings not sold. Water rights and plant access remain with the government.
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Shopen
Sunflower Village
Kansas City
DeSoto
Lawrence
Driscoll
S.O.W
Ordnance Plant
Kansas University
Eudora
Baldwin
Ensley
Thief steals Christmas gifts from Ralph Altie family porch
The Ralph Altie family at 1236 Conn. St. planned early Christmas shopping but a burglar early morning took a large wicker basket with gifts from their screened porch. Sheriff Dale Chappell later paid for the basket, with loss valued around 100 dollars.
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Ralph Altie
Conn. St
Violence Missing At Wilson Plant Amid Picket Line Tensions
Non union production workers reported to the Wilson and Co. plant in Albert Lea Minnesota amid jeering and occasional rocks from a picket line. The morning crowd was smaller than Wednesday's siege by about a thousand pickets. police formed a cordon to prevent exits. Charles Lee, president of Local 6 UPW, joined about 150 pickets in a five week old work stoppage described as a lockout by the union and an illegal strike by the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Lea
Minn
Wilson & Co
Charles Lee
United Packinghouse Workers of America
UPW
Wilson
Local census chief notes 90 percent progress in Lawrence
Robert Haggart, Lawrence director of the state farm census, said operations are about 90 percent complete and praised farmers for courtesy. He cited five or six landowner cooperations as exceptions while residents clean yards to improve curb appeal amid good weather.
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Robert Haggart
The
Journal-World
New Offer From Steelworkers Aims for Retroactive Wages
Washington AP The Steelworkers Union seeks retroactive settlement terms and a cost of living wage increase due Jan 1 paid before Christmas. President David J. McDonald urged interim terms retroactive to Nov 7 after a Taft Hartley injunction ended a 116 day strike. Industry sources offered no comment as talks continued.
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Washington
Steelworkers Union
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Secretary of Labor
James P. Mitchell
Commutations Granted in Kansas Sentencing Review
Gov. Docking's pardon attorney announced commutations for seven convicts in Kansas. The action, through Spiegel, may allow parole soon, while about 40 other applications were denied. Names include William Brown, Phillip Burkholder, James R. Howard, Teddy Pearsall, Frank Warner, A. E. Warren, and Glenn Martin Williams, with prior offenses in Dickinson, Woodson, Saline, Montgomery, and McPherson counties.
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Topeka
George Docking
Dale A. Spiegel
Board of Probation and Parole
William Brown
Dickinson County
Phillip Burkholder
A. E. Warren
Montgomery County
Glenn Martin Williams
McPherson County
Radcliffe in Fair Condition After Surgery at KU Medical Center
Charles QO Radcliffe owner of Other's Men and Boy's Clothing Store is in fair condition following surgery at the Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City Kansas. Television actor Victor Jory was born in Dawson Yukon Territory during the gold rush.
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Charles QO. Radcliff
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Victor Jory
Dawson
Canada
Yukon Territory
Suspects Captured After Hostage Rescue in North Carolina
FBI reports a trio taken in the Lynchburg area for manslaughter robbery and auto theft. Walter Brown Spears 30 of Greensboro and Harvey Murchinson 26 of Willow Springs plus an escapeee held Jonas Soares hostage in a vacant house before being captured. Earlier arrests included Leslie Gautier 28 of Faison Hillary Inman 24 of Kings Mountain Grady Stone 23 of Lumberton Glenn Hensley 35 of Asheville and Charles Edwards 28 of Gastonia after a Tuesday escape at Ivy Bluff.
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Byers
Lynchburg
Walter Brown Spears
Greensboro
N.C
Harvey Murchinson
Willow Springs
Pilot
FBI
Jonas Soares
Court fines for loudspeaker violations and speeding
Police Court lists William H. Kurtis of 945 Emery fined $25 for playing loudspeaker at night and Fred Haynes of 945 Emery fined $25 for the same. Traffic Violations also shows Shirley Mongiello, 25, 701 lie, fined $15 for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Kurtis
Emery
Fred Haynes
Shirley Mongiello
Eisenhower Reaffirms Shared Goals With India Leaders
President Eisenhower addressed 600 Indian lawmakers flanked by Vice President Radhakrishnan and Speaker Ayyangar. He stressed resisting aggression through armed forces, avoided direct China or communism mentions, and framed America and India as partners seeking welfare without domination. He spoke of 180 million friends in India.
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Sarvapalli Radhakrish‘nan
A. A. Ayyangar
America
Eisenhower
India
Titan Missile Fizzles After Countdown Hiccup at Cape
The Titan intercontinental missile failed to lift off in an attempt to ignite its second stage at Cape Canaveral. As the countdown reached zero, flames surged from the base then vanished, leaving the 98 foot rocket trapped on the pad amid billows of black smoke.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Visiting Speaker Urges New Quality Goal for Schools
Lloyd Michael of Evanston Township High School spoke at Kansas University urging a shift from more dollars to qualitative reform. He outlined four changes: principal as educational leader, richer curriculum, better use of time and facilities, and widespread use of electronic aids. The future high school should be year round with extended daily hours and flexible scheduling to serve individual students.
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Kansas University
Lloyd Michael
Evanston Township
Chicago
Michael
Kansas
Future classroom to shift roles with teaching aids
A journalist outlines a school of the future where electronic aids like films and video tape reduce the need for large classes. Teachers become resource persons, spending more time with groups and individuals while clerks handle details. The aim is to boost efficiency and quality instruction through technology and better use of time. In memoriam notices follow, including memory of Katharine Barton who died two years ago.
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Michael
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