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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1961
Page
7
County Extension News discusses how modern methods ingredients and mixes simplify cookie making. It covers dough chilling spacing underbaking test cookies and achieving uniform size for even baking across various cookie types.
The article describes using a clean ruler and sharp knife for precise cookie preparation, and lists modern ready to use ingredients like nuts, candied fruits, chocolate, coconut, cinnamon and sugar. It advises sheets, foil, and air circulation for baking, proper storage in airtight containers, and keeping crisp and soft varieties separate.
Water is essential to soil as to living things. The article explains soil porosity, pore space, water movement by gravity and capillary forces, hygroscopic water, infiltration after rain, evaporation, wilting coefficient, and transpiration. It notes soil texture affects moisture retention and that a four to five foot soil profile can store about one foot of water.
Kansas State University dean C P Wilson argues land grant colleges could shape U S foreign policy through food security, extension services, and applied research. He cites 1862 act gains and urges bold new ideas to aid underdeveloped nations. Nearby meetings include Shawnee County swine session and a vegetable growers gathering with talks by Dr James Greig.
Sen. Frank Carlson asserts State Department policy on the Congo could threaten the United Nations. He criticizes the UN for pressing its will and argues against intervention while voicing concern over U.S. support of the Gizenga faction and Tshome as a friend of the United States.
Mrs Barbara Peak aged 31 was found guilty of contributing to the dependency of her three boys aged 10 8 and 7 by leaving them with only dog food to eat. She was sentenced to 60 days in jail.
Willis Roosevelt Grisco, 69, serving a life term for first degree murder from a 1938 plea, has applied for clemency. County Attorney Keith Sanborn said Gov. John Anderson will rule January 25 on Grisco’s petition. Grisco was arrested in Coffeyville and sentenced in Wichita on November 28, 1938, for killing Ernest Moore during a card game dispute.
4 H Tractor Project leaders will attend a training meeting on Thursday January 5 in Ottawa. The session includes luncheon at noon and discussion of new demo kits teaching aids changes in the tractor driving test and help with keeping project records. In Douglas County last year thirteen 4 Hers enrolled while seventy six crop projects used tractors.
Snow and rain ended harvesting in Kansas late last week after several good work days. Cattle and sheep were moved from grazing as fields softened. more livestock passed through auctions and some fed cattle were marked for market. Wheat prospects remain favorable for 1962 with ample moisture. corn and grain sorghums harvesting progressed but will be delayed by heavy snow.
Two Kansas University writers have works accepted for anthologies. Mrs Juanita Williams graduate student and assistant instructor wrote The Flaw a short story that will appear in The Best College Stories 1961 from Random House. James T Heaton Baldwin a 1960 KU graduate authored Landscape accepted by Annual Anthology of College Poetry from the National Poetry Association.
Santa Claus arrives in Poly dora to aid King Ferdinand against the Ipswitch. The King, plagued by strange events, meets Santa in disguise and shares a Pineapple Upside Down Cake before it mysteriously vanishes. Tomorrow’s twist promises further clues about the haunted palace.
Mrs. Joe E. Brown details Christmas travel for the family and their wedding anniversary while coping with a recent Bel Air Brentwood fire that destroyed their home. She notes help from friends, donations to the parish, and reestablishing life in a new house in the same neighborhood.
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