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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1967
Page
7
Claus and Twee dieknees face a snow wall and a tiny door. Claus finds a brass key marked Pigwidgen and opens a hidden passage to a castle where pygmies fight and reindeer fly. Patrick Tweedleknees intervenes as the scene shifts to Monday, the Pigwidgen.
In Kansas City the Post Office reports 90 percent of first class letters traveling 300 miles or more move by air, saving three cents an ounce. Air mail sacks outweigh regular mail by five to one, with night flights added to handle government contracts.
Kansas University alumnus David C Whitney is named director of Cowles Education Division and president of Cowles Education Corp in New York. The 1942 KU graduate and former Journal-World carrier brings long experience at Cowles and as editor. he authored books and invented the Cyclo-Teacher teaching machine. Whitney and wife Betty reside in C happaqua New York with five children.
KU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences surveyed every tenth graduate of last June, revealing varied experiences. Among 47 graduates, 1 earned highest distinction, 2 earned distinction, 26 on the honor roll, 14 on probation, 7 more than once, and 4 dropped for poor scholarship. The record shows persistence despite setbacks, with some countering probation and honors in a single career.
Local ad notes 2 lb item price 79 cents and a six pack Coca Cola at 85 cents with July 16 price line.
Seventy five works by twelve nationally known architectural photographers will be shown at Kansas University January 4 to 14. The public exhibit on Marvin Hall third floor travels coast to coast and features black and white and color prints highlighting current building trends. Exhibitors include Joel Strasser Frank Lotz Miller Baltazar Korab Morley Baer Louis Checkman and Cortlandt V D Hubbard. Architects shown include Edward Durell Stone Eero Saarinen Minoru Yamasaki I M Pei and Skidmore Owings Merrill.
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