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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1963
Page
7
Billy Sixty presents Charlie Daw’s practice method focused on the No 5 pin. He urges bowlers to aim right of the head pin and use a full setup to drive the No 5 pin, which then advances the strike to the 8 and 9 pins. A pamphlet titled Sharp Shooting for the Advanced Bowler offers more tips for 10 cents plus SASE.
Resolution No 42 BH states Eleventh Street from Pine to Fir in Eudora Kansas will be graded paved curbed guttered and widened to 30 feet with asphalt concrete Publication of the resolution is required in the official city paper for six days Protest by resident property owners owning more than half of taxable property must be filed within twenty days after last publication. Adopted November 25 1963 Delbert Adams Mayor Dorothy Wolf City Clerk.
Resolution authorizes grading paving and surfacing Ninth Street from Oak to Acorn and Acorn from Acorn to Acorn intersection with widths of 27 to 31 feet with asphaltic concrete. Protest rules require half the property to file within twenty days after last publication. City Clerk Dorothy Wolf witnesses.
The page lists assorted offerings including German Shepherd pups, Siamese kittens, rental apartments, real estate incl. a Gill Agency home, cars, furniture, musical instruments, pets, and local services. Advertisers and contact numbers span Eudora to Topeka with prices noted for homes, pets, and goods.
A Newsweek Harris poll shows Johnson with a 64 to 36 lead over five GOP candidates. Nixon at 42 and Goldwater at 36 trail, while Johnson gains across the Northeast and West. Rockefeller and other rivals are noted as weakened in the wake of Kennedy's death.
Efren and Ines Prieto take the five sons home to a growing two story house in El Paraiso Maracaibo after their Sept. 8 birth. The quintuplets arrive three months and 13 days after birth with support from doctors and a graduate nurse to care for the babies.
Construction of a new K through 8 elementary school in Common School District 204 in De Soto will begin immediately. The Low bid of $268,979 from F C Previtt Construction Co was approved. Completion is planned for Sept 1, 1964, and the facility will serve about 250 students with eight classrooms plus core rooms. Two existing elementary schools Wilder and Holliday will close next year.
Vill a Eden and Linwood residents host Sunday dinner gatherings. Multiple families including Torne den Pettengill Davidson Leavitt and Howell relatives visit or are mentioned with various trips and births. A daughter Tammie Lynn Howell is reported born to Midland Texas pair. Pennsylvania?
The Kansas University Experimental Theatre presents Biedermann and the Firebugs by Max Frisch. performances start 8:15 p.m. Wednesday Thursday and Friday in Murphy Hall directed by Vincent Angotti. Cast includes Richard Friesen Marilyn Belton Mary Phillips Paul Broderick Richard Belton Charles Whitworth Theora Weddingfeld Steve Butler Richard Watkins and Dean Acheson.
William Hawkey, KU senior cellist, will give a recital at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Swarthout Recital Hall. Admission is free. Hawkey, a Kansas City native, studies with Raymond Stahl and is principal cellist of KU orchestras. Pianist Julia Varner assists.
George Murphy announces his bid for the Republican nomination to oppose U S Sen Clair Engle in California next year. Murphy 19 and vice president of Technicolor Corp has long been active in state politics and led the GOP in 1953.
Corky Taylor university backfield coach at Kansas State resigns to enter private business in Arizona. A 1954 All-Big Seven halfback and 12-year K-State veteran, Taylor cites new opportunities and plans to pursue business. He credits Doug Weaver and staff for a strong future, with a successor to be named soon.
C Y Thomas resigns as Spencer Chemical Co. chairman and is elected chairman of the Pittsburg and Midway Coal Mining Co. Spencer was purchased by Gulf Oil for 124 million dollars earlier this year. J C Denton remains Spencer president and CEO, Arnold Lamm stays P M chief executive officer. P M runs seven coal mines across Kansas Missouri Kentucky Colorado and New Mexico with about 835 employees. Thomas has long been active with Kansas University and Baker University affairs. P M is a wholly owned Spencer subsidiary.
Twelve Phoenix girls aged 8 to 13 form a club to raise funds for Leo the lion at the Phoenix Zoo. They staged a backyard circus and an art show raising 19.35 and 153.02 respectively, then sold homemade novel ties aiming to reach 15 827.63 to fund enclosures and relocate Leo for a real life lion life.
Resolution No. 41 sets plans to widen Eighth Street from Main to Maple including the intersection at Eighth and Maple to a maximum width of 31 feet with asphaltic concrete. If one half of taxed property owners protest within 20 days after the last publication, the council may delay. otherwise work proceeds per law. The notice is dated November 1963 and signed by Dorothy Wolf, City Clerk.
City resolves to authorize road work on Birch Street to Ash Street including Highth and Ash intersections. If protests remain, governing body will proceed with action per last publication. Mayor Delbert Adame signs.
Resolution No. 40 expedients Acorn Street from Eighth to Ninth Street in the city to 30 feet width with filing of protests allowed. Govern may proceed as provided by law after review and action.
Resolution No. 35 expediently designates Birch Street from Tenth to Eleventh Street for grading paving and improvement. The city orders action to begin within twenty days of state order and directs necessary work to be completed at the intersection area in Eudora Kansas.
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