Legislators Discuss State School Support With Board
Three Lawrence lawmakers Sen Don Hults Rep George Peppercorn and Rep Odd Williams joined the Lawrence Board of Education meeting to discuss state aid for schools during the 1961 session They indicated no major objections to a two year continuance of the districts 5 mill levy while enrollments rise and costs grow Superintendent Wolfe noted a request for modest increases in emergency funds and cited other requests for colleges educational television and junior colleges The group planned to await Gov elect Andersons budget and keep support on an incentive basis The board also reviewed insurance plans bids for lab equipment acoustical tile and hired Donald Racy to teach mathematics at CJHS replacing Elaine Rhoads who resigned effective Feb 3
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Lawrence
Peppercorn
William Wolfe
Williams
Hults
John Anderson
Kansas
Bowlus School Supplies Co
Pittsburg
Lawrence High School
Burgner-Bowman- Matthews Lumber Co
Wolfe
Southeast
Donald Racy
CJHS
Elaine Rhoads
Dohrn and Brubeck Families Remembered in Local Obituaries
Carl William Dohrn, 68, of rural Leavenworth died at home after running a Jarbale grocery for 13 years. He leaves wife Katherine and three daughters, plus siblings and five grandchildren. John Brubeck, 40, and daughter Pamela Brubeck, 11, killed in an East Fifteenth Street car train crash, services set for Thursday. rest of Brubeck family hospitalized in fair condition with Mrs Brubeck to be released today.
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Carl William Dohrn
Leavenworth
Lyra Lodge AF
AM No. 256
McLouth
Bradford
Katherine
Mary Willits
Nellie McGraw
Carlene Bray
Baumbholder
Germany
Will Schwinn
Albert Dohrn
Gladstone, Mo
John
Pamela Brubeck
John Brubeck
Wedgewood Dr
Rumsey Funeral Home
Harold Brewer
Brubecks
East Fifteenth Street
Stockton Mo
Stockton
Brubeck
Lawrence Memorial
Death of World War II veteran Charles B Hendrix at Rockville home
Charles B Hendrix, 44, of 320 Mill Street, died Monday evening at his home. He was a World War II veteran. Rumsey Funeral Home announced details. Survivors include his mother Cora Hendrix of Rockville Missouri and two sisters Golda Wood of Rockville and Mrs. Walter George of Route 2.
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Charles B. Hendrix
Mill St
Rumsey Funeral Home
Cora Hendrix
Rockville
Golda Wood
Walter George
Route 2
Masonic Installations at Western Star Lodge 1 in 1961
The Western Star Lodge 1 installed officers for 1961 led by Worshipful Master Vernon Newman. Other officers included William Newman as Senior Warden Asa B. Sampson Sr. as Junior Warden Virgil M. Lee as Treasurer Fred W. Taylor as Secretary Rev W S Simms as Chaplain Charles Lewis Tyler Phillip Lopez S D Arthur Lewis George Brown and J S 8.8.
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Western Star Lodge #1
Vernon Newman
William Newman
S.W
Asa B. Sampson
Virgil M. Lee
Treasure
Fred W. Taylor
W. S. Simms
Chaplin
Charles Lewis Tyler
Phillip Lopez
S.D
Arthur Lewis
George Brown
J.S
Hospital Births and Listings Include Linwood and Eudora Residents
Memorial Hospital reports births and listings for residents including Linwood Kan City Kans Baldwin and Eudora. Notable entries include Mr. and Mrs Don Ray Kilburn with a son and Mr. and Mrs Leon D Sires with a son both in Linwood. Everett Hickam and family announce a daughter born today.
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Martha Pool
Linwood
Elsie Wingert
Eric B. Stinson
Fred Cooper
Donna J. Sires
Mary L. Hickam
Mass
Betty Leann Stout
Stouffer Place
Dorothy Marie Wintermantel
Baldwin
Alice Louise Ruhler
Rose Lyons
Betty Ruth Ridgway
Tenn
Suzzana
Donna Jean Lichte
Kansas City
Kan
Don Ray Kilburn
Maple Lane
Leon D. Sires
Everett Hickam
Kansan Dies in Wreck on Route 66 Near Bakersfield
AP reports two cars collided on U S 66 near Bakersfield California killing H A Burns 79 of Kechi Kansas. Three other Burns family members were injured in the crash observed Monday.
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Bakersfield, Calif
U.S. 66
Bakersfield
H. A. Burns
Kechi
Kan
Soviet Union Presents Record Peacetime Budget for 1961
Moscow reports a peacetime budget of 77.5 billion new rubles to boost industrial output 8.8 percent in 1961. Defense spending falls to 11.9 percent of the total as Garbuzov notes armed forces costs remain high until disarmament talks progress.
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Moscow
Vasilii Garbuzov
Supreme Soviet
Garbuzov
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Constellation Class Carrier Details Released by AP
Facts and figures on the Constellation: cost about 250 million dollars. Displacement 76 000 tons full load, slightly more than others in the Forrestal Class. Length 1 047 feet with a 252 foot widest flight deck. Capable of carrying up to 100 jet attack bombers. Armament includes two twin launchers for Terrier missiles. Crew 4 154 wartime, 3 412 peacetime. Speed undisclosed.
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NEW York
Forrestal
James V. Forrestal
U.S
Lawrence Bank Increases Dividend At 50 Percent Rise
Lawrence National Bank directors vote a 50 percent hike in the year end cash dividend for common stock. The bank reports total assets over 12 million, reserves and undivided profits up by 121,024.26, and a capital fund above 1.3 million. The 45 cent dividend applies for the last half of 1960, payable Jan. 3 to records as of Dec. 23.
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Lawrence National Bank
Riley Burcham
Culp Departs for Cornell Engineering Post
R L Culp resigns after a decade as chief of the water supply section of the Kansas State Board of Health. He will join Howland Hayes and Merryfield in Corvallis to work on water supply, treatment and distribution issues. Geoffrey Martin names N Jack Burris as his successor, Burris bringing long service in sanitation and a Michigan sanitary engineering degree.
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Russell L. Culp
Division of Sanitation
Kansas State Board of Health
Cornell, Howland, Hayes and Merryfield
Corvallis
Ore
Seattle
Washington
Boise
Idaho
Culp
State Health Department
Kansas Water Resources
Kansas
Geoffrey Martin
N. Jack Burris
Burris
Kansas University
University of Michigan
Power Lags Fade Yet Hope Keeps Granby Christmas Bright
In Granby and Victory Vermont, years of no electricity leave families relying on candlelight and wood stoves for a simple Christmas. Residents have raised about $2,000 to bring electric lines to their hamlets, though full power remains distant as they hope for next year.
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America
Vermont
Granby
Victory
Lawrence
Light Plane Crash Kills 2 Near Olathe Kansas
A light plane crashed about ten miles southeast of Olathe on Monday killing flight instructor Merle L. Fergusson, 50, of Kansas City, and student pilot Edward Ralph Middleton, 29, of near Kansas City. Farm owner George W. Meyer said the craft appeared to loop twice before crashing.
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Olathe
Kan
Merle L. Ferguson
Kansas City
Edward Ralph Middleton
George W. Meyer
Fish-Game Body Protests Land Award for Lake Tract
The Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission protests a 32 acre condemnation award for a proposed county state lake. Warded to Mr and Mrs Willard O Johnson of Baldwin rural route the award amount is 9250. An appeal has been filed in District Court.
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Kansas Forestry, Fish & Game Commission
Willard O. Johnson
Baldwin
Vinland
Johnsons
Storm Surges From Rockies Spread Eastward
A fast moving storm dumped heavy snow from the Rockies into the Midwest and pushed east with plunging temperatures. Chicago sees five inches with accumulations up to 10, while western Maryland reports 744 inches in 24 hours and a 13 below zero temperature.
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Midwest
Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Wisconsin
Lower
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Panhandle
West Virginia
Maryland
Weather Bureau
Calif. Mullan
Idaho
Imperial
Lawrence Reports Traffic Signals at 23rd and La Sts Fixed
New traffic lights at 23rd and La streets operated fully after a Monday fault affected walk and wait signals. Police Chief John Hazelet urged motorists to be cautious at the school crossing until repairs completed in the afternoon. The Douglas County Courthouse closes 5 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Tuesday for Christmas and New Year holidays.
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23Rd
la. Sts
John Hazelet
Hazelet
Douglas County
Civitans Join Mental Group in Douglas County
The Lawrence Civitan Club, newly organized, joined the Douglas County Mentally Retarded Children's Association as a group Monday night. All membership voted to join to gain knowledge of mental problems and to aid the agency. Dr. John H. Patton spoke on facing reality and maintaining hope, followed by Charles Oldfather with ballads.
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Lawrence Civitan Club
Douglas County
Mentally Retarded Children’s Association
Richard A. Brown
Civitans
H. H. Belote
John H. Patton
Westminister Center
Kansas University
Pfeiffer
Journal-World
Charles Oldfather
Fishing and hunting licenses expire December 31 1960
County clerk Delbert Mathia warned that new fishing and hunting licenses will go on sale soon as 1960 licenses expire at year end. He noted sales likely drop versus last year due to a shortened quail season and poor local duck shooting, with fishing rated just fair and hunting poor.
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Delbert Mathia
Mathia
Purse Rifled During Sunday Service at Local Church
Police report a purse was ransacked at the First Church of the Nazarene on Sunday. Thief stole $67 from the purse owned by Mrs. Margaret Penny of 733 Lyons St. Rev. Kenneth Meredith reported the loss. Penny was teaching Sunday School at the time.
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First Church of the Nazarene
Margaret Penny
Lyons St
Kenneth Meredith
Penny
New Grading Plan Aims to Give Meaning to Grades
Kansas University education professor Dr. Dale Scannell proposes an anchored curve grading model using an IQ based model curve to fix grade proportions. The system sets distribution targets and ties grades to academic achievement while separating personal factors from grades.
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Kansas University
Dale P. Scannell
KU Bureau of Education Research
Scannell
Personal Injury Suits Filed in Local Court
Thomas L. Marsh of Sunflower Village sues John V. Patchen for 3500 in district court over a July 11 car crash at 16th and Mass. Sts. Richard Kennedy of 342 Ind. St. sues for his minor son seeking 300 for injuries from an August 23 accident at llth and Mass. Sts.
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Thomas L. Marsh
Sunflower Village
John V. Patchen
Ohio St
16Th
Mass
Sts
Richard Kennedy
Ind. St
Llth
Joseph Costello Freed After 30 Month Prison Term
Joseph G. Costello of St. Louis a former taxi firm owner was freed in Leavenworth Kansas after a 30 month sentence for carrying a pistol from Illinois to Missouri. He had been questioned about the Bobby Greenlease kidnapping ransom money and refused to testify before a federal grand jury as about half of the ransom remained unfound.
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Leavenworth, Kan
Joseph G. Costello
St. Louis
U.S
Illinois
Missouri
Costello
Bobby Greenlease
Kansas City
Card of Thanks for Ben Bowen’s Death
Expressions of gratitude from Mrs. Ben Bowen and family to relatives friends and neighbors for support during illness and after Ben Bowens death. Thanks extend to Trinity Lutheran Church Dr Walters 32nd Degree Mason Lodge VFW Fraternal Order of Police and others who offered flowers cards and visits.
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John
Trinity Lutheran Church
Walters
Mason Lodge No. 6
VFW
Order of Police
Ben Bowen
Joyce
Terry
Oscar Bowen
Russell Bowen
Charley Bowen
Bill Harbison
Alice Brown
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