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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1963
Page
8
An instructional note on stiff arming in bowling from Billy Sixty. The method uses a forward pushing arm with the thumb aimed at the pins to spare right side pins and prevent hook on slow or tacky lanes. A pamphlet titled The Keys to Better Bowling is offered for 10 cents.
Washington coach Jim Owens says the loss of star fullback Junior Coffey to a broken foot won’t alter game plans for the Rose Bowl against Illinois. Charlie Browning will start in Coffey’s stead, aiming to maintain rushing efficiency after Coffey led with 421 yards this season.
Dr Rudolph Ehrmann personal physician to Albert Einstein died in Berkeley California after a short illness at age 84. He served Einstein in Germany and the United States and was known for his medical career and ties to the famed physicist.
San Francisco defeated Philadelphia 118 to 104 while St Louis beat Baltimore 116 to 104. No games scheduled for today. Tuesday’s games listed.
Giardello said the World Boxing Association may order a tuneup before a promised return bout with Dick Tiger. Rubin Carter, from Paterson New Jersey, won a first round knockout over Emile Griffith in Pittsburgh initiating possible title defenses in Atlantic City and potential rematch plans.
In Baltimore, four children died when a fire swept a sprawling estate house. Star Poland, 7, Joel and Donald, 5, and Norman, 3, died in a newly built frame wing while the parents and a guest escaped. Police said the twins died behind their door. others remained in bed.
Munich police say Michael Thiess, 18, stepson of Hollywood star Robert Taylor, is under investigation for allegedly serving poisoned tea to his father Georg Thiess, a 49 year old Munich film producer. No formal charges yet.
Sedalia area family of ten children led by Mr and Mrs Roy Snapp lost their two story home to a Sunday fire in bitter cold. The fire left the couple and children homeless with only a stove, a refrigerator, a sewing machine and a few clothes saved. The family lived about 12 miles northeast of Sedalia.
Washington notes that Rep. Howard W. Smith warns against civil rights curbs while acknowledging a rights bill likely passes in 1964. He predicts hearings on January 9 and critiques the bill as booby traps to individual rights.
The Kansas Legislature should include chiropractors in the Kerr Mills medical program and welfare system. The Kansas Chiropractors Association argues chiropractors are taxed and contribute to welfare, yet their care is not covered under the program. Executive secretary Donald L. Dean of Topeka cites taxes paid and welfare service funding as reasons.
Prince Norodom Sihanouk said Cambodia will not face U S or allies in any conference intended to assure neutrality. The communique followed a Paris dispatch noting the United States would not oppose principle talks but would skip if the meeting attacked the United States Britain Thailand or South Vietnam.
Abington Pennsylvania AP reports Fred W. Gruber aged 66 a veteran Secret Service agent who helped protect three presidents died Sunday He retired in 1954 as agent in charge of the U S Secret Service in Philadelphia after 34 years in government service.
Actress Sue Lyon 17 and Hampton Fancher III 25 are honeymooning after a brief wedding in a Hollywood home patio. The couple wed Sunday at Dorothy Jenkins's house with a press reception in an alley beside the patio and a champagne toast.
Wichita meeting of the Democratic state executive committee approved a tentative delegate schedule. State committee meeting Feb 2 to adopt rules. February to elect district delegates. March to select district at large delegates. April 18 state convention to elect national delegates. A fundraising dinner Feb 22 in Topeka will be $25 per plate. Possible national speaker candidates include Sargent Shriver or Franklin D Roosevelt Jr.
The U N Command rejected North Korea s offer to turn over the body of a so called U S agent claimed killed last week The U N spokesman said the body offered is unknown and a propaganda ploy North Korea said an agent was killed December 17 while trying to cross into the North No U S personnel were involved in the shooting according to the U N spokesman South Korea declined to comment
President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana advocates an all African force to fill the Congo void as U.N. troops withdraw. In a 3000 word letter to U Thant he calls for urgent consultations to arrange the African force.
A 17 year old babysitter in Overland Park Kansas led five children aged 2 to 11 from a burning house Sunday. The blaze started in an upstairs closet at the Darbee residence. He attempted to douse the flames with water before contacting firefighters. The cause remains undetermined.
A column argues that secular education omits religion and advocates integrating religious instruction into the school day. It outlines a multi-step plan: place religion in curricula, train teachers, and expand university and church collaborations to raise literacy about the nation’s religious heritage.
Ceylonese leaders condemned U S Navy 7th Fleet cruises in the Indian Ocean. Dr N M Perera called them an unwarranted provocation and accused Washington of bringing the cold war into the region. K M P Rajaratne warned the fleet entry would encircle Asia.
In Topeka Kansas a firefighter climbed into a burning home to rescue three semi conscious children Marie 12 Corrine 7 and Tommy 8 children of Mr and Mrs George Cook They were treated for smoke inhalation and released from a hospital The parents were unhurt Fire Inspector Floyd Dibbern said smoking in bed in another room caused the fire.
Horace E. Dodge Jr., 63, heir to a multimillion-dollar auto fortune, died Sunday in Detroit after a protracted illness. He was the sole son of Horace Dodge Sr., who co-founded the Dodge Motor Co. with his brother John Francis Dodge.
A seven-car Arkansas City to Wichita freight train derailed in north Wichita Saturday delaying a westbound train carrying Christmas mail. No injuries reported and cause under investigation by local rail officials.
The Lawrence City Commission invites bids at City Hall by 3 p m on December 31 1963 for traffic control signals at three intersections and two police cars and one forestry department truck. Plans and specs available from the City Engineer and purchasing agent Mike Jones. city clerk H C Fisher notes notice.
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