Shipper Scarred by Energy Crisis cuts Meridian Plastics
In Byesville Ohio 38 year old Charles Huffstutler lost his job as a shipper at Meridian Plastics as the plant pared staff from 200 to 100 amid an energy shortage. His wife faced double pneumonia in Guernsey Memorial Hospital Cambridge as he weighed the factory’s fate and future moves after her recovery.
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Cambridge
Ohio
Charles Huffstutler
Ohio Plastics Processing Company
Huffstutler
Meridian Plastics
Byesville
Guernsey Memorial Hospital
Love City
Iowa
Astronauts Photograph Partial Eclipse From Skylab 3
Skylab 3 crew Gerald Carr William Pogue and Edward Gibson photographed a partial sun eclipse from orbit and prepared for a five hour Christmas space walk. They planned a television broadcast to Mission Control showing a tree and decorations in space. The eclipse path spanned the Pacific Ocean to Algeria with viewing by much of the United States.
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Space Center
Houston
Gerald P. Carr
William R. Pbgue
Edward G. Gibson
Mission Control
Space Station
Apollo
Carr
Solar Telescope
Richard Truly
Pacific Ocean
Managua
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Colombia
Brazil
Pogue
Orbiting Space Station
Kahoutek
Mrs Harry S Truman Flies to See Daughter in Washington
Mrs Harry S Truman 88 has flown to Washington to spend the holidays with her daughter Mrs Clifton Daniel and the Daniel family. Secretary Rose Conway noted Mrs Truman dislikes flying but chose air travel due to weather and traffic conditions. She may remain through New Year as her husband former President Truman was ill and died the day after Christmas last year.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Washington
Clifton Daniel
Daniel
Rose Conway
Miss Conway
Truman
Fire Damage Reports and Vehicle Blaze Across Lawrence
A Sunday fire at Darwin L. Eads 1045 E. 23rd mobile home caused about 4000 in damage. Firemen also noted a $1500 loss to contents and a $2500 loss to the structure. Other incidents included a heat in an oven at Eugene Johnson 2515 National and a shorted electric line near Seventh and New York. A 1968 car owned by Beryl Kufahl was destroyed by a fire in Wak arusa Township on the Kansas Turnpike five miles west of West Lawrence.
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Darwin L
Eugene Johnson
National
Seventh
New York
Beryl W. Kufahl
Topeka
Wakarusa Township
Charles Wales
Kansas Turnpike
West Lawrence
Deaths and Funerals in Red Oak and Tonganoxie
The funeral for John D. Lemon 65 a former Lawrence Kans resident will be at 2 pm Wednesday at the United Methodist Church Red Oak. He died Saturday in Red Oak born July 29 1908 in Lawrence moved from Lawrence 30 years ago a Greyhound Bus Lines driver survived by his wife Blanche four children 11 grandchildren two sisters and a brother. A separate notice lists Tonganoxie resident Mrs Stephenson born April 14 1882 died Sunday burial at Hubbel Hill Cemetery funeral home call after 3 pm Wednesday.
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Red Oak
Iowa
John D. Lemon
Lawrence
Kan
United Methodist Church
Lemon
Greyhound
Blanche
Janice Lemon
Joyce McMillan
John E
Wayne
Lillian Herrell
Springfield
Ruth Bullock
Merriam
Walter Lemon
Johnson
Tonganoxie
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Friends Church
Hubbel Hill Cemetery
Stephenson
Funeral services for Bertha Lucas set for Wednesday
The 86 year old Bertha KE Lucas will be laid to rest at Memorial Park Cemetery after a 3 p.m. Wednesday service at Rumsey Funeral Home led by Pastor Homer D Henderson. She died Sunday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and leaves two daughters Celia Cragan and Lloyd Hogan, a son Dale Throp, and numerous grandchildren and relatives.
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Bertha KE. Lucas
Rumsey Funeral
Homer D. Henderson
Memorial Park Cemetery
Lucas
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Washington County
Lawrence
Baldwin
Rebekah Lodge
Celia Cragan
Funeral services for Wynona Busch held in Sunflower Village
The funeral for Wynona Busch 3 Sunflower Village dies Sunday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Services are 2 p.m. Thursday at Rumsey Funeral Home with burial at Underwood Cemetery near Williamstown. Born March 11 1930 in Hurdland Missouri she worked as a secretary for Kansas Fibreboard Co. Survivors include three daughters Jessica and Ruth Bremner both Sunflower Village and Yvetta DeSoto two sons John De Soto and Charles at home a brother Dean Stark DeSoto two sisters Danna Ireland Sunflower and Gwinetha Robbins Wichita and three grandchildren.
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Wynona Busch
Sunflower Village
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Rumsey Funeral Home
Underwood Cemetery
Williamstown
Mrs. Busch
Hurdland
Kansas Fibreboard Co
Jessica Busch
Ruth Bremner
Yvettta Busch
DeSoto
John
Charles
The
Home
Dean Stark
Danna Ireland
Sunflower
Gwinetha Robbins
Wichita
Topeka Banker dies at 75 Chester W Larson
Topeka banker Chester W. Larson 75 former senior vice president of Merchants National Bank died Sunday. He was a Nebraska native, educated in Holdrege and Hildreth and a 1922 University of Nebraska graduate.
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Topeka
Kan
Chester W. Larson
Merchants National Bank
Hildreth, Neb
Holdrege, Neb
The
University of Nebraska
Shooting Fatal in Kansas City Kansas Home Invasion
Enos J. Sewell, 20, of Kansas City Kansas, died after a shotgun blast allegedly fired as he forced his way into a home early Sunday. A 17-year-old is in custody for questioning as police refer the case to Wyandotte County district attorney for charges decision.
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Kansas City, Kan
Enos J. Sewell
Kansas City
Kan
Sewell
Wyandotte County
Doctor Resigns as KU Psychiatry Chair
Dr. Donald C. Greaves resigns as head of the KU Medical Center psychiatry department effective January 1 to devote more time to teaching and research. Dr. Joseph L. Denner will serve as acting chairman until a successor is named.
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Kansas City, Kan
Donald C. Greaves
University of Kansas Medical Center
Greaves
Joseph L. Denner
Editor Hamrick Elevated at Coffeyville Journal
Coffeyville Kansas editor Dam Hamrick, 36, is named editor and general manager by publisher R M Seaton. Hamrick, who joined the Journal in 1971 after twelve years with The Associated Press, previously served as AP correspondent in St Louis and Topeka.
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Coffeyville, Kan
Dam Hamrick
Coffeyville Journal
R. M. Seaton
Hamrick
The
Journal
Associated Press
St. Louis
Topeka
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Illinois
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Journal-World
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Journal-World Photo
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Jess Osborn
N. Fifth,Lawrence
Quisenberry Funeral Home
Bertha Lucas
Eva Mae Stephenson
Lawrence Paging
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Lawrence Friends Church
New Hampshire
Jerry Kintzel
Mayflower
Bill Ville
Holiday
Lawrence Aviation, Inc
Merry Christmas
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