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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1968
Page
8
A directory of local churches lists pastors, service times, and Sunday School hours across Baldwin Baldwin Junction Eudora Maynard Tonganoxie and nearby communities. Entries include Mass times at St Thomas Kearns adoration details and youth programs at Christ Ambassadors.
Cubs of Pack 3058, their parents and leaders will be honored at a 11 a.m. service Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church. Dr. Thomas Gorton of Kansas University will read. Rev. Harold Hamilton will preach on God's Dealing with Man. The Chapel Choir will sing under Homer Frank.
Calder Pickett, journalism professor at Kansas University, will moderate a general discussion for Lawrence Unitarian Fellowship at 10 a.m. Sunday in Pleasant Valley meeting house. The topic is The Press and Peace and War.
The St Luke A M E Church at 900 N.Y. marks 105 years at its present location with a special program during the 11 a m worship service Sunday. Pastor Rev Alvin Larkin will speak on God Our Father Christ Our Redeemer Man Our Brother citing the church motto.
Nineteen Africans received life imprisonment for terrorism in South-West Africa after a controversial trial that drew U N Security Council condemnation of South Africa for a 1967 law retroactive to 1962. Judges handed various prison terms to the defendants amid debates over the death penalty.
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours to 9 am 1968 55 deaths compared with 53 in the comparable period of 1967. The Topeka AP item notes a 2 death increase over the prior year.
North Vietnamese tanks attacked Lang Vei Special Forces camp near Khe Sanh triggering a fierce defense by U S and Montagnard forces. Seven of ten tanks were destroyed. eight Special Forces men were wounded and two died or were captured as air support and evac teams fought to pull survivors from the bunkers.
The West Virginia Senate confirmed Carl Glatt as executive director of the state's Human Rights Commission. Glatt, ex-director of the Kansas Human Rights Commission, resigned in 1966 amid a budget dispute during Gov. William Avery's administration. He attributed opposition to the commission's probe of alleged Bluefield State College discrimination to the inquiry.
Chicago AP reports that loud protests by residents led Illinois Central Railroad to suspend use of its piercing horns on south suburban runs. Officials had ordered booster blasts to curb crossing accidents but citizen fury prompted an immediate halt as crossings in the area are frequently only two blocks apart.
Concord Massachusetts police report a 14 year old freshman at Concord Carlisle Regional High School hanged himself with a necktie after reportedly facing persistent insults at school. A note to his father stated he could not endure the ridicule. The father recalled names he heard from the boy’s older brother.
Los Angeles AP Nick Adams 36 to be buried in Pennsylvania where as a boy he dreamed of stardom. A Beverly Hills rosary tonight Requiem Mass in Berwick Pa next week then burial there. Auto says cause of death paraldehyde intoxication with no alcohol in blood friends note his recent nervous despondency. body found upstairs by friend Ervin Roder. Adams lived alone in Coldwater Canyon home.
Leonard Nimoy, Boston born star of Star Trek, recalls meeting Dr. Benjamin Spock in Los Angeles after the doctor was indicted in Boston for advising youths to resist the draft. Nimoy quips the clash of fame and controversy.
The page lists daily guidance for Aries Taurus Gemini Moon Children Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius and Pisces. Advice covers home harmony shopping appointments real estate improvements socializing health and evening plans with partners or friends.
The Michigan Daily reports Michigan varsity athletes have been given discounts free passes and part time jobs at local businesses and theaters in possible Big Ten rule violations. A former pharmacy owner described nine years of similar discounts and jobs from 1958 to 1967. Big Ten official John D. Dewey said such discounts to athletes could violate conference rules and would be investigated if pursued.
San Diego AP Powell, a 6 foot Riverside golfer, shot 64 at Torrey Pines to lead the $150,000 Andy Williams San Diego Open after the first round. He beat famed players Nicklaus Casper Palmer by two strokes and set the early pace on the 6,792 yard course.
Pittsburg University basketball coach Bob Timmons resigns after 15 seasons. He cites pressures of big time intercollegiate athletics and warns of the toll on coaches, saying the fun has gone out of the game and that many top coaches are unhappy despite winning.
Lawrence table tennis tournament at the Community Build Saturday offers two divisions. Junior play starts 8 30 a m and men’s division at 3 30 p m with entries accepted up to 30 minutes before play. Forty entries have already been received.
Juan Marichal, pivotal to San Francisco Giants pennant hopes after a down 1967, will sign for 1968. The Giants announced on Thursday and the contract is estimated at $100 000.
The Froggates announce a public sale on February 19 1968 at 10 30 a m six miles south of Ottawa on Highway 49. Items include 1961 Warmall 5u0 diesel tractor 1960 Farmall 460 1949 A C Gleaner 12 ft combine and header and numerous John Deere and IHC implements plus a Massey Ferguson tractor and classic pickups. Checks settle before removal. lunch served by Princeton W S C S.
On Tuesday February 13 1968 at 1030 a dispersal sale will be held at the Old Shields farm 144 miles north of Wellsville Kansas on K 33. Goods include 7 head Herefords 31 cows 37 heifer calves 1 Hereford bull 1 Angus bull and 1 Holstein cow with calf plus an extensive line of John Deere farm machinery trucks and equipment. Auctioneers Bing Carter and Claude Mayers with Eldon Whitteaker owner and Wellsville Bank clerk listed.
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