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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1966
Page
1
Dolph C. Simons Jr contemplates how nations win friends in international relations through aid and diplomacy. He notes Mexico's mixed response to U.S. dollars and cautions against viewing money as the sole path to influence. He also laments airline service lapses harming goodwill and mentions KU faculty departures Baustian and Krehbiel.
Rev. Donald Deffner of Concordia Seminary will speak at the dedication services of University Lutheran Church and Student Center at 3 p.m. Sunday February 13 at 15th and Iowa Streets. A Wichita native, he joined Concordia Seminary in 1959 after earning degrees from Concordia Michigan and California Berkeley. He has served as church editor, writer, and lecturer and now chairs Missouri Synod committees on leadership training and college work. He and Corinne have four children.
Memorial Hospital reports births including Vernon Hadi and a son today. Recipients listed are Ruth Morris DeSoto William McPike 735 Ark Nina Bair 1337 N H Bruce Neis Eudora Judy Gordon 1417 E 15th Mae Starkey Eudora Robert Farney 508 Frontier O B Klamm Baldwin Bery Johnson 2357 Ridge Ct Nancy Hall 1207 E 19th Patricia Hines 1223 Almira Mark Brown 1420 N Y Barbara Hepner 2200 Ohio Verna Barr 816 Canterbury Lane Nannie Charlton Crum Rest Home Alfred Kayitah 137 Pawnee Joseph Norell Sunflower Benjamin Peine 345 Kansas Patricia French Route 2 Patricia Schurer and baby Belton Mo.
A list of contributors to HELP KU includes Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Abel, Dr. and Mrs. Foley, Prof. and Mrs. Kleinberg, and many others. The running total stands at 6803 dollars as of today, reflecting broad support from individuals and local businesses.
SALISBURY AP The Rhodesian government said three British Royal Air Force men who vanished in Zambia weeks ago crossed into Rhodesia virtually for asylum. The men are David Arthur Rosam 25 John Derek Fergus on 23 and John Joseph Weak ley Daverson 24.
Linda Mahoney of Tulsa Oklahoma plans languages at Ottawa University and a special education career, while Marilou Hendricks in Boone Iowa aspires to interior decorating at University. Dave Miller in Manhattan Kansas aims to become an architect, and Marcia Wall of Lincoln Nebraska studies string bass plus cello and violin in youth ensembles. Steve Hamilton of Boone Iowa plans organ study and church music as a career. All praise playing with Sir John as a great thrill.
At a full moon, rainbows appeared across Cumberland Falls State Park in Kentucky, casting an eerie midnight glow. The phenomenon drew visitors who described the glow as haunting and surreal amidst the park’s natural surroundings.
President Johnson announces White House counsel Lee C. White to head the Federal Power Commission and Elmer Staats as comptroller general. Staats, a Kansan, has served four presidents in the Budget Bureau, with ties to the University of Kansas. Additional appointments include Harry McPherson and Clifford Alexander Jr. The conference also touched on Viet Nam and Dominican Republic concerns, and Indira Gandhi’s planned U.S. visit.
Two Lawrence students at Kansas University received Air Force ROTC rank advances. James Freeman, a freshman son of Mr and Mrs Glen Freeman of 1922 Barker, was promoted to cadet staff sergeant. Stephen Everley, a freshman son of Mr and Mrs M W Everley of 2138 Learnard, was promoted to cadet airman third class.
Funeral services for Miss Marian Peek 83 of 8 W 8th St will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Evangelical United Brethren Church with Rev. Lawrence Kurth in charge. Graveside rites follow at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Wichita Park Cemetery. Miss Peek died Friday night in Lawrence Memorial Hospital after 50 years in Lawrence. She retired from Standard Life Assn where she trained secretaries. She was a member of the E U B church. Friends may call until 9 p.m. Sunday at Cooper Warren Mortuary.
The Prague Quartet will perform at 8 p.m. Monday in Swarthout Recital Hall, Kansas University. Members include Bretislav Novotny, Karel Pribyl, Jaroslav Karlovsky, and Zdenek Konicek. They have appeared across Europe. KU Alumni Association directors met in the Kansas Union this morning, attended a luncheon, and spoke with Mount Oread student leaders. The meeting continued this afternoon in the Union.
Ralph R. Dennis was selected as the new Pomona Dam and Reservoir project resident engineer effective February 20. He succeeds retiree W S McAdow and returns to Pomona after serving as a construction representative there from 1960 to 1962. Dennis has held diverse Corps of Engineers roles since 1943, including work on Harlan County Tuttle Creek Wilson Perry and Forbes AFB, and he plans to relocate with his wife Helen to the Pomona site soon.
Nine graduates from the University of Kansas are among 35 people who passed the certified public accountant examination given in Lawrence and Wichita last November. Howard F. Stettler, secretary of the Kansas accounting board and KU business professor, announced the results. Names include H Eugene Cratchett, F Clarke Ellis, David Folkerts, Larry Heeb, Charles Lansdon, William Logan, Raymond Ross, Bob Spanier, and Thomas Tumilson.
Pets consume about 600 million dollars worth of commercially prepared foods annually. Dogs and cats each drive substantial market demand as households invest in ready made meals and snacks for pets.
The article details a meningitis outbreak affecting 33+ trainees across Lackland and four Army bases. Measures include isolating recruits, sending new arrivals to Amarillo, canceling flights, closing facilities, and enforcing distancing to curb spread as two deaths are reported.
A concise note highlights geese as attentive guardians to flocks and fields. It emphasizes their vigilance, steady presence, and usefulness as work partners and companions in rural settings.
Rev. Hubert D. Hillsman, a Taberville Missouri native, accepted a pastorate at the Church of God in Holiness 419 Lincoln. He holds a Bachelor of Missions from Kansas City College and Bible School and previously led the Church of God in Clovis New Mexico and Rogue River Oregon and did mission work in the Mission Church of God in Holiness.
Lawrence Flying Club officials announced a second section of the Co Pilot plan beginning March 14. The first section meets 7 30 p m Mondays in Room 104 at Lawrence High School, limited to 17 women taught by Glen Nauman. Six enrollments already for the second section, with a goal of 17, four two hour sessions plus some actual flying guidance.
Police report a 1966 black and green Chevrolet with vinyl top taken from Capitol Federal parking lot at 11th and Vt Streets. Valued at 4300 dollars, owner John B. Ezell of 2213 Westdale Road notes the 1966 license plate DG-2881.
In memory of our loving mother Amanda Sellars who passed away three years ago on February 12 1963. Sadly missed by children Lorene Hulin Spud Ruby Ellen Floyd and families.
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