Iowa Embezzler Receives 15 Year Prison Term
Mrs. Burnice Iverson Geiger, 58, cashier and director of Sheldon National Bank, was sentenced to 15 years for embezzling about 2.13 million dollars. Judge Henry Graven ordered five year terms on three counts to run concurrently with parole possible after five years. The case traced embezzlement since 1957 with a $75,000 initial shortage from 38 years of service. Geiger admitted taking 2,126,859.10 overall.
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U.S
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Deaths Funerals for Rev Johnston M Reid at Topeka
Funeral services are set for 2 30 p m Monday at the Free Methodist Church Topeka for Rev Johnston M Reid 69 former pastor who died Wednesday in Topeka He was born at Kanopolis July 16 attended Wesleyan School Houghton N Y and Wesleyan College Miltonvale Survived by widow three sons Paul and Mark Reid of Colorado Springs Joseph Reid of Eau Claire Wis three sisters Estelle Lienard Clara Steinbrink and Margaret Smith and eight grandchildren Burial at Memorial Park Cemetery Topeka Wall-Diffender for Mortuary in charge
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Topeka
Johnston M. Reid
Herve
Kanopolis
TSC
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Houghton
N. Y
Weslayan College
Miltonvale
Lawrence
Kansas City
Ottawa
Femporia
Salina
Hutchinson
Leavenworth
Rena Reid
Paul Reid
Mark Reid
Colorado Sprine
Joseph Reid
Eau Claire
Wis
Estelle Lienard
Clara Steinbrink
Margaret Smith
Wichita
Frank Marcellus
Ohio St. Wall
City spraying to protect trees in east Lawrence district
Lawrence officials announce tree spraying south of 19th Street to the city limits and east of Massachusetts Street to protect against disease. Crews expect about a week of work with some risk to cars parked along sprayed streets. owners should move vehicles when spraying is planned.
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19Th Street
Massachusetts Street
Cooper
Lawrence
Burglars Rob Johnnie's Town Tavern For Cash
Police report burglars hit Johnnie's Town Tavern at 401 N 2nd St taking about 115 dollars from four machines and broke in through a back door. A separate entry at 240 Kim St involved Rose Lee Luneh with money taken from one machine. No further loss estimate provided.
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Johnnie's
Reorganization Of Commissions To Senate Today
The Kansas Senate schedules final action on bills to abolish and re create four commissions the Banking Board Water Resources Board Armory Board and Real Estate Commission. Proponents argue district realignments demand new boards while opponents warn of political motives. The measure passed with Republicans supporting changes amid Democratic concerns.
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John Anderson
Kansas Senate
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Water Resources Board
Kansas Armory Board
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State Department of Public Instruction
John H. Murray
Leavenworth
Paul A. Lamb
Caney
Harlin L. Schramm
Hiawatha
Kansas
Anderson
Alvin Bauman
D-Sabetha
Washington
Bauman
Wade A. Myers
D- Emporia
Charles Joseph
D-Potwin
Congress
Myers
Memorial Hospital Births and Local News Roundup
Memorial Hospital reports births including a daughter Thursday to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hopkins of 1721 Ohio and daughters Thursday to Mr. and Mrs. Bill L. Collins Route 5 and to Mr. and Mrs. Larry R. Weimer Stouffer Place. Additional items list residents and addresses with newborns and today births.
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Herman Hopgins
Ohio
Bill L. Collins
Route 5
Larry R. Weimer
Stouffer Place
Aaron Lee Teel
DeSoto
Domiciano Dias
Vernon
Two Baker University Students Involved In Auto Wreck
Two Baker University students suffered cuts and bruises in a one car crash on the Globe Clinton road near Lone Star. Driver Paul Wolfe 19 and passenger Ray Muensch were injured. Muensch required six stitches for a mouth cut. The 1953 vehicle was a total loss per sheriff report.
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Globe-Clinton
Lone Star
Paul Wolfe
Ray Muensch
Flood of bills in Kansas House today
Thirty one bills were introduced in the Kansas House as lawmakers opened a final flood of measures before Tuesday’s deadline. Proposed changes include raising state inactive fund interest to 2.82 percent plus, transferring nursing home licensing to the Board of Health, allowing all counties to use voting machines, delaying legal driving age, banning secrecy in government meetings, and licensing vending machines with a five dollar annual fee.
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R-Abilene
Board of Health
Welfare Department
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R-Wamego
Bea
Jacquart
R-Satanta
Tony Schartz
D Great Bend
Bob Scallern
Wichita
E. E. Stonecipher
Pittsburg
Willard Murphy
Bethel
Ole Nesmith
R-Leawood
Kansas
Regents Approve Hall Contracts at KU for Coeds
Kansas Board of Regents approves about 1.4 million dollars for a KU women’s dormitory to house 444 students funded chiefly by a federal loan. bids come in under estimates. KU expects occupancy by September 1962. A similar dorm at Kansas State is planned at about 1.3 million dollars with a 750 thousand federal loan. Wiest Hall named at Fort Hays State College and Wooster Place named for Wooster graduate leaders.
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Kansas University
Topeka
Kansas State
B. A. Green Construction Co
Huxtable Electric Co
Brune Plumbing and Heating Co
Lawrence
Whitley Austin
Regents
Joseph J. Wilson
Daisy Field
15Th Street
Iowa Street
Lewis and Templin
Fort Hays State College
Wiest
Charles F. Wiest
Wooster Place
L. D. Wooster
Government to revise cost of living index
The Labor Department will start a comprehensive survey in the New York metropolitan area to update the cost of living index last revised in 1950. Commissioner Ewan Clague announced that statisticians will visit households with wage incomes to assess spending on hundreds of items including tranquilizers and hamburger.
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New York
Labor Department
Ewan Clague
Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
Missouri forfeits track title after ineligible athlete found
Missouri forfeits a 75 to 46 win over Kansas State after confirming Jim Shepard, a junior 800 meter runner, failed to meet the Big Eight Conference 60 percent grade requirement by four tenths. The issue arose when unofficial grades were later corrected in the official record.
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Columbia, Mo
University of Missouri
Kansas State University
Don ¥Aurot
Jim Shepard
Wildcats
Shepard
Republicans Say Debates Worst Error in Campaign
A poll of 780 of 1,331 delegates to the 1960 Republican National Convention found the Nixon Kennedy television debates were the GOP's chief campaign mistake. Delegates said Nixon should have avoided the debates to prevent giving Kennedy a national stage. Some argued Nixon’s courteous style hurt him while a few insisted he could have won with a tougher approach.
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Washington
GOP
Indianapolis News
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Associated Press
Nixon
Kennedy
New York
Seattle
Three Arrested for Stealing TV Sets From Motel
Three people were arrested at 5 20 am after allegedly stealing two 17 inch portable television sets from the Lawrence Motel at 624 N 2nd St. Paul M Reed 31 of Kansas City Charles H White 34 and Josephine E Jones 20 of Independence Mo face grand larceny charges. Police arrested them eight minutes after the report at the airport corner on highway 24 40. A detective noted one suspect has a long criminal record and investigators are checking for other burglaries in other cities.
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N. 2Nd St
Paul M. Reed
Kansas City
Charles H. White
Josephine E. Jones
Independence
Dick Stanwix
Airport
Highway 24
Court Briefs Vagrancy and Drunk Driving Cases
In Police Court Maurice Goles of Topeka jailed 60 days for vagrancy while Robert Byron of Kansas City Kansas faces $25 fine for drunkenness. Traffic violations include Robert Price of 1104 Tenn receiving a $10 penalty for improper registration.
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Maurice Goles
Topeka
Robert Byron
Kansas City
Kan
Robert Price
Tenn
Senator Brown to Speak at Lawrence Brotherhood Banquet
Colorado State Senator George Brown of Denver will keynote the Lawrence Brotherhood Banquet at 6 45 p m Saturday in the KU Memorial Union Ballroom. More than 400 people are expected as National Brotherhood Week opens. Brown a Lawrence native and KU graduate works on the Denver Post news staff and is the first Black Colorado senator.
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Colorado State
George Brown
Denver
Kansas University Memorial Union
Brown
Lawrence
Denver Post
Colorado Senate
Colorado
Card of Thanks from Roger Johnson
A note of gratitude from Roger Johnson thanks friends for cards and letters received during a stay at Clarkson Hospital in Omaha.
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Clarkson Hospital
Omaha
Roger Johnson
Morrow Elected President of Douglas County Dental Society
Dr. J L Morrow was elected president of the Douglas County Dental Society at a Lawrence Country Club meeting replacing Dr C O Nauman and serving for one year. Dr L D Alexander was chosen secretary treasurer. The group discussed dentistry at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and plans for future joint meetings.
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J. L. Morrow
Douglas County Dental Society
Lawrence Country Club
C. O. Nauman
L. D. Alexander
Morrow
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Dental and Medical Societies
Haircuts Cost About 12 Cents A Century Ago
A historical note recalls that one hundred years ago men paid roughly twelve cents for a haircut. The detail highlights the era's low barber prices and economic context.
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