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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1971
Page
10
Andrew Hill 26 of Chicago faced a preliminary hearing in Douglas County Court delayed by a misdated charge. The rape complaint was amended and a new hearing is set for March 8. A separate preliminary on attempted rape was scheduled for 4 p.m. today in county court.
Lawrence police report a 5:21 p.m. collision in the 2200 block of Iowa involving Craig L. Martin and Janice M. Bontrager. Both declined immediate treatment. Martin’s car damage is about $1,000 and Bontrager’s about $800.
Gary Lewis, visiting piano lecturer at Kansas University, will perform a faculty recital at 8 tonight in Swarthout Recital Hall. The program includes Mozart in B flat major, Beethoven in C minor, Schumann in G minor, and Kabalevsky in F major.
Lyndon Kansas George F Engelberger formerly of 527 Lake Lawrence died early today in a nursing home here funeral arrangements are pending at Warren Mortuary in Lawrence
Funeral services for Maud Harrison 87 who died Thursday in Valley View Nursing Home Baldwin are at 2 p.m. Sunday at First United Methodist Baldwin with Rev Raymond S Grant officiating. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery Baldwin. Survivors include six daughters in California Missouri Texas and Colorado plus two brothers three sisters eight grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Mrs Harrison born January 3 1884 in Burlington.
Funeral services for Mrs Dorothy Karr Girard will be held at 2 p m Monday at the Christian Church in Girard Kan burial will be in the local cemetery She was former Dorothy Winsler of Lawrence and a University of Kansas graduate She is survived by her husband Robert two sons George of Rolla Missouri and Mike of Dallas Texas her mother Mrs Frances Winslet of Girard a sister Mrs Margaret Rice of Tempe Arizona and five grandchildren
An informal reception from 2 30 to 4 30 p m today kicks off a new show by KU art faculty Roger Shimomura and Michael Ott. The pair spent about a year researching the exhibit titled Arty Fact featuring decals banners bumper stickers and comic style cartoons. Some works include serigraphs and are sold in boxes.
In a large Kansas sweep, Lawrence police and state agencies arrested several on marijuana charges including two KU student housing buildings Jayhawker Towers and Naismith Hall along with Oliver Hall. One suspect yielded two thousand dollars cash and a record of sales while another bagged seven pounds of marijuana. Lance Hill, 20, faced charges of possession and sale amid claims the raids were politically motivated.
The Nebraska Supreme Court, in a 6-1 ruling, upholds the murder conviction of Duane Earl Pope and orders execution in the electric chair on June 25. Pope, 27, of Roxbury Kansas, was convicted for the 1965 Farmers State Bank killings in Big Springs after a federal case raised double jeopardy defenses.
The Kansas University chapter of the American Association of University Professors will elect officers at its April 22 meeting. President Dolph C. Simons Jr. of the Lawrence Daily Journal-World addressed the group after a report from the committee on the economic status of women. The session included a Q and A and was described as going very well.
A list of births shows several mothers and babies born at area hospitals with locations in Eudora Oskaloosa Baldwin DeSoto and Ottawa. Names include Heather Owen Josephine Deskins Minnie Icks Sharon Thibodeau Connie Grosdidier Kay Owens and Deloris Cox among others. A five foot pelican skeleton weighs 23 ounces, an odd concluding detail.
The Probate Court of Douglas County Kansas orders all concerned to file defenses by March 16 1971 at 11:00 a.m. in Lawrence for the will of Margarette Ll Perkins dated September 21 1967 and the appointment of Corlett J Cotton as executor. Attorneys Barber Simerson Six Springer Ainn represent the petitioner.
Katharine Klein petitions in Douglas County Kansas for determination of descent of Leota Blanche Klein real and personal property. Hearing set for March 16, 1971 at 10:00 AM in Lawrence court. If you fail to appear, a judgment will be entered. Ovler and Paddock represents petitioner.
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