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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1962
Page
6
Final New Year period toll rises above preholiday projection with 335 traffic deaths, 83 fire fatalities, and 59 miscellaneous deaths totaling 477. The three day period sets a postwar fire death record and exceeds NSC expectations as overall losses surpass earlier nonholiday weekend totals.
Douglas County Democrats will meet at 8 p.m. in the District Court room to elect a successor to George Peppercorn as state representative of the 14th District. Peppercorn resigned December 26 to join the Corps of Engineers in Riverdale North Dakota and starts his new job Wednesday. Only the 26 district committeemen will vote. meeting open to the public. The chosen name goes to Gov. John Anderson for approval before January budget session. Peppercorn served a second term on five committees including State Affairs and Public Welfare.
The Kansas Barber Board ruled to remove shaving mugs and brushes from barbershops and require latherizers to mix water and soap for lather. The board's deadline was Jan 1. Cuspidors are also banned under the edict.
The Netherlands signals willingness to discuss West New Guinea's fate with Indonesia without preconditions. Sukarno declares West Irian an Indonesian province and orders a military command to direct any invasion. Dutch Papuan self rule and autonomy talks surface as risks of conflict rise.
President Kennedy convened Vice President Johnson and top defense officials for a preliminary survey of Army organization while the Kennedy family vacationed in Palm Beach. The group will reconvene with the Joint Chiefs to chart the operational and strategic outlook for 1962, with no immediate budget or nuclear testing decisions.
Two masked white men robbed a northeast Wichita supermarket at 6:30 am, fleeing with an estimated 25 000 to 30 000 in cash and checks after forcing manager Larry Lamborn to open three safes. An employee’s car was stolen and later abandoned. several workers were confined but unharmed. Police and agencies set roadblocks.
Rafael Donnelly, named head of the new Dominican Council of State, promises freedom of assembly and discussion and urges the armed forces to stay out of politics. The council holds legislative and executive power until early 1963 elections. Maj. Gen. Rodriguez Echavarria backs the council and enforced Trujillo era events. Balaguer plans to resign once sanctions are lifted. Kennedy supports easing penalties on the old regime. Donnelly represents the National Civic Union, opposition to Balaguer’s interim plan.
Washington AP Taxpayers will have an additional 24 hours to file federal income tax returns because April 15 falls on a Sunday this year. Commissioner Mortimer Caplin announced the deadline extends to midnight Monday April 16, with timely status given to postmarked returns.
In Havana Soviet jets flashed over a massive parade marking the Castro led overthrow anniversary. Far larger than past years the show featured Lenin Castro Cienfuegos Marti and peace dove images with soldiers under 13 years old, radar guns and Soviet air power as Castro denounced Yankee imperialism and vowed no threat to other nations.
The Danish government suspended all arms exports to Indonesia in response to Jakarta's threat to seize West New Guinea, citing national security and regional stability concerns. The move marks a rare use of arms export controls amid a territorial dispute.
Kimble Berry 24 of Greenville Mississippi was arrested in Lynn on a Mississippi warrant accusing him of being a fugitive. Police say his tale of a 10 day leave with a loaded gun and a $7000 car to recover $500000 loot is false. He had five months left on an eight year manslaughter sentence.
December brought record snow and cold with 54.78 inches for the year, the largest on record. The month included 15.3 inches of snow and a record low of 8 below, while warmth on December 3 reached 66 degrees. Snowmelt will yield about 1.44 inches of moisture as a few days of rising temperatures arrive.
Kansas University linked research to a state helium industry to fuel a $63 million plant program in Liberal Rushton and Ulysses. Clifford Seibel rose from grad student to chief engineer and organizer guiding the helium extraction project for 22 years and a $33.8 million annual output.
Gov John Anderson signaled a limit of five dollars per pupil for any state aid rise to elementary and high schools. He pledged no new taxes during the upcoming budget session. The Kansas State Teachers Association backs twenty dollars per pupil, while the Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers seeks thirty dollars.
George William Daegele 41 of St. Louis pleaded guilty in district court to a forcible incident charge. Sentencing was deferred until Saturday as County Attorney Wes Norwood seeks habitual criminal act sentencing. Daegele also faced related charges, with a detainer in Brown County and a statewide warrant, after his FBI arrest near Kansas City on June 22.
AP reports that for the first time in a decade Kansas streets and highways recorded no fatalities on New Year’s Day. The surprising quiet marks a rare break in a history of deadly crashes across the state.
Fair and warmer through Wednesday with night lows from the upper 20s to the lower 30s. Wednesday highs near 58 degrees.
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