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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1964
Page
5
The National Education Association reports 41.76 million pupils in 1963-64 public schools. Total spending exceeds 21 billion dollars, up from 19.7 billion the prior year. Cost per pupil is 455 dollars. average teacher salary reaches 5 863 dollars, with California leading at 7 375 dollars.
About 100 engineers from Kansas and Missouri are expected at the 14th annual Sanitary Engineering Conference at Kansas University. Registration begins 8 a.m. in the Kansas Union. Notable speakers include J Lee Mayes and Samuel A Hart discussing disposal of solid wastes and water quality control.
A Sunday blaze in Winfield Kansas destroyed three buildings including a bakery and a used furniture and antique store. Fire Chief Charles Ford estimated damage at about 100000 dollars and officials were unsure of the fire’s cause.
The Lawrence school system does not show an average salary today but lists the low at 4250 dollars per year and the high at 7150 dollars. Kansas average stands at 5312 dollars annually.
State figures list total enrollment and spending for Kansas and Missouri. It shows average teacher salaries in Kansas and Missouri, with higher winds of pay in the North and central states and lower salaries in the South including Mississippi and Arkansas.
Police report Mary Ellen Sullivan 19 found murdered in Beacon Hill apartment. Fingerprints sent to Washington checked against FBI files as detectives canvass the area for a serial killer linked to 11 unsolved stranglings near Boston since June 1962.
An old style classified notice announces ARt Nease Texaco Service offering standard maintenance in both streetside and Miss addresses. Tune up brakes mufflers tailpipes wheel balancing alignment generator and starter service with pickup and delivery road service.
Kenneth T. Anderson of Emporia argues major grocers control livestock and beef prices from farm to consumer and will set prices despite wholesale trends. He forecasts rising cattle supplies with little price relief and cites losses of 15 to 70 dollars per head at sale barns. Gardner Crofoot agrees outlook is poor before late spring and summer 1963.
A Columbus woman, Laura Williams, 51, reports ten calls from an unidentified man who she believes sent two fire department squads, two taxi cabs, and two pizzas to her home. She notes the calls began in October, paused last month, and resumed on New Year’s Day.
Warden E V Nash announced $14 monthly raises for three penitentiary guards honored for subduing a berserk convict who had killed an inmate. Ollie Thomas guarded since 1956 Arnold Howell since 1958 and Robert Higgins joined a year ago were moved up on the merit scale after restraining Jerome Davis 27 who wielded a meat cleaver in the prison kitchen December 31. The attack left James Anthony Toney 20 dead and James Michael Long 21 injured.
English scholar Frederick Norman deputy vice chancellor at London University will discuss Approa ch to Medieval Literature at 8 p m Thursday in Fraser Theater The public may attend the EU Humanities Committee sponsored lecture During his two day KU visit Norman will lecture on Germanic Heroic Literature at 4 p m Thursday in the Big 8 Room Kansas Union He is a noted editor and scholar not on tour says committee chair Elmer F Beth
Hollywood reports Doris Day again the No 1 drawing card at theaters in 1963 in a North American poll. John Wayne Rock Hudson Jack Lemmon Cary Grant Elizabeth Taylor Elvis Presley Sandra Dee Paul Newman and Jerry Lewis also rank among the era’s top stars.
Rutland Rutland Herald reports a laundry burglar took a Salvation Army collection box. A reader letter claims the thief had no intent to steal the box and says the Salvation Army does good work with little funding. The letter was unsigned.
Local shop announces new services including dry cleaning and laundry with a $1 bill changer. The business advertises 24 hour service and is located at 19th and Louisiana across from the high school.
The Board of Education committee on sex education will meet at 7 30 tonight in the Central Junior High School Library. The group will review progress to date and set future meeting times and agendas. Dr Evalyn Gendel leads the effort.
The child director for the State Health Department will address the group during its January 13 gathering. The event highlights ongoing public health initiatives and community discussions with agency leadership.
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