Kansan Lawmakers Adjourn Topeka Weekend Work Pending
Kansas lawmakers adjourned for the weekend after a quick look at next week’s agenda. Gov William H Avery will outline his program in a Monday joint session. Tuesday House plans organizational work and committee appointments with Senate committees already announced. A major bill aims to ease school district unification by smoothing transitions and extending certification windows to July 1 1965.
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Topeka
Kansas
William H. Avery
House
Clyde Hill
Rates Center
Senate
Education Committee
Kansas Legislative Council
John Bower
R-Mclouth
Ed Boyd
R-Larned
Walter Ford
O'Meara Named New Commander of U.S. Army in Europe
President Johnson designated Gen. Andrew P. O'Meara to lead U.S. Army units in Europe. O'Meara, head of Southern Command at the Panama Canal Zone, will succeed Gen. Paul L. Freeman Jr. Freeman will take over Continental Army Command when Gen. Hugh P. Harris retires March 1.
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Johnson City
Tex
Andrew P. O’meara
Johnson
Europe
O'Meara
Army
Southern Command
Panama Canal Zone
Paul L. Freeman Jr
Freeman
U.S. Continental Army Command
Hugh P. Harris
Baker to Be Site Of Music Session
The Kansas Conference Music Workshop will be held at Baker University on Saturday January 30 sponsored by the Kansas Methodist Conference music committee and the National Fellowship of Methodist Musicians. Bishop Eugene M. Frank of St Louis will deliver the keynote address as president of St Paul School of Theology board of trustees and coordinating council member. Dr Austin C Lovelace of Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church Denver will lead choral techniques and organ sessions. he is a noted composer author organist lecturer and choral director and past president of the National Fellowship of Methodist Musicians. Members of the conference music committee are listed including Kenneth B Tebow Melvin A Booth J Harold Grover Elbert Fly Mrs Paul Moore C Byrne Wood Mrs Clifford Long Chas Minsch Mrs Howard Stephens and Roger Biddle.
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Kansas Conference
Baker University
The
Kansas Methodist Conference
National Fellowship of Methodist Musicians
Eugene M. Frank
St. Louis
St. Paul School of Theology
Methodist
Coordinating Council of
Methodist Church
Board of Missions
Commission On Public Relations
Methodist Information
Austin C. Lovelace
Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church
Denver
Kenneth B. Tebow
Melvin A. Booth
Ottawa
Dwight Dussair
Olathe
Wm. C. Rice
Baldwin City
J. Harold Grover
Elbert Fly
Topeka
Paul Moore
Emporia
C. Byrne Wood
Clifford Long
Independence
Chas. Minsch
Kansas City
Howard Stephens
Roger Biddle
Baldwin
New Board Group Set For Mental Health Unit
Douglas County Mental Health Assn. selects five new members for three year terms leaving one vacancy. John Derrick and Charles Stough take one year terms. Re-elected are Rev. Benton Roy Hanan Rodger Johnson Wesley Norwood Jack Zimmerman and Mrs. Ethel Lynn. Eight members end terms this year and ten finish in 1966.
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Douglas County Mental Health Assn
Jeanne Dicker
Til. St
Art Heck
Route 4
Wayne Kanzig
Eudora
R. Paul Brotsman
la. St
John Derrick
Kan. St
Charles Stough
Mass. St
Benton Roy Hanan
Tenn. St
Rodger Johnson
Avalon Rd
Wesley Norwood
E. 18Th St
Jack Zimmerman
Ethel Lynn
N.H. St
Debaters from LHS Enter District High School Tourney
Six Lawrence High School students compete in the Class AA District Debate Tournament at the Kansas University Union with KU Speech Department and University Extension support. Participants include Tim Gilles, Shaun Morey, John Pitney, Kate Martin, plus alternates Cris Saricks and Nancy Taylor. Results to be announced at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Union Forum Room. Competitors also from Atchison, Leavenworth, Manhattan, Hayden, Highland Park, Seaman, and Topeka High.
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Lawrence
Kansas University Union
Kansas State High School Activities Association
KU Speech Department
University Extension
Tim Gilles
Shaun Morey
John Pitney
Kate Martin
Cris Saricks
Nancy Taylor
The
Union
Atchison
Leavenworth
Manhattan
Hayden
Highland Park
Seaman
Topeka High
Police Supervisor Seminar Seeks Up To Forty Students
Kansas University hosts a two week course in Supervision of Police Personnel from January 18 to 29. The program aims to treat police work as a service to the public and is led by James S. Kline with Northwestern University faculty supplying instruction. Enrollment reaches 40 Kansans.
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Kansas University
James S. Kline
Twin Pair Shares Bond Across School Years
A Double School and John, a third grader, highlight shared plans for the future. Frank aims for Business School while Charles eyes medicine after KU graduation. The twins praise companionship and easy sharing of clothes and even a car, noting Sigma Chi brothers excel at card games.
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John
Frank
Charles
Avery Speaker For Jaycees Affects Lawrence Event
Kansas Governor William Avery will headline the Lawrence Jaycee DSA Bosses Night and Key Man Banquet on Tuesday February 2 at 7 p.m. in the Crystal Room of the Eldridge Hotel. Three honors Dis tinguished Service Boss of the Year and Jaycee Key Man will be awarded. Reservations are available via Dr. Lawrence Mayer or Bret Waller. The Jaycee chapter, chartered 1940 and re chartered 1946, has about 73 members.
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Kansas
William Avery
Lawrence Jaycee Dsa
Crystal Room
Eldridge Hotel
Avery
DSA
Lawrence
Lawrence Mayer
Bret Waller
KU Band to Play Number by Gorton
KU Concert Band will perform Variations and Fugues on a Welsh Tune by Thomas Gorton at 3 30 p m Sunday Feb 21 in University Theatre The 87 member band will submit a tape of the performance to a music publishing firm The work is in manuscript form and unpublished The program includes works by D Albert Persichetti Haydn Wagner Rimsky Korsakov and Kodaly
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Thomas Gorton
School of Fine Arts
Kansas University
University Theatre
Russell Wiley
Gorton
Eugen D’albert
Vincent Persichetti
Joseph Haydn
Richard Wagner
Nikolai Rimski-Korskov
Hary Janos
Zoltan Kodaly
Fire kills two patients at state mental hospital in St. Louis
A fast moving fire in a dormitory at the state mental hospital killed two women, with about 1,200 evacuated in sub freezing conditions. Firefighters and student nurses aided evacuations as the South St. Louis complex faced the blaze.
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ST. Louis
State Mental Hospital
Robert Blackburn
South St. Louis Hospital
Robert Olsen
Brenda Robinson
Ruth Lucks
Red Cross
JFK Letter by 15-Year-Old Sells for 2700 at Auction
A personal letter written by John F. Kennedy at age 15 sold for 2700 dollars at a New York auction. The note to a friend from Choate School in Connecticut boasts about dances and recalls a student council beating. Khrushchev's 1963 letter fetched 1675 dollars, and 16 Kennedy items plus 212 famous signatures totaled 55827.50.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Bolivia
Kennedy
Choate School
Connecticut
Courts and Traffic Violations Reported in Topeka
In the Police Court docket James W. Davidson Topeka vagrancy 30 days suspended Randolph Britton Denver soliciting without license 25 suspended Steve Paul Richmond selling without license 25 Issac Cabera Denver selling without license 25 Dennis Herman Omaha selling without license 25 William Scott Terre Haute selling Harold Channel 712% Mass drunk 30 days suspended Ernest Rogers Kansas City Kan drunk forfeited 25 bond Traffic violations Richard Lamunyon stop sign 15 James Shea reckless driving 25 Sonny Allen defective brakes no license 35 Ted Crady Eudora speeding 50 Dennis Ralston Maine traffic signal 10 John Marx Jr Ohio speeding 11 Dennis Statler Lincoln stop sign 10 George Hornung West 9Sth following too closely 15 Dar ral Otto McLouth speeding 15 James Goodwin W Campus Rd speeding 25 Jeri Walker W 11th speeding 17 Bernard Stone Topeka speeding no license 40 Chester Chappa Conn traffic signal 10 David Paden W 22nd stop sign 10 Derald Haas Hilltop Dr speeding reckless driving 65 10 days suspended
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James W. Davidson
Topeka
Randolph Britton
Denver
Colo
Steve Paul
Richmond
Issac Cabera
Dennis Herman
Omaha
Neb
William Scott
Terre Haute
Ind
Harold Channel
Ernest Rogers
Kansas City
Kan
Richard Lamunyon
James Shea
Sonny Allen
N. J
Ted Crady
Eudora
Dennis Ralston
Maine
John Marx Jr
Ohio
Dennis Statler
Lincoln
George Hornung
Darral Otto
McLouth
James Goodwin
Campus Rd
Jeri Walker
Bernard Stone
Chester Chappa
Conn
David Paden
Derald Haas
Hilltop Dr
Deer herd sighted as six does cross road near Lawrence
A motorist spotted six deer, all does, crossing Route 3 near Lawrence this morning. Ernest Pontius, who lives about 20 miles northeast, swerved to avoid them and struck one but the animal appeared unharmed and the herd vanished after he stopped. Meanwhile, clerk Lucille Allison said jury caution kept under wraps until Thursday January 21. Mrs. Jim V Yowell reports six bluebirds visiting her home at 3 Westwood Rd attracted by a bird feeder, with none sampling the treats.
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Lawrence
Ernest Pontius
Route 3
Pontius
Jim V. Yowell
Westwood Rd
Actress June Allyson Hospitalized After Kidney Stone Attack
Summit New Jersey AP reports actress June Allyson was hospitalized Thursday after a kidney stone attack in a Paper Mill Playhouse dressing room. She was listed in satisfactory condition and resting comfortably at Overlook Hospital in Millburn, just 20 miles from New York City.
No Word on Rights Case in Mississippi Slayings
A federal grand jury in Jackson issued 84 indictments but offered no hint about whether any involve the 1964 slayings of three civil rights workers in Mississippi last summer.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Father of Wiles Dies in Kansas Hospital
Samuel G. Wiles died unexpectedly at a Larned hospital. He is the father of Harry Wiles, a member of the Kansas Corporation Commission and 1964 Democratic candidate for governor.
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Larned, Kan
Samuel G. Wiles
Harry Wiles
The
Kansas Corporation Commission
Larned Hospital
County High School Students Plan County Government Day
Four Douglas County high schools will send about 100 students to work in county offices on April 7 in a mock trial and government day. Lawrence and Baldwin American Legion posts sponsor the event with local officials and teachers coordinating campaigns and office assignments.
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Douglas County
Legionaires
American Legion
Dorsey-Liberty
Lawrence
Lloyd-Beaton
Baldwin
Eudora
Lecompton
Lawrence High School
LHS
Kansas
Delbert Mathia
Alan Fisher
Arch ‘Carlson
Dan Austin
Ila Carmean
Joe Cleavinger
Jack Bronson
Demo Leader Criticizes Avery Over Commission Reshuffle
Maurice Martin the Kansas Democratic state chair warned Gov. William H. Avery that he will not win legislative support to reorganize the Kansas Corporation Commission. Martin, noting Avery's call for action on a backlog, said the move targets Harry G. Wiles, a Democratic opponent and current commissioner, not reform.
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Topeka
Maurice Martin
William H. Avery
Kansas Corporation Commission
Martin
Avery
Harry G. Wiles
Harry Wiles
Fire damages Roy Needham home in Ohio Street blaze
A Thursday fire estimated over 1000 dollars damaged the roof of Roy Needham’s residence at 1016 Ohio Street around 2:35 p.m. Fire Chief F C Sanders cited a defective flu as a possible cause. Lower floors escaped major burn, while several other Thursday calls followed with light damage amounts.
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Roy Needham
Ohio St
F. C. Sanders
3Rd. St
Bill Ginsler
Locust St
Roy Goffman
Hillcrest Laundry
Iowa St
Rumsey Funeral Home Ad Illuminates Contact
An advertisement for Rumsey Funeral Home lists VI 3 5111 as a contact number and provides guidance on services and arrangements.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Three Truck Wreck on U S 40 Causes Heavy Damage
An unusual three vehicle crash about 40 miles west of Lawrence on U S 40 at 5 p m caused 2300 dollars in damage though injuries were minor. Eastbound driver James Fendley of Eudora locked brakes and crossed center line. Truck driven by Carl Sloan and Sherman Kruggel of Topeka were westbound. Kruggel owned both westbound trucks.
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Lawrence
U. S. 40
Eric DeGraffenried
Carl R. Sloan
Sherman B. Kruggel
Topeka
Kruggel
James Fen
Fendley
Kansas Exports Rise 20 Percent Over 1960–63 Span
Kansas exports of manufactured goods to foreign markets increased 20 percent from 91 million dollars in 1960 to 117.1 million in 1963. Major items include Beech Cessna and Lear Jet aircraft from Wichita. Other exporters include Koch Refrigerator Brackett and Hesston manufacturers among others. A regional survey notes 15 new exporters in Kansas this year.
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Topeka
Department of Commerce
Washington
Department
Kansas
Goodyear and
du Pont
Tecumseh
Commerce Department
John A. Stevenson
Kansas City
Beech
Cessna
Lear
Wichita
Coleman Co
Hesston Manufacturing Co
Hesston and Henry Manufacturing Co
Wichita Precision Tool Co
Didde-Glaser Inc
Emporia
Koch Refrigerator Co
Marley Co
Kan
Brackett Stripping Machine Co
Seymour Foods Inc
Hill’s Packing Co
Stevenson
Regional
Regional Exporting Expansion Council
Kan- Sas
Three KU campus policemen enroll in two week course
Capt. Willard Anderson, Lt. E. W. Fenstemaker and Lt. Harold Hunsinger of the Kansas University campus police will enroll in a two week course on Supervision of Police Personnel. The session starts Monday in the Sunflower Room at the Kansas Union and runs through January 29. James Cline of the KU Governmental Research Center coordinates the training, with sponsorship by the Kansas Peace Officers Association and University Extension in cooperation with Northwestern University’s Traffic Institute.
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Traffic Institute
Northwestern University
Sunflower Room
The
Kansas Union
Kansas University
Willard Anderson
E. W. Fenstemaker
Harold Hunsinger
James Cline
KU Governmental Research Center
Kansas Peace Officers Association
University Extension
Dick Smith Hits .307 in 76 Games for Buffalo
Dick Smith who began the 1964 baseball season with the Mets hit .307 in 76 games for Buffalo.
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Dick Smith
Mets
Buffalo
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Salina
Charles Roth
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JFK
District Court
Lucille Allison
June Allyson
Wiles
Ellen Hiedrich
Wesley Hiedrich Jr
Hillside
N.J
Lawrence Memorial Co
Norman Endacott
Local Agent Service
Prerk Yyy
Massachusetts
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