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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1961

Page

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Pact Covers Columbia River New U.S.-Canada Tie

Eisenhower and Canadian Prime Minister Diefenbaker signed a treaty shaping joint Columbia River development. The pact runs at least 11 years with billions in construction, detailing Libby Dam and three Canadian dams Arrow Lake Mica Creek Cancan Lake, with costs split and strong export protections.

Washington Eisenhower Columbia River Jasenhower Diefenbaker White House Mansfield Montana Senate Columbia River Basin United States Libby Kootenai River Congress Canada Arrow Lake Mica Bennett Columbia

Burglar Fleeing Illness Escapes Hospital Window

St Louis police report fugitive from Florida road gang escaped from a hospital in Clayton after an appendectomy. Thomas R. Fasenmyer, 32, admitted stealing over 200 000 in burglaries nationwide and fled from St Louis County Jail with deputies nearby. He reportedly left by window with a blanket and was last seen between 10 30 and 11 30 Monday night.

ST. Louis Fhlorida Road Curtis H. Leer St. Louis County Hospital Sdr Thomas R. Fasenmyer Fasenmyer Masenmyer Chicago Ladue Huntleigh Clayton Orion J. Litzfinger Ross Henson C. J. Watkins Ted Lutz Brooksville Fla

Thompsonville plant board approves officer salary raise

The board approved increasing Charles Black's annual salary from 600 to 1200 as UF office director. Jim Clark said the raise won’t affect the budget due to cuts in other expenses and a small surplus. Outgoing president Clark thanked the board for past help and Payne pledged continued cooperation for next year's drive.

Thompsonville Con Nh Charles Black Black Jim Clark Clark Payne

Deaths Funeral services for William A Schneider

Funeral services for William A Schneider will be at 2 pm Wednesday in the Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev Harold Brewer in charge. Burial will be at Wanette Oklahoma. Mr Schneider 4 died Sunday at Valley Falls. Lee B Craig a3 of Eudora had graveside services this afternoon at Independence Cemetery Home Missouri Rev Jack Bannister presiding. Surviving are his widow Mrs Bertha Craig of the home a daughter Patricia Craig of the home a sister Mrs Nellie Richmond Pittsburg Kansas four brothers George B Craig Nevada Missouri Earl Craig Charles Craig Quenemo Milo Craig Paramount California

William A. Schneider Rumsey Funeral Home Harold Brewer Wanette Oklo Mr. Schneider Valley Falls Lee B. Craig Eudora Independence Jack Bannister Bertha Craig Patricia Craig Nellie Richmond Pittsburg Kan George B. Craig Nevada Earl Craig Charles Craig Quenemo Milo Craig Paramount Calif

Meeting Notice of American Legion at New City Building

The American Legion holds a regular meeting Tuesday night at 8 PM at the New City Building. Commander Jerry Baker presides with adjutant Ady listed as contact.

American Legion Pam New City Building Jerry Baker Ady

Kennedy Heads to Washington With Surprise Accolade

Kennedy departs Florida for Washington with an administration largely in place and an unexpected praise from Billy Graham for easing church tensions. Graham lauds Kennedy for facing religion forthrightly, aiding Protestant Catholic understanding. Seaborg named AEC chairman fills a key vacancy as Kennedy completes his inaugural address draft.

Palm Beach Fla John F. Kennedy Florida Washington Billy Graham Richard M. Nixon Nixon Kennedy Graham United States Henry Cabot Lodge Glenn T. Seaborg University of California Atomic Energy Commission Capitol

KU Announces New Exchange With Bonn University for 1961 62

Kansas University initiates an exchange program with Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universitat Bonn for 1961-62. The pact joins 11 other schools including Birmingham Reading Southampton Exeter Aberdeen Kiel Mainz Tuebingen Hamburg Clermont-Ferrand and Zurich with more drafts pending. Dr J A Buzzle notes KU has the most direct exchanges among U S universities. Twelve KU students study abroad in exchange while twelve visit KU.

Kansas University Bonn Germany Rheinische - Friedrich - Wilhelms- Universitat Birmingham Reading Southampton Exeter England Aberdeen Scotland Kiel Mainz Tubingen Hamburg Clermont-Ferrand France Zurich Switzerland Spain University of Kansas United States J. A. Buzzle Fulbright Graduate School Committee On Foreign Study

Memorial Hospital Births and Local Names List

Memorial Hospital reports a long list of births and new babies with accompanying parents and addresses. The items include Merle Hitchcock Baldwin Mrs Helen Gore 2027 Ky Nona Curtice 302 Be 20th Sherry Sue Smith 612 W th Ethel Stoops 1035 Nay and many others with names, places like Stouffer Place DeSoto Baldwin Norris Restone and baby details. Several entries note today or that a baby was born, including a daughter to Paul L Moberg 1815 NL and a son to Vai Vin a.

Merle Hitchcock Baldwin Helen Gore Nona Curtice Sherry Sue Smith Ethel Stoops Clifford Eugene Huggins Stouffer Place Lita Snodgrass Susan Moberg Mabel Davis Prairie Robert Karl West DeSoto Sandra Elis Tils Patricia Loyd 19Th Charlene Coleman Cecile Folkerts Pairl Karen Suzanne Zuther Crestline Abbott Virgil Horrell Olive Martin Norris David de Burke

City Hospital Operation Topic at Lions Session

Administrator Rodger Johnson spoke at a Lions Club meeting about Lawrence Memorial Hospital. The 143 bed non profit Hospital under municipal control added a pharmacist and pathologist in 1960. He noted costs rose from 10.04 to 26.59 a day since 15 years ago while national daily cost was 31.16. Shorter hours and rising salaries drive most increases.

Rodger Johnson Lawrence Memorial Hospital Lions Club Eldridge Johnson

New York Central Halts Trains Amid Picketing Strike

New York Central Railroad suspends all commuter and long distance service through Grand Central due to harbor craft workers' strike. Pacemaker from Chicago was final NYC-bound train. 40,000 Harlem and Hudson division commuters affected. New Haven reports normal service. Pennsylvania and Long Island lines largely normal.

New York New York Central Railroad Grand Central Terminal the Central Chicago Albany New York City Harlem Hudson Manhattan New Haven Railroad Connecticut Pennsylvania Railroad Pennsylvania Long Island Rail Road The P.R.R New York Central Grand Central

Budget Change Predicted From Kennedy Group

Democratic leaders predict the incoming Kennedy administration will seek substantial revisions to Eisenhower’s budget as the economy lags. Senate aides argue the $80.9 billion plan may not yield a $1.5 billion surplus and will need shifts in foreign aid housing urban renewal and education funding.

Kennedy Eisenhower Congress GOP Senate Democratic Mike Mansfield Montana John F. Kennedy Mansfield

Bandit nabbed by phone call in Oklahoma bank robbery

A youthful bandit robbed First State Bank of Billings taking 1600 dollars. A mobile phone help from customer Jack Tapp in a company truck spurred highway patrol to arrest the suspect eight miles west of Tonkawa. His wife Sharon Sue Steinmetz and their four month old daughter were also arrested in Lamont. The car was registered to Richard G. Steinmetz of Wichita Kansas.

Billings Okla Highway Patrol Tonkawa Oklahoma Enid Jack Tapp Harvey Johns Petaway Lamont Oklo George Moore Richard G. Steinmetz Wichita Kan Sharon Sue Steinmetz

Paul Davis Receives Gold Medal Pharmacy Alumni Scholarship

Paul Woodson Davis, a Kan sas University senior from St. Joseph Missouri, earns the Gold Medal Pharmacy Alumni Scholarship for the spring term. Davis will receive 1300 dollars from the alumni group with 120 dollars to fall award. He is married, resides in Lawrence, and has a 2.52 GPA. He belongs to Rho Chi and has appeared on the Dean's honor roll each semester.

Paul Woodson Davis St. Joseph Kansas University Davis W. 25Th Lawrence Clark FF. Goodell Rho Chi Pharmacy

Democratic Leader Attacks Gov Anderson Fund Shift

Rep Dale Saffels of Garden City minority leader denounces Gov John Andersons plan to divert 6 million in real estate tax revenue from state hospitals to college building funds He says the measure wounds the mental health program and woefully finances state education minting a political expedient prior to Andersons budget speech. Four Democrats push a bill for state support of school textbook rental plans mirroring Andersons prior proposal.

Topeka Dale E. Saffels Garden City House John Anderson Saffels Anderson Senate Kansas

Quiet GOP transition ball yields little drama in Washington

Frances Lewine reports Republicans held a transition ball in Washington with dancing and jokes but no senior leaders Eisenhower or Nixon in attendance. Thruston Morton and Lyman Brownfield attended. guests mocked the era with a “We’ll be back in sixty four” song and playful signs.

Washington Eisenhower Richard M. Nixon Thruston B. Morton Lyman _ Brownfield Columbus Ohio William Ayres Frank Bow

Disabled Yacht Is Taken Tow In Atlantic Rescue

A disabled yacht Caryn with 10 aboard was towed after engine failure and torn sails in strong winds. Granddaughter of Missouri former governor Linda Hryniewicz and her 6 month old were rescued by the tanker Garonne 330 miles northwest of Bermuda. Coast Guard cutter Rockway guided the tow as the Garonne pressed toward Venezuela.

New York Atlantic Missouri Garonne Bermuda Linda Kelly Hryniewicz Arthur M. Hyde Caryn Coast Guard Rockway Puerto Rico Venezuela

Farmers Await Awards Show in Douglas County

The Douglas County Soil Conservation Association will host a Feb 15 awards program at the 4 H Fair grounds. About 150 are expected as five local farmers receive Kansas Bankers Association soil management and conservation awards. A new supervisor will be elected to replace Leslie Demeritt. Emil Heck presides, Hale Steele presents the awards, with Robert L. Smith of the Kansas Water Resources Board as guest speaker on Watersheds. A film Water Bill U S A will be shown. Lawrence Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event with refreshments and door prizes.

Douglas County Soil Conservation Association Kansas Bankers’ Association Leslie Demeritt Lawrence Demeritt

Missing child found dead in field near Bakersfield

A 6 year old girl with a heart condition kidnapped from a farm labor camp last Thursday was found dead in open rangeland about half a mile north of Highway 466. The girl's body was located after the pregnant wife of a former mental patient confessed her husband abducted the child and described the escape route. The Lindseys were arrested about 250 miles north of Bakersfield.

Bakersfield Calif al Loustalot Highway 466 Loren Fote Dixie Elaine Lindsey Richard Lindseys Rose Marie Everett Riddle

KU Study Explores Junior High Social Behavior

A $2,300 grant from the U S Public Health Service funds a Kansas University project led by Dr. Robert A Dentler of the Bureau of Child Research to study social origins determinants of early vandalism and truancy. Lawrence Monroe a Lawrence graduate student assists in surveying students from a large urban junior high school in Kansas City or Topeka.

U.S. Public Health Service Kansas University Robert A. Dentler Bureau of Child Research Lawrence Monroe Lawrence Dentler Kansas City Topkea

Castros regime executes three more rebels in Havana

In Havana three men were executed at La Cabana fortress for counterrevolutionary and terrorist activities, raising the unofficial total to 580 since Castro took power. Labor Ministry also dismissed 360 Cuban Electric Co employees amid a purge of labor unions.

Havana Fidel Castro Cuba Castre la Cabana Juan Mesa Lopez Julio Llevra Suarez Balbino Emilio Diaz Jose Pardo Llava Llevra Suarez U.S Castro Labor Ministry Cuban Electric Co

City approves rezoning for two Rhode Island Street lots

Lawrence Planning Commission approved rezoning of 800 and 804 Rhode Island Street from apartment to local business for a used car lot. The item advances to the City Commission next week for final approval. A public hearing on a west Seventh Street tract change remains tabled with a Feb 13 meeting planned.

Lawrence

Lengthy electric eel reaches nine feet and thick girth

The electric eel may attain nine feet in length and the thickness of a man's leg. The rear four fifths of its body is made up of the electric generating cells.

Card of Thanks from Mrs Mattie Kindred

I thank my friends and relatives for flowers gifts and visits during my hospital stay. Thanks to hospital staff Dr Learned for their care and neighbor Robert for blood replacement. The note ends with a short poem about friendship attributed to Mrs Mattie Kindred.

Dr. Learned Robert Mattie Kindred

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