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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1969
Page
8
The Health Division of A-Star Dairy establishes an Animal Health Division effective January 1. Olson states the program is unique in dairy herd care, combining company, lab facilities, and personnel to reduce the need for outside sources. producers gain in-house service nationwide.
The Lawrence Art Guild sponsors several exhibits in Lawrence. Paintings shown at local banks include works by Maudie Hawk and others at First National and University State banks. John Talleur’s thirteen preliminary drawings are on display at the public library. Photographs by Constance Schehrer are shown at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
The Tamarack or Larch tree sheds its needles every autumn, a seasonal change that reveals its bare branches before winter.
More than seventy classes including fifteen new offerings will run for ten weeks starting February at Lawrence High School. Enrollment January 27 to 31, in person by mail or phone. Fees include a one time registration and per class charges, with most classes meeting weekly evenings and room numbers to be announced. New courses cover Auto Mechanics Know-How, Black History and Culture, First Aid and Water Safety among many others.
John Skie sells the Dr Pepper Bottling Co. in Lawrence to Kansas City Eagle Bottling Co. The deal closes today and a warehouse will replace the plant. Skie began in 1937 with his father, studied at KU, and took over in 1947 after his father's death.
Police find a four inch fuse protruding from a bag containing five eight inch sticks of dynamite at a West 100th Street station house. Patrolman John Ausderan steadies the fuse with wet fingers to ensure no spark remains as nearby gasoline pumps stand outside.
In New Delhi India the daughter in law of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Sonia Raji Gadhi gave birth prematurely and the child died almost immediately. The mother was reported well enough to leave the hospital soon according to a spokesman on Sunday.
Fire destroyed a garage and a car and damaged part of the kitchen at Edgar Salsbury’s residence Rt. 5 in Wakarusa Township about seven miles southwest of Lawrence. The fire was reported at 10 p.m. Saturday by a passing motorist. firefighters arrived to find the garage engulfed while the family was away.
A gray cat rode 440 miles from Chicago to Minneapolis on the Burlington Zephyr clinging to a drawbar between two engines. The icy feline, mascot at Chicago train yards, was found on arrival at 9:30 p.m. The six hour trip saw speeds up to 90 mph as Robert Mattingley, Chicago pit foreman, sought the animal.
The piece traces Kansas University housing from 1923 when the Alberta Corbin Hall opened for 120 women to the present growth of nine residence halls housing about 5,500 students. It notes state cooperation, funds raised, and wartime pauses shaping KU's campus dormitory expansion.
Two youths discharged after Friday auto crash at 6th and Ill. Tony W. Jones 17 and Mike A. Fisher 16 left LMH with shoulder injury and facial cuts. Also update on Harry Dieffenbach recovering from January gunshot wound. Doris Dunavin, Billie Carmack, and Debra Carmack in good to fairly good condition after Christmas Eve incident.
A special meeting of the National Farmers Union state legislative steering committee will be held January 27 in Topeka. NFU president Tony T. Dechant announced the gathering to discuss Kansas corporation farming and the NFA's state legislative program. He named Gregory Blick of Andale and Donald Turnquist of McPherson County to the committee.
Police vice squad raided an apartment near Kansas Citys Plaza and seized 20 packages believed hashish worth 4000 to 5000 dollars. Five young women in their 20s were arrested on possession charges and held for arraignment. Over 30 people were arrested last week in related marijuana and LSD raids.
A diverse group of midwesterners, including 13 year old Vickie Cole of Deshler Ohio, joined governors and dignitaries in the Nixon inaugural events. Vickie carried a Bring Us Together placard later cited in Nixon’s post election speech. The theme Forward Together framed the parade and featured a granite bedrock symbol for unity with 57 Up With People performers aboard. Missouri’s Lebanon High School Marching Hundred and Kansas’ Wichita Heights Marching Band highlighted regional participation with a giant sunflower float and two Miss Americas from Kansas.
Amos Kauffman 83 Holton died in a two car crash on U S 75 near Mayetta. Three Ft. Riley soldiers Spec 5 James O Thulman 22 Maple Shade N J Spec 5 James R Blankenship 21 Rutherfordton N C and Pfe Charles E Chapin 23 Pierpont Ohio were killed when their car lost control on K 18 on the post. Terry L Graham 19 Kansas City Kan died in a one car crash on a county road near Udall Kan early Saturday.
Hollywood reports indicate interest in roadshow attractions is waning after The Sound of Music set a high bar. Studios struggle to recoup high costs as few roadshows achieve consistent hits, with some successes like The Graduate and Bonnie and Clyde proving non road-show formats can deliver massive grosses. Major studios outline upcoming roadshow plans for 1969 including Justine Hello Dolly Paint Your Wagon Darline Lili and Tschaikovsky while international and made in Europe titles join the lineup.
Hutchinson Kan AP sheriff says a man Michael S. Hobbick and three teenage boys were arrested for a two month burglary ring in Reno and McPherson counties. Hobbick arraigned on burglary charges and released on $1000 bond for Jan 27. The 16 and 17 year old youths face juvenile court.
Mrs. Clinton Bragg 29 welcomed a 9 pound 10 ounce boy and a 90 pound 3 ounce girl five minutes apart last Thursday at St. Luke's Hospital. The couple, police officer Bragg, begin life with twins in Duluth Minnesota.
At the 112th annual parish meeting Sunday evening Trinity Episcopal Church elected John Crown senior warden and Robert Green junior warden. Vestry members named for three-year terms include Steve Parsons Rex Drum Douglas Poulter and Marlon Vaughn. Retiring vestry members are Corlett Cotton Lewis Roper and Daniel Young.
In New Orleans the state dropped its bid to delay the Clay L. Shaw trial. Assistant District Attorney James Alcock said the case would proceed to a one beat trial next Tuesday as defense lawyer F Irvin Dymond stated readiness to go. The dispute centered on withheld federal evidence amid Garrison’s conspiracy theory linking Shaw to Oswald and Ruby in Kennedy’s 1963 assassination.
About 150 demonstrators marched for peace and freedom in Kansas City with signs opposing the Vietnam War the draft poverty and the Nixon administration. The permitted procession from 47th and Locust to Gillham Park included several ministers and two nuns before dispersing after brief speeches.
Official publication rules require notices be filed by noon the day before final publication. Voter books close February 11 1969 at 9 PM per Kansas statutes and reopen after March 4 1969 election day. City Clerk Vera Mercer office hours 8 AM to 9 PM weekdays from January 29 to February 11. eligibility reminders for those who did not vote in November 1968 or changed address.
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